[inaudible conversations] him him him. The hearing will come to order. Good morning welcome to the labor health and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee todays hearing is with the ongoing response to the coronavirus. Like all other efforts of the supplemental package we have been bipartisan when we commend him my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Before i began i went to extend they were to our witnesses tom friedman president and ceo and former director of cdc in prevention 2009 through sc 2016 doctor rivers senior scholar that hell security an assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schools of health. Doctor friedman will do is perspective of fighting epidemics including leading the cdc response of where we are and what we need to do to protect americans doctor rivers makes a case where the months and years to come we will need additional capacity heea with Contact Tracing to combat the viru
Dr. Schaffner we will have to end it now. We will take it to the floor now. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, ashington, d. C. , march 27, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable anthony g. Brown to act as day. Ker pro tempore on this signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. Dan capitol worship, washington, d. C. Me. Chaplain come pray with heavenly father, this morning, humblee to remember your servant, 91yearold holocaust rabbi kahn who lost his this week and just two dais ago at
Sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum reserve through 2022. Included in this package, improvements to expand access to care through telehealth, including 200 million for the f. C. C. For Telehealth Services and devices, and expansion of Telehealth Services in the medicare program. It extends vital medicare, medicaid and Public Health programs, including Community Health centers, among many others, until november 30 this year. We mobilized the Nations Health work force by providing Liability Protections to those who provide volunteer medical services during the pu bl Health Crisis and by standing up the ready reserve. And we take steps to protect our medical supply chain, something i Hope Congress will continue to work on after we pass this legislation today. Todays phase three approach is the most comprehensive and robust response to covid19. Together were going to win this war and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman
Unusual session but critical. Mr. Speaker, this legislation represents a bipartisan and resolve to meet the coronavirus challenge head on. It represents a focusnt on families and workers with the objective to make them safer and economically supported. That will protect workers as we all doo our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials have made it clear the only chance we have c to prevent our system to be overwhelmed with the pandemic it is threatened to be for his as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary for us to be here, to pass legislatio legislation, to respond on behalf of the American People through this daunting challenge. The closure the large parts of the economy must be temporarily shutec down cause severe disruption for businesses and workers we saw the impact of this yesterday when new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People 3 million individuals. Those that rely on them for support of their families and
[inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible] Committee Welcomes order. Good morning to everyone and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess on a committee at any time. Withthat i will now recognize myself from my Opening Statements. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman of the committee on oversight and reform as we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague chairman Elijah Cummings and as i sit here today and as chair i am mindful of his Lifelong Mission to seek not only Common Ground but higher ground. With that in mind i am very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years. The need for comprehensive paid family andmedical leave. It is important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now we are one of only two nations in the world that do not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and pound gi