The encouragement youve no doubt provided in helping him to get to this day. Our goal in conducting the hearing is to enable the committee to have a thoughtful consideration of the calls to be the next Inspector General of the cia. He is provided and written responses and this morning members will be able to ask any additional questions and hear the answer directly from the nominee. He spent 23 years as a federal prosecutor in the department of justice and assistant u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of louisiana. The width of the National Security agency since 2011 hes been in a privat private practiw orleans where he has done dozens of trials that the federal and state level and litigated at the appellate level. In addition spent 20 years as an uncompensated adjunct professor at the Tulane Law School giving back to his alma mater in. The office responsible for independent oversight if confirmed he will conduct audit inspections and reviews of the programs and operations and play
Company to partake we have ever seen in this town on any occasion somebody has recorded. A remarkable moment for many reasons not the least of which offering a toast to the constitution, president , Vice President , congress and then to the illustrious neighbor he truly had retired from Public Service his words in response are words i think of often no wish can exceed that to see our country happy. I can entertain no doubt of it being so if all of us act the part of goodod citizens. He included himself in that equation he is also a citizen that came with rights and duties particularly he would ansay a duty to maintain the constitution to support the laws and guard our independence. As we will see it was a duty he took very seriously he did not retire so much as taken air different approach. Tonight we get to hear about a wonderful book i am excited for you to learn about i read about in the prepublication stage which iub read over my Vacation Home christmas break. I was daunted how goo
I like to welcome you to todays program and as you know today is pearl harbor day and i would like to take just a moment to recognize those who have served and if there is any veterans or active Duty Service Member please rise and we can acknowledge your service. Thank you very much. [applause] today is a day that marked the transition of america from an isolationist nation to a global superpower and there are a few days in World History like december 7 because of what it meant for the world we live in i today in so many ways. Were very fortunate to be able to honor today with a Wonderful Program on a new book that has just come out and how many of you are members . If you are a member, raise your hand great while, look at that rate thats great. Thank you for your support. It makes these programs possible and because of members and trustees like you that we can do these programs and last year cliff who is a Program Manager put on 58 programs here at the library and i would was very imp
And parents are without childcare. There are no test gets to test for coronavirus to speak of. A few but not near enough. Inadequate medical supplies, thousands are concerned about what it means for the paychecks. Seniors are worried about their health. Businesses are forced to make very, very tough choices. Millions of americans are dependent on us here in washington, d. C. To act and to act quickly. The house jumped in the action and begin negotiating with the administration on a bill to address some of those pressing and immediate concerns of the coronavirus. A deal was struck and the house passed a bill with overwhelming bipartisan majority. And what happened in the senate, well, last thursday the majority leader sent us home, business as usual. What we should have done, we shouldve stuck around and did the peoples work. But instead my friends in the majority decide we should operate as business as usual and take off fridays, take off the weekend, go home. Well, this is not busines
Death. The virus has also spread to new york, where Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a directive requiring Health Insurance to wait cost sharing for coronavirus tests. But what if you dont t have health insnsurance . The coronavavirus is a gret argument for medicare for all, but so are a lot of other things like all of those diabetics who cant afford their insulin, which can cost about 1000 a month. People with high Blood Pressure who cant afford to go to the doctor and get their Blood Pressure control. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with Steffie Woolhandler dr. , elisabeth and new york state , andor Alessandra Biaggi we will go to seattle, washington, the other ground zero of the coronavirus in the United States, to speak with socialist Councilmember Kshama sawant. Then we look at Voter Suppression . The long wait times plagued in polling places from texas to california throughout super tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and latinx voters and college stu