The coronavirus. After touring the Companies Face mask someone line. It has been a very very exciting day for honeywell today. I cannot be more excited to welcome to our new facility the president of the United States and other members of his cabinet, members of congress, senator mcsally, we are thrilled to have you here today. [laughter] [applause] [laughter] [applause] mr. President , we all want to thank you for your leadership during this time of crisis for the nation. And all of the support that we also received for from your administration. I am pleased that you took the time to come to this new facility, which is going to be instrumental in fighting the fight against covid19. It is an honor to have the present here today. A couple of facts about this facility. Normally to open a facility like this takes about nine months. This team was able to a comp us that in five weeks. [applause] additionally, combined with the recently opened facility in rhode island, we are going to be able to make 20 Million Masks per month, which is a tremendous amount that will help those on the front line and we could not be more thrilled to help. [applause] beyond masks, honeywell does a lot of things. It is a lot of personal protective equipment, eyewear, shields, gloves. We have more than doubled our capacity for those items. We also make sensors for modulators where we increased our capacity five times. Ventilators were we increased our capacity. We can help those on the front line battling day who inspire us on a daily basis. Honeywell could not be more proud to help you in that fight every day. [applause] it is now my owner to introduce the president of the United States, donald trump. [applause] thank you very much, everyone. It is a Great Company and an honor to be with you and we s. Veled with dariu,. He is a great man and a tremendous businessman. I am happy to be here in the fantastic state of arizona. I love arizona. , had some good moments here especially on election day. It was a good moment, right . Patrioticncredibly and hardworking men and women of honeywell. Moments ago, we saw the production lines where you are making highquality n95 respirators and they are made to perfection. Like are no bad masks various countries have been sent bad masks from other countries. There is nothing like that at honeywell. Respirators are there to protect doctors and nurses as they fight the unseen enemy. More than 150 honeywell employees are working three shifts around the clock six days per week. You are the doctors and nurses s they fight the unseen greatest. Think of this, what you have done. You are part of this incredible industrial mobilization. The biggest since world war ii, hard to believe, for an invisible enemy. It is a shifts smart enemy it is a vicious small animate. Factories are pouring their heart and soul and led into defending our nation and keeping our people healthy and safe. You make america proud. I want to thank you, that is why i am here. Also the entire Leadership Team at honeywell including darius who is a fantastic man. And madden, mike madsen, jim carroll, ryan reddick, william lang, tony stallings, and remain a roaming a canada shop. Months to stand up one facility like this, but honeywell has built this in less creating 500ks, new jobs in arizona and another 500 jobs in rhode island. Together, these new factories will soon produce more than 20 respirators every single month, a truly miraculous achievement. We are grateful to be joined by secretary of labor, jean scalia and governor doug ducey. Where is doug . [applause] you are doing a fantastic job. He won his election by 17 points, so i dont have to praise him too much, but i will say that he has been a fantastic governor and you people recognize it. Thats why he had what they say is a walk. Anything we can do, youre going to call me. He calls me plenty. [laughter] he calls me plenty, because he is doing his job. I want to thank you both, and jean, you are doing a fantastic job. Thank you. [applause] i also want to express my appreciation to senator martha mcsally. A fantastic person. [applause] fighting to uncover the full truth about the china situation and how they did you a joke handled the outbreak and what happened. There must be transparency and accountability. Martha is also somebody who is bringing tremendous amounts of dollars back to her state that she loves so much, the state of arizona. I know the governor appreciates it very much. You are doing a fantastic job and the lot. Good luck. Betty and jorge, they are great. Come on up here. [applause] say a couple of words. I saw them on television. [applause] i saw them on television, they were being devastated by what happened. I put out a simple tweet saying what wonderful people they are, they became very rich. They had line so what around the block. Say a few words, please. Lines around the block. I cant believe i have to socially distance myself from these two people. They are probably the ones that want it from me. Mr. President , we thank you very much. I think he is doing a great job. We represent a lot of the Latino Community that is very proud of the job you are doing. Us latinos all of are going to book for you, because we think it you are doing a very good job. I thank you for the support you have given us. My wife and i are very happy. What else can i say . Thank you. That is beautiful. [applause] look at that. That is beautiful. [applause] [speaking spanish] [applause] pres. Trump that is fantastic. Of 150they took Care Healthcare workers at an assisted living facility in tucson and they have been helping people here get good food and they are sending donald trump the bill. We are paying for it. Make sure you get me that bill. They are two terrific people. I saw them on television and now they are doing terrific. They have lines of people wanting to get in. Food is supposed to be fantastic. Virus, we are harvesting the unrivaled power of american industry. We are using the defense production act to manufacture additional ventilators on top of our fastgrowing national supply. We have mobilized our country. Ventilators are very hard to make, complex, expensive. We are now at a point where everybody in this country who has needed a ventilator has gotten it, especially here in arizona. Doug had other ones and he sent them to other places who need help. Othere are helping nations and we are using them for stockpiles, in case this horror show happens again. Not a single american who is needed it, i am so proud of that, when we started we started with the covered were bare. We are doing something verger medic. There hasnt been anything like what we have done since world war ii. We have dramatically accelerated development of new therapies and potential vaccines. Johnson johnson, oxford, great places. We have 90 Clinical Trials underway. Something is going to happen. Tremendous progress is being made. I dont want to talk about it until it is there. Darius theyare, really are making progress. You know some of them. The Johnson Johnson folks have been fantastic. They want to get to a fast. We will see how it all comes out, and we will know very soon and its going to be a positive event. Through fema, hhs, and our private partners, were equipping our frontline medical workers with more than 70 million n95 respirators, 112 million surgical masks, 7 million face shields, 18 million gallons, nearly one billion gloves. Today, we hear from a few of honeywells extraordinary workers who are leading the charge to equip our Health Care Heroes and marshall our manufacturing might that we have not seen for a long time. Bruno worked at another company for 22 years, but he jumped at the champ to support america at the chance to support america in the war against the virus right here at honeywell. He has wanted to work at honeywell always and now, he is a first shift team leader. Bruno, please come up and say a few words. Thank you. [applause] first of all, i want to say thank you, mr. President. , i am here today to let you know a little bit of my background and the company i n95 maskspport the and the fight against covid19 with honeywell. I was employed with boeing for 22 years out in california. I replayed relocated here in arizona. I got a chance to work with the folks in boeing mesa on the apache helicopters. After retiring with boeing, to be part of the honeywell team. Here at honeywell, they treat you right. Great culture, great people. [applause] god bless america. Thank you, bruno. The next time i am here, we will shake hands and hug each other. Thank you very much. Veteran whoproud served her nation in afghanistan. World. Around the now, she is continuing her legacy of service rate here in phoenix. Ursula,. Tell us why you chose honeywell. [applause] good afternoon. My name is ursula warner. I am the Operations Supervisor here at honeywell for the n95 site. I have served our country for over 20 years in the United States air force. [applause] of those 20 years, i spent 15 years in leadership and management positions. Like the president said, i toured afghanistan and a few chores in iraq and i was with the department of army and air force for that. I just retired this march, and i had a different plan. After my retirement ceremony, i saw that the n95 site was standing up, and what it was for the first responders, i decided i wanted to be a part of that. A part of something bigger, to continue to serve this country in a different facet. I would like to thank the leadership and honeywell to provide different opportunity for the people in phoenix and made specifically to be able to continue to serve my country on a bigger aspect. Thank you. [applause] pres. Trump she was retired for about two days. [laughter] look how young you are. Retired. Thank you very much. Great job, ursula. Eric parks is a marine corps veteran and the Operations Manager at the honeywell facility. He is a it is a highly personal mission for. His mother is a nurse, his motherinlaw is a nurse, his brother is a paramedic and his daughter is about to start her first year of medical school at the university of arizona, that is one of the great schools. Eric, please come up. [applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is eric parks and i am the Operations Manager at this facility. I would like to thank mr. Trump for giving this nation the resources, leadership and guidance that we have needed to navigate through these unprecedented times. Times. Thank you. [applause] secondly, i want to thank honeywell for giving me the opportunity to serve my country again. It tells me with pride to know that the masks we are producing lowbudget go to first line responders to help them combat the war against covid19. This is very personal for me. My mother and motherinlaw are nurses. I brother is a combat veteran and paramedic and my daughter has decided that she will Carry Forward the Family Tradition of serving. The black shirts that the team here is wearing says the future is what you make it. To be part ofred the team that is when to make the future safer, not only for my family for others as well. Thank you. [applause] pres. Trump thank you. Hasou know, this terrible inflicted great hardships on our people. We mourn for every life lost. We pray for every victim. Togetherer this burden as one people, one family, one a Great American nation. To the profound commitment of our citizens, we have flattened the curb and find the curb and countless lives have been saved. We have entered a very safe phase and gradual reopening of our country. Who would have ever thought we would say that . Reopening. One week they came to us and they said, we will have to close it down, we had the greatest economy in history. Darius can tell you about that. The greatest economy we have ever had, the best employment nurse numbers. Jobs, almost 160 million jobs, we were never close to that. They said we had to close it down. It is a terrible thing. Now, we are reopening and it is going to be special. Were going to have a transition time in the third quarter. The Fourth Quarter is going to be very good. Next year, we will have one of the strongest years we have had in a long time. That is my ambition to get it back. Do not only where it was, but to beyond where it was. I want to thank the people at this incredible plant. I have been talking about that for a long time. Oftentimes, you see a plant like this in a different country doing the work you can be doing and you can do it better. The United States declared its independence nearly 250 years ago, but in recent decades, washington politicians allowed our independence to be all short, outsourced and seated to foreign countries. We are taking it back and we have been taking it back. If you look at our job numbers, you knew that we were taking it back. We got up to almost 160 million, something had to be happening. One of the things that happened was we were taking it back. We know it matters where something is made, and we want essential medicine, supplies, and equipment to be manufactured, produced, and made right here in the good old usa. My administration believes in two simple rules. By american and hire american. Honeywell workers helped make america the worlds greatest manufacturing superpower. It is a Great Company and it played a big role. In the 21st century, right here in phoenix arizona, you are reclaiming the noble heritage and writing the next chapter of this incredible american story, and you have a great governor to lead your way. You have a great senator to be your way. Lead your way. A lot of people are leaving norway. It is the men and women of honeywell made it possible for Charles Lindbergh to file fly across and for a millionaire hurt to break boundaries. It was the men and women of periscopes,ilt the piloted americans in the second world war. It was the unstoppable workers right here in honeywell that helped our brave astronauts plant our American Flag on the face of the moon. We are getting ready to do it again. We are really using the men as a journeypad toward our together to mars, it is happening very soon. Now, it is one more time for the men and women of honeywell who are supplying the weapons, the armor, the sweat and skill in a war to defeat the new and invisible enemy, a tough and smart enemy. Nobody is like us and nobody is tough like us. I said it before, i will say it again. The people of our country are warriors. With your help, we will vanquish the virus and build a future of greatness and glory. With american heart, american hands, american pride, and american soul. Thank you very much for the incredible job you do. , to ouru to honeywell senator, to our governor, thank you so much for the incredible job you do, and take you to the people of arizona. We will never forget. Thank you very much. [applause] [applause] cspan has unfiltered coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with white house briefings, updates from governors and congress, and our daily program, washington journal. Hearing your thoughts about the coronavirus crisis. If you missed any of our live coverage, watch anytime on demand at cspan. Org coronavirus. The senate is in session today. 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