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[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Reg ....
V. P. Biden millions more women are on the front lines as healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, Grocery Store clerks, workers and more and more are carrying on their backs. Domestic violence survivors are at a heightened risk and forced to shelterinplace with abusers. Womens access to repetitive health care increasingly in jeopardy. Regardless of race, gender, economic status or public power, it doesnt impact equally. It hits hardest those who are women oferable and color and low income women. This pandemic is pulling back the curtain on so many inequities in our society. Lack of paid sick leave for workers, the need for a minimum wage part stronger unemployment insurance. All these issues and more in todays discussion, im really for old im really thrilled to have my friend and woman who should be president of the United States right now, hillary clinton. Gre ....