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Saturday morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a News Conference with reporters at the capitol. She spoke about legislative priorities, including her goals of passing a covid19 relief package during the upcoming lameduck session of congress. This is 25 minutes. S of passing a covid19 relief package during the upcoming lameduck session of congress. This is 25 minutes. Speaker pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Another happy day. Joe biden, president elect. This week our nation paused for the sacred observance of veterans day. Every day, we honor our veterans, but one day especially set aside, just as the military leaves no soldier on the field, in battle, when they come home, our commitment is to leave no veteran behind. This morning, it was my honor to be joined by the chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee as we enrolled, signed the veterans compact act, critical legislation to prevent veteran suicide. As our nation confronts the accelerated coronavirus crisis, it is
As leader schumer and i discussed yesterday, this is an emergency of the highest magnitude, and yet our republican colleagues want to focus elsewhere instead of recognizing as the Health Emergency which science has given us a path to crush. Again, we have worse numbers than even yesterday. The numbers speak very eloquently. 160,000 infections were reported a horrifying number following more than a week of over 100,000 infections a day. These levels are two times higher than the summer peak. More than 67,000 americans are hospitalized with covid, a new record threatening to overwhelm our hospitals. Our hospitals in rural areas, too. Over 10 Million People have been infected over 10 Million People. 240,000 americans have died because of this pandemic. According to news reports, it was reported that more than 130 secret Service Agents are infected or quarantining. In the wake of Trumps Campaign schedule. 130 secret service. Agents. Meanwhile, on the economic front, over 20 million america
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