Everyone, please welcome former Vice President , joe biden. Joe biden good afternoon. My fellow americans, today across the nation, many of us are feeling anxious about the spread of the covid19, known as the coronavirus. And threat it poses to our health, our loved ones, our families, our livelihoods. You know, i know people are worried. My thoughts are with those who are directly fighting this virus. Those infected, families that have suffered a loss, First Responders and Health Care Providers who are putting themselves on the line as i speak for others. Id like to thank those who are already making sacrifices to protect us, whether thats selfquarantining themselves or canceling events and closing campuses. Because whether or not youre infected, or know someone who is infected, or have been in contact with an infected person, this is going to require a national response. Not just from our elected leaders or our Public Health officials, but from all of us. We must, all of us, follow t
Those who are joining this morning, doctor bianchi of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for child health and develop, almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, Human Services and related agencies. Doctor Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Doctor gary gibbons, director of the National Heart, lung and Blood Institute. Doctor sharpless of the National Cancer institute. And doctor dora volkow, welcome to all of you. Leader hoyer asked me to you have the nih coming . And he said this is one of the most remarkable hearings we have, thank you for the work you do and the differences you make in saving lives. At the start, let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus. I want to say thank you to the director, all the institutes. I want to say thank you to doctor fauci and say for Public Health experts, what, what you are doing on what is clearly a matter of National Importance and national urgency. We will be discussing the 2021 budget
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning all. Dr. Collins, welcome back to the labor hhs education appropriations subcommittee. Let me also welcome all of you, the five institute and Center Directors who are joining in this morning. Dr. Bianki, director of the u. S. Kenne kenne Kennedy Shriver National Institute and committee. Dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Dr. Gary gibbons, director of the national heart, lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Ned sharpless, director of the National Cancer institute, and director of the National Institute on drug abuse. Again, welcome, welcome, welcome to all of you. This is leader hoyer asked me this morning, he said do you have the nih coming . I said, yes, indeed. And he said, are you ultimately going to be able to get all the Institute Directors to come up. This is one of the most remarkable hearings that we have, and we thank you for the great work that you do and what a difference you ma
Are watching this morning, snow already falling in parts of carolinas and georgia, up to 6inches could blanket southern part of virginia region and eastern North Carolina, drivers are being warned about extremely dangerous Road Conditions this morning. Onto coronavirus this morning, the number of cases appear to be falling as death toll is now topping 2,020, 2200. The passengers quarantine have tested positive for coronavirus. New infections in china have fallen this week but new cases are being counted and they have a new way of counting the cases, the virus claiming 2,248 lives with at least 76,000 individual cases confirmed across the world. 27 countries affected by the deadly path of coronavirus. 11 americans meanwhile cruise ship tested positive, i will be speaking with two passengers, one of whom is infected. Maria roger stone learns fate, roger stone sentenced to 40 months, far less than 9 months originally sought, career prosecutors, the attorney general and the president. And
And the ready to read program and some are read. Me will soon be announcing a winter read we will try to get the Community Reading just like we do in the summer we owe a debt of gratitude to our media sponsors and and our community sponsors. I hope you will join us later this month wrapping up the 2019 series we have kevin wilson in the meeting room downstairs. Also authors will be presenting the joy of cooking. Tickets are 50 but include a copy of the newest addition and a small sampling of the most loved recipes and cocktails. And now for the reason you are here today the moderator is a pulitzer prizewinning columnist the author of two nonfiction books and then to bring back here next year for that. Please do me too welcome to the stage miss connie schultz. [applause] elected to the seat with the Democratic Party beginning the political career 1975 and from secretary of state and has taught at ohio state university. With progressive senators who changed america. And with the eight me