i also to commend chairman frank pallone of the energy and commerce committee. he couldn't be with us this morning, he has been working on this issue, made a proposal for infrastructure bill based on the task force that mr. clyburn has chaired. and i also want to acknowledge the leadership role of councilwoman anna eshoo for the specific piece that is in the proposal. but we do believe that the energy, and mr. clybourn will discuss that, and 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 be doing on oversight of the committee of jurisdiction that has so much jurisdiction. on that committee, we have an appropriate her and we call it the almighty appropriations committee. and on their committee they say, if the sun shines on anything, it is a matter of the energy and commerce committee. so they have a broad jurisdiction, and i think the chairman for his leadership in so many ways. with that, i want to present mr. clyburn to talk about this important initiat

pallone again i just disagree with you. not everything in this bill has anything to do with coronavirus. you can hold a different opinion and that's perfectly appropriate that you are going to get the votes of the united states senate to prevail. there's so much we could work on together. i'm just sorry we are having this kind of disagreement here tonight. i look forward to debating the bill tomorrow. it's a pretty easy bill for every republican to propose. not a single republican was asked for any input or proposal and we are going to send this with no committee meeting and i would suspect no amendment, know nothing. we want to have a political show on the for tomorrow that's exactly what we are going to get but it was designed to produce that. this wasn't designed to become law. this is a political messaging bill, pure and simple. and let me be charitable perhaps it's a political negotiating thing. you didn't have to drag everybody back for that but again i just don't see this as remotely likely to become law number of re

pallone talked about what's in the bill, the heroes act. the energy and commerce piece, which is about a robust and rapid testing initiative. a strategy. a strategy with a timetable, benchmarks, milestones, and the resources necessary to get the job done. and the job is to save lives. and those who are gathered here yesterday were pointing out how affected communities of color are by this. but there's not adequate testing there. we've got to get a handle on the challenge that we face. and we can only do that if we test, if we trace and then if we treat, we can reduce the number of deaths. and of course the isolation that goes with it. and wearing masks and following common sense and good guidance. so this -- i'm here today to say to you, 100,000 -- how many more of those -- how many of those could have been saved? we have example after example after example. poor anecdote of others saying, appropriations is not data. but the fact is it's illustrative of the fact that people are dying who don't have to die, and the data is what we want them

we will have hearings under anne eshoo chaired by frank pallone of new jersey, the chair of the full committee. that will happen i believe next week to bring before congress the testimony of dr. bright. it's very damaging. but, you know, the thing is this points to the larger issue, where are the ethics in all of this. that's why we're so, so excited about the bill that we're going to be put forth because it's about ethics. it's ethical for us to have the tests that we need so that everyone is tested and certain communities are not left behind because we didn't have enough or didn't have the right thing. and when we have a vaccine or drug as dr. bright is referencing, an innovation or invention or discovery, that it be available to everyone. but it can't be available to anyone unless we have the supply chain, that we have the ingredients. and we have the delivery system of syringes and vials and the rest to deliver it to everybody so that no one is left behind. and everyone in our country knows that they will be treated fairly and freely. but this is not a market opportunity for busi

pallone, for his five minutes of questions. mr. pallone: thank you, madam chair. and let me just say, dr. bright, thank you for your courage in being here. when i was younger, we used to read a book by president kennedy called "profiles and courage," and, you know, your courage in being here reminds me of some of the people i read about in that book. i am concerned, dr. bright, that the trump administration does not have plans for a nationwide vaccine program to ensure that once a vaccine is approved we'll be able to quickly make it available to everyone. in other words, i don't want to see the same mistakes by the trump administration, the incompetence that they had with the supply chain and the testing repeated with the vaccine. and you stated at the outset of the pandemic in january, you began urgently pressing h.h.s. officials to provide the necessary resources to begin vaccine development but that your pleas fell on deaf ears. as the pandemic progressed, you said you were alarmed by the pressures coming from some administration officials for your agency to in

hello, i am: congressman frank pallone from new jersey. the week, our nation mourns loss of 100,000 americans to coronavirus. our nation continues to grieve lost ones from a distance. it is difficult to comprehend this loss. it's a reminder we must come together to combat the terrible virus to save lives and protect communities in the weeks and months ahead. this national emergency requires every aspect of government to work together. we must reduce the spread of the virus so we can reopen our economy and

pallone, for his five minutes of opening statement. >> thank you, madam chair, and thank you, ms. eshoo, for initiating this hearing and putting all your energy into it so that we're here today with dr. bright. we are here as part of the energy and commerce committee's ongoing work to confront the largest public health and economic crisis of our lifetimes. it has been mentioned more than 80,000 americans have lost their lives while more than 36 million others have lost their jobs as of today. this is a national emergency that requires every aspect of government to work together to reduce the spread of this terrible virus so we can confidently begin to reopen our economy. while this congress and the president have worked together to enact four laws to combat the pandemic and provide economic assistance to the american people, new laws are simply not enough. president trump and his administration have failed to provide the consistent and stable leadership that is necessary to guide our nation through this public health and economic crisis. for months the president has delivered mixe

chairman frank pallone, assistance to hospitals, all that goes into that, it has a strategic plan, a strategic plan for testing, tracing, treating, and isolating. it's what this country needs. to defeat the covid-19 virus. secondly, honor our heroes. that's the title of our bill. the h.e.r.o.e.s. act. the health care workers, the first responders, police, fire, emergency services, sanitation, food workers, our transportation teachers, transportation workers, and the rest. the list goes on. many of them risk their lives to save lives, and now they may lose their jobs because of the coronavirus. and the cost that it is to their communities. third, -- no, first, open the economy, test, test, test. two, two, we want to honor our heroes. by helping state and local entities. and three, we want to put money in the pockets of the american people. we're doing that with direct payments to american families, with unemployment insurance, with child tax credit, low-income tax credit, employment retention tax credit, a number of different ways. until it is necessary -- not necessary anymore. this

however, representative frank pallone of new jersey, the energy and commerce committee chair, delivered democratic weekly address. he discussed implementing a national covid-19 testing program and the fedal

first i want to say that chair woman lowy and chairman pallone i think they've done a marvelous job on this. your usual first-rate job my district is devastated by this virus. just to give you an example of why the state and local money is important in the other money that is here for unemployment miami beach has about 90000 residents has 10 million visitors that's what had last year the restaurants cannot open up because i represent the hotels on the beach, the port of miami, the crews lines that came in, so all of those conventions and cruise lines florida now has 2 million people who have applied for unemployment and in my district, almost everyone that was involved in anything related to the hospitality industry which probably is 80% of my district have lost their jobs and are applying for unemployment they are applying for ppp. i hope on ppp we can at some point talk about the transition for those restaurants they will not fully open up and they are concerned that if they open up and they only have 25% of the business because they have to spread people out, they're still going to

pallone: as a member designated by representative coleman and will vote yea on the esolution. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 228, the nays are 189. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or a vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and pass s. 2746. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2746, an act to require the director of the federal bureau of investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, and the gentleman from

cooper north carolina, andy beshear in kentucky, janet mills in maine i also spoke with chairman frank pallone about this and over the weekend with randi weingarten, who is the president of aft. i will be on a town hall with her members tonight. the budget that we announced friday, through september 30, the need, the overwhelming need for direct federal cash assistance. it0 is not just a new jersey reality or a blue state reality, is not about legacy issues, it's an american reality. red and blue states alike and frankly, it's in my opinion, the best lever we could pull as a country to get our economy back up on its feet and at the same time, keep our first responders, or firefighters, police, ems, health care workers, educators, let's keep them employed, let's keep them at the point of attack, let's keep them servicing our residents at our greatest hour of need, literally in our states and countries history. let's take a look at the overnight numbers with yesterday, we received an additional 703 positive test results for current statewide 155.764.10 i think judy would want me to say this but

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pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of the heroes act. is the health y and safety of the american people, and the heroes act lays need to ation we will safely reopen the economy. and contrary to my republican this legislation is directly related to the pandemic. builds out ion national testing and contract tracing by finally requiring the trump administration to develop comprehensive plans with clear benchmarks and timelines. we also mandate a national czar and supply chain to guarantee supplies, testing equipment, and drugs and ultimately vaccines are americans.o all the bill also provides states with additional increases for programs, to ensure that americans don't lose their health insurance. covid-19 all treatments and vaccines are free sharing for patients, as we did with previous legislation for testing. act, mr. chairman, protects vulnerable patients in nursing homes by providing to establish ates and deploy strike teams, manage outbreaks, and assist with care, infection control, and staffing. and this legislation also helps connec

pallone for his five minutes of questions. >> thank you, madam chair. let me say, dr.right, thank you for your courage in being here. when i was younger, we used to read a book by president kennedy called "profiles in courage." your courage in being here remind me of some of the people i read about in that book. i am concerned, dr. bright, that the trump administration doesn't have plans for a nationwide vaccine program to ensure once a vaccine is approved, we'll be able to quickly make it available to everyone. in other words, i don't want to see the same mistakes by the trump administration, the incompetence that they had with the supply chain and the testing repeated with a vaccine. you stated at the outset of the pandemic in january, you began urgently pressing hhs officials to provide the necessary resources to begin vaccine development, that your pleas fell on deaf ears. as the pandemic progressed you stated you were alarmed by pressures from some administration officials for your agency to invest in drugs and vaccines, i quote, without proper scientific vetting

ramirez, i wanted to play something also he had to say in response to questions from congressman frank pallone from new jersey about the government's ability to get a vaccine out quickly. let's watch. >> i've been very critical of the administration in terms of their -- i call it incompetence with the lack of spline chauppl and testing. i'm afraid this will happen with vaccines and distributions. should i be concerned, sir? >> absolutely. we are already seeing the challenges with limited doiss of remdesivir with data we're getting remdesivir has benefit in people and we have limited dos doses and we don't have a plan how ty distribute that drug. >> and your response to that testimony. >> certainly. i believe dr. bright is raising a key concern. we were facing this during the ebola pandemic thinking about how we would administer a vaccine in west africa. it's critical thinking through these plans and creating a viable distribution strategy and dr. bright brings up a good point about remdesivir. there's a lot of reporting this week about misclarity how remdesivir is being distributed in the coun

pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of the heroes act. is the health y and safety of the american people, and the heroes act lays need to ation we will safely reopen the economy. and contrary to my republican this legislation is directly related to the pandemic. builds out ion national testing and contract tracing by finally requiring the trump administration to develop comprehensive plans with clear benchmarks and timelines. we also mandate a national czar and supply chain to guarantee supplies, testing equipment, and drugs and ultimately vaccines are americans.o all the bill also provides states with additional increases for programs, to ensure that americans don't lose their health insurance. covid-19 all treatments and vaccines are free sharing for patients, as we did with previous legislation for testing. act, mr. chairman, protects vulnerable patients in nursing homes by providing to establish ates and deploy strike teams, manage outbreaks, and assist with care, infection control, and staffing. and this legislation also helps connec

unanimous consent to insert in the record letters of statement of support of h.res. 965 from chairman pallone, representive trahan, representative thompson, and representative peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request will be covered by general leave. mr. mcgovern: i'm glad the gentleman who previously spoke said he wants to stand up for nurses, doctors, and teefsers. he has a chance to do that in the next bill we'll talk about. there is money in there to provide them more assistance in terms of testing and treatment and tracing and more money for p.p.e. but i -- my guess is the gentleman will vote no on that. the same people out here who are talking about being brave and standing up with our first responders are the same people whose leader has said that his proposal is to prioritize members of congress ahead of all of our constituents in terms of testing so we can operate here. . my constituents who are on the rontlines, the doctors, the nurses, the first responders, deserve to be tested first house.anybody in this i yield to ms. tra has. trahan. the speaker pro tempore: the

and instead of having separate responses from the chief of staff and white house counsel to said pallone. could you respond to that particular issue. >> right, but the letter was seeking documents and other factual information, so is it your testimony today under oath that the omb letter and their response met all the requirements you would consider necessary to be truthful and honest in their response? >> i am simply saying i sent a letter to make sure the gao had the response of the appropriate officials in the white house. regarding the general counsel's letter -- >> and asking whether your testimony didn't have any additional information that was responsive to the gao inquiry as i understand your statement today, you either don't know or won't say. is that correct? >> server, it is probably both. i think that this is an example of no good deed goes unpunished. i have respect for the gao and i wanted to make sure the letter was responded to, and the later did get responded to and if they could stop the inquiries and they had an answer to their inquiry. >> with all due respect you said

in the meantime, let's dip in and look at what's happening with democrat pallone of new jersey. >> personaltive equipment, testing supplies and they fight it out on the open market. for months the president has refused to develop and implement a testing program in four months we've been promised that millions of tests were right around the corner. the premises have been hollow, and it doesn't help that the president proclaimed about testing earlier this week. and i quote we have met the moment and we have prevailed. dr. rick bright has come forward and made it serious allegations including lack of urgency is. this management and failure to procure necessary supplies for public health and scientific integrity. his claims lay at the heart of his to this committee's concerns regarding the response to the covid-19 pandemic. the perspective of dr. bright who is discussing the preparations and response to this pandemic. the failures we've seen simply cannot persist. and we've been demanding answers and information from the administration on testing, contact tracing, food safety and food productio

pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mrs. bonnie watson coleman will vote yea on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will vote aye on moving the previous question. as the member designated by mr. tony cardenas -- cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on oving the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california see recognition? >> as a member designated by the honorable john garamendi of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative garamendi will vote yea on t previous question. mr. sherman: and as the member designated by representative can hanna of california, pursuant -- row can hanna of california, -- khanna of california, i inform the house th

pallone: madam speaker, as designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant i house resolution 965, inform the house that mrs. bonnie watson coleman will vote yea on the motion. for peaker pro tempore: what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. blumenauer, resolution house 965, i inform the house that mr. blumenauer votes no on the resolution. as a member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house 965, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will the motion. as a member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house 965, i inform the ouse that mr. lieu will vote yes on the motion. as a representative by ms. lugs pursuant to house 96 -- resolution 965, ms. moore will vote yes. a member designated by mr. foster, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the foster will vote yes on the motion. as a member designated by mr. ohen, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that will cohen will vote yea on the motion. designated by mr. veasey, pursuant to house resolu

chaired bye hearings frank pallone of new jersey. that will happen i believe next week.o bring before congress the testimony of dr. bright area the thing is, this points to the larger issue, the ethics in all of this. we are so excited about the bill we are putting forth because it is about ethics. thes ethical for us to have test that we need so that everyone is tested and certain communities are not left behind because they did not have enough or did not have the right thing. drugwe have a vaccine or a as dr. bright is referencing, that it be available to everyone. it can't be available to everyone unless we have the supply chain or the ingredients. system toe delivery deliver it to everybody so that nobody is left behind. this is not a market opportunity for business. it is a moral imperative for public health in our country. testimony hear the that is presented. is last thing we need political resistance to science because science is our key. science is the way to unlock the lock out. guest: -- reporting on the president's trip to arizona. the task force may wind dow

hello, i am: congressman frank pallone from new jersey. the week, our nation mourns loss of 100,000 americans to coronavirus. our nation continues to grieve lost ones from a distance. it is difficult to comprehend this loss. it's a reminder we must come together to combat the terrible virus to save lives and protect communities in the weeks and months ahead. this national emergency requires every aspect of government to work together. we must reduce the spread of the virus so we can reopen our than 40and get more million americans, who lost their jobs as a result of this pandemic, back to work. the only way we can do this is through a coordinated strategy. with testing and invest resourcing and contact tracing, surveillance and containment. we cannot fight the pandemic if we don't know who has it and where it's being spread. that requires a national strategy and response. president and his administration failed to give the leadership necessary to guide our nation through this economic crisis. we started -- instead of showing leadership, th

i'm congressman frank pallone from new jersey. nation mournsr the loss of 100,000 americans to the coronavirus. it's a staggering number and grim milestone. citizens across our nation continue to grieve loved ones, oftentimes from a distance. it's a reminder that we must come together to combat this terrible virus so we can save lives and protect communities in the weeks and months ahead. this national emergency requires every aspect of government to work together. we must reduce the spread of the virus so we can confidently begin to reopen our economy and get more than 40 million americans who lost their jobs as a result of this pandemic back to work. the only way we can through that is through a coordinated national strategy, a strategy that requires we increased testing and invest resources into contact tracing. we cannot fight the pandemic if we don't know who has it and where it is being spread, and that requires a national strategy and response. unfortunately, president trump and his administration failed to provide consiste