[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. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
Expecting to hear from President Trump momentarily in the rose garden here as the president and the white house will tout the progress that has been made on testing. Senior Administration Officials say across the country, 1. 9 million tests over last week, nine million since the start of covid19. Senor officials are pointing to go going ward, that 11 billion set to the states, that is money set aside in the cares age. They identified state goals and needs for month of may. Earlier today, Vice President , when he spoke to state governors encouraged those governors to have Staff Members within Nursing Homes tested. Testing of course what many positives want to see ramped up before states reopened but the president criticized many governors, the president saying that he believes that states arent reopening because of politics this Election Year this is part of the tweet from President Trump earlier today saying quote, the democrats are moving slowly all over the usa for political purposes
That we need more. We will work every avenue we can to get them. I signed three executive orders to help expand Health Care Capacity and ensure asset access. The first makes it easier for foreign educated doctors to be licensed to practice in the commonwealth. Specifically allows graduates of International Medical schools who have completed at least a twoyear postgraduate training to be licensed in massachusetts. The secondorder allows Nursing Student graduates, and those in the last semester of nursing programs to practice here in massachusetts if they are supervised by a licensed medical professional. These orders contribute to our effort to grow a Robust Community of frontline workers to support our Health Care Institutions as they significantly expand their capacity. We have already cut red tape to allow more Health Care Professionals to come over state lines, come back to work or start practicing straight out of school, and to continue to make sure that we find the resources we ne
Continuing every single day across the state of south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. I think that what youre going to hear and see today is a great demonstration that the entrepreneurial and Pioneering Spirit is alive and well within health care in the could in the dakotas. Are goinger way, we on offense against the virus. I want to thank the governor for her support. And everything the secretary has done. Their theroduce from governor to make a couple of comments. Will talkysicians about trial specifics. Good morning, everyone. We continue every day across the state of south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. Fortunately, thanks to all of the people who live in this state, we are doing well. The spread has slowed down. Had we taken no action whatsoever, the original modeling had us peeking in the middle of april. What we have been able to do by putting in mitigation efforts, limiting group sizes old to stay limiting group siz
To hear and see today is a great demonstration that the entrepreneurial and Pioneering Spirit is alive and well within health care in the could in the dakotas. Are goinger way, we on offense against the virus. I want to thank the governor for her support. And everything the secretary has done. Their theroduce from governor to make a couple of comments. Will talkysicians about trial specifics. Good morning, everyone. We continue every day across the state of south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. Fortunately, thanks to all of the people who live in this state, we are doing well. The spread has slowed down. Had we taken no action whatsoever, the original modeling had us peeking in the middle of april. What we have been able to do by putting in mitigation efforts, limiting group sizes old to stay limiting group sizes, telling people to stay home, focusing on hygiene and washing hands, we have been able to push that peak off. Today, we have an announcement abo