3, 2, 1. This hearing will now come to order. Is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. To minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. Issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I remind senators and our witnesses the fiveminute clock still applies. Those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. Weve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able to find them and follow them. We are going
Text us with your first name, city and state, to 202 7488003. You can also post your comments with a tweet at tweet,. Cspanwj, or facebook. Com nancy pelosi spoke to reporters after the times noted that she regained the gavel and became the first person in 60 years to return a speaker after losing the majority. Here she is. [video clip] i wish you could have seen the nominations and acceptance speeches. Then you could have seen the Common Thread, the unity of our caucus. The values and the vision, the knowledge of our subjects on the Strategic Thinking. You hear me talk about that all the time. Theof it is connected to hopes and aspirations of americans and working families. That is what unifies us. Im honored and was emotional earlier because of some of the things that were said in nomination, but also listening to the other nominations as well , not only to the vision but the depth of the commitment, the values of our caucus. Im thrilled, im excited, i to be working with the new pres
Runs just under two hours. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being with us, or being near us, at least in the technology since. I welcome all of you to todays hearing that weve entitled, examining the response to the covid19 pandemic. The subcommittee at the sound of the gavel will come to order. As the nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health crisis, americans worked to protect against further spread of the virus while trying to maintain a certain degree of normalcy, including maintaining a job and earning a paycheck. There is not a corner of the u. S. Economy that has not felt the impact of the pandemic todays discussion will talk about the harmful effects on the Manufacturing Sector. During this pandemic, many in the Manufacturing Community have adapted their operations to help provide products needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Distributionlesale company that pivoted to manufacturing face masks in response to a dire National Supply shortage, or a cart
Thank you for being with us, or being near us, at least in the technology since. I welcome all of you to todays hearing that weve entitled, examining the response to the covid19 pandemic. The subcommittee at the sound of the gavel will come to order. As the nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health crisis, americans worked to protect against further spread of the virus while trying to maintain a certain degree of normalcy, including maintaining a job and earning a paycheck. There is not a corner of the u. S. Economy that has not felt the impact of the pandemic todays discussion will talk about the harmful effects on the Manufacturing Sector. During this pandemic, many in the Manufacturing Community have adapted their operations to help provide products needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Distributionlesale company that pivoted to manufacturing face masks in response to a dire National Supply shortage, or a cartridge printer Manufacturing Company switching to hand
Thank you for joining us. With ther viewers Paycheck Protection Program is. Stimulus was a form of that the treasury and Small Business administration started lending to borrowers, Small Businesses, back in april. They plan to forgive a lot of these loans as long as the funds were used to fund payroll and other qualifying expenses. Host how much money was lent and what types of businesses received the money . Guest in the end there were 525 billion lent out. More than 5 million recipients of the loans got some of the funds. All kinds of businesses. Very Small Businesses, some larger businesses as well. The ones who filed for bankruptcy were a lot of restaurants, hotels, and businesses in the Accommodation Services industry. Host you wrote the total amount lent to companies who went bankrupt is between 220 Million Dollars and 509 million. For thernment range amount. Half of the firms identified by the journal have filed for bankruptcy since august. Dozens of recipients who come from a s