Never forget that you can also sustain us in the future. Today, give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least perhaps them for fidelity with the much. As they seek to be stewards of your justice, mercy, and grace, use them to fulfill your purposes. Lord, give them a love for your wisdom and a passion to be guided by your precepts. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask so speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thank you. Now that the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union, its our opportunity to sit down with the United Kingdom and do some
Please type your name and your question exactly as you would like it to be read. Submit before the last speaker is finished. We will read in the q a portion. Thank you for joining us. Today we have doctor grant colfax, the director of the office of economic and work force development. Cheryl davis, james executive director of collective impact. Member of the Latino Task Force and Stefani Garcia. With that i will turn it over to dr. Colfax. Good morning everybody. Thank you for joining us before this long weekend. I just have a brief statement to make with regard to where we are in the covid19 pandemic. It is a Public Health message that is really that we need to send across the city, across the region, across various neighborhoods and communities. This fourth of july, th the saft thing to do is stay home. In San Francisco we have had an alarming increase and significant increase in covid19 infections and hospitalizations of the over the past few weeks, our rates have soared. We are in
Of our native communities. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute. Members and witnesses, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Documents can be sent to rebecca at the email address weve provided. And all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me find that, now that ive said that. I believe that todays hearing is long overdue. Day after day, our nations tribal communities are suffering inequality, unequal access to Drinking Water, energy grid, broadband, and other problems that have created unnecessary hardship and turmoil. And covid19 is exacerbating the existing problems now. And the Navajo Nation has seen rates higher than wuhan, china, during the height of the pandemic. And weve heard repeatedly about the struggles of the native communities to protect against covid19. As the pandemic rages on, access to ppe and testing and proper san
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