Have your back in terms of all people in our country, including people of color. This spending bill, it does just the opposite. I hope the members will understand the message that were sending to communities of color in this bill and rectify some of the problems. You have a chance to reject further institutionization of any quality and injustice and recognize how painful these cuts will be to people of color and women. Im going to give you my examples and my amendment shows what im talking about. The jackson Lee Butterfield amendment, this would increase funding by 16 million for the office of job corps. This amendment is fully offset with the department of Labor Administration funds. I offered a similar amendment in committee, and while that amendment failed, i believe that this amendment before us is not subject to point of order. Its critically important. You know that many minority youths and disadvantaged youth who have benefitted significantly from job corps will be locked out of
Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. I am melanie newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the nacp Legal Defense fund, the organization i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. So i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. I want to give sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am, ive been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason i am happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with. My father, dr. Norwood, was the first black School Superintendent in selma, alabama [applause] thank you. And when he in 1987
Conditions to what we saw yesterday. Its mostly clear and mild with widespread 50s, 60s and even some low 70s in the higher hills. The warming trend continues. Look for temperatures to increase another few degrees today. Inland highs will reach the mid 90s. Temps along the bay shoreline will hit the low 90s. Coastal highs will max out in the low 80s this afternoon. Going forward, a gradual return of the sea breeze will bring slight cooling to the coast tomorrow, then the valleys will see temps drop on friday. Well keep it mild going into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james our top james james our top story. Fire in the Oakland Hills. Over 100 homes were forced to evacuate yesterday due to a large, fast moving fire near the site of a former quarry. robin the fire spread quickly through dry grass as firefighters used air tankers and helicopters to battle the blaze. Kron 4s Ella
Chair good morning, now that our executive session is complete we turn to the issue of data breaches. This is not a new issue. The committee has been focused on the Consumer Impact since before i was elected to the senate. The september 2004 choice point breach was considered to be the first highprofile data breach in the modern era prompted investigations from this committee and state authorities. Choice point was a data Aggregation Company originally as fateby equifax who would have it is represented here today. In terms of the inquiry the major data breaches, we have come full circle. Congress and this committee paid close attention to data breaches big and small. The committee has entertained proposals to strengthen requirements for Companies Across the board and impose federal requirements for companies to notify consumers following discovery of the breach. We are in the air of major data breaches, including equifax and yahoo that we are examining. The yahoo breaches are larger, t
Complete we turn to the issue of data breaches. This is not a new issue. The committee has been focused on the Consumer Impact since before i was elected to the senate. The september 2004 choice point breach was considered to be the first highprofile data breach in the modern era prompted investigations from this committee and state authorities. Choice point was a data Aggregation Company originally created by equifax who as fate would have it is represented here today. In terms of the inquiry the major data breaches, we have come full circle. Congress and this committee paid close attention to data breaches big and small. The committee has entertained proposals to strengthen requirements for Companies Across the board and impose federal requirements for companies to notify consumers following discovery of the breach. We are in the air of major data we are in the era of major data breaches, including equifax and yahoo that we are examining. The yahoo breaches are larger, Equifax Breach