Lifetime but this one really is. ,between the economy and coronavirus, peoples lives depend on replacing donald with joe biden in the white house, and young people are going to make it happen. To give you a quick introduction to the Progressive Change Committee we are a grassroots , organization with one million members. We elect great people to office at the local, state, and federal levels, and we work with them once they are in office to push forward progressive priorities. Lifecycle we supported over 1100 , candidates. Symone 1100 candidates . Stephanie 1100 candidates. Had school board to senate, now i can say school board to president. If you are thinking about running for office, check out boldprogress. Org. When we first started working with Elizabeth Warren years ago when she was a harvard professor, she was working with a group of former volunteers and students to create the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Even then, she was inspiring people to take action with the powe
Preparations committee worked on 2021 spending today, earlier they debated interior and Environmental Department spending which included several amendments, your congresswoman chairs the committee. Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. And before we begin, they require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. Been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, it borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee f
Of our native communities. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute. Members and witnesses, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Documents can be sent to rebecca at the email address weve provided. And all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me find that, now that ive said that. I believe that todays hearing is long overdue. Day after day, our nations tribal communities are suffering inequality, unequal access to Drinking Water, energy grid, broadband, and other problems that have created unnecessary hardship and turmoil. And covid19 is exacerbating the existing problems now. And the Navajo Nation has seen rates higher than wuhan, china, during the height of the pandemic. And weve heard repeatedly about the struggles of the native communities to protect against covid19. As the pandemic rages on, access to ppe and testing and proper san
Authorizing highway, bridge, aviation, and waterway projects. Members are working on 170 amendments. They plan to complete work on those amendments around midday today. That will be followed by a vote on final passage of the package. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving day. Other we ask your continued protection empowerment of those who tend to the sick and those who medical solutions to this dangerous pandemic. The work of the house these last few days to votes. Wo upport for the department of agriculture. During these times Food Production and delivery and the many e been among challenges facing our nation. Whatever the particulars of this may it proceed through the legislative process ultimately help the benefit of all americans. We ask, also, your continued protection and empowerment of hose who live heroic lives d
To sundra to nobody here in the ugandan couple to kampala well uganda like the rest of the world is to buckling the corner virus and while they looked on only being lifted from sector to sector were still registering squad a number of new cases still the show must go on and weve put together an interesting set of stories for you. We visit a man in ethiopia who help to bring clean water to his community. We also look at ways that dicta lives can be good and also bad for the environment. And looking and farmers whove discovered a look or 2 side crop raising still warms. Covered in 1800. 00 caused us to change the way we do many things like shopping for instance many wonder if it is still safe to do shopping b. Z. Outdoor markets or even on crowded streets that is partly why Online Shopping is common nowadays whether for clothes or groceries it is becoming boring these days also here in africa one company in zimbabwe for example delivers Fresh Produce and other items directly to your home