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The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h. R. 5322, the ensuring diversity in Community Banking act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 5322, a bill to establish or modify requirements relating to Minority Depository Institutions, Community DevelopmentFinancial Institutions, and impact banks and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman, and the gentleman from sk, mr. Timmons, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman. Mr. Sherm ....
Many are risking their lives to keep us safe because they dont have the equipment they need. Our healthcare workers are falling ill with the very disease they are working to treat. Not only do they need this, but they need ventilators to care for the people that they are there to serve. It is our first responders, our officers and grocery workers and other frontline workers being put in jeopardy and they jeopardize their families at home when they go home. When these workers are left exposed and fall ill, they cannot care for the rest of us. Weis in their interest that heed this. I have said again and again, we are unworthy to call them here. Es heroes we are unworthy to thank them if we are unwilling to give them the equipment they need. That is why we call upon the president to use the full powers of the defense production act for the health of our frontline workers which we have tried to get in the first three covid19 bills and we hope it will be possible in the next bill and people ....
Equity markets are up and bonds are down. The market is functioning from that point of view. Vonnie we have not much concrete to go on for equities expect except the promise we will get a stimulus built in the next few hours. Everything that has been dropping his rallying and everything that has been rallying seems to be dropping. By that i mean the grocers. The s p 500 is up a whopping 8 . We will see if we get a successful vote in that few hours, if there is even more room for u. S. Equities. Again, we have a search for the u. S. 10 year yield, although that has been trading in a range, if you could call 15 basis points a range. The vix is slightly higher in the session, down three points itself. The dollar index is seeing a little bit of relief after sessions and sessions of strength with a voracious appetite for the u. S. Dollars finally abating or maybe some people taking advantage to take a little bit of profit. Insight asget more to where these markets are and potentially where ....
How we go forward. As always, i begin with our concern about our workers. On monday, we focused on the urgent continued need for personal protective equipment and ventilators. America, men and women are risking their lives to keep us safe because they do not have the personal protective equipment they need. Heroic healthcare workers are falling ill from the very disease they are working to treat. Theonly do they need ventilators to care for the people that they are there to serve, its not Just Healthcare workers, it is our first responders, tsa officers, grocery workers other frontline workers are being put in jeopardy, and then they jeopardize their families at home when they go home. When these workers are left exposed and fall ill, they cannot care for the rest of us. It is in their interest that we need this. I have said again and again, we are unworthy to call them heroes. We are not worthy to thank them, to pray for them if ....