Airline travel amid the pandemic and the pandemics impact on the aviation industry. Sharp talksn about issues affecting native americans and the role they played in the election. Good morning. It is wednesday, november 25, the day before thanksgiving, traditionally one of the busiest travel days in the year. This is a Union Station in washington, d. C. , popular hub. Health and state Public Officials have urged people not to travel or spend the holiday outside their household, yet millions of americans packed airports this week in more are expected to hit the road today and tomorrow. We want to hear about your travel plans or lack thereof. If you are traveling this thanksgiving, what precautions are you taking . Give us a call if youre traveling. The number, [video clip] 202 7488000. If you are not traveling, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning. That number 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter, cspan
The committee on rules and administration will come to order, good morning i want to thank my colleagues for joining us today, i would like to welcome my nominees to todays hearing. Shana broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections commission, as our witnesses are joining us remotely, i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, is significant president ial nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know youre proud, your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about the nominees and then ill turn to another Committee Member senator cruz to talk about the third nominee, Alan Dickerson is not the nominee to be a member of the federal Election Commission for a term expiring on april the 30th 2025 and he has been practicing law for 20 years primarily in the areas of First Am
She will join in a minute via zoom. She serves as president of the congress of the largest tribal government in the United States. Let me give you the phone numbers. Phone lines split up as usual. Democrats 202 7488000, republicans 202 7488001, independents 202 7488002, and a special line for native americans 202 7488003. About nativeg american issues and you can start calling in now. Fond sharp. D by advice going the into a lameduck congress . We need to recognize that nobody is immune from this pandemic. We are all deeply impacted. This is likely going to exceed Public Resources that Congress Might have available. We need to be Global Partners in terms of Public Health care recovery plan. We cannot solve this in isolation but come to the table. Not just every nation, but all the trave tribal nations. Are they all represented in the congress of American Indians . Tell us about that group. The National Congress of American Indians is the oldest and Largest Organization in congress of t
Were not going to forget about the agreement for the sake of an election, are we . Amy indigenous, racial justice, and climate activists staged an biden beon dubbed brave outside the headquarters and adc thursday, calling on the president elect to take immediate Climate Action and to approve the Green New Deal. We will hear from congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez and congresswomanelect cori bush. Thenwe being tolbiden wont be ablto achie much. We must ject tt idea. That ithe headne oa new pie by autr d organir astra taylor of the debt coective. As we looforward to a new demoatic administration, we need toe clear what power you will have. It is within his power to erase. Ll fedel student debt egypt where the head of the leading egyptian Human Rights Group has been arrested in an unprecedented crackdown. We will speak with sharif abdel kouddous. All that and more, coming up. Weome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States confirmed
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