i also to commend chairman frank pallone of the energy and commerce committee. he couldn't be with us this morning, but he has been working on this issue, meet a proposal for infrastructure bill based on the task force that mr. clyburn has chaired here and i also want to acknowledge the leadership role of councilwoman anna eshoo for the proposal. i want to thank mr. pallone for what he is doing on the testing issue and tracing and the rest, what they are doing on ppe and the rest, and what they will do on oversight of the committee of jurisdiction that has so much jurisdiction. we call it the appropriations committee. they say, if the sun shines on anything, it is a matter of the energy and commerce committee. they have a broad jurisdiction, and i thank the gentleman for his leadership and so anyways. -- in so many ways. with that, i want to present mr. clyburn to talk about this important initiative. we are talking about distance learning. we are talking about telemedicine. we are talking about people buying things in a way they had not before, and yet it is no

frank pallone for the good work that he did, and the good staff of all those committees. my voting today on the floor the strong agreement that sets the path we had in the cares act. these are the issues that were addressed in the cares act. what we are doing we are helping small businesses. we strengthen the paycheck protection package. it's $310 billion, including that critical $60 billion reserve for underserved rural, urban, tribal communities. by supporting small businesses that cannot access p.p.e., we secured $50 billion for emergency assistance lending. that would be leveraging to over $300 billion. in disaster assistance loans. and $10 billion more for the grants. the hospital, providers, and health workers, we secured $75 billion for health providers, losing revenue every day, and physicians and health workers risking their lives because they don't have p.p.e. they don't have p.p.e.. one of the new york hospitals i heard a nurse say on tv when she went to meet the needs of her -- patients, she was given not the regular gown and mask and gloves. she was given a n

pallone for what he is doing on the testing issue and tracing and the rest, what they are doing on ppe and the rest, and what they will do on oversight of the committee of jurisdiction that has so much jurisdiction. the appropriations committee. they say, if the sun shines on anything, it is a matter of the energy and commerce committee. ,hey have a broad jurisdiction and i thank the gentleman for anyways.rship and so with that, i want to present mr. clyburn to talk about this important initiative. we are talking about distance learning. we are talking about telemedicine. we are talking about people buying things in a way they had , and yet it is not available to everyone. this is about fairness and equity in every way, access to care, access to credit, access to whatever opportunities come along in terms of testing --rapies or vaccines testing, therapies come over vaccines. pleasedt, i am lead -- to yield to the distinguished chair of the committee and democratic width of the house mr. clyburn -- whip of the house mr. clyburn. rep. clyburn: thank you for your leadership and guidance i

representative pallone cannot be here but he and his staff were helpful with the hospital and testing parts of the bill. so you know that what the bill does, two weeks ago was proposed on a thursday, on the floor of the senate, that we would have legislation that 250, that was it, nothing else and that's it. , that wek and a half could do much more for small businesses. for60 billion set aside women, minorities, veterans, native-americans, rural folks, those who didn't have banking relationships but big credit needs. $60 billion in loans and grants to all of small businesses and $100 billion, $100 billion to hospitals and testing. quite a remarkable feat. we have 250 and 220, 407 today, but all of it in the interest of job retention and first and foremost to address the key issue of health, testing, testing, testing, contact tracing, the initiatives that are necessary to be the key to opening up our economy. with that. that was a long 30 seconds, i know. i yield to our leader in the house to see if he can do better than i in sticking to the 30 seconds. thank you, richie neal for your

representative pallone cannot be here, but he and his staff were very helpful for us with the hospital and testing parts of the bill. so you know that what the bill does, two weeks ago, it was proposed on a thursday, on the floor of the senate, that we would have legislation that 250, billion, that was it, nothing else, and that's it. but we can have that position of the administration, the republicans in the senate. until this past weekend, when finally they saw the light that we could do much more for our small businesses. so $60 billion in the set-asides for, shall we say, the underbanked, women, minorities, veterans, native-americans, rural folks, those who didn't have banking relationships but have big credit needs. another $60 billion in loans and grants for small businesses and small businesses, and then $100 billion, $100 billion to hospitals and testing. quite a remarkable feat. we have $250 billion and $220 billion, $470 billion today, but all of it in the interest of job retention and first and foremost to address the key issue of health, testing, testing, testing, contact t

it nice one i'm pretty fast pallone make of the middle of point only the middle of the pit the hottest one is in the hospital for lack of any 20 for the testing that this in case. it's a choice that sugar love faced himself he's ago when he was just 17 he stepped on a land mine my group was born to my face was born i left my leg. there was nothing to say if there was no flash new tissue on their blood i lost my my hope ali thought i was not very violent to be too alive anymore because i was seeing very dark my future very dark he says the only thing that saved team was this job and the chance to help patients like is all that you make me quite yet we want to get. off fighting it bust out a couple. of. when i came to the prophecy for a job completing my life change. i can be a man i come out of my normal life i can be a normal person. and they give me a hope that i can live to forget if i were disabled completely even the my family sometimes they forget i am a visible which i am happy of crap because they should not come see them as the visible people they should. see the table. this re

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basement in and then seeing his wife and kids in the 1st time in this is what he's been waiting for it's pallone apparently and c.n.n. has to be in on this they have to know if this is fake news the worst case a fake news and fake news by omission ever and chris cuomo needs to own up to it he needs to apologize admit it or get the heck off the air how could anybody ever watch this man or trust this man again ever and then there's a.b.c.'s george stephanopoulos the new york post page one headline of mask hole which showed the g.m.a. anchor walking around without his mask led to his informing his audience that after being diagnosed he had beaten the coronavirus he's tested positive for covert 1000 antibodies and he's looking to donate his blood. to pass to along to those to help other corona virus victims nothing like cuomo now would we make a mistake here i need the press we'd like to correct it when possible last week i told you about a story and i said that joe biden campaign had a chance to edit a story that the new york times put out on sexual assault allegations against him watch and the new

and today, with over 200 reporters on the phone, chairman peter defazio, chairman frank pallone and our distinguished mr. cogran and i put forward our recovery piece of this that related to how we have to invest in this next bill in the infrastructure of america. when we're talking about meeting health needs, community health centers. when we're talking about water, clean water and the rest, investing heavily in clean water in the legislation. and where we're talking about broadband, we talk about all that that means in tele-education, telemarketing, telemedicine. the list goes on about how dependent people are now on the internet, and we have a big investment in broadband to address underserved areas, rural or inner city, wherever it is. and -- >> your point -- >> we had $25 billion in the cares act. that's not enough to meet the mobility needs of getting product to market, getting people to work, those who are essential workers, and then to do even more as this tragedy unfolds. so, we're very pleased with the aspects that we put forth today as they directly relate to the coronavirus c

steve pallone has a position. and on schools, the same thing.on on schools. >> will you please provide any more specifics on the court's outreach efforts to pro bono lawyers. what services you are wanting them to connect with and when do you think the services -- >> you're going to have a host of legal issues that people need help on. you're going to have housing issues. we talk about these government programs, sba has loans available. yeah, look at an sba loan application and tell me how easy it is to fill out. all these federal programs that have been set up. yeah, but you have to figure out how to access each one. but just accessing like the super programs like the s.n.a.p. food stamp program. you're deal with bureaucracies and applications. so there's a host of need on the legal front. we're hearing about it all across the board. the court system with chief judge janet de fu ry working with the new york state bar association are asking for volunteers. lawyers who are volunteers to help with a myriad of issues. they'll coordinate it. they nee

but the legislature could and maybe will look at that in our committees, frank pallone and others urgingng and also urging specific language how that was carried out. >> yeah. let me ask you a question on remote voting. i talked to katie porter earlier today. congresswoman from southern california, orange county. she has been on this issue. she's not happy that it's not getting taken up today. i think she thought it would. and that possibly you guys would get a resolution. but she expressed a concern that if you don't come up with some sort of new rules that allow for markups on remote, committee meetings remote, let alone voting remote, essentially, you're creating a four-person congress, the two leaders on each side, they do all the negotiating and the rank and file don't feel like they participate. how do you bridge the gap between the two parties on this remote business front? >> we had a meeting today, mr. mccarthy, i asked to have a meeting with the chairman of the rules committee and rarnging members ranking members of both committees, three republicans, three democrats. we had ab

frank pallone for the good work that he did, and the good staff of all those committees. my voting today on the floor the strong agreement that sets the path we had in the cares act. these are the issues that were addressed in the cares act. what we are doing we are helping small businesses. we strengthen the paycheck protection package. it's $310 billion, including that critical $60 billion reserve for underserved rural, urban, tribal communities. by supporting small businesses that cannot access p.p.e., we secured $50 billion for emergency assistance lending. that would be leveraging to over $300 billion. in disaster assistance loans. and $10 billion more for the grants. the hospital, providers, and health workers, we secured $75 billion for health providers, losing revenue every day, and physicians and health workers risking their lives because they don't have p.p.e. they don't have p.p.e.. one of the new york hospitals i heard a nurse say on tv when she went to meet the needs of her -- patients, she was given not the regular gown and mask and gloves. she was given a n

frank pallone for the good work that he did, and the good staff of all those committees. my voting today on the floor the strong agreement that sets the path we had in the cares act. these are the issues that were addressed in the cares act. what we are doing we are helping small businesses. we strengthen the paycheck protection package. it's $310 billion, including that critical $60 billion reserve for underserved rural, urban, tribal communities. by supporting small businesses that cannot access p.p.e., we secured $50 billion for emergency assistance lending. that would be leveraging to over $300 billion. in disaster assistance loans. and $10 billion more for the grants. the hospital, providers, and health workers, we secured $75 billion for health providers, losing revenue every day, and physicians and health workers risking their lives because they don't have p.p.e. they don't have p.p.e.. one of the new york hospitals i heard a nurse say on tv when she went to meet the needs of her -- patients, she was given not the regular gown and mask and gloves. she was given a n