President trump thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate you being here. We love this state. It has been a great state for me and it has been a great state for everyone in this room and i can we are here to help. Im here with Governor Greg Abbott come a very special man and hes doing a very good job for the state of texas. Lieutenant evan or dan patrick, another friend of mine. I watched you the other night on a very important show and you did and credibly well representing the state. State attorney general can paxton, hes a very aggressive attorney general and that is what we like. Youve got some very big ones, including the mailin ballots. Unsolicited, i call them. The unsolicited mailin ballots were people are sitting home and just get hit with mailin ballots all over the place. I think it is a very important case, not only here but for the whole country. I think about 18 of those cases throughout the country. Pennsylvania, north carolina, we have a lot of them. You are one of t
President trump thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate you being here. We love this state. It has been a great state for me and it has been a great state for everyone in this room and i can we are here to help. Im here with Governor Greg Abbott come a very special man and hes doing a very good job for the state of texas. Lieutenant evan or dan patrick, another friend of mine. I watched you the other night on a very important show and you did and credibly well representing the state. State attorney general can paxton, hes a very aggressive attorney general and that is what we like. Youve got some very big ones, including the mailin ballots. Unsolicited, i call them. The unsolicited mailin ballots were people are sitting home and just get hit with mailin ballots all over the place. I think it is a very important case, not only here but for the whole country. I think about 18 of those cases throughout the country. Pennsylvania, north carolina, we have a lot of them. You are one of t
As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and attain these. For fiscal year 2020, congress appropriated 3. 1 billion approximately in more than 45,000 adult and family i. C. E. Beds. Ion over 80 of these beds are operated daily by private contractors, some of whom are at this hearing today. That is a large amount of taxpayer money. It demands oversight and accountability. Detention facilities must be held to a High Standard at all times. Within this moment, it is of vital importance. Yet over the past few months, it is feared that ice am a and its contractors have not taken the outbreak seriously and have not i. C. E. And its contractors have not taken the outbreak seriously. At least 405i. C. E. Employees assigned to detention facilities have just a positive. Least twost at detainees, a potential third today in florida, and five contractors, d
Today, the subcommittee meets to examine the response to covid19 by four of the contractors responsible for managing facilities. As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and detainees. Facilities. As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and attain these. For fiscal year 2020, congress appropriated 3. 1 billion approximately in more than 45,000 adult and family i. C. E. Beds. Ion over 80 of these beds are operated daily by private contractors, some of whom are at this hearing today. That is a large amount of taxpayer money. It demands oversight and accountability. Detention facilities must be held to a High Standard at all times. Within this moment, it is of vital importance. Yet over the past few mon
Familys anguish the mother of george floyd stores and makes an emotional call for justice. And sympathy and solidarity spreads across borders and across continents as george floyd reaction for his global. Protest is in the u. S. Breaking curfews in cities across the country its now the 8th day of demonstrations following the death of George Floyd National job National Guard soldiers have been deployed now in 29 states as incidents of arson and looting punctuate otherwise Peaceful Demonstrations at least 5 people are reported to have died in the unrest while many protesters are still on the streets of the u. S. Capitol washington d. C. Rallies were held around the white house a day after President Trump had crowds forcibly removed by police. And in the state of oregon thousands of protesters marched on to one of portlands busiest roads to stage their protest as you can see they lay face down on burnside bridge with their hands behind their backs for 9 minutes and remembrance of george f