we are going to have the republican leader of the house administration committee, mr. in just a k to us some of the procedures and operations, hanges going on here in congress. we just came from a very useful and important republican conference meeting. heard from a number of people, including dr. scott about what to ng be prepared for, what to expect. seriously the y situation with the virus. i think it's very clear, as heard from dr. fauci and others, we're into a period now we need to be responsible about mitigation. we need to be responsible about social distancing. particularly there's new issued the c.d.c. just within the last 24, 48 hours bout if you're over 60 you are at an increased risk and thinking through what that means. of the house, obviously, is looking at ensuring that our offices are our members indeed -- if our staff members work from home, making sure to do that. and also just taking very basic to avoid largeps gatherings that are nonessential, to make sure of the 's following all important hygiene recommendations that we've seen. take seriously con

looking at the chairman of the modernization ommittee sitting next to the chairwoman of the house administration committee. recommendations have to do with house jurisdiction. i'm standing right beside the ranking member. do you know how extraordinary it is in this chairwoman and her ranking member to allow another committee to have any sort of input on what goes on, much less delegate some of that conversation and thinking that the amount of lack of self-interests that has gone into this committee can is something i haven't seen much in the 10 years i have been here. you won't see in these recommendations, mr. speaker, a recommendation to turn the committees into the exact same bipartisan 50-50 committee that we have had the pleasure of working on. i don't think you will see it in the next round either. but i will tell you that one of the favorite stories i get to tell back home to folks who feel like politics has taken over this town, knocks who feel like msnbc and fox news and twitter is the end all of be all of political thought. i have gotten a chance to work with members who time after time after ti

by our leader on the house administration committee, zoe lofgren, about what preparations have been made for remote work. that is something that we are actually encouraging people to be prepared for. they may choose to -- be prepared to do that. it isn't a requirement yet, but it is that we want people to be prepared. we are buying the technology, the training, all the rest to make sure that everybody is up to par on that. our writing of legislation, our exchange of ideas, that won't stop the work of congress because by the time we come to the floor it's the tip of the iceberg there is so much else work that is going on. with all the respect in the world for our staff, who do much of that, and our members who participate in that, everybody is not universally at the same place in terms of technology. want to make sure they are their personal best when that sets in. it's about -- i hope much of what we are doing is redundant and that we don't have to engage in some of this. but if we do, we want to be repared. we want to present -- prevent the spread. so if people have to stay home, they h

consternation on capitol hill as to whether or not they are sending mixed messages, because the house administration committee sent out to members and staff at the infrastructure. >> bill: chad pergram watching all of that, to republican members of congress under a self quarantine after they came in contact with a person who has the virus that happened in cpac a week ago. one of them is ted cruz who says that he feels fine and healthy. the other is paul gosar who joins me by telephone. answer, thank you for your time. you are under self isolation, what happened? >> well, we were contacted yesterday by kevin mccarthy and the physicians of the house and then we were in contact with the director of the cdc. we had spent a considerable amount of time with our contact in the controversy, w we are feeling great. none of us are feeling bad. we are feeling really good. so yesterday was the ninth day, today is the tenth day. and even though less than a 5% chance that we have it come over next week is constituent work week, so we decided to go with the 14 days and follow through. >> bill: let me just get in a few quest

police, by the sergeant-in-arms, by the capitol attending physician, by our leader on the house administration committee, zoe loftgren, about what preparations have been made for remote work. that's something that we're actually encouraging people to be prepared for. they may choose to be coming in, but be prepared to do that. it isn't a requirement yet, but it is that we want people to be prepared. so we're providing the technology, the training and all the rest to make sure that everybody is up to par on that. our writing of legislation, our exchange of ideas, that won't stop the work of congress, because by the time we come to the floor, it's the tip of the iceberg. there's so much other work that is going on, and with all the respect in the world for our staff who do much of that, and our members who participate in that, everybody is not universally, excellent at the same place in terms of technology. i want to make sure they're at their personal best when that sets in. so it's about -- i hope that much of what we're doing is redundant and that we don't have to engage in some of this, but if we do,

host: rodney davis, the top republican on the house administration committee.mittee that works to help members with their offices and maintain capitol hill. time for a couple more calls. skip, in seattle. what's your view from out there? caller: our view is hopeful from the university of washington and the trials they have done with an experiment told drug that is about to get phase three approval. what is exciting is that university of washington has been using the drug without fda approval. drug,a compassionate use in cases. it is having a positive effect. host: i'm sorry, are you talking about -- this drug deals with coronavirus? caller: yes. remtesivir. phase threey in trials but is being used clinically. we hear a lot about testing but not a lot about treatment. host: that is not a drug i have heard about yet. we can certainly take a look. possibly a topic for another program. this is olivia here. birmingham, alabama. i'm concerned about -- we do not have a case in alabama. we don't have any cases here, but i am concerned about it. , we need to be serious

this week in newsmakers, the top republican on the house energy committee talks about how the house and administration are addressing the coronavirus pandemic. 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 d

, by the sergeant of arms, by the capital attending physician by the -- by our leader house administration committee about what preparations have been made for remote work. that is something that we are actually encouraging people to be prepared for they may choose to come in but be prepared to do that. it isn't a requirement yet but it is that we want people to be prepared. so, we are finding the technology, the training and all the rest to make sure that everybody is up to par on that. our writing of legislation, our exchange of ideas and all, that won't stop the work of congress because by the time we come to the floor it's the tip of the iceberg, there is so much else work that is going on and that -- with all respect in the world for all our staff who do much of that and our members who participate in that. everybody is not universally excellent at the same place in terms of technology. i want to makes sure they are all -- their personal best when that sets in. so, it's about -- i hope that much of what we are doing is redundant and that we don't have to engage in some of this. but if we do, we

treasury secretary steve mnuchin was asked about the trump administration's coronavirus response during today's house ways and means committee hearing on the president's 2021 budget request. we'll show you the entire hearing tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> congressional committees are holding hearings on the trump administration response to the coronavirus. tomorrow the senate commerce, science, and transportation subcommittee will look at mitigating the spread of infectious diseases such as

house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 1140, to enhance the security operations of the transportation security administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, united states code, to employees of the transportation security administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on homeland security. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on homeland security now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be con

that appears to conflict with what the administration told the house intelligence committee in january prefers trump and bernie sanders. told that the russians continue to be engaged with activities designed further to disrupt our election. >>> still ahead, we have a lot more to cover from last night's primary results as joe biden takes a significant step towards claiming the presidential democratic nomination. >>> plus, a tense moment on the campaign trail as the former vice president is confronted about gun rights. while in detroit, we're going to have those stories and more. about vehicle quality. and when they were done, chevy earned more j.d. power quality awards across cars, trucks and suvs than any other brand over the last four years. so on behalf of chevrolet, i want to say "thank you, real people." you're welcome. we're gonna need a bigger room. ♪ >>> welcome back, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with the results from last night's democratic primary contest as joe biden extends his delegate lead to victories in at least four of the six states that v

a house committee launched an investigation into the administration's handling of the outbreak. >>> the novel coronavirus is causing people to think twice about traveling. united and jetblue announced a temporary reduction in domestic flight schedules maria joining us with the options you may have if you are taking a trip in the near future. >> reporter: we are seeing airlines not only reduced domestic flights but waive fees and issue refunds as the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide. the cdc is recommending americans avoid nonessential trips to china south korea he ran in italy. there are no current advisories about travel to the rest of the world. if you are traveling you have some options if you don't feel comfortable flying. several airlines are waiving change fees for all flights and some cancellation fees with stipulations. there is a positive aspect of this. this is prime time for deals on flights and hotels. because fewer people are traveling according to the points guide. he said you might want to buy travel insurance. >>> you can buy it cancel for any reason travel insu

a house committee launched an investigation into the administration's handling of the outbreak. >>> theel coronavirus is causing people to think twice about traveling. united and jetblue announced a temporary reduction in domestic flight schedules maria joining us with the options you may have if you are taking a trip in the near future. >> reporter: we are seeing airlines not only reduced domestic flights but waive fees and issue refunds as the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide. the cdc is recommending americans avoid nonessential trips to china south korea he ran in italy. there are no current advisories about travel to the rest of the world. if you are traveling you have some options if you don't feel comfortable flying. several airlines are waiving change fees for all flights and some cancellation fees with stipulations. there is a positive aspect of

>> this week on news makers, the top republican on the house energy and commerce committee talks about how congress and the administration are addressing the coronavirus pandemic and the $2 trillion economic aid package passed by congress. 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

this week on newsmakers, the top republican on the house energy and commerce committee talked about how congress and the administrationnavirus pandemic and the $2 billion economic aid package passed by congress. our guest, congressman greg walden, newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. senator 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

new york, times i want to talk about this with the congressman, the house intel committee gets a briefing from a trump administration official, the new york times, screaming headline, that russia is working to reelect donald trump, they are doing it, again the new york times as last, week and what has changed since the briefing, we have seen a dozen headlines walking that back, claiming that that game of telephone that ended up in the new york times, by somebody inside the house intelligence committee, and it up not being true, it was totally misrepresented. why does that happen? and were you the leak? >> yes, were you the? leak >> it's funny that we're having that discussion about what is still a classified briefing, information behind closed, doors and you are asking me about a report in the new york times about what specifically was said. i can't tell you how many reporters have asked me to go into detail about it. it is still classified, it would be a crime for me to give the specifics to this crowd right now. and yet, everyone knows most of the details, as you have now correctly laid them out, unfortunately you

that appears to conflict with what administration officials told the house intelligence committee inebruary. when a briefer said the russians preferred donald trump and senator bernie sanders. evanina saying that the russians continue to be engaged designed to discredit our system and federal election. >> let's get bill karins in the mix here. >> what do you think the dominant theme is going to be in the news? yesterday, the primary was swallowed up by the breaking news on the coronavirus. >> i think coronavirus will drive the news. >> and the markets as well. >> and we don't have a sense of exactly how big and widespread the coronavirus is spreading in this country. i still think until we get a sense from government officials how widespread it is, it's probably going to drive the news. >> also from what we're seeing, the number of coronavirus increasing during the hour. you're in the middle of the show, you start the show off with the anybody of coronavirus being one number, by the end of the hour -- >> now, with the new testing we'll get the numbers quicker and we'll see big jumps.

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 administration and then of course distinguished leader mr. hoyer for leading us through all this discussion that not only we were on course substantively but we had the numbers needed to get the job done today it would not have happened without you. i do want to acknowledge chuck schumer and the members of the senate dick durbin especially with their committees as well. but what we have to do now i am encouraged to say we need to do more but in terms of this bill what we are working on right now is to translate a toolkit for our members so any wine of their constituents small business owner or that they know how they can avail themselves of what is in this legislation. it is fair and substantial. we need to do more. i think it's very important we do work for the personal protective equipment so healthcare providers have what they need thank you to the great work of the congresswoman issue. >> and the appropriations committee working in a bipartisan way in the house and senate i want to join the lead

energy and commerce, jim mcgovern on a rules committee was very helpful of ours was so many other members here. i want to acknowledge also the house administration. of course, her distinguished leader, mr. hoyer, thank you for being on the floor today and leading us through all of this discussion. we were notake sure only on course substantively but that we had the numbers needed to get the job done today. it would not have happened without you. thank you so much also for your work. i want to acknowledge chuck schumer and some of the members on the senate, did turbine especially and members of their committees as well. now, as the to do i amr was speaking, further encouraged to say that what we have to do now is we need to do more but in terms of this bill, what we are all working on right now is to translate it into a toolkit for our members so that any one of their constituents, if they are a small business owner, whatever their category is, that they know immediately how they can avail themselves of what is in this legislation. it is there, it's substantial, we need to do more. i just want to say once again that i thing it's very important we

. >> this week on newsmakers, the top republican on house energy and commerce committee talks about how congress and the administration are addressing the coronavirus pandemic and the $2 trillion economic aid package passed by congress. 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 an

announcer: today come on newsmakers, the top republican on the house energy and commerce committee talks about how congress and the administration are addressing the coronavirus pandemic and the $2 trillion economic aid package passed by congress. 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

forward to working with the senate finance committee on this issue and finding a solution that can be supported by the senate, the house and the administration. >> and let me just point out that we have on the committee, as i noted in my opening remarks, we have proceeded with what we believe is an expansion of the earned income tax credit and refundable child tax credits. they're important anti-poverty programs and we believe that we can find a path forward with the administration on these very issues. we hope that the administration's mind is not closed and we believe that we could achieve something substantial on a bipartisan basis that relates-- as relates to those two initiatives and i hope that your mind remains open on that based on the discussions that we've had. >> yes, and let me just comment on your opening statement about the delay in those. i am not aware of-- >> thank you. >> i'm not aware of any delay, i will follow up with the irs. as you know, we have a mandatory requirement to hold it to a certain date and my understanding is that the irs has on an expedited basis processed them, but we will look into that issue. >> thank y

treasury secretary steve mnuchin was asked about the trump administration's coronavirus response during today's house ways and means committee hearing on the president's 2021 budget request. we'll show you the entire hearing tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> congressional committees are holding hearings on the trump administration response to the coronavirus. tomorrow the senate commerce, science, and transportation subcommittee will look at mitigating the spread of infectious diseases such as the coronavirus. we'll have live coverage here on c-span3 wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. eastern. it will also be online at c-span.org and you can also listen live on the free c-span radio app. today, federal health officials answered questions. >> good morning. the committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. i have one goal today and that is accurate information. accurate information that can help americans understand what they should do about the coronavirus and accurate information to help members of congress to decide what else we ought to be doing about the coronavirus. around th

house. shjuan. watkins on the natural resources committee. lliott walden of the senate judiciary. sarah of senate judiciary ranking member feinstein's office. rise to recognize staff of the administration. halworth of the department of interior. doug of the white house. rise to recognize these individuals, mr. speaker, because without them we would able to move forward as expeditiously as we have over the past 13 months, 1365, which was addressed by this house yesterday. 1365, mr. speaker, brings saga of e a long suffering from the people of uam at the hands of the imperial japan during world war ii that finally sees closure recognition and compensation as much as we can that for the t sufferings of the chamorra war.e during the oftentimes, mr. speaker, it gets very, very difficult for us, territories, to be able to find closure on long because of the fact that territories are underrepresented in this body by the very nature of their distance in this country. that, we are te able to finally bring this issue to closure by the individuals i mentioned. names in the record today, mr. speaker, chamorra want the people to be able to look back and be able to identify generations from now the

house should advance this legislation today. this bill falls under the jurisdiction of committee of house administration and i'm prepared to work with the chief administrative officer to execute this legislation. i have seen legislation run through this committee that tried to use the tax dollars of hardworking americans to fund their own congressional campaigns. every member of the majority in this room, in this chamber co-sponsored that bill when it was introduced. the 6-1 small dollar patch of am pain dollars would have a donation from the american taxpayer to each congressional candidate, meaning for every $200 donated, the federal overnment taxpayers would give $1,200 to that member's campaign. imagine if every member of congress not counting all the candidates in each congressional race, just the current 435 members, imagine if they received $1 million in matched funds from the federal government from the taxpayers. that's close to half a billion dollars going just to the campaigns, the political covers of members of congress. if it is the position of the ma the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. party to support

am administration, republican administrations, in my 40 years on this committee, and it's been answered. >> i would never answer internal deliberations with the white house, but i will tell you, i am completely support of the of the $2.5 billion request t. does exactly what i want, which is to focus on the five critical success factor areas. >> ok, so what you want is a proposal that would divert $135 million from other important rograms, chug $37 million, millions from substance abuse, $7 million from medicare and medicaid programs. so i won't ask you a deliberation, but you just want to cut a hole out of things we rely on. >> well, those are options for funding half of the cost of the emergency supplemental, but if congress makes a different choice, congress makes a different choice. >> what is the other half come from? >> that would be emergency supplemental, new money you ould have to come up with. so things you want, the ebola funding, your recommendation, you're the expert of this, cut it out. >> it's a proposal of how to fund half of the cost of the total response. >> is your proposal. >> that is our proposal, but if congress disagrees with other

. >> this week on newsmakers, the top republican on house energy and commerce committee talks about how congress and the administrationare addressing the coronavirus pandemic and the $2 trillion economic aid package passed by congress. 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

opportunity over the past couple of weeks to talk to these federal administration, to the treasury department, to the house financial services committeeo our regulators, to local city and state government. and all of them are very focused on helping those in need. i think that you will see through the stimulus package an announcement that president continues to make, there's a lot of interest in addressing the short term pain the economy. and so that is where i think you are see market reaction. it's a changing moment and very fluid. every single day we get new news. people are reacting to that in real time. >> maria: yeah, real quick, stacey. do you want to see in other changes in terms of regulations over financial services over the new york stock exchange? the president is doing fast track at the fda. is there any creating a more effective trading situation from wall street that you would like to see from a trading standpoint real quick? >> one thing i will highlight because it has been rumored that there is talk of shedding the market down to stop the market decline. i have not had that conversation with any of those groups i talk

congressional source telling me the house ways and means committee is having discussions with other committees and speaker's office which way to go. they're waiting for administration and the white house what they would like to see. out of senator chuck grassley's office, they're working on targeted tax relief as possible relief for specific industries that might be affected by the coronavirus. house speaker nancy pelosi released her list that she says needs to be in any stimulus package that comes out of this building that list includes this includes paid sick leave, he specially those affected by quarantines. enhanced unemployment insurance. clear protection for health care workers, protective gear and non-covered health gear and price protections on medical and non-medical essentials. pelosi says the house will take its time to make sure they get this package right. >> we can pass them in the house. the question, will the senate take up the legislation that relates to the well being of the america's families and workers, whether it's food for the children in school or affordability. no copays, no deductible on the testing? reporter: both democrats and republican

treatment for a rare life threatening disease but the trump administration ended medical differed action and could face medical deportation. a house committeerequested a report from the department of homeland security in the first step for a few bill that would allow her to continue her treatments in the u.s.. >>> former oakland police chief dan kirk patrick is calling for the firing of federal monitoring of overseaing the firing of the oakland police department. she said the reason the oakland police department remains out of compliance with federal mandates and federal monitor earns a million a year from oakland taxpayers and has no incentive to see the reform succeed. oakland councilman is calling for an end to the 17 year court ordered federal oversight of the department. >>> coming up here on mornings on 2, we reported a bit of a slow down in the red hot housing market and the factors pushing prices up in three big bay area counties. >>> performance tackling a huge problem in school. in minutes, the performance touring the bay area that focuses on ending bullying. of . bloomberg: they are male, minorities, 16 to 25, you can just take t

and so i really trust the chair of the rules committee and i know he with the chair of house administration are working to figure out how to honor our duties but also not risk public health. >> all right. congresswoman katie porter, thank you for being with me tonight. >> thank you so much. >>> joining me now is dave dan, executive editor of the progressive magazine "the american prospect." dave has been following the back and forth over the bill quite closely. what's your sort of top line here about what the shape of the compromise that's come into focus is? >> well, i mean, i think you see temporary, necessary help for individual workers whether it's the direct payments or the unemployment insurance boost and you see long-term transformation of american society through a largely unrestricted bailout that is actually higher than meets the eye. i know what representative porter was saying about what's in the bill, which says $500 for large -- or $500 billion for large corporations, but a portion of that, most of that, 425 billion goes, as i understand it, to the federal reserve as 10% of a

allocated in accordance with a spending plan submitted to the committee on appropriations on the house of representatives by the chief administrativefficer and approved by such committee. but the bill never said it was for legislators salaries, nor does a version of the stimulus package being worked out in the republican-controlled senate, which similarly outlines $25 million for the house. didpparent leave the house not give themselves a pay raise , the house did not give themselves a pay raise in the coronavirus package. let's go to lisa. caller: good morning. i am single. i am disabled. i never asked for this. i thought i would work the rest of my life. is really tough -- i am calling you from a landline phone. afford internet or nothing like that. any amount -- i am just so glad he signed it. me amount that would come to -- i am so thankful. i am just glad it is going out to the american people. i am so thankful. all of this going overseas -- here, the poorest people the very poorest, and cannot save any money. bill,let's talk to calling from florida. you work in the medical profession. what you do in medicine? caller: i am a p

. >>> the house oversight committee is set to hold a hearing this morning looking at the trump administration's and accurately diagnosis and coronavirus and manage the outbreak joining me now is chris curry. he is the director in the government accountabilities office he leads the department's work on emergency management, disaster response, and recovery and is set to testify at today's hearing. chris, good morning. thanks for starting the day with us what do you plan to say today in your testimony how has the white house and administration been handling this >> thanks for having me first of all. i think one of the things we're going to talk about is this is not a new type of event. we've had these types of outbreaks before and actually we've been very concerned about our ability to respond to a pandemic, particularly after the 2009 h1n1 attack so, this is not a new thing. >> but obviously this is a very different type of attack so, how would you say the response is different to something that's just spreading at a so much faster rate and clearly has people drastically curtailing their daily ha

fauci has been one of the main voices from the administration on coronavirus, which is why he was called to testify in front of the house oversight committee. and fauci struck a positive note when he answered a question about how many americans might be affected. >> i can't give you a realistic number until we put into the factor of how we respond. if we are complacent and don't do really aggressive containment and mitigation, the number could go way up and be involved in many, many millions. >> stephen: to be clear, he's not saying millions will die, just that millions might get it. so turn that frown upside down, then don't touch your frown. it's on your face! massachusetts representative stephen lynch took fauci and c.d.c. director redfield to task over not standing up to the president's lies. >> the president, on march 6, told the people in my district publicly that the tests were ready. there were no tests. zero, zero. he said this in front of some of you at a public hearing, at a press conference. and i saw no one step up and say, "no, the president wasn't correct." we need you to step up. we really need honesty here. and when the pr

house oversight committee. congressman, thanks for being with us. how do you reconcile what dr. fauci told your committee today with what you have seen and heard from the administration so far, and particularly the president, who says, you know, i think he said it was 15 cases that, you know, may soon end, two weeks ago. and you know, late yesterday, it was this is all just going to go away. >> well, i think that dr. fauci was telling the truth. i think that the cases that we identify going forward are going to be more numerous than what we've seen so far. and so it is going to get worse before it becomes better. and i think that does run contrary to some of the programming, if you will, or the spin that the president seems to put on what's happening right now. i think i saw a quote that he said everything's going extremely well. well, as you can tell, most of the public does not think so. and it's having ripples in the economy, not to mention, obviously, the health impact on so many communities across the country now. >> also, i mean, just doctors that i am talking to, they seem more concerned about this. i mean, i got -- i talked to a number of doctors just today a

administration committee, the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman from illinois is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. s the ranking member of house administration, i want all of my colleagues to make sure that efore we leave this floor today, after hopefully passing this piece of legislation, that every member that works for the house, that makes sure that makes s clean, sure that this house operates, they're here sitting there in well. they are here in our hallways. they are doing the job to allow do our job. and on behalf of everyone here, thank you thank you, for what you do every single day. it is important. the first vote that i ofk on this house floor, one the first, was for superstorm sandy relief. friend, mr. van drew, sitting next to me here, i'm sure he had more of a frontline as a state senator in new jersey at the time. what kind of impact that assistance had on the ground to those americans who hurting, and i went back and i took criticism from many media and in my own party. we as e's one job that congress should do and do well is help americans recover from a ask for.they didn't we are in the midst of the worst eco

house ways and means committee. i spoke to one democratic lawmaker yesterday who told me that the sba, the small business administration going to be launching a completely new, overhauled effort to outreach to individuals to utilize the tools that are in this economic bill that is likely going to be passed within the next 24 hours. there are new tools that are being used in the middle of this pandemic that were not available before, and people need to think like that and not use the old tools but the new tools that they have available to them. guy: all right, we are going to leave it there. thank you very much indeed, kevin cirilli joining us from washington as we continue to see that story develop. here in europe, we are continuing to watch what is happening on the fiscal front and on the monetary fund. we were talking to the german finance minister only a few minutes ago to matt miller. let's turn to what is happening with the ecb. bloomberg reporting in the last few minutes that the ecb is broadly in favor or broadly open omphe idea of starting the program. remember, a bit of history here, the omp program was what w

. >> so essentially in front of the house committee he was defending the trump administration's stance on this. we know new york, connecticut, maryland, actually filed a lawsuit to have salt thrown out. a judge threw that out. so this is quite contentious and for people who live in the states it's been extremely annoying by them the treasury saying, listen, talk to your state government and not federal government. stuart: i'm not annoyed at treasury secretary but got involved in the mess called salt. that's my fault. the mask makers, they are up this morning. wait a minute, we have been told we don't have to wear masks. what's going on here. >> we have been told that but according to u.s. health department, we need roughly 3.5 billion facial masks, the protective n954 for medical workers here in the united states. right now what we have 12 million, so we are a little bit on short supply and you have the panic of people rushing to stores to go buy face mask. we know we can't buy them anywhere. they are sold out. that's contributing to upswing on a lot of face mask makers like alpha prot

administration should give up? this all the time before he would appear before the senate and house armed services committee. you want a smaller budget? ok, fine. what do you want me to give up? so this person is asking me the same question. mr. wittman: so it's a great question because as i said earlier, strategy really should drive the fundamental decisions. mr. courtney: it correctly identified the fact that looking out in terms of what's going on in the world right now, our near are the biggest concern we have to be focused on. listedd north korea were in the national defense strategy as well. frankly, north korea in some ways is part of the whole indo-pacific effort that's out there right now. you know, look, the middle east, which has really been a drain on the navy over the years when we hadottoman that had -- es, when we started to see an uptick in terms of new contracts that were authorized and appropriated there's no question that part of the world was a big and the ones we can expect in the future. -- was a big driver in terms of decisionsof why those were made. we are all hoping that something is

administration is going to propose a stimulus package in income support package by cutting payroll taxes- the congress is also working on. any tax legislation has to originate in the house ways and means committee approved by that committee and then the house and then the senate has to approve it and then has to be signed. so there's a back and forth but what we can tell so far is at least temporarily- the very rancorous political situation. the politicians are putting aside their hatred of the other party and they're saying we're facing an emergency and it looks like something will be- enacted- in pretty short order- right now the- while the trump administration has. has proposed a cut in payroll taxes which would increase- in take home pay for workers right away- democrats are looking for other- ways to. increase consumer purchasing power may be through more surgical means so but it does look like they're moving. quickly something and- you know so the market thinks that's a possible. do you think that the next step do you think that the u. s. economy really needs a stimulus to combat this outbreak. okay your yours is really a great question- because- well we don't know how long temporary is t

just a short time ago, house speaker nancy pelosi and the chairman of the ways and means committee announce they are close to a deal with the trump administrationrus crisis. the speaker unveiled this bill late last night. it would provide financial resources to people and businesses affected by the pandemic, reportedly including free testing once we finally have some freaking testing. she and chairman neal reportedly negotiating all day today with the trump administration's designated negotiator, who is treasury secretary steven mnuchin. the speaker told a group of reporters camped outside her office this evening that they should go home for the night and expect an announcement of some kind tomorrow. but according to the speaker of the most of the differences between the two sides have been resolved and this will be the first significant policy response of the u.s. government through congress in terms of legislation that we've had. the house will meet again in the morning. it looks like they will have something to vote on and again the senate has canceled its planned recess so they will be at work. watch this space. that does it for us tonight.

committee richard shelby announced that question agreed to $7.8 billion in emergency spending. the house is planning a vote on the measure later today. >>> president trump, vice president pence and members of the administration's coronavirus response team met with airlines ceos this morning. they discussed efforts to prevent the spread of the virus among travelers. at the end, the president talked about super tuesday primary results. >> some of the biggest and the best and know the business better than anybody. they've been in it a long time and emerged to in all cases head their companies and we were talking about the effects of the virus on the air travel and what they see. in a certain way you could say the borders are automatically shut down without having to say shut down. they're two certain extent automatically shut down but it's affect thing the airline business, as it would. a lot of people are staying in our country and they're shopping and, uh, using our hotels in this country. so from that standpoint i think probably there's a positive impact but there's also an impact on overseas travel which will be fairly substantial. mike, maybe i'll let you give a little briefing on what we discussed. >> thank

house judiciary committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. what did you learn on your visit with the president to cdc, sir? >> what we learned is that the administration top of this, they're still moving forward, and i think there were some interesting things learned. number one, i just heard the governor of new york talk about everybody being tested. maria, the cdc made clear everyone who needs a test has a test to have. this idea that you need to test everybody is not really an applicable situation when you're trying to make sure that you're isolating the known cases so that you can make proper treatment, and that was what was said, that everyone who needs it, any doctor who needs a test can get that test done, and that is good to isolate the cases to make sure we're doing a proper response. more test kits are coming out, secretary azar stated there'll be a million and more in the next weeks, so those are going to be there for everybody that goes forward. and the other thing i think the president made clear and others at the cdc was that they've been on this since day one. there seemed to be this delayed importance even the above talked about this,

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