In the house today work on two veterans bills and recommendations for modernizing congress. You are watching live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, reverend erin keys, capitol hill presbyterian, washington dis. The chaplain let us pray, god, we ask you blessing upon all those gathered here today and upon our nation as we along with countries all over the world face the anxiety and fear currently surrounding the coronavirus. Though much about how the situation will continue to unfold is unknown to us. We trust that it is known to you. From the beginning of time, your spirit has hovered over the chaos of our world bringing order and life so we pray that your spirit continues to do so now. We pray for the safety of all people and we pray for the wisdom of our leaders as they guide us through this time. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and anno
And treatment at the local and state level should be assumed by the federal government for spending on the crisis response. The Cancer Institute and Erie County Health department in my community are doing that today at enormous expense and dwindling resources. Every dollar spent on Public Health provides an economic boost. The time for to stimulate the economy is after the virus has been controlled. Once that is done, or occurs, we need to go big on infrastructure to inject both growth and confi earlier today, President Trump and Vice President pence et at the white house with insurance c. E. O. s on the government response to the coronavirus and answered questions from reporters. President trump thank you very much. With top ing executives oe
hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
The Opioid Crisis. It came with little warning, killing without regard to g geograph geographic, economic, or racial lines. Unlike the coronavirus, this epidemic was manmade, driven by relentless pursuit of profits. When you see huge amounts going to specific pharmacies, doesnt that raise a red flag . They had to know of all the bad things that were going on with it, and yet they didnt care. The Opioid Epidemic has claimed more american lives than all the wars since world war ii combined. And since the covid pandemic hit, its only gotten worse. Its made a few people rich. Theres your money. Aaron shamo at 26 years of age, almost overnight, hes able to spawn this incredible empire. And its devastated families from coast to coast. Its pretty gutwrenching when you go out to the cemetery and theres a headstone with your kids name on it. How did it start, and how did it spread . With the Health Care System stretched to its limits cases are on the rise in 43 states. How will families cope, a
A milestone took place June 7 in the realm of community mental health support as U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, alongside the Erie County Health Department, unveiled the Kaptur Rogowski House on Superior Street in Sandusky, according to a news release.The Kaptur Rogowski House is designed to serve as a resource hub, providing individuals in crisis […]