Chair clyburn good afternoon. The committee will come to order. With out objection, the chair has authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. For anecognize myself opening statement. This morning, we heard the president in his own words, recorded in february, described the coronavirus as deadly stuff. Recordingo heard a from march, in which he admitted quoted again i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic. DidTrump Administration play down the pandemic, refusing to level with the American People about the known danger and refusing to develop and implement a National Plan to stop the spread. As a result, more than 190,000 and thes have died coronavirus is continuing to kill hundreds and in fact tens of thousands every day. Weeks,e next eight americans will be casting their votes in the midst of this ongoing crisis. Holding a free, fair, and safe election under these circumstances is a challenge. But let there b
Potential rules to next congress which begins in january with members elected in knost elections. Live coverage on cspan3. Regard also of who covers Congress Next year, i think we can all agree that the integrity means listening to all members like well be doing here today. We took a similarly collaborative approach with the rules package for this congress. Im proud to say the first bipartisan vote on a rules package in decades. That didnt just happen, it took time a lot of conversation and a situation to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly and good ideas. Im proud of what we created together and with the consensus calendar to expedite ideas, with support, the Diversity Office to get the congress to look more like the real world and ideas from both sides to get this place functioning better. And although we were already holding these hearings in committee, we also required that other committees hold them, too, so that all members had a chance to meet across the congress. Hopefully
Judicial nominations. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Ee ternl god, we are grateful that you continue to rule the universe. We being a knowledge that though wrong seems so strong your purposes will be fulfilled. Lord, we praise you for your promise that in everything you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Mighty god, let your will be done lest our law makers bless our lawmakers. Listen to their prayers. Quench their thirst for your proence with your abiding love. May they not forget the many times you have helped them in the past. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding of
Book as director of legal policy and he holds a jd and mba from yale and a ba in economics and other firm chapel hill as a morehead scholar glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Its always a pleasure to speak to those at the foundation i have said it before add a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and it is a Gold Standard think tank that has helped me to shape North Carolina and a lot of the resilience right now to have found a cisco flooding in the middle of a pandemic is due to the great work the John Locke Foundation has done thank you. Thank you for those comments you actually live in North Carolina so your book writes about federal policy but you follow state Public Policy as well and hopefully after we talk about your book you will get your take what is happening with Governor Cooper and Emergency Powers use here in North Carolina but i have to tell you the book is unelected you can buy the book now i think my col
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe