Mayor gimenez this is a balancing act. Starting to shut down again could cause damage, irreparable harm to their livelihoods. There will not be a job for them to have. Karen good afternoon. I am a Political Columnist at the washington post. Please pardon the technical difficulties in my hand. I want to welcome you for our conversation with miamidade mayor, carlos gimenez. Thank you so much for giving us some of your time today, which i know is very, very precious. By asking youart how things look right now. Florida has seen, within the last week, some of the biggest increases in coronavirus infections. And miamidade area is the epicenter of florida. So, how are things looking at the moment . Mayor gimenez actually, today, the last week or so, we have actually slowed level, Positivity Rate start to level off and go down. That is pretty good news so far, so, not to say that we dont have a lot of people going to hospital or other people in the hospital, we do. 2200 people in the hospital.
Specialist and the president of the national. Teacher association. This is 2. 5 hours. The subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and dr. Murphy, north carolina. They are permitted to participate in todays hearing with an understanding that there questions will come after all members of the Early Childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in
National association of latino officials, Arturo Vargas discusses issues important to latino voters. Then later tim phillips discusses his groups role in campaign 2020. This is the washington journal for july 24. The house is expected to come in at 9 00. New York Democratic congresswoman because youre cortez and other democratic colleagues took to the floor of the house yesterday to discuss the issues of sexism and harassing comments. The congresswoman calling it a cultural issue. In light of that, in our first hour, we want to hear your calls about what you think on sexism particular lay in politics. You can let us know on the phone lines. For women it is 202 7488000. For men it is 202 7488001. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. You can also post on our Facebook Page. What occurred on the house floor yesterday, the Washington Times writes this saying it was the representative responding on the house floor on thursday to representative ted yohos comments about her arguing th
This is half an hour. Social distancing is good. So good afternoon. Months, i believe, and about 10 days since we assed the heros act on the democratic side. That was our position. Its been carefully vetted in caucus and moved through the waysandmeans the ttee and we took position that it was a challenge that we needed to get out immediately. Cares act helped to mitigate circumstances for people in acrossf wage replacement the country. T is clear that the 600 that as added to the weekly unemployment benefit has offered some conflict, but heres the of it. The reality is, you cant quit get an extra 600 a week. Secondly, knowing that the andemic with 30 million americans having filed for Unemployment Insurance, that the of the Healthcare System would make its way into the contagion of the economic ystem and people would have trouble paying their rents and mortgages, thats what this was about and the wage replacement along with the extra 600 as gone a long way toward meliorating some of th
Congress and state governors. Cspanstore. Org. Host joining us from los angeles is Arturo Vargas, the ceo of the National Association of latino elected and appointed officials educational fund. Thank you for giving us your time this morning, sir. Arturo good morning. How are you . Host i am good. Remind our viewers about your organization, its purpose and what it does. Arturo our organization was established in 1975. Dward r. Roibal he was a pioneer in american politics and latino politics. The cdc campus is named after him because of his leadership in helping ensure this country had Effective Health policies. Policies. Our mission is to promote the full participation of latinos in american democracy. We are a membership organization, but also a Nonprofit Organization that works every day to strengthen american democracy, by making surely tinos fully participate. Making sure latinos fully participate. Host im sure you are keeping an eye on the decision by the president when it comes to