David hawkings is the editor in chief. There are leadership elections. Explain how they go about the two parties electing their leaders and can we see any changes . We will see some so, they meet in caucuses, different causes. No surprise here. The things are happening a little bit differently this year because of the pandemic. The Democratic Caucus which is happening the first of the meetings is happening today. There is a virtual opportunity for members to stay home, stay in their districts and cast the votes in the upcoming leadership elections using a secure app that the democrats have come up with. We wont see any changes at the top. The republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, maybe, maybe not liz cheney, thats staying the same. Were not seeing any changes at the top there either. Remarkably long run of nancy pelosi as the leader and jim clyburn of South Carolina as number three, thats all continuing. Thats continuing for a into a 16th year. Its a remarkably long run
Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
Working, theirl hours have been cut down to three or four days per week. Good morning, everyone. There are four things i want to talk with you about this morning. First i will begin with wildfires. Millions of acres are burning. Historically high numbers. That is horrible. But worse than that, at least 35 people have died in the wildfires. Many people are missing so we dont know the total number. Hopefully it is not so many more. Fromefighter lost his life the fire, just a recent report on another one. The acrestates are 20 times the amount this time last year. 20 times. We saw some of the reaching washington, d. C. It has covered the country. America can no longer afford to deny the connection between the Climate Crisis and the wildfires. Contempt of the science that tells us why the storms are battering the gulf , the are so severe severest in history, the one that hit louisiana. And now they have sally coming back. They told me they are running out of names and they have to go to th
Many people are missing, we dont know the total number. Hopefully its not many more. Life fromter lost his recent report a on another one. The western states, the number of acres, millions of acres, 20 times the amount this time last year. The wildfire haze, we saw some andt reaching washington dc it has covered the country. America can no longer afford to deny the connection between the Climate Crisis and the wildfires. Longer be in contempt of the science that tells us why these storms are battering the gulf coast are so severe. The severest in history, the one and now theysiana have sally coming back. They told me they are running out of names and may have to go to the greek alphabet to name the storm. Wildfire, the assault on nature, mother natures aboutent do something this. One of the things we going to do this week, we had some legislation on the floor, and energy package, it has many bills and it. Very proud works of the committee of jurisdiction, the energy and commerce commit
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