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ANN REID: "On a couple of other issues, one of them is the incarcerated population. A lot of that population is federal. There is a concern this could be a fresh source of outbreak and there could be a Disaster for incarcerated people because of this virus. Is anything being considered for the next bill to deal with that?"
PELOSI: "In our caucus, we are very devoted to the Gospel of Matthew when I was hungry, you fed me, when I was homeless, you sheltered me, when I was imprisoned, you visited me. And so this for us is a part of our value system. And our — especially under the leadership of our Congressional Black Caucus, and others, there has been a real focus on this. We will have language developed by the Judiciary Committee to have some order and clarity so that some people can leave who don’t really need to be there but clarity because what the administration is doing is confusing. And not clear. But it must be addressed. And it must be addressed. It is so very sad. But, again, a priority for us. Everything should be about the truth and saying insist on the truth. What are the numbers? Let’s find out. Let’s find out what this is. What are the facts? What is the science of this, of these people being together there unnecessarily and then in cases some of them having served enough of a sentence to leave, but in any event, whatever it is, that they be protected, that their health be protected. Shouldn’t be a risk of life. And that’s largely the issue from there. We want to protect everyone. And we want it to be something that knows no economic, legal, ethnic, racial difference. And that’s why we’re very proud of what we put into this bill that people are saying didn’t do enough in there. But we did get the mobile — Mr. Clyburn our distinguished whip, was very much about getting the mobility of — out there to test and to trace and the rest. But, again, let’s come back. Science, science, science, testing, testing, testing, tracing, tracing, tracing. Isolation. Treatment, prevention for everyone because that’s the right thing to do. But it is also the safest."