If you say no, the twoparty system is not working, your line is going to be 202 7488001. If you are unsure what you still want to talk about this issue, your number is going to be 202 7488002. You can alwaysd text us your opinion at 202 7488003. Keep in mind, we are always reading on social media, on. Witter, and cspan we are going to have live on the two current thirdParty Candidates running for president. Coming up at 8 00 we are going to hear from Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins. Coming up at 9 15, the jorgensenn nominee jo will discuss her platform and strategy for this years election. If you want to hear directly from those candidates, keep watching the show. First, we want to hear from you about the twoparty system in the United States. Do you think the political system is working . There is a story from cnn that talked about this earlier this year. Even if they are down on the independent candidates being presented, nearly 40 of americans think a third local party is needed
You very much. The committee on Natural Resources will come to order. The committee is meeting to hear testimony on the questions of the u. S. Park police june 1 attack on the Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square. Under Committee Rules, oral Opening Statements and the ranking minority member or his designee. This will allow us to hear from the witnesses sooner and helps members ge keep to the schedule. Therefore i ask unanimous consent of the members o memberg statements be made a part of this hearing records submitted by 5 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Without objection the chair will also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As described in the notice of documents and motions will be submitted to the electronic. Additionally please note members are responsible for their own microphones and as with the in person meetings members can be muted only to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anyone present in the hearing room today must wear a mask covering
Were behaving peacefully thank you very much. The committee on Natural Resources will come to order. The committee is meeting to hear testimony on the questions of the u. S. Park police june 1 attack on the Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square. Under Committee Rules, oral Opening Statements and the ranking minority member or his designee. This will allow us to hear from the witnesses sooner and helps members ge keep to the schedule. Therefore i ask unanimous consent of the members o memberg statements be made a part of this hearing records submitted by 5 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Without objection the chair will also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As described in the notice of documents and motions will be submitted to the electronic. Additionally please note members are responsible for their own microphones and as with the in person meetings members can be muted only to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anyone present in the hearing room t
Morning. Let me just say that leader mcconnell, thank you for the opportunity to have this opportunity as i approached you about the importance of this issue and ask you give me an opportunity to share some thoughts. He was kind enough to give me a chance to move this forward and have a real conversation with america about the importance of Police Reform, accountability, and trespassing, and thats exactly what the focus is on. Police reform, accountability, and transparency. Youre also smart enough to put together a really small group of senators to understand the issue , passion about the issue, and have expertise in different aspects about the senate. So this is a great team you put together and i appreciate having the opportunity to discuss the important issue of Police Reform. Too often we are having a discussion about this nation about ari supporting the Law Enforcement community or communities of color . This is a binary choice. The answer to the question of which side you choice
The reason for that is extraordinarily important. And its on the floor. We are going to finish it as soon as we can and try to have the opportunity to process amendments. So let me allow senator inhofe f to give you the status of that and see what the questions are for him on how we might go forward. This is the 60th year, and its passed every year, and this will be an exception. Let me share a couple of things with you for background, and that is during the last five years in the Obama Administration and i didnt say this critically either at the time, the last five years, from 2010 to 2015, the Obama Administration cut the military down by 25 . Now, what has happened during that same time, russia actually increased fares. So we dropped 25 and they increased by 34 . In china they increased by 83 . Now that is where we got into the problem that has to be correctehad to becorrected withs administration. And im happy to say wev we jut about got another corrected right now. The thing that