Work. On the agenda today several measures on humanitarian aid and human rights. Off the floor, House Democrats will meet this afternoon to discuss the impeachment inquiry of president trump. The house is live here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As members of the peoples house return to washington, we ask your blessing upon them that they might be all the more focused in their work as modeled by so Many Americans in their efforts these past days, prepared to Work Together to address our nations most pressing needs. As a community of colleagues, we ask your blessing on representative clyburn and his family who mourn the loss of his beloved wife, emily. May all those who mourn the loss of their loved ones be comforted by your spirit and lifted up by the support of their colleagues and friends. May all that is done
For those who dont know me, i am neil saul, Student Program ps coordinate here at the Cato Institute and an honor to introduce tonight, tonight is it at the heritage interns go headtohead with acute interns to debate is libertarianism or conservatism the superior political philosophy . With political flossie provides better answers to todays most important political questions . Of course each of us have always had much to agree upon, limited government, free markets and individual liberty are all pillars of the political flossie that we both value and appalled. Which of often led us to the same policy preferences and conclusions. Yet, what each of us invasion in a Free Society Without governmental and regulatory intrusion often does look quite different. Policy preferences surrounding foreign policy, immigration, sex work, emerging technology, marriage and families come just in a few, create cleavages that emerge from differences between our political philosophies. As weve seen in toda
Automatic sequester cuts. Kentucky senator rand paul will offer an amendment to lower spending caps over the next decade. We expect final votes later this morning and we may also see more work on President Trumps judicial nominations. Now live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who has created humanity in your image, look upon us and hear our prayers. Today, give our lawmakers the desire to do your will and the energy to complete the tasks that will glorify your name. That which they dont know, reveal it. That which they lack, supply it and that which they doubt, confirm it. Keep them blameless in your service, so that their lives will be living letters causing people to exalt your name. Lord, strengthen their minds for your service, so that your wisdom will permeate their endeavors. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in re
Unfavorable . Lee did a poll the last couple weeks with a verepresentative of the population put out 20 questions but a lot of good nuggets are in there but the real conundrum is on the one hand they really value in support Space Exploration but 70 percent they see that as a public good in space and support Government Intervention there and we dont have support that way but nasa should be involved in space and on the flipside but not to go to the moon or even mars or even Long Distance unmanned exploration it is about being close to earth what helps our existence on the planet like to monitor weather patterns so on the one hand we have been there done that. Not so interested in mars. 52 percent support actually using space to better our lives on earth. What about the 8 percent this is a number that usa today highlights saying it should not be a top priority for nasa and the administration has said we are going back by 2024. They are not aligned with Public Opinion. As i said before the
Department through the commerce secretary wilbur ross put out a statement essentially saying that the 2020 census would go forward without the Citizenship Question, even though they dont agree with it, even though they dont like it, the census is being printed. Here is what the commerce secretary said yesterday, quote, the, he said he respect the Supreme Court but strongly disagree with its ruling regarding my decision to reinstate a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. The Census Bureau started process printing the questionnaires without the census. My focus, that of the bureau and entire department is to conduct a complete and accurate census. Seems pretty straightforward, right . Just a while ago we got the tweet from the president. The news reports about the department of commerce dropping the quest to put the Citizenship Question on the sin ses is indirect, state differently, fake. We are absolutely moving forward as we must because of the importance of the answer to this ques