ms. smith died the next day. in july, cases and covid-related deaths in nursing homes rose along with cases nationally. the trump administration has said protecting nursing shoems a priority. at this news conference last month, officials promised to provide tests and rapid testing instruments to the nation's more than 15,000 nursing homes. but tuesday, the president delivered a much smaller number. >> we have delivered over 1 thoirks 800 rapid point of care devices in nursing homes. >> we're getting pretty close the same number of new cases in nursing homes that we were experiencing in the highs during the disciplining. >> that is the ceo of the american health care association. he says the wait time for tests at nursing homes can take as long as six days, make it hard to protect the most vulnerable like virginia smith, who is heart broken over how her mother spent her last days. >> a callous disregard for my mother and her right to have a dignified death. she suffered. >> ms. virginia had 10 grandkids, 12 great

ms. smith: i ask consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: i rise today with millions of americans demanding police reform as a necessary step on the path towards racial justice in this country. the challenges in defeating systemic racism can seem insurmountable but there are clear next steps. we need to start by transforming or policing system to root out the culture of violence that is killing black and brown and indigenous people. i want to talk today about four areas of this work that need our urgent attention. first, we need to bring justice, accountability, and change to police departments by passing the justice in policing act. next, we need to invest in new models of public safety by supporting community-led reform and innovation. and i'm asking the senate to take up and pass my new bill to do just that. third, we need to end the criminalization of poverty which happens when other social systems fail. and finally, we need to root out

in the state of washington to pass we have a combination of important women coming together, and ms. smith are tacoma based leader of the washington state suffrage group joins up with a very colorful women named mei, she was a camp in the silver mind of northern idaho in the district, she married a railroad engineer by the interest in the herculean mine, becomes the most profitable silver mine of that era and idaho, they become millionaires almost overnight. she is a very colorful figure, you have to emma who comes out of the abolitionist suffrage movement, the first thing you do, together they descend and they have a legislature back, they work together to get the legislature to approve an amendment for the ballot. in january of 1909 the houseboats for an amendment and passes by 10 - 20 boats, and february, the senate votes, the washington state senate passes by a bigger majority in 1909 the governor signed the bill to create the opportunity for washington to vote for suffrage for women and washington state, there is that vote is going to come up before washington men in november of 1910.

ms. hyde-smith: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. ms. hyde-smith: thank you, mr. president. as we debate the need for additional coronavirus relief funding, i am pleased to join my colleagues in commending the millions of americans who have gone above and beyond to help others during this pandemic. throughout our nation's history, every everyday heroes emerge to aid their neighbors in so many ways. the covid-19 pandemic is no exception. in every corner of my state, mississippi's first responders and health care providers are historically stepping into harm's way to provide care to patients affected by the virus. let me first honor the life of william david martin, a paramedic with american medical response of southwest mississippi, serving on the front lines of mississippi's health care as covid-19 began to spread. sadly, in april he passed away from complications due to the virus. mr. martin is a true hero, and one example of the extent to which first responder and health care workers are working to overcome this national emergency. rura

ms. she'll smith and for participating this afternoon and for assisting me in presenting this afternoon to the board. with that, i would like to turn it back over to president sanchez. >> thank you to the team. i appreciate it so much. there's a lot of questions out there so in comments, is of 800 people watching this presentation and our board meeting so mr. steel,. >> thank you. if you want to speak on this item, raise your hand and you will be called on. about 44 so far? 46. closing in on 50. we'll open it up to comment and everybody will get one minute up to 60 people and we'll go from there. >> ok. thank you. >> thank you for taking the time to hear me today. my name is jennifer and i'm a full-time single working mom of a full-time preschooler and i'd just like to find out more of the specifics as to what specific science you are referring to. i am also having a hard time trying to understand how it's supposed to distance learn a 3-year-old with disabilities. she has an i.e.p. she shouldn't be exposed to this type of text knowledge and she needs to play with her friends and isolation

smith was exposed to all kinds of egs knickities, -- eth nickities -- ethnissities, all kinds of imgrand slam. ms. -- his mother was the drawer of -- daughter of imgrand slam. his father was a son of imgrand slam. he worked in an area with people from all over the world. he joked one time that even representatives from china town came up for one of the marriages of his daughter. so i would say he would be more understanding of open immigration or more widely construed immigration just because that's what he grew up with. >> beverly gauge, you want to add significant one thing i remember as a student was compare and contrast, immigration then and immigration now. >> right, i think that's really at the core of who al smith presented himself to be to the world. this question of immigration and labor was one of the hot issues, so immigration law when was being, immigration restriction which is passed in the 1920's, you had decades of debate about the relationship between wages and labor and imgretion and in fact during al smith's day immigration policy was actually under the department of labor. and

the pale as judge ginsburg would say in smith, and if nothing that smith requires that it be ended and mandamus issued. >> thank you, ms. powell. i want to make sure judge rogers had no further questions before proceeding. >> [inaudible]. >> judge? >> just a quick question you argue that judge sullivan has no standing to file -- does that make any difference -- [inaudible]? >> well according to the court's order, it considered his petition for -- >> of course we considered his petition. we consider all petitions, but i don't see anything in the order that says we granted or denied it. my question though is if we in fact unbank the case -- does it really make any difference whether judge sullivan -- [inaudible] >> it does in terms of the disqualification issue, your honor. >> -- to hear the case -- >> the court can always take a case through -- >> thank you, thank you. i have no further questions. >> thank you, judge? >> yes, thank you. imagine the supreme court has decided an issue that is in the district court, [inaudible], and the summary judgment based on that case says i don't have to wait. you have to decide this