Hofs goi he was going to take the red eye from california to here. His airplane had mechanical problems and unable to make his connection in chicago. But we have two of the young africanamerican congressional candidates. Were going to have a discussion about political activism. Theyll talk about their campaign. We will then break down to a discussion of political activism, how were active in your local communities and how we can sort of learn from each other and how to best become active within our own communities and why thats important. To lead our conversation, we have with us mr. Eddie ayoob. Thats fine. Thats fine. So i want to thank everybody for being here today. This is something that adc has not done previously but i think its critically important because as we talk about activism especially on issues of importance to our community, one of the things that really has been lacking has been an interest in members of our community in running for congress or Political Office of any
Red eye from california to here to be with us and then taking the flight right away back. Unfortunately, his airplane had mechanical problems and he was unable to make his connection in chicago, but we have two of the young africanamerican dc aker congressional candidates. Were going to have a discussion about political activism. Theyll talk about their campaign. We will then break down to a discussion of political activism, how were active in your local communities and how we can sort of learn from each other and how to best become active within our own communities and why thats important. To lead our conversation, we have with us mr. Eddie ayoob. Thats fine. Thats fine. So i want to thank everybody for being here today. This is something that adc has not done previously but i think its critically important because as we talk about activism especially on issues of importance to our community, one of the things that really has been lacking has been an interest in members of our communi
U. S. House candidates, one running in michigans 11th district the other in californias 39th district. They talk about their reasons for running for office and outreach efforts to Muslim Americans, latinos and millenials. This is about an hour 50 minutes. If i can have everyones attention. Were going to go into our sort of next panel, next discussion. Unfortunately, one of the congressional candidates that we had texted me about 3 00 a. M. , a picture of himself on a plane. He was going to be taking the red eye from california to here to be with us, and then taking the flight right away back. Unfortunately, his airplane had mechanical problems. He was unable to make his connection in chicago. But we have two of Young American congressional candidates. We are going to have a discussion about political activism. Theyre going to talk about their campaign. We will then break down to a discussion of political activism. How were active in your local communities and how we can sort of learn f
Quorum call during this. Id note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call mr. Durbin mr. President , i come to the floor to discuss the republican tax reform plan and what impact it will have on the Fiscal Health of our nation, but especially the impact it will have on working families across the United States and in my home state of illinois. Ive represented illinois and congress both as a house member and a senator for a number of years. Im proud to say that during my career i have not shied away from tackling big issues, maybe one of the toughest assignments ive ever had was in 2010 president obama created commission on fiscal responsibility and reform known as the Simpson Bowles commission. I was one of 18 democrats and republicans given the responsibility to balance americas budget and reform our Spending Program and our tax code. This is no small task, but it was an important one. We spent month after month in bipartisan
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