Its been erased like a blackboard, erased and built again. But baseball will mark the time. This field, this game, its a part of our past, ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Oh, people will come, ray. People will most definitely come. Oh, my goodness. One of the many iconic moments from james Earl Jones died yes age of legacy. Right now, around this set and around homes across america, men are weeping and women next to them are going, i dont get it. Guys walking out of cornfields . Ill tell you, willie geist, long after we are all gone, they will, people will be looking at that scene, and as long as baseball is played, the same reaction, the same reaction. What an incredible actor. What an incredible moment. What an incredible life. Yeah, i watched that monologue again actually early this morning, just from start to finish, the tension in that scene when costner is told he needs to spell The Farm, and james Earl Jones stands up, with the way hes always
Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
Authorizing highway, bridge, aviation, and waterway projects. Members are working on 170 amendments. They plan to complete work on those amendments around midday today. That will be followed by a vote on final passage of the package. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving day. Other we ask your continued protection empowerment of those who tend to the sick and those who medical solutions to this dangerous pandemic. The work of the house these last few days to votes. Wo upport for the department of agriculture. During these times Food Production and delivery and the many e been among challenges facing our nation. Whatever the particulars of this may it proceed through the legislative process ultimately help the benefit of all americans. We ask, also, your continued protection and empowerment of hose who live heroic lives d
Thank you very much. I want to say this is an exciting day for our country. We have been at this long and hard for three years. I want to thank elon, who has been a friend of mine for a long time, somebody i have Great Respect for. You are always thinking about this. You have plenty to think about. Team the topmy priority is the only priority. Pres. Trump that is great. We have a long way to go. It looks that gibson. I want to thank everyone in the room. You took it over in its infancy. They had grass growing in the runways between the cracks, and now we have the best of the best, and i want to thank Vice President mike pence. He has worked so hard, it has been a labor of love. I want to thank everybody down here. This is something the first lady and i have looked forward to seeing, and in a short while it will be left off. We will probably make it eat weather wise. We are a go for launch now. Pres. Trump that sounds exciting. Thank you for being here. Would you like to Say Something .
Program,ve callin washington journal. Heidi shierholz, former chief economist at the u. S. Department of labor earned the Obama Administration from 2013 to 2017. Now with the Economic Policy institute. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thanks for having me. Host wanted to talk about the impact of the pandemic on workers. What do you see . Its pretty grim. Its really bad right now. So as of mid april, the official Unemployment Rate had jumped to 14. 7 . But because of some misclassification and undercounting of people who had lost their jobs as a result of the virus, i think that a more accurate description of where we were in mid april is more like a 23. 5 Unemployment Rate. And weve had another five weeks of deterioration since then so its pretty grim. Really sachs which has a good Economics Research shop, they are forecasting that the Unemployment Rate average 30 in may and june. So its going to get worse before it gets better. Its pretty grim for workers out there right now. Ho