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Between for discussion. Based in the coin flip, Collin Peterson will go first on his Opening Statement. Torgerson peterson. Good evening matt, hello everyone what to think the public and aarp for sponsoring this debate. Give me the opportunity to serve them and congress over these last number of years. Is able to move up to the Agricultural Committee in 2005. And ive been chairman twice, are the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work, was kept the committee bipartisan. Ive been rated the most bipartisan member of congress cgot the mca trade agreement done the peo...

Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remark...

Airline industry. How it could impact the future of flying. Deadly disaster. Even more wildfires explode in california. The death toll and damage growing by the day. Its beautiful here, but thats being stripped one fire at a time. This morning, the devastation facing thousands of homeowners, left with nothing to return to. And a new warning about the fire danger still to come. Opening day. This morning, the iconic Washington Monument welcoming back its first guests since the start of this pandemic. Wow. That view is right there the minute you get out of the elevator. It is absolutely spectacul...

Wildfire assets grown overnight. Look at this. Right now fire crews are working around the clock holding containment lines in napa and sonoma counties but they are concerned about another round of red flag warnings. Cierra is with us and the latest on the firefighter. Reporter firefighters are a step closer to determining what caused the fire that has so far burned thousands of acres throughout sonoma county. Our crews have been cedar throughout the areas since the fire began and captured just how the fire impacted the town of cal stowing, a. Weve been in contact with those determining how it ...

Africanamericans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. We actually had 22 africanamericans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house, two in the senate. Its largely a house story. And it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war and the in decade after. During the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of africanamericans and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. These were radicals in the house like Thaddeus Stevens who wa...