We actually are still in the middle of a pandemic. Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs weve seen acts of congress and the in action of a president the people that have the most money are protected and now we have this horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually universal reaction to this that this is this was an atrocity but that seems so long ago when we think of the of the riots and continued protests and the actions of the president here but that message is always on race and i think thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class go ahead. You know in the in the u. S. Race determine what class what is it we cant theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds. Death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this st
Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in american history. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the area after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturers. 1870s, we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality. We had concern about the influence of money in government. The United States senators were elected by legislators. There were huge sums of money going into those campaigns. Individuals were looking for a way to change the status quo. Around 1900, the idea of progressivism coales
9 00 p. M. For most of the bay area. So pretty much everyone except the immediate coastline under a heat warning or heat advisory as we head through the next several days. Due to the dangerous heat. Well talk about what you can expect specifically for your neighborhood coming up in a few minutes. Michelle . Mary, thank you. And due to the dangerous heat, state officials have issued a statewide flex alert for today and were all being asked to voluntarily conserve energy between 3 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. Concord broke the record high yesterday at 101 degrees. We spotted some people taking advantage of the slightly cooler temperatures last night to get out and enjoy the plaza in downtown concord. Iethe day, an ice cream shop near the square had a line out the door. Its good. Its nicer out here than it is at home. Lets go downtown and get something to eat. When theres excessive pete like this theres a lot of air conditioning use and of course that drives up the electricity demand. Everyon
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 as i described in my testimony, we know that Nursing Homes with a higher proportion of black and latin residents have higher death rates, however theres not universal reporting of the race and ethnicity of those individuals within Nursing Homes who have been affected by covid. That presents for us a significant challenge when it comes to targeting resources in order to prevent the transmission of covid. Because, you know, when covid19 enters a nursing home its because someone has brought it in and what its telling us that if those Nursing Homes are following the same safety procedures of restricts visitors, ensuge that providers have clean ppe every time theyre coming in, then we shouldnt see these disparities. However we do. And the likelihood these disparities in rates of covid infections within Nursing Homes are going to occur are going to be even higher in communities with a higher burden of covid19. And so what were
The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h