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>> whitaker: so if someone calls 911-- >> fennessy: if something breaks out-- >> whitaker: you hit it with everything you've got, these big guys, and knock it out. >> fennessy: in case of fire, break glass. >> whitaker: the star of the show is the massive chinook. this one used to fly in afghanistan for the u.s. army. it's been retrofitted to fight a different war, dropping water or retardant. now, fennessy told us, they have this powerful new tool to take that fight to the night. >> fennessy: the ability to la retardant line, to continue to sundown, that's a first. >> whitaker: that's going to change the way you fight fires? >> fennessy: we hope so. >> whitaker: the chinook can drop 3,000 gallons. that's about ten times what most firefighting choppers drop. no bigger helicopter has ever fought fires at night. >> wayne coulson: they work hard. >> whitaker: wayne coulson, the c.e.o. of coulson aviation, which built the fleet, is a pioneer in night firefighting. he showed us the specially- designed tank. computers control the tank's doors, opening at precise g.p.s. points. you can zero
>> whitaker: so if someone calls 911-- >> fennessy: if something breaks out-- >> whitaker: you hit it with everything you've got, these big guys, and knock it out. >> fennessy: in case of fire, break glass. >> whitaker: the star of the show is the massive chinook. this one used to fly in afghanistan for the u.s. army. it's been retrofitted to fight a different war, dropping water or retardant. now, fennessy told us, they have this powerful new tool to take that...
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>> whitaker: dr.wed us a few current projects. some sound like they're from an episode of "star trek." consider a ship like the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt," hobbled last year when 1,271 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. what if everyone on board had their health monitored with this subdermal implant, now in late stage testing? it's not some dreaded government microchip to track your every move, but a tissue-like gel engineered to continuously test your blood. >> hepburn: it's a sensor. >> whitaker: this tiny green thing in there? >> hepburn: that tiny green thing in there. you put it underneath your skin and what that tells you is that there are chemical reactions going on inside the body, and that signal means you are going to have symptoms tomorrow. >> whitaker: wow. there's an-- an actual transmitter in that. >> hepburn: yeah. it's like a "check engine" light. >> whitaker: check this sailor out before he infects other people? >> hepburn: that's right. >> whitaker: sailors would get
>> whitaker: dr.wed us a few current projects. some sound like they're from an episode of "star trek." consider a ship like the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt," hobbled last year when 1,271 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. what if everyone on board had their health monitored with this subdermal implant, now in late stage testing? it's not some dreaded government microchip to track your every move, but a tissue-like gel engineered to continuously test your...
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i gave you right now, matthew whitaker. -- i give you right now, matthew whitaker. [applause] mr.taker: good morning, everyone. i'm glad to join you today. my fellow republican attorney, i know that we are mighty and so many of us do important things so this morning it was supposed to be a two-person presentation on immigration policy and what we did right in the previous administration and what we are seeing played out on your television screens everyday is what they're doing wrong in the biden administration. and joining me was jean hamilton who anyone knows that he has forgotten more about immigration law and policy than i ever knew but he was not able to make it up from georgia and he is watching on c-span and promising that in real time, he will text me and tell me what i need to correct. it was the honor of a lifetime to be wants at the department justice in the department of justice in the southern district of iowa in the bush administration, i never thought that i would come back in fact, when i was approached about coming back as u.s. attorney in the mind i said no, let s
i gave you right now, matthew whitaker. -- i give you right now, matthew whitaker. [applause] mr.taker: good morning, everyone. i'm glad to join you today. my fellow republican attorney, i know that we are mighty and so many of us do important things so this morning it was supposed to be a two-person presentation on immigration policy and what we did right in the previous administration and what we are seeing played out on your television screens everyday is what they're doing wrong in the...
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. >> next, former acting us attorney general matt whitaker discusses immigration policy, this is part of the national lawyers association's 2021 national policy conference. this runs about 35 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> our next speaker has a little bit of insight into doj but i was fascinated by read's comments and when i was working for secretary devos. i decided to change this to doj challenges. in any event it was fascinating to hear read's perspective. i have the opportunity to work with him when he was chief of staff, tremendously honored he elected to speak to us in his new role working on a lot of issues but particularly immigration. with that i will have the introduction over to craig burkehart who has done anything for the republican national lawyers association top to bottom, one of the first guys i talked to when i joined are in la, and with that. >> craig burkehart, i'm one of the residents of the republican national association. those who might be watching us we invite you to join us, the republican national lawyers association, national entity around which rep
. >> next, former acting us attorney general matt whitaker discusses immigration policy, this is part of the national lawyers association's 2021 national policy conference. this runs about 35 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> our next speaker has a little bit of insight into doj but i was fascinated by read's comments and when i was working for secretary devos. i decided to change this to doj challenges. in any event it was fascinating to hear read's perspective. i have the...
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he's with the law firm i give you right now matthew whitaker. [applause] >> good morning everyone. i'm glad to join you today. my fellow republican attorneys i used to think we could fit in a phone booth but i know we are mighty and so many of us do important things all over this country. so thank you for being here. these morning was supposed to be a two-person presentation on immigration policy, what we did right in the previous administration and what you're saying play out on your television screens every day, what they're doing wrong in the biden administration. joining me was to be jean hamilton, anyone who knows jean has forgotten more about immigration law and policy than i ever knew. i was not able to make it up from georgia he's watching on c-span and promised me in real time as i say wrong things he will text me and tell me what i need to correct right were going to have a real-time record correction some of you in the room can probably do it as well. it was an honor of a lifetime to beat once at the department of justice as the united states attorney for the southern di
he's with the law firm i give you right now matthew whitaker. [applause] >> good morning everyone. i'm glad to join you today. my fellow republican attorneys i used to think we could fit in a phone booth but i know we are mighty and so many of us do important things all over this country. so thank you for being here. these morning was supposed to be a two-person presentation on immigration policy, what we did right in the previous administration and what you're saying play out on your...
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matthew whitaker is the former acting united states attorney for the attorney general for the united states of america or in 2018 and also in 2019, during the trump administration and before that he was the u.s. attorney for the southern district from iowa and has lot of great opportunities pretty is with a great - law firm and agree right now, matthew whitaker. [applause] >> good morning everyone i'm glad to join you today. my fellow republican attorney, i know that we are mighty and so many of us do important things all over this country so thank you for being here. so this morning, supposed to be a two-person presentation on immigration policy and what we did right in the previous administration and what you're saying saying play out on television screens every day, but they're doing wrong and the biden administration and joining me was jean hamilton who anyone than o'steen knows that he has forgotten more about immigration law and policy than i ever knew but he was not able to make it up from georgia and he is wanting a c-span is promising that in real time, he will text me and t
matthew whitaker is the former acting united states attorney for the attorney general for the united states of america or in 2018 and also in 2019, during the trump administration and before that he was the u.s. attorney for the southern district from iowa and has lot of great opportunities pretty is with a great - law firm and agree right now, matthew whitaker. [applause] >> good morning everyone i'm glad to join you today. my fellow republican attorney, i know that we are mighty and so...
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an update on the haitian refugee migrant camp in texas, and later former attorney general matthew whitaker on immigration policy, part of the republican national lawyers association policy conference. president biden talked about his administration's response to covid-19 and the announcement that the fda and cdc approved booster shots for people age 65 and older and also says studies are ongoing for the boosters. this is half an hour. pres. biden: good morning, everyone. as i have said before, we have the tools to be to covid. covid-19. if we come together as a country and use the tools we have. earlier this month, i laid out a six part plan for the fall that does just that. one, vaccinate the unvaccinated. including with the requirements. two, keep the vaccinated protected. three, keep children safe and schools open. four, increased testing and masking. five, protect the economic recovery. and six, improve the care for people with covid-19. we made important progress on each front. this week as planned we took a key step in protecting the vaccinated with booster shots. which are top gover
an update on the haitian refugee migrant camp in texas, and later former attorney general matthew whitaker on immigration policy, part of the republican national lawyers association policy conference. president biden talked about his administration's response to covid-19 and the announcement that the fda and cdc approved booster shots for people age 65 and older and also says studies are ongoing for the boosters. this is half an hour. pres. biden: good morning, everyone. as i have said before,...
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an update on the haitian refugee migrant camp in texas, and later former attorney general matthew whitakermigration policy, part of the republican national lawyers association policy conference. president biden talked about his administration's response to covid-19 and the announcement that the fda and cdc approved booster shots for people age 65 and older and also says studies are ongoing for the boosters. this is half an hour. pres. biden: good morning, everyone.
an update on the haitian refugee migrant camp in texas, and later former attorney general matthew whitakermigration policy, part of the republican national lawyers association policy conference. president biden talked about his administration's response to covid-19 and the announcement that the fda and cdc approved booster shots for people age 65 and older and also says studies are ongoing for the boosters. this is half an hour. pres. biden: good morning, everyone.
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whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if there's no further business, this meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesa
whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >>...
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whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if there's no further business, this meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them. >> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the san francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicy
whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >>...
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i want to bring in matt whitaker now, former acting attorney general under president trump. i mentioned it, we were all talking about it, the serious additional thoughts on that. >> you have to be truthful and if people are asked questions and obfuscate or lie to the fbi, they should be charged with crimes. >> harris: i'm glad you put it that way, but asked why would someone perhaps hide their connection to hillary clinton's campaign which failed to defeat donald trump, what could the motivation be? >> an attorney like sussman who was well respected inside the beltway, goes to the fbi, this kind of fantastic information. one of the questions is why? a good samaritan picking as a citizen for a crime like this, that's one thing but if you are representing in trying to get fbi to open the conversations you can use that as a new story to punish the other side of a political campaign that goes to the motivation and the evidence is not going to be as credible. >> harris: lawrence jones and ric grenell on how president biden's national security advisor jake sullivan and possibly do
i want to bring in matt whitaker now, former acting attorney general under president trump. i mentioned it, we were all talking about it, the serious additional thoughts on that. >> you have to be truthful and if people are asked questions and obfuscate or lie to the fbi, they should be charged with crimes. >> harris: i'm glad you put it that way, but asked why would someone perhaps hide their connection to hillary clinton's campaign which failed to defeat donald trump, what could...
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maria: matt whitaker, thank you very much for weighing in. ron johnson interviewing mayorkas. wouldn't he have the information at the ready? does he have numbers to share that he didn't want to, what's your take? >> yeah, he better have those numbers as the leader of dhs that's charged with protecting our border. your own eyes are telling us what is happening. people transiting easily back and forth. some appears to be carrying takeout food from the mexican side back to their, you know, chanty town under the bridge. failed leadership of the white house and at dhs with how they are allowing these immigrants to come across the country illegally and -- and really then releasing them quite frankly into the interior of the united states without covid tests or without really anything but a notice to appear. maria: well, matt, i mean, what kind of situation is this in terms of legality? look at the pictures, crowds coming every day, they are traveling through the river, across the road to texas and waiting there. i mean, this does not look like amer
maria: matt whitaker, thank you very much for weighing in. ron johnson interviewing mayorkas. wouldn't he have the information at the ready? does he have numbers to share that he didn't want to, what's your take? >> yeah, he better have those numbers as the leader of dhs that's charged with protecting our border. your own eyes are telling us what is happening. people transiting easily back and forth. some appears to be carrying takeout food from the mexican side back to their, you know,...
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whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if there's no further business, this meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people
whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >>...
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whitaker. appreciate it.tion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if there's no further business, this meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> this is a huge catalyst for change. >> it will be over 530,000 gross square feet plus two levels of basement. >> now the departments are across so many locations it is hard for them to work together and collaborate and hard for the customers to figure out the different locations and hours of operation. >> one of the main drivers is a one stopper mitt center for -- permit center. >> special events. we are a one stop shop for those three things. >> this has many different uses throughout if year
whitaker. appreciate it.tion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if...
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. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'msharyn alfonsi. >> i'm jon wertheim. >> i'm scott pelley. that story, on this, the 54th season premiere of "60 minutes." ( ticking ) psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen, painful. tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. tremfya®. emerge tremfyant™. janssen can help you explore cost support options. [ "the addams family" theme playing ] ♪ they're nice but irritating ♪ ♪ their excitement can get grating ♪ ♪ they're dressed for pastry baking ♪ ♪ the progressive family ♪ ♪ they're helpful but annoying ♪ ♪ they always leave us snoring ♪ ♪ accidents are boring with the progressive family ♪ so... when do you all go home? never! we're here for you 24/7. how terrifying. protection so good it's scary. "the addams family 2" playing
. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'msharyn alfonsi. >> i'm jon wertheim. >> i'm scott pelley. that story, on this, the 54th season premiere of "60 minutes." ( ticking ) psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen, painful. tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of...
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whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if there's no further business, this meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess p
whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes. >> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >>...
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let's bring in former attorney general, matt whitaker. good to see you this afternoon.t. the thing that people are curious about, something to come from this john durham investigation is this the tip of the iceberg or not. >> i think it is. if you remember the charge of durham, he needs to get to the bottom of the origins of the russian investigation. what that means is you need to find where the original evidence came from and what we're learning is that the evidence was completely manufactured allegations. there was never any evidence. the people that found this alleged tie with the russian bank and the trump organization said as much, that this is not real evidence, that this is essentially make believe and sussmann took that to the fbi, not disclosing who he was working for and who he was billing as a lawyer and is one of the many drum beats that caused ultimately the president of the united states to be the target of an investigation. it's a disgusting picture of how d.c. works. >> martha: he's accused of basically dropping this information to the fbi and claiming
let's bring in former attorney general, matt whitaker. good to see you this afternoon.t. the thing that people are curious about, something to come from this john durham investigation is this the tip of the iceberg or not. >> i think it is. if you remember the charge of durham, he needs to get to the bottom of the origins of the russian investigation. what that means is you need to find where the original evidence came from and what we're learning is that the evidence was completely...
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. >> next, former acting us attorney general matt whitaker discusses immigration policy, this is part of the national lawyers association's 2021 national policy conference. this runs about 35 minutes.
. >> next, former acting us attorney general matt whitaker discusses immigration policy, this is part of the national lawyers association's 2021 national policy conference. this runs about 35 minutes.
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ok, andrew whitaker from the deliver and that is indeed a crisis.expectedly took a tory seat in the chesham and amersham by—election earlier this year. there have been new developments both here and in the us in the legal case involving prince andrew. he is being sued by virgina giuffre for alleged sexual abuse. here's our legal correspondent dominic casciani. overnight, documents were published in the us court dealing with the virginia giuffre case of allegations against prince andrew. the judge ordered that she and her lawyers could serve the case on prince andrew's us—based attorney, a lawyer in los angeles. serving means putting the allegations in the hands of somebody who is either the defendant or their legal team. that is effectively the really important step to then progress the case. what has happened so far is that lawyers for prince andrew have said he has not been properly served, so the case could not progress. thejudge has said we have got to get on with this and he has made the order. in the uk, where they are trying to serve the docu
ok, andrew whitaker from the deliver and that is indeed a crisis.expectedly took a tory seat in the chesham and amersham by—election earlier this year. there have been new developments both here and in the us in the legal case involving prince andrew. he is being sued by virgina giuffre for alleged sexual abuse. here's our legal correspondent dominic casciani. overnight, documents were published in the us court dealing with the virginia giuffre case of allegations against prince andrew. the...
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us attorney general matthew whitaker, the wall street journal has an amazing headline, torn cracks therussia case, the real story of 2016 collusion. where do we go from here? >> it is important that indictment that during released and sussman pled not guilty to outlines the true collusion which is the law firm hillary clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 and big media, smoke surrounding donald trump and russia to suggest that there was something there and essentially cause the fbi to launch an investigation that turned into the russian collusion table. it is disgusting picture to how washington works where major law firms, the fbi to launch an investigation and the problem is he was representing the campaign. ainsley: he goes as a would be whistleblower. are you representing anyone? a citizen? i have some information that donald trump is, the fbi takes his word for it. and and they have hope profile clients on the left side of the political aisle. unless they move on with it. >> and they wanted to believe this conspiracy. and tougher questions, in the campaign. >> i encourage everyo
us attorney general matthew whitaker, the wall street journal has an amazing headline, torn cracks therussia case, the real story of 2016 collusion. where do we go from here? >> it is important that indictment that during released and sussman pled not guilty to outlines the true collusion which is the law firm hillary clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 and big media, smoke surrounding donald trump and russia to suggest that there was something there and essentially cause the fbi to...
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ranking member whitaker, colleagues and guests, welcome to the first hearing of the subcommittee on chemical safety, wastey management and screen irmtel justice and regulatory oversight in the 117th congress. todays hearing will explore critical issues of environmental justice and adverse impacts on at-risk communities. it's fitting that these important issues are the subject of our first hearing as just earlier in yearr the term environmentalee justice was add to the name of the subcommittee, highlighting the growingng awareness of and public conversation around environmental justice in america. as climate changene ravages our country and our planet, from the 80 fires burning across 13 states, the biggest bootleg fire in my home state of oregon, coastal communitiesnf confronti flooding, theor ever more frequt powerful destructive storms, we cannot ignore the fact that whilenc we all feel its effects the worst consequences of pollution and the ravages of climate chaos disproportionately fall on communities of color and communities with the fewest resources for either adapting or recovering.
ranking member whitaker, colleagues and guests, welcome to the first hearing of the subcommittee on chemical safety, wastey management and screen irmtel justice and regulatory oversight in the 117th congress. todays hearing will explore critical issues of environmental justice and adverse impacts on at-risk communities. it's fitting that these important issues are the subject of our first hearing as just earlier in yearr the term environmentalee justice was add to the name of the subcommittee,...