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quorum call: mr. burr: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: mr. president, i rise today to speak on the importance of fighting the zika virus and the urgency of being prepared for the full range of threats we may face, whether naturally occurring like zika or manmade. this may look to some like a grasshopper. that s actually a mosquito. the question is prepared for all hazards? we still do not have answers to all the questions surrounding zika but we do know this. zika is a very serious public health threat and we need to act. that s why i support the blunt-murray amendment to bolster our nation s response to it. the c.d.c. has indicated the mosquitoes responsible for spreading the virus could be fou ....
syria and other conflict zones. first that i far right is janin di giovanni, newsweek s middle east editor and contributing editor at vanity fair. at the start of her journalistic career, janine covered the first intifada in the 1960s good since then, she has reported on turmoil in civil conflicts throughout the middle east and beyond. in her latest book, the morning they came for us, she chronicles the root series in seven different if she provides a vivid picture of a ravaged nation experienced by citizens. among them, a nun, dr., musician and student. their stories convey realities from the pervasive spoke to the hunger, to return of such previously vanquished diseases as typhus and polio. next to janine is someone, chief correspondent for the sunday times. christina s introduction to conflict reporting also came in the late 1980s, but in pakistan and afghanistan. her journalism has since taken her far and wide including assignment in brazil, south africa, zimb ....
that in the primaries so it is interesting to see how that will work out if he is the nominee disease which to a ground game that is described or stay at that 30,000-foot level to see if he can bring in the people through the messaging and celebrity. the new book is called the 2 million voters who will elect the next president. booktv on c-span2. where you want to send me. i called my parents to say i m going to pakistan. they said no you are not it turns out they were wrong and i went four months later when i was first in tokyo it was the big deal at the time my mother said oh know what did you do wrong? but i will review what kim wrote in her book seeking get a flavor how she writes afghanistan felt more like home than anywhere else in the region and i knew why the sound seemed did familiar with jagged mountains in big sky s and men in pickup trucks with guns with hate for the government. [laughter] it was like montana but just on different drugs. [laug ....
the heads of the washington met met metropoliton authority were having a meeting and taking questions on plans to accelerate maintenance and projects over the next year. welcome, everybody. today we will discuss how the washington metro system is going to address the safety and reliability issues. the issue is important to all members because when we have people coming in we want to make sure when they come to see the nation s capitol they should be able to move around the region safely and efficiently. the federal government has invested billions in the metro but it is not safe or reliable. the committee is going to be watching to make sure the talk turns into actions. the fta is playing an important role at metro s temporary oversight entity. the fta is here to share what they will to promote safety and liability. wmata has to be held accountable to the federal, state and local taxpayers that are funding them. i look forward to a frank discussion. i am yield to c ....
wondered what would happen, was a very positive experience. what about boston at that sometime. yes. boston was mixed. by and large, going to boston i had read about paul revere and his ride some lexington and the concord battles and the boston tea party and also crispus attus was the first black to die in the revolutionary war. so i went to see the memorial for hem on the boston common. so i soaked up the hoyt the history of boston, so very positive. so my experience in boston really was very positive, but later in the late 50s the year i entered medical school was the year brown versus board of occasion, the supreme court decision, and so as this was implemented around the country, problems of not only in the south but in the north as well. and boston was one of those areas. so, my experience in boston was somewhat different from blacks who went to boston in the late 50s. they found with the political shenanigans of hicks i still remember him from south ....