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Telephone Town Hall on pandemic with Cong. Schakowsky and experts, March 20
2020-03-19

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U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky presents a Telephone Town Hall discussion on the coronavirus pandemic with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former U.S. FDA Commissioner; Dr. Robert Murphy, Exective Director Northwestern University's Institute for Global Health and Terry Mason, COO of Cook County Dept. of Public Health on March 20 at 5 p.m. Call in at 855-962-1047. Updates available at Schakowsky.House.Gov .

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