Welcome everyone to todays hear ing. Evidence on current and ongoing voting discrimination, i recognize myself for opening statement. Todays hearing on evidence of current and on going voting discrimination is part of hearings on house judiciary subcommittee to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of section 5 of Voting Rights act 65 to consider other ways to strengthen the civil rights extension, im not sure why we rereinvigoration, that seems one of the words that we toss around, not really invigoration, degradation, section 4 was cut out, so we need to have a section 4 to activate section 5, section 5 has been made dormant by the Supreme Court so we need to find new test to awaken the dormant power of section 5. Voting rights act of 65 widely considered the most effective civil right statutes enacted by congress. The act was successful and in expanding federal authority to protect the fundamental right to vote, one of the central enforcement provisions section 5 preclearance
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Theos downtown diner. There was a problem with her new electric supplier. Within months she was paying five times what she had been promised. Do you think this company was ripping me off . Yeah. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. For most of us electricity is just a basic necessity look food and water something we often take for granted. We hardly Pay Attention unless the lights dont come on or the bills are suddenly skyhigh. But that is actually happening in more states over a dozen already where deregulation now mean a lot of Companies Want to be your power provider. Adam may provides the story. They told me it was going to be a specific rate, a set rate, a two year contract. Gretchen and her husband other than theos downtown diner. She quickly knew there was a problem with her electric supplier. It ented up end it up being not a fixed rate. Not a rate they had propositioned not a 36 month rate. It wasnt what you were promised. The very first rate was 8. 133. Within months she said
New electric supplier. Within months she was paying promised. Do you think this company was ripping me off . Yeah. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. For most of us electricity is just a basic necessity look food and water something we often take for granted. We hardly Pay Attention unless the lights dont come on or the bills are suddenly skyhigh. But that is actually happening in more states over a dozen already where deregulation now mean a lot of Companies Want to be your power provider. Adam may provides the story. They told me it was going to be a specific rate, a set rate a two year contract. Gretchen and her husband other than theos downtown diner. She quickly knew there was a problem with her electric supplier. It ented up end it up being not a fixed rate. Not a rate they had propositioned not a 36 month rate. It wasnt what you were promised. The very first rate was 8. 133. Within months she said she was paying more than five times rate she had been promised costing her thous
The scandal wont end his career. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im libby casey. We begin with breaking news and new details emerging at this hour in the deadly shooting at a university in kenya. Officials say upwards of 70 people are now dead. Theres also word that at least 500 hostages have been rescued. Malcolm webb is in garissa with the latest on the shooting. Reporter we are just a short distance down the road from the university and there has been firing going on for hours and a short while ago, it peaked in a heavy firefighting and it appeared heavy weapons were fired. Thats all stopped and its calm. We spoke to two different people who were inside the university campus. They say its over and they say most of the remaining hostages inside have been killed. We dont have any exact numbers and these arent officially confirmed yet but the eyewitnesses we have spoken to in there one student was 23 years old. And she said she was stepping over more body than she c