Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. As we begin our final day of consideration of the fy21 spending bills, id like to thank you all for your kind words and well wishes and ask you, please, to indulge me in just a few more reflections. I came to congress in 1989, one of just 31 women in the house and senate and to this committee in 1993 alongside only six other women under the 64member panel. This body is better for the 100 women serving in the 116th congress and for the many women in the room today. Its my honor to address the full committee for my final time as the first woman chair. You know, its ironic [applaus [applause] thank you. Its ironic that back in 1993 i had to choose between serving on appropriations or ways and means. I was fortunate to be given that choice. And today, we markup my final appropriation bills in the ways and Means Committee room. I chose appropriations because i believed it was the best place to give more people a better chance at a better l
Communist run city were its people we subject to the party elites whims said indeed this is already happening Security Forces are already rounding up on callers for doing to speak and think freely through world war has been eviscerated and as always the Chinese Communist party fears its own people more than anything else the u. K. s Prime Minister condemned the new role as a serious breach of the u. K. China agreement on territory that if china continue down this path we would reach introduce a new route for those with british nationals overseas status to enter the u. K. Granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the u. K. And thereafter to apply for citizenship and that is precisely what we will do now. Katrina u. Is in beijing and says china is sending a message to the people of hong kong. Chinas Foreign Ministry came out on wednesday afternoon justifying and defending this law explaining that this was crucial to host ability its crucial for its future
A horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here they could have stopped it they could have stopped it nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know it democratic president ial candidate joe biden says the latest u. S. Jobs numbers saw far from victory were still though nearly 15000000 jobs in the pandemic is getting worse not better and dont have to this is americans are still out of work wondering when or if their job will come back or worried about how to pay the bills in the meantime trump wants to declare his Health Crisis over another employment. Unfortunately hes deadly wrong on both fronts weve already had more than 128000. The number keeps climbing thats a direct consequence of downtimes bungled leadership in the total mismanagement of this crisis from the start. The former partner of the convicted paedophile steen has been arrested and charged with killing maxwell is accused of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused
The historic greenwood area is the area where he bought this property. It became known as the black wall street because of the number of Business Developers and entrepreneurs that came to the greenwood area to start a business. There was a lot of promise here because although blacks were not allowed to work in the oil fields, there was a lot of opportunity for those people who work for the wealthier people who were in the oil business, and so there was a lot of promise. Good jobs. Good paying jobs. The people took advantage of it. In the greenwood area, you have doctors. You have lawyers. You have pharmacists. You have educators, just anything that went into sustaining a quality of life for a community could be found in the greenwood area. That was the origin of people looking for opportunities. There was land available here in tulsa. Subsequently, it just flourished and when they arrested this young man for this alleges assault on the a legelleged alleged assault at this Downtown Depa
And securing the blefg of liberty blessings of liberty for all americans has taken a long and bumpy road and we still have a lot further to go. It starts with that one step. But at this moment the country and the world are demanding we pick up the stride. Lets follow iowas lead. Lets come together and take meaningful action. And to be clear, the passage of a single bill is not going to suddenly reverse centuries of injustice. Passing laws are a simple part. If we really want to change behavior, we need to commit ourselves to changing our hear hearts. The best way that we can personally commemorate the life of george floyd and the many others before him who lost their lives or suffered injustice is to open our own hearts. Chaplain black summed up the solution best when he quoted to me mark 12 31. Love your neighbor as yourself. Its both that simple and that challenging. So im asking all of us in this body to be more like iowa. Lets find a solution. Lets take that first step and begin ou