National organizations held a meeting in San Francisco so that we could be a part of the around prop 187 and see some of the and the organizer thing firsthand. So that was a really important part of my the early part of my career. And its coming full circle now today. And of course, the ripples prop 187 have been felt throughout the last 30 years, throughout my entire career. Today we have a really distinguished of panelists who are here to discuss prop 187 and its aftermath. Im going to introduce everybody very briefly here to my left, we have gustavo arellano. Hes columnist at the los angeles times, where he covers politics and issues in Southern California. He previously wrote a column called, ask a mexican, and that is also a book now. Correct. And hes also the author of taco usa how mexican conquered america. Next, we have veronica terriquez. She is a professor in the department of chicano and Central American studies, and she is a director of the Chicano Studies Research center a
National organizations held a meeting in San Francisco so that we could be a part of the around prop 187 and see some of the and the organizer thing firsthand. So that was a really important part of my the early part of my career. And its coming full circle now today. And of course, the ripples prop 187 have been felt throughout the last 30 years, throughout my entire career. Today we have a really distinguished of panelists who are here to discuss prop 187 and its aftermath. Im going to introduce everybody very briefly here to my left, we have gustavo arellano. Hes columnist at the los angeles times, where he covers politics and issues in Southern California. He previously wrote a column called, ask a mexican, and that is also a book now. Correct. And hes also the author of taco usa how mexican conquered america. Next, we have veronica terriquez. She is a professor in the department of chicano and Central American studies, and she is a director of the Chicano Studies Research center a
Has an amendment on the floor under consideration. Would the gentleman yield . The chair recognizes himself and is happy to yield. Thank you, mr. Chairman. After reviewing the bill, i believe that at least for the foreseeable future the 410,000 plus 10 escalator is probably sufficient. I would like to work with the chairman further on defining that so that the safeguards be in place once this bill becomes law but i would ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. Without objection, it is withdrawn. And let me just say to the gentleman, id be happy to work with him. Its important that purpose of the legislation is to assure that american agriculture has the workers it needs to continue to thrive in the United States and not diminish because they can go elsewhere to find laborers and produce Agricultural Products elsewhere in the world so im happy to work with the gentleman in that regard. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you. Are there further amendments to hr 4902 . I have an amend
Theres evidence that vekselberg may have used his holdings to do the kremlins bidding in the past. Four years ago, the fbi warned a foundation controlled by him might have been acting on behalf of russias intelligence services. So all this led to speculation that vekselberg perhaps acting on behalf of the russian government or not was funneling money to cohen through Columbus Nova. Heres the thing, the Company Columbus nova stressed it is American Company run by american businessmen named andrew intrator. Vekselberg is his biggest client and his cousin. But the company says vekselberg was not involved in the decision to pay cohen. The claim viktor was involved or provide any funding for Columbus Novas engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. In other words, how dare you . Columbus nova just wanted to pay Michael Cohen 1 million for a totally unknown reason which had nothing to do with their biggest client, a russian oligarch. Guess what . It turns out thought Michael Cohen and n
Four years ago, the fbi warned a foundation controlled by him might have been acting on behalf of russias intelligence services. So all this led to speculation that vekselberg perhaps acting on behalf of the russian government or not was funneling money to cohen through Columbus Nova. Right . That would be a huge deal. Heres the thing, the Company Columbus nova stressed it as American Company run by american businessmen named andrew entraitor. Vekselberg is entraitors cousin and his biggest client. But the company says vekselberg was not involved in the decision to pay cohen. I quote here, the claim viktor was involved or provide any funding for Columbus Novas engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. In other words, how dare you . Column bows nova just wanted to pay Michael Cohen 1 million for a totally unknown reason which had nothing to do with the firms biggest client, a russian oligarch. Guess what . It turns out thought Michael Cohen and none other than Viktor Vekselberg ar