Member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall the debate continue beyond 9 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the honorable gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my preeminent privilege to rise today to pay tribute to a great and noble american, a dear friend, a member of this house until his transition. Mr. Speaker, of course i speak of none other than the honorable john lewis. I want to recognize and say words about him today because he took the he took to heart the words of gandy began dirks we should be the change we seek. He was the sermon that he preached. He did what he said he would do and inspired others to do like wise. It is said a great person will always rise to the occasion. But it is also said that the greater person makes the occasion. Well, when it came to the Edmund Pettus bridge, not only did he rise to the occasion by marching across th
From foreign and domestic sources, those threats are real. They have been a real threat u. S. History. I think they can come from across the political spectrum. But for over a century, in addition to taking action against real threats to the lives of american citizens, bureaus and agencies within the United States government have surveilled those who have expressed what is described as Strong Political views that run counter to the prevailing government political paradigm. Will this challenge is the notion often expressed, by those who support a surveillance state of some sort, that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. And i want to come back to that later on in our discussion. Maybe you would hear to that you, maybe you are on the fence about it, maybe you firmly reject it. That is fine, we will have an opportunity to discuss that later. But the history of abuses in domestic surveillance, in this country, necessitates that discussion. Because the same tools that can
Outrage. Black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. We can take steps and make reforms to combat Police Violence and systemic racism within enforcement. Together we can work to redefine look safety so it recognizes the humanity and dignity of every person. This townhome is part of an ongoing my brothers keeper series. It was launched by president obama in 2014 after the tragic killing of trayvon martin. The president called on america and everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure young men of color new knew that they matter and to reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way to make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today, the work of my brothers keeper continues at the Obama Foundation, where we lead a network of more than 250 communities and a massive call to action to businesses, mayors, and other folks across the country. Our mission is to build safe and supportive communities where young
In the head. It was not even frontpage news. There was nobody demonstrating like this. Children in black six months killed on our streets. No one is demonstrating about that. No one is having discussions about what we can do to combat it. Officerwhite police shoots one black person and we know the name of that person, memorials are developed for them, and they become the cause of a movement to solve the problem. I am just asking for some proportionality. Lets put our time and energy focused on the largest problem we have, and that is those deaths internally. There is nothing white people can do externally to help us. It is a problem internal to us. We must address it. But in order to address that, we have to acknowledge the importance of it. Right now, it does not seem to be important. The only time we get upset is when a white person takes a black persons life. Host we will hear from doreen. Shes in massachusetts. Caller when i watched the video of george floyd, i was totally disguste
Concerns about Infection Prevention and control in Nursing Homes. Both as part of the g. A. O. s broader overseist federal response to the covid pandemic, as well as a request from the ranking minority member of senator widen of the finance committee in the senate. G. A. O. Conducted a review of looking at what the issues were in Nursing Homes in terms of finding deficiencies and Infection Prevention and control prior to the pandemic, what the history has been in terms of whats been reported to h. H. S. Host and heres some of the topline data out of that report from the g. A. O. Over 13,000 homes from 2013 to 2017 were cited with Infection Prevention issues in one or more years. 6,300 over 6,300 homes had multiple consecutive years of citations for deficiencies, and the g. A. O. Report says nearly all deficiencies were classified by state surveyers as not severe. Medicaid and medicare Enforcement Actions against Nursing Homes were only taken for 1 of these deficiencies. Tell us about w