if you want from what greg walden talked about, the pop-up bill. yes. the pandemic preparedness. we have measures to go forward i believe that isn't a state of vice president should be named. we have a bioterrorism process as well. we have the appropriators meeting. i know a number of requests by the democrats were to actually try to implement hr three. it's not the place for this, this is where resources are needed agencies and organizations we've already created already prepared and deal with this on a daily basis. >> supreme court agreed to take up the challenge to obamacare right before the election. does the gop have any plans to figure out what your alternative would be if the conditions are gutted and do you have any concerns about the health crisis given that at that point we saw the results. >> the court will make whatever decision based on prostitution alley but i'll be clear that republicans will always protect pre-existing conditions. we have voted for pre-existing conditions a number of times, you watch the number of articles come forward and we will always protect p

kevin brady, especially, greg walden, patrick mchenry chavez, chavez, griggs, rodney davis bishop, jim jordan, frank lucas mike mccall, kitty merchant phil roe, matt thornberry mike rogers come everybody coming together to make sure we could make this today. as i said on the floor. the virus is here. we did not ask for it. we did not invited or choose it. but with the passing of this bill you will see we will fight it together and we will been together i want to thank our colleagues for that type of work and the majority leader for his work today and in the future we can all work together to put america first. thank you. >> i want to join you and although not here right now we will let them fight in the appropriations committee with those important discussions. and the committee that represented her committee on the floor. peter defazio transportation and infrastructure maxine waters financial services, veterans affairs, small business, energy and commerce. and the rules committee chair was very helpful to us as was so many other members here. i also want to acknowledge from the house

kevin brady, especially, greg walden has done so much, patrick mchenry, virginia foxx, sam greg, rodney davis, mike ,onaway, tom cole, rob bishop jim jordan, frank lucas, mike mccall, kitty marchand, phil roe, max dorn berry, mike rogers everybody coming together to make sure we could make this come to fruition today. as i said on the floor, the virus is here. we did not ask for it. we did not invite it. we did not choose it. but with the passing of this bill, you will see that we will fight it together and we will win together. i want to thank our colleagues for that type of work. i especially want to thank the majority leader for his work today and the work in the future that we can all work together and put america first and to the speaker, thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. leader. i want to join you in acknowledging the leadership of our committees on all of this. richie, you started with ways and means, nita lowey who is not here now but led the fight in the appropriations committee. it was important discussions in the appropriations committee. also who wrecked presented her c

kevin brady, especially, greg walden, patrick mchenry, sam graves,x, rodney davis, ronnie conaway, , jim jordan, frank ,ucas, michael mccaul, phil roe mac thornberry, mike rogers -- everybody coming together to make sure we could make this all fruition today. as i said on the floor, the virus is here. we did not ask for it, we did not invite it, we did not choose it. but with the passing of this bill, you will see that we will fight it together, and we will win together. colleagueshank our with that type of work i especially want to thank the majority leader for his work today and the work in the future that we can all work together to put america first and to the speaker, thank you. pelosi: thank you. i want to join you and acknowledging the leadership of our committees on all of this. and anotherl, person who is not here right now who led the fight in the appropriations committee, important discussions in the appropriations committee, rosa delmaro, who represented her committee on the floor and in the discussions. peter defazio, trest predation, bobby scott, maxine waters, veterans

i think we are. >> greg walden, republican of oregon. he is the ranking member of the house energy and commerce committee. congressman, thank you for joining us on "newsmakers." rep. walden: thank you. stay safe. >> here in our studios, bob cusack, editor-in-chief of the hill. we appreciate the questions and comments. >> thank you, steve. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the coronavirus task force holds a briefing today with president trump and vice president pentz -- vice president pence. coverage from the white house against at 5:30 p.m. here on c-span. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, dr. atn andrus, epidemiologist the george washington university school of public health discusses the latest in the u.s. response to the pandemic. and taxpayers for common sense president talks about what is in

now we are joined by congressman greg walden, a republican from oregon. e speaker is saying that by tomorrow, this vote will be across the finish line. are you optimistic that there will be little to no opposition on this legislation? rep. walden: i think everybody get thisds the need to help out to people who are filing for unemployment, businesses that are suffering, our communities that need help, first responders that need the p.p.e., we got to get vaccines out there come a invest in new testing and new cures, and all of that is wrapped up in this package. i think you will see an overwhelming vote for this. certainly, we are troubled, when you are talking trillions to be spent, you have broken the bank, but in this has to happen. we have to get this done. we have never faced a contagion like this in the united states or across the globe. i think you will see this pass overwhelmingly, and we will begin to take a look at what needs to be done going forward. but this is a huge stimulus, but it is also a huge bridge and a big safety net. it is all three in

steve: greg walden, republican of oregon. he is the ranking member of the house energy and commerce committee. congressman, thank you for joining us on "newsmakers." rep. walden: thank you. stay safe. steve: here in our studios, bob cusack, editor-in-chief of the hill. we appreciate the questions and comments. bob: thank you, steve. calvin coolidge, presidential chair, and many sleighs, on the u.s. government response to economic crises from the great depression through the coronavirus. >> crash in the great gatsby, that was the crash of the early 1929., not the crash of people thought america would never come back from the big up people of -- big up people of world war i. there was inflation, we were getting over a flu, the spanish influenza, all of this was going on. at that time, the government took a policy. the policy was let's pull out of the way. the government was response -- the government's response was so counterintuitive, it is almost impossible to armor -- impossible to utter it now. announcer: that is tonight on

greg walden, a republican from oregon, helping to lead the panel today.e going home very soon. we're watching a bill signing in just a moment here. house and senate get together. $8 billion to fight this. what did you learn being with the vice president this week? >> you know, look, the president and the vice president are all hands on deck. they have a good team of professionals that are leading this effort. dr. fauci, secretary azar, the vice president, the fda commissioner. these are trained professionals that have dealt with epidemics before, dealt with diseases before. they're talking 8 the right public health procedures going forward. we have to do our part as citizens. we need to be smart about this and understand and not panic. there's a lot that we need to learn about this virus. >> bill: a lot of fear and questions. >> sure. there is. >> bill: bring us a sense of rationale. the state of oregon is getting 500,000 i believe from this, right? >> yes, initially. >> bill: so the question is population is four million in oregon. population in californ

our guest, congressman greg walden of oregon, news makers, sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, the president of the european commission on the response to the coronavirus outbreak. she spoke to members in the european parliament during the opening of their plenary session. >> first of all, i would like to thank all of those who have made this extraordinary sitting possible in such extraordinary conditions. it's difficult to understand the degree to which the world has changed since the last time we met and in just a wink of an eye, a virus that appeared at the other corner of the world has become a pandemic, killing across the world, including here in europe. from one day to the next. life styles have changed. we've seen the shelves empty. we've seen the doors closed and we've moved from a daily routine to a fight for our life. at the moment, we've seen the way in which we have become so fragile and sus speceptiblsusce we've seen a tragedy in europe a scale unimaginable just a few weeks ago and my heart goes out to all of those victims and all of the

the coronavirus pandemic and the economic aid package passed by congress, our guest congressman greg waldenon on newsmakers today at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. calvin coolidge presidential onndation chair and author the u.s. government response to economic crises from the great depression through the coronavirus. the early 20's, people thought america would never come back from the upheaval of world war i. that is what was going on and there was inflation, we were getting over the flu, the spanish influenza, and ofernment took a policy pulling out of the way. the government was -- the response was so counterintuitive , it is almost impossible to think about it now. the white house did not release a weekly address from the president. senator gary peters of michigan gave the democratic address discussing the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. peters: i am gary peters, roud rly -- p

our guest, congressman greg walden, newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.tor tom coburn of oklahoma died last night. he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2013. the oklahoma republican was a physician and first elected to the house, then to the senate in 2004 and served until 2015. he was 72. ♪ the house today passed and the president signed a $2.2 trillion emergency stimulus bill to help families and businesses impacted by the economic shutdown as a result of the coronavirus. it is friday, march 27, and this is a primetime edition of the washington journal. mayors reporting that 200 cities reporting a dire need for facemasks, ventilators, and other equipment in part because of that, the president invoking the defense production act formally to requireen

our guest greg walden of oregon, newsmakers sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> georgia governor brian kemp participate in in a town hall n atlanta with state and local officials on the states response to the coronavirus outbreak of topics include the homeless population, procuring medical supplies, the academic school year and the financial and economic impact on the people of georgia and small businesses. he also address coronavirus testing priorities and availability across the state. >> coronavirus in georgia. >> there is no need for people to panic. >> it change changed life as ww it. schools shut down. >> yes, it is very scary. >> stores running low on some essentials. >> the shells of the into. >> and medical facilities pushed to the limit. >> many of our supplies are running critically low. >> tonight member of the coronavirus task force and georgia's governor answer the most pressing questions and lay out their plans to stop the spread. >> in this time of need on asking georgians to support their neighbors because we are all in this

our guest, congressman greg walden of oregon. >> several of the nation's governors gave updates on the state efforts to fight the coronavirus. coming up, new york governor andrew cuomo. edwards,t, john bel who state has seen a sharp rise in cases centered in new orleans. first, governor cuomo. >> good morning, everyone. we haventroduce who with us. we have jim, the president of empire college who i worked with for many years and who has been very helpful on this mission. our commissioner of health dr. howard zuker. left, general patrick murphy. to his left is general agreement -- raymond shields. thank you for being here today. this is an amazing accomplishment, transformative, in just one week the javits center looks entirely different. this is a place that is literally going to save lives. let me go through some facts, if i can. on a daily update of where we are and i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and do such a great job on this facility. the increase in the number of cases continues. we see the trajectory going up. plan of action. step one, on

our guest, carbon greg walden of oregon. on c-span. today president trump spoke to reporters on his way to a sendoff ceremony for the naval hospital ship

congressman greg walden and josh gottheimer, thank you, gentlemen. >> i was going to say very quickly, the key here and greg made this point on the supply chain side, it's ridiculous that we have to make phone calls to find masks around the world. we need the resources now. we can't afford to wait another day. >> there's bipartisan support for that. maria: absolutely agree. i can see that. thank you, gentlemen. thank you so much. stay with us. a lot more to come, right here. life isn't a straight line. and sometimes, you can find yourself heading in a new direction. but when you're with fidelity, a partner who makes sure every step is clear, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward. a partner who makes sure every step is clear, apps except work.rywhere... why is that? is it because people love filling out forms? maybe they like checking with their supervisor to see how much vacation time they have. or sending corporate their expense reports. i'll let you in on a little secret. they don't. by empowering employees to manage their own tasks, payco

our guest greg walden of oregon, newsmakers sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.eastern on c-span. >> georgia governor brian kemp participate in in a town hall n atlanta with state and local officials on the states response to the coronavirus outbreak of topics include the homeless population, procuring medical supplies, the academic school year and the financial and economic impact on the people of georgia and small businesses. he also address coronavirus testing priorities and availability across the state. >> coronavirus in georgia. >> there is no need for people to panic. >> it change changed life as ww it. schools shut down. >> yes, it is very scary. >> stores running low on some

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. >>> joining us is congressman greg walden, the top republican on the house energy and commerce committee which over sees hhs and the fda. we're grateful to have you to give us information. you just recently led a panel with dr. fauci, as well as vice president pence about the federal response to coronavirus. so tell us the headlines of how the federal government and congress are helping to contain this. >> i think you see an all-government approach led by the vice president, the president. what you're seeing is congress coming it passing the emergency supplemental yesterday to make sure that we have support for our community, support for our state, support for our citizens, including making sure we get as many test kits as needed out into the public. it's less than two months ago we got the genome to figure out what this disease was and our incredible scientists went to work developing this test and then perfecting it. and now within a matter of weeks, they'll be able to do millions of tests on americans, if necessary. so we're surging in every capacity here, but we know there are going

also, newsmakers which follows and"washington journal," our guest is congressman greg walden.e commented on the rescue package and the role of congressman tom massey. 's objections about the rules for the bill on friday, causing more than 200 lawmakers getting on planes to come back to washington to vote in person rather than doing it by unanimous consent. the first part of that conversation with congressman walden. [video clip] >> it was unfortunate and unfair and unnecessary but we all get a voting card, we all have our rights and privileges. he exercised his, it just wasn't necessary. we had the votes, we have the quorum in the house. we moved on. in the end it did not have any delay. it did discomfort some members. 435 members and there are a lot of members that have certain illnesses or they are dealing with things that make them more vulnerable to this virus. it was a ways. it wasn't for -- it was a waste. it was unfortunate. host: did that put members at risk? guest: it did. otherwise members would have stayed more isolated. they would up -- they would have not gotten i

keep in mind, you can hear greg walden, top republican on the energy and commerce committee, on "newsmakersthis week talking about this. you can watch this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern time. [video clip] >> it was unfortunate and unfair and unnecessary. but we all get a voting card. we all have our rights and privileges on the house floor. he exercised his. it just was not necessary. we had the votes and have the quorum in the house, as was easily identified, and move on. it did not have any delay in effect him up but it did discomfort numbers. we are 130 some members. there are a lot of members who have certain illnesses or are dealing with things that make them even more vulnerable to this virus, so -- i do not know. it was a waste. really unfortunate. >> did that move plate members at risk, health risk? >> i think it did. otherwise, members would have stayed isolated, would not have driven from michigan or ohio or would not have gotten on a plane or fly down from new york or somewhere. i am sure they would have rather stayed where they were. frankly, that was a medical guid

come in, congressman greg walden, oregon republican. welcome to the program. have you with us. you are on the energy committee. what's your take on oil at $20 a barrel? can we do something about this? saudi arabia is supposed to be our ally. can't we elbow them to do something here? >> well, i think we can. i think the president will. he's on the phone obviously with these leaders, secretary pompeo is leaning in. there's a lot that can be done. there's something we could have done in congress, too, in this last bill and that's put cheap oil into the strategic petroleum reserve. we had $3 billion set up to do that. that would help the oil patch. unfortunately, that got nixed in the process. at least we're not selling expensive oil at reduced prices. we did get that stopped. we should have been adding oil into it. stuart: congressman, you are in the northwestern part of the country. would it be true to say we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, especially in washington state and seattle? i understand that the rate of transmission is beginnin

kevin brady, especially, greg walden has done so much, patrick mchenry, virginia fox, sam griggs, rodneyshop, jim jordan, frank lucas, mike mccall, kenny marchand, mack thornberry, mike rogers. everybody coming together to make sure we could make this all come to fruition today. as i said on the floor, the virus is here. we did not ask for it. we did not invite it. we did not choose it. but with the passing of this bill, you will see that we will fight it together and we will win together. i want to thank our colleagues for that type of work. i especially want to thank the majority leader for his work today and the work hopes in the future we can all work together and put america first and to the speaker, thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. leader. i want to join you in acknowledging the leadership of our committees on all of this. chairman neal, he's not here right now, but who led the fight in the appropriations committee, important discussions in the appropriations committee. the committee who represented her committee on the floor and -- neil: all right. the relief, it's done. nan

i've guest, greg walden of oregon. today at 10:00 a.m. and six at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span. eastern,t 9:00 p.m. journalist eileen zimmerman looks at white-collar drug addiction in her book "smacked." >> someone struggling with addiction was also struggling with very bleak conditions meaning they were homeless were struggling with dental illness. someone that i would see on the side of the road, or living under a bridge, panhandling on the subway. and i was very wrong. andough addiction hits hard as communities, there are also plenty of people at the top of the latter struggling as well. >> watch tonight at 9:00 p.m. 2.stern on c-span >> good afternoon, everyone.

it was a book that was recommended by greg walden on the energy and commerce committee and we have had a number of re-things recently. i got the book and read the book and i thought it was really important, important insights about our relationship with china and strategies over the last, 100 year strategies and some of the ways that they have been not playing by the rules and taking our technology are annotations and military intelligence to promote themselves as a superpower. some other books that i would love to read and one thing about serving in congress i get to meet amazing people and it's hard to choose which book but a couple that are on my list of book on influential women in spokane because i represent spokane. this one has been on my desk and i've also been given the book daring to drive which is about saudi arabia and bremen and saudi arabia and their desire to be able to drive. and then one of my favorite authors is arthur brooks and his most recent book love your enemies which i'm anxious to read. i certainly have more books to read than time to read them in what i find

our guest, carbon greg walden of oregon. on c-span. today president trump spoke to reporters on his way to a sendoff ceremony for the naval hospital ship "comfort" which is headed to new york city. he stops to answer questions at the white house and again a few minutes later at andrews air or space test before boarding air force one. -- andrews air force base. mr. president, hello, sir. hello. do you think the easter timeline is off the table now? trump: we will see what happens, we want to get our country back to work. the doctors, nurses, first responders, everybody doing a phenomenal job. beyond good. i'm going to the great ship "comfort,"d stocked up to the top, iright up to the guess some of you are coming with me, for weeks ahead of schedule. and it is loaded up with everything, so that's great. i just spoke with governor cuomo and he's expecting it will take about two days, so we are excited about that. i'm going to go see the people because it was supposed to take a good four weeks, and we did it in four days. >> [indiscernible

our guest, congressman greg walden of oregon. >> several of the nation's governors gave updates on the state efforts to fight the coronavirus. coming up, new york governor andrew cuomo. edwards,t, john bel who state has seen a sharp rise in cases centered in new orleans. first, governor cuomo.