A new Coronavirus Infections and space x. Successfully delivers 2 nasa astronauts to the International Space station after their historic liftoff from florida. Hello thanks for joining us protests are ramping up for the 6th day in minneapolis and other cities across the u. S. As anger continues to spread over Police Brutality towards black people. Hundreds gathered outside the Minnesota State capital in the neighboring city of st paul there is announcing the death of george floyd on monday after a white Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes and in washington d. C. Hundreds of gathered outside the white house many are angry at comments from President Trump over Police Brutality and their protests. The demonstrations have been mostly peaceful but tense at times it follows 5 nights of violence in those cities and others across the country with protesters clashing with police and the thousands of National Guard members drafted in cars have been burnt out and shops have been
Together to protest racial injustices. These protests began in response by Minneapolis Police officers with the recent killings of other africanamericans. My prayers go out to the family and the long list of other victims. I stand in solidarity with all of those who are peacefully protesting and challenging the status quo. But these protests are more than the treatment off africanamericans and police but also the racial inequities from our society have been festering for years and are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. This racial inequity in healthcare from this pandemic africanamericans and latinos and other people of color that are hospitalized and dying from cove in 18 at alarming rates. It with that disproportionate rate and those that represent just 4 percent of the population of arizona or 21 percent of the coronavirus in that state so the last week subcommittee briefing that that was exacerbated by the crisis who have an urgent and Larger National
Enormously exciting era, advances in genetics and neuroscience are giving us new tools that will enable us to take giant strides in understanding human behavior, human societies, policies, and economies. We are like physicists, i like to say at the outset of the 19th century poised at a moment in history that would produce faradays in md is in the coming years. People need and dalton ought to be excited and in our case i think we both are but a lot of social scientists arent. Why . Because for almost a century now the social sciences have been in the grip of an orthodoxy that is scared stiff of biology. At the moment it takes the form of three widely and loudly proclaimed truths, gender is a social construct, race is a social construct, class is a function of privilege. I have stated those tenants very boldly. If you go to a University Campus and chat privately with faculty members Whose Research touches on these issues you will find many of them have a much more nuanced view than that
Jury will come to order. Senator brown has been delayed a bit but im going to go ahead because as i think most people realize we had to readjust the time of the hearing to accommodate the fact that both have been called on the floor at 1030. That means senators will really need to stick to their five minutes and even then we may not get through for everyone and i apologize. I will stick around for 15 or 20 minutes into the first boat so we can go as long as we possibly can. I will wave my questions. I wont waive my introductory misstatement and i will start with that right now. Welcome, chairman powell today the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell update the command Monetary Policy development in the state of the us economy. Us economy continues to expand in 2019 exceeding 2 growth for the Third Straight year as the American People enjoyed to the longest continued economic expansion in american history. The labor market is strong with the labor force at an alltime high of 164 millio
We a. M. , the Senate Continues debate on the war powers the hearing will come to water. Senator brown has been delayed, but i will go ahead because most people realize we had to readjust the time of this hearing for those who have been called on the floor. That means the senators will need to really stick to their five minutes, and even then we may not get through for everybody and i apologize for that. Im sure that senator brown and i will stick around 15, 20 minutes into the first vote so we can go around as long as we possibly can. I will wave my questions. But i will start with my introductory statement. Welcome, chairman powell. Today the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will update the committee on Monetary Policy development and the state of the u. S. Economy. The u. S. Economy continued to expand in 2019 come exceeding 2 growth for the Third Straight year. The American People have enjoyed the longest continued economic expansion in american history. The labor market is s