Addiction hosted this panel during its annual convention in washington. This is 1 10. Good morning again, everyone. My watch says 11 20. Were going to go ahead and get started. My name is Curtis Taylor and im a person in long term recovery. I have not used alcohol or any other drug in almost 15 years now. [ cheers and applause ] please understand that is strictly by gods grace and mercy. Like marty walker, i take no credit whatsoever for all the good things god is doing in my life today. This particular panel is what my passion is many my life is dedicated to what we call reentry. Im dedicated to helping men and women transition from incarceration in a successful manner such that they never ever ever go back to prison. Thats what i get paid to do today. Imagine that. Over three quarters of the oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. I think only the senators aide has not. 70 of people in jails or prisons are addicted to alcohol or drugs. Every year thousands of them
Hearts to you. Lord, please shower your mercy on our nation, as we seek to deal with the las vegas mass shooting. Please show mercy to the victims and their families. Lord, in spite of this horrific act, give us faith to believe that evil will not ultimately prevail in our world. May this tragedy motivate us to plant and water seeds of peace, as we cultivate a greater respect for the laws of seed time and harvest. Cut in pieces the cords of wickedness that seek to bind us. Today, guide our senators and use them as ambassadors of reconciliation in our nation and world. Eternal god, though we walk in the midst of trouble, stretch forth your hands and revive us with your might. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell
Of mr. Pie the federal vacations. As fcc commissioner and now as chairman has not been a vigorous watchdog for free speech. He has not put to the peoples right to information first and in fact he has put corporate interest first. Outright and he has opposed policies are right that insured under serveda communities have access to essential technology and i strongly oppose his renomination to the commission. Lets begin with his responsibility to guard First Amendment rights. President trump has relentlessly attacked nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, the New York Times and the washington post. He calls these established and esteemed news outlets they can use and he even called them the enemy of the people. Earlier this year in february during the Senate Commerce hearing this was an oversight hearing and i asked chairman pai point blank whether he agreed with the president that these main stream news organizations were the enemy of the people and he refused to answer, refused to disagree patently outrag
Objection. Mr. Udall thank you, madam president. Madam president , i rise in opposition to the renomination of mr. Ajit pai to the federal Communications Commission. Mr. Pai both as f. C. C. Commissioner and now as chairman has not been a vigorous watchdog for free speech. He has not put the peoples right to information first. In fact, he has put corporate interest first. And he has opposed policies outright that ensure underserved communities have access to essential technology. I strongly oppose his renomination to the commission. Lets begin with his responsibility to guard First Amendment rights. President trump has relentlessly attacked nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, the new york times, and the washington post. He called these established and esteemed news outlets fake news. He even called them the enemy of the people. Earlier this year in february during a Senate Commerce hearing, this was an oversight hearing, i asked chairman pai point blank whether he agreed with the president that these
Editorinchief of bloomberg is this week Bloomberg Businessweek, megan murphy. Lets start with economics and canada. We are tired of malls here but let us talk about a mall that is popular. Megan its a larger story about canada and what is happening with indigenous people. It has been a big issue in terms of giving his group of people, giving the same Economic Opportunities and bringing them up the economic ladder. A policy issue for justin trudeau, the boy wonder of canada and how to develop this. This is an example of something where, largely through this woman who went door to door to door, kim, and redeveloped how this community negotiated its deal with local promises and local governments to redevelop what the community is doing. Now it is a community was almost full employment, a dramatic change from 10 years ago. It is an encouraging story. Carol how did she do it . Julia how did she do it . How did she prove that the community is open for business essentially . Megan she is only