mr. scott: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1065, the pregnant workers fairness act, introduced by representatives nadler and katko. it is unacceptable that in 2021 pregnant workers can still be denied basic workplace accommodations that help them stay healthy during their pregnancy. these accommodations from providing seating to water and excusing pregnant workers from heavy lifting are not complex or costly. but without these protections, so many workers are either forced to leave their jobs or put their health -- the health of their pregnancy at risk. we can and must do better to make sure no worker in this country is forced to choose between financial security as a healthy -- and a healthy pregnancy. this bill would finally establish a right to reasonable accommodations to all pregnant workers and it would guarantee that pregnant workers can seek those accommodations without facing discrimination or retaliation. last congress, 226 house democrats and 103 republicans came together to pass t

mr. scott, seek recognition? mr. scott: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 380, i call up h.r. 1065, a bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodation for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. the clerk: union calendar number 14, h.r. 1065, a bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 380, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on education and labor printed in the bill is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. the bill, as amended, shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and control by the chair an

mr. scott and others proposes amendment number 1547. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: madam president, in a moment i'm going to propound a unanimous consent request. before i do, i want to make some brief remarks. right now gas stations all over the eastern seaboard are suffering if a week long gas shortage that has left thousands of stations completely out of gas. what we've seen is reminiscent of the 1970's when americans had to sit in long lines to fill their cars with gas. and why are we experiencing this crisis? because russian hackers attacked the colonial pipeline which had to shut down operations on may 67. -- may 7. what is the reward russia gets for attacking our infrastructure? well, on the topic of russia, just yesterday president biden doubled down on what is becoming a consistent soft on russia position from the biden administration. making the decision to disregard bipartisan legislation that passed through this body seeking to

mr. scott: madam president, i am proud to stand today in am proud to stand today in >> madame president proud to stand today in support of the joint allies. israel is a vibrant democracy that supports capitalism and holds free and open elections. united states has been the most fervent supporter to maintain a strong relationship with israel throughout these years. has given i took a stand againsts discrimination with the state agencies and local governments to boycott israel.

mr. scott: madam president, i am proud to stand today in am proud to stand today in >> madame president proud to stand today in support of the joint allies. israel is a vibrant democracy that supports capitalism and holds free and open elections. united states has been the most fervent supporter to maintain a strong relationship with israel throughout these years. has given i took a stand againsts discrimination with the state agencies and local governments to boycott israel. to ensure they will not participate. and to support the strong with a new industry in jerusalem. this is key to defend itself in common interest. i'm proud to cosponsor a bill from the golan heights and i still mediterranean security partnership app for partnerships and eastern mediterranean. i visited israel numerous times my most recent trip in the proximity to its enemies. for decades the people of israelri have entered attacks who support us thousands of rockets rained down it must be stronger than ever i want to be cl

mr. scott has suggested that the consumer financial protection bureau office of community affairs continue to engage in these efforts and examine how to improve the situation. the office of community affairs also partnered with the cfpb office of research and office of fair lending to examine credit deserts where we don't have access to financial services and better equip communities with the tools for financial education. additionally, the bureau's your money, your goals program offers a variety of materials to help consumers pursue financial empowerment and the resources for organizations aimed at helping these financially vulnerable individuals and families. this is a key issue and particularly in my rural state a bigger challenge for rural counties. as we have even some counties without a single financial services office. so despite the progress that's been made, credit and visibility remains an important issue for the pandemic's impact on american consumers. by further directing the cfpb's

mr. scott's remarks.ech that was more important, more significant, more insightful

commissioner scott? >> mr. chair, no comments or questions at this point, just to thank them for their report. >> thank you, commissioner scott. commissioner morales? >> mr. chair, i have no comments or questions, and when it's appropriate, i would like to move the item. >> commissioner morales has moved the item. may i have a second? >> second. >> seconded by commissioner bycer. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: commissioners, please indicate your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, the vote is five ayes. >> thank you. motion carries. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> clerk: agenda items 5-c through 5-e related to the bonds for funding affordable housing obligations will be presented together but acted on separately. 5-c, authorizing a personal services contract with k.n.n. public finance, l.l.c., a california limited liability company for financial advisory services in an amount not to exceed $57,000 related to the proposed issuance of successor agency to the re

the gentleman mr. scott is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you chair lady and i am so excited to be on this panel at this time. we have a major issue here. i want to talk about our un-banked, under banked as we apply that to that child tax credit. we have an excellent opportunity . mr. diamond, ms. frazier, mr. monahan, mr. sullivan, mr. sharp and mr. gorman, you all represent our largest banks and i want to put this to you. we just past -- expanded the child tax credit and 199 trillion covered relief package. here's what that does. 3600 for children under six. 3000 for children under 17. each of the parents are getting guaranteed checks every month. here's your problem. they cannot receive it with direct payments. that's what i am concerned about. to help us to make sure that the child tax credit payments can come by way of direct posits. it's dangerous out there. when they don't get it directly -- it's dangerous out there when they don't get it directly. every month, it would -- every month, they

going back to mr. scott and his discussion with you earlier. i have to tell you, i have a lot of concerns and maybe it is something i will have to learn to deal with. let me give you an example. the shares and metro bank in the u.k. back in may. their shares fell over 10% before metro could get control of the fake news about their financial freefall they are fortunate that it tanaka further -- they are fortunate that it did not go further. i'm concerned about what's going on with regulations and what we need to do to ensure that social media does not take control of our lives and take it in a direction that is detrimental. you share that concern, if so, what should we do? how do we address the issue that we just experienced with metro bank? >> to the best way we can, is to be technology neutral, but recognize that the technology in east generation -- and ishares and provides a new way to munich a. with the telephone came along there were debates whether to allow the first telephone on the floor of the new york stock exchange. this happened in t

will have the distinguished former housing and urban development secretary ben carson to weigh in, mr. scottnd mr. carson's own views, all that coming up on "kudlo to celebrate salonpas day and our mission to improve people's lives through topical pain relief we invite you to try our powerful, long-lasting patch for muscle and joint pain, get your free sample at trysalonpas.com hisamitsu sure, about this? experience capability, crafted by lexus. we're good. the remarkable gx and lx. get 0.9% apr financing on the 2021 gx 460. experience amazing, at your lexus dealer. ♪ ♪ get 0.9% apr financing on the look, if your wireless carrier was a guy you'd leave him tomorrow. not very flexible. not great at saving. you deserve better... xfinity mobile. now they have unlimited for just $30 a month... $30. and they're number one in customer satisfaction. his number... delete it. i'm deleting it. so, break free from the big three. xfinity internet customers, switch to xfinity mobile and get unlimited with 5g included for $30 on the nations fastest, most reliable network. >> hear me >> hear me clearly, ame

mr. right. >> scott new amber for 16 days when he got caught being married. >> he was very emotional andhe first holidays without her and he was crying at that point. i took it as she died, didn't know how, if an accident or cancer. i had no idea. i didn't pry. >> she didn't know about scott and lacy missing until her friend told her. hey, that guy you brought to the christmas party, he's on tv every day. >> and so i went to the other room and called the modesto police department hotline. >> amber frye started cooperating the police. >> i buy her a tape recorder with some cassette tapes and a wire that can look onto her phone. i told her, okay, if he ever calls, just push these two buttons and just talk normally. phone rings and it's scott peterson. i'm like, that's him. show time, girl. >> amber. >> hey, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> i'm glad i caught you. >> thank you. >> what they heard on december 31st, 2002, was a scott peterson, who while a candle light vigil is being held for his wife and he's attending it is also on the phone with amber frye being recorded, unbeknownst to

mr. scott's remarks.t, more insightful

mr. scott's remarks.ore significant,

i want to welcome mr. scott who represents the national park hospitality association. almost all of our national parks have some concessions. a friend of mine runs a horse concession at acadia. everything from i guess horse riding to hotels and other hospitality facilities. your views, please. >> good morning. thank you chairman and ranking members for the opportunity to share with the committee our perspective on the state of the united states national park system. i'm jealous of the nine inches of snow you received last week in bozeman, i am chairman of the board of directors of the national park hospitality association. the association represents small and large businesses that provide amenities in services to park businesses -- park visitors. in addition, i am the group president -- we operate in several national parks and have a presence in yellowstone and glacial -- glacier national parks. we wholeheartedly support the mission to conserve our treasured parks for enjoyment, education, and inspiration. we have partnered with the nps for more than 100 years. by law,

the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, who is also the chair of the house agricultural agricu committee, is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, congresswoman waters, for this interesting hearing. the question before us today is this. how can we, on the financial services committee, ensure that our investors can both have access to our able to invest in our markets, investing safety. when erroneous and inaccurate information posted on social media sites has the ability to broadly influence investors and move the market, sometimes n drastically, this, gentlemen, poses a serious question for you, our regulators.are su there is now such a huge hole in our regulatory process because of gamestop, within experienced investors relying on unverified information from unqualified social media. mr. cook, let me start with you. how can we effectively regulate the impact of new technology, social media sites, as they pertain to inexperienced that investors? and also w how do we treat that investment advice that we're getting

commissioner scott? >> mr. no comments or questions at this point, just to thank them for their report. >> thank you, commissioner scott. commissioner morales? >> mr. chair, i have no comments or questions, and when it's appropriate, i would like to move the item. >> commissioner morales has moved the item. may i have a second? >> second. >> seconded by commissioner bycer. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: commissioners, please indicate your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, the vote is five ayes. >> thank you. motion carries. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> clerk: agenda items 5-c through 5-e related to the bonds for funding affordable housing obligations will be presented together but acted on separately. 5-c, authorizing a personal services contract with k.n.n. public finance, l.l.c., a california limited liability company for financial advisory services in an amount not to exceed $57,000 related to the proposed issuance of successor agency to the redevelo

. >> mr. scott, the chair of the house i cultural committee is -- agricultural committee is recognized for five minutes. >> the question before us today's this, how can we on the services committee ensure that our investors have access to our markets and also are able to participate in our market, investing safely. with erroneous and inaccurate information posted on social media sites has the ability to broadly influence investors and move the market sometimes drastically, this gentleman poses a serious question there are such a huge hole in our regulatory process with experience -- with inexperienced investors relying on unverified information from unqualified social media. mr. cook, let me start with you. how can we effectively regulate the impact of new technology social media sites that pertain to inexperienced investors, and also how to retreat that investment advice that we are getting from unqualified people on social media? and then the real question, who is held accountable when that invest

going back to mr. scott discussing with you earlier and i've got to tell you i do have a lot of concerns and maybe it's something i'm going to have to learn to live with but as you know let me give an example of this. the shares in a metro bank in the uk back in may, those shares build over 10% before metro could get control of the news about their financial freefall and you know they even go further. i'm extremely concerned about what's going on with regulations and what we need to do to ensure that social media doesn't take control of our lives in a direction that could be detrimental to our democracy. you share that concern and if so how do we address the issue like what was just experience with metro bank? the >> i think that as best we can bute technology neutral recognized technology in each generation provides us new ways to eradicate. when the telephone came along they were debates about whether to allow a telephone on the floor of the new york stock exchange in the 1920s. now we have to ensure we ke

senator rosen, and scott. >> thank you mr. taylor for your insights. into the hospitality work force, and into our states and important cities. and so now i would like to turn it over to senator scott to introduce our next witness. senator scott. >> of florida attractions represents over 120 theme parks. and tourist attractions in florida these i had pleasure to work with bill when i was governor. he -- he and a lot of others who they bring a lot of visitors to our state. so welcome bill i look forward to hearing from you. >> thank you, senator. good afternoon chairman rosing rank scott and thank you for your leadership in addressing the pandemic devastating economic damage specifically to the nation's hardest hit sector travel tourism honored to participate in this hearing and investigating america's tourism and hospitality work force and small business. founded in 1949, the florida attractions association or other faa, is part of trade association representing the tourist attraction industry. florida heritage is a vacation land evolved through decades

mr. scott: i thank my colleagues for the concerns about this bill. i've been up here a little over two years. i originally ran for office because i had the same concerns about where the state of florida was going as i have concerns about where our federal government is going. i ran for governor in 2010, and in the four years ending at the end of the 2010, the state of florida lost 832,000 jobs. home prices dropped in half. we had i think close to a million people on unemployment, and we had i think a little over 1.1 million homes in foreclosure. if you looked at all the articles, they said that opportunity for the sunshine state was over. and i didn't believe it. i believe that if you run government in a responsible manner, you have unbelievable opportunities for individuals. and the reason i believe this is i.t. the life that -- it's the life that i've had the opportunity to lead -- or live in this country. i grew up in the -- i was born in the great state of illinois. we lived in public housing. i had a single mom. and she told me that i could be a

i would like to recognize senator scott to introduce our next witness, mr. talbert. senator scott? >> thank you, chair rosen. mr. talbert, bill, and i got to work, we traveled all over the world, did several conferences to get more tourists. bill is a great promoter for not just the miami area but the entire state of florida. he works hard and is just a great promoter. >> thank you, governor -- i mean, senator. appreciate that. as you know, i was born in jacksonville, went to school in gainesville, boca raton, have been in miami for a bit. i want to thank you. i was also honored to serve as your chair of the visit florida board on those great days. the numbers went up and they kept going up. so you got it. you always got it, and we thank you for that. madam chair, we appreciate -- by the way, your presentation was kind of mine, so you haven't left much for me. i'm going to have to cut this down. but ranking member -- can i still call you governor? we go that far back, and traveling together. distinguished members of the subcommittee. we're really excited about a subcommittee that st

david gammage professor of law at indiana university's mayor's school of law and then mr. scott hodge, president of the tax foundation. dr. jeff hoops, associated pr professor at the university of north carolina chapel hill's keenan flagger school of business and finally, mr. kyle pomero, an american fellow at the american enterprise institute. i want to thank every one of our witnesses for joining us today and dr. disney, i'd like to recognize you for five minutes, please. >> thank you, chair warren and ranking member cassidy for the opportunity to speak today. when a person is born in this country, it pretty much goes the same way every time, a baby comes out, gets a slap on the tush until he cries and handed over to the parents in family like mine, the baby comes out, slapped on the tushie and the doctor looks deep in the baby's eyes and says never spend capital. it's as close to those who inherit wealth as anything else. why is capital so sacred? well, it's the goose that lays the golden egg. the more capital you have, the more income and growth you can count on, the more st

next professor of law at indiana university's wilmington mayor school of law and then mr. scott hodge president of the tax foundation. dr. jeff hoops of associate or pastor at the university of north carolina at chapel hill kenan school of business and finally mr. kyle palmero a resident fellow of the american enterprise institute. i want to thank every one of our witnesses for joining us today and dr. disney i'd like to recognize you for five minutes please. >> thank you chair warren and ranking member cassidy for the opportunity to speak today. when a person is born in this country which is pretty much the same way all the time the baby comes out and gets a slap on the touche intella cries but it in a family that money goes goes a little bit differently. the doctor looks deep into those babies eyes and says never -- people who inherit wealth so why is capitol so sacred? is the goose that lays the golden the more u. have more income and growth the more stuff you can buy and so forth. the subtext is never spent capitol is of course the jobs are available and if you find yourself

want to follow up on some of the questioning from your confirmation hearing over in the senate by mr. scott. senator tim scott, who i think represents the feelings of many people who are -- who feel that the education system is failing them, asked you about the osv program. the scholarship voucher. and i wonder if you looked into it and if you support the opportunity scholarship program in washington d.c. >> yeah, thank you. so we are looking into that. i am getting more information. i want to make sure that there's a need, an interest in order to support it. i certainly want to protect the learning opportunities of those students that already are in it. and obviously, make sure that we allow those students not to have additional disruptions in their programs. but, yes, we are still looking at what the need is and what the demand is for them to make decisions how to fund it. >> well, mr. secretary, you know, this is a subject i've beened in in for years. there's a waiting list for those, lotteries for those. how do you question the need or the demand. people in education haven't told you in

host: i would agree with scott -- mr. hanlon? hanlon: i would agree with scott, i think we have a tax system based on the ability to pay and metals reflected in the fact that we have tax rates where people of lower or middle income pay starting at 10% and people at the highest pay 37%. president biden wants to raise that to 39.6%. but i think even more important is that we tax forms of income very differently. we tax wages very differently than we tax passive income from investments in wealth, and then we also have a special tax deduction that lowers the rate for some businesses. that is income earned through partnerships or llc's that get a special lower tax rate than other incomes. i mean, if we want to talk about simplicity, an important step we can take toward simplicity is equalizing the treatment of income across forms of income and president biden's plan takes a large step toward doing that by equalizing the ordinary income and the rate on capital gains for people above $1 million who are the one to receive most of the capi

scott. sen. rosen: thank you mr. taylor for your insight. to the hospitality workforce and our state and cities. i would like to turn it over to senator scott to introduce our next witness. senator scott? sen. scott: florida attractions represent a by over 120 theme parks. i've had the pleasure working with bill when i was governor. he and a lot of others bring a lot of visitors to our state. so welcome to bill, i look forward to hearing from you. mr. lupfer: i want to thank you for your leadership in -- especially in travel and tourism -- the florida attractions association is a trade association representing the tourist attraction industry. florida heritage is a vacation land that has evolved over decades. the natural wonders continue to attract business from around the world as states mandate attractions involving from kitschy west side attractions to popular themepark destinations. today the faa has comprised two hundred local business the largest attractions have most of our members being small businesses with only 10% of our members are

the farmer of the year award went to mr. scott glover. i recently had the privilege to tour mr. glover's farm and it was indeed an impressive operation. the friend of agriculture award was given to the hall county school districts -- district'sing a -- agriculture -- district's agriculture center. cargill incorporated won the outstanding agri-business award for its generation -- generous donations in the past years. additionally, mr. phil halsey was inducted into the hall county agriculture hall of fame for his incredible lifetime contributions as a dairyman. agriculture is the leading industry in georgia, bringing in about $73 billion annually. i thank the greater hall chamber of conditioning for allowing me the opportunity to join them in honoring agriculture leaders in hall county, georgia. madam speaker, i congratulate this year's winners on their achievements in the agriculture industry and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro t

mr. chair, it looks like commissioner scott may have an additional question. >> yes. mr. oppenheim, one additional question that i have as commissioner brackett brought up, our former executive director, she really knew how to get out, like, boots on the ground, like, into communities, crossing cultures and denominations, religions, to find out exactly what the needs were, and she listened to a lot of leaders. do you think this person would need to be able to, from time to time, during the position, to get out there into some of the communities and, you know, celebrations to really know the heartbeat and the feel of this city? >> commissioner scott, it would also be very advantageous if a person already has great ability with diverse members of the community. sometimes, we find that a person might be viewed by one part of the community as being captured by another part of the community. those are issues that we don't have to navigate, but your point is very well taken. the person must have a facility with public appearances and -- and communicating back to constituents. >

mr. taylor. senator cortez masto and i will plan to work on. that senator scott you are recognized. >> thank you chairwoman, rosen. mr. bill lupfer, can you talk about -- we've heard from mr. taylor. some of the challenges that they've had with labor shortages. yes thank you senator, labor shortage is not an issue that is new to us in florida. the tourism industry has grown tremendously and the population is growing, but a lot of the population growth we see in florida is retirees. i think it's interesting senator, that when you are governor you doubled, are you increase tourism promotion funding by about 15% and we hit it up. that with a 50% increase in the state of florida. certainly the economics to drive the economics to drive visitors to the sunshine state, has had more strain on the labor market. it also has affected wages. you know the minimum wage is not something that is even talked about anymore in florida's employers they're paying significantly more than minimum wage. one of the things that is particularly interesting is that the fact that teens are l

i recognize mr. scott perry. >> i agree with my good friend from virginia, mr. conley, sadly -- not that we agree, but over the issue. that having been said, mr. ambassador for the sake of clarity, i wish to point out a statement that secretary austin mentioned last month, and is that that the u.s. will continue to defund the afghan air force and special mission wing as well as supply funds to pay the salaries of the afghan security forces. mr. ambassador is there any indication that the administration will continue to fund these institutions in the event that the taliban becomes the governing authority in afghanistan? >> i think the secretary was talking with regard to the republic at this point. >> sure. but -- so is it to be assumed or is it somewhere -- is it written somewhere that if the taliban does become the governing body that those payments will end, are we to depend on the good graces of bureaucrats and politicians that avucate. is it assured or must we ask? >> i believe should the taliban be part of the future government, that decisions will have to

mr. scott: i'm joining my colleagues today to make a simple request. let the people see the bill. too often this body acts without due time given to hear from all the ones we represent, the american people. that is absolutely been the case this year as congress has rushed through massive 1,000 or 2,000-plus page bills spending billions or trillions of tax dollars without valuable input. now you ask us to vote on a massive bill compiled just this evening. that's wrong, and the american public know it's wrong. we haven't had the time to read this. no one has in fact. this entire bill as it sits before us has only been under consideration for a little over two weeks with thousands of pages, has been amended numerous times, including many times today. it spends hundreds of billions of tax dollars. as my colleagues know well, i'm as vocal an opponent of communist china as anyone. america must take decisive action to protect our interests and combat the threats posed by china's communist regime. and if the purpose of this legislation is to address that urgent issue, we should do that wi

mrs. russell testified that she made the arrangements and dred scott was able to prevail at the state court level. >> why did it go on to the missouri supreme court? >> that takes us back to a fundamental question why 1846. what is happening that the scotts waited to bring this freedom suit and i think there is a confluence of things. but for me, the most powerful thing is those girls. they had two young daughters. something changes and throughout the litigation, the scotts keep the girls in hiding. they are prepared if necessary to defy a court order rather than to see them enslaved or at risk of being sold away. they are terribly vulnerable. vulnerable being separated from their parents and sexual assault. there is something going on. what happens is that they win the second trial. the jury of white men in st. louis white men declare them as free men. it is extraordinary, but not unexpected. this sort of case has been heard, as chris said, hundreds of times before. generally, the rule of law in missouri is that once an enslaved person has lived on free soil, that he or she becomes a free

commissioner scott? >> mr. chair, no comments or questions at this point, just to thank them for their report. >> thank you, commissioner scott. commissioner morales? >> mr. chair, i have no comments or questions, and when it's appropriate, i would like to move the item. >> commissioner morales has moved the item. may i have a second? >> second. >> seconded by commissioner bycer. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: commissioners, please indicate your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, the vote is five ayes. >> thank you. motion carries. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> clerk: agenda items 5-c through 5-e related to the bonds for funding affordable housing obligations will be presented together but acted on separately. 5-c, authorizing a personal services contract with k.n.n. public finance, l.l.c., a california limited liability company for financial advisory services in an amount not to exceed $57,000 related to the proposed issuance of successor agency to the re

mr. jones. chairman scott. ranking member keller. >> present. >> misses miller mank. mr. good. >> present. >> misses steel. mrs. fox. that concludes the rollcall. >> thank you very much. any members who wish to insert written statements into the record may do so by submitting an to the clerk electronically through microsoft word by about 5 p.m. on the 17th of may. i want to introduce the witnesses. first of all, miss rebecca dixon 's executive director of the national employment law project. she leads their work to build a strong workers rights movement that dismantles structural racism, eliminates inequality, and builds worker power. mr. paul to camp is a lawyer. he served as the admin straighter of the u.s. department of labor's wage analysis division and now frequently represents employers and complex -- in complex government investigations. ms. teresa romero, the president of the largest farm workers union. their mission is to protect the rights and interests of farmworkers by creating a safe workplace. she is the first latina and immigrant woman to become president o

scott. >> the shooting of mr. pittman, quite simply sowl not have happened. >> the shooting happened last friday afternoon. police say 23-year-old xavier pittman was being detained in connection with a burglary investigation when he was shot in the wrist by a police officer. chief scott says the da will decide if the officer will face criminal charges. >>> the fbi in san francisco is taking action to prevent asian hate crimes by implementing a series of new strategies. today their outreach efforts focused on oakland where there have been a number of assaults against seniors. leigh-ann melendez is here to tell us more about the speak up be heard campaign. leigh-ann. >> everything the fbi said today, we know well. okay. hate crimes are under reported making these types of crimes hard to prosecute. but the fbi went to oakland today to tell that community which has been really targeted, we're here, and trust us. the fbi today spoke in oakland of the aggression against the asian american pacific islander community. wit

prime minister's questions from the british house of commons and later, a look at the 1857 dred scott case. >> mr. speaker, i would like to award >> mr. speaker, i would like to award the ghost army with the congressional medal. the u.s. army had a mission like none other. they were recruiting in one of f the greatest counterintelligence operations of our time, giving the nazis decoys. it is estimated they save tens of thousands of american soldier lives. their work is so grumpily thing it -- groundbreaking, and this bill is long overdue for the soldiers and families, including of the 1100 that serve, only 11 of them are alive today. stanley nast lives in my state of utah. he and those soldiers deserve recognition of service and sacrifice. i would like to honor the ghost army and aware them the congressional medal. host: that was congressman chris stewart on the floor of the house with his support for the congressional gold medal for the ghost army, something you have worked on for years. let's start with the legislative process. after the speech was made, you achieved a milestone. tell me about