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New pfizer pills, more than any other country in the world. the bottom line on covid-19, we're in a better place that we have been and have been thus far, clearly better than a year acc. we're not going back to lock downs and closing schools. schools should stay open. because the american rescue plan, we provided the states $130 billion to keep our students and educators safe and schools open. funding for ventilation systems in schools, social distancing, hygiene for classrooms and school buses. in addition, we've added another $10 billion for covid-19 tests to be administered at schools. many...

Folks, that mayors' view of problem solving is exactly what we brought to the american rescue plan. it's designed to you would be able to have the resources and the flexibility to take both the short term and long term challenges created by this pandemic. ten months ago, that law is still carrying the nation forward. on vaccines, on boosters, on keeping schools open. it's still making a difference for communities across the country. and i might add, a lot of money in that to keep those schools open. some states have spent the money well, we got it to you all so you can in fact keep those schoo...

That year. respond to what angie -- the point that angie is making here. >> i don't think there's an issue. i know teachers, and i know teachers want to be in school. but they want to be in school where it's safe and healthy. they understand the social, emotional, and academic toll it took on students to stay home. but to bring us back to school was something that was not in the teachers' control. the ventilation systems are old in many buildings, and, truthfully, it is going to take billions of dollars to fix them. schools can't do social distancing. testing, we've been saying all along, one ...

Building with the fire marshalls and other building inspectors, we're going to determine exactly what happened here and make modifications accordingly. >> do you have reason to believe that this building did not conform to fire code? >> no, i do not. i believe that based on the preliminary reports that it was up to the these buildings were built prior to the new fire codes put in place and once we have the report from the fire marshal, we will be able to make a thorough evaluation of what needs to be done and how we move forward. >> so they were built before some of those fire codes were put i...

Had the ability to provide the funding through the recovery act, through the act that -- the first act we passed to be able to make sure schools were able to be safe. so we have new ventilation systems available for them, we have the way that they handle -- they scrub down laboratories and -- i mean the lavatories kids use. cafeterias, buses. all of that money is there. there's billions made available. it's available. not every school district has used it as well as it should be used. but it's there. so in addition to that, there's now another $10 billion for testing of students in the schools...