Congratulations on a hardfought campaign. Being a coach, you get into a game and you lose 20 loses, the other doesnt. One team of loses but the other doesnt. You both reach out after that. This is a great country we live in. I talked to senator sessions, he was awesome. He said, im all in. [applause] i think his service and what he has done for many years for the state and country. It is hard being in the public life that long. But i know that Jeff Sessions and his supporters are behind us. We will need everybody on deck. This is going to be hard. But we appreciate your support and we are all on the same team. [applause] the past year and a half, what is the hardest thing ive ever done, i traveled to every city, town, and crossroads in alabama. I have listened to stories, i listened to it all. I have listened to the concerns of everybody, there are a lot of people hurting. I have been listening. I have not taken anything for granted. I stood in the field with farmers. Putting their cro
A price for the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. His remarks were part of an interview he did with the hills k. Hello, and welcome. Im steve clemons. Before we got underway, the the chairman of the hill. Good morning. I am chairman of the hill. I want to welcome you all here today. We have a tremendous Program Throughout the day moderated by steve clemons. I want to thank the faculty. A great program. A special thanks to secretary of state, mike pompeo, who spent so much of his valuable time with us this morning. The secretary has a tremendous background, as most of you know, number one in west point. He was on the board of editors at the harvard law review. Was a lawyer at williams and connelly. A successful businessman. He was a captain in the army. He served in congress. He was head of the cia, and now he is secretary of state. Any one of these accomplishments would be a major accomplishment for anyone of us, but he has them all. So with that, i want to welcome you again and hand
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While we will continue to fight for the passage of this bill in the senate, we wanted to highlight today the efforts of the Congressional Black Caucus defined find on many different manifestations of systemic racism. That thisly inspired new movement has elevated the issue, and that people understand this was not a tragedy, one tragedy, and anomaly, but it was a manifestation of much deeper problems in our country. Proud to be joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus who have been on the front lines, and the house of representatives, fighting for change, and they will share those areas where they have been fighting for with you today. After you hear presentations from members of congress, we will open it up to hear your questions and comments. Right now, i have the honor of introducing representative barbara lee. She is is apart of the congressional caucus and is the founder of the task force in the house of representatives to address poverty. And we have a slogan in the hou