Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome the Health Protection agency with Accurate Information when those threats arrive. As the head of the agency, doctor redfield has been one of the leading voices in this pandemic sharing and issuing publichealth guidance and about how to safely return to work, school and daily life. Cases are spiking across the country and as a result we are seeing some states resort to different types of lockdowns like we saw in the initial and americans everywhere are hungry forer information and guidance about how to navigate the Holiday Season and an uncertain winter. We will address all of these issues and more and take questions from the audience as well. Without further ado, doctor redfield, welcome. What can we tell the audience about the state . G thank you for having me. We are at a very pivotal time in this pandemic. We have a significant number of jurisdictions in the stas that are in what we call the red zone and lasted a lot longer than say the spring and s
Its critical that we allow telework to minimize the number of people in federal buildings. With that, mr. Chairman, i yield back and i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today. Thank you. At this time i want to proceed with testimony from our witnesses. Let me do a quick introduction of the four of them. Joining us remotely is Michelle Rosenberg and the Strategic Issues team where she is on capital issues and she served for over 20 years on gaos tenured team. Shes been recognized with Health Care Team awards including two Meritorious Service awards and shell be testifying first and joining us remotely. Mr. Keith waington is with the u. S. Department of troilgz. Has been with the Department Since 1991 and in hiscurrent position he provides leadership and oversight in the areas of Human Resources, security, audit relations, acquitions and gras and transportation and facilities and space management. Maybe you can lead nasa for us next since we need a new director for nasa since yo
Thanksgiving is an annual holiday in america. Kind of celebrating that previous years harvest. It started really after you know, they, they think it goes back to 1621 when they, the plymouth pill groans, had some meal with the wampum naga native americans at that location. So i mean thats where it was back to. But today were celebrating the kaiser report and 11 years of it, and were so were so were, were giving a treat to you, the audience were giving a doubleheader of Stacy Herbert in this episode. I like your pumpkin pie. Oh, every day stacy is my pumpkin pie, or cherry pie. Its also about the pot. Right. So, you know, i want to just go over some of the things that were thankful for. Im thankful for our audience because we have an amazing audience with the best audience in the world and its all over the world and our show gets dubbed into spanish. And in particular, id like to thank our latin american audience because they are literally the best in the world. Oh, incredible. I see th
Funding of our brutal polling, and im totally opposed to funding the police officers. Ok, glad we had that. Talk. Really appreciate it. How about tell us what youll do to address the racist drug laws that you slam through congress now locking up more black people than the number in slaves when the u. S. Had slightly verree. What will you do, joe biden . And im sorry to yell, but i figured you had your hearing a hearing aid turned down because im not getting many answers. Answers i said and no, no, i dont have cancer. Never mind. Number 2, what will you do for the environment . You gave a speech where you said donald trump is a climate arsonist, which is totally tural. So what will you do . Different uncle joe. I guess this means youll sign on to the green new deal. You support . No, i dont support the green. Will you dont. Ok, glad we cleared that up. Well, at the very least, if you care at all for the environment, at least hill and fracking, the whole idea of whether or not were going
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we