i have grown up as a writer with american literary .ommunity where is asian america? it's an imagined space that recognizes immigration and participation of asian and pacific islander people in the american society and political life. initially this literature served as a grounding within american history. it has always been to the crossing of oceans. this navigation is not necessarily specific but colonialism, racism asian-americanca literature is at heart a literature of politics and resistance. for our community recognition tonight is significant especially this year posterior pandemic having twitter of absurdity and the brutality of racial profiling and the provocation of anti-immigrant, anti- refugee, anti- muslim, anti- asian hatred. in such times, or i are writing intolerant and care. i'm also here because of the generosity and support of a broader shared community teachers across the world and most significantly colleagues, students, staff at the university of california who have provided with me for a home to research and rights. and i am here because my frie

ishe industrialized syste for local producers, food sovereignty movement, unions, mutual hlth crews,ommunity kitchens, community shared riculture d fisherie this is whathat the world during covid. the way we e it, myown organization and a group and closely aligned with civil sociy people mechanism, a large group of social movemts. for us it is clearhis food systems summit has been deliberately designed and pushed forward the way it is to allow corporations to secure control. not only over food systems, but equally important over the governance of food systems. that is a very poor issue which i hope we will be able to speak further on in this program. i will nermeen: stop here for the moment. nermeen:one of the examples that is touted most in favor of industrial agriculture is the experience of the green revolution in india. this was first introduced in 1965 and its advocates say let substantially to a reduction in hunger as well as malnutrition. could you explain why your critical of this approach and what has happened in recent decades following its initial purported success? >> and usually

shake earmarks' past, the appropriations committee has given them a new brand name-- ommunity project funding"-- and new rules. each earmark request must be public. they are posted online, a sea change from years where this was all in secret. each must show community support. and they cannot directly benefit for-profitompanies. >> we're all playing by the same rules. it's got to meet the guidelines. so for me, i will follow the same guidelines as everyone else. >> transparency is better, but not bringing them back at all would have been the best decision. >> desjardins: tom schatz is president of citizens against government waste. he sees earmarks as a blight, feeding corruption and runaway spending. >> there is nothing good about earmarks. it doesn't matter what the project is. the merits are not the issue. >> desjardins: which is why 105 house members, mostly republicans, are not requesting any, boycotting the idea. among them, freshman byron donalds. >> we don't have any money. like, we are deficit spending in washington, d.c. >> desjardins: donalds has stood his ground as more sen

epa head michael regan said -- "there is no small town, big city, or rucoral ommunity tha's unaffected by the climatey crisis." colonial pipeline's has it has begun resuming operations after suffering a cybe lr attackast friday. colonial, which is owned by royal dutch shell, koch industries, and others, transports nearly half of the east coast's fuel supply from omtexas to new jersey. two thirds of north carolina's gas stations are empty. colonial said it wouldake ta w days for supplies to return to normal as some drivers have taken to hoarding gas amid fuel shortages and price hikes. house republicans haveot ved to oust wyomingon cgressmember liz cheney from her leadership role over her vote to impeach former president trump and hercr iticism of trump's lies aboutes the stolen 2020 election. over 100 republicans, including form governors, members of congre, cabinet secretary's, arene threating to form a third party unless the republican party brea from its oning loyalty to donald trump. torney general merrick garland told lawmakers what's a premises groups in theas w pose a growinw th

even during this crisis i believe will now get stronger in new york city, including the technology ommunity and especially the life sciences community, which as been poised for a takeoff for several years. it's clearly going to benefit from all of the new research money that will be available. new york city will be one of the places that does the most with that. even think we can build further upon that, become the public health capital of the because of the war waged here, applicable to the whole fighting it comes to this pandemic. in terms of the hospitality hurting, and h is i feel for everyone that's been through so much this year, we've do so y proven we can much from the restaurant piece of the equation. about 100,000 jobs have been the open ck through restaurants program. that will be the permanent model. look at ways to reinforce the rest of the hospitality industry. it's not shocking that will take time, because that really requires the full securing of the health care situation, and nationally, even internationally, so travel comes back. piecesre's so many other of other economy t

doesnk being a veteran help you have a better connection to the veteran .ommunity being a nonveteran should not disqualify you from being v.a. secretary. staffperience as chief of equips him in certain ways to make them successful in that role what it does not guarantee he will be successful. he was helping manage the response of the v.a. waitlist scandal. personally, my hope is he has learned from that. we saw the failures of the obama administration and hopefully he will absorb those and take those to the v.a. he needs to be watched closely by groups like concerned veterans for america and veterans for foreign wars. -- veterans of foreign wars. i want to hear more about what he hears about legislation. we want to give him a chance. ultimately, it is to the benefit of everyone who uses the v.a. that he successful in that role. the: the opening day of 117th congress is tomorrow. keyis concerned veterans' priorities for the next conference? guest: are key priorities are what they have been for the last few congresses. focusing and fixing the v.a., ensuring we have a strong foreign pol

so important to this virus attaching and replicating that it is a relatively simple way to develop .ommunity perhaps that is our downfall as won'tthat the virus mutate, but the variations that occur will be able to get around that immunity. it is a possibility. we know that it's not more variable, and it may just be more likely to stick human cells and be able to affect them. but they platforms, especially ,he moderna and pfizer platform they look like they are flexible enough to adapt to mutations as they occur. the platforms look like they could be manipulated fairly quickly to adapt to any changes that could be coming. the companies are monitoring rigidly easyse are -- areat you could see regulating easily. matt: we want to get you back for more of this in the near future. dr. yvonne maldonado of stanford university, professor of global health and infectious disease and epidemiology and population health. some of the -- she is probably one of the most important dinner guests you could have right now if you were allowed to have a dinner guest, right, carol? i don't know about you, but this

increase engagement in our ommunities and governing affairs and foster unity that includes the many americans in nation. i think my colleagues would agree that more than ever to benefit from a national celebration reflecting on our shared values, unite us as a country, a country uniquely founded on a set of ideals. one of us owes a debt of gratitude to the framework of and oms, rights, government. institutions our founding athers established with such discerning forethought. we look forward to the commission's plans being and for fortt year coming celebrations of -- orthcoming celebrations of america's founding, a country we love so well. i ask my colleagues to support this legislation, and i reserve time.lance of my the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. khanna: i would like to other my colleague on the side of the aisle that i have no more speakers and am prepared to appreciate the bipartisan support. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. keller: thank you, madam speaker. we look forward to celebrat

university college business which proved how supporting black owned businesses can benefit the black ommunity as well as the american economy as a whole. book "our black year: one quest to buy black in the economy" she ed noted with black spending from businesses rose from 2% to 10% it can create a million new and provide economic security to black households. is of financial services not the example of the wealth cause.'s also the without the ability to invest, struggle to milies translate the income they have to generational wealth. survey of consumer finance, the typical black for y has only 10 cents every dollar held by the typical white family. this wealth gap dates back to he decades after emancipation and has remained stubbornly persistent. red lining a practice that as gnates black communities unfavorable for home loans and usiness investment reduces property values and increases nterest rates in many neighborhoods. . largely excluded from the generous incentives of the new deal, the black community was boxed out of the country's post-world war ii boom and vastly expanded the american

to be the am proud author of h.r. 8161, the re-entry ommunity program act of 2020, and i urge my colleagues to support this measure and entry pass this bipartisan bill today. i would like to take a moment to give a special thanks to representative guy reschenthaler support. h.r. 8161 would provide uch-needed resources to communities with a dis -- a munities especially with of peopleately number coming back. this bill would provide a assist zed process to individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. it acts as a bridge by providing who are to those leaving prisons and jails on how members of oductive their communities. the concept of the bill is that funding would be provided to neighborhoods to establish programs where people formerly incarcerated can run the program to ssentially be a hand-holding bridge for people who are coming out of facilities to help them into the community. many things that we might take for granted, such as getting getting a driver's license, paying your back child how to use rning transportation or the latest can ology are things that lead to rec

s ommunity advantage loan program, which was launched as a pilot program to assist small usinesses in historically underserved and rural areas. it targets assistance to eteran-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, startups, and underserved minority communities. key job creators. the combination of financial and technical assistance has made program a proven game changer for many small businesses. the gentlelady from california, ms. chu, for her bipartisan leadership and improvementsategic to this program, and to move it rom a pilot program to an authorized program for the next five years. the improvements included in the 7903 will ensure program serves businesses truly in need of s.b.a. services. 7903 defines h.r. he program with congressional intent. it outlines how community advantage lenders must operate program and details loan terms and other requirements. to thank the chairwoman and ranking member for advancing this important legislation that ill strengthen and improve the community advantage loan program. i urge my colleagues to support the bill, and i yield back, mr. speak

they talk about similarities and differences within the latino ommunity and voter turn out in florida and texas. this is just over an hour. >> today's event promises to be an engaging analysis of the 2020 presidential election and the latino vote. there is no question that 2020 -- for the first time in our country's history, latinos were the largest ethnic minority, ith 32 million eligible voters and with record numbers of atinos turning out the vote. ndeed, both president donald rump and president elect joe biden benefited from the high urnout of latino voters across the u.s., yet the support that they received from this very diverse and complex electorate and why they are read in different parts of the country. while nationally the majority of latinos may lean democratic, when it comes to the state level, there are many constituencies that cannot be so easily counted on by either party. today's conversation will highlight how record levels of latino turnout impacted the outcome of key races. the marquee battleground states. we are thrilled that maria selena, a trusted voice in the a

and we want people to use their agency to have more influence to select the representation for our .ommunities we really want to be able to shape policy. and we thought it was really important for us to influence. what i mean by that is i know i was extremely frustrated that even in the national media platforms, you would hear the south talked about if we were a football team, a red team and a blue team. i am part of the humanity team raided it is not who i am as a label, but who i am as a human being. schools, more access to resources. we want what all other americans want. it was important that we are shifting the narrative of who we are in the south and that there is a new coalition of people in the south to be able to shape andcountry and are bait -- puour fate. consider your organization to be a partisan organization? everybody totering vote? organization, our matter that lack voters , to is our entire goal provide education and engagement. we do not ask what party you belong to. ist we are interested in talking to black people around their process, their agency and understanding the poli

measures and kept them in place longer hat half the pandemic related fatalities as those cities and ,ommunities that started late that put their measures on and off and did not stick with it. sad to say, we are seeing the same thing. we have proven that common sense public health measures, distancing and masks and avoiding crowded events work. that is what has bent the curve in country after country. we are in a state of pandemic fatigue and pandemic anger getting in the way of that. and i would suggest fatigue anger is typical in epidemics and pandemics. i've mentioned albert camus' the plague many times. we have seen asia react. and asiastics in korea are quite good. why can't we as a society tilt towards their discipline and societal patterns? jonathan q.: i think you have hit it. one of the things that has been striking about this pandemic is in much the variation --ional views about liberty the declaration of independence says life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. it does not say the pursuit of. i think we have our priority -- it does not say the pursuit of happiness above life. i t

i have seen firsthand her eadership for america's families, for our country, for our ommunity, and for children. we have worked together on women's issues, hiv-aids, you every subject, minority health issues, and the rest. with this are today legislation that is so needed our country. and i don't -- it's really hard to understand what it is that would oppose in the legislation. the appropriations committee has job.a masterful you have a maestro, madam chair, as well as your staff for this legislation together. and i'm in congress because of children. 'm always here for the children. and i want to start my comments y saying what this legislation would mean to a family of four. a family of four, this is a for workers and families who are facing this disaster.s four earning f $24,000, heroes 2 would mean payments, $3,400 direct payment. unemployment benefits, $600 per week. u.i. benefits. $5,920 dits, up to through the eitc and fully efundable $4,000 tax credit, equally an i mention that, why don't you do this other bill. none of that i just said, the earned income tax credit, fully refun

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i have seen firsthand her eadership for america's families, for our country, for our ommunity, and for children. we have worked together on women's issues, hiv-aids, you every subject, minority health issues, and the rest. with this are today legislation that is so needed our country. and i don't -- it's really hard to understand what it is that would oppose in the legislation. the appropriations committee has job.a masterful you have a maestro, madam chair, as well as your staff for this legislation together. and i'm in congress because of children. 'm always here for the children. and i want to start my comments y saying what this legislation would mean to a family of four. a family of four, this is a for workers and families who are facing this disaster.s four earning f $24,000, heroes 2 would mean payments, $3,400 direct payment. unemployment benefits, $600 per week. u.i. benefits. $5,920 dits, up to through the eitc and fully efundable $4,000 tax credit, equally an i mention that, why don't you do this other bill. none of that i just said, the earned income tax credit, fully refun

we did discuss that in another setting in detail and i think you should ask the intelligence ommunity to brief you on that. with regard to going forward, the agreement with the taliban, they have made commitments not to allow the kind of things that you said were taking place at that time. no training, no fundraising -- mrs. maloney: mr. ambassador, my time is almost up. i would love more of a conversation in writing on how we can enforce and make sure any time there's any activity we can come back in or maybe we should stay until there's more security there. but i do want to follow up on the chairman's questioning on women. in 2017, in a bipartisan way, we passed a very strong bill, the women peace and security act, that recognized when rights and status of women are protected, societies are less violent, there's less terrorism. yet in the agreement signed earlier, there was nothing in it to protect the rights of afghan women and girls and we know that they were murdered for going to school, they were not allowed to learn, they could not work, they could not protect themselves in any

this report would include about the formation number of outages, whether ommunications infrastructure was affected, and how many 911 centers were affected by service outages. this bill would then require the .c.c. to hold a field hearing no later than eight months after dirs.mmission deactivates by requiring the f.c.c. to get out of washington and see and stories on the ground, the f.c.c. will get an pportunity to examine these events, the outages they cause, and how we can prevent them from future.g in the last week, the subcommittee on communications and technology productive and informative f.c.c. oversight hearing. hearing, commissioner jessica rosenworcel stressed to committee that we need to update our playbook for communications and disasters. right. and this bill is how we move goal.d to get that we rely on our devices and we count on having a signal or of need.n in our time in fact, right now in california, folks are using to track ces fast-moving wildfires ready to and evacuate if there's an unexpected shift in path.re's in our world today, connectivity is not a luxury. to e

the 39th ommunity in district has been an integral part of fighting the coronavirus. responders, essential workers, educators and small business owners. et, there's been too many stories in my district and across the country of racism, verbal assault towards asian americans. i had an opportunity to hear of these stories during my own hall including one constituent. this young woman was unable to pick up her mother's rescription drugs due to racist, aggressive remarks she received that were directed towards her. tears.t running away in this resolution will earn cases like hers are investigated and deserve the attention. i thank representative meng for her leadership and i ask my colleagues to support this resolution to ensure protection, safety, respect for our aapi community. with that i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the is leman from ohio recognized. mr. jordan: reserve, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reefshs is -- reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now ield two minutes to the dis

we hear from people in the ,ommunity, activist groups civic activist groups. they were all concerned about -- i have been twice the belarus. they were all concerned about the lack of freedoms that lukashenko was taking advantage of. he just gets rid of his opponents. it is the first layer of opposition. said it wasmanpour shocking that there are 500 allegations of police and other attacks on the press in america. she said what was shocking to her from her base in england to see this was happening in america and shocking to me, it is amazing and it all comes from trump. he started off with fake news. he did -- he said he had the largest crowd in the history of the washington mall, it was bigger than obama's, then the press caught him on it and his press secretary had to live for -- lie for him and the press showed where he was wrong and he called it fake news. from there on it has been 20,000 lies and he keeps calling it things toand puts of encourage people to attack reporters and have people at his rallies look at the press and he says nasty things about cnn.

the 39th ommunity in district has been an integral part of fighting the coronavirus. responders, essential workers, educators and small business owners. et, there's been too many stories in my district and across the country of racism, verbal assault towards asian americans. i had an opportunity to hear of these stories during my own hall including one constituent. this young woman was unable to pick up her mother's rescription drugs due to racist, aggressive remarks she received that were directed towards her. tears.t running away in this resolution will earn cases like hers are investigated and deserve the attention. i thank representative meng for her leadership and i ask my colleagues to support this resolution to ensure protection, safety, respect for our aapi community. with that i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the is leman from ohio recognized. mr. jordan: reserve, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reefshs is -- reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now ield two minutes to the dis

bradley, determined was allowed if not considered an explicit policy of district.l this meant schools and ommunities were not held desegregation. busing was abandoned. red-lining and exclusionary housing policies continued, keeping black americans out of the suburbs and underfunded schools to this day. today, the school system at the millicanv. bradley -- millican v bradley, detroit, is more segregated than before. bill will help public step s, an essential towards fulfilling the promise ending v. board, and the segregation that continues to plague school districts across the country, including in district, michigan's ninth. thurgood marshall, the supreme justice, irst black warned in his dissent in bradley, and -- v. bradley, and i quote, unless our children learn together, there that our people to live with n each other and understand. racist rk to dismantle institutions that have stood for far too long, let us not forget our children. my colleagues to vote for this bill, and with gratitude i back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. th

president of the alliance of downtown new york at the time , which represented the business .ommunity in lower manhattan mayor bloomberg appointed me as the director of the lower manhattan development corporation. that among the many planning and development issues i've been involved in over 50 years, this was the most emotional. i do think, as you said, the result has been truly remarkable , both having a better world trade center site, and a lower manhattan that has thrived in the last 19 years, transforming from a one-dimensional neighborhood, financial services only, to a multidimensional a variety ofof different businesses, but also a thriving residential neighborhood. really remarkable. clear, mike bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of bloomberg lp, which owns this tv and radio station. you talk about the rebuilding after 9/11. it will look different this time around given the idea people are working from home. will these offices be needed? you think lower manhattan can rebound from some of the carnage ongoing devaluations in the same way it did after 9/11? carl: nothin

so we're targeting poor ommunities and communities of color. we have underresourced them. we neglected them. underfunded their schools. we've taken resources away, jobs away and add police so we can incarcerate people and pretty em to work for much no wages. so it is a for-profit industry. a slave-driven industry. racism thategacy of continues to live in our country s part of all of america's institutions. structural racism lives within every american institution. it, e have to deal with honestly, explicitly and urgently, and mass incarceration part of that. what we're talking about, love and care and compassion and true public health and public safety and the is -being of our people something that our country hasn't spoken about for a long time. good to be part of a movement, our movement that's going to create a country that well-being of everyone versus what we've been doing the last 40 years. enator sanders: cori, what about criminal justice? i know you, obviously, were actively involved in ferguson. little bit about what you're seeing, what you want to see. i am going

protection in central west virginia and triple the funding virginia.n west the vast majority of american ommunities lie along key u.s. waterways, and while i work for my district, countless others also see increased protections. or the good of our country, i implore my colleagues to vote yes. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from west virginia yields back. the gentleman from missouri reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. i'd yield one minute to the gentleman from california, representative panetta. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. r. panetta: thank you, mr. speaker, mr. chairman, mr. ranking member. i rise in support of the water resources reform and development a a bill that includes language i fought for to ensure the federal government not just and funds flood control projects but also supports those projects in economically communities. for too long, the army corps has relied on an outdated metric making decisions whether or not to invest. unfortunately, it's a metric always capture the

represents ommunity 1/6 of the american population. integral part of our history and culture and have been at the center of american generations. and yet study after study has this that the story of community, within the broader scope of the american history, told.has not been passage of h.r. 2420 brings us closer to being able to tell story, a store owe intertwined with the very history of our country. a story that deserves to be honored and recognized. support colleagues to this h.r. 2420 and for my colleagues in the senate to pass the ickly and send it to president for his signature so that we can begin the journey of this important addition to the story of all americans. madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, madam speaker. my friend ee, with from california. mr. serrano is right. this is something we need to do. i'll probably catch some flack for it later from him, but mr. aguilar is correct. we ought to do something to communi

but we have also seen our ommunities come together in creative ways to celebrate the accomplishments of our young eople, and i want to recognize those efforts today. and district, the parents teachers and school administrators implemented and senior program where olunteers adopted a graduating student, sent a letter, a card, or gift to let them know their ommunities are rooting for them. poles ley heights, light have pictures of seniors. an administrator visited the home of every senior in a bus with a banner the class of 2020, dropping off a graduation ackage and a personalized bridgewater high school lawn senior. each in mount olive, posters celebrating the graduating class placed throughout town. n springfield, they displayed personalized banners on the fence outside of the high school. and one bearing the name photo of the member of the graduating class. a video slide show played in the panels of the hall with senior portraits, pictures from school countdown clock to graduation. these efforts from our wonderful to see and i'm sure tremendously appreciated by the recipients. time

for a run young lady and she blew me away, both with her commitment to support our ommunity and with her speed, leaving me in her dust. i am asking my colleagues to saluting lamaya for her commitment to supporting our country. and our i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the 150th birthday of hometown, wichita, kansas. our history began as a trading confluence of the arkansas and little arkansas rivers. oil industry and the flat plains of kansas fostered the formation of aircraft like cessna, steerman, and beech craft, history a rich aviation in the air capital of the world. mr. ms. esty hut, freddy's za ustard, can claim wichita as their founding cities. christy, ompeo, alley hattie p, oscar winner mcdaniel, is part of wichita's and influence story. our strong work ethic, native heritage, de

a cbs news special "pandemia: latinos in crisis" looks at why ommunity is vulnerable andle and shares the stories of people on shares the stories of people on the front lines. >> we don't really have much of a margin for error, especially me and my wife. we, you know, we have to come home to a one-year-old baby. i don't really have time to focus on my immigration struggles, my immigration status. my patients need me there. they don't really care if i'm illegal or undocumented. they don't really care if i'm a daca recipient. >> o'donnell: "pandemia: latinos in crisis" is anchored by cbs news contributor maria elena salinas, and will air sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central on cbsn, and is available now at cbsnews.com/pandemia. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. pomp and a ceremony-- the queen attends a secret wedding, then makes a rare public appearance to honor a hero. later -- later, "on the road," the pandemic gave one artist a new purpose: paying tribute to front line medical workers. i see a neh a grill and ask, "why not?" i really need to start a

ommunity at this moment, what we know funding isore of from state and local dollars. those state and local budgets have taken a huge hit from covid-19 economic crisis, and that will translate into significant cats to the school district. school districts are preparing around the country for 25% cuts in state aid. it will have a devastating impact. that could mean approaching to money and jobs lost in the education sector. layoffs of teachers. the elimination of programs, particularly those that serve the most vulnerable. happens,now if that districts will be less able to do the practices that public health requires to have the states reopen. toneed congress to step in prevent those cuts, and additional resources. thank you. in your verbal testimony, you mentioned the impact on small and the negative impact on people of color. that is so important to the recovery. [indiscernible] these small businesses disproportionately affected, is it appropriate and necessary for --retary mnuchin [indiscernible] tot will give us a framework see what impact that money is having. thos

bridging america's my n and rural divide, colleagues want to put the big cities first and ignore rural ommunities but still stick us with a bill. we need all of america to strive rom appalachia to the heartlands, the rockies to the rust belt. we need to build up our entire a modern create economy that offers success to everyone. here we are debating a bill to gives two of every $5 the green new deal. his is partisan messaging, not meaning. policy. i am disheartened, i am i am disgustednd that politics continue to take precedent over the needs of our country. people want and need better roads. many ese reasons and more -- >> reach out to your elected officials with c-span's congressional directory. it contains all the information you need to stay in touch with congress, federal agencies, and state governors. order your copy online today. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. we are taking phone calls live on the air. we will discuss policy issues that impact you. morning, michigan congresswoman debbie dingell will join us to talk about the coronavirus pandemic. the conversation continues with republ

bridging america's my n and rural divide, colleagues want to put the big cities first and ignore rural ommunities but still stick us with a bill. we need all of america to strive rom appalachia to the heartlands, the rockies to the rust belt. we need to build up our entire a modern create economy that offers success to everyone. here we are debating a bill to gives two of every $5 the green new deal. his is partisan messaging, not meaning. policy. i am disheartened, i am i am disgustednd that politics continue to take precedent over the needs of our country. people want and need better roads. many ese reasons and more -- todayer your copy online at c-span store.org. c-span,g up tonight on presidential candidate joe biden speaks in delaware about the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. today's white house briefing. at 9:30 p.m., members of the white house coronavirus task force, including dr. anthony fauci and dr. robert redfield, testified on reopening the country safely. c-span's "washington journal," every day we are taking your phone calls live on the air of the news of the day. and we w

bridging america's my n and rural divide, colleagues want to put the big cities first and ignore rural ommunities but still stick us with a bill. we need all of america to strive rom appalachia to the heartlands, the rockies to the rust belt. we need to build up our entire a modern create economy that offers success to everyone. here we are debating a bill to gives two of every $5 the green new deal. his is partisan messaging, not meaning. policy. i am disheartened, i am i am disgustednd that politics continue to take precedent over the needs of our country. people want and need better roads. many ese reasons and more -- my time will not allow -- i urge my colleagues to bill.gainst the i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. missouri man from reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from nevada, a committee, ms. titus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized for one minute. . ms. titus: thank you. this is transformative legislation that will help reviv

the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a ommunication from the speaker. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to section 1-b-2 of house resolution 965, following consultation with the office of attending physician, i write to provide you further notification that the public health emergency due to the novel coronavirus, sars, vov-2 remains in effect. signed, sincerely, paul d. irving, sergeant at arms. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? >> revise and extend, address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to oregon state university president dr. ed wray who officially retires today after 17 years of dedicated service to the school, the faculty, and most importantly the students. mr. schrader: during his tenure at oregon state university, he set a course for the school that made huge

amendmenti offered an to h.r. 97 that will ensure ommunities with high unemployment will help those shopping for health care. works.tell you, it in california, we're enrolling less becauseho pay of widespread enrollment. we all deserve america. americans.ght as i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. is gentleman from oregon recognized. mr. walden: madam chair, can i inquire as to the amount of time if my friend has any other speakers. we do not on our side. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman from oregon has 12 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. walden: 12 1/2 minutes, speaker. the speaker pro tempore: and the gentleman from new jersey has six -- just six minutes. mr. walden: all right. six. i believe you have other speakers so i'll reserve at this time, madam speaker. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman from oregon reserves his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. r. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes now to the entlewoman from florida, ms. mucarsel-powell. the speaker pro temp

it's many different a man's coming up from the grassroots .ommunity all races, all nationalities, all genders, all sexualities. we are going to build power. we are going to build a movement that puts people's lives -- over corporate profit. we will go to calls. winston in new jersey. good morning. welcome to the conversation. hi, thank you for giving me a chance to speak. i have been paying attention to the root causes of economic inequality and what i have observed is that the equal employment opportunity commission is basically failing at its mission. of 1964 isights act a clause in the statute that requires that commission to collect component one and component two component data is essentially demographic information, so who, what number of ethnic groups are employed at a large corporation of 100 employees or more and component two, collecting ,nformation about salary bands what groups are earning what salaries. acts ago, closer to win the , thatnto effect surveillance was coupled with proactive enforcement so the might trigger an investigation from the -- the folks who were eligi

the dot plot is one form of .ommunication as well talks can really only anchor the front end. be watchingrtainly for how chair powell frames the qe program. is it just market functioning? if that is the case, the treasury market is functioning just fine. i don't think that is the right policy. so the action will be needed and the fed every week does buy treasuries. i think they can buy as much as is needed on the curve, but we want to hear some talk on the long end. i think suggesting that we don't want longer-term rates rising will tell us that the fed will buy as much as needed to keep that long end anchored until we know the economy can handle higher. brilliant work as always. always enjoy catching up with .ou forward guidance is the big issue right now, and also the objective of monetary policy. you and i discussed it yesterday, the idea that they can say this is just about market functioning. they have gone way beyond just market functioning. the market functioning is just fine. what does the next phase of policy look like? that is the question for today. this is verytom:

and the economic crisis, has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted the african-american .ommunity in terms of pain, in terms of suffering, in terms of economic .islocation, in terms of death and then, of course, were dealing with the continued epidemic, at the same time, of police violence, police brutality, police abuse. all across the land. every aspect of our lives. shopping while black. george floyd. sleeping while black. breonna taylor. jogging while black. ahmaud arbery. the names are too numerous to mention. but those tragedies are just a microcosm of what we confronts in our communities ideally a daily basis and we want to have a discussion about where we go from here. the congressional black caucus is working hard to put forth the legislative package to respond to the moment. to finally bring some accountability and change to the manner in which our communities and every other community is .oliced in america because we know this has been a phenomena and that has been with us year after year, decade after decade, century after century. i was struck by the fact, as i conclu

practice in some ommunities of throwing bags of rine and feces off of roofs to officers. that reality of policing nobody wants to talk about. host: on our line for law we go to t officers, valdez, calling from mapleton, illinois. caller: yeah, good morning. this is a complicated issue. time. there was more ms. macdonald gives a lot of academic solutions to things. or this ay recently last statement about more tactical training. in california, most of my time in patrol. i was also a nationally start trainer in the all forms of baton and defensive tactics. and you don't need to be the chokehold. they've been banned for years. krotic -- , the did c chokehold, what they to eric garner was a fiasco. people, piling on that's the problem. you don't need more than three. if people were properly trained problem.dn't have that but unfortunately, we are being and we meaning police, abuse people. done.hing's getting the second point i'll make, there is an absolute disparity people are treated and have been throughout time. i started in 1981. 2004.d in and i can tell you now that -- a

make sure they are implemented different procedures and processes to improve the air quality in their .ommunities as of today, the entire state of florida is in attainment. we have designated communities, in addition to the three mentioned in indiana, a number of communities, and ohio. along the midwest so-called rust belt. we are working with communities to make sure they are providing clean air and meeting the standards across the word dashboard -- board. and thank you for raising that, because it is at the state level and also the local government level. there is a lot of work for reaching and maintaining the air quality standards that we have today. >> you said 38 recently have changed their designation. >> yes. >> how many out there still are at the nonattainment level, roughly? believe,rted with, i 100 50, nonattainment, around the country, so we are making a lot of progress there. >> ok, it would be nice to keep posted on that. >> yes. >> talking about standards, the 2012 standard was set by the obama administration, epa. can you describe how the agency came to the determination to keep th