Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. Chairperson of the Commission, Madam Executive Director, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, civil society members-it is an.
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The Biden administration has been pushing for updates to immigration policy, in order to reform previous policies from the past four years. Biden’s policies are up for debate but Massachusetts is looking ahead.
State Representative David Rogers, D-Cambridge, who represents Belmont, parts of Arlington and parts of Cambridge, compared the policies and sentiment on immigration of the past four years to the future.
“Some of the proposals and ideas of the previous administration I would say were racist or certainly, at a minimum, showing bias,” Rogers said. “I’m encouraged that we’re hopefully going to have a more healthy, positive conversation about immigration.”
In fact, experts believe that this past year was the worst on record for the global deterioration of democracy and freedom.
So, even as we confront a global health crisis and an economic crisis, it is critical that we continue to defend democracy.
To that end, the United States is strengthening our engagement with the United Nations and the broader multilateral system.
Because we know the status of democracy depends on our collective commitment to those values articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Not only because the exclusion of women in decision-making is a marker of a flawed democracy, but because the participation of women strengthens democracy.
Floor Action
The House took up the following measure today:
SB 5 - Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide- Representative Lee Hawkins (R-Gainesville) presented the legislation, addressing in particular “medispas.” Dentists, which do conscious sedation, are now required to have certain equipment. It does not prohibit a person who is duly licensed as a physician assistant in Georgia, who has completed an anesthesiologist assistant program approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board from administering conscious sedation nor deem such physician assistant to be engaged in the unlawful practice of dentistry, pursuant to their job description as approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board, provided that such sedation is administered under the direction and responsibility of an anesthesiologist. The legislation also The bill passed by Substitute with a vote of 160-5; it now requires the Senate to agr