stephen hahn, an assistant secretary of health admiral brett giroir testifies before the senate health committee on what federal, state and local governments are doing to help americans back to work and school in the fall as safely as possible. watch live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, on demand on c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online or listen on the free radio app. be part of the national conversation through c-span's daily washington journal program or through our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. this week on the communicators, our guest is representative frank lucas, republican of oklahoma, and the top republican on the science, tech, and space committee. joining us as our guest reporter gopal ratnam of cq roll call. thank

stephen hahn, and assistant secretary of health admiral brett giroir md tested before the health committee on what federal, state, and local governments are doing to help americans go back to work and school in the fall as safely as possible. watch live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, on demand at c-span.org, or listen wherever you're are on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span's "washington day we arevery taking your calls on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, public opinion polster and political analyst scott rasmussen talks about how the coronavirus pandemic is shaping public opinion. also, the policing project's barry friedman talks about his role in changing police in camden, new jersey, and the effectiveness of community policing. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. "q&a," and lena conus, author of "vaccine nation" on the lessons the polio vaccine in the 50's can teach us about

stephen hahn, an assistant secretary of health admiral brett giroir testifies before the senate health committee on what federal, state and local governments are doing to help americans back to work and school in the fall as safely as possible. watch live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, on demand on c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. ♪

. >> desjardins: also testifying today, admiral brett giroir, assistant secretary of health at the department of health and human services.he ocused on testing. >> the only way that we will bet abunderstand who has the disease, pass it, and do appropriate rtntact tracing, is to test appropriately, s, as many people as we can. >> desjardins: that's become a contentious point with administration, after president trump said he called for scalin- back testse said bluntly because testing was driving up case numbers aides said he was kidding, but today came this. >> i don't kid. let me just tell you, let me make it clear. >> desjardins: leaving t white house for arizona this morning, mr. trump doubled dow >> testing is a double-edge sword. in one way, it tells you, you have cases. in another way, you find out where the cases are and you do a good job. >> desjardins: back at the house committee hearing, fauci said that, in fact, the preside has never asked them to cut back on testing. >> none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. that just is a fact. in fact, we will be doing more testi

the governors and all the work at all the laboratories that has allowed us along with hhs and brett giroir who ensured the supplies are there to really increase these orange lines. you can see in each of these cases these orange lines have dramatically gone up over the last four weeks. next slide. like new mexico, the primary infections right now in california at the highest level are in the l.a. area. because l.a. is a large metropolitan area -- next slide -- you really need this kind of more specific and local graphic to really show that it's also increasing in the central valley. this gives us the ability to focus resources among agricultural workers, to improve testing and isolation for those who become positive. i just wanted to take you through how we've been looking at data, how we consolidate that data, and monday report it out to the governors. we hope, over the next week, to be able to have this data available in real-time on the white house website, so that everybody across the country can see where the cases are. in the end, we want to call to action. we said the most important

third, admiral brett giroir. admiral giroir is the assistant secretary for health at the u.s.artment of health and human services, he oversees the development of the department's public health policy recommendations. specific to covid-19 response, admiral giroir has taken on testing and focused on increasing the number of tests we can do with existing technology. his federal service includes directing the defense sciences office of the defense advanced research projects, agency, and a variety of other important responsibilities. finally, we will hear from dr. stephen hahn, dr. hahn is commissioner of the u.s. food and drug administration, the fda, before joining fda he had a leadership position as chief medical executive at the university of texas md anderson cancer center and is chair of the department of radiation, oncology at the university of pennsylvania. early in his career he was senior investigator at the national cancer institute, at the national institutes of health. he's been commander of the u.s. public health service commission corps in 2005. we welcome our witnes

the trump adadministration's top official leading federal coronavirus testing efforts, a admiral brett giroir, said this s week he e wl be demobilized from m his role n mid-jujune. a coalition of public health officials is calling on police departmements to end the widespspread use of teargas against protesters dururing the pandndemic.. anan online petition signed by nearly infectious disease 1300 specialists warns the gas could "increase risk for covid-19 by making the respiratory tract more susceptible to infection, exacerbating existing inflammation, and inducing coughing." the experts also warn against holding anyone arrested in confined spaces, including jails or police vans, which are some of the highest-risk areas for covid-19 transmission. despite the health risks, the health experts encourage them to continue protesting, including "white supremacy is a legal public health issue that predates the contributes to covid-19." an anti-malarial drug touted by presidident trump as a curative for covid-19 has been found no better t than a placebo at protecting people exexposed to e coronaviru

>> senator sanders, this is brett giroir. yes, sir, i agree that that is very important because we need to support mask-wearing. i would also point out that dr. cadillac has contracted for hundreds of millions cloth face conversation that could be distributed around the country and those kinds of processes are being thought of. when i'm not in uniform i wear them, they are white and work very effective, and i think they are a great investment for the american people. >> good. thank you. my very last question. it's an issue i've raised now for the last couple of months. all of us hope to god that a good, safe vaccine will be developed as soon as possible, but that vaccine may not mean anything to a lower income person who might not be able to afford it. the i happen to believe that we should make these vaccines, and by the way, as you all know, federal government, our tax dollars, are going to the tune of billions of dollars into your companies to help develop this vaccine. that's okay, but would you agree with me that after t

we will speak about the testing, and admiral brett giroir is here and can detail any questions you mightt testing going forward. we will talk about what these new numbers mean and how we can address them. dr. fauci will speak about that in just a moment, particularly in the affected areas, and the other area that we spend a great deal of time thinking about his hospitalization. not only do we track new cases every day on a county by county basis, but we also track hospitalization. the map on the left of your screen represents how -- we look at it. and how we ensure that hospitals and health care workers have the resources and support they need. again, in the matter of new cases, you can also see with hospitalization that it's highly focused, highly detailed, and highly specific. secretary azar will speak about hospitalization, the work of hhs, to make sure that our hospitals around the country have the capacity to meet this moment. as dr. birx may well reflect, as well, we are encouraged that, where two months ago we were seeing some 15% of new cases being hospitalized, now that number i

stephen hahn, and assistant secretary of health admiral brett giroir testify before the senate healthd school in the fall as safely as possible. watch live coverage beginning at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span three. on demand on c-span.org. or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. a hearing to examine how the coronavirus has revealed racial inequalities in education, health care and the workforce. the house education and labor committee heard from former education secretary john kane, who served in the obama administration, and others, about disparities facing minorities as the pandemic continues. this runs four hours. >> the committee is meeting to day on a hearing to hear testimony how covid-19 widened inequities in education, health,

dr.ral brett giroir and stephen hahn.ater at 12:30 p.m., the house financial services committee hears from federal reserve chair jerome powell and treasury secretary steven mnuchin at an oversight hearing on operations at the treasury department and the federal reserve's pandemic response. website, ther senate foreign relations committee looks at covid-19 and the international pandemic preparedness, prevention and response efforts. that is at 10 a.m. the house energy and some committee hears for medical professionals on the impact of covid-19 on mental health. that is at 11 a.m. that is daily coronavirus briefing, arizona governor doug ducey announce new actions in hopes of reducing the number of positive coronavirus cases as infections continue to rise in his state since its reopening. the governor ordered the closure of bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks, and announce the first day of school would be delayed until august 17. this runs one hour and 15 nu

we have admiral brett giroir, the assistant secretary of health and human services, and he is tired of hearing from me because i call him all the time. and dr. stephen hahn, the commission of the u.s. food and drug administration. thank you for being here today. at this time, the chair will recognize each witness for five minutes to provide their opening statement. before we begin i would like to explain the lighting system in front of you. itre's a series of lights, will be green at the start of your statement and it will turn yellow when you have one minute remaining, and you should try to wrap up your testimony at that point. it will turn red when you're latex tires. you likely know this but i will mention it again. we will start with dr. redfield. dr. redfield: good morning chairman, and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to testify before you with my colleagues. today the covid-19 pandemic continues in the united states and around the world. this is the greatest public health crisis our nation and world have confronted in a century. the overall c

stephen hahn and assistant secretary of d.alth, admiral brett giroir m testify about what federal, statenment and local governments are doing to help americans get back to school in the fall as safely as possible. coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is barry 'siedman the policing project faculty director at new york university school of law here to talk to us about police reform and related matters. mr. friedman, first explain for us what the policing project is all about. are based on a premise that has escaped a lot of folks about the issue of policing reform, which is that we talk all the time about accountability. there are two different types of accountability in government. in most of government, we focus other.and policing the policing accountability seems to be always about holding someone responsible after something has gone wrong. that includes criminal prosecutions and civil rights actions, civilian review boards and body cameras. gove