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alance ms. adams: ok. back.d the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina, yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker, is recognized. i know er: congresswoman adams is yielding ack because i represent north carolina a.n.t. pride, i at big agee yield back as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina, walker, yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the 2486, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? > i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's bill ask for immediate consideration in the house. o insert in lieu thereof the provisions of h.r. 2500 as passed by the house, to pass the amended, and to insist on

., for five ms. adams: thank you, mr. speaker. the house address for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. rise ams: mr. speaker, i today to honor the life of the an extraordinary north carolinian and personal friend. jan was a trail blazer who level the lessly to politics in north carolina. ago she founded lillian's list, to get more elected to office at the state level. i had the privilege of working in the during my time north carolina general assembly over those 21 years. i had the great privilege of with jan during my time throughout congress as well. no way to qualify the impact that jan had on the state but i know olina, women cause of jan, more have held office in the state and more women are continuing to run. jan, laws have been passed to improve the lives of omen and families and children in north carolina -- and north carolina is a better place to live for everyone. y thoughts and prayers will continue to be with jan's family, her friends, and my community.h carolina i thank you jan allen for her work, and may the lord con

ms. adams: thank you very much, madam speaker. it is my privilege to be here tonight and i want to thank the gentlelady from california for not only her wisdom and guidance and for leading this session tonight, but for all of the distinguished work that she has done for so many years. i also congratulate the chair of the c.b.c., karen bass, for the leadership that she's providing, as well as chair of the education and labor committee, which i have the privilege of sitting on, congressman bobby scott. i rise today, madam speaker, to join my colleagues in recognition of the 400th anniversary of the first recorded forced arrival of enslaved african people in america. this anniversary marks the beginning of a legacy of oppression and discrimination that affects -- the affect -- discrimination, the effects of which we still live with today. from those first 19 africans who reached jamestown, upward to 12 million africans would be kidnapped from their homes and brought to the new world. those men and women had almost everything taken fr

ms. lee: madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds a work is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from ohio, mr. wenstrup. mr. wenstrup: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> one minute to address the house. revise and extend. the speaker: without objection. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to thank and congratulate a talented young woman who has served as my chief of staff for north carolina's 12th district for nearly five years. ms. adams: while her career path will be tak

adams. ms. perez is, author of several nationally recognized reports and articles including election day long lines resource allocation. she has served as adjunct professor of clinical law at the nyu school of law. she received her law degree from columbia. received a master of public policy. under graduate degree from yale. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, committee members, for having me. i'm the director of the voting rights and election program. the supreme court in shelby county left congress with a critical challenge. pass a revised coverage formula. accordingly, the ask this committee to take note, a number of state and local jurisdictions have implemented discriminatory voting laws. they've continued to disenfranchise voters of color in our elections. over the past decade, the brennan center has documented a wave of new laws and practices burdening the right to vote especially targeting communities of color. these ongoing problems demand a thoughtful and strong response.

adams: not true. mr. ho: it takes extraordinary chutzpah to come in here and say e protected united states citizens. ms. garcia: thank you for clearing the record. i yield back. r. cohen: thank you, ms. garcia. i appreciate all the witnesses today, and all of the testimony. is a valuable hearing on the importance of voting rights bill we have before us to setup a new tandard in section 4 and reactivate -- restore section 5 of the voting rights act. you.ank each of this concludes today's hearing. i want to thank all of our witnesses for appearing today. thank the minority for educating me about guam. it's something i didn't know about. very important. without objection, all members have five legislative days to submit additional written uestions for the witnesses or additional materials for the record, and the hearing is adjourned. national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] bask{suffix}in. wraps while this hearing up and lawmakers get ready t

ms. adams is recognized. >> thank you madam chair and thank you for convening the hearing. many of us here have been shouting about fighting for and researching these issues for decades. having this conversation is long overdue. let me get right to my questions. what have local and federal policies done to create the wealth gap and what are some of your proposed solutions? >> so, certainly i can give one example with respect to federal policy. the destruction of black neighborhoods with revitalization cannot be understated. one of the things we know and i will get to my argument quickly. this will not take long. the highest number was 1899. there is still a medium-size team of one. what you did is to break all the social network and what you did with revitalization was these communities were further separate it from the businesses and economic activity. not being able to take full advantage of the bill, that is another policy. they are not just in one place. were you asking me for recommendations or just to name some of the policies? >> for bringing the new engine change an

ms. adams. >> thank you madam chairman and thank you to the ranking members will. thank you for your testimony. the way you start out in life doesn't have to determine where you end up. i grew up in poverty myself, for black rose growing up in roanoke new jersey. it's a greater opportunity. most of you may know that my background in terms of historically black colleges and universities are of particular importance to me. i'm a two-time graduate and hbcu north carolina. one of the first things i did when i got here was this. to put together a bipartisan hbcu with my colleagues and cochair. some of the members have been here today. we have accomplished a lot for hbcus but as has been revealed today dr. boham thank you for what you're doing and making the -- if you look in the statistics of my colleagues while we only make up 3% of all colleges and universities in hbcus are producing 70% of all bachelor's degrees earned by african-american students. 24% of all s.t.e.m. regiments so we have had little but we have done much. dr. verret what is unique about hbcu campus e

adams. ms. myrna perez is corrector of voting rights and elections program at the vernon center for justice at nyu school of law, author of several reports and article articles. she's a lecturer in law at columbia and served as adjunct professor of clinical law at the nyu school of law, received her law degree from columbia, also a fellow. received a master of public policy from harvard's kennedy school of government and an undergraduate degree from yale. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for having me. i'm myrna perez. i am the director of the voting rights and elections program at the bryna school of justice at the schonew york school of law. we ask this committee to take note. a number of state and local jurisdictions have continued to implement discriminatory voting laws. they have continued to disenfranchise voters of color in our elections. in fact over the past decade the brennan center has documented a wave of new laws and practices urd aboutening the right to vote especi

house intelligence committee chair adam schiff subpoenaed to us by chief joseph mcguire to make him explain why he initially hadn't passed the whistleblowers letter to the committee whistleblower by their very act of coming forward to show more dedication to country more of an understanding of the president's oaths of office. when the president himself in a tense committee hearing mcguire defended consulting the white house before releasing the whistleblowers reports the director of national intelligence according to the complaint senior white house officials try to lock down all details of the phone call between trump and selenski democrats said this reeks of a cover up the complaint reports a quote repeated abuse of an electronic records system designed to store a classified sensitive national security information which the white house used to hide information of a political nature this is a coverup. this is a paragraph. away from the fury in congress at the white house president trump met with police sheriffs' he was there to highlight his credentials on crime as the us again debates whe