he chair recognizes the -- maryland, mr. brown, for five minutes. mr. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. want to recognize the service of my former chief of staff. mella has been an inddispensable advisor and confidant to me for more than a decade. including my first days in congress and during my tenure as maryland's lieutenant governor. it's fair to say that i wouldn't be here today without her extraordinary counsel. i can count on her day and night to get the job done. she brought in unmatched level of commitment to every issue, every challenge, every single fight, every constituent case no matter how big or small. throughout our time together, she's provided strategic advice and clear-eyed leadership on national security and defense. transportation and infrastructure. maia served as my key liaison to the congressional black caucus and democratic leadership on core issues to me and the people of maryland. her deep understanding of the issues, candid advice, insightful opinions, and passionate drive for serving others has helped me deliver for my state, my constituents, our se

madam chair -- >> chairman: mr. brown -- >> i am proud -- madam chair, i want to say thi this -- >> i'm sorry, dr. brown, but we have a board rule that only allows each person to make public comment once. so any additional information, if you want to provide it in writing, we will make sure to add it to the record. thank you so much. >> chairwoman: next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. my name is felicia jones. i'm the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. and i would like to make some points. of course i am in support of reparations, but i'm also in support of reparations now. there have been three reports in 55 years written on black people, studying black people. and as of today, we are worse off now than we were years ago. we need to address the san francisco black workers who are right now, at this moment, experiencing unfair wages, no promotion. we also are looking at police accountability, where use of force, arrest, and racial profiling is highest in the black community. we are known -

let me see, well, mr. brown, certainly we are presenting this resolution to you with our appreciation, we wish we could be here in person to hand you a nice framed copy of it and shake your hand and pose for photos and everything and while we can't do that, i know our commission secretary will arrange to get the physical resolution to you with our gratitude. is there anything you would like to say? >> i have it now. >> president bernal: see how fast he is? >> i want to say more than just thank you. i do want to thank you for the opportunity to come and work with the department again. and i think we talked a little bit going away thing we were doing today in a zoom meeting with other staff but there were challenges at the time we talked but we had no idea about covid-19 coming at the time i was asked to come to the department. so, you know, i always welcome a challenge. the challenges have always been part of my employment. but this was one i was not prepared for. but i think that, i think i'm leaving it in good

let me see, well, mr. brown, certainly we are presenting this resolution to you with our appreciation, we wish we could be here in person to hand you a nice framed copy of it and shake your hand and pose for photos and everything and while we can't do that, i know our commission secretary will arrange to get the physical resolution to you with our gratitude. is there anything you would like to say? >> i have it now. >> president bernal: see how fast he is? >> i want to say more than just thank you. i do want to thank you for the opportunity to come and work with the department again. and i think we talked a little bit going away thing we were doing today in a zoom meeting with other staff but there were challenges at the time we talked but we had no idea about covid-19 coming at the time i was asked to come to the department. so, you know, i always welcome a challenge. the challenges have always been part of my employment. but this was one i was not prepared for. but i think that, i think i'm leaving it in good

mr. brown: yesterday, mr. president, the house overwhelmingly passed the ndaa conference report by a veto-proof majority of 335-78. that bill includes our comprehensive bipartisan reform of our antimoney laundering laws. i'd like to thank any colleagues, especially senator crapo and other banking and housing committee colleagues, senators warner, jones, reed, rounds, and off the committee senator wyden, senators whitehouse, graham, and grassley and the presiding officer senator cotton for his work on this legislation. on the house side, chairman owe chairwoman waters and chairwoman maloney and representative cleaver, thank you to all of them for working so hard to ensure that today we have this crucial bipartisan legislation in this defense conference report that will reform our money laundering laws and finally, finally end abuses by anonymous shell companies. i'd like to extend any thanks to a former colleague, chairman levin who is chair of armed services and permanent subcommittee of investigations and to

let me see, well, mr. brown, certainly we are presenting this resolution to you with our appreciation, we wish we could be here in person to hand you a nice framed copy of it and shake your hand and pose for photos and everything and while we can't do that, i know our commission secretary will arrange to get the physical resolution to you with our gratitude. is there anything you would like to say? >> i have it now. >> president bernal: see how fast he is? >> i want to say more than just thank you. i do want to thank you for the opportunity to come and work with the department again. and i think we talked a little bit going away thing we were doing today in a zoom meeting with other staff but there were challenges at the time we talked but we had no idea about covid-19 coming at the time i was asked to come to the department. so, you know, i always welcome a challenge. the challenges have always been part of my employment. but this was one i was not prepared for. but i think that, i think i'm leaving it in good

the speaker pro tempore: the hobrable gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, is recognized for two minutes. nancy brown thank you, mr. speaker. i want to first thank chairman smith for his exemplary leadership, representative thornberry for his career service to our men and women in uniform, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their hard work in this year's national defense authorization act. this bill strengthens our military, makes our country safer and provides for our service members and their families. national security isn't simply defined by the planes and ships we buy, but in the values we promote within the military and for our nation. this legislation is a significant step forward for diversity, inclusion and justice in our all were armed forces. core american values that our military must promote. today's military is the most diverse in our history with people of color making up more than 40% of active duty service members. and, as our country reckons with systemic racism, so too does our military. by affirming our founding values, thi

let me see, well, mr. brown, certainly we are presenting this resolution to you with our appreciation, we wish we could be here in person to hand you a nice framed copy of it and shake your hand and pose for photos and everything and while we can't do that, i know our commission secretary will arrange to get the physical resolution to you with our gratitude. is there anything you would like to say? >> i have it now. >> president bernal: see how fast he is? >> i want to say more than just thank you. i do want to thank you for the opportunity to come and work with the department again. and i think we talked a little bit going away thing we were doing today in a zoom meeting with other staff but there were challenges at the time we talked but we had no idea about covid-19 coming at the time i was asked to come to the department. so, you know, i always welcome a challenge. the challenges have always been part of my employment. but this was one i was not prepared for. but i think that, i think i'm leaving it in good

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i have harder a lot of revisionist -- i've heard a lot of revisionist history this afternoon. the senate voted unanimously because of our efforts, 13 million people were kept out of poverty. we know that because we did -- we did relatively generous unemployment insurance, we did the direct payments, we helped with small business loans. but then this senate thought its work was done for the year. we begged senator mcconnell month after month after month to come back and help. as i said, 13 million people were kept out of poverty because of the work this congress did in march of this year, but now since many of these benefits, especially the unemployment benefit and the direct payments, were not continued of course, those benefits expired in august and we have seen 8 million people drop into poverty in this country since. yet this congress, senator mcconnell refused and refuse and refused. i hear this revisionist history that democrats just want to help people that are already affluent,

let me see, well, mr. browng this resolution to you with our appreciation, we wish we could be here in person to hand you a nice framed copy of it and shake your hand and pose for photos and everything and while we can't do that, i know our commission secretary will arrange to get the physical resolution to you with our gratitude. is there anything you would like to say? >> i have it now. >> president bernal: see how fast he is? >> i want to say more than just thank you. i do want to thank you for the opportunity to come and work with the department again. and i think we talked a little bit going away thing we were doing today in a zoom meeting with other staff but there were challenges at the time we talked but we had no idea about covid-19 coming at the time i was asked to come to the department. so, you know, i always welcome a challenge. the challenges have always been part of my employment. but this was one i was not prepared for. but i think that, i think i'm leaving it in good hands. i think we have a goo

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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, is recognized. mr. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from california, my good friend, mr. huffman, for yielding time. i also want to thank chairman grijalva and the staff at natural resources committee for their work and partnership in h.r. 970, the robert e lee statue removal act. my bill which i first introduced last congress would remove the statue from confederate general robert e lee from antietam in sharpsburg, maryland. half 12 hours of combat 23,000 union and confederate shoulders were killed, wounded, or missing. it remains the bloodiest day in american history and thousands come every year to learn about the war over slavery that almost divided our union. on this federal land stands a 24-foot statue of general lee. it was commissioned with the explicit intent of honoring the confederacy and glorifies the confederacy, its leaders, the cause of slavery, and open rebellion against the united states of america. the lee statue was built by a private citizen in 2003, as you

trone: i'd like to now recognize mr. brown. mr. brown: thank you, mr. trone. let me start by saying, john, always believe you can tell a lot about a person by the children they raised and if i knew nothing else about your father, then -- than what i see in you, i know your father is a great man because you yourself are a great man. while you may think that you will never match your father's accomplishments, he believed and already knew that you have. i was in many a public event in the presence of you and your father and i would watch him as he was watching you and it was so clear and obvious the pride he took in you as i know he did in his other children, knowing that you were stepping in his footsteps, continuing his legacy, and hi work for the people of maryland. so john, you have more than matched the matchless efforts of your father. i want to recognize leader hoyer for hosting this special order hour this evening, and thank you, mr. trone, for yielding to me. i want to again thank my friend and colleague, representative john sarbanes and his entire famil

. >> good evening, mrs. brown, you have two minutes. >> hi. again, i'm about my son who was murdered august 14th, 2006. still to this day, i still have no close your and still it's unsolved homicide (inaudible). i'm just asking that my investigators that are who are my investigators to still do some work on my son. i haven't heard anymore from my investigator and i don't know if it has anything to do with covid and what's going on now and all of the other murders going on now. i also want to thank too for my last comment on writing a letter to the feds concerning to recant the story about my son being affiliated with a gang and i want to thank the person that stepped up to make any conversation about writing a letter and i hope all the other commissioners will join in with her about writing a letter to the fed concerning my son. like i said, the christmas is coming up and my son's favorite holiday was christmas and i has sisters that are still left that are still grieving and you know, i really wouldn't want to be -- for this to hit anyone hom

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i have harder a lot of revisionist -- i've heard a lot of revisionist history this afternoon. the senate voted unanimously because of our efforts, 13 million people were kept out of poverty. we know that because we did -- we did relatively generous unemployment insurance, we did the direct payments, we helped with small business loans. but then this senate thought its work was done for the year. we begged senator mcconnell month after month after month to come back and help. as i said, 13 million people were kept out of poverty because of the work this congress did in march of this year, but now since many of these benefits, especially the unemployment benefit and the direct payments, were not continued of course, those benefits expired in august and we have seen 8 million people drop into poverty in this country since. yet this congress, senator mcconnell refused and refuse and refused. i hear this revisionist history that democrats just want to help people that are already affluent,

madam chair -- >> chairman: mr. brown -- >> i am proud -- madam chair, i want to say thi this -- >> i'm sorry, dr. brown, but we have a board rule that only allows each person to make public comment once. so any additional information, if you want to provide it in writing, we will make sure to add it to the record. thank you so much. >> chairwoman: next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. my name is felicia jones. i'm the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. and i would like to make some points. of course i am in support of reparations, but i'm also in support of reparations now. there have been three reports in 55 years written on black people, studying black people. and as of today, we are worse off now than we were years ago. we need to address the san francisco black workers who are right now, at this moment, experiencing unfair wages, no promotion. we also are looking at police accountability, where use of force, arrest, and racial profiling is highest in the black community. we are known -

the speaker pro tempore: the hobrable gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, is recognized for two minutes. nancy brown thank you, mr. speaker. i want to first thank chairman smith for his exemplary leadership, representative thornberry for his career service to our men and women in uniform, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their hard work in this year's national defense authorization act. this bill strengthens our military, makes our country safer and provides for our service members and their families. national security isn't simply defined by the planes and ships we buy, but in the values we promote within the military and for our nation. this legislation is a significant step forward for diversity, inclusion and justice in our all were armed forces. core american values that our military must promote. today's military is the most diverse in our history with people of color making up more than 40% of active duty service members. and, as our country reckons with systemic racism, so too does our military. by affirming our founding values, thi

mr. brown: as the member ms. adams, y i informto h.res. 965, the house that ms. adams will vote yes on h.r. 9051. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. lynch: good evening, madam speaker. as the member designated by the honorable mr. james langevin of rhode island, and pursuant to 965, i'd like n to inform the house that mr. angevin will vote yes on h.r. 9051, the caring for americans with supplemental help act of 2020. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas rise? ms. davids: madam speaker, as mrs. mber designated by axne, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mrs. axne aye on h.r. 9051. as the member designated by mr. cleaver, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote aye on h.r. 9051. as the member designated by ms. haaland, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. aaland will vote aye on h.r. 9051. as the member designated by mr. pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote aye on h.r. 9051

we talked about james brown as mr. please, please in 1956. what we haven't talked about is how james brown is the pivotal figure in this post civil rights movement. when i say post civil rights, what i mean is the movement movement beyond 1965. most historians mean when they use the term post civil rights era, the period beyond integration. funk is built around a prominent poly rhythmic guitars,tations, horns, keyboards, drums. rhythm and the groove are more important than the melody. one of the better lines i have read in describing funk is that it is a form of music in which every musician treats their instrument as if it were a drum, again reiterating the importance of rhythm and the groove. funk and its older brother soul, funk is more about feeling, moving, personal expression. but funk also consciously addressed the harsh reality of urban life. that is the difference. most important historical difference for the purpose of this lecture. as we have discussed in many other has so rock 'n' roll offshoots, and represents continuity and chang

brown: thank you, mr. chairman. secretary mnuchin, i see by your testimony today you really don't understand what is happening in families across our country, almost celebrating your marvelous work of you on the president when the country so decisively rejected. one of my favorite abraham lincoln quotes, he used to go out and talk about getting his public opinion bath. i hear what you say about restaurants, but it is clear that you and the adminstration have left behind the precedent, and is only concerned about seeing some thing that is not there, fraud in election, as so many republican judges and a few courageous republican officeholders have spoken out against. at our last hearing, i asked you and secretary powell to read a piece by pro-public about a small business owner in cleveland whose business couldn't get up, while the giant corporation occupying the same building has gotten plenty of taxpayer support, while laying off its workers. i am hoping you would have read it and made a more serious effort to under

madam chair -- >> chairman: mr. brown -- >> i am proud -- madam chair, i want to say thi this -- >> i'm sorry, dr. brown, but we have a board rule that only allows each person to make public comment once. so any additional information, if you want to provide it in writing, we will make sure to add it to the record. thank you so much. >> chairwoman: next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. my name is felicia jones. i'm the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. and i would like to make some points. of course i am in support of reparations, but i'm also in support of reparations now. there have been three reports in 55 years written on black people, studying black people. and as of today, we are worse off now than we were years ago. we need to address the san francisco black workers who are right now, at this moment, experiencing unfair wages, no promotion. we also are looking at police accountability, where use of force, arrest, and racial profiling is highest in the black community. we are known -

. >> good evening, mrs. brown, you have two minutes. >> hi. again, i'm about my son who was murdered august 14th, 2006. still to this day, i still have no close your and still it's unsolved homicide (inaudible). i'm just asking that my investigators that are who are my investigators to still do some work on my son. i haven't heard anymore from my investigator and i don't know if it has anything to do with covid and what's going on now and all of the other murders going on now. i also want to thank too for my last comment on writing a letter to the feds concerning to recant the story about my son being affiliated with a gang and i want to thank the person that stepped up to make any conversation about writing a letter and i hope all the other commissioners will join in with her about writing a letter to the fed concerning my son. like i said, the christmas is coming up and my son's favorite holiday was christmas and i has sisters that are still left that are still grieving and you know, i really wouldn't want to be -- for this to hit anyone hom

as an author as a client and as a friend i'm happy to welcome to the day mr johnnie geller he is the c.e.o. of the curtis brown group he was john le carre's agent mr geller joins me tonight from london mr geller it's good to have you on the program but we start by extending my condolences to you on the loss of a dear friend for our viewers who may not have read the qarase books tell us what made him such a tight end of contemporary english literature especially the modern spying awful. well i hear for inviting me. i mean what made him special was so many things i think his command of the english language you look at the crowds and it just sings and so there are very few writers like but i think the really important thing about him was that he used the spying for the regime era as his instrument as if it was a musical instrument and with that he pushed the boundaries are probably what people 'd were used to a time when it was fleming and james bond and some of the other writers and what was going on in popular culture to sort of expose a slightly gray a dark underbelly and a more of a reality who what where the

as an author as a client and as a friend i'm happy to welcome to the day mr johnnie geller he is the c.e.o. of the curtis brown group he was john le carre he's agent mr geller joins me tonight from london mr geller it's good to have you on the program but we start by extending my condolences to you on the loss of a dear friend for our viewers who may not have read le carre's books tell us what made him such a tight of contemporary english literature especially the modern spying awful. well you for inviting me. i mean what made him special was so many things i think his command of the english language you look at the crowds and it just sings and so there are very few writers like but i think the really important thing about him was that he used the spying for the regime era as his instrument as if it was a musical instrument and with that he pushed the boundaries are probably what people 'd were used to a time when it was fleming and james bond and some of the other writers and what was going on in popular culture to sort of expose a slightly gray a dark underbelly and a more of a reality who what where the ide

brown: thank you mr. chairman. i welcome secretary mnuchin and chairman powell. what theike to second chairman just said. i want to thank doug jones and martha mcsally for their service on this committee, they both contributed a great deal. chairsou since is the last chairing i believe, a thank you for your leadership, decency and patience. i also certain -- you can run but you can't hide since i also serve on the finance committee. i want to thank the rest of your it's working together, been really meaningful and productive. we've worked together to deliver work and strengthen our review of foreign investment, to hold russia and north korea accountable, to give manufacturers the tools they need and to continue to protect our communities from terrorism attacks. i look forward to next year to working with our colleague senator toomey on these and other issues. i also appreciate the chair and his staff's work to hold so many of our hearings virtually during this pandemic, protecting the people who work in the capital

mr. chairman. thanks to all four of you. >> thank you, senator brown. senator bennet. senator bennet, are you on you or you you not with this any longer? senator lankford. >> senator portman, thank you very much. and senator brown both for hosting visiting. tremendous asset to get in this conversation to senator portman and senator cardin piece of legislation he worked on for a long time. i appreciate all the work that's gone in on it. i have several questions both a new type of site and on the emergency fund side but have really pressing question for mr. if they understand you're born in oklahoma but you now live in ohio, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> so if i were to say the letters osu to you come is at oklahoma state or ohio state we are talking about? >> with all respect that would be oklahoma state, my little brother. >> i would be my assumption as well. i just wanted to clarify that because that's an important feature in this particular hearing with those who are hearing it -- >> who is that flag record that's an ohio flag your cats were i live. >> just

brown: there is a clock on the screen, list some of us can see. mr. stevenson, you said in response to the first question people should get an habit of saving more. if you and mr. barr would both answer this question, what is edward jones, what is nationwide doing to help low income families save for a dignified retirement? >> i will jump in. it's a great question, senator brown. the key for us is we have to get people started early. the education, how we shall come -- how we show up, how we provide retirement education and engaging them, employers, small and large businesses than done a great job of providing incentives and then it's up to us to make sure to go out and engage them and get them enrolled in the plans and get them started and keep them in the plans. the provisions in this bill around, again whether it's a , savers credit, whether it's out of control, auto escalate, and when people can see the progress they are making that's amazing. in the previous secure act one of the provincial start off showing people what their savings look like in

as an author as a client and as a friend i'm happy to welcome to the day mr johnnie geller he is the c.e.o. of the curtis browngroup he was john le carre he's agent joins me tonight from london mr geller it's good to have you on the program but you start by extending my condolences to you on the loss of a dear friend for our viewers who may not have read le carre's books tell us what made him such a tight of contemporary english literature especially the modern spy novel. well i'm here for advice and. i mean what made him special was so many things i think his command of the english language you look at the crowds and it just sings and so there are very few writers like but i think the really important thing about him was that he used the spying for the regime era as his instrument as if it was a musical instrument and with that he pushed the boundaries of probably what people 'd were used to a time when it was fleming and james bond and some of the other writers and what was going on in popular culture to sort of expose a slightly gray a dark underbelly and a more of a reality who what where the ideology and

we saw in that montage, mrs brown's boys.the bbc is there for everybody. you can't always have shows that please everybody all the time and i think it is the fact that last night, if there was nothing on it you felt suited for, you can go and find something else and i always find it is the case about making the schedules work for you, not making yourself work for the schedules. a case in point, in about 25 minutes, if you are confident enough to go and leave the bbc and go to another channel, itv, there is the story of sm tv live and it looks back at the iconic show presented by ant and dac. we don't want people to tune away from the bbc, but for many people that this is a huge part of their child hood. —— ant and dec. incredibly. it was a time when kids' tv was allowed to be a bit more risque. when they started making this show back in the 90s, they had no confidence in terms of really going anywhere. it was absolutely beaten in the ratings by live and kicking on the other side and i think it was the case that they thought i

mr. chris brown. good stuff. good morning, everyone. 10:00 eastern time. that woe be new york city. you. coming up we have liz peek, lara logan. that is this hour. 11:00 hour, lisa booth, kim strassel, todd piro, bret baier. check the markets because we had already all-time highs this morning for the nasdaq. i think that was the 52nd all-time high. russell 2000 hitting another all-time high. that tells you that the small caps are doing pretty well. this, the latest reed on homebuilders sentiment. important stuff, ashley. how are they feeling these homebuilders? ashley: coming in slightly below expectations. reading of 86 in december down to last month's 90. we should still point out that the second highest reading in the history of the survey. the report says housing demand is strong heading into the new year but with those same hurdles which continue to be low inventory, limited available land, rising construction costs. yes it was down more than what we expected but still pretty darn strong. stuart: i would say. ashley. look who is here, jerry howard. ceo of the national associati

mr. chief justice, is the brown decision. it, too, provided the same retro activity standard that was incorporated in distefano, which relied heavily on state interest and that applied the birch decision retroactively which prevented louisiana having nonunanimous juries. in ramos, five of us thought that apodoca was a resident being overruled and therefore, the most compelling evidence that it was a new rule. with nos five justices unreasonable? >> well, when we get to the reasonableness standard of the juryists, it's an objective criterion. i think we can call agree na the 6th amendment requires a unanimous jury and we can all agree that the bill of rights are fully incorporated to the states at this point. normally the reasonable jurist standard goes hand-to-hand. but it was such a bizarre decision it broke those two hands apart and that's why it's in unique universe of one, mr. chief justice. >> i think particularly given your answer on distefano that you have something of a burden of establishing that the unanimous jury i

browning machine—guns. newsreel: keep it up, mrs smith. or is it miss? for the battle of britain is your battle, too.is man, a scientific officer in the air ministry called captain fred hill. he was convinced that withjust four guns, the planes being developed wouldn't have enough firepower to bring down fast—moving enemy aircraft. he wanted to cram eight powerful machine—guns onto the new fighter planes — an idea that seemed excessive to many. to bolster his case, fred turned to an unlikely person for help — a schoolgirl from north london, his 13—year—old daughter, hazel. hazel was an only child, a talented mathematician and a meticulous worker. she had a close relationship with her father and was, in many ways, the ideal assistant for fred. although just a teenager, it was hazel who helped complete the intricate calculations he had to make. most people assumed eight guns would be too heavy for the spitfire, that the extra load would make the nimble new aircraft slower and less manoeuvrable. fred knew that a four—gun design for the new fighters had already been agreed. if the plans were not changed

carre as an author as a client and as a friend i'm happy to welcome to the day mr johnny geller he is the c.e.o. of the curtis brown group he was john le carre he's agent mr geller joins me tonight from london mr geller it's good to have you on the program but you start by extending my condolences to you on the loss of a dear friend for our viewers who may not have read le carre's books tell us what made him such a tight of contemporary english literature especially the modern spy novel. well i you for inviting me. i mean what made him special was so many things i think his command of the english language you look at the crowds and it just sings and so there are very few writers like but i think the really important thing about him was that he used the spying for the original era as his instrument as if it was a musical instrument and with that he pushed the boundaries of probably what people were 'd used to a time when it was fleming and james bond and some of the other writers and what was going on in popular culture to sort of expose a slightly gray a dark underbelly on a more of a reality who what where the ide