U. S. Senate while the chamber continues debate on an economic a package, negotiations are ongoing but it is possible senators could vote as early as monday on the deal. Live to the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord, you are worthy of our praise. Save us from the forces that threaten our nation and world. Lord, inspire our lawmakers even though the earth seems to tremble and the mountains seem to shake. May our senators always embrace your divine principles and live blameless lives. Give them the wisdom to labor with integrity and to seek your divine approval. Illuminate the darkness that inevitably comes and lead them to your desired destination. Empower us all almighty god, with a faith that will keep us surefooted even in slippery places. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegianc
Whats necessary to protect the American People in this time of historic challenge. I yield the floor. Mr. President this past week we have seen the spread of covid19 has really become a crisis not just for our nation but a crisis for every american. Today millions of americans are asking themselves how they will endure thishi crisis and how log will the crisis lasts and how will it affect their families, their communities and their nation as a whole. We have many people that are now trying to do the dollars and cents of this crisis literally sitting down to try to calculate how many weeks they can stretch the last two weeks of pay. We see people who have been furloughed and had their hours reduced and laid off. We have seen Small Businesses from the momandpop pizza joints too small interior design shops to barbershops all trying to determine how they can keep themselves afloat when their doors are closed, how they can deal with their fixed costs. I was on the phone with so Many Employe
Education for the unified School District. Tonight is january 14, 2020. This meeting is now called to order. Miss casco, roll call, please. Clerk thank you. [roll call] clerk thank you. President cook tonight, id like to start this meeting in honor of one of my greatest professional heros, malcolm x. Tonight, well have a leadership change, but i wont read a quote in particular. Ill just say, i appreciate his legacy and what hes done in this city, and i hope to continue it in the years to come. Lets see. Section a, general information. Number 1, accessibility information for the public. Number 2 is teleconference information, and there is none tonight. Section b, opening items. Number 1, readopt the board of education rules and procedures as stipulated in series 9000, the board shall adopt its rules at the first regular Board Meeting of the year. Thus, may i hear a motion to readopt the board of education rules and procedures series 9000. Motion. Second. President cook there being no ob
Here are their remarks. Good morning. Good morning. As we gather today, first let thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. It is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. King. Mr. Sharpton dr. King as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. So we do not take it as a day off. We take it as a day on. To do something in the spirit of human rights and civil rights that dr. King stood for. The National Action network started 28 years ago on those principles and weve been blessed to partner with martin who thought to spend this federal holiday every year with us at the breakfast. He had brought his mother to our Convention Many years. So we are in our d. N. A. Kinglike. And no year is more important than this year. Because we are meeting on a morning of king holiday where the nation has been more polarized and divided than weve seen in recent history. The rise of antisemitic attacks, the rise of hate crimes , the right of rhetoric tha
Work in the Economic Opportunity subcommittee. Without objection the chair is authorized to calle for recess at any time. Todays hearing is entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resources come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to veteran suicide which we note include homelessness and hunger. Our subcommittee works in a bipartisan way to str