Bunch became the first africanamerican two hold this prestigious post and as impressive as that is my favorite fact today the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, that jewel on the National Mall created in 2005 and opened in 2016. He wrote about it, about the whole experience in his book a fools ear ran, creating the National Museum of africanAmerican History in the age of bush, obama and trump today is juneteenth and on union troops arrived in tax to announce the slaves were free. Meaning of the day and significance in American History is front of mind this year and theres no one better to discuss this than secretary bunch. Secretary bunch, welcome. My pressure to see you as always. Host we have a couple of things in come. You and my mom share a birthday and also were both both born in newark so it is great to see you again of a long while. Lets talk about juneteenth. Everybody is talking about juneteenth this year. The president told the wa
Africanamerican to hold this prestigious post and as impressive as that is my favorite fact today the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, that jewel on the National Mall created in 2005 and opened in 2016. He wrote about it, about the whole experience in his book a errand, creating the National Museum of africanAmerican History in the age of bush, obama and trump today is juneteenth and on union troops arrived in tax to announce the slaves were free. The day andof significance in American History is front of mind this year and theres no one better to discuss this than secretary bunch. Secretary bunch, welcome. Guest a pleasure to see you, as always. Host we have a couple of things in come. You and my mom share a birthday and also were both born in newark, so it is great to see you again of a long while. Lets talk about juneteenth. Everybody is talking about juneteenth this year. The president told the wall street journal that he, quote, made
Public universities and Government Agencies stopped considering race in their hiring and admissions decisions. Today the assembly approved a proposal to repeal that ban. The bills author says recent police traiks tragedies are showing that race and gender still matter. The bill could be ratified later on this month and be up for a vote in november. Happening now, calls to disband Oakland Unified School Districts Police force. Kpix 5 is live in oakland with the plan and how backers say they would keep students safe. Reporter well, ken, backers say that there is a plan in place that they want to implement to keep students safe even without a Police Department. They say they are the only School District in Alameda County that has that Police Department and those millions could be better served serving the students. The idea of defunding the police is not a new one for the black organizing project. The idea was first introduced nine years ago with the proposal to reallocate 2. 3 million fr
Jobs with dignity, selflessness, and honor. They are deserving of our respect and gratitude for all they do to keep us safe. But we must also acknowledge that there are too many exceptions. Too many Law Enforcement officers do not oppose the ethic of protecting and serving their community. Instead the reality for too many americans, especially for too many africanamericans, is that Police Officers are perceived as a threat to their liberties, dignity, and all too often to their safety. To those who do not believe it, look at the tragic statistics. Africanamericans are more than twice as likely to be shot and killed by police each year. And black men between the ages of 15 and 34 are approximately 10 times more likely to be killed by police than other americans. This is not a new problem. Our countrys history of racism and racially motivated violence, rooted in the original sin of slavery, and lynchings and jim crow and systemic racism continues to haunt our nation. We see it in the rat
President announcing an executive order, steps, and incentives. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Two, thee 11 clause adopting of an amendment for which the yeas and nays are recorded. We havent you militarize and distribution list dedicated to circulating amendments. Exhibit motions and other written materials members may want to offer as part of the hearing. If you would like to submit material submi them to the email address submitted to your offices and we will circulate them as quickly as we can. I would ask members in person and remotely to mute your microphones when you are not speaking. This will prevent feedback and technical issues. You may unmute yourself when you seek recognition. Before we begin, i want to note the passing of the beloved wife of our colleague jim sensenbrenner. She was a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. She was a loving companion for 43 years. I know i speak for everyone on the committee in offering our