Standard for accountability and openness out in our community and thats why weve done 17, yes, actually 17 town halls in person across our Community Just this year. Three of them have been in manteca. I think at least three. And weve really been trying to make sure that were listening to every single voice in our community. Whether you voted for me, you didnt, you didnt even vote at all, i am still your representative in office and its my job to make sure that im going out and listening to your concerns, your suggestions, your comments about how i can do my job and making sure that my First Priority is to be grounded in the needs and the realities of our community here. A little bit about my story, i ran for office because i love the Central Valley. My family settled here in manteca, my great, great grandfather came out on a wagon train in 1850. He came 2,000 miles in search of gold and stopped 50 miles short because he settled right here to become a peach farmer. Theres a eucalyptus t
Democrats on that question. 24 of republicans and democrats agree voter discrimination is still an issue. You can read the full results on cspan. Org. Mick mulvaney announced the next g7 summit will be held at one of President Trumps golf resorts. Mulvaney was asked of the decision to withhold military aide from ukraine. Hey guys. First things first. I want to comment on mr. Cummin cummings passing. I was in congress for a couple of years and on the committee with him and had a chance to work with him on a day in and day out bases. Hell be missed. He was a class guy and i enjoyed working with him and condolences from my family and all of the White House Group to his family today. Hell be sorely missed. I understand it has been a slow news week. I did not want to come out here with my national hat on. They told me that would violate some rules. We are going to talk about the g7. Well talk about what well do and we are going to announce well do the 46 g7 summit on june 10th to june 12th
Congressman was doing. She explained to me that he was still in the hospital but he was using every ounce of energy he had to carry out his responsibilities as chairman of the Oversight Committee and as a member of the house of representatives. We all know that he used his energy every day on behalf of the people he represented. Our nation has lost one of the great champions for social justice. What a powerful voice he was for those whose voices otherwise would not have been heard. Its a great loss. Its a great loss for the people of baltimore. His record of accomplishment on behalf of our city and our region is well known. And its a personal loss for me. I first got to know Elijah Cummings when he was elected to the maryland general assembly. I was speaker of the house. I recognized that here was a person coming in with incredible talent. Gave him an opportunity to use that talent and he used it so effectively on behalf of the people of his district as a member of the maryland general
Ordered. Were here today to examine the state of Voting Rights and Election Administration in america. The right to vote is sacred. As members of congress, we take our responsibility to protect access to the ballot very seriously. This subcommittee and our committee as a whole is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. This country has a long history of failing to ensure equal and unencumbered access to the ballot for all her citizens. While states and localities have a significant role in carrying out elections, congress cannot abdicate its critical responsibility to ensure every eligible american can access the ballot box, cast a ballot free from discrimination and suppression, and has a steadfast faith in our democratic process that their ballot will be counted as cast. Since the beginning of the 116th congress, this subcommittee has been Holding Field hearings across the country, convening forums to hear from voting and election advocates, experts, communit
Cummings passing. For those of you know, i was in congress and on the committee with him. And had a chance to work with him and he will be missed. He was a classy guy and i enjoyed working with him and condolences from my family and White House Group to his family. He will be sorely missed. I understand this is a fairly slow newsweek. I did want to come out here and national hat and told me that would a violate type of rule. D i was going to watch the expos hat and talk about the g7. Talk about we are going to do 1012 at mmit on june the Trump National doral fall silt in miami, florida. The focus of the event will be Global Growth and challenges to the Global Economy and we are dealing with things with rejuvinating and rolling back regulations, ending trade barriers and taking what we are doing here with success and trying to encourage the rest of the world to get on board. As we sit here, the rest of the world is at or near recession and we think we have a formula that not only works