mines. right, now i am grateful for a week of perspective. one that reminded me why i d what i do. tonight, my national actio network s annual conferenc closes out here in new york. as always, i had the pleasur of hosting some of the mos influential people in th world. most of them black from cabine members to venture capitalist. but i am proud to say th keynote speech yesterday cam from the most powerful black women in the world vice president, kamala harri who covered several topics but as casualties mount from recent mass shootings, she specifically address the impac of our gun culture has had o black immunities where gun violence is often commonplac but public sympathy is not often there. let s reject the fals choice that some are pushing t suggest that you are either in favor of upholding the secon amendment or you are in favo of passing reasonable gu safety laws. let us reject that false choice, we are not falling for the oke dokey. of course, the vice president sob
megastar and a businessman philanthropist tyler perry who came here but two women stan out to me in this conference the vice president of th united states, kamala harris who came in with an energized, rousing speech, talking abou gun control, reproductiv rights and stood in front of many families of victims o racism, racial attack an people - saying we don t have to choose between fighting against racis and crime. the other woman was britne griner brittani and her wife cain, have wanted to go and pray for cherelle, cherelle being brittani s wife, when she wa in russia and was not allowed. russian authorities would no permit me in the country we had the prayer at the national action networ
fatalities it is not equal and it s something that yo took on at this convention and have taken on. tell us about your concerns an the steps we are taken to tr and deal with that that is a, major major problem it, is it something tha this is more tension which i why i m working to bring mor attention to it. we have a crisis when it comes to roadway fatalities in america. we lose about 40,000 peopl every year it s a level that is comparabl to gun violence. and we see a lot of racial disparities. black and brown, americans tribal citizens and ru restaurants are much mor likely to lose their lives whether it s in a car, or as a pedestrian being hit by a car. there s a lot of reasons related to discrimination, and related to even the ways tha roads are designed and built have access to a safe street design, that as crosswalks and good lighting. who doesn t have that access that can drive disparities and we have a responsibility t
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of this unjust action. so, yes the doj should b investigating this because i many, ways it looks like straight-up discrimination i ll finally a congresswoman i want to make sure that we have time for one of the topics tha you came and that you care about and that is yo previously sponsored a bil that tackled food insecurity among our military service members. also you and senator warnoc both filed bills pushing for the defense department to clos the gap with u.s. troops basic housing allowances which i understand some tw thirds of our service member who don t live on the military bases rely on pay fo commercial housing now it looks like your bill is getting a bipartisan push in the house. what can you tell us so what i can tell you this is something that i introduced