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Good morning, ladies and j gentlemen. Im john allenen, president of brookings. On behalf of the institution and our partners, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast, and, of course, we always welcome the media. This morning, youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society. To bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years,...

We need meaningful background checks so that sick people dont get guns. Will congress and the nra go along . Painful separations, families on edge this morning after federal agents rounded up hundreds of expected undocumented workers at mississippi Food Processing centers. Their children heartbroken. If you want to find criminals, theyre in the streets. Theyre not at our work. Many detainees have been released, but all are wondering whats going to happen next. All that, plus hacking the election, a startling hackers conference showing that our Voting Machines could be at risk in 2020. Trump ve...

Unfortunately, they have to work harder than anyone else to have access to the same opportunities afforded to their friends and classmates in the same country that we all love. Hat is the case of aliz beth a 23yearold dreamer from my district and also from my neighborhood from Little Village in chicago. He liz beth is paying her way through college by making and selling tamales. She started helping her mother sell them on the streets of chicago. Since elementary school, she has been waking up at 3 30 in the morning to make the tamales. She will graduate from college next he year and we could s...

Much. Things a lot. You can watch live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. The senate is about to gavel back in for more debate on defense programs and policy this afternoon. Shortly we take live to the floor of the u. S. Senate for more debate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Cornyn madam president , yesterday the Senate Overwhelmingly voted to proceed to the National Defense authorization act by a vote of 868. Excuse me, 866. Thats ...

Committee. We uphold the secrecy and the confidentiality of intelligence programs to keep our nation safe every day. When sure that our Intelligence Committee has the tools and resources to protect america both at home and abroad. So, i am pleased that the senate is considering our intelligence authorization bill as part of the nda. Our bill is a three year fiscal year in the making. In may the senate Intelligence Committee unanimously passed the bill with the voter 15 zero when we see that one more time. We unanimously passed the authorization bill 15 zero. I appreciate vice chairman warners ...