Thank you for having me. Dr. Fauci, you are there. I will plunge right in. I dont see you yet on the screen but i know you are there. Dr. Fauci i am here. Good to be with you. Judy lets start with the basics. Where are we as a country in the battle against covid19 . If you are asked for a status report, what would you say . Dr. Fauci it is a mixed bag. You can look at the numbers and they are very serious and concerning. Deaths,d over 185,000 six plus million infections. If you look at the country, a large heterogeneous country, some areas are doing really very well right now. Particularly those hit badly early on. The new york city metropolitan area has at least for a month now have less than 1 test positivity. In contrast, in other parts of the country, but we saw and some of the Southern States that had big surges where they tried to open up the economy, that brought the baseline number of daily infections up from 20,000 to as high as 70,000. We are back down now to between 30000 an
Dr. Fauci it is a mixed bag. You can look at the numbers and they are very serious and concerning. Weve had over 185,000 deaths, six plus million infections. If you look at the country, a large heterogeneous country, some areas are doing really very well right now. Particularly those hit badly early on. The new york city metropolitan area has at least for a month now have less than 1 test positivity. In contrast, in other parts of the country, but we saw and some of the Southern States that had big surges where they tried to open up the economy, that brought the baseline number of daily infections up from 20,000 to as high as 70,000. We are back down now to between 30,000 and 40,000. And just as those states are starting to level off and come down which is a good sign, we , are starting to see the beginning of surges in places like montana, the dakotas, michigan, minnesota, iowa. So it is really a mixed bag. Some areas are doing really well. Some are still threatening to have surges. I
President ial candidate joe biden met with Union Members and veterans in lancaster, pennsylvania. During the discussion, biden talked about military service and labor Union Apprenticeship programs. Glad. We need you to save the world. Yes, we do. You guys are saving the world. You just need help to do it. Lets sit down. First of all, thanks for doing it. I want to thank our hosts. Is this on . Make sure everyone can hear us and stay socially distant. But youome questions, want to make any opening comments . I would like to make a comment. My name is frank. I am with the Pennsylvania State Building Trades council. We represent 16 Regional Councils throughout the commonwealth of pennsylvania and 94 construction unions, which all aspects of construction through the state of pennsylvania, collectively we have about 135,000 construction men and women in the commonwealth who are building Major Projects like the planting Beaver County, which by the way, donald trump didnt start. That was star
Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
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