Tifment for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition . Mrs. Dingell pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote aye the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition . Mr. Courtney as the member designated by mr. Langevin of rhode island, pursuant to House Resolution 965, mr. Langevin will vote aye on s. 3147. The speaker pro tempore as the member designated by representative roybalallard pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Roybalallard will vote aye on s. 31747. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . As the member designated by. Khanna, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Khanna will vote aye on h. Res. 3147. As the member designated by mr. Gonzalez of texas, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Gonzalez will vote aye n s. 3147. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gen
Order first welcoming our witnessdi director of the cdc we thank you for being here this morning to discuss the cdc and the ongoing response to cover 19. Also want to welcome the subcommittee members congressman thomas cole and the full Committee Chair. And the subcommittee members who are here in person as those who are participating by secure video teleconference. With my Opening Statement and this is the first labor hhs education appropriations subcommitteeapri hearing i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how that will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social between witnesses and members and other individuals in the room necessary to operate a hearing. Some have opted use video teleconferencing which allows them to participateat remotely. On those with videoconference once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speak
If you live in the eastern half of the country, those at west, this is your number. Yourt west, this is number. If you are a chicago resident, this is your number. ,e will begin how we always do with the numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Now 2. 4 million cases around the world in 185 countries. The total deaths, one of six 1000 69,000. Joining us from her office in chicago is the mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Thank you for being with here with us here on cspan. My pleasure. I want to begin with some concerns expressed by deborah birx on the White House Coronavirus task force. We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have to get to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are
Respirators used in manufacturing and in mining and in construction could be used in health care settings. They are very similar but not the same but could be used that way. And the only thing thats keeping a lot of manufacturers from selling those masks to the Broader Health care population is because of Liability Provisions or lack of liability protections. There is the public readiness Emergency Preparedness act passed in 2005 that basically indemnifies manufacturers, distributors, and users of these mafpks pardon me of users of products defind as a device or covered counter measure. So i happen to be on the staff that did that legislation in 2005. We did not consider a situation like this today. We thought about cac vaccines. Therapeutics. But not respirators to be the first and only line of defense for Health Care Workers. Thats an important capacity and capability is to include language or modify the prep act to include language to include rest pritory protective devices for that
A. M. Eastern. The directors of the cdc and the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases along with other public thecials testified before oversight and reform committee. Is two hours. The committee will come to order. I thank all of our witnesses for returning this morning. We appreciate the recognition of our interest. This is a crisis that is evolving quickly since our hearing yesterday. The World Health Organization declared a coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has reported we have almost 1000 confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is essential we are able to hear directly from Health Officials leading this effort with just the facts. Im going to go to the republican side first, which is where we left off. The following three letters we debt dhhs and cdc are entered into the record. We have not gotten any response to those letters. With that, i recognize mr. Higgins. Thank you