Home workers, elderly care advocates, and Public Health experts testified. They said it got worse during the pandemic. This morning, the finance committee is holding the second of three hearings that well be holding this week. This is a particularly important hearing because our country is now a full year into the covid19 pandemic. In the pandemic. Let me just give a brief kind of process statement with respect to how well do this. We have two votes at 11 30 a. M. , and well do everything we can to keep this moving. And we have been working with the Ranking Member on this. And if we dont do that, well probably be here until 3 00 p. M. So well do our best to keep this moving. As i indicated, were a year in, and vaccinations are up, americans are beginning to feel encouraged. And yet so many families, hundreds of thousands spread across the country, are unable to share in this sense of uplift because they are mourning loved ones that they have lost. Over the last year, more than 175,000
Tonight, joe bidens radically extreme socialist agenda is taking another step to the left as the weak, frail, ever struggling cognitively joe biden a commission to study the effects of judicial reform. You got to remember, he wants to distract all of us, his team far less socialist democrats want to pack the court, want to stack it with a radical left activists. They want to overhaul one of the most sacred institutions of our country, turn it into yet another arm of the Democratic Party and more power for them. That is the only way they will actually be able to implement what is their destructive economy killing socialist agenda and maintain power. Under bidens order 8 30 six Member Commission will have 180 days to hold hearings, evaluate various Courtroom Measures in efwhat is just the latest exampe of Biden Surrendering to the fa left fringe socialist friends, the d. C. Civil war swamp on steroids human growth hormone. We told you that this was coming, should not be a surprise but no
Covid19. On april 3rd, 2020, the Planning Commission received permission to conduct remote hearings. This will be our 43rd remote hearing. If you are not speaking, please mute your microphone. To enable public participation. Sfgov tv is broadcasting this hearing live. We will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Call 4156550001 and entering access code 1876805272. When we reach the item you are interested in please press star then 2 to be added to the cue. Each speaker will be allowed up to 3 minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost um. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and please mute the volume on your television or computer. Wed like to take roll at this time. Commission president koppel . Here. Commissioner diamond . Here. Commissioner none. Here. Commissioner imperial . Here. We do expect commissioner tanner to arrive late today. First on your agenda is considering
Institution. Theres been some unknown piece of the puzzle. Was this is actually going from a Supreme Court justice in the weeks before president ial election . Who was going to win the president ial election . Which party would have control of the Senate Following the georgia runoffs because theres always been some unknown piece we needed to know and the four pieces are in place as part of the big answer sort of what happens from here. So weve assembled a tremendously knowledgeable group of speakers today to discuss these really important issues. A note to everybody watching, you can submit questions either by emailing events at brookings. Edu or by using the hashtag court reform. Tonight were going to talk to eric holder, former attorney general of the United States and a partner at covington here to deliver opening and both in his time in government and since the Office Attorney general holder has been a leading voice on democracy including fair redistricting, Voting Rights and court
Structure of the Supreme Court and federal courts. Held by the brookings institution, this is an hour and 15 minutes. Susan i think we are live, so thanks so much to everyone for joining us today. For a discussion of a really tremendously urgent and important issue of court reform. We have actually been thinking about getting this panel together over a number of months, and there has always been some sort of unknown piece of the puzzle was this and actually going to confirm a new Supreme Court justice in the week before a president ial election . Who is going to win the president ial election . Which party would have control of the Senate Following the georgia runoff has always runoff . There has always been some other piece to know, and now sort of the core pieces are in place and the big answer looms as to what happens from here. We have assembled a really tremendously knowledgeable group of speakers to discuss these really important issues. At a note to everyone watching. You can su