TONIGHT.
BUT HE ALSO SPOKE THIS
MORNING ABOUT TWO MAJOR ISSUES:
THE ECONOMY AND THE CORONAVIRUS.
17'S PERLA SHAHEEN JOINS US WITH
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
perla: THAT'S RIGHT,
REPRESENTATIV E KEVIN MCCARTHY
SPOKE WITH THE PUBLIC POLICY
INSTITUTE OF
CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. VO
THE DISCUSSION BEGAN WITH THE
RESPONSE TO COVID 19 BOTH AT THE
NATIONAL AND STATE
LEVEL. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE NEW
FEDERAL STIMULUS PACKAGE,
MCCARTHY SAID HOUSE SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
DELAYS.
MCCARTHY ALSO FOCUSED ON HOW FAR
THE U.S. HAS COME
WITH TESTING.
SOT
Bakersfield House Minority
Leader
Kevin McCarthy:
"Unfortunately, China has lied
to
all of us so our testing was a
challenge because we did not
know
what was in this virus or this
disease. But just yesterday
they're reporting ABBOTT made
major
investments where now they'll
have a
home test for $5, you don't have
to go to a lab or anywhere else,
and you'll know within 15
minutes
at home."
"I believe when the next
Congress
starts, we're going to have a
vaccine
that's working. At least one,
maybe
three. We've got a nation that's
wearing masks now, we've
changed our behavior, that's
been fundamental."
VO
WITH REGARD TO THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT MCCARTHY
TALKED ABOUT COMING TOGETHER FOR
POLICE REFORM. HE BLAMED THE
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
LEADERSHIP FOR ANY LACK OF
PROGRESS SO FAR.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ELECTION
MCCARTHY
EXPECTS VOTER TURN OUT TO BE
HIGH ON BOTH SIDES. HE BELIEVES
THE POSTAL SERVICE
IS PREPARED FOR AN INCREASE IN
VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS, BUT
ELECTION OFFICES WON'T BE ABLE
TO HANDLE IT.
HE ENDED THE CONVERSATION
BY SAYING HE WAS PROUD OF THE
U.S. BECAUSE OF ITS DEDICATION
TO LIBERTY AND
EQUALITY.
PERLASHAHEEN
TWITTER @PERLASHAHEE
N
MCCARTHY'S INTERVIEW THIS
MORNING FOLLOWS A LOT OF WHAT
WE'VE SEEN ALREADY AT THE RNC.
FOR ANY PROBLEMS IN POLICY-
MAKING, HE BLAMES THE DEMOCRATS
AND CHINA.
IM PERLA SHAHEEN, 17
NEWS.
JIM:
SOME THOUGHT IT WAS MURMERINGS
FROM A GHOST!
