Over foro pay half 1 billion contributing to the states Opioid Crisis. This marks the first time a drug company has been held responsible for the crisis, which has led to more than 400,000 Overdose Deaths since 1999. We will get the latest. Then to kochland the secret history of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in america. Is theland in one sense history of one corporation, and it happens to be one of the largest corporations in the industries. S, coke this company hasevenues every year that are laer than that of facebook, Goldman Sachs, nus beall combed. It touches on most every aspect of modern life from energy to the food system to Building Materials. Amy following the death of billionaire rightwing donor david koch, we look at how he and his brother charles koch transformed the American Economy and political system from funding Climate Change deniers to fighting organized labor. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report.
Hi. Im jessica, and it is a pleasure to be here today with the Honors College students and the university of South Carolinas 421 course with the south made exhibiting South Carolinas industrial past. I want to start with a quote. This quote comes from a very prominent american historian. A guy named ed ayres who wrote, while the coal mines and textile mills have become a visible and memorable part of southern history, the souths largest industry has remained virtually ignored. Lumbering is often written off as if little consequence and little dramatic interest. Yet, lumbering more often than any other industry captures the full scope of economic change in the new south. Its limitations as well as its impact. And we are about i dont know, a third of the way through the semester and i think you guys are already convinced of this. But, i thought it might be interesting to share with you a little bit more about how we got to this place. So, about five or six years ago the National Park Ser
i spoke with members of the business round table, of the big business guys, asked why i m so pro labor, you save them money. what you do lasts and through the american rescue plan, we re funding work force development programs, including 128 million here in wisconsin, so american workers prepared to compete in the economy we re building. this is a blue collar, blueprint to rebuild america. and we re also doing something that for years, people just talked about. we re going to buy american for everything we build. last night, i announced we re proposing new standards to require all construction materials be made in america. american lumber, american glass, american dry wall, american fiberoptics. american roads, bridges, highways, made with american products. my first two years in office, we ve created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. where? i mean, it sincerely. jobs you can live on. where is it written american can t lead the world of manufacturing? i didn t see it written anywhe
Were going to leave it here. The u. S. House is about to gavel in. On todays agenda, legislation dealing with mortgage Closing Costs, Interest Rates, and other financial regulations. Live coverage of the house. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. February weather would deceive us and think that spring is yet a long way off and even as cold winds plow and penetrate the depths, your have new life. And unfruitful branches and rushing streams wash away all that is ruthless. Invigorate the house of representatives, that restoretive justice may insire new confidence in this nation and the work of congress may produce a fruitful land. Grant that the daily work of your people might silence the cynical world with blossoms of truth and early growth release the scent of eternal life. May all that is done this day in the peoples house be for your de
And by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. Im so pleased to welcome jane mayer back to this program. She spent years cracking the shadowy world of the ultra rich and how they push their agendas. Her latest text is called dark money. Its good to see you. Great to be with you. You were not surprised given the back story with what happened in november. I wish i could say that were so. I didnt see necessarily trump being the choice. I think the power of the right is incredibly great, and hard to get around, but you know the people, i was writing about, the Koch Brothers backed other republicans. There was a swivel in the road. Maybe not trump, but you saw the influence they had, the money they were spending, and what you detail here that they were pushing to have someone of their choice, of their mindset in the oval office . Yes, and what i had been seeing and following through the obama years and through the election was the power of the machine that was push