A major role on sesame street and the mr rogers neighborhood it doesnt appear to exist at all here in washington d. C. Because fresh off the news of one of the worst contractions of the economy in u. S. History with millions upon millions upon millions of folks facing joblessness the victims and potential sickness or even death thanks to a Global Pandemic the United States congress the senate in particular has decided to take a 3 day weekend no im not making it up yes Chucky Schumer Mitch Mcconnell an arrest and decided to take friday the 31st of july off despite the fact that the covert 19 emergency 600. 00 weekly federal Unemployment Benefits expires and you guessed it friday the 31st of july all but guaranteeing that tens of millions of americans will see their incomes drop. By 50 to 75 percent with another rent payment due in just 24 hours so while Mitch Mcconnell is resting his corporate job on a mint julep in his old kentucky home reveling in the true art of irresponsibility the
On which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 32 House Resolution 460. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 2722 to protect elections for Public Office by providing Financial Support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections around for other purposes. Waiving a requirement of clause 6a of rule 13 with respect to consideration of certain rules reported from the committee on rules and providing for consideration of bill h. R. 3351 making appropriations for Financial Services and general government for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any us
Mr. Blanco the district of maryland, the district of new jersey, the departments commitment to bringing justice to these communities and these acts of violence against ms13 is obvious. In these districts, prosecutors secured the convictions of 22, 6 and 14 ms13 members respectively. Many defendants in those cases received life sentences while other received sentences of decades in prison. And just last month, prosecutors in the Eastern District of virginia secured the guilty plea of an ms13 member who admitted his participation in a murder committed as part of a gang initiation. Our work, however, does not stop at the border. The f. B. I. , h. S. I. And our organized crime and gang section lead investigations into foreignbased ms13 leaders responsible for violence here in the United States. For example, the f. B. I. s transnational antigang tag unit, located in ell is a have a dore, guatemala and honduras, supply internationally generated information to many domestic ms13 investigation
Good morning everybody. Normally we dont start until the ranking members here but people have scheduling problems today, and ive consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you, senator cornyn, for being here. Senator kennedys coming. The topic of todays hearing involves the ms13 crisis thats growing and spreading in communities across the nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. The group has existed since the 1980s and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous gang. And some say, it would be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldnt expect anything less from a group whose model happens to be kill, rape and control. Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model has been become a vicious reality for many communities across our country. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes
Responsibilities to do so. What we need to do is target the lebanese who are sending the money. And we need to say this typology, which is subject to section 311 of this patriot act is ha Money Laundering Type Technology for terror and it shall be banned until it can be proven otherwise not involved with terrorism. And you say this but to get these, how are are they being used . Theyre being driven around nigeria perfectly elicitly by relatively poor people who want a cheap car. Theres nothing wrong with the cars themselves. Whats wrong is theyre buying them as part of a Money Laundering scheme. Im in the car business is the reason im asking, and i want to talk to you later. Okay. I yield back my time, chairman. Chairman recognizes mr. Sherman for five minutes. Much of our u. S. Government is doing an outstanding job. Some agencies arent. Ch ive got an example that may beat the ones of the witnesses. An example where giving money to terrorists is not only easy, its tax deductible. I br