Address a few housekeeping measures. For todays meeting the chair or step does is a night that the chair may use a phone for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background. Members are responsible for meeting and unmaking themselves and if i notice he i notice you have not admitted yourself i would ask if youd like to and you do that to indicate approval by nodding staff will unmake a microphone. I urge all members winces the fiveminute clock so applies and so applies and if theres a Technology Issue we will move to the next member and you will remain the bounce of your time youll notice the clock that is to say somewhere in the screen depending on what you are using shall show how much time is remaining and one minute remaining to clock will turn yellow and when your time has expired the clock will turn red and i will begin to recognize the next member however is always we do allow for a little flexibility in order to make sure questions are answered and the member can finish their
Winces the fiveminute clock so applies and so applies and if theres a Technology Issue we will move to the next member and you will remain the bounce of your time youll notice the clock that is to say somewhere in the screen depending on what you are using shall show how much time is remaining and one minute remaining to clock will turn yellow and when your time has expired the clock will turn red and i will begin to recognize the next member however is always we do allow for a little flexibility in order to make sure questions are answered and the member can finish their question but try to include the witnesses answer in the time that you have allotted when you are asking the question. In terms of the speaking order we will follow these order set forth in the house rules beginning with the chair and Ranking Member and at the time the hearing is call to order we recognize in order of seniority the majority and minority and members not present at the time the hearing as culprit house r
Secretary azar wonderful. You red why . Well break away here with a reminder can you see this online at cspan. Org. The u. S. House gaveling in for legislative work. Six bills today. We expect votes after 3 00 eastern. Live coverage on cspan. Our chaplain father conroy. Chaplain conroy thank you for giving us another day. At the end of another long and difficult year, signs of hope they feel long and difficult work of compromise and problem solving has been encouraging. Continue to inspire the men and women of congress to Work Together to fashion bills to fund the government and offer assistance to those who find themselves on the edge of economic disaster. Bless as well those who in great hope deliver vaccines to the men and women who have been on the frontline of the battle against the plague of covid of covid19. May their work continue in good and improving health. Comfort those who have suffered the loss of loved ones during this difficult year. May all that is done this day be for
Next steps of bay area counties including marin. Reporter marin county could receive 2,000 doses of covid19 vaccine in a matter of days. This is moving really quickly. I mean, im amazed well be able to start vaccinating people next week. Reporter Marin County Public Health officer dr. Matt willis said the county will receive 1, 950 doses of the vaccine. The county will receive it a week later. Bay area counties like marin are receiving vaccines from state stockpiles with some modifications based on the number of hospitals. The initial round of vaccines will arrive at local Health Departments first. Willis says in two to three weeks, local hospitals may start to receive vaccine doses in parallel to the local health deputies. We dont want to be sitting on vaccines and refrigerators too long. We want to get them out. Reporter lewis calls the Pfizer Vaccine High Maintenance because it requires negative 80 degree celsius to be stored. Once it comes out of the deep freezer, we have five days
Sen. Fischer the hearing will come to order. Good morning. I am pleased to can dean convened this hearing. Since the beginning of the pandemic, over 280,000 of our Family Members, friends and citizens have died from covid19. Many more have had the disease and in some cases with severe symptoms and longterm impacts. Even more have felt the Economic Impact through losing a job, shorter work hours or being forced to close businesses. All of us have adjusted to what we call a new normal which has kept us apart from family, friends and colleagues. It has kept us from celebrating holidays, engaging in our past times, and enjoying company in person. Heard news that vaccines may be available, we could be impressed with the science and hard work that went into developing them and relieved that we may be nearing the beginning of the end of this pandemic. We must remember that until vaccines are widely available, people are vaccinated, we need to continue to wear masks, social distance and wash o