north carolina wins the championship. seven championships. 18 acc championships, coaches of the year, olympians, and a lot of great nba players have come out of the nba. 52 tar heel players have been drafted. >> go, heels! >> you are standing in the carolina basketball museum in the building immediately adjacent to where the carolina men's basketball team plays its games. the purpose is to tell the story of carolina basketball. dean smith, our legendary hall of fame basketball coach, has donated his entire collection of basketball memorabilia to the university. this basketball museum is sort of the one place that houses that history. we decided we wanted to start off with how the uniforms have evolved through the years. one thing people get a kick out of is the number 10 jersey, the national player of the year in 1957, lenny rosenbloom. when we won the championship. people are stunned to see there is red in the jersey. frank maguire was the coach at the time and wanted to jazz up the uniforms, so he put red trim in and pe

north carolina wins the championship! >> they have won seven national championships, 18 acc championships, coaches of the year, olympians, and a lot of great nba players have come out of the nba. -- come out of the university of north carolina. 52 tar heel players have been drafted in the first round of the nba. there is great history in the college and professional level. >> go, heels! >> you are standing in the carolina basketball museum, which is in the building immediately adjacent to where the carolina men's basketball team plays its home games. the purpose is to tell the story of carolina basketball. dean smith, our legendary hall of fame basketball coach for 36 years. he had donated his entire collection of basketball memorabilia to the university. which is quite expensive to the university. this basketball museum is sort of the one place that houses that history. we decided we wanted to start off with how the uniforms have evolved through the years. one of the things that people get a kick out of when they see the

north carolina did it. north carolina wins the championship. >> it's won seven national championships, six ncaa tournament championships, 18 a.c.c. championships. coaches of the year, olympians, a lot of great nba players have come out of the university of north carolina. 52 former tar heels have been drafted. there's great history both on the college, olympic and professional level. ♪ >> we are standing in the carolina basketball museum which is in the building immediately adjacent to the dean. smith center where the men's basketball team play its game. dean smith, our legendary hall of fame basketball coach for 36 years, he had donated his entire collection of basketball memorabilia, which was quite extensive to the university. and this basketball museum is sort of the one place that houses all of that history we decided we wanted to start off with how the uniforms have evolved through the years. one of the things that people get a kick out of when they see the museum is the number 10 jersey that's lenn

north carolina wins the championship! won seven national championships, 18 acc championships, coaches of the year, olympians, and a lot of great nba players have come out of the nba. -- 52 tar heel players have been drafted. >> go, heels! >> you are standing in the carolina basketball museum in the building immediately adjacent to where the carolina men's basketball team plays its games. smith, our legendary hall hasame basketball coach, donated his entire collection of basketball memorabilia to the university. this basketball museum is sort of the one place that houses that history. we decided we wanted to start off with how the uniforms have evolved. one thing people get a kick out , the the number 10 jersey national player of the year in 1957 when we won the championship. people are stunned to see there jersey.nd the frank maguire was the coach at the time and wanted to jazz up the uniforms, so he put red trim in and people were surprised. throughout the years, there is not much red in the carolina uniforms. that is th

his family was the governor of north carolina. john morehead the third attended carolina for undergraduate school in chemistry. made an accidental discovery in a chemistry lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of union carbide and he became an extremely wealthy man, and he came up with this idea, what he did as a leading science education contribution was he built the planetarium. when we opened in 1949, the morehead planetarium was the first one in the south. his contribution was significant. we are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. he visited the admiral planetarium in chicago, the hayden planetarium. zeiss, theted leading lens manufacturer in the world. they arguably still are. in germany. ss model to projector installed, which at that time, was the very best star projector in the world. his original vision was as a place of education and enlightenment >> this is what you will see in the lower half of your television screen. make sure that you watch very carefully. about in th

his family was the governor of north carolina. john morehead the third attended carolina for undergraduate school and chemistry made an , accidental discovery in a chemistry lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of union carbide and he became an extremely wealthy man, and he came up with this idea. what he did as a leading science education contribution was he built the planetarium. when we opened in 1949, the morehead planetarium was the first planetarium in the south, so his contribution was significant. we are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. so he visited the admiral planetarium in chicago, the hayden planetarium. he also visited zeiss, the leading lens manufacturer in the world. they arguably still are, in germany. he had a zeiss model 2 projector installed, which at that time, was the very best star projector in the world. his original vision was as a place of education and enlightenment andhis is the satellite, what you will see in the lower half of your television screen

north carolina has 100 counties. we have about 20,000 people a day in our opioid treatment program into the largest strategies to address the access has been first and foremost moving as much care into the office based outpatient treatment as programs that is how we would like to see the data act waiver requirements moved to try to make that easier. we've doubled the number in north carolina and have a long way to go. we are not going to get the large-scale providers there. we have been investing in the project e-echo which is a leveraging ability to try to get the providers to provide the support they need to take on the patients. >> they've administer these other treatments. does anybody else want to weigh in on this? >> pennsylvania is fortunate in that we have a large number of opioid treatment providers already in that state, so that is an advantage for us but to assist communities, we have a particular grant grant where we are expanding access to medication assisted treatment in the rural areas thanks to the gr

state of north carolina. welcome to you. thanks to all of you for appearing before in front of the subcommittee today. as you are, aware the committee is holding an investigative hearing, and when we do so we have the practice of taking all of our testimony under oath. do any of you have objection to taking testimony under oath today? >> let the records reflect that the witnesses responded. no under the rules of the house and committee, you are entitled to be accompanied by counsel. it doesn't if you wish that? let the record reflect the witnesses have responded. no so if you would, would you please rise and raise your right hand that you may be sworn in. you swear the testimony you give today will be the truth, the whole, truth and nothing but the truth? you may be seated. let the record reflect the witnesses responded affirmatively, and all of you are now under oath, and subject the penalties set forth in title 18, section 1001 of the u.s. code. we now recognize the witnesses for five minutes summaries of the written state

a recent study found that exiting north carolina prison -- prisoners leaving north carolina prisons were 40 times more likely to die of an opioid overdose than the general population. we are grateful to receive a grant to expand jail based treatment in our state. with 56 prisons and 96 jails we have a long way to go. the most significant of all would be giving us more time. sustaining funding over longer windows of time would allow states to ready states for the next wave of the epidemic. that wave is cresting as we're starting to see rising rates of overdose death for method methamphetamine and benz die yaz peen. meanwhile, north carolina's share of the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant had not changed in recent years while north carolina was one of the fastest growing populations in the country growing 9% between 2010 and 2018. growing the block grant at pace with population and inflationary costs in an updated allocation formula would allow states to make better use of short term funding, prevent the next epidemic, and save lives. most of all the affordable care act

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the senator of north carolina is doing it the right way. he's conducting the hearings in a very nonpartisan way that everybody should be proud of. he and the senator from virginia decided they were going to have nonpartisan ways. it can be done if you have people at the top agreeing to do it and sticking with it. on the house side, it's nothing. sure, in watergate you have people who didn't like what we were doing. we were receiving over 40000 pieces of mail a week. that's astounding. that's male, not e-mail. not tax. it male. it was very controversial but at the same time, it did not have on capitol hill, the hatred we have today. what's the difference between now and the watergate era. in the clinton impeachment, there is a lot of their but still, we had a system there, i don't know whether that's a word or not, you have all these different committees. if i were saying this, one committee in the senate, i would have had one committee in the house. with input from the others but now, you seem to have a system that's going to put everything

carolina -- chapel hill, north carolina. to watch more videos from our torah, visit c-span.org/cities tour. we continue with our look at the history of chapel hill. we are in chapel hill, north carolina at the marion cheek jackson center. the marion cheek jackson center is a place where we preserve the side and 10he north top communities. buying me are photographs of the civil rights movement that took thee here in chapel hill in 1960's. in the 1960's chapel hill was segregated. people could not go into stores, the schools were segregated. it will be theaters, all things were segregated. , again, a time when black people had to create their own community. in this particular community they built their home, they had a business district. had one school, they had their churches that everyone attended. there was a very close-knit community. what got the ball rolling here in chapel hill during the civil rights movement was, after the greensboro sit in, there were a group of guys that got together and they decided they needed to d

his family was the governor of north carolina. john morehead the third attended carolina for undergraduate school in chemistry. made an accidental discovery in a chemistry lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of union carbide and the fan -- he became an extremely wealthy man, and he came up with this idea, what he leading science education contribution was he built the planetarium. when we opened in 1949, the planetarium was the first one in the south. his contribution was significant. we are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. he visited a planetarium in chicago, the hayden planetarium. he also visited the leading lens manufacturer in the world. they arguably still are in germany. to projectce model are installed, which was at that time the very best star projector in the world. was as anal vision place of education and enlightenment. is what you will see in the lower half of your television screen. make sure that you watch very carefully. about in the center screen, in the lower

north carolina has 100 counties. we have -- we are dosing about 20,000 people a day in our epidemic treatment programs. i think our largest two strategies to address rural access has been first and foremost moving as much care into office-base the outpatient treatment programs as possible. that's why we would love to see the data x waiver requirement removed to make that easier. we've doubled the number of physicians in north carolina. we have a long way to go. we're not going to get large-scale otp providers there. we've been investing in project echo which has leveraged our ability to train providers to give them the support they need to take on these patients. >> as you know, the act expanded who could administer treatment. anybody else want to weigh in on this? >> i would be happy to quickly. so pennsylvania is really fortunate in that we have a large number of opioid treatment providers already in the state. so that's an advantage for us. beyond that, to assist rural communities, we have a particular ramp grant

you needed to have one -- now, senator burr of north carolina is doing the hearing the right way. the senate intelligence committee. he's conducting the hearings in a very nonpartisan way and that everybody should proud of. he and the senator from virginia decided they would have nonpartisan hearings. it can't be done if you people at the top agreeing to do it and sticking with it. on the outside i see nothing but acrimony. sure, in watergate you had turmoil. you and people who like what we were doing. we were receiving by the way over 40,000 pieces of mail a week. that's astounding. and i said mail, not e-mail, not text, you know, horse and buggy mail. it was very controversial, but at the same time it did not have on capitol hill the hatred that we have today. that's another difference between now and the watergate era. in the clinton impeachment there was a lot of acrimony there, but still you had a a system there that was not all bifurcated, try for katie, if there's another word, claude refrigerated, if that's what happened to all these different committees. you'd senate judi

trotter and his group wanted crane to prevent rogersreturn to north carolina for arson . one year earlier in 1901 two black boys ages 14 and 17 were brutally lynched in greensboro while sitting in jail on vagrancy charges. it was no wonder rogers fred fled his home outside of charlotte or his mother's home in massachusetts after confronting his landlord over unpaid wages. it was burned down after the confrontation and the black man there was no doubt would receive a fair. he fled to blackburn and was really arrested their one year after his arrival at north carolina's safety commissioner alerted massachusetts of rogers whereabouts . trying to mobilize grassroots protest that prompted the meeting with crane the group argued that failure by north carolina to enforce the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment as evidenced in the states unwillingness to investigate or prosecute the lynching of a teenage boy prevented rogers from receiving a fair trial . trotter used the guardian's public equalization of antebellum radical black abolitionism to incite a 20th-century qui

the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized. ms. lee: mr. speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is given 1 1/2 minutes. mr. levin: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this joint resolution and i congratulate the gentlewoman from nevada for her leadership on this issue. secretary devos and this administration have proven that they will go to the ends of the earth to defend predatory for-profit colleges at the expense of our students and taxpayers. this holds true for the devos borrow defense rule which creates unnecessary obstacles for students seeking debt relief from predatory for-profit colleges. it even punishes students with approved claims by allowing these colleges to deny students their transcripts and refuse to verify their earned credits. passing this joint resolution is a crucial step and i urge my colleagues to support it. but we also must build on this work by bring

from north carolina a.n.t. college, now known as north carolina a.n.t. state university. add that a.n.t. state university is now the largest hbcu in the country. mr. speaker, i would mention that congresswoman alma a.n.t. a graduate of state university and served as a college professor across the treet at bennett college for more than 40 years. the greensboro four students unanimousenced by the supreme court decision in brown board of education in 1954 here state laws establishing segregation in public schools is unconstitutional even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal. he students were also influenced by the supreme court decision in keyes vs. carolina company, 1955, wherein the plessy vs. with the ferguson and interpreted the nterstate commerce act as banning the black passengers on buses travelling across state line. keys case happened in the my congressional district. he rule was announced six days prior to rosa parks' refusal to emove from her seat on a segregated bus in montgomery. bus ithout question, the boycott, lasting 381 days, also inspired the gree

his group want he the governor to prevent rogers return to north carolina for arson. one year earlier in 1901, two black blows, 14 and 17, were brutally lynched in greensboro will sitting in jail on vague ran si charges. it's no wonder that rogers fled into his mother's house in massachusetts after confronting this landlord over unpaid wages. the white man's barn mysteriously burned down days after the confront station and there was no guarantee the 22-year-old black man would receive a fair hearing. rogers fled to brockton and south rev final with family and kin and was arrested there one year after the north carolina safety commissioner alerted massachusetts of rogers, where. trotter mobilized grass roots appropriateses that prompted the meeting with governor crane and the group, argued that failure to -- the in the states unwill nothings prosecute the lynches prevented rogers from receiving a fair trial. trotter used the guardian's public reclaimation of antebellum radical black abolition to insight a black-led 20th century fight against segregation and lynching. t

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: ak minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. since 2011 national school choice week has been recognized as the largest annual celebration of opportunity and education in the world. in north carolina, over 2,313 school choice events are scheduled for this week, including events in my district at the quality education academy high school in winston-salem, d at the d.t. early learning center. unfortunately, the media continues to conjure up misleading claims about school choice and it's time we corrected the record. school choice is not about picking winners and losers, it's about letting families choose the educational options that meet the unique needs of their children. a high quality education is an indispensable tool and america's children deserve nothing less than an education that empowers them to reach their greatest potential. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognit

hill, north carolina to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from chapel hill, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-span store.org to see what is new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. >> every july for the past 25 years, the gettysburg anniversary committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment and living history village depicting camp life. we talked to reenactors about marriage expectations and civil war brothels. >> my name is cheryl williams and i'm portraying today at the reenactment what it would've been like to be a victorian prostitute. at the time of the american civil war, there were few choices for women. women were in essence supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family. we are talking about middle-class women. you had few choices. you could be a domestic servant. a laundress. or you could work in

the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from michigan. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walberg: thanks to the rail. i rise in opposition to h.r. 1230. let's be clear. all of us are against workplace discrimination of any kind. and mr. speaker, at my age, i'm certainly against age discrimination. all of us wants to protect all american workers from discrimination. contrary to the bill's title, this legislation will end up harming workers. it's a payout to trial lawyers by muddying legal standards under the guise of a nice-sounding bill. any plaintiff who files a discrimination lawsuit under this bill is extremely unlikely to receive any monetary award, but the trial lawyers will still get paid for their time. right now, we have an economy that's booming. jobs are seven million unfilled in this country. that's seven million jobs. the pro-growth policies we put in place are working. our focus should be on protecting workers and encouraging greater work force participation

hudson of north carolina. the chair: punt to house resolution 779, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson and a member opposed each will ontrol five minutes. mr. hudson: i rise to offer my first amendment to h.r. 5 5. the last several years, my constituents in neighboring communes have dealt with contamination from genx and they ve been a common source of drinking water. my constituents are scared. they are frustrated because this has been an ongoing issue and don't have enough issue. this is an issue i have been working on for many years. i have the eep come toll fayetteville and hear from my community. and hundreds of people attended and shared their concerns with the genx and serious health problems. i worninged with my chairman and we invited founding member of cape fear to testify. emily gave compelling testimony and the many people who have suffered from the trauma from cancer treatments and terminal diagnose no, sir cease. i talked to my constituents. and they don't know if it is connected to gen

the gentleman from north carolina is -- the gentleman from north carolina reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: thank you. i now yield to the gentlewoman from michigan who is a sponsor of one of the bills in this package, that is h.r. 3621, and she will have an opportunity to correct the ranking member who indicated the bill would remove negative credit after two years. it does not. she will clear that up. and make sure that he understands the facts of our bill. the chair: the gentlelady from michigan is recognized for three minutes. ms. tlaib: thank you, madam chair. i'd like to begin by thanking our incredible chairwoman waters and her intelligent, hardworking staff for their leadership on this bill. i'd also like to to -- like to thank my sister in service, congresswoman pressley, for spearheading this packing an of bills, the comprehensive credit act of 2020. a new decade, a new way, as our chairwoman would say. i am also proud that our package of bills before us today 20, the h.r. 362 -- 36 restoring unfairly reporting, protecting c

by late 1864, wilmington, north carolina, alone survived as a -- the confederacy's sole major seaport. sleek, fast, blockade running vessels lined the docks at wilmington bringing in british infield rifles, ammunition, percussion caps, lead, tin, other articles of war, while taking out cotton and rice as exports. by late 1864, wilmington had become the lifeline of the confederacy. defending wilmington was a formidable line of defenses that stretched from the city on both sides of the cape fear river for 20 miles to the river's mouth which opened into the atlantic via two inlets. this mighty collection of forts and artillery batteries known as the cape fear defense system, was accurate at the mouth of the the mess was anchored -- was anchored at the mouth of the river by fort fisher. located on the tip of a peninsula known as confederate point during the war, fort fisher was roughly shaped like the number seven with its top, or land face, stretching for half a mile across the peninsula from the cape fear river to the atlantic. and its sea face, stretching for a mile along the beach to

we continue now with our look at the history of chapel hill. >> we are in chapel hill, north carolina at the marion g jackson center. this is a place where we preserve the history of the north side community. behind me are for grass of the civil rights community. in the 1960's, it chapel hill was segregated. people could not go into stores. the school's were segregated. thingsie theaters -- all were segregated. this was a time when black people had to create their own community. in this particular community, they built their homes. they had stores, a business district. a had one school. they had churches that everyone attended. and it was a close-knit community. things rolling here was after the wayne's world sit in, there was a group of guys that got together and they decided they needed to do something here in chapel hill to make change happen. that is where this started. what made this movement different from those that were going on in other places was that this was led by high school students. students got together, talked about it, and began to plan for citizens and marches and

the confederate navy and several companies of teenagers from the north carolina junior reserves. most waited out the naval bombardment inside fort fisher's earthen bomb proof but for those had to man the guns during the bombardment, it was terrifying. "i never saw shells fall so fort's a member of the garrison would later recount. "they came down like hail and i thought every one would get me." began on bombardment christmas eve and continued through christmas day sending more than 20,000 rounds, a million pounds of iron, hurtling toward fort fisher. the navy's aim was poor two-day barrage fell in the cape fear river behind the fort. butler's troops began landing on christmas day, long line ofe by navy launches. the advance federal troops were from thers, troops 142nd and 112th new york led by aand they were towering 6'4" 29-year-old, colonel newton martin curtis. smalltown school teacher and post master in a volunteere, officer in the war who had been fightingarly in the and after recovery had been stuck in an army desk job. now he was a brigade commander in the 24th army corps

and that got a lot of criticism in chapel hill, as well as across the state of north carolina. but gradually, things started to -- started to prove and they improved quickly. >> 1969. what is the reaction to you winning the comi-- becoming mayf chapel hill? >> well, my first reaction was mine through my wife. not thinking i was gonna win. i didn't even -- i did not write a con -- i mean, a acceptance speech. i did not plan a celebratory event. i was just sitting around smoki smoking cigars and having fun and getting ready to go home and get back to my position at duke. but then i won and i looked at my wife and i said, oh, now that i got it, what the heck am i going to do with it? and it was such joy and such elation in chapel hill. not just in chapel hill once the word got out that i was on the verge of winning, people started to come in here from durham. even some folk drove from raleigh. some from greensboro. and i was not here when unc won its first ncaa championship. but i was told that the crowds in the street were absolutely amazing. that was what happened the night of m

hickory has played a pivotal role in north carolina's continues to t make a sizeable impact on north economy.s i am proud to represent hickory, and am certain it will continue to prosper and more significant future.es in the i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman kaptur, for five minutes. kaptur: mr. speaker, the impeachment of president donald our nation into a constitutional crisis. on the one hand, democrats have a good-faith effort to discover the truth and hold resident trump and his administration responsible for their destructive and corrupt ukraine.n while on the other hand, republicans have refused meaningfully engage in the fact-finding process. have house, republicans ignored the fact that russia has a sovereign ne, nation. ukraine is a scrimmage line for today, a europe continent whose liberty we restored and paid a deep price it. despite overwhelming evidence in he senate, republicans have complained they've learned nothing new from the impeachment yet, they have voted over 10 times to block new evidence and witnesses. that stance, it

i want to talk specifically about north carolina. you know represent a district in north carolina. there has been a lot of controversy surrounding her companies dealings with elections. some have referred to what has transpired as a bait and switch. i don't know if that is warranted or unwarranted. whyyou please explain to me you waited so long to tell north carolina election officials that you did not have enough voting systems to cover the 2020 primaries? thank you. i have read that comment. we applied for certification roughly five years ago in north carolina. we went through all testing and it went to the state board for approval. at that time, the state board dissolved. there was not a quorum at the state board for over four years. that system that was tested five years ago got approved this year. ,ecause it was five years old we immediately went in and got our latest and most secure updated. it is the most recently certified system that we have delivered to the citizens of north carolina. weif a bait and switch means decided to send the most recent and secure systems to the c

member of the guilford county board of elections in north carolina elected president of the north carolina naacp in october of 2017. in 2016, he played an important role in the voter suppression litigation that challenge the vote friday requirements and other legislation that would suppress votes in communities of color and other representative communities. on the administration voting reforms including election modernization. commissioner palmer was appointed secretary of the virginia board of elections by the former governor bob mcdonald in 2011 and served as the commonwealth officer and 2014. he served as the florida department of state director of elections in the prior he served as a trial attorney with the voting rights section of the department of justice's civil rights division. he was the judge advocate general into the navy commendation medal and joint service combination metal. finally i'm going to turn to the ranking member mr. davis to an urdu u -- to introduce. >> thank you for your service ii booked the room as if i didn't mention the cofounder sitting behind me the general

were preparing for a fresh start in north carolina. but instead, in the summer of 2017, they were all going to court to stand trial for second degree murder. and in a highly unusual ruling, the judge decided all four would be tried together. four trials this one. >> it's just bizarre. >> yeah. >> that this family would be on trial together. >> i don't think i've ever seen anything like that. >> each had his or her own attorney that sat down with us. collin's attorney. >> there was no motive. >> alex's attorney. >> a lack of evidence case. >> p.j. tucci's attorney. >> no proof whatsoever. >> and two attorneys for laura. >> it was a circumstantial case. >> they were all prepared to argue that the prosecution had no idea what really happened in that basement. does anyone know who is real killer is? >> the real killer knows. it could have been one of many people. >> this is a classic who done it. >> district attorney sandra doorly and then assistant da admitted they didn't know who delivered the final blow, but that didn't stop them from s

north carolina alternate. we will have some excellent discussions this afternoon on the state of the substance abuse academic in the appalachians region and the steps are being taken to address it in a comprehensive and most importantly in a local way. the aoc nicole report, open opioids in appalachia, released this past may, shows that the rate of opioid overdoses was 72% higher in appalachia counties compared to nine appalachian counties. overdosed threats in several states of the region are among the highest in the nation. this is a tragedy on a human level that impact in one way or another every person living in our communities throughout the region. but another thing i noticed from the moment i took office as the federal co-chairman of a.r.c. was the toll these grim statistics take not only in lives lost but also the impact on economic opportunity. substance abuse robs our workforce of healthy, ready workers, deprives our local governemtns of resources. a.r.c. is an economic development entity. that's our

to do that i knew i would need to look in archives across north carolina and i selected north carolina as this case study because north carolina was and is the leading producer of a particularly kind of tobacco called -- that is a primary constituent in american-style cigarette. i knew i'd need to set up camps and do research at usc and octagon estate and at east carolina university and in greenville and the coastal plain but it would be helpful and i would recommend this to any young historian who is thinking about thinking about a book or dissertation or book project to find the local force that is bit of a history buff and this gentleman had been involved in the tobacco economy and worked for tobacco basically at the state level tobacco lobby a self published book and people who put self published books are happy to talk to you about their research so i just e-mailed him out of the blue and said i'm a graduate student and i would love to talk to you about your work in tobacco and he was more than happy to meet with me and gave me a lot of information i otherwise would not have known

the gentleman from north carolina. mr. mchenry: i ask to incertificate a letter in support of h.r. 5448. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: i yield myself the balance of the time. in closing, cybersecurity is a major issue facing all aspects of our economy, including the financial sect onor. it is an important issue for both private companies and government agencies. h.r. 4458 will enhance congressional oversight of our banking regulateors to ensure they are maintaining strong cyber systems as well as banks and credit unions that they regulate. i urge members to support this legislation. i thank the ranking member for his leadership and for the way that he reached across the aisle in working with us and i will yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4458 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in th

these are early stage in north carolina. in a few counties and we're hoping to grow them to other places as resources are available. i just learned about some of this today and don't know it chapter and verse. supportive services to give an employer some sense that there are other folks in this too that are going to help an individual stick with it. i don't know if that's data driven. it maybe stands to reason. a couple things i thought were interesting that i heard about today and i'll be getting read up on. hospitals looking at bonding to provide housing in partnership with our north carolina housing finance agency. that's interesting. we need affordable housing in a lot of areas around our states, particularly down east around hurricane recovery. but, we need supportive housing in communities to give employers and everyone a sense certainly for the individuals involved that they're in a good place and can stay in that good place while they continue their journey. another one you mentioned that's a little less about employ

north carolina alternate. we will have some excellent discussions this afternoon on the state of the substance abuse epidemic and the steps that are being taken and can be taken to address it in a come prehence p. this is a tragedy on a human level that impacts in one way or another every person living in our communities throughout the region. another thing i noticed from the moment i took office is the federal co-chairman of a.r.c. was the toll these grim statistics take not only in lives lost but also the impact on economic opportunity. substance abuse robs our work force of healthy, ready workers, debroprives our govrernment of resources. a.r.c. is an economic development entity. that's our mandated mission but i realize we couldn't address the economic challenges faced by many in the region without giving attention to the substance abuse challenge. it was the elephant in the room requiring us to think hard about how we as a.r.c. could help communities respond. our partnership is a part of that and the may

gentleman from north carolina. recognized for five minutes. >> i believe each of you mentioned in your written testimony frustration with the voluntary voting system guidelines. update that is ongoing elections assistant commission. this frustration has been shared by others in the election industry as well as this issue seems to have a lot to do with an equated hava. what can we do to help update the hava? i'll start with you mr. burt. thank you for your question. i think that the eac given the resources and funding they have do a very good job that sometimes it is how much we are to do given the resources they have. i think we should ask them to broaden the scope and purview of their oversight and to do that, of course, they need more funding and more support. >> okay. >> i would agree with mr. burt's comments. i would add to that particularly a particular example as it pertains to patching of third party software such as windows where a patch is ready available. and it's sometimes very cumbersome and timely to g

you mentioned north carolina and democrats are having to spend fairly heavily in north carolina to make sure cal cunningham becomes the nominee. he is largely an undefined candidate. eddie morrow is spending personal money and he is owning the media in the state compared. texas is more of a mess as the first georgia seat. you are right. democrats up until now have avoided taking positions in this race because they are not being compared to anyone else. it will be our mission and potentially the mission of the republican candidates to say wait a minute -- candidate x stands for these things. you are not going to tell the american people they are not going to vote against all these things. that will be part of what we need to do to add definition to people like mark kelly and if cal cunningham is the nominee. leah: is that a problem for john james in michigan who has been able to fund raise pretty effectively so far, but not been under the national spotlight, been asked tough questions about president trump at this point in the cycle. has john james hit his ceiling? steven: i don't think

you mentioned north carolina and democrats are having to spend fairly heavily in north carolina to make sure tell cunningham becomes the nominee. -- sure cal cunningham becomes the nominee. an undefined candidate. eddie morrow is spending personal money and he is owning the media in the state compared . texas is more of a mess as the first georgia seat. you are right. democrats up until now have avoided taking positions in this race because they are not being compared to anyone else. it will be our mission and potentially the mission of the republican candidates to say wait a minute -- candidate x stands for these things. you are not going to tell the american people they are not going to vote against all these things. that will be part of what we need to do to add definition to people like mark kelly and if cal cunningham is the nominee. leah: is that a problem for john james in michigan who has been able to fund raise pretty effectively so far, but not been under the national spotlight, been asked tough questions about president trump at this point in the cycle. has john james hit his

in north carolina, phillip got a phone call. it was from his business partner eric. >> i got confirmation from eric that he was standing there with him and that they were all safe. >> your whole family? >> yeah. i broke down and cried. yeah. and then it -- you know, then you can let go. then you can just kind of -- you can collapse. >> later, a picture followed. his wife and children trapped in that mall for hours in terror were now in the safety of a friend's house together. >> simply the most precious thing i could even imagine to see all of them sitting there in safety and knowing that they had come through it. >> reporter: phillip grabbed the first flight back to kenya. >> must have felt really good when he got off the plane. >> it was very good because you know the mom when dad's not around you feel like you have to keep it together and you have to be strong and the kids were very excited to see him. they had been asking. they had been relieved to finally be able to touch him and hug him and have that extra security. >> rep

first north carolina. there is a democratic governor in north carolina, roy cooper. in 2018, we broke republican super majorities in both chambers and that has proven vital in state government battles and now we're competing on a competitive map after redistricting litigation recently forced new maps in the state. the governor in north carolina doesn't have a veto over redistricting so this makes it critical we flip one chamber red to blue. we only need six seats in the house and five seats to flip the senate and there is so much else on the penalty in north carolina. the presidential campaign is listed as a target. governor cooper is back up for re-election. huge u.s. senate races. and several democratic congressional pickups on these potentially redrawn maps. the filing deadline is closed in north carolina so we have a sense of what has happened. we made early investments in the state to make sure strong candidates were recruited. house democrats have filled 117 of the 120 seats on the ballots and senate democrats 50 out of 50 seats on the ballot. one of the things

you know i represent the district in north carolina. there's been a lot of controversy surrounding your company's recent dealings with election officials in my state. some have referred to what had transpired as a bait and switch. i don't know if that is warranted or unwarranted. i hope it is unwarranted. can you please explain to me why you waited so long to tell north carolina election officials that you did not have enough voting systems to cover the 2020 primaries? >> thanks for your question congressman. i have read that bait and switch comment, we applied for certification five years ago. we went through all of our testing, the report went to the state board for approval, and at that point the state board dissolved. there was no quorum for over four years. that is a system that we got tested five years ago finally got approved because it was five years old. we went in after that and got our latest animals secure system. and it is that system that most recently certified that we delivered to the citizens of north carolina. so if a

i also want to recognize my colleagues arc's north carolina alternate mr. class key over here who represents representative roy cooper on the commission and he'll be participating in a panel a bit later. we will have some excellent discussions this afternoon on the state of the substance abuse act and the appellation region and the steps that are being taken and can be taken to address it in a comprehensive and most importantly and a localn way. they arc makeover reports, opioids and appalachia, released this past may shows that the death rate resulting from opioid overdoses was 72% higher in appellation counties compared to non- appellation counties. overdose death rates in several states in the region are among the highest in the nation. this is a tragedy on a human level that impacts in one way or another every person living in our communities throughout the region. but another thing i noticed from the moment i took office as the federal cochairman of arc, was the told these grim statistics take not only in lives lost, but also the impact on economic opp

first north carolina. there's a democratic governor in north carolina, roy cooper. in 2018, we both -- we broke republican supermajorities in both charities ants that's proven vital. and we're now competing on more come pess active maps after a redistricting litigation. the governor in north carolina doesn't have a veto over redistricting. so this makes it critical we flip one chamber red to blue. we only need six seats in the house and five to flip the senate. and there are so much in north carolina. governor coop ser back up for re-election hufpblgte u.s. senate races and several democratic congressional pickups on these potentially redrawn map. we have a sense of what has happened. we made early investments to make shurel strong candidates were recruited. house democrats have filled 117 of the 120. and senate democrats filled 50 out of 50 seats on the ballot. we learned after republicans failed in recruitment that we were on a stronger path to flip the senate from red to blue. we knew that as soon as the filing deadline happened. looking at this map, we know we h