Mr. Jeffries for working closely with the caucus to be able to pull off that organizational meeting entirely virtually, given the dynamics of the pandemic and the extreme Public Health crisis that we continue to confront. We were able to convene with full participation from every Single Member of the House Democratic caucus and the incoming memberselect. We are unified in our sense of purpose, to go out, to work closely with joe biden and Kamala Harris to fight for the people. To make life better for working families, middle class folks, senior citizens, young people, veterans, those who aspire to be part of the middle class, the poor, the sick, the afflicted, the least, the lost and the left behind. Thats what House Democrats o. The House Democratic caucus elected nancy pelosi as our speaker designee for the 117th congress. Steny hoyer as our majority leader for the 117th congress. Jim clyburn as our majority whip for the 117th congress. And Katherine Clark as our assistant speaker fo
Good afternoon, everyone. Today the house leadership caucus convened our meeting. I want to thank nancy pelosi and her team and the chairwoman for working closely with the caucus to pull off the organizational meeting entirely virtually, given the dynamics of the pandemic and the extreme Public Health crisis that we continue to confront. But we were able to convene with full participation from every Single Member of the House Democratic caucus and the incoming members elect. We are unified in our sense of purpose to go out, to work closely with joe biden and Kamala Harris to fight for the people. To make life better for working families, middle class folks, senior citizens, young people, veterans, those who aspire to be part of the middle class, the poor, the sick, the afflicted, the least, the lost and the left behind. Thats what House Democrats o. The House Democratic caucus elected nancy pelosi as our speaker designee for the 117th congress. Steny hoyer as our majority leader for th
Debate for the state. The u. S. Senate candidate. Here are your moderators. Lori townsend and mike ross. Mike good evening. Im mike ross with skis news source. Im lori townsend. Republican senator dan sullivan nd democratic nominee, independent dr. Al gross who is here in the studio and senator sullivan is joining us remotely from washington, d. C. Welcome to both of you. Mike you might have noticed were having some technical complications with this setup. If you hear a little screech every once in a while, dr. Gross is wearing an earpiece so he can hear what the senator is saying. Taylor perez will be getting questions from our viewers on social media. Were distanced here because of the pandemic. We are taking precautions. Well feature video questions from rural alaska and young alaska here in anchorage. Be sure to tune into Facebook Live immediately after this program for some debate analysis. Lori all questions and answers will be timed. A single bell will signal 10 seconds left and
Act on the same day the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the law. Mr. Biden took questions on the transition and mr. Trumps refusal to concede. His is 25 minutes. Good afternoon. Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case that could strike down the Affordable Care act in its entirety. If the Supreme Court agrees with the opponents of the act, their decisions could take healthcare away from 20 million americans. It could take away protections for more than 100 Million People with preexisting conditions in our country and hurt the millions of american who is have come to rely on the Affordable Care act. Getting rid of the Affordable Care act will take us backwards to a time when people could charge a woman more for her healthcare than they could charge a man simply because she is a woman. To a time when pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition. It will take away free Birth Control and contraceptive coverage for women. This is all happening at a moment when our cou
Mr. Biden took questions on the transition and President Trumps refusal to concede. This is 25 minutes. With preexisting conditions in our country and hurt the millions of americans who have come to rely on the Affordable Care act, getting rid getting rid of the Affordable Care act will take us backwards. To a time when people could charge a woman more for her health care than they could charge a man simply because she is a woman. To a time when pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition. It will take away free Birth Control and contraceptive coverage for women. This is all happening at a moment when our country is suffering through a pandemic that has claimed more than 238,000 lives. And we all know that if the Affordable Care act is struck down, communities of color would be hit particularly hard. Blacks, asians, hispanics, and native americans. They are at a greater risk of preexisting conditions from asthma to diabetes to lucas. To lupus. They are three times as likely t