Qualcomm for supporting thee session 250 years out of its founding americas more diverse than ever before stereotypes are beginning to fade significant barriers still exist justice equal opportunity and inclusion continue to be out of reach for many black hispanics and lb gt q and other minority populations. This is a real problem with initiatives put into placenu and with that bigotry and the institution across the board and across thehe institution and we will be joined by my colleagues rafael as a staff writer keeping me company a great guy i look forward to him intervening. The first housekeeping. The hill diversity. We will be broadcasting live just refresh the page is a quick fix i believe it but i hope it works for you. Veronica escobar representing texas 16 Congressional District the first woman elected for her district so congratulations the next round of elections you will nd they keep coming way too often. But let me just ask you beuse i know you have been working very hard on the National Defense authorization act to get this mention of diversity an minority inclusion in the system. Want to ask you whats on your mind and do you believe our institutions like the pentagon is a basis where discrimination is stillnt running rampant . First of all good morning and thank you so ch for the formation good to see you againn the National Defense authorization act to create chai chip on to create change includes diversity good work to increase diversity i just visited a military installation and with focus groups of women thinking of diversity and those racial challenges and also think about women as well to remind everyone that diversity those conversations i have with those women all the blind spots the military had when it comes to women in service and inre many ways the significant limitations placed on their ability toen advance and to have hearings all the time it with a higher level leaders at the height of power those with the leadership table. And what the military is doing with the pipeline leadership that is diverse. So many of those are firsttime members of the military and children of immigrants. So they dont always know the best route to ascend so we have Mentorship Programs we need to make sure those Mentorship Programs so that the people who are committed to the military that we are committed. So a friend of mine in the new york tim with the expose of the military services and when weee an exception. And then the next iterations it is very clear this is a structure domited by white guys. Its very clear nothing has worked at the command staff level i like to see when ople are not an exception . And to see there is a challenge or a person to address it. But its clear whatever we are doing now is not working very well. So thats what we have to put infrastructure in place one of the things i heard from the groups of women i had spoken to come is when they had a Mentorship Program made all the fference in theorld. But unless we actily ease set them up and funding tm and basically creating a permanency for themthey are not sustaine sustained. Everybody waso fix the problem its clear we ne serious intervention to fix it. You want to switch over to politics. You are in the running to be the Congressional Hispanic Caucus but just in texas so democrats have relied on the divee caucuses so how are they going to change . To take a beating in the selection. We did. I was hoping we would grow the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and i was heavily invested not just financially but in terms of relationship to help especially the latinas who i was hoping would grow the caucus and we have to be far more unified as a caucus and running for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and should be elected as i share with my colleagues want to have a Strategic Planning session immediately before the end of the yearr to define our priorities but also to talk through what the plan will be Going Forward and how to best push that agenda so clearly that the Democratic Party is demonstrating that through legislation and the leadership we provide on the hill. I want the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to be r more strategic and proactive and ats what i would focus on if i were chair. Hank you so much for helping us to launch this. We will do three hrs we want to keep people talk about versity and inclusion and i hope you will come back an talk to us about this. Take you so much. The next guest is the first woman to serve as representative from puerto rico focuses on getting equal treatment to citizens of us territories and access to education and promoting Small Business perk i had the pleasure to meet her. Its great to see you again. Congratulations. The Republican Caucus has more women e than ever so how does that go down . What do you think will happen . What are the future ways . Tell us about it. First of all thank you for inviting me its a wonderful year because there are so few here in the house and the people of the business area that brings to the arena and compromise is not the same thing asas surrender. That there are many that can reach a compromise in many of the issues. Released with the hispanic and many others with the awareness that we need more voices here and the vice chair of the caucus and not just to see one point of view but many and with professionals arere former military. Representative we will get another question before you bring in my colleague but i want to ask you speaking in the drama in the aftermath of the hurricane donald trump is using puerto rico as a punching bag and days before the election there was no better friend than President Trump so how does puerto rico a part of america feel that whiplash treatment . Do you agree with my framing . Today i was on the floor a few minutes ago we been looking for equal treatment for many years and today we all have a delegion so that means when you need to do with the federala government and then to say i did not agree with every bill andhen providing resourc for an earlier thisear and we did have to hear that. And then working with the administration to acknowledge thesissues as well his medical devices industry and i need t secure our supply ain medicine and drugs pushing for theipartisan legislation in the house and senate for the United States and puerto rico to have those incentives related to b creation and property in thisrs area. O so again if you are elected , you need to dohatever it takes to get things done and ats what i have been doing dealing with discrimination from gernment these issues we members of congress. So thats why i thinwe should and this type of information and it is unsustainable. And then for statehoodn 2012 and 2017 now in 2020 now from both sides of the aisle it is what it is in sports and counities in every sta so across the world from people from all over the state so whatever is the president i will be working wh these four years were not easy we accomplished resourc and i hope and expect we can continue this. I want to stick to this issue because i know you like talking about statehood a lot of things have to happen in the selection for the realistic political environment, and there was a lot of thought that someli peoplele said they would have to take control of the senate and get rid of the filibuster. But that didnt happen and the legislature puerto rico as many word expect so what are the chances of this congress and this legislature to be the one that gets across the finish lin line . Happy to see youor again. And the last four years and in 2016 i ran on a platform with the most voted official statehood is bigger than any other to have more votes so that means its bigger than a candidate the reality is a people puerto rico directly voted and went hawaii and alaska they were not consulted to choose other options. Why we need to provide more options that we make in 2112 andmo 2017 so now i truly understand statehood will happen and there is a lot of misconceptions Puerto Ricans you can see that now in florida i can tell you with the incidence of that that we got equal footing. Not asking for benefits and i think its not right to have a territory that will act and react in congress but are proving all the law and the lifes we live and senators republicans and democrats across the aisle in the house and senate look at what happened next with the bipartisan bill sincece last year with a wide range of members supporting it. Is not just about democratsod and senators because its never been moved by the leadership those are to understand like many others in theov past that it is clear. Representative we have a question from the audience from the treasury department. Purple sectors have have 5 percent of hispanics. If elected in the 2020 consensus of the population. So with those sectors in society. And what has been happening for many many years and is part of that discrimination and every time using those changes people respect that. And questioning that is part of the leadership. And is more women are elected and those to have more cabinet members of latinoo heritage. So in the case of puerto rico we have a lot of vacancies so sometimes its about hiring so i agree with you. So then we look forward to the other hispanic organizations. Representative am onhe opinion side of the top on opinion operation so i can say totally support your efforts on statehood. I hope you keep coming back to talk to us thank you for your thoughts today. Thank you. Thank you for thopportunity. Of my next colleague to rafael over to you. A thirdgeneration crew be an american a Public School math teacher and center for district 25 from brooklyn new york. He will be the first openly gay black person to serve in the new york state legislature. Welcome. Onthank you for having mee rafael. The first question is a milestone. These arevi still notable we still have a huge disadvantage as the only represented wage property owner. And there is a lot of wo to catch up on. N your case h has your identity and values affted your approach to politics or how ha they . Y . Yes. Than for asking that. As queer and black i have lived in many spaces because of i waslack or gay but when you are a marginalized pson whether racial identity or Sexual Identity when you are marginalized and began fighting for yourself you want to fight to ensure nobody should go marginalized that s y not of my policies or liticsnd why i fight for those uversal programs so no one has to suffe suffer. And with marginalized people the question of you can support these policies at the leadership level what do you want to push the people in your party and the legislature . How do they open their eyes to see things from the perspective to be marginalized . In tms of leadership that we undoing the harms of working class people of color. For example those that are most likely to be have housing discrimination about people and people of color so to have a home guarantee or a cancellation of rent is a huge amount of work to do. Le or they are more likely to have preexisting conditions with covid19 so with a universal healthcare pgram would go mileso toward alleviating the pain and the queer communities of color. Fighting for universal programs for marginalize people and to be under the influence of those corporate donors we are where there is a Political Movement but then to take way from the rest of the country . Yes. It is very transparent that every single gg person looks t housing for profit has not worked out for the past several hundred years of our nation is possible to guarantee of the human rights investment to make you wealthy but every person has access to a doctor and healthcare. And those that they are suffering from and then to have Community Involvement it with a few Corporate Board executives. And with the needs of the big city and brooklyn and rural kansans are very different and is often portrayed as socialism and then to have a capitalist perspective so this shifted and regional paradigms. What do you think for people of color . And as a great socialist former labour party in the early part of the 20th century everywhere you go the noon of the profit motive for working class people i you live in the city or rur areas to Electrify America not to build out that last mile because it wasnt profitable. Is there a way to reach ot to sort of say like this isnt sports, this is a policy that manages the way we conduct our lives . The best way to bring people together is for both universal programs. When you say healthcare for all it is making sure eryone has access too a doctor. Everyone should be able to see a doctor. A job for all. A een new deal, the environmt for all. These are things that should go for everyone regardles of your political f ideology and regardless of your race or gender or identity a of that. Thank you so much. I wish you the bestn the legislature. Now it is time for the sponsor portion of the program. A clarification while im conducting the clarification the content of this portion shouldnt be considered editorial. Id like to welcome Susie ArmstrongSenior Vice President and Senior Engineer weve long talked about this and love to just have a conversation on how to make diversity and inclusion and its also for people and firms ere theres been just barriers and ssometimes those are informal in the council and nudging that kids get early and i want to k you to start with susie for a minute. Youve been acte with a program i remember very moving conversation had with a girl that happened to be africanamericann a device at she put together. It kind of rotated around. But, tell us what you feel needs to be done to make diversity and inclusion for those people aspiring or who might choose engineering rather than a fake course . Its great to talk with you again. As you know we are a company of inventors and we know the benefits of bringing these different ideas to the table with a diverse background and the perspectives that our employees have. Also it is critical that we also believe access to technology promotes the quality. If you think about it, the wireless device is the way they access the internet and so it can really help bringing Diverse People into these companies and into technology to provide things like healthcare and fiucation. We focus on a lot of things, homegrown programs and partnerships and i think that is important. Think of it as the homegrown program. Its practical, tangible, and it targets the Large Population of students in San Diego County and other places and it targets middle school girls, middle schoolers from diverse backgrounds who might not normally see themselves as inventors or engineering careers and its been highly successful andd highly impactful. I think these programs from a corporate perspective are critical in terms of partnerships as well. We are also partnered with robotics and a variety of other partnerships, but an organization you can tell im a practical engineer, the tangible programs with universities to pull together multidisciplinary and diverseen teams to teach thm how topr be inventors and actuay launch their product. So, sometimes people think that inventors are these people sitting in a lab and they have a light bulb moment, but its not. Its all about working in teams and the diversity is critical to the kind of ideas that come out. Before i do that, i want to remind the audience how cool you are. E. Its ridiculous the things youve created and patented. Years ago you created the analog, not analog but the algorithm for how the smart phones can send pictures and surf theeb. All of you are doing that online right now. My question may be unfair becaus i think when you did that youoiere extremely rare to have a woman engineer. Your stature and the exact same thing. T why did he go right for you and what do other places have to chge to make it right fromll different backgroundsl so tha they can follow the track you did. Er for me i had very general neutral parents that encouraged me to go into schooling and so i had a lot of support all along the way. I say anecdotally t probably 25s were female and its Something Like 14 or 19 female and that is and taking the account in the hispanic populations. In some ways weve gone backwards but tha is the sort of negative side of the story. Theres no better time to be a woman or underrepresented person in tac and stem. Theres so much scrutiny on the problem and so many of these tangible practical programs. Some people will say we are not movinghe needle theres so anmuch awareness and opportunity now that i think the fact that it became in my mind itecame a National Priority and interNational Priority and it became part of the National Conversation and i think that his what has given rise to these incredible programs starting with gradeschool kids up through the universities and then reteion in the companies. So, where it went right for me think these programs and the naonal conversation about this situation is iredibly important d the policy matters as well. The patent and trade Office Actually has a number of good legislativ programs to make sure the act and that we can accurately count the demographics and the idea act so these kind of conversations and theskind of policies are really critical to making it go right for other people and mentor ship as well. You have a great background and i nt know if you are intimidateby susie. Im intimidated by you both. We a interested in meeting with you and talking with you today and qualcomm has a program called iest together and you are also a parof the smart mentor ship program. I love that your insights are along the same lines i asked to susie. What do you thinkatters in terms of getting the change in peop of different backgrounds and colors onto the track tractf scale. What d the communities or hools need to do that youve experienced in your journey . Thank you for having me. So, we dont fund the research that actually submit much fewer factors compared to the main counterparts. On those they holdey 50 or more in the u. S. And actually they are only listed in 17 of. And if i look at the computing industry, the number of female only inventions drops 3 , so its very small. What we are doing as you have mentioned externally qualcomm is ading these advocacy efforts and we launched recently the invest together campaign for more data and this is a key importance and also academia can do this, so qualcom launched the diversity Innovation Team so among the executives and employees about the innovation issue we are educating our membership about the common barriers that we hear from the research internally. We are collecting data on the underrepresented minorities so this is of course conducted surveys and interviews. We can tackle the problems one to one. What we are also doing is offering workshops and one of the things susie talked about, the mentorship and the role model and it has been i wish i had the role model growing up to help me actually submit or believe in my ideas much earlier. So, the workshops that we offer within qualcomm basically they feature underrepresented women inventors so the importance of that model but we are also coucting workshops for the process. This process is very complex. Its complex for the corporate way and i have students rea out to me asking the same question how can we come forward nnd submit our ideas. So these are a few things. Not necessaril relying on the Informal Networks to navigate thatat process and me people belie in their ideas and that eir ideas arectually worth fighting. So, this is probably what believe we need to be tackling inur commuty. Awareness, awareness, awareness. And also the men tring programs. Th want to highlight one of the things qualcomm does and ey havent seen in the previous here in the u. S. Or grpreviously actually i france. Qualcomm has a formal mentoring program that intellectual partnerships have so we can reach to the it lawyers and engineers to discuss our ideas and get feedback before we submit them so it increases the chance thatso this idea would g. So, these are some of the few things qualcomm has been doing successfully. And of course to add qualcomm is an innovation company, so we have a Strong Innovation culture and we are very encouraged to invent and bring our ideas forward. I wish we had a lot more time because i like talking to susie about this but one of the things i get frustrated when i see artificial fake efforts on the diversity and inclusion discussion and i gravitate towards those issues where you can change the way that its been working because it has been producing an underrepresentatiod underrepresentation that we have to take seriously. Talking to both of you i get the sense that there are things that are beginning to shift in those outcomes. I want to thank you both for joining us. Its always great to see you. Thank you for joining us and i hope that you will be back. Thank you. President of emerge an. Organization dedicated to recruiting and training Democratic Women to run for office and also founder and host of the brown girls guide to politics, oneth of the top political podcasts by Time Magazine and marie claire. Thanks for joining us. He may want to join in. He looks excited to talk to you. Let me ask about the brown girls guide to politics. What animated you, i know how hard it is to create ptform, what animated you to start it and what has been either the feeling out of it or what has been the impact that you he sensed . Thank you foraving me. What started as i was going to theat airport one morning bk when we were flying a i had an email wanting advice and mentorship on how to get involved in politics and that resonated with meecause i was that young girlnce. I grew up in Las Vegas Nevada and i knew i loved politics but i didnt see a lot of women or women of color around me and it made me wonder is it for me and can i have a career in politics. I really wanted to pay it forward and make it more accessible and easier for the young women who were coming after m and the politics were born focusing first on the blog andd w did a theory whe we talked about how it is very difficult to be in the room sometimes particularly wn you do have to talk about issues of race, ethnicity, sexism, and when we d those theories we had many people say okay i want to hear more of these conversations and i want to hear you talking aboutt. And a podcast was born out o t that we finished the fifth season where wealked about the electis and we are very proud to have the president elect harris and the response overall has been great. Essentially to know that there is a place for them in politics. When you look at the Vice President elect, tow be blonde,i see a lot of anticipationnd okcitement about that, what might be the things that might disappoint youven thoh you may have a person of color, a person of black background, asian background in that role, what goes from someone beingn that role to the actions that that you thinkn are important . O of the most important things that has been said is president elecaspresident elects know senator harris is going t be in the room and always talking to him and she will have that influence on what is happening. G. And that is really important. That shows that he is taking her seriously. We know theact that he chose her is sing this is one of the most qualified strategic women in politics. So, she is going to have that voice at the table and its going to be important given everytng we are seeing in the country happenin around the racial issues. We had ahe number of really serious racial unrest and this is the person that can bring the experience on those issues to thtable because has the lived experience and that gs back to why it is key t have women of lor especially in the decisimaking position and politics because we bring everything weve had tlive with and fir in our personal lives and professional carrs to the table and the policies that are being me. So, i have the utmost confidence that the vic president elect harris is going to b extremely influential. If that wasnt going toe the ca president elect joe biden never would have picked her. There were a few rac that really are interesting because of the powerful women of color that ran them on both sides o the aisle. They faced a tough Election Campaign but powered through. On the republican side you have cuban and greek i american in Staten Island who also sort of one her race against some pretty strong incumbents. Have we reached the point where its sort of you can tell both parties you ignore these powerful political powerhouses at yourr own risk. Have we finally passed that threshold . Here is the thing, yes. Is not a good idea to ignore us. When we look at the new american majori in particular, black Indigenous People especially women, you women, unmarried won, they were the most exciting candidates in the cycle,nd then they were the ganizers and aivists that helped them get elected. When we look at the Democratic Party, the women are the base of the Democratic Party. Black women on particular are on the base of the party its no longer as suggested driving okay these are going to the candidates that we are vote for. You are seeing these women put their names on the ballot because t fact is if we can organize, if we can run these campaigns and get other people elected, we can do the same for us. And we know given everything at has happened inhis country over the st four year in the trump administration, tha our voices are more important. Another k piece, women are not waiting to be asked to run for office. T especially women of color. They are stepping up and doing it. They are automatically seen as unqualified, not having t appropriate background, they have their education questions anden its the overall will meone vote for you or someone who looks like you and i think that is a ridiculous question because the facts if people wouldnt vote for a woman of color we wouldnt have any women ofolor in office. People want to candidates who ce going to bring the authenticity to the role, who are going to bring truth to the re andet things done. When you look at the women that have been leading particularly in 2020 with the mayors like Rachel Roland and massachuset, the women are the ones that have been during the co covid pandemic and racial unrest sit wasnt dividing to see once agn the Record Number of women running and then being elected by the people of this country. Let me ask you, and it haunts me right now that this is where you see this. Weve gone through this year where after George Floyds murder and others people seem to connect across the racial divide in america and we sell protests about the Police Brutality that more than that it was about Racial Justice in the country and the fact it wasnt what it should be that was wrong. There are perspectives on that but that is what it is. Looking out there now, is that still, do we see Police Departments being reorganized, do we see training being done differently . Has this been an emotional spike that will not be sustained. I dont mean to be senecal, but its my job and i want to get your perspective what needs to be done not to lose that moment where so many people who were not black or brown recognized something was wrong . The country has to address its history. Its when the camerasst became mainstream people saw what the Indigenous People in this country dealt with. A number of conversations having had with people after seeing a cell phone video of someone being shot in the back having a Police Officer kneeling on them until they die, people were shocked. But for us particularly in the black community, these are things that we have always known. Other people are just having their eyes opened to them. I also have to recognize there were 70 million americans in the country that were also fine with that. They were also fine with having a president that said he didnt feel the need to understand black people. So there is still a lot of work to be done. This isnt something that happens overnight. Itits longterm change. You see them taking this seriously but those are also mainly majority people of color that are leading it and that are taking this issue to the forefront. So it also goes back to if we want to truly address these issues, we have to have people in elected office who want to address these issues. The conversations are hard and uncomfortable but the fact is if lhey are necessary the only reason that i am even sitting here and having this conversation with you as the first black woman president is because of people who madehe change,ho pushed and said alright, america, this is going to be uncomfortable, but we need to do better, a that is why i am able to be in the seat having this conversation. And its why igh will continue o push for change and people have it a lot better than i had. But this is a longterm stipulation the country has to deal with. I want to thank you so much founder and host of the brown girls guide to politics to get the tools to learn from you. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you for having me. We are joined by keith ellis and attorney general of minnesota who served as the representative in j the constitution for 12 years. Before that he spent 16 years as an attorney specializing in civil rights defense law it is great to see you again. We talked about the tectonics of race in this country. What has to happen to make this a topic of diversity and inclusion the first thing is to help white people understand it helps limit their life choices. Black and brown people know that. It could be fixed and create some real racial solidarity. So i know a lot of whiteeople who would say the presidency of george w. Bush was not good. And i would say somehow our society lerated the purge of the year 2000. Theruth is that is fueled by the sense that immignts are somehow undermining american workingclass lifestys. So much o what we identify as racism is often useto mapulate the community into believing theres some enemy that is not above them. The people who decided to relocate the factory we are not blami them for the stagnating wages. We are blaming a low income person who is just tryin to survive like everybody else. There is a great book out there i recommend called [inaudible] who looks at a number of situations in which the feature of racism actually stops white people from taking action that could benefit themin directly. With the important Affordable Care act and said i dont want to pay taxes for some illegal claims and it was enough of a sentiment on the focused group that he did in which the white male noncollege suicides are etspiking because of overdose, depression and guns are one of the primary instruments ofm that suicide. We are not talking about it eves though the numbers have gone up. Why do we have this declaration everybody that studies this knows that there is an undercurrent of crime you have to be on the lookout for those people. Thats not the only reason for the oversimplification. Butor it isnt untrue much of te drive and fascination has to do with fear of the other. So, and yet we are not even dealing with it to understand how its always been this balanced thats one of the things we have really got to start doing. Biden just won this election but lots of republicans also won. Rolling back seven seats in the house, the republicans took the seats away from democrats. The senate is still republicancontrolled. So, two parts. One, has the victory on this ticket broken down an important barrier that thosent who feel te racial tensionso can celebrate and secondly, what was going on, i know you wanted to run the dnc. You wanted to be out there. What happened with the rest of the country that didntt go the direction of biden and harris but left republicans in a very good position in other parts of government . Re Great Questions thank you for both of them. Of course it is the signal our country in fac is going to be the multiracial democracy. Co its a democracy where anybody and everybody can participate and have the opportunity to serve, and that is a great thing. I will say in regards to myself, any brown person, it isnt enough because at the end of the day elevating to the position of leadership doesnt solve the overwhelming challenges of people in the economy are facing. If it doesnt translate to their wages, better healthcare, better childcare somehow that it will be less of an important thing than we would like it to be. The value of her being there shes like i know what its like to be a black woman in society and of asian descent and immigrants. The minimum wage wins. Fifteen dollars people are struggling and we know so much of what we call racism falls through the economy. If imm told i cant rent this apartment that is a reason why the racial affect is my budget. Im getting underpaid because of the race. It was a show that this a bifurcated thing of race versus class and now what we have to the dnc. In the 12 years in congress i never once heard herer say we ae going to give recognition to the person who increases the voter turnout in their history. Its who gave the most are the second most. Number one, campaigns because you need a relationship with the people you would rresent to have aee relationship with the lpeople you represent. They are dedated to the bottom line and then number thr its super important for the chair of the dnc to begin to campaign together. They should convene the Democratic HouseCampaign Committee and senate Campaign Committee. The municipal Campaign Committee, the county Campaign Committee and they have a table every week and say how can we cut cost by these expenses. We need to be coordinated. We act like our point of view is so correct that it doesnt have . To be sold. That is absolutely wng. We are out of time, but i want to get one more. After you and i had our last conversations Chris Christie talked about camden new jery and said we have to shave that ace up and we had to fire officers. S had to completely retrain them from the bottom to the top toet that done. And so i thought Chris Christies comments were so powerful, bu yet both in your opcomments and his, i don see tthatappening. I dont see the discussion aut what we are doing on training o justice and i wonder in short form what do you think the three most important things are we have to doo get that equation right . First on that point thats right, it is a Success Story worth examining. The collective bargaining musts leave the dcipline to the chief. There should be an appeal, but you cannot have a situation where you are beating the crap out of heel using Excessive Force but you can stay on the force whereas the collective Bargaining Agreement will put them back on the force over and above what the chief wants to say. Thats got to end. Number two, our training [inaudible] you need to view the video not just to find out who did it but to do simulationin training. And then the third thing is we have to establish a system of law where nobody is above the law. Officers are not above the law, black citizens are not beneath the law. You have to have equal justice before. If we prosecuted the actual violations of law you wouldnt have all of these civil uprisings and their wouldnt be situations where you say look i cant prosecute the cops because they didnt violatehe law, heress why because we dont er hold the police accountae so those are three right there andi if i may have one more second, me and the commissioner issued a report from our working group on reducing the deadly force account to the pole. Its on the website and we did it ia year before george floyd and so please, take a ok at that. Keith ellison attory general, that is dense and important,ust the kind of conversation i like to have, great to see you again my friend. Hope you will come back. Absolutely. That brings us to the end of the first seion today but dont worry there are two more yet to go. Thanks to raphael for joining me. A big thank you to qualcomm the International Franchise association and the associion of realtors for supporting these imrtant conversations today. Thank you to the audiencout there for joining us and again we wl have two more coming back, listen, participate, sd questions, come back here at one. Ri atfotime go 30 p. M. For the secd pa of the summit w are breaking down why diversity is good for business and we will hear from claudia, president o Sonic Drivein and sap andany more. Imt Steve Clemons andm going to grab a quick bite and see you back here in just a bit. On proposed legislation that would provide Insurance Coverage for Small Businesses during a pandemic. Witnesses from the Insurance Industry discuss how a Publicprivate Partnership would work and potential problems with the proposal as it currently exists. This is two and a half hours. The chair is authorized to declare a recess on the subcommittee at any time. Without objection members of the full committee not on the subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video functions on at all times even when they