Pray. In conroy let us loving god, we give you thanks day. Iving us another peace. Your spirit of inspire the members of the peoples house this day. Spirit of wisdom, patience, and understanding in work they do. Throughout our country, the of the coronavirus plague continue. Those who are in arms way health care professionals, those engaged in delivering goods and services to communities, and teachers at all levels. Send your spirit of healing to those who suffer from and those who mourn died. Who have lord, god, have mercy on us. Day be that is done this for your greater honor and glory. Amen. Amen. Eaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of house 967, the journal of he last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california, mr. Schiff. Please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it god, one nation under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The s
Protected civil rights writ large. So this is going to require a longterm bipartisan commitment. But not just from us in washington but folks in the state capitals, city halls, and Police Departments across the country. Because ultimately its the local officials that have the responsibility to hire and fire the police chief, to make sure that bad Police Officers are removed from the force. And thats where the nearterm responsibility needs to lie, because we dont have that capability here. But we do believe, i do believe there are concrete steps we can take right now to address the racial injustices that were exposed once again with the death of mr. Floyd. So i appreciate senator scott and leader mcconnell for responding to this crisis with the urgency that it deserves, and im proud to be part of this effort in the senate. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from. The presiding officer the s
Increase of federal workers overseeing protected lands in nevada and montana. And a house subcommittee is looking to protect federal workers on federal parks and wildlife refuges and other open spaces spaces. The subcommittee on National Parks and for ests will come to order. We are meeting to hear about antipublic lands extremism. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral statements are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. And therefore i ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing rect if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Thank you all for being here on the subcommittee of National Parks and forests public hearing on combatting the antipublic lands extremism. We are here in part to review the results of a recent Government Accountability Office Report detailing the impacts of government extreermtism on the Government Land managers and facilities. As we will hear the report fo
[inaudible convens] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come back to order. The gentleman from montana. Thank you very much. Thank you for joining us and i hope you didnt sever too much anxiety taking that Community Back to washington. A little bit of ptsd with the. One of the things i like to paraphrase is dwight eisenhower, listen from disinformation of information from of my colleagues on the other side. Dwight eisenhower said it looks easy when you live 1000 miles away from a cornfield that is exactly the problem in this body on a daily basis. Too many people are making decisions about Land Management in our part of the world they are not familiar with at all and unfortunately we have people making those decisions such as a director who was a known collaborator with ecoterrorist and secretary of interior who will provide documents and lobbying efforts that certainly doesnt help matters. Sadly to hold his hearing so that we, the people impacted the most by it can get Accura
Conflict between israel and Palestinian Militants roared into a second day sunday. The new fears the surprise attack could spark an even wider middle east war. Today the pentagon ordered u. S. Warships and forces in the region to move closer to israel, including the Aircraft Carrier, gerald r. Ford, currently in the mediterranean. Israelis battled hamas militants. Hundreds have been killed on both siesd. Some may be americans. They include 260 israelis attending a Music Festival near the border. Hamas claims to hold more than 100 peoeople hostage. Israel has responded with fury. Fighter jets taking aim at targets in the palestinian territory. Here in new york, hundreds of israeli and palestinian supporters held rival rallies in times square. And at the u. S. Capitol today the flag was lowered to halfstaff in solidarity with israel. Holly williams is in southern leal to stlooel sh shooel israel and leads us off. Reporter Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is now engaged in a quote, lon