Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
That they, too, can succeed in spite of it all. They, too, can overcome if they believe in themselves, believe in almighty god, whatever you want to call god. And if you have audacity, develop the courage and strong feeling about yourself. And is [inaudible] in here . Come up here a minute. I want to use this as an example of my legacy. I met Jenelle Spencer in 2004 at my Victory Party in ward 8. And after i started talking to her, i found out that she had not had a high school stand there High School Diploma or ged. Had four boys, raising them by herself, and she had refused to go on welfare. She worked two and three jobs, and i got her into Public Housing because she was paying 1,000 which was 60 some percent of her income, and she went to school, got her High School Diploma, got a certificate of nurses aide about four or five months ago. She passed the licensed Practical Nurse exam [applause] and shes going to enter udc school of nursing in august to get her rn with a fouryear bache
Apparently really 100 researchers and advocates traveling to a conference in australia dedicated to combating aids and hiv. These are men and women a dedicated their own lives to saving the lives of others, and they were taken from us in a senseless act of violence. In this world today, we should not forget in the midst of conflict and killing, there are people like these, people focused on what can be built rather than destroyed. Define themselves not by what makes them different, but by the humanity that we hold in common. It is important to lift them up and to affirm their lives, and he their example. The United States of america will continue to stand for the basic principle that people have the right to live as they choose, determine their own destiny, and it is on the side of truth. Let me take a couple of questions. On a technical matter, does the u. S. Believe this passenger jet was targeted or the people that shot down might have been going after a military aircraft, and more
The letters pressed provide an insight into the worst and conditions for the jewish in europe and the mindset of American Jewish and the American Government during this. Now. This is about 15 minutes. Good evening and welcome. I am suzy chafee member of the ajc. Im truly delighted that so many of you have calmed to hca to help launch exit berlin how one woman saved her family from nazi germany and to hear directly from Charlotte Bonelli the books author and rector of ajc archives. I read the book cover to cover in one seating and i can promise you you are in for a real treat. Exit berlin is based on more than 300 lucy hatch wrote her parents and other relatives left behind in germany after she came by herself to new york in 1938 about a week after kristallnacht and also letter she wrote to her american cousin arnold in albany who assisted in so many ways in the rescue. The letters are for unique insights into nazi germany and the holocaust from the perspective of one young German Jewis