Forced labor disclosure act of 2020. Important legislation introduced by representative wexton, a valued member of the committee on Financial Services. Group urs are a muslim and are one of a member of muslim groups that are persecuted, arbitrarily arrested, detained in forced labor concentration camps and even executed. It has been reported by human rights advocates that over one Million People are being held by the Chinese Government in detention camps across the uighur autonomous region. The government of the peoples republic of china falsely refers to these concentration camps as vocational camps or reeducation camps. Make no mistake, the truth is that today in 2020 one million human beings are being held in concentration tramp camps where they are beaten, starves and starved and forced to work long hours in conditions that can only be described as inhumane. Their relatives often have no idea where they are or whether they are alive. They are dying each day due to the cruelty of th
Uighur muslims. Also today possible work on a covid19 aid bill. Live house coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, father to us all, we give you thanks forgiving us another day for giving us another day. During these days, these few days before the house breaks for the final weeks of the campaign, send us your spirit of peace. Inspire the members to complete their charge, to promote the common good of our nation. Comfort those who continue to suffer from the coronavirus and protect those who labor still to treat the disease and bring an effective vaccine to the world. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Men. The speaker pursuant to section 4 of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from virginia, mr. Cline. Mr. Cline i pledge allegian
Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
We kick it off with blake and the latest from the mt. Reporter melissa and connell, President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from schools should they not fully reopen in the coming weeks. The president would not go that far when he was asked about the situation out in los angeles and san diego, breaking news from this hour, when the president was asked about it moments ago over here at the white house. Los angeles, los angeles the nations second largest public school, there will be Remote Learning to start off the school year. This is part of the reaction from President Trump, watch. We have to open the schools. We have to get them open. I think there is a lot of politics going along. Think i they will do better if they keep the schools closed in the election. I dont think it will help them frankly. They feel that by keeping schools closed that that is a bd thing for the country. Therefore that is good thing for them. Reporter the white house for the most part has spent t
Our community is concerned. I want to thank his leadership and also senator menendez, senator rubio who has been a champion on this, and the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, and in the and jimliot engel chair of ao is the Congressional Executive Commission on china and chair of the committee on which mr. Smith is a cochair as well as a ranking member. That is all to say that in a bipartisan way, over the years, there has been a real commitment to shining a bright light on the Human Rights Violations in china and to say to those who are affected by that, youre not alone. The most excruciating form of torture that the oppressors can get to those who they are oppressing is to say nobody remembers, nobody cares, but we do, and we want the Chinese Government to know that. Thats why it is such an honor to enroll this bill, passed by the senate and house in a strong bipartisan way. Meaningful when on june 4, we observe the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. We are