Today we discussed political corruption in several states across the country and a new partnership between iran and china sit tight the show starts now. The war. I am bridgie to santos for our top story today we look at a wave of city hall Corruption Cases that expose americas pay to play problem here in california Los Angeles City councilman jose was are has been charged with one count of conspiring to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act for allegedly selling the city to several Real Estate Developers including the wealthy head of a Chinese Company seeking to build a 77 story skyscraper downtown now in exchange for approving or stalling large building projects. Weezer reportedly received more than one and a half 1000000. 00 in bribes including Campaign Contributions lavish dinners and even stacks of casino chips jesse many people think political corruption like this only happens in nonnative member countries which we refer to as the 3rd world but this right
A look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security. Witnesses before a house panel say recipient to rely on the income could be affected by a prolonged economic downturn. The subcommittee on Social Security will come to order. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and audience members, thank you for joining with us today as we bear up under covid19 and addressed technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense the practice of observing and instead go in order of seniority for questioning, alternating between minority and majority. Member will be responsible from youding and then muting themselves throughout the proceedings. Thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this time of need. With that i would like to welcome everybody to the ways and m
In 5 months hoping to thrash out a deal on a massive rescue plan on 7 year budget. And you can find plenty more stories on our website r. T. Dot com were back now with a reminder of the latest headlines. Are just the. One for. The world according to cherish. Today we discussed political corruption in several states across the country and a new partnership between iran and china sit tight the show starts. The war. I am british santos for our top story today we look at. A wave of city hall Corruption Cases that expose americas pay to play problem here in california Los Angeles City councilman jose was are has been charged with one count of conspiring to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act for allegedly selling the city to several Real Estate Developers including the wealthy head of a Chinese Company seeking to build a 77. 00 story skyscraper in downtown now in exchange for approving or stalling large building projects which are reportedly received more than one
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Ms. Ernst mr. President , the coronavirus doesnt come with a label saying made in china, but perhaps it should. This pandemic which began in wuhan, china, has flooded the world just like so many products from china that we all now rely upon to protect ourselves against the spread of contagion. The situation underscores the conundrum our nation faces balancing the need to work with the Chinese Government and the challenges of holding the communist Party Accountable for its devious deeds. Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist party attempted to cover up the outbreak of covid19 from the very beginning and continues to do so today. Rather than containing the
To do here. I have always been reluctant to say this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. The world is experiencing today and what the american and as is americas face is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad news is that its entirely possible that it will happen again. I say this of course because the experts tell us that this virus that made the leap from one species to another can very easily happen again and if there are 2000 of these viruses out there you have no idea what they can do when they get into a human being. Thats what experts and scientists tell us have identified within their branch about 2000 different viruses. Having said that we need to look forward and i want to stress what im trying to do with this and what about all of us are trying to do, to look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on and a lot of hyperbowl going on and a lot of blame a