Substance, feeble in fact. That the court notwithstanding that strict scrutiny virtually always ruled for the government. Were going to leave this recorded program at this point. You can watch it online at cspan. Org. We go live now to a joint Economic Committee meeting looking at the impact of covid19. Watching live coverage on cspan3. Senator peters from michigan and many others who will be joining us from the house and the senate. Before i deliver my opening statement, i would like to acknowledge that today the United States passed another sad milestone that weve lost more than 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, to the husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren, even grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight harder to stop the virus from spreading so we can protect millions more from experiencing this loss. Members of congress and members of this committee, were all united to do our part. With that, let me turn it over to our
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Our final panel today will examine how China Growing military presence and influence in south or Southeast Asia and africa Furthers Development of expeditionary abilities. We will start with greg pulley, he is the rector of Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and at the center of Strategic International studies. He oversees research on u. S. Foreign policy in the asiapacific with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. He is the author of the South China Seas and focus clarifying the limits of maritime dispute. Coauthor of multiple other works. He will focus on chinas activities in south, Southeast Asia. Next we hear from [inaudible], am i pronouncing it [inaudible] Research Associated at the African Center for strategic studies at the National Defense university. He is an expert on china africa relationships partnerships between the africa and east asia and the African Security issues. His forthcoming book, manuscript examines the influence of
Next, lawmakers and civil rights advocates look at the importance of the deferred action for Childhood Arrivals Program examining Supreme Court case and whether the president s decision to end the program is constitutional. This is hosted by the center for American Progress. [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. Good morning. Hello, everyone. I am the director of the center for American Progress. We are pleased you could join us this morning and welcome to a daca interface and prayer breakfast. I hope you will have a chance to get breakfast. We are at capacity. Please grab a chair beside the wall. First, to open up our program i want to welcome the fearless and strong and brave champion who has been carrying the congressional caucus and representing texas and has been a steadfast champion of immigrants whether they be dreamers, asylumseekers, you can find today he will be joining Daca Recipients in the court as well. I want everyone to give a round of applause to joaquin ca
Center fofof American Progress,d welcome you no civil rights and prayer breakfast. We know that the event is at capacity, so if you want to enjoy breakfast, please gather outside or stand along the wall. First, to open up the program, i want to welcome the fearless and the strong and the brave champion who has been chairing the Congressional Hispanic Caucus who represents texas and has been a steadfast champion of the immigrants whether they are dreamers, Asylum Seekers and you can find him in the recess breaks at the border, and today, he is going to be joining Daca Recipients in the court as well, so i want everyone to give a round ap of applause for congressman Joaquin Castro. Thank you. Good morning, everybody. I want to thank you all for being here on what is a momentus occasion as we stand in support of the Daca Recipients across the nation. Of course, im Joaquin Castro and i represent the great city of san antonio in the United States congress, and i wanted to thank and recogniz