you're from illinois he is in illinois you've got a crewcut he's got a crewcut you guys to get to what know what another. so occasionally send a book to somebody because it struck me something that might interest them. particularly, adam is one of our awful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle with national security issues and military matters. he flew in a combat zone so he knows what he's talking about. i guy like rumsfeld who it

the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. s. underwood: i have no more speakers, and i'm prepared to close after the gentleman from pennsylvania closes. the speaker pro tempore: the reserves.n the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. joyce: mr. speaker, i urge a and i e on the bill, yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. ms. underwood: thank you. the past r, over decade and a half, congress has edoubled efforts to secure federal networks. this legislation will continue that work by supporting state local cybersecurity improvements. it was approved on a bipartisan broadin committee and has and deep support within stakeholder communities. congratulate o congressman cedric richmond, the former chairman of the thissecurity committee, on important legislation. with that, i urge my colleagues to support the measure, and i yield back the balance of my time. the peaker pro tempore: gentlewoman yields. the question is will the house the nd t

but illinois is attempting to produce a cannabis industry that actually looks like illinois. >> laura: he is worried about pot diversity. oh, my god. democrats want you to sacrifice your entire future in order to do what? well, control your decisions and punish trump. they are going to tighten their vice grip on hardworking americans while they enrich their friends and of course fund their social justice pet projects. so forget biden's homespun tales. his puppet masters don't like midwest values. consider the makeup of the democratic party leadership today. you have biden, harris from california, schumer from new york, pelosi from california, and aoc from new york. you see any midwesterners in there? neither do i. midwesterners know that biden will bring back outsourcing, open the borders, cater to the aoc crowd, and suck up to china. but if you vote for trump, you are going to send a message that even the swamp cannot ignore, which is the following, in america, the people come first. that is the angle. joining me now as ben shapiro, editor in chief of the daily wire and author of "ho

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collinsville, illinois. we know his district is the horse radish capital of the world. with the horse radish festival, horse radish food, horse radish fun. and i will tell you he loves his lord, he loves his family, and he has always fretted about how much more can i do to help our church, the hoe holy cross lutheran church in which he has worshiped his entire life? two points as we finish for me. you'd love being his roommate. he is a man of integrity, of character, he is every morning the first one up in the morning, sitting at the kitchen table, reading the bible, sending out those bible phrases for his friends and colleagues in preparing for his day. he is an amazing teammate, along with classmate and roommate. he and i have played in the congressional baseball game now for 23 straight years. he is a baseball player. he's won m.v.p. four or five times. we've all lost count. he's the last member of congress to hit a home run out of the field, out of the park, on his first at-bat in his first year in congress. he's never hit the ball anywhere that close ever since. he

that is how the approach to governing illinois.d him say more than once that a campaign was an educational exercise, not only for the public, but also for the candidate. an opportunity for the candidate to educate himself or herself about the country. i also heard them say -- heard him say, there are worse things that can happen to someone then losing an election. >> what is a stevensonian? >> new mexico head. -- an egghead. a wit, self deprecatory, someone who has been very little patience with the political claptrap that spin doctors have foisted upon us. i cannot imagine adlai stevenson being handled by any such individual. >> it would never happen. i was much a member of an american delegation to a conference in japan and our delegation was rumsfeld. we were having dinner and i said, why did you go into politics? he said, it was all because of a speech given to my graduating class at princeton. were you when the class of 1954? he looked at me and said, how did you know that? i said, i know the speech. it is the best speech adla

episode three, two years later, pullman, illinois. the context for this is the depression that we talked about in the context of the farmers last time, the started in 1893. with that meant for one thing is that an 1894, there was a lot of labor frustration, almost 1400 strikes, a record breaking 505,000 workers out on strike that year. and the other part of the context is the place. pullman, illinois, is one of those company towns and we've talked about company towns. and his company towns go, compared to the unheated shack's with a little water supply that we have seen in mind country are in the textile towns in new england, pullman was a relatively nice company town by all reports. the housing was a decent standard there were libraries and parks and playgrounds and schools. and mr. pullman saw himself as a sort of patriarchal figure. he referred to his workers as his children. this ended up being a problem. in the town of pullman, which they make? they make pullman cars, sleeper cars, for trains. and so you work in this factory, you

pullman, illinois. the context for this is the depression we talked about in context of the farmers that started in 1893. that that went for one thing is that in 1894, there was a lot of labor frustration. almost 1400 strikes. a record breaking 505,000 workers out on strike that year. and the other part of the context is the place. pull man, illinoman, illinois. it's one of these company towns. we've talked about company towns. as they go, compared to the unheeded shacks with little water supply that we've seen in mine country or the textile towns in new england, pullman was a relatively nice company town by all reports. the housing was a decent standard. there were libraries and parks and playgrounds and schools. mr. pullman saw himself as sort of pate ar cal figure. he referred to his workers as children, but this ended up being a problem. in the town of pullman, what do they make? sleeper cars. for trains. so you work in his factory, live in his town. you shop in his stores, pay rent to mr. pullman.

of doing it without people's permission doing it without their consent which is why they went to illinois because they have a law that allows them to do that and that's why both of those lawsuits were filed in illinois so it's interesting there are some similarities to suits but there are definitely different now what are the concerns surrounding the use of facial recognition technology especially when you're not talking about something like infringing on your rights in a legal standpoint you're really just talking about the use of it inside of an app to what they would say makes an ease of use situation. exactly and so that's really a big question for a lot of people that follow all of this gathering of tech for instance you know you go on facebook especially during coronavirus we saw a lot of people sharing and playing that game of. you know post your picture now and post a picture through throwback way back when of you in high school or when you were a kid and it turns out the more i looked into it that actually helps them gather their biometric data if they can compare the way you onc

, he's from illinois, you have a crew cut, he has a crew cut. you should get to know each other. it's okay to send a book to somebody because it struck me as something that might interest them and in particularly adams is one of our really thoughtful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle on national security issues and military matters. i thought he would be interested in a guy like rumsfeld who had also served and had been the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense in american history. >> yeah, i don't know if you saw this, but mr. rumsfeld wrote most recent book of white house. >> i haven't, i will have to get that. i actually just finished, chris, book the gatekeepers on the chiefs of staff of the white house and key figures prominently and i would be interested in having thorough view. i have a picture of ford that i keep in my office. i knew and campaigned with him on a number of occasions and was a big admirer of his. i think it's lou cannon biography. time and chance on gerald ford. so it'll be interesting to get rumsfeld

one of those little things about texas and illinois this. -- and illinois is this. every mistake a losing candidate makes is magnified and everything a winning candidate does tense to not. nixon, in the last week of the campaign, flies to alaska to keep the 50-state pledge. thehistorians go, that is dumbest thing, why is he doing this? aside from keeping his word, which is something you don't associate with richard nixon, kennedy like, ok, jack is having the same problem. he wants to be in california, and is stuck by his campaign people in new england, which is stupid. if alaska had been projected for democrats, richard nixon takes it. now, if he doesn't take alaska and he takes illinois and texas, say there is no fraud and he doesn't get alaska's electoral votes, he loses in the electoral college by one vote. so the wheels are always turning in richard nixon's head. i think that is it. i thank you, all, very much for coming, some great questions on the warm response. thank you, very much. [applause] >> if anyone wants to buy a book, in the back. >> history

you're from illinois he is in illinois you've got a crewcut he's got a crewcut you guys to get to what know what another. so occasionally send a book to somebody because it struck me something that might interest them. particularly, adam is one of our awful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle with national security issues and military matters. he flew in a combat zone so he knows what he's talking about. i guy like rumsfeld who it also served and had been both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense in american history. split i love you saw this, mr. rumsfeld wrote his most recent book on this years before the white house. after write it, i just finished chris whipple's book, the gatekeeper on the chiefs of staff. of the white house and of course he figures very prominently. i'll interested in having a more thorough view. i have a picture i keep in my office. i knew and campaigned and was a big admirer of his. i think it's a auger fee of him time and chance on gerald ford. so it will be interesting to get rumsfeld sort of close up look at president ford. >> tom col

many of the things he said on the floor affected illinois in the five or six weeks since i have been home. people i have spoken to who have genuinely suffered because of the coronavirus pandemic and the state of the american economy. there was a moment here on the floor of the senate earlier this year when the gravity of the situation brought us together. it was march 26, almost six months ago, when we voted 96-0, to pass the cares act, a $3 trillion effort to try to keep america's economy alive, breathing during this pandemic and the impact its had on all of our lives, $3 trillion, money for the unemployed, substantial sums for those who were about to see their lives transformed overnight, laid off and fired from jobs they may never return, they try to keep their families with auto payments, rent payments, automobile loans, credit responsibilities they face and just putting food on the table. it was a wrenching, disquieting situation for so many of those families that we said we should give them $600 a week in federal assistance to get through this period. what we did not only helpe

on arrival at an airport in illinois in last half an airport in illinois in last half an hourorso mrtrumps in last half an hour or so mr trump said he had helped to straighten out problems in wisconsin. we are going to, we may get a couple of stops. we will look at some of the damage that was done working to get a fix up, or can help the people rebuild and kenosha. and just been a great state. great people and where getting it straightened out. the violence has stopped from the time the national guard came and literally when they set their foot on this location is stopped. will see you over there we re stopped. will see you over there were going to do a roundtable after that. and we will have plenty to talk about. thank you very much. donald trump on his way to kenosha, we will be having full coverage of that through the evening on bbc news. the education secretary, gavin williamson, says he's determined that exams and assessments will go ahead in england next year. during a statement to mps, he again apologised to students who'd borne the brunt of the problems with gradings. mr williamso

we have my counterpart from the northern district of illinois. tom's office and my office, we work together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. and finally my colleague justin hurtman who's the u.s. attorney in cleveland and northern district of ohio is here and quarterbacking the u.s. department of just nationwide efforts on operation legend. we're here today to discuss a critically important topic, violent crime in chicago. as attorney general barr has made clear the most basic responsibility of government is to protect the safety of our citizens for those of us in law enforcement our top priority is to keep people safe. for much of this year chicago and many other cities have experienced significant unacceptable and in many instances staggering spikes in homicides, shootings, and other violent crime. in response, the attorney general launched operation legend. a systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work with sta

i know that the state of illinois wants to do this across the state. how far do you think we are from that statewide? >> great. we're working really hard to achieve that. we have stood up a university-run organization called shield illinois. this is being led by ron watkins and pioneered by the president killeen and governor pritzker. there's an all-out effort. and the encouraging results suggests this can work and we're trying to expand that as fast and as far as possible. we are building mobile labs char testing labs on a truck that you can help further increase the testing in places that need it the most. there's a lot of innovation going on and a lot of creative, hard work. we are hopeful this can make a difference. >> it's frustrating, because for months the experts are saying you have to test aggressively to control this. not a new discovery here. but good to see you're putting it in action. a good portion of the campus is student behavior, don't go to parties, put on the masks. what luck are you having with the college students in encouraging th

attorney for the district of illinois.'d like to start this morning but taking it to introduce you to my law enforcement colleagu colleagues, some of whom you will hear from in a few moments. we are honored to have attorney general william barr with us today. we have acting director, regina and the special agent, kristin here as well. we also have from the fbi, deputy director, dave. we also have special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago. the dea special agent in charge, robert u.s. marshal sargent, david and chief inspector, diego. also are two other u.s. attorneys. my counterpart of the northern district of illinois, tom. tom sat in my office and worked together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. my colleague, justin, u.s. attorney in northern district of ohio, he's quarterbacking the department of justice is efforts. we are here today to discuss a critically important topic, violent crime in chicago. as attorney general barr has made cl

>>hoy 800 enfermeras del hospital de la universidad de illinois iniciaron un paro laboral tras llegarpal exigencia es que el nÚmero de pacientes por cada enfermero se reduzca por el bienestar de ambas partes. >> una universidad que se carga del bienestar del paciente lo vamos a negar. >> los profesionales exigen que se le dÉ el equipo adecuado para trabajar, especialmente en esta Época de pandemia. >> yo cada dÍa vengo a cuidar a los bebÉs y las las tres semanas de la pandemia no nos dieron las mÁscaras que necesitamos para trabajar, nosotros sabÍamos que nos estamos exponiendo. >>asegura que el hospital continÚa ponen sus vidas en riesgo a pesar de los casos de coronavirus registrados. >> hemos tenido mÁs de 200 casos en nuestra enfermedad, desafortunadamente hubo solamente dos muertes. >> la directiva del hospital han dejado sus pacientes a cargo de personas sin experiencias. >> los administradores estÁn a cargo de eso, ellos agarran contratos con agencias que no tienen nada de experiencia con pacientes de covid-19. >> a nivel federal se tiene que garantizar mejores condiciones de l

dugan, of illinois, to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. the presiding officer: under the previous order, postcloture time has expired. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the khweis are 5, the nays are 41. the nomination is confirmed. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all pre-cloture time is expired. the question is on the mcglynn nomination. the yeas and nays -- is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: . vote: the presiding officer: are there any members in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 55, the nays are 41, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will rep

ray is out of illinois on the undecided line. ray, why are you voting this time and why haven't you voted in the past? caller: i haven't voted in the past because mostly the united states has been doing really good. this time? i would like to see some debates before i make up my mind. host: what do you want to see in the debates? what do the candidates need to say to get your undecided first-time vote? caller: it depends upon what the moderators asked them? host: what do you want them to ask? one of the moderators is our steve scully, i can pass along any suggestions for a question. questionsrd-hitting about policies. who stands where. host: what's an example of that that you would ask. -- ask? ok, law & order, immigration, judges. it's just a list. host: thank you for the call alum -- out of illinois. larry, rockwell, on the line for those supporting just joe biden. -- supporting joe biden. why will this be your first time voting? i just turned 65 and i never cared about it one way or the other. his personality, he's a nasty per

we're white privileged, and my father was a lawyer and a judge in illinois, and we know what your dad did. do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave to a certain extent, as it put me? and i think lots of white privileged people in a cave and that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain, particularly black people, feel in this country. >> no. you really drank the kool-aid, didn't you? listen to you, wow. no, i don't feel that at all.

from northern illinois. and i'm sure the newspapers irritated my family. we spelled our name a-c-h-e-s-o-n but not originally. it was a-t when churches kept track of birth records and death records. counties did not do that a long time ago. i lose count, but my great great grandfather changed the spelling of his son's name in the church records. the one thing i have been steadily learning more about david rice was, like you said, it was not all bad. i went to your museum. it is a very nice museum. and i talked to the ladies there and i said, my father went to platte city where david rice atchison is buried. next to his grave is five children and no wife.

we are yankees from northern illinois and i'm sure the newspapers irritated my family. we spelled our name, but not originally. it was 80. it was 80 when churches kept tracks of birth records and death records. counties did not do that a long time ago. my great great grandfather changed the spelling of his son's name in the church records. the one thing that i have been steadily learning more about david rice was that it wasn't all bad as you said. i went to your museum, it's a very nice museum.

meanwhile, speaker pelosi and democratic leader schumer really have a huge obligation to illinois, new york, california.

yesterday i believe on air who got up and woke up in his home state of illinois, drove across state lines armed with a rifle to go and shoot people and accomplished that. there's complexity about what happened when he was on the ground, interesting elements of that story. trump is off on a tangent. the core part of the story is a white, trump supporting maga loving blue lives matter, social media partisan, 17 years old, picks up a gun, drives from one state to another with the intent to shoot people. on the politics of it, it would cost donald trump nothing with the law and order base for him to condemn that shooting. nothing. it would cost him nothing. and it might at least allow some people in the gettable votes in swing districts among suburban voters in places that he needs to add, rather than subtract if he's going to win in the battleground states it might make some of them think donald

there he is. >> in the heart of an illinois farm belt, a new relationship was growing very fast.eemed stephen and jennifer began dating one day and became a committed couple the next. making it a happy threesome, stephen's daughter from a previous relationship, alex. stephen often captured family moments th photos and family video. his family says he thought jennifer would make the perfect wife and mother. >> he felt like she wants to cook with us, she loves alex. she treats alex like she's her mother. >> the woman to complete his life. >> yes. >> the family he was looking for. >> yes. >> if stephen was happy, his mother had her doubts about the girl from that tight-knit family. >> i didn't feel like she really wanted to be part of our family, and that was from the very beginning i felt that way. >> stephen's dad took a more positive view. >> i just thought it was going to be a good fit for him. i thought jennifer would be real good for both of them. they presented a pretty good picture. >> was your son in love? >> yes. >> stephen began spending much of his time with alex, jennif

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the motion to recommit on h.r. 2574. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. danny davis, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. davis will vote no on the motion to recommit on h.r. 2574. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 255. the nays are 164. the motion is adopted. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. scott: mr. speaker, pursuant toint instructions of the house and the motion to recommit, i report h.r. 2574 back to the house with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: mr. speaker -- mr. scott: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will suspend. the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the readin

he knows the issues with amtrak in illinois inside and out. i'm proud to have him servicing with you and i look forward to you and he working together. i know that this is a tough time as my colleagues have mentioned. as you mentioned in your testimony, mr. flynn. financially for amtrak, passengership, ridership, those numbers have gone down. but now i think it is the time to address some of the institutional issues that exist with on-time service for amtrak while the passenger ship and the ridership is not at levels where it is impacting them. we have an issue with the saluki express and the illini express in central illinois with on-time service, and there's always been a conflict between the local railroad, who owns those tracks, and amtrak service, and it seems like a constant game of back and forth. now i'd like to get your commitment to work with the railroad, especially in those two lines, to try to address the short shun issue that has been driving some of these on-time service issues when the passenger ship is higher and what are you

illinois, judge on the district court for the northern district of illinois. pennsylvania,f judge on the third circuit court of appeals. on thef missouri, judge district court for the eastern district of missouri. carolina,nes of north judge on the fourth circuit court of appeals. virginia, deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel to the president. lawrence van dyck of nevada. judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals. these individuals will ensure equal justice, equal fortment and equal rights citizens of every race, color, religion and creed. together we will defend our righteous heritage and preserve our magnificent american way of life. thank you, god bless america. thank you very much. does anybody have any questions on the judges? on the judges? excuse me. any questions? they are outstanding people. very important decision. . important that joe biden put out potential nominees. it's very important for our country that he do that. you have a question? concernsu address the in regards to whether if you did or downplayed the coronavirus? presi

the chair recognizes the entleman from illinois, mr. davis, for five minutes. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise remember leroy jordan. he was a beloved educator and community leader who passed away september 5, 2020. of y was a native isles boro and hired by elementary school in springfield, becoming the first lack male teacher in the district. he later served on that district's school board, school g two terms as board president. he also went on to become the ice president of academic of irs at the university illinois at springfield. he was a dedicated servant and leader to his community. prps most notably in his involvement in a 1974 desegregation lawsuit that created a busing system which helped balance the white and [populations in springfield's public schools and encouraged the hiring of more minority teachers. leroy was a legend in the city of springfield. both in and out of the classroom. he was active in the springfield diocese, serving as the director of black catholic ministries, and instrumental with the springfield dominican anti-racism team e was also a member of pr

from eight states from illinois to washington new orleans between louisiana produces $134 million ofconomic benefits. it can wipe out as much is 88 million and simply put to drastically reduce with only three days a week making connectionsre difficult or impossible with three.$1 billion from the heartland it seems to be bad public policy. amtrak tried this in 1994 and then they skip the right for the same reason. and less maintenance and to earn badly needed revenue? congress should not stand by with those hundreds of hard-working towns and at the very least preserve being daily service will stave off disaster from flyover country. thank you. >> each member is recognized for five minutes. >> and mentioning in her testimony that the amtrak town hall on july 29th that the 401(k) match and the pay cut that would be utterly november. and those cutting vital train service. it was accurate during that town hall meeting and to reduce expenses and refer to that in my remarks cutting the 401(k) matc match. the program put in place years earlier when we eliminated the defined benefit pension p

host: any word for our fox news here in illinois? guest: i think it is important that none of us paid with a broad brush. so i'm really careful for example, never to say that all trump supporters are racist. how in the world can anyone possibly make that claim? instead, look at the research, look at the studies. the connection between racial resentment and support for trump, that does not mean all supporters are racist. very far from that. but i'm grateful for the call and that is why i'm so excited to be on. i feel like one of the things that is missing in cable news, lacking in news coverage is a connection to voters. we need more stories about what voters are feeling and believing and fewer stories about talking heads, so i'm grateful to hear the feedback. host: wisconsin, good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. fear andeve fox is a stationmoting but what i am really concerned about today is the president going to kenosha. let's look at the facts. the police carry thousands of guns. the protesters, some guns/ right now, trunk

singledident has also the governor of illinois at. a.g. barr: i will not comment on the specifics or the leadership, but i have observed the most important ingredients to maintaining safety and dealing with violent crime is a strong police force, ada that is oriented towards taking violent , theders off the street backing of the law enforcement community by the political leaders, both the mayor and the governor. when those are in place, then i don't think -- i don't think we will see the increases in crime we have seen recently. crimek the increases in may have a number of factors involved. part of it is in bold inning of the credit -- criminal elements, the chronic offenders and which are all of the police in the wake of the attacks on the police. it's very important to support the police department and the chief of police in the cities. >> do you believe the mayor and the governor have not been doing -- a.g. barr: i will not comment on that. and i can askyor, the u.s. attorney, but my understanding is that the mayor .nd the president tal

and so, while i'm here in illinois, i want to see what they're up to.n-store pet chain called bentley's corner barkery. it was started by lisa and giovanni senafe. lisa: we do all-natural food, no by-products, corn, wheat, or soy in our foods. lemonis: lisa, the president of the company, oversaw the product assortment and the merchandising while gio, the head of business development, hunted for new locations. giovanni: i have been calling stores to see if they'd be interested in selling. lemonis: giovanni was expanding the business faster than they could handle it without a clear plan. giovanni: i go get the deals and then go, "hey, we'll figure out how to pay for it afterward." lemonis: the locations lacked a cohesive look. this store looks totally different than arlington. the operation was a mess... this is how you manage your inventory? ...and the company was losing money. we can't run a business that way. giovanni: hey, bud. lemonis: the senafes had recently adopted a little boy. -giovanni: sebastian, say hi. -lemonis: hi, buddy. and they were desp

the name of the game was pennsylvania indiana illinois. there were not enough what you might call morally people who would give priority to the moral issue, to cavalry either of those three states. lincoln was the ideal candidate to bridge between the folks who might give priority to other issues, but who still wanted to get rid of the slave power and you pick the democratic party from its stranglehold of the national government. >> to those points. slavery was immensely profitable. america's war of independence was fought mostly in the south. and the southern plantation owners supported independence. they knew that england was opposed to slavery. there's a lot of talk about it that england eliminated slavery in 1825. these plantation owners new independence was the only way to hold on to slavery. the second point, is that this country, i'm sure you read w. jake caches perk the mind of the south. the point that he makes there, is slavery anchored southern society. it was an aristocratic society, a very different culture than the rest of th

five states in terms of in infections yesterday, california, florida, illinois, michigan, north carolina, the midwest one the current problem zones as we look at it. the top five states in terms of reporting new deaths yesterday, texas, california, florida, pennsylvania and south carolina. every one of these numbers is horrible, but these numbers are a little bit lower than they have been in recent days. again, does that continue? let's hope so in that regard. if you look at the overall case trend, very important to note this h.below 25,000 new innecks reported yesterday but it was a holiday. the question is can it go down you? see sometimes the drops. the drops tend to come right out of a weekend and then things go back up, the baseline, about 40,000 new infections on average in the united states. it was 20,000, just below that, to start the summer so you had the summer surge, come down to labor day. the question is can you push it down more as we head to fall in the experts tell you that's critical or is this just a blip? stay with us throughout the week. we'll see what the numbers do

it's not just a new york problem or a new jersey problem or an illinois problem. it's a national crisis. the metropolitan transit authority alone carries about 40% of the nation's transit riders and drives as much as 10% of the national g.d.p. 10%. the facts argue for heavy investment in public transportation systems to staunch the bleeding and jump-start the economy when the pandemic wanes. the lack of investment in transit systems in the republican legislation is unacceptable. finally, according to a whistle-blower complaint filed by a former senior official in the office of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security, political leaders at d.h.s. told him to refrain from sharing reports about putin's efforts to interfere with our elections because, quote, they make the president look bad. and this d.h.s. whistle-blower goes on to allege a broader pattern by trump and his lieutenants of politicizing and misrepresenting intelligence, altering the information to fit the president's way of thinking, what the president thinks makes him look good.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. 270 alva will vote on h.r. 6 and as the member designated by ms. pressley, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. essley will vote yea on h.r. 6270. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: mr. speaker, as the member designated by by ms. hayes, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house ms. hayes will vote yes on h.r. 6270. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> pursuant to house resolution 965, mr. lawson will vote yea. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. butterfield will vote yes on h.r. 6270. as as the member designated by mr. thompson of californi