Director Steven Dillingham. A committee will come to order. Good morning everyone. The chair has authorized to declare process of the committee at any time. Without that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement pretty good morning and thank you all for being here today. The 2020 census of now underway. Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau candidates first person and rural alaska. Next month they will begin in earnest around our country. The constitution requires up to camp every Single Person in the United States without exception. This census will be the largest and most complex in American History and this is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. This year census will have enormous consequences for our communities. The result will drive the distribution of more than 1. 5 trillion in federal funds. That is trillion with a t. These funds support Critical Services like childrens healthcare in local schools, roads, bridges. Unfortunately, the
President. We will hear from jimmy gomez who gave the democratic address, highlighting legislation and looking ahead to 2020. Mr. Gomez hi, i am jimmy gomez. I represent the 34th Congressional District in the heart of los angeles. It is important to look back at the year with a democratic majority. We stood up for our constitution and held President Trump for abusing the power of his office and obstructing congress. We passed nearly 300 bills, including to lower drug costs. Lower prices so more americans can afford the medicine they need. One legislation extends protection to lgbtq families. Reaffirms the basic idea equal pay for equal work. The Climate Action now act aims to keep the United States in the paris climate agreement and the United States mexico, canada agreement, a fair trade agreement with canada and mexico. This last victory was not easy and it was far from guaranteed. In late spring, nancy pelosi appointed nine members to negotiate to make significant changes to this ve
Jimmy gomez gave the democratic address, highlighting legislation and looking ahead to 2020. Rep. Gomez hi, i am jimmy gomez. I am proud to represent the 34th Congressional District in the heart of los angeles. As we approach 2020, it is important to look back at the year with a democratic majority. We stood up for our constitution and held president accountable for abusing the power of his office and obstructing congress. We passed nearly 300 bills, including to lower drug costs. We negotiated lower prices so more americans can afford the medicine they need. Legislation to extend fmla protections to lgbtq families. Reaffirming the basic idea of equal pay for equal work. The Climate Action now act aims to keep the United States in the paris climate agreement and the United States, mexico, canada agreement, or usmca for short, a fair trade agreement with canada and mexico. This last victory was not easy and it was far from guaranteed. In late spring, nancy pelosi appointed nine democrat
Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] about 20 minutes left in this discussion. A reminder, you can find it online at cspan. Org wj. The house gaveling back in. We take you now to the floor. He house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. The hat purpose does gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i suspend the house rules and pass h. R. 4920. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4920, a bill to amentitle 38, United States an , to provide for exception to certain Small Business contracting equirements applicable to the department of Veterans Affairs procurement of certain goods and Services Covered under the Ability One Program, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempe pursuant to the rule, the california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from will each bost, control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman
Right now, ambassador lighthizer is on his way which is why it is so curious to see the story being put out by the chinese, the wall street journal, you cant reach him at this very moment but, yes and this is important because both Speaker Pelosi came on mad money, this is a done deal, once you finish the articles of impeachment and the president wants this deal, talk about david during the break, but it is the one thing people seem to agree on in washington this is a good deal. And yet the a lot of the people i follow who are you get a democrat in the white house and companies are allowed to move back south again it not that adventurous to do so because of the big increase in wages. Those of us who do business in mexico can tell you the differential is not just cash. But it is also healthcare, where they have universal healthcare and this is a story about pollution control. Where both sides are now saying both democrat and republican, there may be some enforcement, plus control rules.