Well read thank you so much. Good night. Bestsellr most recent book held Voter Suppression is destroying our democracy. Doctor anderson is a renowned historian and author. She is the professor of africanamerican studies at every university and is the author of the unspoken truth of our nation is divided. I am a great admirer of her work exploring the legacy of slavery, segregation and discrimination and how we remain fundamentally an equal nation 400 years after the arrival of slavery in north america. Doctor Andersons Book one person no vote, calls the history of the Voter Suppression including all of the current ways the Republican Party is undermining Voting Rights. Doctor anderson, im delighted ti am delightedto have you heret your work. Its wonderful to meet you, and to talk about what they can do to fight back against efforts to suppress the most fundamental rights we have, the right to vote, and we know that this is occurring each and every day in the country so thank you again.
Do we have remote people . E td okay. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The hearing will come to order. I believe we have some of our colleagues who are going to be remote. Opening eally have anit. Statement. Well hear from judge wilson here in a bit and well let our two colleagues from mississippi introduction. But ill defer to senator feinstein if she wants to say anything first. Hear fro i will, mr. Chairman. O a thank you very much. Today, as youve stated, were going to hearr from cory wilson nominated to a mississippi seat on the fifth Circuit Court of j appeals. Stated during the nomination hearing for the view District Court in january, i am interested in judge wilsons views on a a number of issues including health care, Voting Rights, womens reproductive afo rights, gun safety, and the rights of lgbt americans. His record of opposition to the Affordable Care act is troubling, particularly because wereorte concernedd ju with co. I hope he will straighten us out on that. A it has been reported that
People . Have remote 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The hearing will come to order. I believe we have some of our colleagues who will be remote. I dont really have an opening statement. We will hear from judge wilson and a bit. We will let our colleagues from mississippi to the introduction. I will defer to senator feinstein if she was to seining first. Senator feinstein thank you very much. Today we will hear from cory wilson, nominated to a mississippi seat on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals. As i stated during the nomination hearing for the District Court in january, i am interested in judge wilsons views on a number of issues including health care, Voting Rights, womens reproductive rights, gun safety and the rights of lgbt americans. His record of opposition to the Affordable Care act is troubling, particularly because we are concerned with covid19. I hope people straighten us out on that. It has been reported judge wilson has a commitment to undermining the Affordable Care act. He has called
A nation that is bracing for an historic Unemployment Rate because essentially all of the jobs that we saw it really added to the u. S. Economy in the last decade have now been wiped out socially a 20 percent Unemployment Rate and you have to remember thats astonishing given the fact that it was just weeks ago 3. 5 percent previously which was a 50 year low. In other news the u. S. Is reportedly removing Patriot Missile systems and other military assets from saudi arabia as it winds down a military build up that began as tensions with iran flared last year this is all according to the wall street journal which says among the facilities affected will be Saudi Oil Installations u. S. Deployed more assets there after an attack on saudi aramco plants last september dozens of u. S. Military personnel will also be reassigned. The u. S. Justice department has asked the judge to drop criminal charges against Donald Trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn it follows mounting press
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