Im going to introduce them when i introduce the governor for his remarks but you should know theyve been listening and speaking with a wide variety from stakeholders from the grass roots level up and theyll continue working hard until their recommendations are finalized in june. The dean see conducted a postelection poll with 100,000 of our supporters. The association of state democratic chairs you should ray buckleys leadership conducted a survey of its membership and each of the Campaign Committees all contributed research and information to this task force and we will continue to Work Together. The work has reached into all 50 states to look at what it takes to build, run, and win political campaigns in america but the bottom line of what we food to do is educate people who are not in this room voters Donor Community leaders and activists and we need to do it through every channel possible from Voter Registration to candidate recruitment and training. As the dnc, it is our responsib
Diverse contracting practices by working with top vendors to encourage diverse hiring and contracting practices throughout our supply chain. Second continue to grow Training Programs that promote diversity like the Hope Institute training and job placement program. Third, ensure that diversity policies are followed throughout the structure of the dnc, including state Party Delegate selection and 2016 convention vendor usage and staffing. Fourth, improve diverse hiring practices, monitoring senior and general staff in identifying more diversity in our internship opportunities. Fifth, work with our state partners to grow diversity by sharing best practices and helping develop statespecific expectations and goals. The Strategies Tactics aen and tools of the party are designed to spread the democratic message. As for the message itself, its one to be proud of. Middleclass economics as president obama said yesterday works. Six years ago president obama inherited an economy that had been los
Members of his initial owning family continue to act as his manager and legal guardian. I one point, his mother signed over guardianship with the promise of receiving earnings. When she realized this was not the case, she left new york, where he was living, and return to columbus on her own. This is another piece of music authored by blind tom. This piece is called the battle of manassas. It features sounds he was able to recreate. [piano continues] the battle of manassas was one of the first battles of the civil war. People who heard this piece performed said it was shocking how accurately tom was able to use the sounds of the piano to mimic sounds that would be heard on the battlefield. [[ianopiano continues] this document is typical of the concert programs if you attended a blind tom concert. You see here sketch of the life of blind tom. You see him depicted with his eyes closed. Inside, there is an account of his life. On the back, a typical concert program. Tom wiggins received a
And i would suggest that a year from now, the notion that we would reverse this policy that is allowed more americans to travel to cuba and to help cuban people have access to more technology more capital more values and more contact with americans will seem as absurd as reversing the changes that were made with cuban American Travel a couple of years ago. So again, i applaud you for what youre doing and look forward to working with the administration as this policy unfolds. Thank you, senator menendez. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me ask you when a cubanamerican sends or visits their relatives in cuba and give them a lit money, the only place really to buy something is the dollar store isnt is that true . If you want to get something . I believe certainly theres theres more in those stores to buy. By the way, who owns the Dollar Stores . They are state run. Okay. The government. And so if i want to send a remittance to my relative in cuba, the cuban government takes a slice, right . T
Or not she would have a federal investigation of the situation in baltimore. That is beginning in just a minute. You will see a reminder. Every weekend, book tv. And every weekend on cspan3, American History tv. 48 hours of history. Thanks for being with us and we will go to the Justice Department. This should be beginning shortly. We are live at the Justice Department waiting to hear from attorney general the Loretta Lynch who is expected to announce an investigation in baltimore. The wall street journal had a piece about it online. Justice department to investigate Baltimore Police, saying the department of plans to launch a civil investigation. It comes among highlighted scrutiny of Baltimore Police after the death of freddie gray a 25yearold black man who died of injuries he suffered while in police custody. The mayor of baltimore said wednesday she requested the department to inquire whether the department had a pattern or practice of our constitutional policing. It should get und