*doublepromote a *quality representative not taking "I'll look into that" for an answer.

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Remember to wash your hands, face and phone. Might as well do those smelly feet too and make your mama proud.

Administration's current budget (before today's emergency declaration) didn't have the budget to pay. That's why he had the deer in the headlights look. I mean, if I give him credit for having some intellectual process behind this. Of course, this is the guy whose agency released a faulty test to the states (faulty reagent) and did not release authority to the states or independent labs until today (along with FDA)---he kept trying to hold the authority and center for all tests in Atlanta; which had worked with Ebola and Zika. But; he didn't understand or was badly served by his lieutenants in understanding that this virus and occasion were different. I hope he hasn't killed a million people with a delay.

Interestingly, Katie Porter is my representative.

Feel like it's not often you hear about your own representative making waves in Washington. Nice.

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Damn, way to go, Katie.

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Lysol wipes work well on phones and screens and don't damage them

She's great, I'm a bit north of her area in Lou Correa's district, but I'd love for her to replace Diane Feinstein as our Senator.

Ugh, she's terrible... even if her point is good.

I suppose you prefer the lying, rambling sycophants whose points aren't "good" or valid but who zealously defend Trump?

What is it about her you think is terrible if her points are good? Makeup? Hair? Penmanship?

It's hard to get past her tone and aggressive language to points that the healthcare bureaucrats likely already agree with.

You realize her tone and aggression are a response to administration officials refusing to answer questions with life or death consequences, refusing to commit to following the law or using the power of their office to do anything helpful, or to commit to anything, right?
When it's your job to serve the nation and citizens by getting answers and commitments that have life or death consequences for thousands and what you get is red herrings, non sequiturs, and feigned ignorance, an aggressive tone is the only appropriate tone.

When the administration and it's allies in congress's only tone is venomous vitriol and berserker rage for anything non Trumpian and self congratulatory kudos over their own failures, an aggressive tone is the only proper response. Those healthcare bureaucrats likely do agree with her, but know that doing so in public will bring the wrath of the infant in chief and his lackeys. Only forcing them to admit their obligations and make public commitments gets anywhere, as she proved here.