I am the Vice President of the open Society Foundation that is hosting this event. And i should say, that we are going to talk to around 45 minutes, give or take. And that we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions. Those questions that you would like to share with eric and maya and me should be sent to questions at open Society Foundations. Org. Questions and open Society Foundations. Org party can also do this by twitter. If you really need to, you can do it via facebook. We are recording this event. It is being live cast. And it is going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, mile wylie is with us as a discussant. She has a very long time civil rights lawyer and activist, former chair of new york cities civilian Complaint Review board. Former Corporation Counsel to his honor, william de blasio, a University Professor at the school and ongoing legal analyst for both nbc news and msnbc. And so its a great pleasure, maya to be wi
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Recess at any time. The chair asks that ms. Debbie ms. Scanlan,ultz, else mr. Cooper, ms. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and representative mary gay scanlon, b waved onto the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement, then i will record as the Ranking Member. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . I will recognize her, with your after. Ion, mr. Hice, lawrence, i will recognize. If somebody else on your side wants to have additional. The Postal Service is the crown jewel of our federal government. It serves every household and business every day. 630,000 brief individuals who live in every congressional district. According to pew research, 91 of americans have a favorable view of the Postal Service. Leaps and bounds above that of any other federal entity. During the coronavirus pandemic, Services Value to this nation is greater than ever, serving as a linchpin to our nations response to the pan
Im jamie colby. And today, im driving in the badlands of eastern montana. Its rugged, bigsky, cattleranching country. Im on my way to meet a lifelong resident whose father left him a chunk of this land. Nice to have you here. Thanks for having us. My names Clayton Phipps. And in 1997, my father passed away, and i inherited from him a small portion of the family ranch. And along with that came a few pretty exciting surprises. 41yearold Clayton Phipps is like a character out of red river or lonesome dove. [ horse neighs ] most of the time, im on my own. Im happy that way. This ranch had been in our family since my greatgrandfather homesteaded here. And its a part of me that i just didnt feel like i wanted to ever part with. Clayton grew up and learned to cowboy here on the ranch his father shared with three brothers. He describes the operation as cashpoor but reasonably successful. My dad worked us hard, but that was a good thing, too. After claytons father dies in 1997, the ranch is spl