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“We lost people, roofs and houses, but our community worked hard to get back on its feet,” said Wilfredo Lopez, a community leader of the Sonadora neighbourhood in Aguas Buenas, which had disaster-trained residents and its own protocols in place before the storm hit.
(Reporting By Luis Valentin Ortiz; Editing by Daniel Bases and David Gregorio)
Updated Sept 19, 2018
By Johnathan Silver American-Statesman Staff
https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/20/inside-the-beltway-they-still-value-values-as-dc-r/
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Thursday, September 20, 2018
The Values Voters Summit has arrived in the nation’s capital for the 12th year in a row, and just in time. Amid discord, distractions, media mayhem and the rigors of a fast-approaching election, the three-day event provides a forum for traditional values, drawing 3,000 people and an impressive roster of 65 speakers. The weekend is dedicated to ensuring the “momentum” of bedrock values — along with religious freedom, pro-life causes, the state of conservatism, effective pushback against cultural foes and national security.
“Values voters waited eight years for a leader who puts America’s mission first and respects the values that made America into a great nation. In 2016, values voters were instrumental in the election of President Trump and Vice President Pence,” says Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, chief organizer of the event — to be covered by C-SPAN.
Indeed, a Pew Research Center analysis released in August that charts “political values” of those who voted in the presidential election two years ago found that 98 percent of voters who are “consistently conservative” voted for Mr. Trump; 87 percent of the “mostly conservative” sided with him. The research also found that 77 percent of white evangelicals voted for Mr. Trump.
“Values voters will be coming to our nation’s capital eager to continue the restoration of faith, family, and freedom in American life,” Mr. Perkins says. “Since the early days of the campaign, President Trump allied himself with values voters, promising to put an end to the relentless assault on the First Amendment. Poll after poll has revealed that values voters remain committed to an administration that is committed to keeping their promises and restoring American’s fundamental freedoms.”
The scores of speakers include Mr. Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, analysts Oliver North and Sebastian Gorka, former congresswoman Michele Bachmann, radio hosts Bill Bennett and Dana Loesch, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson — who will be speaking from a personal rather than an official standpoint.
10:23 p.m. on Thursday, September 20, 2018
President Trump expressed frustration Thursday with the Senate’s delay in advancing his Supreme Court nomination, telling lawmakers it was time to “get on with it.”
The president, speaking to Fox News in Las Vegas just before taking the stage for a political rally, said he believes Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, deserves a chance to be heard, but he said Republicans have been fair in delaying action and trying to give her a chance.
