Hearing: “The Economic Impact of America’s Failure to Contain the Coronavirus”
Witnesses: Dr. Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., Dean
Brown University School of Public Health
Providence, RI
Dr. Austan D. Goolsbee
Robert P. Gwinn Professor
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Chicago, IL
Dr. Adam Michel, Senior Policy Analyst, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC
Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D., F.A.C.S., Senior Fellow
Cato Institute
Washington, DC
Date: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Location: Remote
Vice Chair Donald S. Beyer Jr. presiding.
Chairman Mike Lee's Opening Statement
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