Childrenre without a home. The last time that i had my own bed was like three months o. Narrator and her husband is in ice detention. An urgent plea from behind bars, dont let us die. Nartor these two stories now, on this special edition of frontline. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support is pvided by the john d. D catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worlide. At fordfoundation. Org. Additional suppoprovided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in. Jourli the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public the john and helenner issues. Family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informand inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo
As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and attain these. For fiscal year 2020, congress appropriated 3. 1 billion approximately in more than 45,000 adult and family i. C. E. Beds. Ion over 80 of these beds are operated daily by private contractors, some of whom are at this hearing today. That is a large amount of taxpayer money. It demands oversight and accountability. Detention facilities must be held to a High Standard at all times. Within this moment, it is of vital importance. Yet over the past few months, it is feared that ice am a and its contractors have not taken the outbreak seriously and have not i. C. E. And its contractors have not taken the outbreak seriously. At least 405i. C. E. Employees assigned to detention facilities have just a positive. Least twost at detainees, a potential third today in florida, and five contractors, d
Today, the subcommittee meets to examine the response to covid19 by four of the contractors responsible for managing facilities. As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and detainees. Facilities. As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and attain these. For fiscal year 2020, congress appropriated 3. 1 billion approximately in more than 45,000 adult and family i. C. E. Beds. Ion over 80 of these beds are operated daily by private contractors, some of whom are at this hearing today. That is a large amount of taxpayer money. It demands oversight and accountability. Detention facilities must be held to a High Standard at all times. Within this moment, it is of vital importance. Yet over the past few mon
Recognition between the parties. All time rn be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Eters, for five minutes. Mr. Peters thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i understand that real tax reform is absolutely necessary. In 2013, the Harvard Business School Published a report that identified the most important priorities to promote American Growth and competitiveness. Two of the eight priorities were tax related. First to simplify the Corporate Tax code with lower priorities statutory owth and rates and fewer loopholes. And second, to reform the taxation of foreign profits so we dont disadvantage american businesses and workers. Many democrats would work with the majority to achieve these progrowth tax reforms. Thats how it worked so well in 1986 under president reagan a
In flolooded jails. In nfl s star michaeael bennettt speaks out after being takaken dodown and assaulted by police n las vegas. S. He said one officer threatened off. Ow my effing head a lot of people have lived that experience and are not here to tell their story. I think about trayvon martin. I think about Philando Castile. Samir rice. So many people who had the experience i had better not here to tell the story. So that is what it is. Amy them we look at sesegregatn in alababama. And the name ofof the greatet people that t have ever draraw s area, i jojoined a line in thehe segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segreregation forever. Amy that was alabama governor George Wallace in 1963. We will speak to New York Times magazine reporter Nikole Hannahjones about how segregation is returning to alabamas public schools. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hurricane irma, the mostst powerful atlantic storm