The Recovery Report is a weekly newsletter about America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic from Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSOCC) Republicans. 

Coronavirus Facts of the Week:

There are a lot of numbers floating around the headlines right now — including the addition of 4.8 million jobs in June — but Republican Whip and Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) has five to remember:

1. No state has reached hospital capacity.
2. Our doctors have a better understanding of how to treat patients.
3. We know how to better protect our most vulnerable populations
4. Tremendous progress continues to be made on vaccines and therapies
5. The role and responsibilities of individual Americans in stopping the spread is better understood.

Coronavirus Quote of the Week:

“And now, just like everything else, we have become the manufacturer on record for ventilators, we have the most and finest testing anywhere in the world, and are producing gowns and masks and surgical equipment in our country where heretofore it was almost exclusively made in foreign lands, in particular, China, where, ironically, this virus and others came from. China’s secrecy, deceptions, and cover-up allowed it to spread all over the world — 189 countries — and China must be held fully accountable.” – President Donald Trump, July 4, 2020

Bogus Narrative of the Week:

Despite the fact that the virus originated in China, despite the fact that China lied to the world about the early stages of the pandemic while they hoarded medical supplies for themselves, despite the fact that the WHO’s secretary-general praised China’s response after China helped get him the job, Democrats and the media have tried to downplay and criticize Republicans’ efforts to hold China and the WHO accountable for their role in the pandemic. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called China efforts a “ diversion ” while Select Subcommittee member and Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) criticized the administration for pulling Americans’ tax dollars back from the WHO.

Why it’s false:

A new report that came out last week that highlights the importance of getting to the bottom of China’s lies and the World Health Organization’s complicity. According to the Washington Free Beacon :

Contrary to claims from both Chinese officials and the World Health Organization, China did not report the existence of the coronavirus in late 2019, according to a WHO timeline tracking the spread of the virus. Rather, international health officials discovered the virus through information posted to a U.S. website.

This comes after the WHO was reported as having dismissed early warnings from Taiwan. As Select Subcommittee member Mark Green (R-Tenn.) explained during last week’s hearing, a study from Columbia University found that China’s lies are responsible for over 60% of coronavirus deaths around the world:

“China’s deception resulted in 60% of our casualties. Have we spent 60% of our time looking into China’s actions? … We haven’t spent a single minute investigating what the scientists at Columbia University said potentially killed 60% of our deaths. That is a FAILURE of this Committee. Yet all the other side wants to do is point the finger at President Trump. That’s sad.”

The American people and the world deserve answers for what the Chinese Communist Party and the WHO knew, when they knew it, and what they did in response. Yet Democrats on the Select Subcommittee have yet to hold a single hearing or briefing on the subject and refuse to join Republicans’ efforts to get the facts.

As Ranking Member Scalise put it,

• Scalise urges Clyburn to withdraw probe into implementation of PPP at big banks (Fox News)
• Trump administration slow to respond to protective gear shortages: Democrats (ABC)
• Feds should probe states’ ‘concerning’ nursing home policies during pandemic (McKnight’s)
• Scalise Urges Democrats to Limit PPP Probe (Bloomberg Government)
• Katko, GOP reps ask NY attorney general to investigate state nursing home order (Auburn Pub)
• GOP Reps Call on Michigan AG Dana Nessel to Investigate Nursing Home Coronavirus Deaths (Breitbart News)
• Nessel won’t comply with U.S. House ‘partisan’ request to investigate Whitmer’s COVID-19 nursing home policies (Center Square)
• The dispute over the Wolf administration’s handling of coronavirus in nursing homes, explained (PA Post)
• Republicans say requiring nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients may have killed ‘thousands’ (Penn Live)
• Gov. Cuomo’s top nursing home regulator to retire after initial postponement (NYP)
• Watchdog group: New York State COVID death toll in nursing homes may be much higher than reported (WGRZ)
• Did Wolf’s nursing home policy cost lives? Congress is now asking (WHTM)
• Congressional GOP ask Nessel to investigate Whitmer’s COVID-19 policy (WEX)
• Michigan A.G. responds to Republican criticism on Gov. Whitmer nursing home policy (Mid Michigan Now)

• Hydroxychloroquine Given Early Helped Coronavirus Patients, Study Finds (WSJ)
• Study finds COVID-19 patients who took hydroxychloroquine were less likely to die  (Washington Examiner)
• Trump Hails Second Month of Rebound as Economy Adds 4.8 Million Jobs  (Daily Signal)
• Why a Pediatric Group Is Pushing to Reopen Schools This Fall (NYT)
• CDC test to simultaneously detect coronavirus, influenza given FDA emergency use authorization (FBN)
• Pandemic unleashes a spike in overdose deaths (Politico)
• Vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech on the right track, early data show (Axios)
• Coronavirus convalescent plasma treatment ‘appears to be safe’: FDA commissioner (FBN)
• CDC: After 10-Week Decline In COVID-19 Deaths, It May Soon No Longer Be An Epidemic (The Federalist)
• Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open (AP)
• Reopening schools seen as vital step in pandemic recovery (The Hill)
• Trump administration calls for masks throughout air travel, other guidelines for Covid-19 era (CNBC)
• US Surgeon General Jerome Adams says he’s AGAINST mask mandate because it would be backfire and cause ‘rebellion’ (The Sun)
• Authorities Warn of Scams Linked to Antibody Testing, Contact Tracing (Epoch Times)
• How Extended COVID-19 Lockdowns Pose a Serious Threat to Mental Health (Daily Signal)
• Extra $600 a Week in Unemployment Insurance Not Needed: Labor Secretary (Epoch Times)
• Why coronavirus cases in California are suddenly surging (SFGate)

• Family Wins Fight With Coronavirus Bureaucracy To Bury An American War Hero (The Federalist)

• DNA Linked to Covid-19 Was Inherited From Neanderthals, Study Finds (NYT)

• Gov. Cuomo can’t dodge accountability for nursing home deaths forever (New York Post)
• Scalise and Wahlberg: Michigan’s nursing home order has risked lives (The Detroit News)
• Cuomo’s Covid Chutzpah (Wall Street Journal)
• Cuomo takes a bow after his deadly nursing home decision: Goodwin (New York Post)
• Michigan continues slow, inadequate response to COVID in nursing homes  (Traverse City Record Eagle)

• There have been over 2.8 million cases and over 129,000 deaths in the United States, as  reported by Johns Hopkins . There have been over 11.4 million cases and over 535,000 deaths worldwide.
• The number of hospitalized Americans is growing while the number of deaths continues to decline.

• The US is now performing over 600,000 COVID-19 tests per day. The nationwide  positivity rate , or percentage of tests coming back positive results, is about 7.5%.

House Education and Labor, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee
“A Major Test: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Higher Education.” (12 p.m. ET)

House Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy
“Paycheck Security: Economic Perspectives on Alternative Approaches to Protecting Workers’ Pay During COVID-19. (12 p.m. ET)

House Homeland Security Hearing
“Examining the National Response to the Worsening Coronavirus Pandemic.” (12 p.m. ET)

House Financial Services Hearing, Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
“Exposure Notification and Contact Tracing: How AI Helps Localities Reopen Safely and Researchers Find a Cure.” (12 p.m. ET)

House Budget Hearing
“Fueling American Innovation and Recovery: The Federal Role in Research and Development.” (1 p.m. ET)

House Financial Services Hearing, Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee
“Access Denied: Challenges for Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses Accessing Capital and Financial Services During the Pandemic.” (12 p.m. ET)

Friday, July 10, 2020

House Homeland Security Hearing, Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Subcommittee
“Pandemic Response: Confronting the Unequal Impacts of COVID-19”. (12 p.m. ET)

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