Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 80, the nays are 16. The bill, as amended, is passed. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for wisconsin. Mr. Johnson mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i come to the floor today to urge the senate to immediately take action to address the issue of elections. And specifically to address technical changes to the 400 million in electric security funding passed in the cares act and to talk about the coronavirus threat to our democracy itself. 16 states have already postponed their president ial primaries or transitioned that i primary their primaries to almost voting entirely by mai
[inaudible conversations] well reconvene, and i now recognize the senator from alaska. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, welcome. Thank you for all that you do. I want to give a special thanks for the shoreline mapping that we are seeing coming out of the department. Your support for this mapping on the shoreline and near shore is appreciated. We recognize the value of the president s memorandum on mapping. I also want to thank you for the departments recent work on the disaster funds for the two fisheries disasters that we have seen. It is important to us, and as you know, there is more in that pipeline. When we first met some years back, i promised you that you were going to think of fishing when you visited with me, and im not going i to disappoint yu today [laughter] as i look through my seven priorities here for the department of commerce, six of those relate to fisheries or to our ocean. So let me, let me begin with funding for fisheries surveys. You know the significance o
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] we will reconvene and i recognize the senator from alaska. Thank you for all that you do , chairman. To give thanks for the shoreline mapping we are seeing coming out of the department. Your support for this mapping on the shoreline and near shore is appreciated. We recognize the value of the president s memorandum on mapping. To thank you for the departments recent work on the disaster funds for the two fisheries disasters we have een. Its important and there is more in that pipeline. When we first met some years back i promised you that you were going to think of fishing when you visited with me and im not going to disappoint you today. I look through my seven priorities here for the department of commerce, six of those relate to fisheries or to our oceans. So let me begin with funding for fi
Senator moran the committee will reconvene, i recognize the senator from alaska. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thank you for all that you d do. I want to give a special thanks for the shoreline mapping that we are seeing coming out of the department. Senator mruczkowski your support for this mapping on the senator murkowski your support for this mapping is wonderful. I want to thank you for the departments recent work on the disaster funds for the two fisheries disasters we have een. Its important and there is more in that pipeline. When we first met some years back i promised you that you were going to think of fishing when you visited with me and im not going to disappoint you today. I look through my seven priorities here for the department of commerce, six of those relate to fisheries or to our oceans. So let me begin with funding for fisheries surveys. You know the significance of the fisheries in my state. We rely on annual surveys conducted by regional Science Centers
The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,