From the council on Foreign Relations, this is one hour. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations report launch of the independent task force preparing for the next pandemic. Perforce we will be talking about the one we are currently experiencing. Im the host of Weekend Edition sunday. We have more than i think 760 registered for this virtual meeting. We will do our best to get to as many questions as we can. But a little bit about this event. Began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to this Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. They are responsible for the content of the new reports and in the task force programs 25th year launching the 78th and id like to welcome you to this discussion called in proving img pandemic. Thus, lessons for covid19. A brief introduction of the panelists. We have Sylvia Burwell the professor at the American University and the former u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services under president obama. Welcome to you. Also joining us is franc
So ordered. I ask unanimous consent that representatives join the hearing to ask questions of the witnesses. Hearing no objection there, so ordered. Without objection, the chair may also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As described in the notice of statements, documents or motions must be submitted to the repository at hnrc email. House. Gov. Members can be muted by staff only. Finally members or witnesses experiencing technical difficulties should let staff know immediately. [ inaudible ]. The Interiors Office issued a report about the policies that governor the use in the doi. They issued a draft policy. The Leadership Conference for civil and human rights and dozens of other organizations came together in 2015 to release basic civil rights principles. They turned those principles into eight criteria from which to evaluate policies. We measured the Department Interim policy against the criteria. The draft policy only fully met one of the eight criteria. Thats an 88
Cities krs the u. S. From the urban institute this runs an hour. Were about to hear some very good Economic News after recordbreaking declines in economical activity in the Second Quarter of 2020, well be see eyepopping consensus, 25 growth in the third quarter. We should not lose sight of what that means for people who are still struggling and the fact that we still have a deep hole to climb out of. Much has been written about the kshape recovery. Workers at the low end of the distribution who dont have options to work from home and for whom federal help has already been paid in a way. Weve seen who will owedout downtowns with fewer workers coming in, buying lattes. What does that mean for city revenues . One estimate suggests its in highrent zip codes, highrent districts, employment is still at 45 of precovid levels. So we are about to explore these things today. We also have a blog my colleague and i have a black about what this means for cities and each industrys mix and, of course
Far more than a matter of cosmetics. For me, it describes the whole effort to bring the Natural World and the man made world into harmony, to bring order, usefulness, delight to our whole environment. And that of course only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping. Thats Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification. She was a successful business woman and a savvy political p t partner to our president. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. Here to tell our story are two guests, Cokie Roberts, political analyst, also author, savvy mothers and ladies of liberty. B betty boyd caroli. I want to start at the beginning, 50 years ago this week. This is an administration birthed in national tragedy. What were the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy. Well, they were enormous. First of all, nobody knew whether there was a widespread plot, so the country was
Have your back in terms of all people in our country, including people of color. This spending bill, it does just the opposite. I hope the members will understand the message that were sending to communities of color in this bill and rectify some of the problems. You have a chance to reject further institutionization of any quality and injustice and recognize how painful these cuts will be to people of color and women. Im going to give you my examples and my amendment shows what im talking about. The jackson Lee Butterfield amendment, this would increase funding by 16 million for the office of job corps. This amendment is fully offset with the department of Labor Administration funds. I offered a similar amendment in committee, and while that amendment failed, i believe that this amendment before us is not subject to point of order. Its critically important. You know that many minority youths and disadvantaged youth who have benefitted significantly from job corps will be locked out of