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Narrator the United States Public Health service, as it exists today, is a product of experience extending over nearly 150 years. It was originally created as a Marine Hospital service for the providing medical care for sick and disabled seamen. It was activated in an active congress signed by president john adams in 1798. The service was originally supported by a tax on american merchant seamen, but this was later abolished. The tax was collected by the collector of the customs of the treasury ...

[ light laughter ] canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing criticism after a photo from 2001 surfaced in which hes wearing brownface. Im not going to show you the picture, because its really bad. Its so bad that canadians traveling in europe are going to start telling people theyre american [ laughter and applause what . [ cheers and applause sorry, wheres my accent from . Oh, im from houston [ laughter ] this is a houston accent. [ laughter ] according to reports, a whistleblower compl...

And finally, another element and im just describing some of the elements, mr. President , but i wanted to highlight some of these things is getting more resources to the men and women on the front lines of this pandemic who are every day out there in the Health Care Industry trying to keep americans, alaskans healthy and alive. How much . Theres a lot in it, but the number is 100 billion. For hospitals. For health care providers. Let me say that again. 100 billion. Now, the minority leader was o...

Weve had that rain but in that earlier band, there may be a crash by the time you get to the off ramp. We do have the metering lights on but they werent turned on until 5 35. Back to you. Thanks, mike. More Live Team Coverage this morning. From d. C. To here in the bay area. Bob redell live at mineta san jose airport where thousands of passengers were possibly exposed to the virus. Some tsa agents are under quarantine. Reporter correct. The tsa put out a statement but doesnt answer many importan...

More Live Team Coverage from d. C. To the bay area. Lets start with bob redell live for us. We are learning potentially thousands were exposed to the virus, now some tsa agents are under quarantine. Reporter they have tested positive for covid19. Unfortunately the statement doesnt answer a lot of the questions i think a lot of us want to know the answer to, namely, which security checkpoint were they working at, the one here in terminal b, at terminal a, at both of them . We dont know. How long ...

Vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are one. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. Senate will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the floor. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i withdraw amendment number 1419. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is withdrawn. The senator for alaska. Ms. Murkowski i modify the amendment amendment number 1407 ...

Nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. Forest service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to be able to welcome you back to the committee, thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately, it is...

[inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute in the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning, thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy for this census. The 2020 census is imminent and accounting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and acro...

Good morning everyone. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. Good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. In exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and collea...

With the House Oversight and reform committee. They discussed the Citizenship Question, Internet Access, language barriers, as well as counting certain populations like the homeless, exoffenders and tribal communities. The hearing also addressed how census numbers impact education, health care and infrastructure programs. This is four hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without ox the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now wit...