. >>> and for more now, i'm joined by congressman hakeem jeffries of new york, the chair of the houseemocratic caucus. congressman, thank you for taking a few minutes. actually, i want to start with you on what we were just talking about with the previous guests, it seems to be the biggest issue out there. you have folks all across the country. it took different people different amounts of time to really grasp the seriousness of what we're facing but it does seem like now you have broad buy-in from people on social distancing. the question though is, beyond a few weeks, if people start to look at the economy changing, their savings drying up, their jobs threatened, issues like this, how long realistically can we ask americans to live like this? >> we're going to have to take this week to week, month to month. it's important, steve, to emphasize why social distancing is important and why it's necessary to flatten and dramatically bend the curve. we need to create the space for us to build up our public health infrastructure so that our hospitals are not overrun, our emergency rooms are

congressman hakeem jeffries of new york, chairman of the house democratic caucus. and chairman jeffries, thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> i want to -- let's go in reverse order. because i do want to ask you about the special -- the person who is supposed to be overseeing that bailout. i'm going to go back, you are in new york, what do you make of the fact that the president of the united states issued a casual, almost casual kind of blanket threat to quarantine the new york tristate area, new york, new jersey, connecticut, something he had no constitutional authority to do, freaked out a lot of people, who thought this was possible, and then immediately takes it back and the cdc, you know, he says, i'm going to have the cdc do a no travel order. what do you make of the fact he did that at all? >> well, the big problem at this moment is that in times of crisis, leadership really matters. governor cuomo is providing it for instance and donald trump is not. what we see from donald trump is that instead of operating in an evidence-based fashion, being guid

and i will turn it over to our chairman of the house democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries. rep. jeffies: thank you. and to the leadership of the tri-caucus and certainly to judy chu for convening all of us together. the constitution of the united states requires that every 10 years the government count the entire population of the united states. this of course is known as the census, and it is incredibly important that every single person, north, south, east, and west, participate in the census. april 1 is census day, and we want everyone to get ready. because it is incredibly critical to the well-being of your community. participation in the census of course impacts legislative representation at the city, state, and federal level. losecommunity could representation, and diminish your voice if you fail to participate in the census count. impacts thelso allocation of federal resources, and could deny your community federal share of funds in areas like health care, housing, or transportation. the census count also impacts the provision of basic services, such as classroom size, or

democratic the gentleman from new york, again, the epicenter of as achallenge that we have country, hakeem jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is one minute.or mr. jeffries: america is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. assembled the mightiest military, but you annot judge the greatness of america based on our wealth or our military might. we should only judge the america based on left stand up for the behind. the cares bill is legislation that will help and provide the most vulnerable amongst us. it will provide relief to everyday americans. relief to small businesses. it will provide relief to workers. the coronavirus is a silent targeted the s american people, but we are a resilient nation. great ated the depression, we defeated nazi germany, we defeated jim crow. will defeat covid-19 as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from maryland reserves. texas is man from recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, may i nce again inquire as to the time? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has 8 1/2 minutes. he gentleman fr

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doing calls,e been hakeem jeffries has been doing a phenomenal job, literally spent the entire day today on the telephone on a caucus meeting, an update from frank pallone and freddie scott. about personal protective for thet, osha rules health care workforce. what you are hearing on these hearing thisare member of congress from detroit and what is happening. greg meeks was on the call advocating for what is going on in new york. they are in the member of the crisis right now. a member of congress from alabama. that with a call like a caucus so big, you get a feel for what is happening and what the tempo is in different communities. but we are all in the same boat. people don't have the protective equipment they need to be we need the manufacturing and production done in the u.s., we've got to ramp it up immediately. to aow we got off terrible start and we are really behind. so you get the people on the front line who are afraid but they are doing the job and showing courage across the country. host: the plant in lordstown, what role will that play in this pandemic? guest: it won't play

i want to applaud the chief sponsor of this, my friend and colleague hakeem jeffries, the chair of the democratic caucus who has made this a priority in his work. and during the discussions in the foreign affairs committee, there was bipartisan recognition of the significant investment in women and girls that had to be a priority. it would be a tool to advancing economic success, advancing educational success and to really help build civil society. these are very often regions which for a very long time women and girls were excluded from those opportunities. so this resolution will be really transformative and will help really to ensure that pakistan can serve as a model for what happens when you actually invest in women and girls and the difference it can make in societies and that country that will be an example to the rest of the world. with that, mr. speaker i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves, the gentleman from utah is ecognized. grew upis: -- my mother in idaho, she traveled to new york city to get a master's degree from new york uni

democratic the gentleman from new york, again, the epicenter of as achallenge that we have country, hakeem jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is one minute.or mr. jeffries: america is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. assembled the mightiest military, but you annot judge the greatness of america based on our wealth or our military might. we should only judge the america based on left stand up for the behind. the cares bill is legislation that will help and provide the most vulnerable amongst us. it will provide relief to everyday americans. relief to small businesses. it will provide relief to workers. the coronavirus is a silent targeted the s american people, but we are a resilient nation. great ated the depression, we defeated nazi germany, we defeated jim crow. will defeat covid-19 as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from maryland reserves. texas is man from recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, may i nce again inquire as to the time? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has 8 1/2 minutes. he gentleman fr