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Hospitals monitor drugs, opioid deaths decline

Virginia hospitals are monitoring painkiller prescriptions more closely and taking other steps to curb the opioid epidemic, and the efforts may be paying off: Drug overdoses in Virginia have dropped for the first time in six years. In 2016, the opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency in Virginia. Fatal opioid overdoses increased steadily from 572 in 2012 to 1,230 in 2017. Last year, however, the number of deaths dipped, to

president at Riverside Health System in Newport News, said his medical practice and others across Virginia are prescribing narcotics in a more controlled and efficient way. Frazier was involved in the creation of Virginia’s Emergency Department Care Coordination program. Established by the General Assembly in 2017, the EDCC’s purpose is to “provide a single, statewide technology solution that

1,213, according to preliminary statistics released this week by the Virginia Department of Health. The decrease coincided with data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing a decline in overall prescriptions of opioids — and with moves by Virginia officials and physicians to apply more scrutiny before issuing such prescriptions. Dr. Charles Frazier, senior vice

connects all hospital emergency departments in the Commonwealth” for the purpose of extending and improving patient care, according to ConnectVirginia, a statewide health information exchange. “The purpose of the EDCC is to integrate alerts,” Frazier said. “It shows us alerts of whether or not they (patients) have been in other emergency departments, information on how they were treated, with the

idea being if a patient came in: Who is their primary care doctor? Who can we connect them to?” Frazier said that in the program’s first phase, all hospitals in Virginia were required to submit a year or two of historical patient visit data to the EDCC information exchange by June 2017. “The system is set up to alert emergency department providers and staff if the patient is a frequent emergency department patient, and also if they have been aggressive or abusive to staff,” Frazier said. Frazier said that most of the time, the system is used to direct patients to proper care. “I think part of the problem is if people have a hard time with

kept going to various emergency departments around Richmond — VCU, St. Francis, and others. With the EDCC program, they could see where they had been to, and the health systems worked together, along with the insurance company, to help the patient get the primary care they needed.” Gov. Ralph Northam, a physician himself, helped create the EDCC. He also has been an advocate for the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program. Under that program, Frazier explained, “Every time a pharmacy prescribes a controlled substance, they need to submit the information to the state — the duration, the dosage — and the system tracks how many times and how many providers Shawn Hammonds, who works have prescribed to the patient.” with Rams in Recovery through Virginia Board of Medicine AmeriCorps, holds the kit regulations require seeing chronic issued to community members pain patients every 90 days and who complete Revive! training, conducting drug screens to make teaching them how to potentially sure patients are taking their medications and not taking illicit save the life of someone substances. Regulations also require overdosing on opioids. prescribing an opioid antidote in transportation, they go to the ER for certain high-risk situations. basic health care,” Frazier said. “If “If you’re treating someone with you go to the emergency room for a higher dosages, the regulations sore throat, for example, that can be outline preventative measures for expensive.” overdose,” Frazier said. The second phase of the EDCC, Health officials’ concerns about which was implemented last July, opioids have grown as fatal involves notifying primary care overdoses spiked over the past doctors if their patient is in the decade. Preliminary numbers show emergency department. If the system that 1,484 people died from drug can identify a patient’s primary care overdoses in Virginia in 2018. That doctor, it will send an alert. is more deaths than from guns “One thing we are starting to (1,036) and traffic accidents (958). see are health systems collaborate The total number of overdose on patients,” Frazier said. “There fatalities was down slightly from was a patient at Bon Secours who (continued on page 2)

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(continued on page 1) 1,536 in 2017. The vast majority of drug overdose deaths involve opioids. Of the 1,230 opioid-related fatalities last year, about 460 involved prescription medications and the rest involved heroin and/or fentanyl. The number of prescription opioid deaths dropped from 507 in 2017 to 457 last year. On the other hand, deaths from heroin and/or fentanyl jumped from 940 to 977. In a press release, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring thanked “advocates, families, doctors, recovery communities, elected officials, public health professionals and others who have helped reduce Virginia’s number of fatal drug overdoses for the first time in six years.” Herring has been a strong advocate for fighting the opioid epidemic. He has taken a range of actions — from pushing to expand the Prescription Monitoring Program, to producing

a documentary titled “Heroin: The duration of treatment for acute pain Hardest Hit,” to suing Purdue Pharma, — a tremendous difference.” the creator of Oxycontin, on grounds Frazier said opioids sometimes are that it helped create and prolong the appropriate and sometimes aren’t. opioid epidemic in Virginia. “There are people who break their “We should be heartened and leg and need it for a few days, but for hopeful to see that overdose deaths people who have chronic pain, they seem to have plateaued and may may require ongoing opioids for a be starting to decline, but nearly long time,” he said. “While we first 1,500 overdose deaths, mostly from try non-opioid therapies, the reality opioids, is still a staggering number is sometimes opioids are the most that shows this epidemic is far from effective treatment for chronic pain.” over,” Herring said. When opioids are appropriate for “But these numbers should give treatment, health care professionals us some optimism that Virginia’s want to ensure that patients can comprehensive approach — emphasizing receive their medication safely and treatment, education, and prevention, easily. Virginia Commonwealth along with smart enforcement — can University Medical Center Hospitals produce results and save lives.” have a specific technique allowing Frazier said the biggest impact patients to self-administer drugs. on the opioid epidemic might stem Samantha Morris, a care partner at from rules imposed last year by the the center’s Emergency Department, Virginia Board of Medicine. B:10”said narcotics can be administered “Across the state,” Frazier said, directly to a patient, by the patient, T:10” “we’ve seen a decrease in the number with the press of a button. This S:10” of opioid prescriptions and the involves a device called a patient-

controlled analgesia pump. “Fentanyl is usually what I see being prescribed the most, and that one is usually administered through a PCA pump,” Morris said. “It delivers some form of narcotic, usually fentanyl, and the patient presses a button to administer themselves a dose every five to 10 minutes, depending on the drug.” The amount of time a dosage from the PCA pump can be administered is based on the strength of the drug prescribed. “I see patients mostly in the burn victim unit because they’re in a lot of pain,” Morris said. Morris said she sees patients come in for opioid-related incidents all the time. “It’s really difficult, because if a patient is addicted to any kind of substances, whether it’s amphetamines or any kind of narcotic to begin with, we can’t administer pain management, because it’s not going to affect the same pathway.”

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After executive branch’s scandals, two new PACs form to fill the fundraising gap MECHELLE HANKERSON Sen. Jennifer McClellan’s new political action committee isn’t for a gubernatorial run — at least not yet. The Richmond Democrat launched Virginia United last week with the goal of helping capture the General Assembly. She announced in a news release that the PAC has already raised $50,000 to support legislative and local candidates this November. “This is the last chance to take the majority before we do redistricting, we’re closer than we’ve ever been before,” McClellan said in an interview. “In 2017, it came down to pulling a name out of a bowl and I don’t want to see that happen again. If we don’t do it now, how long is it going to be?” McClellan’s PAC rollout comes at a time when the state’s top Democrats, who traditionally raise money for legislative races, have reported paltry numbers because of various scandals: A photo with someone in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe was found on Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page (he has said he’s not in the photo); Attorney General Mark Herring admitted to wearing blackface in college and two women accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. There has been growing speculation McClellan might run for governor in 2021, especially after the accusations against Fairfax surfaced. Before that, he was in line to become governor if Northam stepped down and McClellan appeared to be a shoo-in candidate for lieutenant governor. Rachel Bitecofer, a professor of political science and assistant director of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher

Newport University, sees the PAC as a sign that McClellan is interested in a gubernatorial run, given the avenue it provides to build name recognition and support among fellow Democrats. “It’s a real indication that she’s definitely eyeing that gubernatorial bid for me,” Bitecofer said. Fairfax, once seen as a potential Democratic front-runner, is no longer viable and Herring is vulnerable, said Bitecofer, who is predicting a large Democratic gubernatorial field in 2021 that could include a return by former Gov. Terry McAuliffe. He opted not to run for president but has demurred about whether he might run for governor again. If McClellan did run for governor and won, she’d be the first woman to hold that position. But Virginia United is not necessarily McClellan’s future gubernatorial PAC, McClellan said. “My number one priority is winning the majority and then using that majority in 2020 to get some of the things that I and other Democrats have been trying to do for over a decade,” she said. “Beyond that, I’m thinking about how and where I can best serve the commonwealth. I’ll make a decision on that after we get the majority and get our work done.” McClellan said the scandals in the executive branch were one consideration in choosing to launch Virginia United now, but her focus is on winning a majority to pass bills that have been blocked in the legislature for years. “Time will tell how much they’ll be able to do, but if I’m being honest, I think the party came to rely too heavily on the top three guys, or whoever the highest ranking Democrat was,” she said. ”It’s like

From left, Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Woodbridge, State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and Del. Hala Ayala, D-Woodbridge, pose in front of the ERA bus at the Capitol Nov. 10. PHOTO: Katherine Jordan any muscle, if we don’t exercise it, it gets weaker and we’re so close and there’s so much at stake, we need every cylinder firing at full throttle.” Tram Nguyen, the co-executive director at New Virginia Majority, Del. Cia Price, D-Newport News, and Alexsis Rodgers, communications director for the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood also felt compelled to respond after February’s scandals and formed the Rising Power PAC. “In these moments of deep political crises, we see character we haven’t

seen before and we saw a lack of leadership,” Rodgers said. “There’s only so long that you can really be outraged until you say, ‘What are you going to do, what’s the path forward?'” “In the midst of Virginia burning down … there’s this hope… and women of color can lead the way forward,” she said. Rising Power launched last week and has about 50 supporters so far, Rodgers said. The group is still

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finalizing board procedures. “The PAC is led by & supports (women of color) leaders committed to defending our rights, promoting dignity, and dismantling racial inequity,” Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Woodbridge, tweeted Sunday while asking people to donate. McClellan and Rodgers listed similar policy focuses for each PAC education funding; school disciplinary reform so students don’t end up in legal trouble for issues in the classroom; expanding and protecting access to health care, including reproductive health; anti-discrimination legislation in housing and employment and solar energy initiatives. Virginia United and Rising Power will also support local races. McClellan said policymaking doesn’t stop at the state level: Criminal justice reform, for example, can be carried out by local commonwealth’s attorneys, she said. Rising Power wants to support candidates who are “very qualified but running against insurmountable odds, financially,” Rodgers said. “How do we make sure women of color, when they run, are well-qualified and committed to progressive values, they don’t get so beat on the money race?” she said. McClellan said she’s noticed increased interest in black women candidates, especially since Stacey Abrams lost Georgia’s gubernatorial race by 55,000 votes, in part, some analysts said, because of voter suppression. “This is something that’s been building for a long time,” McClellan said of the new PACs. “We have seen informal support systems building up for years and I think this was just a way to formalize that.”

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Looking toward 2020, Virginia lawmakers double down on foster care reform — there are other challenges within the overarching child welfare system that In the wake of the have persisted for General Assembly’s decades and which push to reform lawmakers have yet Virginia’s foster care to address. Many system this year, of those have to do legislators seem with the workforce: poised to maintain Social services the momentum into agencies deal with future sessions. high turnover, low Virginia’s salaries and an Commission on antiquated training Youth held a foster system. care seminar for Carl Ayers “We have turnover legislators recently, rates that are with presenters approaching 40 plus percent in covering everything from how the many of our local departments,” current system works to what Carl Ayers, director of the Division foster parents and youth aging out of Family Services with DSS, of the system go through. told the commission on Monday. The point of the seminar, “The reality is we cannot keep explained Amy Atkinson, the our family services specialists commission’s executive director, is inside our local departments for, to get ready for the 2020 session generally, two years. Our training and educate lawmakers on foster program — to get them educated care, in particular to supplement and ready for their actual work the work of the newly-formed — is two years. So we aren’t even foster care caucus. getting them through the training The reform effort launched, in program to serve our children and part, to respond to a December families.” report by the Joint Legislative The lawmakers also heard from Audit and Review Commission, current foster parents and the which highlighted a host of ills challenges they face, along with within foster care. young adults who aged out of “Foster care is still a gray area foster care without a permanent for a lot of people,” said Del. connection. Staff from the Bedford Richard “Dickie” Bell, R-Staunton, County Department of Social the Commission’s chair, during Services also presented on how the seminar. “We have taken some difficult and traumatizing the job heat because of our system. We’re can be, while informing lawmakers here today to start the fix on that.” that a new social worker makes as Both advocates and social much as a new employee at Hobby services officials, while applauding Lobby. the upgrades instituted last “It’s easy to dwell on the session, have long urged the negative,” Bell said. “We live legislature not to treat the reform in that kind of world, that’s the as a one-time effort, claiming the culture we live in these days. problems will take years to fix. But let’s not turn the challenges While there are several areas of foster care into some kind of in which Virginia performs well ‘Eeyore’ moment: ‘Woe is me, we — like in speedily responding to can’t fix it.’ Because we can fix it.” reports of child abuse or neglect KATIE O’ONNOR

New GRTC signs provide bus stop number info in Braille Customers with visual impairments can more easily navigate GRTC’s system with newly installed Braille bus stop sign markers this month. Braille provides tactile reading with raised dots for people who are blind or visually impaired. Bus stop specific information, including the unique bus stop identification number, appears on the updated Braille markers. This provides another way for customers to easily identify a bus stop location, determine the bus stop number and check for bus arrival times through GRTC’s app, track-by-text or by calling customer service. GRTC Interim Chief Executive Officer Charlie Mitchell says, “We are committed to making GRTC accessible and easy to use for all customers. Enhancing our at-stop signage is an excellent improvement benefitting our riders needing additional visual assistance.” All GRTC bus stop signs will be updated to include the new Braille signs this month.

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You’re not getting enough sleep—and it’s killing you EMILY DREYFUSS The whole world is exhausted. And it’s killing us. But particularly me. As I wrote this, I was at the recent TED 2019 in Vancouver, which was a weeklong marathon of talks and workshops and coffee meetings and experiences and demos and late-night trivia contests and networking, networking, networking. Meanwhile, I was sick as a dog with a virus I caught from my 3-year-old, I was on deadline for what felt like a bazillion stories, and I’m pregnant, which means I needed coffee but couldn’t have too much, and need sleep but could only lay on my left side, and can’t breathe without sitting propped up with a pillow anyway, since I can’t safely take any cold medication. According to neuroscientist Matthew Walker, I’ve doing serious damage to my health—and life—by not sleeping enough. “The decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness, even the safety and education of our children. It’s a silent sleep loss epidemic. It’s The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 5 No. 21 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

fast becoming one of the greatest challenges we face in the 21st century,” Walker, an expert in sleep at UC Berkeley and author of the best-selling book “Why We Sleep”, told a rapt TED audience. After a morning of bleak talks on climate change and the harm of viral misinformation online—punctuated by frequent exclamations of “Well, that was alarming” by TED science curator David Biello, and stolen glances at Twitter for updates on the Mueller report and the happenings in the outside world—Walker’s talk felt like a jolt of caffeine to a weary system. (A comparison Walker might hate. He warns, in the strongest possible terms, about the harms of that particular stimulant.) He ran down all the ways in which sleep deprivation hurts people: it makes you dumber, more forgetful, unable to learn new things, more vulnerable to dementia, more likely to die of a heart attack, less able to fend off sickness with a strong immune system, more likely to get cancer, and it makes your body literally hurt more. Lack of sleep distorts your genes, and increases your risk of death generally, he said. It disrupts the creation of The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions. Letter writers and columnists opinions are their own and endorsements of their views by The LEGACY should be inferred. The LEGACY assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. Annual Subscription Rates Virginia - $50 U.S. states - $75 Outside U.S.- $100 The Virginia Legacy © 2016

sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, and leads to premature aging. Apparently, men who only sleep five hours a night have markedly smaller testicles than men who sleep more than seven. “Sleep loss will leak down into every nook and cranny of your physiology,” he said. “Sleep, unfortunately, is not an optional lifestyle luxury. Sleep is a nonnegotiable biological necessity. It is your life support system.” Of all the TED Talks I’ve heard, this one felt aimed right at me. At my heart. And my withered and overworked hippocampus, my brain’s “information inbox,” as Walker calls it. At my swollen, dark-ringed eyes. Yes, OK, maybe it’s because I’m so tired, and was so primed to hear it. But I wasn’t alone. Everyone is obsessed with sleep. And they know they’re not getting enough—hence the growing demand for sleeping pills, the emergence of sleep tracking devices (Walker wears an Oura Ring to track his), smart beds, Alexa integrations to put you to sleep, and mindfulness sleep apps. Arianna Huffington famously left journalism to found

a company devoted to sleep and wellness. After Walker’s talk, he was mobbed by acolytes in the conference center desperate to tell him how much his book—which covers the same topic as his TED talk—changed their lives, how they’d given up caffeine and alcohol and stopped feeling bad for leaving parties early to get sleep or refusing to look at work emails in bed. As the next session of TED talks was starting up, Walker kept trying to escape so he could watch, but people wouldn’t let him pass. They wanted to know what to eat, when to sleep, how to dream. His answers? Don’t drink caffeine or alcohol. Go to bed at the same time every night and wake up at the same time every morning (even on the weekends). Sleep in a cool room. If you are lying awake in bed, listening to the litany of worries your brain is churning through, get up, go into a different room, and do an activity, then return to bed when you’re ready. “You wouldn’t sit at the dinner table waiting to get hungry, so why lay in bed waiting

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(from page 6) sleep is contributing to cognitive to get tired,” he told a TED attendee who’d asked for advice. Meditate to calm your nervous system and your mind. Don’t default to sleeping pills, which are “blunt instruments that do not produce naturalistic sleep,” he said. Eventually, he said, he may be able to offer an “affordable, portable” brain-stimulating device that would use transcranial directcurrent stimulation to help people have deeper sleep. (Walker has just started a company called Stim Science, with backing from Khosla Ventures, to make such a product, he said.) People listened hard. They took notes during his talk (which is uncommon at TED, to my surprise) and as he spoke to the crowd afterward. His message came across as a rebuke of the idea that sleep deprivation and success somehow go hand in hand. Tim Cook reportedly wakes up at 3:45 am to start work. Barack Obama said he only sleeps about 5 hours. He’s a “night guy.” Donald Trump and Elon Musk both have said they sleep only a few hours a night. But Musk has also admitted to The New York Times that his work schedule was taking a toll on his mental health and whole life. Walker argued that it’s time to stop thinking that needing sleep is a sign of weakness or laziness. In fact, it’s the opposite. Sleep makes us better at everything. “The disruption of deep

decline,” Walker says—in aging patients at risk of or already experiencing dementia, and even in healthy people. “You need sleep after learning, to essentially hit the save button on those new memories so you don’t forget. But recently we’ve discovered that you also need sleep before learning. Almost like a dry sponge to suck up new information. Without sleep, the brain becomes essentially water logged.” That sounds about right. I heard approximately 18 different TED Talks. But I had barely slept two nights. When asked which talk had been my favorite of the day before, it took me a full 30 seconds to remember a single one. I’m determined to remember this one. In fact, I retreated to one of TED’s “sleep rooms” afterward and attempted a five-minute nap before writing this article in an effort to commit the talk to memory. I put on a sleep mask and let the white noise machine and an essential oil diffuser lull me into a moment of calm. In the eerie quiet of this manufactured zen zone inside a behemoth conference center at the foothills of the North Shore Mountains, I almost forgot about the news cycle, about my head cold, about the Mueller report. But then I remembered my deadline, bolted upright, unplugged the diffuser, plugged in my computer, and typed these words. Here’s hoping they help you, and me, get a little sleep tonight.

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Faith & Religion Catholic-Jewish relations warm in Rome but cool elsewhere RNS - During a standing-room-only speech at a Roman Catholic church in Chicago last week, Minister Louis Farrakhan attempted to defend himself against charges he promotes violence and hate. But then, in a speech livestreamed on the church website and on Facebook, he turned to a familiar refrain: anti-Semitism. “I just know the truth,” Farrakhan said at St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church. “And I’m here to separate the good Jews from the satanic Jews.” Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the AntiDefamation League, called Farrakhan’s remarks “vintage Farrakhan” and wondered why Chicago Catholics would invite him to speak. “These are the hateful notions that have poisoned the Nation of Islam’s worldview for decades, and it is deeply disappointing that he was given a platform in a church to spew his hateful vitriol,” Greenblatt said. The Rev. Michael Pfleger, an activist and showman known for opposing gun violence and racial injustice, declared he invited Farrakhan because “I have been and always will be a defender of free speech.” Earlier in the day in Rome, Pope Francis addressed a conference of scholars assembled at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and spoke of an “ever more profound and fraternal dialogue” between Catholics and Jews. Eric Meyers, professor emeritus of Judaic studies at Duke University who spoke at the conference, called it “a historic milestone in Catholic-Jewish relations.” He believes the conference might one day eclipse “Nostra Aetate,” the landmark 1965 Vatican declaration that established a new rapport between Jews and Catholics. The juxtaposition is a stark reminder that while Catholic, Protestant and Jewish scholarly and institutional structures have grown increasingly collaborative and warm, anti-Semitism remains a strong undertow. Pfleger, the 69-year-old priest of a predominantly African American church, said he invited Farrakhan after Facebook banned him, along with inflammatory right-wing figures Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos, from its site. The priest claimed that people hate Farrakhan because all they’ve heard from him are various sound bites. Pfleger said he had received more than 100 hateful emails; most were about

Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, speaks at St. Sabina Church on May 9 in Chicago. PHOTO: Ashlee Rezin/WIRE Farrakhan’s comments about “satanic Jews,” he said. Pfleger said he did not interpret Farrakhan’s comments as being anti-Semitic. The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in suburban Skokie protested the talk. Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, said in a statement he was not consulted before the speech. Cupich urged Pfleger to accept an invitation by the Illinois Holocaust Museum to meet with its leaders and Holocaust survivors and pledged to continue the archdiocese’s work with religious leaders in Chicago to promote tolerance, respect and nonviolence. “Antisemitic rhetoric — discriminatory invective of any kind — has no place in American public life, let alone in a Catholic church,” he said. “I apologize to my Jewish brothers and sisters, whose friendship I treasure, from whom I learn so much, and whose covenant with God remains eternal.” Ironically, Farrakhan’s speech received far more publicity than the May 7-9 conference in Rome dedicated to a reappraisal of Jesus and the Pharisees. At the conference, held on the occasion of the Pontifical Biblical Institute’s 110th anniversary, scholars challenged negative stereotypes that have built up over the centuries about the Pharisees. That religious party, which flourished around the time of Jesus, laid down some important precepts of what would later emerge as modern Judaism. The Pharisees emphasized strict adherence to the Torah’s purity laws, and that put them in direct conflict with Jesus as recorded in the New Testament.

But today the label “Pharisee” refers to someone who is self-righteous or a hypocrite and can have anti-Semitic overtones. “In our world, sadly, such negative stereotypes have become quite common,” the pope said. “One of the most ancient and most damaging stereotypes is that of a ‘Pharisee,’ especially when used to cast Jews in a negative light.” Francis has himself fallen into that trap, as John Allen of Crux has noted, frequently referring to Pharisees as “legalistic” and “rigid” and “starched.” The word was used last month by Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who accused Vice President Mike Pence of being a “Pharisee” when it comes to same-sex marriage. “One speaker after the other, we all said it’s time to change,” said Meyers. “It’s a significant moment in relations between Jews and Catholics.” Yet across the ocean, in Chicago, a Catholic priest introduced Farrakhan as “my brother and my friend.” Pfleger wondered aloud if Facebook hadn’t banned Farrakhan to keep people from hearing his entire message. The Nation of Islam leader is a voice against injustice against black people in the United States and needs to be heard, Pfleger said. In the speech filled with anti-Semitic tropes, Farrakhan said he had dinner years ago with then-cardinals Francis George and Joseph Bernardin of Chicago. Farrakhan said he had never spoken about it publicly before because of the backlash the cardinals would have received. Both are now deceased. Pfleger confirmed he had invited George to dinner at Farrakhan’s house and attended the meal. The Archdiocese of Chicago did not comment on whether either cardinal had met with Farrakhan. Pfleger appeared to defend Farrakhan, saying he called out the Catholic Church for its sexual abuse crisis, too. “I think he tried to point out there’s good and evil in every religion and every faith,” the priest said. In a statement, the Illinois Holocaust Museum said Farrakhan’s reference to “satanic Jews” come as no surprise. “We will continue to speak out against these remarks and encourage our community to use their voices and choices to bring people together and build them up,” the statement read, “not bring them down.”

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‘It just went poof’: Strange aftermath of Va. scandals In April, more than a dozen state lawmakers filed onto the stage, summoned by the smiling leader of their state: Ralph S. Northam, the governor of Virginia. On the governor’s right were a handful of House Democrats, who as a group in February said they were “no longer confident in the governor’s representation of Virginians,” after learning of a shocking racist photo on Mr. Northam’s medical-school yearbook page. On his left were mostly Republicans, including the speaker of the House, Delegate Kirk Cox, who’d declared that Northam’s “ability to lead and govern is permanently impaired.” Some on stage were members of the legislative black caucus, which called the yearbook photo “disgusting, reprehensible, and

offensive” and “a complete betrayal.” for resignations came from fellow Even so, as Northam took out a Virginia Democrats, Republicans pen at the event and signed bills and even 2020 presidential to overhaul the state’s foster care candidates. system, the lawmakers of both And then? “It just went poof,” said parties stood behind him, grinning Natalie Draper, a librarian sitting and clapping. in the back of a coffeehouse last This is the strange, suspended week in Richmond. “It’s like it never state of Virginia politics, just two happened.” months after scandal after scandal Virginians have various theories seemed to be devouring the state’s as to how this surreal normalcy set government from the top down. in. In the space of a week in early Some say the whole mess was February, the public was stunned so exhausting and embarrassing by revelations about each of the that by the time the legislature three highest statewide elected adjourned on Feb. 24, the outrage officials, all Democrats: the racist had burned itself out. Others photo in the governor’s yearbook; point to polls that showed Virginia accusations of sexual assault against voters were considerably less the lieutenant governor; and the hungry for resignations than B:9.75” attorney general’s appearance in their representatives were. Some T:9.75” blackface at a party in college. political observers mused about Protesters and news crews more fundamental changes to the S:9.75” swarmed the Statehouse. Calls life span of scandal, describing

President Trump’s approach to bad press as if it were a revolutionary medical breakthrough. “Don’t apologize, move on, and everybody will talk about something else next week,” is how Ben Tribbett, a Democratic strategist, described it. “Maybe we’ve been doing it wrong over the last 100 years.” For the Democrats, perhaps above all, there are the blunt political realities. Whatever may happen in the 2021 election for governor, every seat in the Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly will be up this November, and Democrats have a chance to take back power in at least one chamber of the legislature. That will be hard enough now, given the bales of fodder Republicans now have for attack ads. But the idea of trying

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Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia walking together to an event in Richmond on March 24. Both men cut back on public appearances for a time after scandals involving each of them erupted in quick succession in February. PHOTO: Parker Michels-Boyce/NYT

(from page 9) to raise money and hold rallies while spurning the three highest officeholders in the state came to be seen by many Democrats as just a needless handicap. Betsy Carr, a Democratic delegate, said shortly after stepping off the stage with Northam that voters “want to move on.” “They want positive things to happen, they’re concerned about the elections,” she said. That sort of hard pragmatism is common among Democratic figures these days. But it is not unanimous. Many younger people in the party, in particular, are frustrated by what they see as the leadership’s hurry to move on from the scandals rather than come to grips with them. “Winning is important,” said Taikein Cooper, the 30-year-old chairman of the Prince Edward County Democratic Party, “but we also have to have some morals.”

In the immediate wake of the scandals, the governor all but disappeared, either avoiding public events or being explicitly disinvited from them. The gears of state government kept turning — bills were signed or vetoed, cabinet secretaries did their work — but Mr. Northam’s public resurfacing was slow, beginning with an appearance in early March at the third annual Public Safety Unmanned Aircraft Systems Conference. Still, it is only in recent weeks that his public schedule has approached normal — or at least, something that looks normal from the outside. “I think groups are struggling with, ‘What do we do? What do we do about inviting him? Do we want him the centerpiece of an announcement?’” said Cox, the House speaker, who spoke with Northam at the bill-signing for the first time since February. “It’s going to be pretty hard to say we’re just

going to have a normal governorship for the next three years,” Cox said. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, too, has been showing up at public events more often. But rather than trying to change the subject from the allegations against him, he dives right into them, even unprompted, as he did on the last day of the legislative session in a surprise speech comparing himself to a victim of lynching. Mark Herring, the attorney general, has taken questions from the public on a few occasions since his own blackface scandal broke. But when he talked recently with reporters in Washington, after a Supreme Court hearing on gerrymandering, no one asked him about the episode. Democrats fully acknowledge that there is unfinished business in all this. But they cite the lack of resolution as a reason to slow down on those immediate calls for

resignations. “Most people wanted to give the governor time to sort out what had happened,” said State Senator Scott A. Surovell. “I think a lot of people question whether he’s in that picture, and they’re waiting for more information about who’s actually in it.” Initially, Northam apologized for appearing in the yearbook photo, which shows a man in blackface makeup standing next to someone wearing a Klan robe and hood. But since then, he has insisted that he is actually not either of the people in the picture, and he has pledged to get to the bottom of the matter. The mechanism for that appears to be an inquiry that began last month, conducted on behalf of Eastern Virginia Medical School by the law firm McGuireWoods. That investigation into the role of racism in the past and present

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‘Pride & Joy’ delivers the Motown sound and swag in spectacular form D. KEVIN McNEIR From the very first downbeat and accompanying dance routine, performed to the 1959 tune made famous by Chubby Checker when he added his special touch to the tune “The Twist” just a year later, it seemed evident that “Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gaye Musical” had all the makings of an old-school, blue lights in the basement party, fueled by the phenomenal, new wave of rock and soul that would take the world by storm throughout the turbulent ’60s. And while some members of the audience found it impossible to remain seated, they would be even more captivated by a repertoire of subsequent tunes now firmly entrenched in America’s Songbook — part and parcel of songs shared by Berry Gordy Jr. and his Hitsville USA vocalists, musicians and dancers — all members of the Motown Records family. The musical, which marked its world premiere at the National Theater in Washington, D.C. on May 8, invites its audience to tag along to witness the previously untold fairy-tale romance of the legendary Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy, one of the boss’s sisters and a highly competent businesswoman who not only bedazzles Gaye as his career takes shape, but also snags his heart — becoming his wife, mother of his firstborn son and co-writer for several of Motown’s most endearing ballads — songs inspired by the twosome’s love, creativity and, at times, volatile clashes. The play, based on the diaries of Anna Gordy Gaye, comes to the stage with the blessing of Gordy himself who not only reviewed the script but handpicked one of the lead performers, Jarran Muse, for the

role of Marvin Gaye in his younger days. Playwrights for the production come from the collaborative efforts of Marvin and Anna’s son, Marvin Gaye III, Angela Barrow-Dunlap and D’Extra Wiley — business partner and longtime friend of Marvin III who also dons the roles of both Jackie Wilson and Frankie Gaye (Marvin’s brother). The music, of course, comes from the vast Motown catalogue under the guidance of Music Director Cordell Walton, along with energetic, fresh choreography conceived by Tristan Andrews and Angela Blocker-Loyd — each of whom hails from Detroit — the city in which it all began. No one who really appreciates songs with heartfelt lyrics, beautiful harmonies and intricately-delivered musical accompaniments can honestly dispute the magical touch and impact that Motown, armed with a bevy of unforgettable songs, soloists and singing ensembles, has had on the nation and the world — even 60 years since its founding. And it’s the sound, the soul and the swagger of the Motown sound that reverberates throughout “Pride & Joy” — with an emphasis on the music written and/or performed by the D.C.’s own Marvin Gaye. And what an amazing portfolio he left for the world. Two actors share the responsibility of bringing Gaye to the stage and both are superb in their performances — delivering the extraordinary artist during his earlier years, Muse, and in his later years, Chae Stephen. Both gentlemen easily hit the mark, comfortably unleashing the resonating, conversational timber of speech, the svelte, pitch-perfect vocals and the alluring walk and aura that would become second

Chae Stephen stars in “Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gaye Musical.” nature to Gaye, making him a household name. As for confirmation regarding the delivery of the two “Marvins,” this writer only needed to look to the left or right and witness members of the audience, both women and men, young or old, who seemed enthralled by both actors, particularly Muse — singing along, snapping their fingers, rocking their heads, clapping their hands or nodding while the actors’ delivered their lines to signal their approval and pleasure. In fact, the entire cast does a bang-up job in this production, most notably Tony Grant in his impressive performance and superb vocal delivery in the role of Harvey Fuqua — one of Gaye’s closest friends during his formative years in the business and a talented singer in his own right. Krystal Drake also shines as Anna Gordy Gaye as do both Justin Reynolds, who easily caresses the falsetto riffs made famous by Smokey Robinson, and Kourtney Lenton, who gives a sultry, “song-sational” performance as Gaye’s beloved singing partner, Tammi Terrell. If you can overlook some of the

moments of inertness caused by portions of the script that could have easily been eliminated, or perhaps more effectively delivered by an omniscient narrator, then “Pride & Joy” is a show you don’t want to miss. Even a week later, the songs made famous by the unforgettable duo of Tammi and Marvin, soulfully rendered by actors Lenton and Muse, continue to resound in this writer’s mind, heart and soul. OK, I’ll admit, this production isn’t as polished — at least not yet — as the similarly-themed Broadway hit, “Motown the Musical.” But it’s still a whole lot of fun and certainly worth the price of admission. Check it out and get your groove on. I sure did.

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(from page 10) culture of the school was also examining the circumstances of the infamous photo. No findings have been announced yet. Still, Northam made another pledge around the time he announced that he was staying put: to focus for the rest of his term on addressing racial inequities in American life, a theme he now repeatedly emphasizes in speeches. The governor “welcomes the opportunity for future conversations” on improving racial equity, said a spokeswoman, Ofirah Yheskel, who pointed out various measures the governor has supported in recent weeks that reflect “his focus on the equity issues.” One of the chief barometers of Northam’s success on this front has become the opinion of the legislative black caucus, to which other Democrats have readily deferred since the scandals broke. Members of the caucus have laid out their priorities in meetings and conversations with the governor, and they say he has mostly abided. “He’s been trying hard, from what I can see,” said Del. Lamont Bagby, the chairman of the caucus. “He’s stumbled on his own feet a couple times, I think he would agree to that.” But Mr. Bagby gave his approval to the governor’s choice of bills to veto and amendments to propose over the past few weeks, and he said he believed that long-delayed but badly needed conversations about race had begun. The contrast was stark. Fairfax began with praise for Height’s “oratory around the issue of anti-lynching,” but it quickly became clear he was also talking about other matters. “She saw what was happening in this country, where people were being falsely accused,” Fairfax said. “They were not given due process. They were having their lives in so many ways impacted negatively, in some ways taken away, because people wanted not to get to the truth but ultimately wanted things changed in a negative way for nefarious reasons.” It was barely subtext, and he would revisit these themes more forthrightly two nights later at a Women’s History Month mixer in Hampton, Va., an event sponsored by the local chapter of the NAACP After the lieutenant governor gave a short speech on his fight against “fabricated claims and false allegations,” the crowd erupted in cheers of support. Like Northam, Fairfax has insisted on an investigation into the accusations against him. He contends that he is being accused of sexual assault and rape for encounters that were consensual.

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Virginia following legal debate that could threaten interstate lottery games ‘very closely’ MECHELLE HANKERSON A new interpretation of a federal law by the U.S. Department of Justice could mean some nationwide games offered by the Virginia Lottery would have to stop, cutting off about 15 percent of the agency’s annual sales. The Virginia Lottery is following legal proceedings “very closely” related to the opinion, said spokesperson John Hagerty, but has not filed its own lawsuit against the federal government. The DOJ issued an opinion in late 2018 about the Wire Act, which was passed in 1961 to curb gambling operations that funded organized crime. Federal officials now say the law is “not uniformly limited to gambling on sporting events or contests,” and prohibitions in it apply to lottery games played among states, like the Mega Millions game. In 2010, New York and Illinois wanted clarification on whether its lottery agencies could use the internet and out-of-state processors to sell lottery tickets to people living in their states. The Department of Justice at the time said the Wire Act didn’t apply to lottery games. The new opinion reverses that. “While the Wire Act is not a model of artful drafting, we conclude that the words of the statute are sufficiently clear and that all but one of its prohibitions sweep beyond sports gambling,” the opinion states. The New Hampshire Lottery Commission sued over the ruling. The state, like Virginia, is also part of several multi-jurisdictional groups that sell tickets for larger lottery games, like Powerball and Mega Millions. The recent opinion could make it illegal to operate any lottery game, since much of the infrastructure for lottery games — companies that create the tickets or handle the randomization aspect — are

national companies, New Hampshire officials wrote in the complaint. Last month, the federal government asked a judge to dismiss New Hampshire’s lawsuit because the 2018 opinion was not meant to target lotteries or lottery vendor, a claim disputed by states and lottery agencies. A judge later ruled the lawsuit could proceed while the DOJ reviews the most recent opinion. The Virginia Lottery signed on to an amicus brief in the case with six other state lottery agencies, five states and the District of Columbia. Attorney General Mark Herring also signed on to a letter with 24 other attorneys general asking U.S. Attorney General William Barr for a meeting to discuss what a change in the Wire Act’s interpretation would mean. “State-run and multi-state lotteries are a consistent source of state revenue, representing many billions of dollars in annual funding used to fund vital state services such as schools and other educational initiatives, services for senior citizens, and infrastructure projects,” the attorneys general wrote to Barr. “In light of these concerns, we ask for time to meet with you in the coming weeks to confirm that the department does not intend to enforce this law against state lotteries and their associated vendors.” In the brief filed by lottery agencies around the country, Michigan officials estimated the 47 government-operated lotteries brought in a combined $80 billion in revenue in 2017. In New Hampshire’s complaints, attorneys

said the 45 states that offer multijurisdictional games made a combined $7.8 billion in 2017. “The lotteries are now faced with choosing between permanently losing millions of dollars in funding for vital public services or potentially facing criminal liability,” Michigan lottery officials wrote in the brief Virginia signed on to. Virginia uses five out-of-state vendors for its games, according to Hagerty, the lottery spokesman. Last fiscal year, 12 percent of the agency’s $2.1 billion in sales were from three multi-state games

Virginia offers. Last year in Virginia, the Cash4Life game made $15.2 million; the Powerball game brought in $130.78 million and MegaMillions made $110.39 million. It’s hard to know exactly how much those games’ sales ended up going toward public education. Lottery proceeds go toward K-12 education in Virginia, which is the money left after paying commissions to retailers who carry the games, the agency’s operating costs and prizes. A decision in the New Hampshire case is expected by early June. - VM

(from page 12) release saying that Fairfax had His demands for an investigation are echoed by fellow Democrats, as Northam’s are. But it remains unclear where exactly such an investigation is to come from. “If it’s proved in a court of law, something needs to be done, but we’re not there yet,” Carr, the lawmaker, said. Prosecutors in North Carolina and Massachusetts have been in contact with the two women who accused Fairfax — Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson — but there has been no public indication yet that a criminal investigation has been formally opened. Republican lawmakers announced plans for an investigative hearing, and both accusers have said repeatedly that they are willing to testify publicly as part of a bipartisan process, but Democratic lawmakers have balked, seeing such a hearing as a fruitless exercise prone to partisan grandstanding. At this point, there are few other obvious options. “We are actually engaged in initiating processes that will make the truth known,” Fairfax said at the event in Hampton, speaking over the live jazz music and pleas for him to join in group photos. He declined to elaborate further. A lawyer for Fairfax issued a news

undergone polygraph examinations administered by a former F.B.I. agent, and that the results “demonstrated that Lt. Gov. Fairfax was telling the truth” in denying the allegations. A spokeswoman said these exams were separate from the “processes” that Fairfax had spoken of earlier. And so life goes on in Virginia, with the legislature coming back this week for a quick session and with the political jockeying getting underway before the primaries in June. Democratic lawmakers who are asked what may come next on the scandal front have no concrete answer; most say their constituents would rather hear about roadwork, school financing and health care. Those, after all, are matters that state politicians can actually change, as opposed to the things that apparently they cannot. “The calls for resignation have not been rescinded,” Del. Jeff Bourne, a member of the legislative black caucus, said a few days before appearing with the governor at a bill-signing ceremony. “But I think it’s one of those things where we are operating in the current state of affairs. And the current state of affairs is that the governor and lieutenant governor are still there.”

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Storm-ravaged bases wait on Washington for repair money When President Donald Trump toured the storm-ravaged Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida last week, he vowed it would be rebuilt. “We’ll have many more people working at Tyndall than you had before the hurricane, so get ready for that,” Trump later said at a rally a few miles from the military base. But months after natural disasters wrought havoc on the site and several other military posts, the White House has yet to formally ask Congress for the funding, and talks have stalled between the two branches of government on a disaster aid package to address the problem. Hundreds of millions of repair dollars are at stake for Tyndall, Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Negotiations over an aid package for those repairs have

(from page 4) from Ghana before he was born. He grew up in Springfield and watched his uncle earn an accounting degree from Norfolk State University. Boakye, too, was drawn to business, and VCU was a natural fit when it came time to select a school, he said. “I grew up in a very diverse area,” he said. “When I saw that VCU provided the same type of environment, it was a no-brainer for me.” On Saturday, Boakye became the first person in his immediate family to graduate from college. At VCU, he poured himself into student organizations, including the African Student Union and the VCU chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants. He is part of the first cohort of students to graduate through the university’s TRIO program, a federally funded program that supports first-generation students. Boakye also was active in his fraternity, the Theta Rho Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. Last year, he and his fraternity

snagged on the amount of aid Puerto Rico should get, causing gridlock that is frustrating military leaders, lawmakers and residents of affected areas. The delay has also caused a domino effect for military construction projects outside these three devastated communities stateside. As funding ran out for recovery efforts last month, the Air Force halted and moved funding from 61 critical infrastructure projects across 18 states and five overseas locations, while the Marine Corps did likewise. Without a direct request from the White House budget office, the military has gone to Congress with its needs. The services have assessed $4.7 billion in damage at Tyndall, $3.7 billion at Lejeune and other East Coast facilities, and at least $700 million at Offutt.

Unlike the White House, Congress hasn’t waited to act. The House Appropriations Committee recently passed its military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs spending bill with $300 million for Offutt rebuilding, though that bill, too, has yet to become law. “We have to have relief for all the

damage to our bases. It’s very serious,” said the panel’s top Republican, Rep. Kay Granger of Texas. Lawmakers have reprogrammed $400 million for the Marine Corps to address its most pressing infrastructure needs, and both the

brothers produced a short film, “Celebrate VCU,” that highlights the university’s diversity. The film, Boakye said, was produced in response to the August 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. “Part of being in an African American fraternity, it’s our duty to be a voice for the black community,” Boakye said. “We wanted to talk about how our differences at VCU is really what makes us similar as a community.” Those differences — the diversity of people, cultures and organizations — make VCU a special place, Boakye said. It was his decision to pledge Alpha Phi Alpha that led to him working on the film. And it was Boakye’s membership in NABA that led to his new job. He joined the association in the fall of 2017 and that October attended an association conference in Norfolk. Business students throughout the East Coast were there, Boakye said. He wedged his way to the front of a crowd when the doors opened for the career fair and went straight to the Johnson &

Johnson booth. “I had my eye on them,” Boakye said. “I had learned Johnson & Johnson was ranked best company to work for and [about] their credo, which emphasizes the importance of not only treating their customers great but making the treatment of employees a priority.” Two days later, Boakye was offered a summer internship in supply chain finance in Santa Ana, California, where he helped calculate inventory at distribution and manufacturing centers and retail stores. He excelled in the role, and later applied for a spot in Johnson & Johnson’s Finance Leadership Development Program, a rotational opportunity for aspiring finance professionals. Boakye and other finalists were flown to New Jersey in early August for a two-day interview. “It was the most stressful time of my life,” Boakye said. “I did not sleep or eat. I lost 9 pounds stressing about how everything came down to this moment. I was thinking about how my mom and dad migrated from

Ghana just to provide me with this opportunity.” It was an anxious moment, and when Boakye was accepted into the program, he was overcome with emotion. “It was as if all my hard work had finally paid off,” he said. Boakye’s first rotation will be in Piscataway, New Jersey, at Johnson & Johnson’s headquarters. He aspires to one day become a chief financial officer and start his own business. He said he has come a long way since his first days at VCU. “I remember I was a very shy, introverted kid from Northern Virginia. One thing I learned was to become comfortable being uncomfortable,” he said. “I had to go out of my way to build skills that a CFO would need. I started doing more public speaking, I started taking more leadership roles. My advice to any student: Be comfortable being uncomfortable, because that’s the only way you can grow, during uncomfortable or new situations.” -VCU News

Donald Trump, center, speaks to Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott at hurricane-ravaged Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

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(from page 14) GOP-led Senate Appropriations Committee and Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee drafted disaster aid packages with $1.1 billion for the Air Force and $315 million for the Marine Corps. On Friday, the House passed its bill, a $17.2 billion package for states hit by flooding and other disasters, despite opposition from Trump, who urged Republicans to vote against it over what he saw as excessive funding for Puerto Rico. The measure passed 257-150, with 34 Republican “yes” votes. “House Republicans should not vote for the BAD DEMOCRAT Disaster Supplemental Bill,” Trump tweeted on Thursday evening. He has claimed Puerto Rico mismanaged aid in the wake of damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017. The Senate is still hashing out its own disaster relief package. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called on the Senate earlier this week to pass its own package before the Memorial Day recess. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said at a hearing last week that if the money doesn’t come through, the service will have to cancel some major exercises in June, stop new work at Offutt in July and cancel up to 18,000 flying hours in September. “Today we are just now moving people out of tents at Tyndall Air Force Base from a storm that happened in early October,” Wilson said. “If you go there, it looks like a war zone. Ninety-five percent of the facilities have been damaged or destroyed. We want to bring Tyndall back as quickly as we can, and to do that we need additional disaster relief.” The Marine Corps’ No. 2 uniformed officer, Gen. Gary Thomas, said 800 buildings were damaged at Lejeune and the conditions remain “a little expeditionary.” “I saw a young Marine sitting at a desk, the wall was exposed to the outside air. We had an air crew doing their mission planning in the hangar, a place where they can guarantee it’s dry,” he said.

This aircraft hangar at Camp Lejeune is one of roughly 800 buildings damaged by Hurricane Florence in October 2018 between Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. PHOTO: Allie Erenbaum/U.S. Marine Corps Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican on the House Armed Services Committee who once commanded Offutt and now represents an adjacent community, said floodwaters destroyed a vital simulator for the mission crew of the Boeing RC-135 spy plane, as well as intelligence exploitation equipment. The post hosts the 55th Wing, which operates 46 aircraft, including 13 models of seven different types for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic attack, and command and control — and Bacon is warning colleagues that training and readiness are in jeopardy if Congress doesn’t approve more money. “In the past day or two, we’re getting clarity on their equipment inside the buildings and what a terrible toll — it’s not just desks,” Bacon said. “Now the Air Force is coming forward and saying we need a new mission simulator, training equipment, and we are looking at another $300-400 million (above a

previous estimate of $300 million).” Bacon was critical of both a White House move to roll $4.5 million in emergency funding for the U.S.Mexico border into the package and of Democrats seeking block grants for Puerto Rico. Lawmakers are pushing the Air Force to rebuild Tyndall Air Base, the hurricane-ravaged home of its F-22 Raptor training fleet. “I think it should be a straight ‘disaster relief bill’ — don’t add the border to it,” Bacon said. “Can we just keep this simple? The more we throw in — whether it’s the border or pet rocks on the Democrat side — the more we ain’t going to get that done.” The impasse has alarmed Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who’s been struggling to triangulate between the White House and congressional Republicans and Democrats for a bill that could pass Congress. In recent days, Shelby has warned colleagues

and reporters that if this deal is difficult to accomplish, a larger deal to fund the federal government and avoid sequestration budget cuts will be much tougher. Shelby said the White House has been difficult to pin down in these talks. “If we’re not able to do this — and I hope we are — what does that say about the future and something much bigger and more complex?” he said. Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and other Senate Democrats accused Trump of not wanting a deal and Senate Republicans of enabling him. “I was surprised to see the president in Florida promise all this money, it’s not in his budget at all, and Republicans have blocked Democrats for voting for the money the president says he wants,” Leahy said. “I’ve never seen such an Alice in Wonderland thing, unless Republicans are blocking disaster relief to help the president’s tweets.”

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