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Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 as i described in my testimony, we know that Nursing Homes with a higher proportion of black and latin residents have higher death rates, however theres not universal reporting of the race and ethnicity of those individuals within Nursing Homes who have been affected by covid. That presents for us a significant challenge when it comes to targeting resources in order to prevent the transmission of covid. Because, you know, when covid19 enters a nursing home its because someone has brought it in and what its telling us that if those Nursing Homes are following the same safety procedures of restricts visitors, ensuge that providers have clean ppe every time theyre coming in, then we shouldnt see these di ....
The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and l ....
Wrong there. This is ward seven. So far this year there have been 20 murders here in ward seven. Last year at this time, only six murders. On the scene over there on benning road i talked to vincent gray. He is the former mayor. This is what he had to say. This is an outrage that this kind of thing would happen, period, but then happen in broad daylight. Were in the middle of a well trafficked intersection where pedestrians are going back and forth. When are we going to see somebody get killed just innocently walking down the street . It is time for this to be over with. Reporter again, police are working five shooting scenes in our city in recent hours. Okay, four in southeast, one in northwest. Its unclear as to whether any of these are another. Police are looking into that possibility. Theyre trying to get evidence and figure it all out. Were on top of it here. Were gathering information. Ill be back later with more. Now back to you. Pat, thank you. Quickly, breaking right now, poli ....