Power but when it comes to important thing i think they agree very much i was just looking at you know the budget that came out today and look to find out last year well it was on december 20th of last year they paused in the impeachment hearings to bipartisan agreement to this you know huge huge expenditure bill so they get together when they have to have to do it and basically you know they didnt complain about trumps aggressive Foreign Policy and republicans dont really complain that much when when obama was doing this so the foreign policies are are shared Monetary Policy has to be shared because they both in sort. Of poor deficit financing whether its for domestic reason or international reasons reasons so its something that they get along with on the big issues but right now theres a lot of vitriol out the air because its almost a fight over who gets the power to make these decisions the policies arent on the table for discussion and thats rather frustrating for you know a good p
But when you think of d. C. , you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right . Like washington, jefferson, lincoln. Well, guess what. Latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latintinged music] in fact, Latinx Heroes Have fought in every war for the United States for centuries. This goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. American forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by A Young Venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. And then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do
More than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasiocortez, veronica escobar, Ritchie Torres, and alex padilla. And theyre in good company, because latinos make up more than 11 of d. C. s population. This city has a ton of latin influence in art, in politics, and in culture, and of course food because where theres latino culture, theres always some damn good food. So lets get some eats. Im buying. Youre welcome. [upbeat latintinged music] [upbeat electronic music] im in d. C. , so you know were gonna talk politics, and you cant do that on an em
Those rent increases which some of you have mentioned this morning talking about the rent. We will reconvene. The chair recognizes mr. Keating. Thank you, esther chairman. I would like to think the secretary for his extraordinary efforts, the travel and the stress and everything that has been involved. Not just you but your staff and other members of the cabinet have been extraordinary. I want to center on ukraine for the focus of my attention. The war that begin in 2014, six years before joe biden became president of the United States. It was one that as the war escalated while he was president , he put together a coalition of 56 Different Countries dealing with the Defense Group working to in conjunction with all of our allies and the nato allies in particular. The 32 nato allies expanded under his watch as well. I would like to talk about, a few weeks ago i was in ukraine. I spoke with the ministry of defense there. I saw the impact of the six month delay that occurred in this congr
Things stand right now i do not see that coming to a conclusion in the nearterm. There is just not consensus on in burlington 64 and some of those rent increases which some of you have mentioned this morning talking about the rent. We will reconvene. The chair recognizes mr. Keating. Thank you, esther chairman. I would like to think the secretary for his extraordinary efforts, the travel and the stress and everything that has been involved. Not just you but your staff and other members of the cabinet have been extraordinary. I want to center on ukraine for the focus of my attention. The war that begin in 2014, six years before joe biden became president of the United States. It was one that as the war escalated while he was president , he put together a coalition of 56 Different Countries dealing with the Defense Group working to in conjunction with all of our allies and the nato allies in particular. The 32 nato allies expanded under his watch as well. I would like to talk about, a fe