Welcome, everybody, to our hearing. Both those in the room and those that arent in the room. Before we start, i think its important, again, to note whats going on all around us, and that is the acknowledgement of Racial Injustice that has gone on for far too long in our country. I certainly support those who are speaking out and making their voices heard in a peaceful manner to bring about change. While change does not always come easily, i want to remind those watching this hearing today that change is possible. In december 2018, the first step that i first introduced became law. And i worked in partnership with several republican and democrat senators. Senator durbin was the lead person for the democrats. This law is the most significant criminal Justice Reform in a generation. A lot of people didnt think it was possible but we did it by working together, in a bipartisan way. But also working together in other ways to address racial disparities. Such as in health care, the c. A. R. E
Democratic leader, who said this is a highly partisan bill, that is just not the case. Lets put the partisanship aside. Lets do what is best for the American People. Ill tell you that for the past several days, through a bipartisan process, we sat down, democrat and republican, in four Different Task and put together this legislation. As a result, the bill before you tonight reflects republican priority and democratic priorities. And i am going to take the time to walk through it and to talk about some of those so people understand what is in this legislation. I was pleased to see the democratic leader say at the end he believes we can figure this out over the next several hours. He said 24 hours, i hope it is not 24 hours. We cannot wait that long. We need to move quickly. We know what the markets are going to do. We have seen with the futures are. More important, we see the impact in our states, among our citizens. The leader said more money needs to be put for hospitals and states a
Ok good afternoon to everybody. Now is everyone here knows, we have all been sworn in by the chief justice of the United States. To Service Judges and jurors in the impeachment trial of President Trump. When the chief justice walked in, you can feel the weight of the moment. I saw members on both sides of the aisle, visibly gold. The weight of history since on shoulders. This produces sometimes result you never know what will happen. For some of us here, this is the first time we have done this. For others like myself this is the second time but i assure you, there is no difference. Even though ive gone through this before, for all of us this lemonade and the gravity of the moment in our history into scorn the back when you take that oath. A separate oath designed by the senate only for senators, who will serve in a court of impeachment. The feeling in the Senate Chamber and the solemn serious profound. The weight of history, the eyes of history, you feel it are upon you. I know every
Now. Maria big show today, Dagen Mcdowell and emily and James Freeman. Great to see you. Good to see you. Dagen surrounded by all the super smart women. Yes. Just like at home. Maria director or something new . In other words, social media obviously one of the big stories, i have to get your reaction on what you heard. Make zuck is going to be on his own, we will let this democracy play it out and people debate online and people say the messages they want to say, its good news that despite the lose of some partners and political heat hes pressing ahead on his crypto currency plan. We could use that, maybe good for consumers. Maria a lot of pushback because of what he learned in other businesses, facebook ceo testified before lawmakers answering a variety questions on china, crypto currency and libra and watters kicked things off, watch this. Given the companys size and reach it should be clear why we have serious concerns about your plans to establish a Global Digital currency that wou
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