now we go to mr. doyle, coming to us from pittsburgh. mr. doyle? is mr. doyle -- >> sorry, mr. chairman. i forgot to unmute. can you hear me now [buzzer] >> yes, you are recognized for . >> thank you and also thank you to the ranking member. on behalf of the american people. this committee has continued to affect oversight for the trump administration shortcomings related to distributing personal protective equipment or ppe. when states and hospitals were faced with critical shortages of the ppe such as masks and gowns, president trump passed the buck and said the federal government was "not a shipping clerk." we saw the result of the failure of leadership. on a national strategy, states have had to fend for themselves and even compete against themselves for critical supplies. it's become so desperate out there, that one former u.s. disaster official referred to the scramble as "lord of the flies." at a recent hearing that a subcommittee, michigan governor gretchen whitmer testified "the lack of centralized coordination at the central level created a counterproductive competiti

i yield back. >> thank you, mr. doyle. next we have mr. guthrie coming to us from kentucky. are you muted? do you want to unmute? >> i thought i did that. i apologize. hi. i apologize. dr. hahn, i'm interested in the covid-19 counterfeit testing and i have a bill that would bring -- called the therapeutics act to ensure the authority to destroy the counterfeit tests and devices and a question with this. what the people i talk to every day are interested in is what's going on in the future. how will we protect ourselves moving forward? lessons learned from the past and look forward. mr. hahn answered -- excuse me, admiral giroir answered on the ppe kind of moving forward but if i could just go with dr. redfield and dr. fauci and the people i talk to -- in august, are our kids getting back in school? are nursing homes safe? dr. redfield, we will have flu, covid. what's the testing going to be like? dr. fauci, what do we need to look for? and then i'll open it up to talk about what's it going to look like in august and are kids able to go back to school. i'll start with dr. red

pallone: i yield now to the chairman of our technology and internet committee, mr. doyle of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: for how much time? mr. pallone: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is recognized for two minutes. mr. doyle: i rise in support of h.r. 2, the moving forward act. this legislation represents a historic investment in the future of our nation. as the chairman of the communications and technology subcommittee, i'm proud that this bill includes an unprecedented $100 billion investment in our nation's broadband infrastructure. this crisis made it clear that broadband is a necessity, not a privilege. because of covid-19, we must all use the internet to work, learn and participate in society. this legislation would establish a national digital equity program to provide outreach and digital literacy education to get folks online. it would expand the lifeline program to create a monthly broadband benefit to connect working families and recently unemployed. it would fund a critical upgrade of our nation's 9

. >> now we go to mr. doyle coming from pittsburgh. mr. doyle? >> mr. chairman, i forgot to unmute. recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for holding the hearing and for your service on behalf of the american people. this continue to conduct oversight of the trump administration's shortcomings related to procuring and distribute an personal protective equipment, ppe. withtals were faced criminal -- critical shortages of ppe, such as masks and downs. theident trump has said federal government was not a shipping clerk. we saw the failure of leadership . without a national strategy, people had to defend for themselves and compete against each other for critical supplies. it has become so desperate that one former u.s. disaster official referred to this as lord of the flies the edition. at a recent hearing before the oversight investigation subcommittee, the governor testified, the lack of centralized coordination at the of competition between states and federal to procure limited supplies driving up prices and exacerbating existing shortages. pperal, do we have enough for every fro