Chicago, president as well. From the dea the special agent in charge is present and from the u. S. Marshals service the chief deputy and chief inspector. Also with me up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. Toms office and my office, we Work Together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And finally my colleague justin hurtman whos the u. S. Attorney in cleveland and Northern District of ohio is here and quarterbacking the u. S. Department of just nationwide efforts on operation legend. Were here today to discuss a critically important topic, Violent Crime in chicago. As attorney general barr has made clear the most basic responsibility of government is to protect the safety of our citizens for those of us in Law Enforcement our top priority is to keep people safe. For much of this year chicago and many other cities have experienced significant
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William barr held a News Conference in chicago today the federal response to protest across the country. It is what he had to say. Good morning and thank you all for being here. In the u. S. Attorney for the district of illinois. Id like to start this morning but taking it to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagu colleagues, some of whom you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr with us today. We have acting director, regina and the special agent, kristin here as well. We also have from the fbi, deputy director, dave. We also have special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago. The dea special agent in charge, robert u. S. Marshal sargent, david and chief inspector, diego. Also are two other u. S. Attorneys. My counterpart of the Northern District of illinois, tom. Tom sat in my office and worked together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. My colleague,
Epa administrator Andrew Wheeler will join me after the president signed an order to extend the florida offshore drilling ban. Well talk to him. But first, joe biden hitting the campaign trail this time in the crucial state of michigan. He will push the his own made in america plan before President Trump heads to the state tomorrow. The plan calling for more taxes on certain companies. Fox businesss Jackie Deangelis has the latest. Jackie, when i heard this, i thought the announcer made a mistake. He was talking about what trump had said in 2016. Reporter that is a very, very good comparison to make, david. Good afternoon to you and thats right, biden is in michigan today. Remember, this is a manufacturing state. He will try very hard to win over those voters. What he is saying is, i have got what it takes to make it in america. Now a crucial part of that plan is what he is going to do with Corporate Taxes. So lets review here. We already knew he wants to roll back the Trump Administra
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman recognition . Seek mr. Jeffries as the member hosea ted by congressman jose [indiscernible [indiscernible] jose serrano, pursuant to House Resolution that mr. Form the house serrano will vote yes on the mendments en bloc number 4. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Tocktock as the member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that representative lowey will vote yea on the amendments en bloc, umber 4. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition . As the member designated by ms. Tlaib of michigan, pursuant i inform the house that ms. Tlaib will vote yea. As the member designated by ms. Kaptur pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that miskaptur will vote aye on the amendments en bloc 4.