Of course, the poor thing had no idea what was going on and neither did the dog. According to reports, republican congressman devin nunes went to europe last year and met with ukrainian sources to dig up dirt on former Vice President joe biden. Wait, so you were overseeing the impeachment inquiry, and you were part of the thing hes being impeached for . This is like if the judge at the o. J. Trial had been the glove. [ laughter and applause President Trump had a private lunch this afternoon with Vice President mike pence it was so private, even trump wasnt there [ laughter ] ill have some more bread while i wait [ light laughter ] the white house has announced the names of this Years National thanksgiving turkeys. And you guessed it, its lev and igor [ laughter and applause tesla unveiled its new electric pickup truck on thursday and elon musk tried to demonstrate the trucks resilience by having a designer throw metal balls at its windows, which then shattered. [ laughter ] said musk,
We dont have a gavel. Committee on constitution of civil rights and Civil Liberties are called to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of this subcommittee at any time. Welcome everybody to todays hearing, hearing on evidence not a field hearing. On evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Todays hearing on evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of a series of hearings that the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will hold over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the preclearance requirement of the section five of the Voting Rights act 65 to consider other ways to strengthen that landmark civil rights statute. I am not sure why we say wee reinvigoration. Thats one of the words we toss arnold. It is not really a reinvigoration. It is more of a degradation that section four would cut out. We need
Hello [applause] outk you so much for coming to strike with us for the climate. [applause] ready . Are we ready . Hey, everybody. Lets get started. Lets do this. We are your emcees for todays strike my name is nadia, im 17 years old, im from baltimore, maryland. I am a founder of zero hour as well is the art director of zero hour. Round of applause for nadia [cheers and applause] hello, everyone, my name is ethan wright im the advocacy director of zero hour, im so glad all of you are here. Well be striking and having great speeches and performances. Thank you again. Can i get a round of applause soto . Too . Thank you. [applause] first we wanted to start with an acknowledgment, were going to introduce come on up here. [cheers and applause] hello, everyone how we all feeling today . [cheers and applause] its a Beautiful Day to be alive here on mother earth, isnt it . My name is jessie and im a proud member of the indian nation. [cheers and applause] we are the Indigenous People of maryl
We will get started. My name is andrew wilder, i am the vice resident. I am delighted to welcome you to the important and timely event. As many of you know, we were founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent and nonpartisan national institute, charged with the mission of preventing, mitigating and resolving violent conflict. Todays topic is near and dear to you sip. We have had an office since 2002 and worked closely with the government, Civil Society organization and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the process is a top priority. We have dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to some research, dialogue, skill building and policy analysis, both in washington and afghanistan and. Throughout our efforts, we have held fast to the conviction that were a Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. We recently held a workshop in istanbul with top women negotiators from afghanistan who had mostly participa
Programs. This joint hearing of the Sub Committees on general fund communities, Risk Management, livestock reviewing the implementation of federal farm and Disaster Relief comes to order. Thank you and welcome to this joint hearing of the subcommittees on general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague and fellow chairman as well as my Ranking Member and the livestock Foreign Affairs Ranking Member. Welcome also to our chairman and my fellow texan Ranking Member. This first joint hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Food Production and conservation missionary in the Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. F packed and fsa are currently at the home of three critical separate efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers in Rural Communities in our country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist those farmers most harmed by the administra