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Pence transcript on the task force
VP’s office upon request has provided your pooler with a transcript of the portion of the pen-and-pad dealing with the
winding down of the coronavirus task force
Q The New York Times is reporting that White House officials had told members of the task force that the task force will be wound down and that there’s won’t necessarily be another group to replace it. Is that accurate, that you’ve been told that it’s being – that it’s winding down?
Q In the next few weeks?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I think we’re having conversations about that and about what the proper time is for the task force to complete its work and for the ongoing efforts to take place on an agency-by-agency level. And we’ve already begun to talk about a transition plan with FEMA.
But it’s it really is all a reflection of the tremendous progress we’ve made as a country. The President stood up the White House Coronavirus Task Force to marshal in January – to marshal a national response.
And as I’ve said before, as we continue to practice social distancing and states engage in safe and responsible reopening plans, I truly believe and the trend lines support it that we could be in a very different place. And by late May and early June and that probably represents the timetable for our agencies
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