Infrastructure bill today. Voting procedures will be in effect. Live coverage here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] 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. God of us all, thank you for giving us another day. Coronavirus diagnoses and deaths continue to mount throughout our nation. Please bless with healing and comfort those whose lives have been so severely disrupted. Continue to protect and empower those who tend to the sick and those who seek medical solutions to this dangerous pandemic. Unfortunately, there are many other issues pressing upon us. Bless the members of the peoples house whose responsibilities press them to address such seemingly overpowering challenges. Help them and help us all to trust that you have
Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
Not have dealt with it the way Charleston South Carolina did. We dont talk about it very often. Tim scott was there, and because of that mayor, the time they had with each other they move forward and overcame, and and how many black men, and stops playing politics with race. 75 billion going into the most economically challenged country because of tim scott, donald trump and, eight black colleges and universities are stronger today because of donald trump than they have ever been. Mister president , the time to act is now, stop pandering to the Democratic Base and get something done. This was never intended to be a end all but a platform for constructive debate and here we are with two Democratic Senators to start the debate. I yield back. Thank you, senator perdue. There is a scripture in the bible in the book of ezekiel chapter 33 around verse 6, a watchman on a wall, there is danger coming. Very important job. A watchmans job is to say there is danger coming. I had that conversation
Fortitude to carry on for peace in their hearts and understanding and acceptance and peace in the hearts of the protesters as well. And to the people that have rioted, give them understanding that there are better ways to go about their lives. Amen. Id like to start this hearing the committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyone today to the hearing on protecting the rights of voters during the covid19 pandemic and thank the witnesses for joining us today and my colleagues are conducting this new format and continuing to serve the American People during these challenging times. This is the first hearing of the Judiciary Committee conducted under the new house remote proceeding rules. So, we might have a few spots but we will get through them. Id like to remind members we have established an email address and a di
Good afternoon. I call this meeting, i called the string to order. Without objection that shares authorized to declare recess at any time. We have a number of numbers participating remotely. Welcome. Before we proceed i like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if you are having or expensing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participate in remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing unless they expand connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member unable to participate, to fully participate on camera. It is at the committees, it is Committee Policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning her microphone on or off during an in person hearing. This is at a courtesy to all members on the committee and so that