Its fullness in eternity, we bring our petitions to you using some of his final words. Bless the members of this peoples house and those in authority on all levels of society with wisdom and courage to address the unholy oppression that awaits so many of our brothers and sisters of color. May there be a new creative way of establishing Something Like Community Policing that peace and security might be enjoyed where we live. O lord, do we dare to consider the power of nonviolence in our homes, our communities, our nation, and perhaps in leadership for our world. Might we truly be called, if not challenged, to beat our swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall we learn war anymore. And as we are reminded, the greatest expression of nonviolent challenge to injustice is the vote. Bless all efforts to secure access to the ballot for all american citizens. Help us, o lord, to answer the highest calling of our he
Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person
Many liberals think obama didnt do enough. He was given an emergency opportunity and should have pushed harder for a bigger stimulus to repair the country. So House Appropriations subcommittee is going to review 2021 spending levels for transportation and housing and urban Development Department as well as other related agencies. No changes are expected before sending it to the full committee, but we do expect statements from members. Good morning, everyone. Subcommittee will come to order. I certainly appreciate everyones flexibility and good humor, as we gather around under these socially distanced circumstances. The covid pandemic has certainly made for some unique challenges, but it hasnt deterred us from conducting our critical appropriations work on behalf of the american people. So im proud to unveil this fiscal 2021 transportation, housing, and urban development and related agencies appropriations bill. I want to briefly mention some of the bills highlights, but i want to first
In the mountain pacific time zones, 202 7488001, and if you are a member of Law Enforcement and want to give your perspective, you can cause at 202 7488002. You can post on twitter at cspan wj. Or facebook. Com cspan. Monmouth university released a recent poll taking a look at relations between police and minority communities. Here are some of the findings from that pole. It showed 87 of those polled felt that individuals of their race are more likely than whites to experience Excessive Force. 49 of white americans say police are more likely to use Excessive Force against a black culprit, and 39 of whites say police are just as likely to use Excessive Force regardless of race. That was done by monmouth university. Atre is more to the poll their website. Several communities are reaching out to dialogue with members of minority communities on the topic of policing. I will show you a couple. This from kansas city, kansas. Saying the mayor once members of the community to share their exper