Subcommittee will come to order. Ranking member whitaker, colleagues and guests, welcome to the first hearing of the subcommittee on chemical safety, Wastey Management and Screen Irmtel Justice and regulatory oversight in the 117th congress. Todays hearing will explore critical issues of environmental justice and adverse impacts on atrisk communities. Its fitting that these important issues are the subject of our first hearing as just earlier in yearr the Term Environmentalee Justice was add to the name of the subcommittee, highlighting the Growingng Awareness of and public conversation around environmental justice in america. As climate changene ravages our country and our planet, from the 80 fires burning across 13 states, the biggest Bootleg Fire in my Home State of oregon, coastal communitiesnf confronti flooding, theor ever more frequt powerful destructive storms, we cannot ignore the fact that whilenc we all feel its effects the worst consequences of pollution and the ravages of
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Computer is behaving badly today. This incredible ladder is written by George Washington. And that Spy Network it was incredible that we have this letter on display. Did not remain in control of spying for washington very long. Washington turned it over too this span major benjamin who is a young man in his 20s. He relied on personal contacts to create these were contacts in long island and british controlled iowa city. God letter from George Washington might be unmasked ready to get mass because the Spy Museum for on the right one is about finding the secrets of john and jays visible ink formula. I dont youre going to touch on that, claire, but you do in the book. To the right is an interactive that gives people a chance to explore how intelligence would pass. We take appropriate particular moment of july of 1780, that is when important information is afoot about the french lending to support to americans. Heading up to Rhode Island to bring supplies, the british note what is going to
And John Lewis is saying to himself up there, and saying to all of us, you kept your eye on the prize. Im honored to be here with my friend, terri sewell. I feel like John Lewis is sitting up there pretty close to the right hand, i believe, saying well done, Nancy Pelosi. John lewis walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge many times, on half of those occasions i held his hand as we walked across the bridge and i felt the moral power of John Lewis. Our country was blessed with a man of his integrity, his character and his inspiration. This bill, the John Lewis bill, h. R. For the people. Now chairman nadler, let me yield to you. [applause] mr. Nadler since i became chairman of the Judiciary Committee, theres no issue we have spent more time examining than the onslaught of Voter Suppression measures that have emerged in recent years across the country. So this is no new thing. The history of this country, from its very beginning, is the history of translating the declaration of independen
Of 9 11. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Jim Acosta, and youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. And were following Breaking News. U. S. Troops right now heading to afghanistan as the pent gone expresses deep concern over the talibans rapid takeover of more territory in key cities. In moments ill speak to Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby. But first cnn Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is on the ground in kabul for us tonight. What is the latest intelligence in how quickly kabul may fall . It is very worrying right now. Reporter the situation is definitely highly distressing for people who are living here. It is still calm in the capital of kabul. But the prognosis is not good. Nobody expects necessarily for the taliban to imminently enter the city. But the real fear at the moment, jim, is that they could quite easily surround the city. They could isolate the city. We have seen now the taliban co