Good afternoon, everyone. During the briefing last week and it means the other times before, i said the health and safety of missourians is our first priority. This will always be true for me as governor. I also said that we must begin to increase our focus on economic recovery as we move forward. When we developed our show me strong recovery plan, we based this on four essential pillars to give us a benchmark Going Forward. The Health Care System capacity, and Public Health data. Reopening the economy was especially dependent on Health Care System capacity, and we have met that pillar. The other three pillars were also critical to reopening, and we continue to monitor those on a daily basis. As i said yesterday, testing will continue to be a priority as we move forward. We will have we have the teststing capacity and now we mt find ways to use that capacity to test as many people as we can. 7, we have tested over 154,000 missourians that have been tested for covid19. Of these tests, a
Join the discussion. Biden spoke about the coronavirus pandemic in a video message to the api victory fund, which is focused on mobilizing Asian American and Pacific Island voters ahead of the 2020 president ial election. Earlier this year, the organization gave its endorsement to the former vice president. His remarks are just over 10 minutes. Bebiden i wish we could together in person, but im grateful to be able to connect with you virtually. I would like to thank probably the mute button is not working at his introduction. The incredible leadership of you and your felloww Board Members for creating and building this vital organization. Thanks as well to the extraordinary leaders, senator harris, duckworth, representative to, all for being here. We got a chance to talk earlier. For all the work you are doing to help folks who need it, it is a pleasure to be with you and it is a special honor to be conduct to be together during aa pi. I am especially grateful for the victory fund it i
Testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about the epas role during the coronavirus pandemic. And two 30, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee holds a confirmation hearing for the Deputy Energy secretary and on cspan two, the centered senate is back at 10 00 a. M. Eastern to consider judicial nominations. As of this morning, about a quarter of the debts are in new york city area, the new york area has been the hardest hit region of the country by this virus. Four v. A. Centers have 26260 debts, but the other deaths are spread out across 110 different v. A. Facilities. This is all over the country. Everyone has been touched by this in some way. Some places it is just two deaths, other places, philadelphia has been hit hard, new orleans has been hit hard, chicago has had around 60 deaths so this is not a regional problem, this is not just one area that has been hit. It is really a nationwide issu if you look at the overall numbers, and these have pr
Virtually. And all of you, thank you. Are, a week later. Not quite a week, but in the next week since we passed the heroes act, im so very, very proud of the substance of it. I have said that our chairs of the committees in jurisdiction were dazzling in how they put thether initiatives to meet needs of the American People. Three and im proud of the courage of my members to support the legislation and couldnt have been more proud than to hear the debate on the floor. When they talked about meeting the needs of the American People while the other side was talking about taking a pause. Well, we dont agree with that. We dont take a pause because again, hunger doesnt take a pause, paying your rent doesnt take a pause. The list goes on. The legislation had three main pillars, all of which have been supported in a bipartisan way. In one or the other of the previous covid bipartisan legislations. First, honor the heroes. Health care providers, first responders, police fighters firefighters, ou
Cspan, created as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Now secretary of state mark plan pao mike pompeo testifies before congress and answers questions about china, taiwan, and steve linick. Sec. Pompep good morning, everyone. This morning, i had the chance to drive through arlington cemetery. As we approach memorial day weekend, i want to reflect on the sacrifices of our military who have given their lives for the cause of freedom. As a veteran, i spend all my days working to use diplomatic power to secure freedom without putting Service Members in harms way. I want to thank the family members who have lost loved ones in their service to our country. Forgeexington to valley to all the other fields of al fields of bowel fields of battle, i would like to thank them. I want to begin with a few observations on china. The medias focus on the current pandemic risks missing the Bigger Picture of the challenges presented by the Chinese Communist party. China