Elizabeth senate. Editor of an out annotated edition of grants memoir. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this event took place on line. Good evening. On behalf of the grand Monument Association, welcome to the special Online Program to mark president you leases as grants 119th birthday. By way of introduction, a grand Monument Association or gia may is a nonprofit that was organized during the 1990s as the successor to the organization of the same name and originally built and administered grants tomb in new york city until it was transferred to the National Park service. The gm a is that it catered to the preservation of which is the largest mausoleum in the hemisphere. An important part of our mission is to foster education about the life and legacy of general grant principal author of Union Victory during the civil war, and our nations 18th president. In recent years, we revived the gm aids tradition dating back to the 19th century to commemorate grants birthday with a dinner in new
Weeks agenda and reopening the u. S. During the pandemic. Mr. Hoyer i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Hoyer thank you, madam speaker. As we face the crisis that covid19 has confronted with us, the house must do so in a way that contributes to the safety and welfare of our people and not that harms it. There will be no votes expected in the house next week. Members are further advised in an updated 2020 legislative calendar will be released in the coming days. I expect conversations to continue on additional legislation addressing covid19 and the legislation we passed honoring our heroes. In the event that an agreement is reached on a bipartisan or partisan bill, then we will make sure that the house has 72 hours before they need to come back to vote on that legislation. Im disappointed that leader mcconnell said when asked about the next phase of the next coronavirus relief, he said that is a decision to be made
here it is. [video clip] as an international collaboration, this embodies how america leads the world not through power, but the power of our example. a partnership with others. it symbolizes the relentless spirit of american ingenuity and shows what we can achieve. what more we can discover not just about what s in place, but our own planet and climate, like nasa s earth system observatory we launched last year. that s why the federal government must invest in science and technology, more than we have in the past. the images will remind the world that america can do big things, and remind the american people, especially our children, that there is nothing beyond our capacity, nothing beyond our capacity. we can see possibilities no one has ever seen before. we can go places no one has ever gone before. you have heard me say over and over again, america is defined by one single word possibilities. possibilities. i want to thank the team and nasa for once again showing tha
is no longer protected or guaranteed by the constitution. in the words of justice kagan, sotomayor, the conservative majority has consigned women to second-class citizenship. in overturning roe, the supreme court has a least a health-care crisis across america. make no mistake women s health and in some cases, their lives, are at risk. today, the committee will examine the very real consequences of the unprecedented decision. we start with a video. [video] the supreme court has overturned roe v. wade. pregnancy laws can land people in prison. pregnant people being criminalized for pregnancy outcomes. data collected from fertility apps and google searches could be used to prosecute abortion. black women and women of color are disproportionately criminalized. some of the bans do have civil and criminal penalties in terms of how they will be applied. every time a woman gets abortions, women who are younger, women who are old, women of all races, women who never thoug
House of representatives is hereby declared vacant. The maga congress fires their own speaker. Who own our leadership, who all you want tonight, the painful and of Kevin Mccarthys speakership, the historic dysfunction in the peoples house and the republican rage at the monster that they created. Hes either a fool or a liar. Have you spoken to President Trump about this . I have. Then, more history in a new york courtroom. Consider this a gag order on all parties with respect to posting or publicly speaking about any member of my staff. The disgraced ex president already found liable for decades of fraud, now sanctioned for attacking courtroom staff. All that plus senator Elizabeth Warren and author Michael Lewis on his new book of The Rise And Fall of Sam Bankmanfried. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Tonight, for the very first time in the nations history, the Speaker Of The House has been fired, and the office has been left vacant. It is fak