It is with profound sadness, mr. Speaker, that i share the news that a great friend and Public Servant has passed away. Darell Ann Pennington was a dear friend, trusted member of my staff, and tireless advocate for marylands Fifth District. For the past 12 years he saved as a case worker in my office in green belt, maryland, serving prince georges county, culvert county and anne arundel county. She had worked for earl yes state senator. Mr. Speaker, she knew the Fifth District and communities better than almost anyone. And she cared deeply about the people who called, emailed, and wrote to us asking for assistance with federal agencies and help accessing government services. In particular, she was a fierce advocate for our district seniors. But she was also a mentor to countless young people, including interns who came to our District Office and learned lessons from her not only about serving our constituents but how to approach life through perseverance, faith, and positivity. Daryl d
Citizens who have died from this pandemic kept a pretty good reason to bits agree with you but you see it wasnt just himself the dominated the President Trumps thoughts this week as he also pointed out on twitter that quote the Fake News Media refuses to discuss how good the economy and stock market including jobs of the trumpet ministration are doing we will soon be in record territory all they want to discuss is covidien i t you know for one side agree mr president lets discuss the u. S. Economy and our friends on wall street in fact just last week the Federal Reserve released its label latest triennial study into consumer and household by nances and according to press news the report found that quote millionaires and billionaires hold a remarkable 79. 2 percent of the United States Household Wealth and that only 11. 9 percent of american households. Have at least 1000000. 00 in wealth to their name only 11 only 12 per cent roughly but what about wall street us that that magical myst
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Your window. Another day of bad air out there. You can smell the smoke. This is the 17th spare the air day in a row, which is breaking records. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking bad air all this week. Kari, any sign of relief in sight . Well, we may have a break tomorrow, but it looks like that may go back into effect on saturday as we not only have smoke but also high levels of ozone in the atmosphere. In San Francisco. Also a lot of fog over the city as well as that smoke so its creating smoeg conditions as we look at san jose. A little clearer here. Weve had in some spots improved air quality but our temperatures will reach into the upper 70s, the south bay, but were also looking at mid80s for inland east bay and 60s at the coast. As we go into the weekend, we do have several concerns so well be watching along with that unhealthy air quality well also have hotter temperatures for the inland areas and those winds coming in from the north at about 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour headi
Recently jacob blake reporter have sparked protests across the nation. There are two systems of justice in the United States. Theres a white system, and theres a black system. The black system aint doing so well. But were going to stand up every black person in the United States is gonna stand up were tired, im tired, of looking at cameras, and seeing these young black and brown people suffer reporter there were also calls for people to show up and vote this november. We must march do the ballot box, or the mailbox, to demand the leadership we deserve reporter the rally ending with a march from the Lincoln Memorial to the mlk memorial. Obviously there were concerns of parked crowds during a pandemic. Everyone was temperature checked and event organizers asked people from highrivel areas to stay home. Reporter white house chief of staff stood by the president s assertion that his administration has done more more minority communities than any president in recent history. And here in the