contrast. right now my mind is on selma, alabama, our residents are preparing to commemorate one of the most pivotal advance of the black freedom struggle. tomorrow i will be joining you live from selma, we re all be taking part in the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. in my capacity at the head of the national action network. president biden will make his third visit to selma as commander-in-chief. and will call for new action to the voting rights activists who risked their lives for, back on march seven, 1965. but as democrats prepare to mark that sovereign memorial. and grace, and have have grayson affection and reflection. republicans will close out this year s conservative political action conference. with more of the car to conservatives. that have been on display for the last four days. with tonight s keynote speech coming from none other than donald trump. scheduled to take the stage within the hour. the contrast is stark. and the emblematic of the divide betwe
the enhanced food assistant benefit that expired this week at millions of americans whether the pandemic. those lifelines are now allowed to languish without plans to replace them. what republicans do appear to have planned for our cuts for the safety net program, like food assistance, even as millions of americans are paying more to it than they have in decades. joining me now is congressman steven horsford, democrat and chair of the congressional black caucus. congressman, mister chairman, thank you for joining us tonight. will both be in salma tomorrow you as a u.s. congressman. and chair of the black caucus and myself as commemorating those that risked and lost their lives for voting rights on march 7th, 1965 at the end of pettus bridge, nearly three generations later.