Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. Good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. In exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and a former chairman Elijah Cummings. We will be renaming this hearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is part of our efforts to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues if not the most important issue he fought for during his decades of service. We are holding this hearing in a gory during black History Month with black americans whose voices were stifled, blocks and silenced for centuries. It is black americans who are still being
Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. Good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. In exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and a former chairman Elijah Cummings. We will be renaming this hearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is part of our efforts to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues if not the most important issue he fought for during his decades of service. We are holding this hearing in a gory during black History Month with black americans whose voices were stifled, blocks and silenced for centuries. It is black americans who are still being
Quick and easy search of the candidates. Our coverage based on the candidate, the topics, events and locations on the campaign trail. And the statebystate results broken down by the candidates, counties and districts. Not only the president ial candidates, but the Upcoming Senate and house races. And schedule information. It is free, easily accessible and it is all there at cspan. Org. Announcer next, health panel investigates Voting Rights in low income and minority communities. We will hear from the president of repairers over the breach, william barbara, and two of the Founding Members of the student coordinating committee, diane nash and thomas jenkins. Chaired byg is Carolyn Maloney of new york. Rep. Maloney good morning everyone. Without objection the chairs is authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. Good morning, today we are examining our nations history of
Good morning everyone. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. Good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. In exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and a former chairman Elijah Cummings. We will be renaming this hearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is part of our efforts to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues if not the most important issue he fought for during his decades of service. We are holding this hearing in a gory during black History Month with black americans whose voices were stifled, blocks and silenced for centuries. It is black america
Of the aisle who have stood up to this effort because no matter how many changes have been made in support by senators, this would be devastating. The senators are trying to hide the impact of the bill attempting to keep from a vote before there is a full score and analysis of the bill including estimates for how many people would lose coverage and how Health Care Costs would be affected. We received a preliminary estimate from c. B. O. , saying that previous to the trumpcare this would leave millions of Americans Without Health Insurance because of massive cuts to medicare. We wont see a more detailed score for weeks. The Republican Party is trying to rush this through because of rules that will expire on saturday. Fortunately a number of nonpartisan organizations are publishing data on the latest bill and agreed this would have similar impacts as the previous Trumpcare Bills. Tens of millions of americans would lose health care, states would be devastated, and costs would increase. A