. >> representative nita lowey was -- is retiring from congress after 32 years in the house. she is led the appropriations committee since 2013. she is the first woman to do so. this is 30 minutes. peter: after a career that has spanned 32 years, including two presidential impeachments, 9/11, and the covid-19 pandemic, nita lowey is retiring after being elected from her district in new york 16 times. representative lowey, why are you leaving now? rep. lowey: i think after 32 years, and frankly, i have a career i am very proud of, i have done a great deal, i think it is time. it has been such an honor and a privilege to serve my community and my country in the united states congress, and i will always be grateful to the people who entrusted me to represent them, in westchester, queens, the bronx, etc. my former districts. they all, all these people who elected me, who made it possible for me to become the first woman to chair the house appropriations committee, the greatest honor of my professional life, and i do hope that that historic achievement, when they look at my portra

nita loweyr being elected from her district in new york 16 times. representative lowey, why are you leaving now? rep. lowey: i think after 32 frankly, i have a career i am very proud of, i have done a great deal, i think it is time. it has been such an honor and a privilege to serve my community and my country and the united states congress -- in the united states congress, and i will always be grateful to the people who entrusted me to represent them, westchester, coins, the bronx,-- queens, the etc. they all come all these people who elected me, who made it possible for me to chair the house appropriations committee, the greatest honor of my professional life, and i do hope that that historic achievement, when they look at my portrait under appropriation wall, will inspire all the women and girls to get involved in the community. host: do you remember when you first got interested in politics? rep. lowey: well, shall i tell you, this is like true confessions interview. i was president in my class in the sixth grade, president of my class at the br

congress -- madam chair, nita lowey and chair, richard shelby, have agreed on the 302-b's. that's more appropriations talk. and how they would proceed. they made great progress. more needs to be done. and at the same time, simultaneous with that, we're working on the covid package. on wednesday, was our deadliest day. every day that anyone dies is a complete tragedy for our country. 2,800 americans lost. we believe that one of the saddest parts of it is the neglect that this administration has delayed, denial, distortion, hoax, and now finally we have a new dynamic, a new president, in a little more than a month, committed to crushing the virus. a new dynamic, a vaccine, a successful vaccine. more than one successful vaccine to make all the difference in the world. that is imminent. until the inauguration and the emergence of the vaccine, which will be soon, but not for everyone, just because of the quantity needed and the money needed to go from vaccine, from the lab, to vaccination to the arm, and that is going to require more than we're talking about now. but what joe bi

appropriations committee, following in the footsteps of the first woman to serve in that capacity, nita lowey, paving the way. all three candidates were women for chair of the appropriations. the chair of the foreign affairs committee, greg meeks of new york, greg meeks of new york, following in the footsteps of another new yorker, eliot engel. and the chair of the ag committee, david scott from georgia, the first african-american ever chosen to be the chair of the agriculture committee. pretty exciting. following in the footsteps of the great leadership of collin peterson. african-american. historic. a woman and african-american. contested races. throughout our leadership, half of the leadership were women and people of color in chairs of the committee. there are more chairs to be announced, but these are the ones that related to rules and budget related to the steering and policy committees. those were two of the speaker's announcements that i made. others will follow. as i said to the members then, we held the house. we'll hold the gavels. 132 of them starting with the 18 that were c

all , with high praise for of our chairs and, again, of madam cognition chair nita lowey for her last bill on the floor, i say to them, all the so hard. worked again, it all comes back to amilies who lost their loved ones, those who became -- illions and millions of people who were infected, some more seriously than others. know the after-effects it may have. we have know that hope, we have a vaccine, and we have a president coming into believes in science nd cares about people and recogniz ofognizes -- values the work our first responders and health us. workers, etc., do with so madam chair, prayerfully, as ou began -- as our chaplain egan, prayerfully i close my remarks, assuring for whatever it's worth, there's many that this body and respect the american people have had a the family because of so many people who have lost ones and we have all lost. prayerfully, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the back.woman yields does the urpose gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i seek one house.to speak to the the speaker pro tempore: witho

nita bud is founder of nita's love train, handing out food to the poor in chicago.lained what the money means to the people she works with. $2000 would be able to help, but it would have to be a consistent $2000, not the way that this is. this is too separated. we got a stimulus check in april, and it's december now and we still have no relief. like, it's taken till january to come. so if it was $2000 on, like, a consistent basis or a monthly basis or more than $2000, then i'd feel like it would be more beneficial and helpful. and tell me a little bit, nita, about the people you meet through love train, the organisation you work with. what do they tell you about their lives now in this pandemic? well, i can speak for a few examples of people i know. like, for example, one of the parents, she's a single mom, she had covid and she couldn't work because she had covid and she's also pregnant. so it was hard for her to get any income or any funds to get the stuff that she needed. we have another parent who's a single parent because she lost the father of her child to gun

all , with high praise for of our chairs and, again, of madam cognition chair nita lowey for her last bill on the floor, i say to them, all the so hard. worked again, it all comes back to amilies who lost their loved ones, those who became -- illions and millions of people who were infected, some more seriously than others. know the after-effects it may have. we have know that hope, we have a vaccine, and we have a president coming into believes in science nd cares about people and recogniz ofognizes -- values the work our first responders and health us. workers, etc., do with so madam chair, prayerfully, as ou began -- as our chaplain egan, prayerfully i close my remarks, assuring for whatever it's worth, there's many that this body and respect the american people have had a the family because of so many people who have lost ones and we have all >> the u.s. house has reached a deal on a $the00 billion coronavirus economic aid package that will be a part of 2021 federal spending. details are still being hammered out. govern

nita lowey on our side. those are the two main negotiators in all of this. also again they want to find common ground and i think they're close to that. and then when the committees cannot find their common ground, what is left is what is kicked p to the principal -terms of leadership. we don't negotiate the bill all along. so when that comes, if they have not resolved, which i hope they will and they can, then that's when we would as normal, regular order would be. reporter: this week, congresswoman delauro held a hearing on repealing the hyde amendment. will a bill repealing the hyde amendment be in the house? ms. pelosi: i don't know if there'll be a bill to do that but it will be part of legislation. i have been an opponent of the hyde amendment long before i came to congress. i would be receptive to that happening. reporter: does it depends on the outcome of the of the senate what the house does? ms. pelosi: our biggest partner in all of this are the american people are the american people. and the american people know that we have to have fairness in w

nita lowey. i went to school with -- in nita lowey's district many, many years ago. and when she came here, we became friends and shortly thereafter she came on the appropriations committee and we served together as speaker pelosi said on the labor, health and human services and education subcommittee, the appropriations committee of the i served on that committee for 23 -- committee. i served on that committee for 23 years. i have a great affection for that committee. which served under a gentleman from the state of kentucky. he used to stand when he presented that bill to the floor and say, this is the people's bill. mr. speaker, this is the people's bill. this is the bill that must pass. they say that good things come to those who wait. they've waited too long. too much pain. physical. too many deaths. too much psychological damage. oo many lost jobs. this is, however, a good thing that will come to those who need it so badly. i want to thank chairwoman lowey, who has formed such extraordinary -- performed such extraordinary service on the committee for such a lon

pretty condition to the respect of human rights and i think what we've seen is that depended nita's exposed to fragilities in our societies the weakness of countries where failed to place essential focus on her ponding human rights we after seeing that the countries who have had more success in combating the pandemic i've been to one who have listened to her science who have been transparent being. bold to her allow some parties are true decision making and honestly it is perhaps no coincidence that in a world where so few countries out there we need leaders civil of the countries viewed as having and the independent being the best are in fact led by women how big is the threat of governments using the pandemic to increase control and censorship do you have examples of that. well we have seemed that you know of any. instances some countries where the pending need has been instrumentalist to consolidate authoritarian power and some governments have taken advantage of this situation to reaffirm reassert assert their authority in power or r.s.e. the society to those journalists now it's import

. >> representative nita lowey was -- is retiring from congress after 32 years in the house. she is led the appropriations committee since 2013. she is the first woman to do so. this is 30 minutes. peter: after a career that has spanned 32 years, including two presidential impeachments, 9/11, and the covid-19 pandemic, nita lowey is retiring after being elected from her district in new york 16 times. representative lowey, why are you leaving now? rep. lowey: i think after 32 years, and frankly, i have a career i am very proud of, i have done a great deal, i think

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representative engel: when i was elected in 1988, the district to the north of me was nita lowey. she and i got elected at the same time and now we are both retiring. we will have served the exact same time in congress. she is chairman of the appropriations committee and i am chairman of the foreign affairs committee, and we are good personal friends. it is amazing, how we stayed, and both of us started at the same time and are leaving at the same time. there have been a number of friends i have had. jerry nadler is someone i knew from albany at the state legislature. we were personal friends before we were elected to anything, and there were others as well. was elected i had small children, so it was a bit difficult, but we have had the children here for a number of years, they are now back in new york, but they lived here. i am just always amazed at the amazing people, colleagues who run for office, who do well. if i don't agree with them on some issues, they are not my enemies. we are all americans and we are all proud to represent america. greta: what about on the other of the

nita bud hands out food to the poor and unemployed in chicago. shejoins me now.ere in your car and we know you are a busy lady so we appreciate you being here with us. how are un the people you are serving, i understand you run the love train in chicago which distributes food and other essential supplies. with this news of payments returning for those who are unemployed, what difference will it make? to me, $600 won't make that much of a lot of people need more resources than $600 can afford for them. like for instance the people that i pass out stuff to they are people who are affected by violence, by covid—19, by poverty and must not having the resources due to looting. and $200 is not enough to take care of most necessities. while speaking to you there is the second strand of conversation taking place between the democrats and donald trump saying it should be $2000 and not 600 but i the senate will go for that. would 2000 be a figure that could help perhaps with some of the aspects that you have underlined? $2000 would be able to help but it would have to be a

. >> i think he has the best car nitas in town. it definitely sucks for the owners and outdoors and it -- it's an unfortunate position that these owners are being put in. >> reporter: half a mile away, a somber move for this general manager who might be signing the last paycheck for many of his workers. >> it's devastating for them not to be able to work, especially this time of year. >> reporter: while the county's health officer chose to wait for the state, county supervisor david canepa pushed for a cloche two weeks ago. now with seton hall at zero capacity for icu beds, he says the county has no choice. >> right now we're in lifesaving mode, and lifesaving mode means we're going to have to do everything. if you can stay at home, stay at home. >> reporter: meanwhile, small business owners are hoping the new lockdown won't shut them down for good. in redwood city, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> stanford meanwhile is getting ready to vaccinate its frontline workers. the hospital receiving 3,900 doses this morning. now, th

then also from me you are, representative, nita lowey. after that, princeton university's eddie glaude on his new book "begin again." congressman, peter york is retiring from the u.s. house after 14 terms and nearly three decades, we spoke with him last week. this is 40 minutes. king,so representative after 20 years on capitol hill, why are you calling it quits? i loved every minute of it down here. it was a dream of a lifetime. you get to a certain stage, i will be 77 years old in a few months. i'm in good health, my wife is in good health. my wife moved to north carolina with her children and her husband. i am healthy. i'm staying active and in new york. have -- i have several different job opportunities. a radio show, who knows? i'll be competing with c-span. host: will you be involved in politics? rep. king: i'm not going to run again. but i have been part of the upstate party. i'm definitely going to stay active in new york, rhode island, new york city, new york state. try to stay relevant after you are out of office. host: what is [

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then also from me you are, representative, nita lowey.er that, princeton university's eddie glaude on his new book "begin again." congressman, peter york is retiring from the u.s. house after 14 terms and nearly three decades, we spoke with him last week. this is 40 minutes. king,so representative after 20 years on capitol hill, why are you calling it quits? rep. king:

nita lowey expressed no interest in doing so. even if there was interest both house and senate there is probably not time to do that during the remainder of the president's term. jackie: chad, thank you so much. you are such a wealth of knowledge. great reporting. fight for the controlled of the senate entering the final days as president trump announces plans to hold a rally in georgia the night before the crucial runoff. rich edson is with the president in west palm beach, florida, rich? reporter: good afternoon. what we're looking at here is the president just with the last few days of his holiday trip here to florida, but he is looking to events happening next week. one of those is of course the georgia runoff. the president will get involved. he tweets, on behalf of two great senators, senator david perdue and kelly loeffler, i will be going to georgia monday night, january 4th, to have a big wonderful rally. so important for our country that they win. both georgia senators are up in a special election next week. republicans

as the member designated by nita lowey pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mrs. lowey will vote yea. as the member designated by by cardinal jose serrano pursuant i inform the house that cardinal jose serrano h.r. 6395 over objection of the president. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new mexico -- >> as the member designated by mr. phillips pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. phillips will vote yeah on passing h.r. 6395 over objection of the president. s the member designated by mr. malinowski, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that he over ote yes on h.r. 6395 objection of the president. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote yes on passing h.r. 6395 over objection of the president. as the member designated by mr. bill pascrell, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. pascrell will vote yes on passing

congresswoman nita lowey, who chairs the house appropriations committee, said she anr ecdemocrats "will rejt any rescissions submitted by the present's statement also called for congress to increase the bill's $600 checks for americans earning up to $75,000 a year to $2000. >> republicans have a choice: vote for this legislation or vote to deny the american peoe thbigger paychecks they need. >> reporter: >> brangham: that gave democrats in the house of representatives the opportunity to vote today on an attempt to push through those $2000 checks, forcing republicans to either approve the spending, or break with the president. ut that measure is unlikely to pass the senate, with majority republicans opposed to suchher relief spending. >> senate democrats arting for $2,000 per person.ra >>ham: today in new york, senate minority leader chuck onhumer called for president trump to leaenate republicans to get those bigger checks passed. >> today i am telling donald trump don't just talk it, act.se theste republicans have followed you thrgh thick and thin, get them now to act and00 support the

work-- they got those work shifts, those times because my older sister is severely handicapped, ben nita is her name and they said to my mother and father, they had her when they were teenagers, that she would not live past eight years old and she recently turned 57. so my mother and father have been caring for my older sister for 57 years. it's been amazing. they are heroes in every way. >> are they still in the house that you grew up in? >> yeah, absolutely. you know. i remembers-- my brother remembers the old house on east side in moss point. giving a shout out to those at home. and my grandfather gave him the land to build that home, i'm not sure that's right. but we moved to briarwood when i started second or third grade. yeah, second grade and they're still there. absolutely. picking out carpet and paint for the den right now. >> well, hope mr. and mrs. glaude are watching. and hearing from our viewers. you're first up with professor eddie glaude, jr. >> professor, i have a question. are there any scenes of any aspects of african-american history which have been ignored or which do

finally, let me offer my greatest appreciation for chairwoman nita lowey. yes, an angel on this floor for so many years, guiding us, leading us in a way that brought back the kind of success that america needs. and i thank ms. delauro for -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, before i close, i want to take a minute to congratulate congresswoman delauro for being named chairwoman of the full committee. next congress. i look forward to working with you in the coming years. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the bill before us today. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: if i may for a moment, i know the majority leader has left the floor, but i thank him for his congratulations and his warm words. and look forward to working in conjuncti

is he concerned at reports that indicate that the lack of equivalence for sanitary and phytosa nita rye will put more jobs at risk at a time when so many are already being lost to covid. these barriers will raise prices in the shops at a time when so many families are already struggling to make ends meet. from the failure to agree a good dealfor britain's services sector, 80% of our economy, to the failure to agree a stable deal, investors will trust this is a lousy deal for britain's economic future. the conservatives could no longer claim to be the party of business, and with this deal they can no longer claim to be the party of law and order. for our police will no longer have real—time immediate access to critical european crime—fighting data bases like schengen 2. in one year alone these were used over 600 million times by our police, often in the heat of an investigation. thanks to the prime minister was my deal, british police will lose that privileged access, and criminals will escape. madam deputy speaker, there are so many things wrong with this deal, from its failure on the