The Senates Health Education Committee will come to order. Today, we are holding a hearing on the nomination of attorney general becerra to be secretary of health and Human Services. Senator burr and i will have an Opening Statement and then i will recognize senator feinstein to introduce attorney general becerra. After attorney general becerra gives his testimony, senators will have five minutes and i will be happy to stay for a second round if any senator has her many questions. Has remaining questions. Before we begin, we will follow the advice of the instruction on conducting this hearing. We are grateful to everyone who has worked so hard to get this set up and to help everyone stay safe and healthy. Members are kept six feet apart. Some senators are participating by videoconference. While we are no longer able to have a hearing over to the public, video is available on our website at health. Senate. Gov. Thank you attorney general becerra for joining us. I appreciated our convers
Pres. Elect biden and now we rescue and recovery. And now we must deliver immediate Economic Relief to those who need it most in this country, to millions of people who through no fault of their own are so badly hurting right now, millions who never thought they would ever be out of work, facing evictions or waiting for hours in their car for a meal from a food bank. I talked about how our rescue plan is a necessary bridge to our economic recovery and our ability to build back better, stronger and more secure. And while these crises have caused real damage, i explained how it will cost more, hundreds of billions of dollars more, to undo the harm. I talked about the moral obligation to act on a clear economic consensus on making the investments i am calling for, that the resource, the required deficit spending, are necessary to get us out of this deep hole. I also talked about our seriousness of purpose, our clear plan, with transparency and accountability, and why our call for unity is
Millions who never thought they would ever be out of work, facing evictions or waiting for hours in their car for a meal from a food bank. I talked about how our rescue plan is a necessary bridge to our economic recovery and our ability to build back better, stronger and more secure. And while these crises have caused real damage, i explained how it will cost more, hundreds of billions of dollars more, to undo the harm. I talked about the moral obligation to act on a clear economic consensus on making the investments i am calling for, that the resource, the required deficit spending, are necessary to get us out of this deep hole. I also talked about our seriousness of purpose, our clear plan, with transparency and accountability, and why our call for unity is equally necessary. Unity is not some pie in the sky dream, it is a practical step to getting things done. We didnt get into all this overnight, and we wont get out of it overnight either. But we will get through it. We will get th
Will deploy fema and promises to jumpstart efforts to launch mobile vaccination clinics to reach rural areas. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] good afternoon. We must deliver immediate Economic Relief to those who need it the most in this country. To millions of people who through no fault of their own are so badly hurting right now, millions who never thought they would ever be out of work, facing evictions or waiting for hours in their car for a meal from a food bank. Hours in their car for a meal from a food bank. I talked about how our rescue plan is a necessary bridge to our economic recovery and our ability to build back better, stronger and more secure. And while these crises have caused real damage, i explained how it will cost more, hundreds of billions of dollars more, to undo the harm. I talked about the moral oblig
The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to convene on the transportation subcommittee and safety. Then at the beginning of the pandemic over 280,000 of our Family Members, friends and fellow citizens have died from covid19 and in some cases with severe symptoms and potential longterm impacts. Even more felt the Economic Impact through losing a job, facing shorter work hours or being forced to close businesses all of us have adjusted to what we call a new normal which has kept us apart from the family, friends and colleagues. Its kept us from celebrating holidays together engaging in our past times and enjoying each Others Company in person. So when we heard vaccines may soon be available, we could be both impressed with the science and hard work that went into developing them and we may be near the beginning of the end. We must remember that until vaccines are widely available, people are vaccinated we need to continue to wear masks, social distance and wash our hands.