At a joint hearing on the coronavirus and the procurement of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. This rants an hour and a half. Joint hearing will come to order. Let me begin by thanking everyone for joining us today. I hope that my colleagues, our witnesses and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member king of the Emergency Preparedness response and recovery subcommittee, for coming together with Ranking Member crenshaw and i to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to picker critical supplies and response to the coronavirus pandemic. First, i want to acknowledge that the federal Emergency Management agency, fema, who is put in charge of the federal governments response was asked to testify today. While fema is not here today, i understand that and miss straighter gaynor plans to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this because it is vital that we Work Tog
1941. The nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing. Their objective . To defeat an opposing british army and dominate all our forces. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their funding conquest of china. He only one of the worlds major powers was still not we at war, the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 19, 41. The statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. She where the last symbol of freedom left in the crumbling free world. Early morning in hawaii, and another great harbinger, American Warships where anchored. Planes with engines stood idle nearby. Suddenly, without warning, the immediate Japanese Military objective was to knock out the United States naval and air power in the pacific in a single stroke. They reason th
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 third, increase our production rate of antiaircraft guns so rapidly that in this year, 1942, we shall produce 20,000 of them, and to continue that increase so that next year, 1943, we shall produce 35,000 antiaircraft guns. And fourth, to increase our production rate of merchant ships, so rapidly that in this year, 1942, we shall build 8 million deadweight tons, as compared with a 1941 completed production of 1,100,000. [ applause ] immense forces were mobilizing. Millions of americans were in training. The infantry. Airborne infantry. Field artillery. Antiaircraft artillery. Armored cavalry. Army air corps pilots by the thousands. Women power as well as man power. The vitality of all america was surging up to full time. American labor and management performed miracles. Planes, tanks. Guns, ammunition. Tens of thousands of items rolled off the lines to supply not only ourselves but our fighting allies. On the home front, 1942 was a
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