Quorum call mr. Shelby mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Shelby thank you. Mr. President , the American People the presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Shelby i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Shelby mr. President , the American People are apprehensive about the spread of the coronavirus in the u. S. And abroad, as we can always remember. Global Financial Markets are on edge. Both are resilient but vigorous action is needed to calm nerves, stabilize the situation and get our arms around this crisis. I believe Congress Must marshal the resources here necessary for an aggressive, comprehensive, and swift response. Im pleased to report to my colleagues this afternoon that we, with the house, leadership, both sides have reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on an emergency supplemental appropriations package to do just that. The agreement provides a surge in funding at ev
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The wind is an issue. Relative humidity 27 . Tomorrows high breezy 87. In the sierra we are looking at a high fire danger for the next couple hours. Potential for additional lightning strikes with little or no rainfall. Dry lightning. Vertical fire danger. A windy evening in byron. The full forecast for the bay area including the Holiday Weekend is coming up. Were on that fire is chopper 5 is on scene. Investigators in fremont are trying to determine whats okay drivers so long to call police after hitting a bicyclist. Both cyclists were struck and killed this morning on boyce road. A witness telling our reporter what he saw. Reporter it turns out there is at least a 10 to 15 minute window to when the biker was hit when the driver called 911. The milliondollar question remains. What took him so long to call police was not the crumpled windshield indented hood give indication about the force of the impact and how fast the driver was going. Investigators say sometime before sunrise the ca
To the present. This is an important book for fitting in how wisconsin story, especially milwaukee now, is part of a larger story of School Vouchers and School Choice in the country. And my own book suddenly diverse, which i the privilege of presenting earlier. It looks at how school them School Board Members and superintendents and to a smaller medium sized districts faced intensifying pressures as they had a demographically changing school system. And it deals with overlapping themes including School Choice policy, racial inequality and the undermining of Public Schools. So its really fun to put it also in this broader context and for reason, im really appreciative care for presenting today and helping us to kind of expand the stories that were telling about School Education policy and how think about equity at this moment. Thanks so much. Welcome, kara fitzpatrick. Thanks so much, everyone, for coming. Can you hear me okay . Just to make sure, are we good . Okay. I just have some no
For a series on school segregation. Shes been a new america fellow in 2019 and a spencer fellow at the Columbia University school of journalism in 2018. Her book the death of a the death of Public School conservatives won the war over education. America is a historical account of actors and sites across the u. S. From southern segregationist, famous to our own former state. Wisconsin legislator, democrat williams, who was motivated empower black families and black youth. Milwaukee and she looks at the roles these and many others in the rise of School Choice in u. S. And the u. S. From the 1950s to the present. This is an important book for fitting in how wisconsin story, especially milwaukee now, is part of a larger story of School Vouchers and School Choice in the country. And my own book suddenly diverse, which i the privilege of presenting earlier. It looks at how school them School Board Members and superintendents and to a smaller medium sized districts faced intensifying pressure