Mr. Cassidy madam president . The presiding officer the senator from from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy madam president , i rise to address the issues i rise to address the issues matter president arise to address the issues regarding the covid crisis. It is a Public Health crisis leading to an economicsi crisis and in turn an educational crisis. Today i will speak of an aspect of the crisis specifically state and local government which had to shut down the economy and in turn lose the tax revenues they would receive and because they have lost the tax revenue of jobs and firefighters and Police Officers, teachers , sanitation workers and other essential frontline workers at risk. I will proceed they have unveiled a proposal for a support American Families and Small Businesses as a nation continues to combat the covid19 pandemic it is an unprecedented challenge but we lsshall overcome. The introduction of this proposal signals a republicans commitment to see america through the challenging tim
[inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute in the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning, thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy for this census. The 2020 census is imminent and accounting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and across the country on april 1. The constitution requires every person to be counted, every Single Person living in the United States of america, not just citizens, not just people of a particular Political Party or race but absolutely everyone. I am gravely concerned that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet this high bar and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. The Government Accountability office and apartment of c
Silence you are talking about is indicative of the fact we have an increasing amount of people who feel as long as you get done what i want done i will look the other way because the other part doesnt affect me. Gives up nothing without resistance, without a fight, without demand, thank you. Can you hear me now . When trump won the election i took to my bed for two weeks. But you are out now, that is good. Had to. No matter how i feel about trump how i feel is not going to get rid of trump. Even in this discussion we focus so much on trump and what is happening because that is where we are but the action is not here. People at the grassroots are kicking butt. Those two kids in alabama who went to counties, put 30 counties, those are the people that are going to win this. I would like you to respond, to me the role of governments policy but i dont see how we are going to get rid of trump without supporting people at the grassroots. Goes back to the bonus issue. A lot of this is grassroo
Good evening. And on this important day, this goes beyond a very special program. As you can see, the topic is important, it will run longer than usual but in every way it is the same as our other panels, there will be an opportunity for questions. If you can make it to a microphone that would be great because it is filled on cspan, and live streamed on our Facebook Page and it is helpful if people can hear the question is the question is asked. Lastly there will not be a signing afterward but we have copies of all our guestss books, they are very prolific, we dont have all of all of their books, but some of all of their books and help yourselves to those as well. We appreciate you being part of this discussion. We can think of no better way to honor the legacy of Martin Luther king junior especially on his National Holiday named for him then having this distinguished group of panelists to educate and lead us in a conversation about race in america. Before we get going lets explain for
Reporter its still wet and well have spray on the wind sheild. Reporter we have rain in the region and clouds out there, as well. Storm tracker 6 live double scan you can see that the rain right now is pushing past philadelphia still damp in the city, but the western suburbs beginning to clear out, probably a little spray on the windshield there. There you see the movement as the storm system is pushing toward the east. There are spots that are seeing darker shades of green and yellow. Got some of that around woodbury and Medford Lakes right now. Philadelphia getting into the lighter precipitation, theres the movement. We have more precipitation on the bottom of route 55. CapeCape May County and sea isle city, that is pushing toward the east. Ill leave you with that wide look. Damp and Getting Better well see improvement over the next several hours. 67 degrees in philadelphia. 58 in allentown un. 60 in trenton. 62 in cape may. As we go through the day, were looking at a damp start with