Different colors. All woven and held together by a single precious thread of democracy. Paul has taught us so much and as students who followed him, worked with him, believed with him, loved him and now miss him, we could never, ever be more thankful. With that, mr. Trone and mr. Speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Trone i recognize mr. Levin. Mr. Levin thank you very much for recognizing me, mr. Trone and i thank the majority leader for organizing this. Mr. Speaker, i rise to speak for mr. Sarbanes, senator sarbanes employees. And especially for my sisterinlaw milley freeman, who worked for Paul Sarbanes from december of 1989 to january of 2007. And im not going to talk about all the Amazing Things about senator sarbanes that his maryland colleagues have eloquently mentioned and john, im not going to talk about fathers and sons, but my dad who served in this house and my uncle carl levin who served in the senate, both loved him very much. Andlet me talk about nellie his
Addition to the pandemic relief and fighting the coronavirus, what else should be a priority. Republicans, one line, democrats, one line, independents and others,. One line you can also send us a text. Include your name and where you are texting from. And onter, cspanwj facebook. We will hear from a couple of members of Congress Later in the program. We will ask them both about the status of a potential pandemic relief bill. We will also show you some of the highlights from last nights cnn interview. First, a piece from page of washington journal using data from johns hopkins. The whole front page, if you go online, you will see the interactive map showing the spread of the virus across the country. The april 17 spring peak, july 25 at summer peak, the low point between the summer and fall of september 19. So far, in the fall, the fall peak to describe, two weeks in november, over 2 million cases. Over 12 million cases. The bottom line is how the surge engulfed. They write today, about
The discussion was hosted by the Washington Post. Good morning. Opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to Washington Post live. It is also a live recording of post opinions podcast. My guest today was just inelected to her second term the u. S. House of shes ntatives, congresswom congresswoman ilhas omar. Congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. Ms. Omar so great to be here with you, jonathan. Jonathan last we talked, which was yesterday on msnbc, i asked reaction to being words say the president elect biden and your response to me was really interesting. You said correct me. Id love for you to expand on this. Be it hat it would will be great for you to note have to explain to your daughter why the president the president of the United States was saying mean things about you. Ms. Omar yeah. So i dont know if you remember but the athan, president , when he was running to minnesota, came two days before the 2016 on tion and basically went attack against somali refugees.
Secretary of state announced a full hand recount in the president ial election for the state, noting a 14,000 plus boat difference between Vice President biden and president trump. This runs 20 minutes. [background sounds] good morning, everyone. Today is november 11. Before i get started talking about what we are here today, id like to give a heartfelt prayer of thanksgiving to all of those that gave their lives to this country, all those people are continue to serve. This is a special day. This is a hollow day. Growing up my dad served in world war ii, in the navy, and people were called to serve and then we had korea, vietnam and the people serving today. So we can never forget and we can never give them enough thanks what theyve done for this nation. One of the things they fought for is for our right, our freedom to have free and fair elections. So that is at the end of day what we really need to be mindful, particularly of our office as we work finishing up and closing out the ele
House speaker of representatives she is congresswoman bill han omar of minnesotas fifth congressional district. Congressman thanks for coming on the contract jam last week talk, which was yesterday, on msnbc i asked you for your reactions saying the words of president elect to biden. Your response to me correctly i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter by the president of the United States is saying mean things about you. down to her american identity and so you know i have had many long days, many nights having to explain to my youngest child, who is now eight, my two older ones you know sort of contextualize what is taking place in the political discourse in this country but for her its really challenging for this to actually happen. You know i think for a lot of our kids they hear about a president and they hear about someone they are supposed to look up to and be a leader and there is a lot of facts from the