This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome dr. Robert redfield, director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Dr. Redfield, to discuss the cdc and the on going response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas pole and our full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to the subcommittee members here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i move to my Opening Statement, and because this is our first labor hhs and education appropriation subcommittee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between members, witnesses, and other individuals in in the room necessary to operate the hea
Peacefully, a number turned it into an opportunity for violence and mayhem, destroying property, looting and attacking police. Hundreds of officers have been hurt and at least one killed. In new york on monday night, terrifying scenes as looters smashed store windows and helping themselves to the content inside. The scenes that weve seen were unlike anything since the riots of the late 1960s. President trump demanded action, calling governors and mayors who didnt use an iron fist to quell the violence weak, dubbing himself the president of law and order and saying hes ready to use thousands of troops to stop the disturbances. But the president s tough message has drawn criticism even from republicans and from some former members of his own cabinet. The president s visible show of force on monday night when, in Lafayette Square throughout the white house, he had the square cleared and walked across to a Famous Church that had been fire bombed. That performance became a flashpoint as did
Redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. Which we have kept to a minimum. Some members have opted to use
Peacefully, a number turned it into an opportunity for violence and mayhem, destroying property, looting and attacking police. Hundreds of officers have been hurt and at least one killed. In new york on monday night, terrifying scenes as looters smashed store windows and helping themselves to the content inside. The scenes that weve seen were unlike anything since the riots of the late 1960s. President trump demanded action, calling governors and mayors who didnt use an iron fist to quell the violence weak, dubbing himself the president of law and order and saying hes ready to use thousands of troops to stop the disturbances. But the president s tough message has drawn criticism even from republicans and from some former members of his own cabinet. The president s visible show of force on monday night when, in Lafayette Square throughout the white house, he had the square cleared and walked across to a Famous Church that had been fire bombed. That performance became a flashpoint as did
Peacefully, a number turned it into an opportunity for violence and mayhem, destroying property, looting and attacking police. Hundreds of officers have been hurt and at least one killed. In new york on monday night, terrifying scenes as looters smashed store windows and helping themselves to the content inside. The scenes that weve seen were unlike anything since the riots of the late 1960s. President trump demanded action, calling governors and mayors who didnt use an iron fist to quell the violence weak, dubbing himself the president of law and order and saying hes ready to use thousands of troops to stop the disturbances. But the president s tough message has drawn criticism even from republicans and from some former members of his own cabinet. The president s visible show of force on monday night when, in Lafayette Square throughout the white house, he had the square cleared and walked across to a Famous Church that had been fire bombed. That performance became a flashpoint as did