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Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today commends U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) for reintroducing the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act to better protect animals, workers and consumers from the dangers posed by higher line speeds in poultry, pig and cattle slaughterhouses. This legislation would prohib...

By An Wentzel• 17 February 2021 National Guard soldiers with riot shields head to the Capitol Visitors Center after being deployed to secure the grounds around the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. US President Donald J. Trump has become the first sitting President to be impeached twice after he incited a mob of his supporters to riot on the US Capitol in an attempt to thwart Congress from certifying Bidens election victory. At least twenty thousand troops of the N...

A US lawmaker who chairs the House committee on Homeland Security is urging the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure that individuals involved in the domestic terrorist attack on the US Capitol are added to the No-Fly List. Created in the aftermath of 9/11, the No-Fly List is a record of people who are prohibited from boarding commercial aircraft for travel within, into, or out of the United States. Following the 6 January storming of the US C...

Buildings share the same heart. she feels like she is supporting what is happening today yet at the same time understands boy we still have a way to go. echoing what you said. >> absolutely. these are very schizophrenia times in acknowledging the progress that many have brought forward through their sacrifices during the civil rights era and between before that in terms of fighting against slavery in this country which was the original sin in the united states of america. all the way through the...

They wish that those who decided to boycott had actually attended because today should be focused on unity, not about divisions. richard? >> christen, thank you for that report. joining us now is democrat tv new york. representative. thanks for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >> disrespects what the civil rights movement has been for our count country. does it disrespect the visit by this president? >> well, i think that john lewis and thompson got it correct in deciding not to show u...

Welcome back. president trump in jackson, mississippi, just a short time ago, spending 90 minutes on the ground, speaking to the opening of the latest civil rights museum in the country. civil rights icon john lewis though protested and decided to skip the event. also congressman thompson and the mayor of that city, jackson. take a listen to president talking to late activist med garr. >> he joined the army in 1943 when he was 17 years old. fought in norm andy second world war and when he came...

My understanding is democrats pulled the event, youre going to pull that bill, we want you to vote on taking down flags here in the u.s. capital that are state flags, like mississippi, for example, that bear the confederate symbol. whats going to happen with that? >> well, our hope is that the privilege resolution will get a hearing. representative thompson of mississippi files such a privilege resolution and followed by nancy pelosi who has a similar privilege resolution. my hope is well get a ...

To vote on taking down flags here in the u.s. capital that are state flags, like mississippi, for example, that bear the confederate symbol. whats going to happen with that? >> well, our hope is that the privilege resolution will get a hearing. representative thompson of mississippi files such a privilege resolution and followed by nancy pelosi who has a similar privilege resolution. my hope is well get a hearing and this will be resolved that this should not continue. we have come a long way in...

Its a symbol of bigotry and hatred and time for this country to move on and to heal. >> so there was this des putin over whether they would be allowed to fly in national cemeteries on federal lands. there was a voice vote that would ban the practice included in this appropriations bill. republicans slipped an amendment in to say, lets undo that and let them be flown. when that was called attention they pull the whole bill. my understanding is democrats pulled the event, youre going to pull that ...

Indication that this place of 47,000 federal employees would result in less misconduct or result in lower costs. >> representative thompson pointed out that because private sector employees often enjoy proprietary protection and private sector companies cannot comment on disciplinary procedures that misconduct is harder to gauge in the private sector. jon: wow. doug, think about this the next time i go to the airport. thank you. jenna: only happy thoughts. jon: only happy thoughts, yeah. thats t...