Timeline. First of all, because it requires run indicating, and rushing to the finish. Particularly the door knocking, that will again next week. Reporter experts and civil rights activists were in the sped up count could hurt its thoroughness and produce inaccurate data used to draw up districts and distribute government funds. Its a lot of data that is going to be the basis of policies and research for the next 10 years. Reporter the House Committee on oversight and reform now wants to interview 8 Census Bureau officials as it looks into the latest move by the agency. And we are concerned about the accuracy of the count. The president has done Everything Possible to distract from accounts. Reporter san jose con mapman will konna is a member of that committee. He and other are concerned that it it would negatively impact minority communities and as a result, limit their representation in congress. In those are the areas that are going to be undercounted and have less representation, t
Our moms and dads struggling to purchase diapers, our child care providers and workers who have continued to look after our kids, our family caregivers who are helping iowa seniors and those most at risk during this pandemic. And to ensure we are prepared for whatever might come next, lets not only focus on the immediate needs but on the long term. National priority for critical medical supplies and other materials to be produced right here in the United States of america. We should never again depend on a foreign nation to protect our citizens, especially one like the communist party of china, which has been continually and unsurprisingly deceptive about this threat from the very beginning. Folks, while we still have a ways to go before we can return to life as we know it, we will get through this. And when we do, we will revive the great economy we built together and prepare for an Even Stronger future together. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Mrs. Capito mr. President
Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Grassley this bill was introduced 100 years to the date of the mineral leasing act of 1920. This amendment would increase the royalty rates on federal lands from 12. 5 to 18. 75 . Everybody here knows that a royalty is what the oil company will pay to a mineral owner. In this case the mineral owner is the american taxpayer, and that royalty is paid for the right to extract oil and natural gas from the lands of the United States. The legislation modernizes the public lands leasing system and it does
Well leave this program for live coverage of the u. S. House. Today members are considering legislation to combat antisemitism on College Campuses. Live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy and eternal god, on the occasion of the 235th anniversary of the appointment of the first chaplain to congress, i offer this prayer in thanksgiving to you and to our countrys forbearers who to under it both fit who found it both fit and necessary to open each legislative day since 1789 with prayer. Repeating the sentiments of George Washington in his first address shared with the house of representatives on that same day, we offer our fervent supplications to that almighty being who rules over the universe, who presides in the counsels of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect the. That his ben diction macons crate to the liberties and
50 giga watts of coalpowered plants every year . Thats china. China who we rely on to buy not only the elements and minerals we need to do electrification but china who grows most of the solar panels with slave labor, theyre building a big coal plant every five days. Now, natural gas in the United States has caused us to be able to reduce global Greenhouse Gas emissions more than any other country in the world. Were only around 13 of the global Greenhouse Gas emissions now and china is over twice of that. But when we become more dependent on china, when we become more dependent on russia who are big polluters, then were becoming more responsible for global Greenhouse Gas emissions than if we use our own energy and minerals to build things here, build them more efficient and more effectively than any place in the world. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman im glad to hear the gentleman