Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
Koike said she wants abe to use tokyo asas a reference for deciciding whehether to declcla state of emergency. Translator tokyo is on the brink of an explosive e increas of infections. We are trying to prevent a a situation like thahat and tryin to prevent further spread on various levels. This is done by the state. Its needed now. There are more than 2,200 confirmed cases across japan, not including 712 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. A total of 77 people have died, including 11 from the cruise ship. One of the main concerns among officials is the coronavirus spreading through cluster infections. One such case is three University Students who returned to japan from europe on march 14th and have tested positive for the virus. They likely spread the virus to more than 30 people across at least ten prefectures by attending gatherings and traveling to their hometowns for spring break. The rising concerns are compelling Large Companies to encourage their employees to work remo
There is a skinny microphone for when we do that. After david talks. Following the talk and questions there will be a signing there are books available behind the register purchase your book he will be more than happy to sign them and finally if you could pop the chairs up against a surface that would be greatly appreciated. We had the pleasure of posting david enrich who previously was a reporter and editor for the wall street journal new york and london and the journal reporter winning the 2016 award as a journalist in previous the author of spider network. And Deutsche Bank and the epic trail of destruction and the tragic case to illustrate the global face of the financial malfeasance please help me to welcome david enrich. [applause] hello. I have had the pleasure of doing a lot of book events over the past years and then see like this i am not kidding six people in the room. [laughter] so this is awesome i will take out my phone and just take a picture. [laughter] because my wife
Going to show you some of the recent debate in congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew siddons, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why the issue of underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but a sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond mo