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Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today commends U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) for reintroducing the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act to better protect animals, workers and consumers from the dangers posed by higher line speeds in poultry, pig and cattle slaughterhouses. This legislation would prohibit slaughter and meat processing facilities from operating at extreme speeds during the pandemic. E...

By An Wentzel• 17 February 2021 National Guard soldiers with riot shields head to the Capitol Visitors Center after being deployed to secure the grounds around the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. US President Donald J. Trump has become the first sitting President to be impeached twice after he incited a mob of his supporters to riot on the US Capitol in an attempt to thwart Congress from certifying Biden's election victory. At least twenty thousand troops of the National Guard will be deployed in Washington by the end of the week to help secure the Capitol area...

A US lawmaker who chairs the House committee on Homeland Security is urging the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure that individuals involved in the domestic terrorist attack on the US Capitol are added to the No-Fly List. Created in the aftermath of 9/11, the No-Fly List is a record of people who are prohibited from boarding commercial aircraft for travel within, into, or out of the United States. Following the 6 January storming of the US Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump rioters, committee chair Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) urged th...

Buildings share the same heart. she feels like she is supporting what is happening today yet at the same time understands boy we still have a way to go. echoing what you said. >> absolutely. these are very schizophrenia times in acknowledging the progress that many have brought forward through their sacrifices during the civil rights era and between before that in terms of fighting against slavery in this country which was the original sin in the united states of america. all the way through the progress of having someone like barack obama elected nation's first african-american president who ...

They wish that those who decided to boycott had actually attended because today should be focused on unity, not about divisions. richard? >> christen, thank you for that report. joining us now is democrat tv new york. representative. thanks for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >> disrespects what the civil rights movement has been for our count country. does it disrespect the visit by this president? >> well, i think that john lewis and thompson got it correct in deciding not to show up. on the one hand, we have representative thompson who is a well-respected member of the national b...