THIS AFTERNOON.
WE’LL HAVE IT LIVE ON MSNBC.
MIKE MEMOLI WILL BE BACK FOR
THAT.
>>> I’M JOINED NOW BY THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY
PELOSI.
MADAM SPEAKER, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU ONCE AGAIN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE’VE STILL SEEN NO PROGRESS ON
A ROUND OF RELIEF FOR AMERICANS.
THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY CONTACT
BETWEEN CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS
AND THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHY IS THAT?
>> WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A VAST
DIFFERENCE IN OUR VALUES.
LET ME FIRST SAY BECAUSE YOU
JUST WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR NEW
CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ONE POINT THAT I HAVEN’T HEARD
MADE, AND THAT IS KAMALA HARRIS
IS NOT ONLY THE CHOICE AS A
WOMAN OF COLOR, SHE IS THE BEST
PERSON THAT JOE BIDEN COULD
NAME.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD
DO NO HARM.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD
BE PRESIDENT.
BUT TO HAVE THOSE TWO COMBINED
WITH THE PERSON HE HAD THE
COMFORT LEVEL WITH TO SERVE.
IT’S ABOUT GOVERNANCE AS YOUR
COMMENTATOR SAID.
IT’S ABOUT GOVERNANCE.
SO LET’S RECOGNIZE HER NOT ONLY
AS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO
BE VICE PRESIDENT, BUT THE BEST
POSSIBLE PERSON HE COULD HAVE
CHOSEN TO PROCEED INTO THIS
ELECTION AND, OF COURSE, TO WIN
AND SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IN TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OR
LACK THEREOF, I WAS JUST WRITING
THE MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW
CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY THESE
NEGOTIATIONS.
WHEN COMMENTATORS SAY TO ME WHY
CAN’T YOU RESOLVE YOUR
DIFFERENCES, BECAUSE WE’RE MILES
APART.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CHILDREN IN
AMERICA THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
FOOD INSECURE CHILDREN IN
AMERICA.
WE HAVE TENS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR FOOD STAMPS, WIC,
WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN, FOOD
BANKS, ALL KINDS NUTRITION
INITIATIVES IN THE LEGISLATION,
IN FACT, OVER $60 BILLION.
THE REPUBLICANS IN THEIR PLAN
HAVE $240,000, NOT MILLION, NOT
BILLION, $240,000.
FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT EVICTIONS, CHILDREN HAVE
HAVE -- HOUSING INSECURITY IS A
VERY THREAT TO THEIR WELL-BEING.
WE HAVE THE PRINCETON EVICTION
LAB AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF
CREDIBILITY SAYING WE NEED AT
LEAST $90 BILLION TO STOP THE
EVICTIONS AND TO HAVE NOT ONLY A
MORATORIUM, BUT MONEY.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ZERO IN
STHAR
THEIR BILL.
THIS IS SO TRAGICALLY SAD, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT CHILDREN GOING TO
SCHOOL, WE’RE VERY FAR APART ON
THE MONEY.
THERE’S NOT A RECOGNITION THAT
IT TAKES THE SAME AMOUNT OF
MONEY FOR ACTUAL, FOR VIRTUAL OR
HYBRID, AND THE PRESIDENT IS
SAYING HE WANTS HIS MONEY JUST
TO GO TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY THERE WHEN NEARLY
THREE-QUARTERS OF THE LARGEST
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SAYING THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO BE VIRTUAL.
MY FINAL POINT -- NOT FINAL, BUT
FOR THE MOMENT FOR THE CHILDREN
IS THE FOLLOWING, WE HOPE WE CAN
COME TO SOME CONCLUSION BASED ON
SCIENCE TO DEFEAT THIS VIRUS.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN DENIAL
AND DELAY AND DISTORTION IN
THAT, BUT THAT WAS THEN LET’S
THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD.
BUT THE DISPARITY IN THE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS HORRIBLE
AND QUANTIFIABLE.
JUST THINK OF THIS.
CHILDREN WHO ARE HISPANIC ARE
EIGHT TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE
HOSPITALIZED BY THIS VIRUS THAN
WHITE CHILDREN.
CHILDREN WHO ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARE FIVE TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED
BY THIS VIRUS AND YET WE HAVE
THIS ATTITUDE OF, WELL, TESTING
IS IRRELEVANT, TRACING DOESN’T
REALLY WORK, MASKS, FORGET ABOUT
IT, DISTANCING, DON’T WORRY.