interest and we are very concerned about too much concentrated and corporate power. done a lot for all five of our decades focused on keeping our democracy and improving governmental ethics . at a big attention for us. individuals d by and foundations we don t take any money from corporations or the government . presidents signed recently and executive order. at that set the following, respect former appointees from lobbying their former agencies for two years. it has restrictions on shadow lobbying and a golden parachute fan for incoming appointees. let s begin with the first ee restriction of former appointees from lobbying their former agency for two years. who does this apply to? it s applying to the political appointees of the biden administration, the top people go in so county officials and people belowthe doing confirmation by the senate as well as top white house employees . and the first division that talking about is what happens when you leave government and p
let me keep my mask on, sorry. there you go. that s the yiddish. you thought it was noodles. that s gross. i think they re something like noodles that has a similar word. all right, good afternoon everybody. thank you for joining us. i want to thank our great leadership team, durbin, murray and stefan out for joining us as well. we had a very good virtual caucus meeting one hour ago. we are all energized by the opportunities that are ahead with the new senate majority. our entire caucus agrees we must have big, strong, bold action to deal with this crisis for the last six years later mcconnell and the republicans turn the senate into a legislative graveyard. now that leader mcconnell has relented on his demand that was preventing descendent from moving forward with an organ signing resolution we can begin work to help the american people get out of this crisis and make america bigger and better and stronger. as i have been saying all along, the senate will deal with three t
teenager. shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. the after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. she was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia: my search for redemption in the american prison system. to any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. there are people who understand what you re going through. i understand. i have been through it myself.. and there were times i did not think i was going to make it, but the lord brought me through it and he can bring you through it as well. just keep faith and keep fighting. amy: we will speak with cyntoia brown-long in one of her first interviews after prison. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. shelling is continuing in northern s
slavery as a child and sentenced to life in prison after been convicted of first-degree murder for shooting her rapist as a teenager. shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. the after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. she was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia: my search for redemption in the american prison system. to any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. there are people who understand what you re going through. i understand. i have been through it myself.. and there were times i did not think i was going to make it, but the lord brought me through it and he can bring you through it as well. just keep faith and keep fighting. amy: we will speak with cyntoia brown-long in one of her first interviews after prison. all that and more, coming up.
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