Next, a discussion on trends to the u. S. Political system. Topics include the impeachment inquiry, President Trumps use of social media and the role of the courts. From the Brookings Institution this is 90 minutes. [inaudible] i would like to welcome me to our forum on impeachment, foreign interference and Election Security and 2020. It has been several weeks since Speaker Pelosi launched the impeachment inquiry. Theres been testimony from a number of Administration Officials and soon we will be moving to public hearings. At the same time as we head into the 2020th election, there is concern about foreign i interference in the security of our election infrastructure. There is a concern about Voter Registrationon databases, sewing societal discord, and spreading disinformation. You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seat, s so if theres anything that comes up during the course of this conversation where you need to refer to the legal document, feel free to do so. To
Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. Im encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially Ranking Member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the United States who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. All have made lowering Prescription Drug costs one of the Core Principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration