Moment and a reflection of the part we all have to play when slowing the spread of covid19. In light of this remote format i also some reminders to the members about conduct of the hearing. Members keep their video feed on as long as they are present at the hearing. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting their microphones and please keep your microphones muted when youre speaking. And finally if members have documents they wish to submit for the record please email to the committee whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. Well, good afternoon, and well coom the First Virtual hearing of the committee on investigations and oversight. Today were discussing a critical issue. Research into repurposing existing therapeutic drugs for covid19 treatment as well as scientific basis for the federal governments evaluation of such drugs. I appreciate our witnesses being here under these unusual circumstances, but these are very important issues, and we look forward to your
If you agree or disagree. Let us know. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you want to talk about this idea of spending to help the economy and text us, it is 202 7488003. Ur twitter feed, cspanwj you can post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The Financial Times picked up the story in which chair powell talked about in washington. Additional fiscal stimulus may u. S. Orth it to shield the economy from longterm damage left by the pandemic. The oce secretarygeneral warned the rising debt level would come back to haunt us. Powell told the Peterson Institute in washington yesterday that although the economic response is timely and appropriate at large, it may not be a final chapter. That event is available on cspan. Org. Here is a bit of that event featuring jay powell. [video clip] we will continue to use our tools to their fullest until the crisis has passed and the economic recovery is well underway. Recall that the fed has lending
Proowashington journal primetime tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Joining us in elledge with the Harvard Medical School. He is professor of genetics. About science and research. You hear stories daily about covid19 research, models and the like. What is the sense, best way to approach what people digest . Guest this is a huge question. Created totalhas information overload. It is a tsunami of information we have never seen. Are coming online every day. It is important that people work quickly. It is essential, but it comes with risks. Much of the information cropping up is not pure not peerreviewed. Eager to report this news but it is important for people to oh distinguish between types of information they get. There are three things to consider. One is the source of the information. , howecond is the messenger the information is transmitted. The third is the type of evidence. Is it published peerreviewed research, or is it a preliminary unverified . Onis an anecdote or based observat
Station. The crews splashed down off the east coast of florida. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. I often see these moments at burning man and think interesting, probably something ill never be a part of. Except this weekend everybody seemed to care about it because everyone was stuck. Yeah, it is an Epic Burning Man id say. They always say it but this one actually is. Just hour fwrs s from now roads finally reopen. Organizers will make the decision this morning. Roads leading in and out of festival have been shut down since saturday after heavy rain created ankle deep mud. Officials say the thick mud made it virtually impossible for cars, buses and rvs to leave. A lot of people walked for miles through the mud to get out. And here you can see some vehicles that tried to leave but became hopelessly stuck. So much water. We are flooded. Well be stuck here at least a couple days. This is nuts. This is what people have been trudging through for days now. Festivalg
Distinguished guests, the recipients of the National Medal of science. Distinguished guests, the recipients of the National Medal of technology and innovation. Distinguished guests, the president of the United States. President biden welcome, have a seat. This is a happy occasion. Thank you all for being here and welcome to the white house, your house. The 1921 visit the white house, the president warren, and presented him with a precious gift. One gram carefully stored and purchased with funds raised by thousands of american women to help continue research that would transform everything from xrays to Cancer Treatment to nuclear energy. 24 years after that visit, a girl born in syria. She dreamt of being madam curie, moving to paris and becoming a scientist and then a family with real wisdom told her that if you want to dream big, dream about going to america. Thats where great science happens. Were determined to return great science to america by investing 2 of our gdp in science and