Nasa administrator jim bridenstine, and wednesday, our live coverage of the spacex crew launch be in the 12 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2 with liftoff at 4 30 p. M. The International Space station is lost. Then, a briefing with jim bryan stine at 6 00 p. M. Eastern and thursday, 11 15 p. M. Eastern on cspan2, all day live coverage of the spacex crew is it docks with the International Space station. The event between the spacex crew dragon. Cspan2,e on cspan, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Bakari sellers, a familiar face to those who watch book,nd author of this my vanishing country a memoir. My vanishingt country, why is that . Guest thank you for having me. Thank you to everyone who woke up to be with us. Rural america that used to be the epicenter of upward mobility used to have Small Businesses that flourished. Due to the politics of the times, due to the economy that has passed us by an elected officials that is not pay us attention, any culture that does not hear our voices,
Good afternoon. Welcome to the Land Use Transportation Committee for with monday, may 11, 2020. I am the chair of the committee, chair peskin. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk we, due to the covid19 pandemic, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. Members will be participating online as if they are present. Channel 26 and online we are streaming. People will be allowed two minutes to speak. Ability to make comments are available by phone by calling 8882045984. The access code is 3501008. Press pound and then pound again. When you are connect with, dial 1 and then 0 to be put in the queue. When you are waiting, the system will be silent. You will be notified. Everyone must account for time delays between live coverage and streaming. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment by emailing me. If you submit Public Comment by
Word signup box. While the house of representatives remains out of session due to the coronavirus pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee met on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to the labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member congressman tom cole. Our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center
Cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, ceos from the Cleveland Clinic and metrohealth system on how the coronavirus will change Health Care Delivery, public confidence, and telemedicine. The city club of cleveland hosted this event. Hello and welcome to the city club of cleveland. I am the chief executive of the city club and proud member. As we take the steps to reopening the state, your city club is continuing with our virtual forums and still presenting here our friday forms from the studios. We are very grateful for their partnership and support. We all know the coronavirus pandemic has put an incredible amount of pressure on the American Health care system. A shortage of supply and Health Care Workers, declining revenues from the cancellation of a lecture of procedures and Massive Health insurance losses due to unemployment has shaken the foundation of our countrys health care infrastructure. As states begin to reopen and the number of coronavirus deaths and case
Industries association. Sen. Wicker all right, we will begin, and we appreciate people working with us on this partially remote, and partially in person hearing on a very important topic. The covid 19 pandemic has affected the normal operation of every Public Institution in our country. Including, as you can see, the legislative branch. I thank my colleagues and witnesses per for participating in todays hearing, which is the first of many covid19related oversight hearings that this committee will conduct. We will accomplish the business in accordance with the guidelines established by the rules committee, and in consultation with the office of the attending physician. And i want to thank my colleague and Ranking Member, senator cantwell, for her cooperation in this regard, and for all of our staff. The committee today convenes to discuss the state of the Aviation Industry. Witnesses, which are limited in number by the guidance we received from the senate, include nic calio, president a