To do here. I have always been reluctant to say this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. The world is experiencing today and what the american and as is americas face is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad news is that its entirely possible that it will happen again. I say this of course because the experts tell us that this virus that made the leap from one species to another can very easily happen again and if there are 2000 of these viruses out there you have no idea what they can do when they get into a human being. Thats what experts and scientists tell us have identified within their branch about 2000 different viruses. Having said that we need to look forward and i want to stress what im trying to do with this and what about all of us are trying to do, to look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on and a lot of hyperbowl going on and a lot of blame a
Streets is on acceptable and anger is not enough. Our president is committed to action. Doj has a rested over 100 anarchists for writing and distraction of federal properties and the doj has also charged for men in federal court for attempting to tear down the statue of Andrew Jackson in lafayette square. Fbi has over 200 open domestic terrorism investigations ongoi ongoing, ag barr has created a task force on violent antigovernment extremists led by the u. S. Attorneys office in new jersey and the u. S. Attorneys office in northern texas. With 200 trump appointee judges confirmed the rule of law will be upheld. Democrats at all levels, federal, state and local had done nothing. Senate democrats blocked by partisan police reform, minnesotas democrat governor failed to urgently deploy the National Guard and it took President Trump for that to eventually happen. His suggestion and ultimate descendents into chaos in minneapolis. Three democrat Minneapolis Council members voted to abolish
June 1. Lawenforcement officers advanced on protesters gathered in the park to protest the death of george floyd to clear the way for President Trump to walk from the white house to st. Johns Episcopal Church where this Natural Resources committee is two hours and 40 minutes. I am asking unanimous consent that all other members be made part of the hearing record. Whatever comes first. If there are no objections, so order. I declare a recess. Described in the documents, as described in the notice, stations, documents or notice to this email. Ed that ourlly, note members are responsible for their own microphones. Anyone present at the hearing today must wear a mask covering their mouth and nose. The speaker of the house acting upon the recommendations of the attended physician require face coverings for all indoor gatherings over 15 minutes in length. In order to maintain the coram and protect the safety of members and staff, the chair will not recognize any member in room to speak was n
Gov. Ducey good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here today. Saying i begin by talked to Health Care Leaders from around the state on friday and they told me some incredibly moving stories about our frontline workers. Our doctors, our nurses, our hospital staff. Everyone that works in health care and all of our caregivers. So, i just want to reemphasize to all of them how grateful we are for what they do. How much we appreciate their hard work and commitment, especially at this time of incredible stress and how much we value them. I know everyone in the room likely knows a doctor, nurse, caregiver, somebody works for a hospital. Please also extent your appreciation. These folks are the heroes on the front lines today for the people of arizona and im grateful for everything they do. I also want to say i am thankful for the people of arizona. Ive asked for a lot of patience and im going to ask for some more patience as we go forward. This pandemic is incredible in terms of the sa
Bit about the last number of months. As you may recall, california was the first state in the nation to formally engage with the cdc, the Trump Administration and others. S in relationship to this pandemic. We engage formally by allowing the repatriation of flights from overseas primarily from Mainland China to come into the state of california. This was a conversation that occurred in late january and the early part of february. Those relationships were formalized through a series of agreements that allowed for that repatriation. Covid19, this pandemic, the coronavirus was on our radar screen for many weeks before it became a framework of reference for the nation. As wellhe opportunity to develop further relationships not only with the federal government and partnership with the cdc, but hhs and other federal agencies, particularly fema when it came time to repatriate that cruise ship. You may recall a number of months back, we had a cruise ship off the coast of california. Thousands