Higher . Apple, facebook. Pinterest is up 36 today. Take a moment to digest. Romaine they were so quiet on that. I purchase all my thoughts there. Vital farms, the ceo on earlier. Pinterest surging advertisers and users. One of the smaller tech companies. The Advertising Market is interesting to me. Are of the businesses advertising, some are not. If there is another downturn, do they advertise . Do they not . The chiefets get to Market Strategist at prudential. I want to get into the discussion with what we saw. Oing on with the dollar there are pockets that do better with the weaker dollar. Just taking a pullback, a breather. It helps financial conditions. You always hear it has not been networking well, but perhaps it will. The weaker dollar is good for emerging markets, commodity producers, those with heavy dollardenominated debt, the weaker dollar helps them, but the emerging markets if you look at the indexes, it is about china, 40 of any index. Anetheless, it should provide tail
A reflection under gerald ford and nixon under an American Society that said, these people can sit downstairs in the movie theater, they can register to vote, why are a majority of americans can support this. My general view is, affirmative action has been enhanced. Thats what i told the president. And he was pleased to know. That when you lose, what five to four . Eight to one . Seven to one . What it is all said that in the ninth hitting you lost great. Decision all persons having business for the honorable Supreme Court. Landmark cases, see spans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the Court Welcome to landmark cases. Tonight, affirmative action, in 19 78th a Supreme Court issued the decision in this on what is called the bakke case the ucs affirmative Action Program was declared unconstitutional. The
Work on a more normal basis, well continue to try to meet remotely so that we can play our part in slowing the spread of covid19. I want to also announce a couple of reminders to the conduct of this hearing. Members should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing, and members are responsible for their own microphones. Just be mindful that you probably have a little bit more responsibility than usual than if we were in a regular meeting space. And please keep your microphones muted unless youre speaking and finally if members have documents they wish to submit to the record, email them to the committee clerk. But if you dont have it, we can make sure you do get it. I welcome you to the science, space and Technology Committees First Virtual hearing. Today were discussing the impact of covid19 on the Fire Service Community and how we can best leverage existing federal programs to expedite assistance to Fire Departments during the pandemic. I appreciate our witne
First responders during the coronavirus pandemic. The house sign space and Technology Committee is hosting. You are watching live coverage on cspan. We can understand more clearly what we are facing. Significant n to local estate tax revenue. And other sources of support for Fire Departments. Facing some departments the hardest decision for firefighters in this crisis. We are in the middle of this health guide trips Health Crisis that at the same time the country is addressing longstanding racism. We are also in the early days of [inaudible] paul. Are not on mute, im sorry . [beep] ok. Thismain in the middle of health and economic crisis at the same time our country is confronting racial injustice. On top of that, we are in the early days of an honest wildfire hurricane season. This is a time of great uncertainty. , people are counting on us to ensure our First Responders have the tools and support they need to do their job well and safely. I look forward to Todays Congress andout help
Together to protest racial injustices. These protests began in response by Minneapolis Police officers with the recent killings of other africanamericans. My prayers go out to the family and the long list of other victims. I stand in solidarity with all of those who are peacefully protesting and challenging the status quo. But these protests are more than the treatment off africanamericans and police but also the racial inequities from our society have been festering for years and are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. This racial inequity in healthcare from this pandemic africanamericans and latinos and other people of color that are hospitalized and dying from cove in 18 at alarming rates. It with that disproportionate rate and those that represent just 4 percent of the population of arizona or 21 percent of the coronavirus in that state so the last week subcommittee briefing that that was exacerbated by the crisis who have an urgent and Larger National