Spkr. Pelosi good afternoon. Here we are in our new arrangement of social distancing. Thank you for being here. It is a very important day for us for a number of reasons. It is heartbreaking, but we have passed the milestone of one Million People in our country who are sick, and nearly 60,000 who have died from the coronavirus. The American People expect congress to do all that we can to protect the lives, the livelihood, and the life of our democracy in what we do here. And they expect us to ensure that the nearly 2 trillion of historic relief that we have passed in a number of bills is widely and effectively used. That it goes to those who need it the most. And so today, just to put this in historic perspective, at the dawn of world war ii, thensenator harry truman, with a democratic administration, but he was a senator, and he basically said, i knew that after world war i there had been 116 investigative committees after the fact, and i felt our committee before the fact would preve
On the nations food supply and Meat Processing industry. On why, dr. James hamlin some people who contract coronavirus get sicker than others. Oft this, the last day april, jay powell says he expects an unprecedented drop in Economic Activity over the next few months after it was reported yesterday that the u. S. Economy shrank at a 4. 8 pace in the First Quarter and economists are decked in additional 3. 5 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance last week. The Labor Department will release those numbers officially later on this morning, which brings us to the question in the first hour, how has your financial situation been since the pandemic . Perhaps you have saved money or asked for financial help. We want to get a take on how you have been doing financially over the last few weeks. 202 7488000 if you are better off. 202 7488001 if you are worse off. If it stayed the same, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. You can also post to our twitter feed and Facebook Page.
Little different than other hazards and that the focus of osha is to figure out how to make sure the workplace is safe in the most effective way to do that is to have regulations and a standard where employers must protect workers. Osha has had standards for that for people who work on groups or people who dig trenches or people who are exposed to benzene or other carcinogens or even bloodborne pathogens like ebola or hiv aids. Not done in this administration is issue a standard to say employers must protect workers. They have issued some guidance and issued some suggestions. They have not said employers shall do certain things. That one of the industries has come into focus is food plant workers and what they face. The president is using the federal production act when it comes to meet plat meatpacking plants. What should be the requirement for those workers when they go to work and what should be provided for them . Guest every country knows the primary way that we protect all of us
Livelihood, and the life of our democracy in what we do here. And they inspect us to ensure that the nearly 2 trillion of historic relief that we have passed in a number of bills is widely and effectively used. That it goes to those who need it the most. Thiso today, just to put in historic perspective, at the dawn of world war ii, thensenator harry truman, with a democratic administration, but he was a senator, and he basically said, i knew that after world war i there had been 116 investigative committees after the fact, and i felt our committee before the fact would prevent a lot of waste, and maybe even save some lives, and that is the way it turned out. It was a committee that cost around 1 million, saved about 15 billion in dollars of those years. So, it is about waste, fraud, and abuse, as i said, and making sure the money goes where it is supposed to go. What i loved about what harry truman said is that as they looked at spending the rest, he said, later when he was president ,
Thank you for joining me. I want to express to each of you my deep gratitude for helping to create an unprecedented grassroots Political Campaign that had a profound impact in changing our nation. I want to thank the hundred of thousands of volunteers who knocked on doors, millions of them, in the freezing winters of iowa and new hampshire, and the heat of nevada and south carolina, and in states throughout the country. I want to thank the two million americans who contributed financially to our campaign and showed the world we can take on a corrupt campaignfinance system and run a major president ial campaign without being dependent on the wealthy and powerful. Thank you for your 10 million contributions averaging 18. 50 a donation. I want to thank those who phone banked for our campaign and those of you who sent out millions of texts. I want to think the millions of americans who attended our rallies, house parties from new york to california. Some of these events had over 25,000 peo