I want to thank gary for his to improve rts Economic Development and wish im nothing but the best in a elldeserved retirement. Mr. Speaker, i rise to bring attention to kentuckys avoidable economic failures during this very serious pandemic. Unfortunately covid19 has taken a harsh toll on the economies of all 50 states. However, harmful policies from democratrun states have only made the problem worse. At a time when we should be encouraging the safe reopening of our economy, kentuckys governor recently issued an order shutting down schools and indoor dining. Kentuckys restaurants were already suffering from the last round of shutdowns. And this shortsighted order will only cause more pain and suffering. To make matters worse, our governor is producing no data to justify the need to shut down businesses which have dramatically adjusted to the challenges presented by covid19. And in the end of inperson learning will only create more challenges for students and teachers. Furthermore, it
A series of tax breaks sanctions and really just unprincipled market behavior to try to support American Energy companies and its all blown up in their face in a pandemic has made it even worse and i dont think theres any really any real road back i mean this is some of the most worse was poorly thought out policies i can imagine and people and average working people are going to pay for it go ahead learn. It well i agree with that assessment because. This has been very much all shared all of the u. S. Media for quite some time and indeed it has been very spectacular that its going to stay to its taken from a huge Energy Importer to become a big exporter and theyre going to trump celebrated america again this Energy Independence which high priority however this was achieved on many things was not just the shale take knowledge of us also. Also able to a large extent to replace the energy or oil coming out of iran and venezuela by sanctioning them and replacing it furthermore since the r
Assistant secretary of state nominee for democracy, human rights and labor. We could also see work on 2020 spending for defense, plus energy and water. Now live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who judges justly our nation and world, we honor your name. You are so patient with us. Cleanse our eyes that we may see more clearly, open our hearts that we may love you more dearly. We confess that sometimes injustice seems to prevail. Avenge injustice, o god, and cause the godly to rejoice. Deliver us from those who seek to set an ambush for freedom. Lord, give our lawmakers the wisdom to look to you for safety for you are our strength and salvation. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america
job in his life, trust fund brat, john fetterman. it s gone from bad to worse and it s getting hard to watch. we will play the tape. also we have an exclusive interview with congressman matt gaetz as career prosecutors are reportedly recommending no charges in the investigation that has now consumed his life for almost two years. first with just 46 days until the critical, well, inflection point midterm elections, i want to take a step back and lay out exactly what is at stake. as i ve been trying to say, this might be the most important and consequent on midterm election of our lifetime and its critical republicans be very clear with you the american people what they believe in, why they believe it, how the conservative agenda is going to deliver results for americans especially those that most need it. our country is in turmoil. we have a broken border, all caused by joe biden, surging inflation caused by joe biden, a sinking stock market caused by joe biden and the climate
this inflation and if it can be tamed. and border patrol agents, we re told, are furious that the department of homeland security is about to discipline their colleagues who were falsely accused of whipping haitian migrants last summer when they were actually using reins of their horses to control those animals. we have live fox team coverage and all these stories for you coast to coast. let s begin first with bill melugin with more on the situation among the border patrol agents because of those photographs that went viral with a lot of false accusations. hey, bill. reporter: eric, good afternoon to you. that s exactly right, multiple sources tell me they are irate about this. they feel that the president and other politicians essentially convict these horseback agents before they ever had a chance at an investigation, and now we re hearing they re going to be disciplined. if we can rewind the clock to last september, del rio, those horseback agents were responding to thou