Member, John Sarbanes, as well as delegates. This is an hour. Speaker pelosi good morning, everyone. That poster of the women members of congress. Thank you for being with us today. It is a very special day in the history of our country. 101 years ago today, the house of representatives voted to pass the 19th amendment. As you know, that is the amendment that gives women the right to vote. Not that they werent given, because they fought very hard for it, but that success was achieved. It took another year to pass the rest of the process, the ratification. In august, we will observe the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote, but today, we are honoring what happened in the house of representatives on this very day. And we are very proud of the fact that we have over 100 women in congress now, over 90 women on the democratic side. We made a decision about that a long time ago. Among them are carolyn maloney, who could not be with us, but she has been a champion on all of these issues, whether it is a womens museum, the equal rights amendment, you name it. I wanted to salute her, as well as the three chairs of the democratic womens caucus, congresswoman brenda lawrence, jackie of california, and ongoing chair lois frankel of florida. We have many in this picture, many chairs of committees, full chairs of full committees, and we are very proud of the contribution to women in the congress of the United States. Dating back to 101 years ago, when this house took the initiative to go forward. I am very honored to be joined here today by the representative from the district of columbia. Congressman john servings sarbanes of maryland, and the congresswoman of the virgin islands. Welcome to all of you. We are in challenging times, and again, we have a privilege of celebrating the right to vote. As speaker, i am proud to serve with over 100 women in the house. Sadly, as we observe this milestone, voting is under assault. Both from a systemic nationwide campaign of Voter Suppression and from the coronavirus. The fear of getting sick and not to go to the polls. People should not have to choose between voting and preserving their good health and that of their families. Because no matter what you do when you go out, you bring it home. Again, no one should be forced to vote for their health or their vote. In the cares act, we put a down payment on 400 million to first states 400 million for states to protect the ballot. That would be 3. 6 billion. A small price to pay for our democracy and the good health of americans going to the polls. We will be there to expand votes at home, vote by mail, some call it, including no excuse absentee ballots, sameday registration, and again, having polling places available for those who want to participate in person for whatever reason, whether it is questions about the ballot, or their ballot and the rest. That may have do they have appropriate timing, placing, and the rest for that . And again, online registration and sameday voter reservation, which i mentioned, this is all very important. We call on leader mcconnell, we have the heroes bill. Others say he has the zeros bill. We need this bill for many reasons we needed we need it to honor our heroes, protect those risking their lives every day to save lives, and at the same time, may lose their jobs within their state, local, tribal, and territorial support in the legislation, open our economy with the testing, tracing, treatment, and isolation in there, and putting money in the pockets of the American People as we get through this terrible, economic challenge. Through this terrible economic challenge. As you saw the numbers this morning, matters are even worse. Central to so much of this, we say this is about the livelihood and life of our democracy. Essential to the life of our democracy is removing obstacles of participation to voting. And now, even more so now, when voting can be a risk to your health, as we saw demonstrated in wisconsin. So here we are with, again, saluting women members of congress, and imagine the curis imagine the courage of the suffragists, the courage that they had to make this happen. It took a long time. And how proud we are to stand on their shoulders now to make Public Policy for our country. And we dont want anything to stand in the way of the right to vote. I have the privilege now of introducing a very special guest. A leader in our democratic caucus, our house delegate caucus, and leader of women in the country. Congresswoman, Eleanor Holmes, is serving her 15th term in the house of representatives, representing the district of columbia. Before her congressional service, jimmy carter appointed her as the first woman to head the u. S. Equal Employment Opportunity commission, the eeoc, very prestigious, very important. Eleanor holmesnorton became an icon of this movement. She is a tenured professor at the school of law where my son went. She is also a board member of three fortune 500 companies. [indiscernible] Speaker Pelosi im just saying you came to congress as that. [laughter] just to say thats why she was named one of the 100 most powerful women, and then, of course, one of the most powerful women in washington. Congressional voting representation have been so much a part of what her leadership has been about and so many other things, as well. She has led us with her lifelong struggle for people in civil equal and civil rights, and universal human rights. It is an honor, on this day, where we recognize the 100th anniversary of women, the house voting for women to have the right to vote, for me to recognize someone they would all be proud of. A representative from the district of columbia, Eleanor Holmesnorth. Lmesnorton. Ms. Holmesnorton i want to thank Speaker Pelosi for this kind introduction, but above all, for inviting me to speak really for the one hunt 30 women who, as a result of the 19th amendment, are here in this house and growing. I appreciate particularly speaking this year when the speaking this year, when the statehood bill has enough cosponsors to pass, so this is fraught with meaning for me when it comes to the right to vote. But i particularly appreciate Speaker Pelosi. You are not letting 2020 become only the year of the pandemic. And not letting us keep from remembering that we are celebrating 101 years of the right of women to vote. Madam speaker, we have just passed a proxy voting bill. So the way to see me here is, i m standing proxy for those, as is my good friend, for those 103 women, and we are not going to let anything stand in the way of the right to vote. Now that we havent or extolling what it means for us have it, or extolling what it means for us. Women who are in the house with the right to vote also have come to lead in the house. Today, we not only celebrate the right of american women to vote, but also the women in the congress who have risen to leadership. Nine of them are committee chairs, seven in the house and two in the senate. So for us, this anniversary has meaning on so many different levels. Jeanette rankin, to nancy pelosi. Jeanette rankin, a republican, nancy pelosi, a democrat. Be speaker is not going to satisfied with being oneofakind, the first woman speaker, or even being first among equals. So i joined her in celebrating the right of women in the United States to vote, and hope we will celebrate, yes, a 102nd year, a 103rd year, until the number of women in the house at least equals the number of men. We are getting there. Thank you. [laughter] Speaker Pelosi thank you very much, eleanor. As we have discussed, between us and among us, when we are together, we are so proud that women have taken seriously the sacred right of voting, and so many women are turning out for elections to vote, so many women to run, so many women to win. And with that, speaking on the right to vote, i have the privilege of presenting a champion in the congress of the United States, who has been the author and inspiration, the intellectual leader in hr one, a legislation we ran on in 2018. As we said, our platform was only three things, one in 2018 and it continues to be our focal point to lower the cost of health care by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and keeping preexisting condition benefit as a benefit, two, lower health costs, bigger paychecks by building the infrastructure of america in greenway. In a green way. God bless you. Three, to keep cleaner government, hr1. And in hr one are so many elements about ending Voter Suppression, but i want you to hear from the author himself. He has been relentless, a relentless, persistent, dissatisfied advocate and leader on this subject and commands the respect of not only the members of congress on this subject, but so many others out there who care in a bipartisan way and in a nonpartisan way on how sacred it is to protect the right to vote. Congressman John Sarbanes of maryland. Congressman sarbanes thank you very much, madam speaker. Let me first join you in saluting Eleanor Holmesnorton for her incredible career. Im standing here with two amazing champions of voting in this country. For the work they have done, we should all be very grateful, but Eleanor Holmesnortons advocacy on behalf of the vote, on behalf of women, and on behalf of the district of columbia is legendary. It began decades ago, continues in force today, and i want to thank her for her leadership in the d. C. Statehood bill. We got that out of committee, as you know, very proud to do that. We think there is strong momentum, and actually, within the corners of hr1, there was findings and language that set the table for this in many ways, and i want to thank congresswoman norton for all of her efforts and supports behind act. And the people pelosi, what can i say,o greater advocate for women in this country, for women in the women candidates that joined our ranks in 2018 are testament to the incredible work and leadership, and groundbreaking nature of Nancy Pelosis time and career in public office. Good things start in the house. They continue to. But if you look back at the moment we are marking today, this is the 101st anniversary today of the vote in the house of representatives to approve the 19th amendment. What happened was, i think two votes that preceded it where the house supported it but the senate did not follow through, but the house kept at it. Finally, on may 21, they cast the vote that was later seconded by the United States senate, and we went from there to the process of ratification, so important for our country. There is no question that Health Concerns remain at the forefront right now for the country, and certainly the economic dislocation that has come from the covid19 impact, but we also know from talking to our constituents, from polls, that people are anxious, as well, about having the opportunity to vote in this very important election year. And so, we have got to do everything we can to protect and preserve that opportunity, because in a democracy, and certainly we believe in a democracy like ours, voting is an essential activity. People have to be able to exercise that vote without sacrificing their health and their safety. Our caucus has made voting and voting empowerment a priority from day one. And with the leadership of many women candidates who came in 2018, followed through on a promise to make sure we would reform democracy and expand opportunities for voting in this country. That is what hr one included. And this class was the class that made sure, under the leadership of nancy pelosi, that we got that done in the first 100 days, by march 8 of 2000. March 8 of 2019. We also passed hr 4, the voting fact, vancement act, which provides support for expanding the right to vote across the country and knocking down barriers to the right to vote. Those priorities were embedded in hr one, and all of those measures were designed to make voting more robust and easier in america. What we didnt know, and we now know, is that many of those provisions also make voting safer in america, and that is why we have incorporated into the heroes act, and i want to thank the speaker for her leadership as the architect of the heroes act, and particularly focusing on this piece related to voting. We carried forward that imperative, to make sure voting would be available to people across the country. And the measures included are ones that make it safer to vote expanding vote by mail opportunities across the country, as the speaker said, online voter registration, sameday voter registration, making sure there is enough early voting opportunities for people in the country, which can also help safety because you help with safety, because you spread out time when people can vote. And of course, ensuring there are meaningful, in person election day voting opportunities for those who may not access vote by mail as easily. So those are critical measures part of the heroes act, and getting funding behind that and out to the states and local jurisdictions is critical. And that is why the speaker cares to get funding and we got 400 million there. And that is why she and our entire caucus is pushing the 3. 6 billion included in the heroes act. That is critical. Let me close with this observation. Because we know there are some who want to make this issue of voting by mail into a partisan issue. There is nothing partisan about this. This is only patriotic. This is about making it possible for people to vote in america, the number one priority. This is the way you express your voice in our democracy, to cast your ballot. And secretaries of state of both parties, republicans and democrats across the country, are clamoring for this support and this funding, because they want to do their job. Here is the good news. At the local level, these Election Officials are professionals that want to deliver a safe, free, and fair election. They are proud of what they do. If we get them the resources, we are going to have an election in november that we can be proud of, but we have to get it done. That is what the heroes act stands for. And again, madam speaker, thank you for your leadership on this issue. Speaker pelosi thank you very much, congressman. Congressman sarbanes, for your tremendous leadership. Long before coronavirus, you were advocating for hr 1, that we did past march of last year. One of the committees of the jurisdiction for the heroes act is the oversight committee, the oversight and reform committee. I mentioned carolyn maloney, who chairs that committee. It was formerly chaired by our darling elijah, who is dancing with the angels now. We want to be worthy of the legacy he left us, but all three of these members are members of the oversight committee. So much of what is in the heroes act relating to the subject we are talking about here is from that committee, not only in terms of voting, but in terms of the postal system. The postal system is under threat, also, by the administration, from the a from the administration, and we want to remove all doubt that we support the postal system, which is essential to vote by mail. It is also essential to the health of the American People, because it is over one billion packages of medicine were delivered to families last year, well before coronavirus. Much more than one billion. And 90 of the medicines needed that veterans receive, are by the mail. This postal issue is a health issue. The voting issue is a health issue. They are connected. And a person who serves on that committee, another generation of service in the congress, comes from stacy. She servers with Eleanor Holmesnorton on the committee. She served on the transportation committee, so essential. She served on the reform committee. Is oversight and reform. She also serves on the agriculture committee, very essential. The fact that there is hunger in america, our committee was very instrumental in putting the snap, not only for food stamps, but all kinds of other emergency food initiatives as well as just removing all doubt that as bad as it has been in terms of hunger in america, Food Insecurity is not going to take us down during this coronavirus. To anotherd to yield generation of members. Thank you, madam speaker. And congratulations. It is an honor to recognize my colleague, Eleanor Holmes norton, someone who, as a student at georgetown, we looked up to, and at American University when i was in law school and she was actively teaching at georgetown law. I want to thank mr. Sarbanes for authoring hr 1. And to point out a component of the democrats being so in tuned to the issues not just in the mainland but in the territories, that there is language in h. R. 1 that says a commission should be formed to look at selfdetermination and the ability to vote for those 4 Million People living in our territories, puerto rico, guam, my home of the virgin islands, northern marianas, and of course, american samoa. We are grateful you have given attention to the fact that we have veterans, people who have been willing to take the call to america to serve in our armed forces, but cannot go through the commanderinchief while for thet vote commanderinchief while they are living in the territories. That is something we are grateful you all decided in h. R. 1 to look at, and also, madame speaker, for appointing a committee of Voting Rights that went through testimony from so many people around the country to look at Voter Suppression, to answer the questions in the case, the Supreme Court case of shelby. So i want to thank the speaker for her tremendous work and all of the democrats who are continually remembering those least americans and those of us who feel suppressed in our ability to express our support of this democracy by the right to vote. And we are hopeful that on the oversight committee, we will do what is necessary to ensure the postal our u. S. Postal service, which has been with us forever, does not falter in not just getting those care, food, as well as so many goods being done to those homebound, but also when we vote in this important election. So thank you so much for that. Speaker pelosi thank you, congresswoman, for your service, your leadership, and words today. When we talk about the Postal Service, i want to add one thing, and that is that the Postal Services board of governors, bipartisan, have all been appointed by president trump, have recommended what we have in the bill in the heroes act for the Postal Service. The appropriation, taking off restrictions on how they use loans, actually, they proposed more. We will save some for the infrastructure bill that comes next, because it relates to that. So again, these are connected. This week, i have had three focuses so far. That was restarted with the Postal Service yesterday, today we are focusing on vote. That me just indulge for a moment my own personal history. My father was elected to congress as a new deal democrats as a new deal democrat many decades ago. When he was in congress, he was chair of the district of columbias subcommittee of appropriations. As such, he was deemed the unofficial mayor of washington. They had no mayor but everything that happened happened to the appropriation committees for the funding. I come from a tradition and the dna of home rule, home rule, home rule, and it would blossom later. It is a thrill for me to be here with eleanor, and all of my colleagues having John Sarbanes mentioning the statehood for the district of columbia. Thank you for your leadership there. When my father Left Congress when he was there, speaking of women, he had, on his subcommittee, invited Eleanor Roosevelt to testify that the conditions in the welfare institutions in washington, particularly saint elizabeth. So in my office, you will see a picture of him introducing, welcoming Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman leader and the first lady ever to testify before congress. We have that connection before we had that connection before we were ever born, but nonetheless. Then, when my father left later,s a generation Paul Sarbanes took his place, in the congress of the u. S. , later to become senator sarbanes, and when he did, Barbara Mikulski took his place, another great woman leader in this country. After that, another going on to the senate after that. John sarbanes represents the district my father represented and it is an emotional tie. As you can see. Again we talk about history, we love the fresh invigoration of the congress that john is and that stacy is and how they are inspiring a whole other generation of leaders to protect the vote and the lives and livelihood of the American People. And it was acknowledged, thank you, stacy, representative plaskett, for addressing that. The chair of the committee, who did have those hearings, led by marshall sledge around the country, and then we did pass the Voting Rights act. We hope the senate will do so as well. With that, pleased to answer any questions you have about how we go forward. Jack . Garrett. Ive been called far worse than that. [laughter] they say they want to pass something on the release bill, not necessarily the hero act. Mitch mcconnell has not deigned to go forward on that. Im wondering to what do you ascribe his unwillingness to put any other relief measures on the floor . Do you think he is just trying to stay close to the president . Rep. Pelosi i would be happy to come back to that question where you does anyone have any questions about 101 years in the house or anything we talked about with the Voting Rights or the danger that they are in from the president . Hopefully they wont be when he sees the response. Anything . As you know, the president railed mail, voting by mail. I wonder if you would respond to what democrats are thinking along those lines. Also in maryland, as you know, there has been an issue of problems with ballots getting out. I think the last time the vendor was supposed to send out about 150,000, this time they have send out 4 million. Two clearly there has been a delay. I wondered what your concerns where there and related to getting a number of ballots out to people through the mail, and some of the complications that that raises up because a lot of the states are scrambling now because they did not use mail as much as they did in the past. On your first question, with respect to the president , i know he does rail against vote by mail. Theres no basis for that, in fact. There is no evidence, no data that suggests voting by mail helps one party versus another. Voting by mail is just an opportunity to make it easier for folks out there. And in this moment, to make it safer for people. If you look at what the publics appetite, they want that option. So im not sure why the president would want to get sideways with the broad public in terms of that priority. Maryland is experiencing what states across the country are experiencing, which is the challenge of ramping up quickly in this environment to make sure you deliver the opportunity for the franchise to the public. And so we are paying attention to some of the issues that have come up. I think the state board is doing its best to meet those challenges. You know, some states that have been doing mail for a long time, colorado and oregon and washington, so forth, they own a lot of the machinery and infrastructure of delivering the vote by mail ballot. Other states are having to get that through vendors in the short term, and that is going to present challenges. All of this supports why we are trying to get significant funding out to the states in this moment and get it to them sooner, rather than later, because they have got to build up that infrastructure to deliver and meet the expectation that the public has. We are very much looking at marylands experience, and the experience in other states with special elections and primary elections, as an opportunity for Lessons Learned heading into the general election season. But all of it supports the funding that marcia fudge and nancy pelosi have worked so hard to get not just into the cares act but now into the heroes act. We have to get those funds out. Rep. Pelosi when the president criticized michigan for sending out applications, of course he misrepresented what was going on there, but what is new . At the same time, republican secretaries of state around the country were doing were engaging in vote by mail, vote at home, however you want to call it. So this is, this is again for the people. It is no use to afraid of the people. That is just another insecurity that exists there. That is why this money is needed. That is exactly the question. And i think every yesterday was all but one. Now, maybe every one of the states have asked for the money that was in the first applied for the money that was in the first bill. The more the sooner we get it, the more we have, the clearer it will be. We are giving people an option that we want to be able to deliver on, but if they dont support the resources, then they have been stood in the way of voting, which is in keeping with their Voter Suppression in general. Any other questions on voting . Or . Women having the right to vote . Garrett. Yes, sir. [indiscernible] rep. Pelosi ok, we will go to garrett. [indiscernible] any additional relief package despite to do so. Rep. Pelosi i think he will. I think he will. I think he wants to put some things on the table. Right now, right now he has decided to obstruct, to obstruct us to get the support we need to give to our Health Care Workers who need ppe. He is obstructing the will of our people to open the economy by having testing, tracing, treatment and isolation where necessary. Hes obstructing our ability to give states a locality, states and localities, territories and tribal entities, the resources they need to stay open. These people are risking their lives to save lives, and now they may lose their jobs because of the opportunity the money they have to spend on the coronavirus but also the opportunity lost, the revenue lost because of the virus. We have broad support across the country, democratic and Republican Leaders of towns and the rest, in the way the bill is. Go to speaker. Gov heroesact to find out how your community, yourcity, your state, town, your county benefits from this legislation. You will see why there is such broad support. You may not to know it yet, but they will come to the table, and they will do so because it is absolutely essential. Our bill is focused, disciplined, and what is necessary to defeat this virus but also to honor our heroes so that they can keep the jobs that are helping save lives in our country while we put money in the pockets of those who are losing their jobs through no fault of their own. Also to again support Voting Rights and doing voting at home as well as supporting the Postal Service. Insecurity ever, and it has always been a problem, now it is exacerbated by the coronavirus. It is about feeding, feeding arent they ashamed to say i dont want as they have in the past few bills, i dont want to spend money to feed people in america . Our children who are losing their meals because they are not going to school, and sometimes that is the only place they get a meal. Our seniors who depend on meals on wheels and other entities for food . It is i dont know. You would have to ask him why he doesnt want to feed the American People, that he doesnt want to put money in the pockets of the American People, doesnt want to honor our heroes in this fight against the virus and why he does not want to defeat covid19, the enemy of the American People. With that, oh yes, sir . I was wondering how confident where you that proxy voting would work in the house next week, and how many members do expect to take advantage of that . Rep. Pelosi that i dont know, but it has been well planned, thought out, and i salute our steny hoyer our distinguished , leader as well as the chair of the rules committee and chair of the House Administration for the work they did negotiating with the republicans, trying to find Common Ground with them, taking some of their suggestions, but they just dont support proxy voting. But that doesnt mean we are not going to be doing the work the American People sent us here to do, and some people should stay home because of the health issues. Thank you for not sharing. We rather you do stay home. And if the transportation is a challenge in that regard, we want their voices to be heard. Planning has gone into it the has been very smart. Yesterday, i sent out the letter in response to the declaration by the house the capital physician that says that we will start the clock ticking on this on this 45 day clock. , a [inaudible] Capital Building so empty just onesi excuse me, second. My colleagues, you are welcome to stay through the other stuff, but i know you are all very busy. But im honored you are here, but i dont know where we are going with some of this. [laughter] rep. Pelosi sometimes i have been known to be in a place where you may not want to be. [laughter] rep. Pelosi thank you, john servings, stacy, eleanor. [laughter] weird to see the Capital Building so empty with so few people. Would you expect it to be back to normal in that building and keeps working for the American People . Rep. Pelosi we will be back in full force when we are able to because of testing, tracing, and treatment. We are concerned about the health and wellbeing, not only of the members of congress. That is the smallest number involved, but of the press, of the staff, of the custodians, people thousands of people manage this capital so it is ready for visitors to come witness democracy in action. I couldnt possibly answer that question. No sooner than we are ready, but we are constantly preparing for that time. But science will be the answer, when science says to us, you have tested enough people to have enough of a measure of how challenging this is, and able to treat to trace into and treat those who need to be treated. Then we will be closer to that time. I certainly hope, i certainly hope it will be soon. What was the second part . [inaudible] rep. Pelosi of course, for the house of representatives. The peoples house. We have been working. There is a great deal of discussion in terms of our duties as representatives to be in contact with the people we represent so that we can truly speak for them, but in addition to that, committees have varying degrees of hearings, what they whether they call forums or roundtables, whatever it is, communicating. We hope that we need we have some timetables we must honor for the appropriations bill. We have a timetable for the Defense Authorization bill, we have so ready to go forward with infrastructure, to build america in a green way as we go forward and create good, paying jobs as we, again, grow our economy in a very wise way. So again, we have a full agenda that people have been working on for a long time, so it is a continuation of that but also an intensification. It is not just about proxy voting, which we will be prepared for. It is about how committees can do their work virtually, in person, or in a hybrid way. Some of the witnesses might not be able to show up, even if the members are there, so it may have to be hybrid. That is what we are working on. Im proud of the enthusiasm of everybody to come back, but again i can just tell you, in terms of my own travel on commercial airlines, it is a challenge. And so we have to recognize that. But im proud of the courage of our members and the courage to vote for the heroes act. They said to me, you go big. You go big. We went big, but not any bigger than is necessary. We can do more and should probably have to depending on what comes in our economy in meeting our health needs, but again this is, this is about again honoring those who risk their lives to save lives by supporting state and local, territorial and tribal, as well as testing. Did you see, did you see the columbia report that came out that if one week sooner, one week sooner we had had a lockdown, as other countries had korea and the United States had the first fatality i dont know if the case or the first first death the same day, they locked down they lost just over 300 people in korea. Just over 300 people. We waited a couple weeks. The report further says if we had done it when korea did, we would have saved closer to well over 50,000 of those lives. But just one week was well into the 30,000s of people who would not have died. We need to be strategic. That is when we say testing, treatment, isolation. It is smart. It is strategic. Goal, a vision, it has a it has timetables, it has thresholds. A plan, a Strategic Plan to identify to quantify what this is, be able to trace and treat so that we can defeat this virus. It isnt what we have done, but putting aside how we got here, this is about going forward, and we want to do so in the most sciencebased way to get the job done. Related to going forward, one real quick question related to [inaudible] rep. Pelosi did you have a question, dear . Related this is traditionally a Holiday Weekend, obviously very different but , given what you just said related to death and the fact the country is continuing to reopen, do you have a message to the public as people are getting ready to a lot of people are planning to travel. Going state to state. I wonder if you have any concerns about that or what your thoughts are to the public as we get ready to head into a Holiday Weekend . Rep. Pelosi i thank you for that question, because everybody wants out. With all the love we have for each other and the rest, we cant even see each other. I cant wait until i can hug my grandchildren again, but that will have to wait. I will just say, people have to be very careful. They should wear masks. The people who dont wear masks, the mask is not to protect you, the mask is to protect other people. So if you dont wear the mask, what are you saying . I dont care about you . But i hope you are wearing a mask if you care about me. Masks are very important. Spacing, very important. There could be ways for people to engage i do not recommend any large, public events. I think that that is dangerous still. But there could be a way to have discipline, distance, and masks, handwashing, all of those things. And there are ways to again have a family meal over the memorial weekend, keeping our distances and not double dipping into the guacamole. That would not be a good idea. [laughter] by the way, it is never a good idea. [laughter] no double dipping. Rep. Pelosi no double dipping, but especially, maybe we will all pick up very good habits from all of this. But we risk the enthusiasm people have to get out and get some fresh air and the rest, but they should not do it, rationalizing that it does not matter how they do it. It does matter, and that is why i would hope that the president , the Vice President , we wear a would wear a mask. They dont wear a mask, why not . Other people should, so they should set an example. They have doctors around them all the time to minister to their various needs. But everybody else does not have that. It is nothing that has any example to it to that is good example to it that is good for stopping the spread of this. A lot of people, as you know, many people dying are older or preexposed. My fear is what you bring home to the children. And it, again, we want to take every precaution. I had i will end by telling a colleagues,ne of my rashida tlaib, said on the floor. She showed a picture of a beautiful girl, five years old. She died of coronavirus. She died of coronavirus. Her father is a firefighter. Her mother is a police officer. They werent tested, and of course, now they are big advocates for testing. And this little girl, five years old, can you just imagine if that happened in your home . Its one thing to lose a parent, ok. That is important. It is terrible. It is awful. But as one in that category, i would rather me than my grandchildren. I am sure every parent would say that. The responsibility we all have to our family members, people take home whatever experience they had to their children or to their parents, grandparents, whatever, and the consequences could be some that are very sad for our country. Chuck schumer and i wrote to the president this morning. Did that go out . We wrote to the president this morning and said, as we observe memorial day, we recognize that that is a dedicated day reserved to honor our men and women in uniform who were willing to make the supreme sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice for our country. We want to be respectful of that. But over this weekend, or whenever it happens, that we reach 100,000 deaths, that we want the flags across the country and public buildings to be flown at half staff. That was our request. I hope the president will honor it. One death we carry in our hearts. 100,000 deaths, our hearts have to be full of love to always remember them, a scar on our nation. Here letsow we got , hope we minimize what happens in the future, but at the same time, i think the American People, i hear from my own constituents and from my colleagues, have a muchneeded a muchneeded expression of grief and recognition for the loss this is to our country. Keep talking about john dunn for whom the bell tolls. , every persons death diminishes mankind. Because i am man. Every persons death diminishes mankind because i am man. For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. This is a tremendous loss for our country. Lets fight it. Testing, tracing, treatment, isolation, with a plan, strategic. Definite going into underserved , communities which are fearful to come forward because of the cost that might be incurred. To remove all doubt that it is in our nations history that everyone have access to that testing. So, happy 101 years since the house of representatives voted for women to have the right to vote. California soon followed. We voted a year in advance of the country, i have to say, proudly, now that my colleagues are not here. Not to, i dont know im from california. Rep. Pelosi you are ok. [laughter] withinted a year the past year, in 2019. Again 100 years before, we passed it in california. And one of the reasons i wanted to do this today, so many of the events we have planned in august for and hopefully we can still engage in them, celebrating women having the right to vote. When it happened, they said the headlines, women given the right to vote. No such thing. Women fought, marched, starved and were starved and everything to get the right to vote. We owe them so much. Not just the women owe them so much. America owes the suffragists so much. And we thank the house of representatives for taking the lead in the congress on that. Thank you all very much. Wash your hands. [laughter] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] announcer 1 the house returns on wednesday and thursday for legislative business and to vote on the pfizer authorization bill. It extends pfizers abilities through december 2023. It will require house action. With new house rules in place to allow for proxy voting, house members beginning wednesday can vote for other members not present during floor votes. Watch coverage anytime on cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Danielle brian joining us. She is here to talk about the president s decision to fire inspectors general. Lets begin with the role of the Inspector General in the federal government. Why are why do we have them and when did it begin . First
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