I am telling you, if we ever clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks and senator lee, and i wi be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to create some kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know they are doing it for the world bank, but i like the global fund idea where you come together under American Leadership to solve the problem. To our two colleagues, to live for your leadership. Senator leahy . Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the jokinthat goes back and forth, it isafe to say that the chairman d i feel very strongly about this. We do want to help. Were inwhitehouse and vietm last year, and we met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic pollution and had a great meeting, and we talked about a
The latest chapter on anomalies. These are problems that to be found reveal the consequences. To help illustrate the challenges took 2020 census accuracy i start with Research Conducted by diana elliott, steve and i to explore it 2020 census outcomes. This was precovid. We chose three risk scenarios and use Census Bureau research to simulate 2020 counts. The most optimistic scenario in the performance of the 2010 census which came in within 100th of a of its independent total population. When we overlay that performance onto a 2020 population projection we discovered there was an undercount of the population of 0. 3 . Stated differently had the pandemic never happened and the census went as well as it did in 2010 and undercount would occur. People of color historically edundercounted in our wonderful nation would become more racially b and ethnically divere in the past 10 years. While the 2010 census was accurate for the total u. S. Population became at the expense of fairness. In 2010
Program to him. And to honor his memory. I think his spirit will be with us for a long time. And i just wanted to mention him gratefully here as hes been part of our Virtual Events upo this point. Todays event as i said at the beginning is meant to celeate this a wonderful new book within amazing cover which is why it showed it. Theres so much going on in the cover we couldve just spent today talk about the cover. Like what are all the little post its. But we won. The author of t book that is with us today is shamus hues. He wrote this book with alexander and clifford. Shamus isne of the leader counterterrorism exper in the country. Hes been produci report after report for years both for congress and others. Before joining the program for extremism on george whington university which of the ncp National Counterterrorism center before that he was a senior counterterrorism advisor and Home Security Government Affairs committee. There is an awful lot shamus should be talking about today a
Do we have remote people . E td okay. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The hearing will come to order. I believe we have some of our colleagues who are going to be remote. Opening eally have anit. Statement. Well hear from judge wilson here in a bit and well let our two colleagues from mississippi introduction. But ill defer to senator feinstein if she wants to say anything first. Hear fro i will, mr. Chairman. O a thank you very much. Today, as youve stated, were going to hearr from cory wilson nominated to a mississippi seat on the fifth Circuit Court of j appeals. Stated during the nomination hearing for the view District Court in january, i am interested in judge wilsons views on a a number of issues including health care, Voting Rights, womens reproductive afo rights, gun safety, and the rights of lgbt americans. His record of opposition to the Affordable Care act is troubling, particularly because wereorte concernedd ju with co. I hope he will straighten us out on that. A it has been reported that
Site. He added additional cost and time will be needed for modifications if the plan does eventually move forward. The u. S. Made s system is desesd to intercept ballistic made missiles outside the atmosphere. The government planned to deploy it in yamaguchi prefecture. There were safety concecerns amg locall residents. Japan will rely on selfddefen forces vessels equipped with the system for the time being. Officials in tokyo are working on preventive measures for another possible wave of coronavirus infections. There is an increase in daily cases. Monday saw 48 new cases in the capital, including 20 linked to a downtown nightclub district. It is the second day in a row with more than 40 positive results. The increase comes after the tokyo government on friday canceled most of its requests for businesses to restrict operating hours. The team of experts is looking at how to enhance testing and medical systems, as well as how to m monitor infectctns to prepe for anothther surge in infec