you know both, miss hoch and mr. michelle have pointed out, exceedingly small numbers of women and people of color, people of color actually working at high levels. i want to ask, we have a similar problem going on this committee for over 20 years. we had a grave problem in the mortgage and banking area. one of our solutions -- it was only a partial solution. it seemed to work in some regard. with the banks, we adopted a protocol under the community reinvestment act. what we did in part, we gather data on the banks, we looked at the investments they were making in minority areas and we graded them publicly. and held them accountable so that there depositors and investors would know how they were doing with progress in investing in areas that were usually redlined. that explosion -- exposure did a lot. it did not fix everything, it certainly moved the needle. it made banks more socially aware of their actions and their investments. i think it calls the general public and investors and depositors to get on those banks

you know both, miss hoch and mr. michelle have pointed out, exceedingly small numbers of women and people of color, people of color actually working at high levels. i want to ask, we have a similar problem going on this committee for over 20 years. we had a grave problem in the mortgage and banking area. one of our solutions -- it was only a partial solution. it seemed to work in some regard. with the banks, we adopted a protocol under the community reinvestment act. what we did in part, we gather data on the banks, we looked at the investments they were making in minority areas and we graded them publicly. and held them accountable so that there depositors and investors would know how they were doing with progress in investing in areas that were usually redlined. that explosion -- exposure did a lot. it did not fix everything, it certainly moved the needle. it made banks more socially aware of their actions and their investments. i think it calls the general public and investors and depositors to get on those banks

over him and a bit of a question mark over kenny braden —— kenny braden hoch, suella braverman, a darlingy it is meant to be even hotter. when the day comes, the heat air will have picked up as well, because we will be down to the last four three. tom tugendhat says that he is certain he will get through tonight. the words he used to me where without a shadow of a doubt. we will see at five o'clock. ~ . . :, . o'clock. we will have full coverage from here- — o'clock. we will have full coverage from here. for— o'clock. we will have full coverage from here. for now, _ o'clock. we will have full coverage from here. for now, back- o'clock. we will have full coverage from here. for now, back to - o'clock. we will have full coverage from here. for now, back to the l from here. for now, back to the studio. fast—moving events taking place in sri lanka. the prime minister there, ranil wickremesinghe, sri lanka. the prime minister there, ranilwickremesinghe, has sri lanka. the prime minister there, ranil wickremesinghe, has been appointed acting president, after the previous president, gotabaya raj