And in both chambers of congress and the nation was formed. Like most americans on my life journey i have overcome adversity. By the grace of god, where is 12yearold my dad died of a heart attack. I learned at an early age, each day of this life begins. My brother martin passed away. This type of debrief of losing a family member. Every moment, every chapter of our lives is a gift. As it has been for most chapters of my life i didnt come here in the traditional or easy way. I think governor doug doocy for the blessing to serve the great state of arizona especially during these times of unprecedented challenges. Accepting the governors appointment by the most prestigious, and governing body, like most missions in my life, high risk, high purpose and ever, becoming a us senator is the alternate expression of this, do things afraid. In my fight for the grand canyon state. I gave my maiden speech on this floor, gave my approach through 26 years in uniform. The best of your calling, dont wa
Several members of the house gave fair well speeches. Heres a look. Hurd mr. Speaker, our of opportunity. How else could a young black kid from san antonio, texas, grow up congress, represent a majority latino district and get 17 pieces of legislation signed into law . My mom always told me, youre either part of the problem or of the solution. So i ran for congress, and over the past six years ive done to work with my colleagues on both sides of the done. To get things during my tenure, ive had some legislative lows. Being two signatures short of a successful discharge petition back would have led to i daca fix being put on the president s desk. Stop fighting for those like john lewis who told us this kind of work may be may be hard, but it is righteous. At the same time, ive had some highs. Tive being the lead republican with y friend, jose serrano, to get the national fmuseum of the National Latino act unanimously passed out of this house of representatives. After 26 years, we finall
Administration when the covid19 vaccine becomes available. Cdc is leveraging its expertise in imization infrastructure to support operation warp speed and vaccine promotion moderning. In coordination with operation warp speed, cdc is working closely with state and local territorial Tribal Health departments and Community Organizations to prepare a detailed, yet flexible plan, for Vaccine Distribution to Critical Infrastructure workers and people at risk, increased risk for serious outcomes. At this time, cdc continues to support partners with its Ongoing Community mitigation efforts including case identification,ing Contact Trace ing, surveillance and reporting as well as testing capacity. To support these activities on behalf of hhs, cdc has awarded 12 billion to each jurisdiction in 2020 thanks to the support of congress. Include nd that amount was more than 200 million to support the American Indian and alaska native community, which have had some of the most significant effects fro
Students who brought the lawsuit. Welcome to the special presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of a important milestone in u. S. History and for First Amendment rights. We are joining you live from the auditorium of the state Historical Society in iowa and we are in des moines. With us today are more than 200 students from schools across this state, we are joined online by students in classrooms across the country. Say hello everybody. applause in december 1965 mary beth and john tinker along with their friend Chris Eckhart wore black bands to school to protest the war in vietnam they were sent home and suspended from school. The students were told they couldnt return to school until they agreed to end their protest. Through their parents, the Students School sued the School District for violating their right to free expression. Culminated in the Supreme Court decision 15 years ago on february 24th, 1960, nine the court ruled seven to two that students do not shed their Constit
The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today to provide an update on where we are on the areas that they are so involved in on covid19 as we continue to be challenged by this pandemic in the country we know that 195,961 americans have died as part of the pandemic, and 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process of testing in the pandemic. This has rapidly swept across the globe, and even countries who thought their cases were contained are facing new outbreaks and dealing with those new and unanticipated outbreaks. This is a new disease in many ways. And even after 9 months we still know relatively little about this disease or coronavirus generally. This has hindered our Public Health response. In many ways this has been like trying to build a plane while we were flying the plane, and that is a challenging, challenging thing to de