Not immune. This is about two hours. People come to order. Without objection, with recent subcommittee it is time. I recognize myself for an opening statement. On july 11, President Trump tweeted it would be bad for him politically if schools opened before the november election. The threat that he would cut off funding if not reopened. Yesterday he said, and i quote, my view is schools should open. It will go away like things go away and schools should be open. The president position of how to reopen schools to paraphrase the press secretary, for science to stand in the way. I fundamentally disagree. Schools must reopen based on science and safety, not politics and wishful thinking. To agree, though schools are critically important for the children and our families. My first job after i graduated college was as a High School History teacher. My wife was a skilled librarian. I remember the anticipation at the start of school. Two of my grandchildren school age and i know they are feelin
All over the country, all ideological views, all backgrounds. Events, of course, they are predictable, some of them. It comes all over except, of course, from Donald Trumps white house and his allies. We all knew it was coming. You could have set your watches to it. Donald trump has already started his attacks, calling kamala, quote, nasty. Whining about how shes, quote, mean to his appointees. Its no surprise. Because whining is what donald trump does best, better than any president in american history. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board . We know that more is to come, so lets be clear. If youre a working person worried about whether or not youll have a job to go to, whether or not youll be able to pay your mortgage, pay your rent, worried about the poison in the air you breathe, the water you drink, worried about your civil rights, even your basic right to dignity which is under attack with this administration, Kamala H
Backgrounds. Events, of course, they are predictable, some of them. It comes all over except, of course, from Donald Trumps white house and his allies. We all knew it was coming. You could have set your watches to it. Donald trump has already started his attacks, calling kamala, quote, nasty. Whining about how shes, quote, mean to his appointees. Its no surprise. Because whining is what donald trump does best, better than any president in american history. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board . We know that more is to come, so lets be clear. If youre a working person worried about whether or not youll have a job to go to, whether or not youll be able to pay your mortgage, pay your rent, worried about the poison in the air you breathe, the water you drink, worried about your civil rights, even your basic right to dignity which is under attack with this administration, Kamala Harris has had your back, and now we have to have
Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Sen. Graham good morning everybody. We are making progress, we are somewhat closer together now. Hello senator grassley. A little brief update and we will take up the business, next week we are having a hearing about policing, community policing, use of force, we will have two panels, it will be a long day and hopefully an important day. Last time we talked about witnesses regarding the inquiry to the Mueller Investigation to senator feinstein and her friends on the other side, i promise you if you want to call mr. Mueller or his designee, thats fine with me. Over, whenynn cases that ever happens, i want the doj to tell us why they decided to drop it and if you want to call mr. Gleason or judge , we willr anybody else do that. I think theyll be a good topic for this committee. Having said that, the business before the committee was senator feinsteins amendment. Would you like to vote or talk or what would you want to do . Like to maken id Opening Statements. Sen. Graham yes maam. Its y