Guest sure. The Laurie Berkner band for civil rights was founded in 1963 at the behest of john f kennedy. To do more, to engage in the fight for civil rights in our country. Yesterday, we marked his 100th birthday. We are a National Civil rights organization, nonprofit. We work on issues such as voting right, criminal justice, education and fair housing issues, all across the country. We mount litigation and our goal is to move our country closer to equally and combat the discrimination that we wrestle ith in so many places today. The may 11, mike pence and day of that launch, you released a statement condemning that commission. Why . Guest you know this commission, i think is a distraction from the real issues that we face fourth democracy today. We assume recent data that shows that about 61 of eligible americans voted in the 2016 election. And the reason why our voter turnout numbers are as low as they are is because we are still wrestling with Voter Suppression and ongoing voting d
Literary career. P. M. Rom noon to 3 eastern, june 4. Host now a discussion on the future of Transportation Networks in this country. Joined by Regina Hopper, president of the Intelligent Transportation society of america. Is everything, you hink about tolling, many folks are used to going through tolling, that is intelligent function, Traffic Management systems, some communities you sit at the light wonder, why cant i go if there is no one coming the other Management System that allow us to manage traffic etter and connected vehicles, cars that talk to each other. Talk to the autonomous ure and vehicles. Ranges spectrum for many things, about its hing america, we have the folks sitting at the table trying to what that next future of transportation is. At who are folks that sit the table, who makes up the its america and how do you figure get behind . What is the Intelligent Transportation system that will a system there are options to choose from. Guest there are. At the estion, who s
Low prices continue. More Domestic Production and that means coming from alaska. I will say in addition to the price, one of our biggest concerns you see, and we think it has gotten to the point where it is willful and every project senator senators talk about and everything is delayed. Delayed. We think it is willful and the weapon of choice of this administration to actually kill projects. It is a big problem. We have time for one more. What sort of assureance has been given that new Mapping Technology will not place the animal life in harms way in an war . It has been proven. The new and old crude oil is that big. The only person who hurts the wildlife is the human being who is shooting them. I know a little like that. They are domestic kateated now. We have wolves sleeping with the sheep. And you guys believed it. In New York Miami philadelphia, and San Francisco people say we have to save those poor little animals. It doesnt affect them. It never has. It is all a myth easily sold
Dollars are well spent. From the standpoint about the concerns of the services provided, we think when you allow states to weaken the standards, and we have seen again, how states have used waivers to, in effect, create a day facto weakening of standards standards. We are deeply concerned. Well, i understand the need for flexzblety. But if the only principle here is that the states can do whatever they want, then they should raise their entaxes to pay for it. Throwing billions of federal dollars at the states with no accountability for the states of how they spend taxpayer money is not what we were sent here to do. So, thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator warren. And i did welcome senator collins to the committee, which i should. Were delighted to have her back. She and senator cassidy are the only two members of the kmiet tee this year. Senator roberts. Number one, weve flipped the seating arrangement here. The lights are a little brighter, the heat is a little warme
Its very helpful to us as senate xxs. And i thank senator murray and the staffs for working and having presented all of those points of views. You all get an a for sticking to five minutes. Well see if the senators do, as well, as the time comes. Ill take my five minutes and senator murray and then after that, senator collins senator warren senator robert, senator bennett will be first four. Well go by first arrival and conclude by noon. My my view theres a clear federal role i have to refresh myself. So seven tests in matt, three for reading once in years three through eight and then once in high school. And then three tests in siensz once in three through five and once in grade 6 through nine and once in high school. And these are 17 tests that must be used by law, as the primary means of determining the yearly academic performance of the state and each School District and school in the state but those righthand turn the only tests that kids take. Thats one spot light we ought to put