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Good morning. The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First i would like to go through a few administrative matters that weve adopted because of covid. Weve consulted with the attending physician and the department of health and human services, centers for disease control. Individuals in the hearing room are six feet apart. Theres no room for the public in person. The press is covering as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by video conference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. So, thats why my mask is off. When im not back here, im weari ....
Our friend senator king from maine and representative gallagher from wisconsin. They are joined by fellow commissioner, retired Brigadier General john c english. Professional of cybersecuritys at the u. S. Naval academy and former Deputy Director of the National Security agency. Welcome. Thank you for coming to discuss this important topic. I would like to extend my congratulations as well to Mike Gallagher and his wife anne on the recent birth of their baby girl grace. Good luck on your greatest adventure yet. I would also like to recognize former policy duress. Director Mark Montgomery who served as Deputy Director of the commission. Yearon 1652 ....
Good afternoon. Senator manchin, Ranking Member should be here shortly. He had a meeting off the hill. Thank you, senator blumenthal, for being here. Senator purdue, as well. We have a number of our other members who are joining us virtually today. Today, the cybersecurity subcommittee welcomes for the first time colleagues to present the findings of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Our friend, senator king, and representative gallagher. Theyre joined by fellow commissioner, retired Brigadier General, john c. Inglis. Welcome to all. Thank you for coming to discuss this important topic in todays hearing. I would like to extend my congratulations as well no Mike Gallagher and her wife ann on the recent birth of their birthday girl, grace. Good lu ....
We are in a time of great sadness, 60,000 people have died, more than 60,000 from the coronavirus. Americans have applied for Unemployment Insurance. The lives and livelihoods of the American People are at stake. And we have to make some decisions about times. The time we would go forward to the economy. That is the question at hand. I firmly believe there are three steps that we must take in preparation for what comes next. Aboutf us have talked testing, testing, testing. Our first bipartisan bill, which we wrote in february, pratt passed on march 4, was about testing, testing, testing. The impression that was given is not everybody can be tested because we do not have enough tests, masks. Lets get it. Lets get it all. The tests were reserved for those who reach a certain threshold and that was almost two months ago, and we should be creating more tests. Confidencei ....