The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h
Interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. Host senator paul, you are one of the most interesting people in american politics and in the Republican Party. I was a fan of yours long before i got the chance to meet you and work with you in the congress eager to chat about your book but maybe first reflect a little bit about the role that you have within the congress and our party as an independent voice that somebody willing to strike out on voices. Sometimes i think im a lonely voice. Sometimes you believe in balanced budgets or that we should spend less or how they limited constitutional government. Really controversial things like that, limited constitutional government. Unfortunately, we never get the other side but then we lose a lot on our side. I guess that is one of my frustrations i try very hard to have the same opinion whether republican or democratic president that the constitution is a specific, the spending powe
The neighborhoods of Fountain Grove and coffee park, which were devastated during the 2017 north bay fires. 90,000plus under mandatory Evacuation Orders. Buildings have been threatened along highway 128. An Elementary School in harms way. Some of the rhinerys, one has gone up in flames already, wineries, one has gone up in flames already. Hes cal fire. We were here on highway 128 observing fire behavior. The fire behavior was subdued and had not, the winds had not picked up very much yet. We monitored and observed as the winds shifted and became very gusty and strong sustained winds. And we observed increased fire behavior and there was containment lines installed in firing operations that were leave taken by the fire; overtaken by the fire. The fire behavior continues to increase. The strong gusty winds were forecast updated from 3 00 until 10 00. Were currently in that time period and the fire behavior is increasing. Take a look at some of the video from overnight. This is the winery
Ms. Roybalallard thank you for your patience and willingness to stay until 4 00 given the votes we had. We appreciate it. Today we welcome matthew albens, acting direct tore of i. C. E. As we continue to monitor the challenging situation on the southern border, we look forward. O hearing your perspective our own constitution, federal law and several National Agreements serve as a foundation for the rights and protections, i believe, need to be embodied in our efforts to address the humanitarian crises we are currently experiencing. The rhetoric and policies of this administration have made achieving that balance more difficult. By all indications, have exacerbated our challenges at the border. We must also be mindful of the resource limitations that we face. There is likely no area of our bill where we have sufficient resources to fully address requirements. We are barely cracking the surface of what the coast guard truly needs to address the flow of Illegal Drugs or to protect our sov
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