Recovery will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on Community Perspectives on coronavirus, preparedness and response. Without objection the chair may , declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Without objection, members not sitting on the subcommittee will be permitted to participate in todays hearing. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon. We are here today to discuss the coronavirus, also known as covid19. We are at a critical point in responding to the Coronavirus Crisis that is facing our nation. Americans are concerned. Hundreds of americans are sick. Sadly, there are families mourning the loss of loved ones from the coronavirus and our hearts are with them. The nation is seeing cases on the rise and experts saying the outbreak is getting worse. In new jersey, we were just informed that we had our first death from coronavirus and at least two dozen schools are closing for coronavirus preparation. We have seen an
Phonel open up regional lines. If youre in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. If you are a medical professional, first of all, we want to say thank you are what youre doing for america right now. We will open up a special line for you. Medical professionals, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. And keep in mind you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media, on twitter, cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the president , yesterday, signed the 2 trillion coronavirus aid bill. For you a little bit what he said to the media after signing the. Bill. [video clip] republicans and democrats coming together, putting their differences aside to make this for americans first. This support Small Businesses. We will keep our Small Businesses strong and our big misses and says big businesses strong. This historic
Role in changing the map of the United States. Nph Steve Inskeep on his book imperfect union, how jessie and john fremont mapped the west. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. And next former ebola czar ron cane and others evaluate the coronavirus response. The house homeland subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, response and recovery hosted this event. From yesterday, this is about an hour and 40 minutes. Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness response and recovery will come to order. Subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on Community Perspectives on Coronavirus Preparedness and response. Without objection the chair may declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Without objection, members not sitting on the subcommittee will be permitted to participate in todays hearing. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon. We are here today to discuss the coronavirus, also known as covid19. We are at a critical point in responding to the Coronav
People, low income people and the, than the support of the brennan we will talk about the road ahead for both candidates. But first, a look at the struggle to contain the coronavirus in the u. S. And around the world. Can the Trump Administration calm fears and anxiety following a series of missteps and conflicting messages . And are we prepared for widespread cases of the highly contagious virus. Anybody that needs a test gets a test kit, they are there, they are there and the tests are beautiful. Anybody that needs a test gets a test. Brennan Washington State is dealing with more than 100 cases of coronavirus, the most in the country. We will ask governor jay inslee if he is getting enough help from the federal government. Connecticut senator chris murphy will also be here as well as Surgeon General jerome adams and former fda commissioner scott gotly plus at some European Countries see a dramatic case spike in the case of the coronavirus cases this weekend we will have a report from
Our twitter, facebook, Youtube Channel or you have dialed in and are watching through zoom. Dr. Tedros, our dr. Maria ral, and operations and logistics and the phone who will be able to answer questions. Floor togive the smalldros, two announcements. W. H. O. Has activated its continuity plan in order to deliver on its mandate. From today performing functions teleworking arrangements. Criticalf whose function must be performed on the will have access to campus. Provideill continue to normal services through skype, email and phone. Our regular briefings will be press conferences and our Audiovisual Team will necessaryo provide support. From now on, we will not have a journalist in the room and then if thatinform you changes. The second information is that we already sent you the media for tomorrow. Will. European office convene a meeting, online march, tomorrow, 17th about covid19. Representatives from the Health Ministries of the 53 Member States of the w. H. O. European region. Meetin