Mr. Cassidy madam president . The presiding officer the senator from from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy madam president , i rise to address the issues i rise to address the issues matter president arise to address the issues regarding the covid crisis. It is a Public Health crisis leading to an economicsi crisis and in turn an educational crisis. Today i will speak of an aspect of the crisis specifically state and local government which had to shut down the economy and in turn lose the tax revenues they would receive and because they have lost the tax revenue of jobs and firefighters and Police Officers, teachers , sanitation workers and other essential frontline workers at risk. I will proceed they have unveiled a proposal for a support American Families and Small Businesses as a nation continues to combat the covid19 pandemic it is an unprecedented challenge but we lsshall overcome. The introduction of this proposal signals a republicans commitment to see america through the challenging tim
Bless and comfort those who suffer from this disease. Give them healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in he wake of covid19. Inspire those professionals whose lifes work is health care. Those who care for the sick and those who labor to find treatments and cures to diseases as they emerge and begin their own effort to survive. Help us to love you and one another for we know that you work all things together for good for those who do so. In our communities throughout the country, fin toe continue to bless government, citizens, and police with a spirit of respect and cooperation. May peace descend upon all that mabes and those in service to them can look Forward Together to a more prosperous future. Bless the peoples house and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceeding is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gent
Adhere that she is here to talk citi who isector of here to talk with us. You know him a yours. I followed your career, so keep up the great work. Thank you. First of all, for the National League of city is and what it does. The National League of cities is the oldest Municipal Association that represents cities in america. In 2024, we would be 100 years old. Our mission is to be the voice of citys cities. We advocate on behalf of the issues impacting cities. Technical assistant, best practices, next practices, and we get our municipal leaders prepared to provide solutions and deal with real issues every day they are facing in their community. Host now, the National League of cities recently conducted a tody a survey of cities figure out what is going on during can during coronavirus. Can you tell us what you found out . We really found out that it will be a devastating time for cities right now as well as after this pandemic has been into lysed in some way. What we found out is that 8
Ordinary citizens are watching the events in the middle east, of course, leaders are watching , decisionmakers are watching, so lets ask ourselves what decisions, what thoughts they will come to when they watch this, when they show footage from israel, i i think that any leader of any country understands that without strong Intelligence Services now he is absolutely nowhere, because no technical means, no fence, no automatic machine guns can prevent terrorist attacks, murderous attacks. Hostage taking, this means it is necessary, it is necessary to strengthen the special services, this is vitally important, when we see footage from the gas sector, i think that any leader of any country understands that if he does not have air defense, and even the most modern one, then everything , they will fly in, bomb, they will destroy, they will bomb into the stone age, yes, because one of the western politicians even used such a phrase, well, when is it all in general, but can some leader of the
That is having very devastating and bad influences upon our economy upon the morale of morals, of our people, and upon politics and government. And thanks for joining us for congress investigates an American History tv series looking back at historic and significant congressional hearings this week. Our focus is organized crime. Well, it was in the early 1950s that democrat senator Estes Kefauver of tennessee and his special committee in interrogated major organized crime figures like Frank Costello. The hearings held over a series of months, had 600 witnesses and went to 14 cities. Many americans learned details about organized crime for the first time in 1951. 12 million us households had tvs and this became a major and Early Television event. The hearings also made Estes Kefauver a household name and helped fuel his political career. Here to talk about the work of the Kefauver Committee is daniel holt, associate u. S. Historian. Mr. Holt, thanks for being with us. The official name