On bay area focus next. Welcome to pay area. Congresswoman retires. From a seat on the council, she became the first former welfare mother to serve in congress. Reelected eight times. While she was a strong opponent offtrack war, she said our biggest mistake was voting the 2001 resolution authorizing the initial use of force following the september 11th terrorist attack. Welcome back to the show and thank you for having me. Im curious with the recent drama with the debt ceiling and the shutdown of the government, were you itching to be back here or glad you were out of the fray . Well, i never minded the fight, you all know that. Uhuh was i was in there for the battle. The reason i retired was at 75 years old and after 20 years in congress, i needed to get off that airplane. Was it family stuff and personal stuff . No, my body did not want to get an on on an airplane and fly to and from washington d. C. How tiring is the work load . Its exhausting. Being a member of congress is 24 7. A
Globally, the same phenomenon tragically playing out with deaths. The u. S. Also accounting for a quarter of those who have been killed for the disease according to official numbers worldwide. Now, after months of downplaying and dismissing the virus, President Trump is acknowledging that it will get worse before it gets better, although the president also inexplicably continues to say that the virus will disappear, an antisni antiscientific comment. The failure of our government to protect us, arguing the empirical reality that the u. S. Is simply not a great example for the rest of the world on this matter. I just feel its taken us a long, long, time to get to the point where we have Rapid Testing which we dont have yet, ample testing. Look at germany, the e. U. They had some tough times as we did but they came out of them. And were still struggling, in part, because of lack of effective oversight of this process. He will be attacked for stating those facts. As the president says, th
And other written materials that members want to offer as part of the hearing today. I also have unanimous consent that are policy from georgia be allowed to participate, and will be permitted to ask question should a member yield their time. Without objection, so done. I will ask all witnesses and members to mute your microphone to prevent feedback and other technical issues when youre not speaking. You may unmute any time seek recognition. I will not recognize myself or an opening statement. Earlier this past week, the nation commemorated the birthday of dr. Martin luther king on saturday. Many public figures gave speeches and statements to honor his legacy and some went further to talk about civil rights and how to make us a better nation. We must secure the rights that he fought for for oppressed people, the right to vote. Yes, he was for the right to organize. And have workers compensated. Recognizing being part of a union. And he was for health care is a basic civil right and for
Free mobile app, or online at cspan. Org. Announcer Voting Rights advocates testified on Voter Suppression efforts and id laws before the house judiciary subcommittee on civil rights this year. This is about two hours and 40 minutes. The committee on the judiciary subcommittee on the constitutional civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Without objections, i will authorize for recess at any time. I welcome everyone to the hearing on Voter Suppression and continuing threats to democracy. Before we continue, want to remind members that we have established an email address at that has been shared, and a distribution list for motions and other written materials that members want to offer as part of the hearing today. I also have unanimous consent that are policy from georgia be allowed to participate, and will be permitted to ask question should a member yield their time. Without objection, so done. I will ask all witnesses and members to mute your microphone to prevent feedb
My apologies. We seem to have some technical issues. Lets recap this morning some of the headlines. Desktop computers are not dead. A rallying call from meg whit man as the hpcoe tells cnbc exclusively a turn around plan is on track but admits there is still work to do. We have to continue to innovate and you can discover the innovation engine is alive and well at hp. A lot of heavy lifting ahead. The eurozone finance ministers outline a political bargain to wind down troubled banks that fail to agree on the crucial issues of sharing costs. Hes confident that a deal can be done before christmas. We can now see the outline uls of a compromise and im quite optimistic that next week we can finalize it. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. All right. We have the latest data coming out from the iea, their report just coming out. Highlights of this, theyre talking about the wti spread, which we have looked at. It was around 17. 55 a b