mr. raskin: dr. redfield, the first case of community spread of coronavirus took place on february 26. that is infection of someone without a clear travel history to china or with someone who did. why wasn't the decision made on that date to expand your testing criteria for anyone displaying symptoms at that point instead of waiting until march 4 to broaden the criteria? dr. redfield: that's a good question. we always left the discretion to do testing to the local public health group. if you looked, we always had that discretion. we never refused testing from anybody. but we did give guidance as you pointed out originally to do testing for individuals. the percentage was certain clinical scenarios, secondary to travel to china. those two cases in california and several others obviously led to us reconsider those and make it very clear that we wanted up front to tell clinicians if they suspect it and the health department suspects it they should send that sample to the health department or us to cdc.

mr. raskin. the list goes on. but it is -- it's just -- it doesn't face the realities of a public homente -- health crisis we have in our country and goes out of its way to do something so out of the ordinary. let's just hope it was -- fwu it was -- but it was a decision. it wasn't an accident. so let's make a decision to correct that. but again let us all be very prayerful about how we go forward. it american people, not only to wash their hands regularly and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate all the time, but to understand that we view them as our bosses. they are are our bosses, we are responsible to them. on sunday morning when we met with the m's, mcconnell, uchin, mccarthy, schumer was there. since it's sunday morning, begin with a prayer. my part of it. his holiness pope francis called for a world prayer. i don't -- i won't do it justice but what did he was to pray that those who have the responsibility to care for others would be enlightened to take that responsibility. and act upon it. when i finished my prayer,

mr.ow it is a concern for connelly and mr. meyer and our colleagues from this region. mr. raskin. the list goes on. it does not face the realities of the public health crisis that we have in our country. it is so out of the ordinary. let's just hope -- it was a decision. it was not an accident, it was a decision. so let's make a decision to correct that. but let us all be very prayerful about how we go forward. the american people, they need to wash their hands and hydrate all the time, but to understand that we view them as our bosses. they are our bosses. we are responsible to them. on sunday morning when we met, mcconnell, mnuchin, mccarthy, chuck and i were there. i said, since it is sunday morning, why don't we begin with a prayer? my part, not their part, begin with a prayer? his holiness pope francis called for a world prayer. i won't do it justice, but what he did was to pray that those and i who have the response -- those who have the responsibility would be enlightened to take that responsibility. when i finished my prayer, the secretary said, you have quoted st. francis

second was, and i think mr. cole and mr. raskin touched on this and particularly, the practicality, given where the media is, and i don't mean just traditional media or social media, but the ability now for people to share information and to hold us accountable in ways that would we would have never been held accountable. i go to meetings with federal constituents and i say wear to a core sponsor of this bill which i've never even heard of. it's almost as if it is weaponize now, i don't know how many thousands of bills are introduced, but it is amazing the degree to which people not just hold you accountable and sort of broad rush themes about your philosophy of government, but in very pointed waves, about the issues that they care about, and if you haven't sponsored or cosponsored a bill, or haven't signed on until a letter. obviously the volume that comes at us, i'm sure the senior members get much more attention, but it makes it nearly impossible to manage all that. i wondered about the practicality of some of the things

all of us are probably in a bit of awe of mr. raskin, as the chairman pointed out. haihe is academically on a par with all of you. but we are very grateful for your participation. icipi am very grateful for you leadership. once again, you have established th rules committee aseful a model for civility in congress, the new end on a custom roll for us, but when we proudly claim under yourroudly leadership. today's original jurisdictionri hearing covers what i view as one of the most important issues facing mos tcongress, the scope ofs. congress is power unde under article one of the constitution, and the impact of separation of powers on government. tion si want to thank chairman mcgovernnk cha for arranging to hearing. i know the chairman and i disagree on a lot of things. aringthe constitutional authoriy interested to congress is not of them. one of them. indeed, we are both equally concerned about protecting congress is power under articlei one of the constitution. we are both equally concerned about the erosion of thaterosiof authority over the past several. decad

redfield, yesterday my colleague, mr. raskin, asked you about a nurse in california who was quarantined after treating a patient with coronavirus and showing symptoms of the disease herself. she couldn't get tested if you recall even though her local public health department recommended this. she said this, i quote, the public county officer called me and verified my symptoms and agreed with testing the national c.d.c. would not initiate testing. they said they wouldn't because if i were wearing the protective equipment i wouldn't have the virus. when you were asked about this yesterday, you said, this is a misunderstanding if it did occur. you testified that, quote, the test was always available in atlanta, where c.d.c. is located f you sent the sample to us and never a time when the health department could not get a test had you to send it to atlanta. you never placed restrictions on who got tested. that was guidance. quote, we always left the discretion to do testing to the local public health group. the committee staf

mr. raskin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill s. 3503 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 3503, an act to authorize the secretary of veterans affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? without objection, the bill is read a third time and passed, the the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 905, resolution relating to house r

the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. dr. fouci we've got two enemies in this crisis, one is the virus and one is misinformation about the virus. and i want to quickly clear up a few things that have been said over the course of this process. one was by the president in early february when he said, it looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away. is there any scientific reason to believe that? >> the basis for any surmising that that might happen is based on what we see every year with influenza which actually as you get to march and april and may, it actually goes way down. and other non-novel coronavirus but common cold coronaviruses often do that. so for someone to at least can are that that might happen is reasonable. but underline, but, we do not know what this virus is going to do. we would hope that as we get to warmer weather it would go down. but we can't proceed under that assumption. we've got to assume that it's going to get worse and worse and worse. >> the preside

raskin, the list goes on. but it's just -- it doesn't face the realities of a public health crisis that we have in our counted and goes out of its way to do something so out of the ordinary. let's just hope it was -- it was a decision. it wasn't an accident. it was a decision. so let's make a diecision to correct that. again, let us all be very prayerful on how we go forward. we want the american people to not only wash their hands regularly and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate all the time, but to understand that we view them as our bosses. they are our bozs. we are responsible to them. on sunday morning when we met with the ms, mcconnell, mnuchin, mccarthy, chuck and i were there. i said since it's sunday morning, why don't we begin with a prayer. my part of it. his holiness pope francis called for world prayer. i won't do it justice, but what he did was to pray that those who have the responsibility to care for others would be enlightened to take that responsibility and act upon it. when i finished my prayer, he s

. >> yesterday my colleague mr. raskin asked you about a nurse in california who was quarantined after treating a patient with coronavirus and showing symptoms herself. she couldn't get tested even though her local public health department recommended one. she said the public county officer called me and verified my symptoms and agreed with testing. but the cdc would not initiate. they would be test because if i were wearing the protective equipment i wouldn't have the coronavirus. when you were asked about this yesterday you said, this is a misunderstanding if it did occur. you testified that quote, the test was always available in atlanta where cdc is located. if you sent the sample to us and there was not a time when a health department could not get a test they had to send it to atlanta. you claimed they never placed restrictions on who got tested, rather that that was only guidance, and quote, we always left the discretion to do testing to the local public health group.the committee staff reached out to the nur

jamie raskin, for questions. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. greenblatt, you have spoken out against tweets or retweets by democratic members of congress that circulate intentionally or not, anti-semitic tropes. you have spoken out strongly against the tv commercial run by donald trump in the 2016 presidential election that attacked janet yellen, george soros, and lloyd blankfein as globalists and essentially enemies of the american people. i think you have spoken out also against outrageous moral equivalents manifested by president trump stating there were very fine people on both sides in the events that took place in charlottesville. but what is the importance of speaking out against anti-semitism wherever you're seeing it, wherever you see it, and not permitting it to be a partisan weapon? >> thank you for the question, congressman. indeed, you're correct. we have spoken out consistently, and i would say clearly and cogently, in response to anti-semitism from both sides of the political aisle. we're living in a moment in time when extremist

. >> mr. president. >> senator raskin. >> thank you, mr. president. as senator tim scott just said and rick scott and lindsey graham just said, this amendment is really, really simple. all we're trying to say is we should help everyone who needs to be helped without us accidentally creating a disensen tiff -- disincentive to work, we're in the middle of two unprecedented crises, we have a health crisis and an economic crisis, and we don't know how long the valley is going to be. and i want to make sure that everyone watching understands what this debate is this afternoon. this debate is how you can be both pro worker and pro recovery. to be kind and charitable and simultaneously affirming the ongoing dignity of work and the necessity of work as our country battles through this virus and ultimately rebuilds our economy. nobody here is arguing about whether or not we should help workers. everybody on both sides of the aisle tonight wants to help workers. this is a debate about whether or not we're going to let a poorly drafted bill knock this nation sti

mccall and mr. spinelli would keep silent about my, uh, relationship with councilman raskin. if i refuse? sam! quit while you're ahead. [ sighs ] the councilman will face scandal, but i'll no longer be your parole officer because you'll be back in pentonville, along with mr. spinelli, who will be serving a six-month stretch. mom, can she do that? oh, and i forgot. mr. spinelli has been complicit in your blackmail of me, so he'll also serve time for extortion, as well. you know what extortion is? this is extort-- alexis: sam! what?! don't make this worse. shut up and take the deal. everything that you've done since the night our son was born was about getting back at me. that's why you gave brad our baby, 'cause you wanted to make me suffer. [ scoffs ] and that's why you're refusing to sign the consent forms, because, once again, you want to hurt our son so that you can hurt me. oh, well, you know what? this may come as a shock to you, michael, but not everything i do is about you. this is what i do know. you -- you solicited chase to kill me. you left me in a car to die that