A consultancy so far so far be taking a trip online the Tourism Industry looks to technology as the coronavirus pandemic limits global travel. Im going to go with the sports world number one can fans here play at tennessees u. S. Open next month and paris and celebrate every turn to the Champions League semifinals for the 1st time in 25 years following a stunning comeback when. The government crackdown on dissent in belarus following a disputed election is intensifying another 700 people have been detained after a 4th night of protests they join 6000 already in custody some foreign journalists are also being detained in the hotels in the past hours theres been a fresh wave of peaceful protests women have formed human chains in the capital minsk and the demonstration against the crackdown the unrest was triggered by president elect on the look of shame because landslide win in sundays election which the opposition says was rigged the u. N. Human Rights Office has condemned his governmen
Protected civil rights writ large. So this is going to require a longterm bipartisan commitment. But not just from us in washington but folks in the state capitals, city halls, and Police Departments across the country. Because ultimately its the local officials that have the responsibility to hire and fire the police chief, to make sure that bad Police Officers are removed from the force. And thats where the nearterm responsibility needs to lie, because we dont have that capability here. But we do believe, i do believe there are concrete steps we can take right now to address the racial injustices that were exposed once again with the death of mr. Floyd. So i appreciate senator scott and leader mcconnell for responding to this crisis with the urgency that it deserves, and im proud to be part of this effort in the senate. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from. The presiding officer the s
Committee. Secretary bunche outlines his priorities for the institution and efforts to reduce the maintenance backlog and comments on public, private partnerships is with sony and funding and the challenges for the National Latino museum. From earlier this month this is about 50 minutes. The committee on rules and administration will be called to order pretty good morning. I want to thank my colleagues for attending and before i can thank the secretary for bringing some of their great collection for us to look at but mr. Secretary, we are glad to have you and several people from your team here to back you up if you need it but im confident you will be able to be the man at that microphone they are. This is your First Official appearance before the Senate Rules Committee and we are grateful to have you with us. Secretary bunches appointment is historic in a number of ways in the first africanamerican secretary to lead the Smithsonian Institution as well as the first Museum Director who
Colleagues from the Atlantic Coast of new jersey, the Pacific Coast of california for today putting our entire senate on record and on a pathway to recognizing the deep darkness of this National Scar on our Justice System and on our psyc psyche, work well done here in the u. S. Senate. And thank you. Madam president , i rise to address a currentday scar, a wound in america, a wound in terms of how we are treating children arriving on our borders and seeking asylum. George washington said, america is a nation open, quote, to receive not only the opulen and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions. This sense of the nation of america was repeated 100 years later through emma lazarus poem thats carved into the foundation of the statue of liberty. Phrases of that poem include, give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Send these, the tempest tossed, the homeless to me. But that spirit is lost right now in the Uni
Parking. President hillis is that the plan . Public parking in the middle of sacramento. I think thats i could see this project losing a level of underground parking and trying to or even two and just park what is needed. Ive gone up there during the afternoon and i dont think ive had a problem looking for parking. I dont think laurell village is busting at the seams, if anything, its over. Too much parking. Id be supportive of losing a level of parking. I think it would help some of the construction impacts. I think its not kind of where were going as far as parking uses. So commissioners, just to jump in and flavor the discussion with how the department came to our position of support for the parking. And granted, this is unusual for us as you all know. Gien a range of given a range of policies. Three things that are going on here that shaped our thought process. Firstly, there is significant amount of used parking on the site right now. This is sort of makeup parking if you will for