3, 2, 1. This hearing will now come to order. Is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. To minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. Issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I remind senators and our witnesses the fiveminute clock still applies. Those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. Weve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able to find them and follow them. We are going
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Majority leader has announced the senate will be in recess through the memorial day traditional recess but let me urge our colleagues that before we leave for the recess , we need to act on the challenges that covid19 is imposing on state and local governments. It is irresponsible to go into recess not the state and local governments are so much impacted by covid19 they make decisions now they would adjust this years budget and alwhat is in the balance is for municipalities and law enforcements and Emergency Rescue and with so many different issues for the state have the resources to respond to the needs of their citizens as well as the challenges of covid19. With the university of maryland. And with the revenues from the state both are very much in jeopardy today to make sure the states have the resources to continue these Critical Missions and they just dont have it. Let me give you some of the numbers. For the state of maryland the projections are for the current fiscal year the rev
On the challenges that covid19 is imposing on state and local governments. To me it would be irresponsible for us to leave and go into recess, recognizing our state and local governments are so much impacted by covid19, making decisions now, they have to put their budgets together, they have to adjust this years budget plan for next years budget and it is for our municipalities, law enforcement, Emergency Rescue for our counties, our schools and funding of our schools, all the deals with our state and Public Health and other different issues dependent on the state having the resources in order to respond to the needs of their citizens from our constituents as well as the challenges of covid19. I met with representatives of Higher Education university of maryland. They depend very much on revenues they get from the state and revenues they get from their students, both are very much in jeopardy today. The least we can do is make sure states have the resources to continue these Critical M
Coronavirus crisis. This is two hours and 30 minutes. I want to begin by thanking our pannestist and esteemed members for joining us. This week our country passed a grim milestone, more than 100,000 americans have lost their lives due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of americans continue to contract this virus every day. Over 150 more here in South Carolina on yesterday. And the day before, wednesday, marked our largest singleday increase of covid19 deaths. Local Community Leaders across the country, democrats, and republic ans need strong federal leadership to help them combat this deadly threat. Communities need federal help to get the protective equipment and testing supplies they need to protect their front line medical workers and essential employees. Unfortunately the administration is leaving it up to the states. Forcing them to compete against each other in order to purchase equipment and supplies from the private sector, leading to higher prices and greater shortages. W