The National Defense authorization bill today for 2021. There there are a number of amendment votes scheduled for this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, grant to this nation, and to all people, a social conscience built on the vision of the ancient prophets who saw sufficiency for every person and a time when anxiety would overcome chaos and hopelessness. Hasten the day when the small and weak can make their contributions alongside the great and powerful. Lead us to the day when we will see peace among the nations of the earth, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares. Use the members of this body to bring us to the time when your will is done on earth even as it is dob in heaven. Lord, we trust you with our future. Let your glory cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The pr
Teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends ellen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provide for us this comes despite the United Nations secretary general antonio good therapists calling on all governments of the world to put down their guns stating the theory of the virus illustrates the folly of war that is why today im calling for an immediate global cease fire in all corners of the world. Somehow tragically i dont believe we are going to heed that message because here in the Unit
Citizens and thousands of industries are facing massive economic turmoil and hardship there is of course one industry that appears to be immune to the economic followed to the covert 19 pandemic i am talking of course about our good friends in the military Industrial Complex yes the Washington Post is reporting that while stores and factories around the country are shutting down and millions are teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends elen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provid
Citizens and thousands of industries are facing massive economic turmoil and hardship there is of course one industry that appears to be immune to the economic fall out to the covert 19 pandemic i am talking of course about our good friends in the military Industrial Complex yes the Washington Post is reporting that while stores and factories around the country are shutting down and millions are teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends elen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provid
A recent labor report from the Labor Department more than 3000000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits in just the us in the United States just last week breaking all previous records including the one set back in october of 1902 but while millions of u. S. Citizens and thousands of industries are facing massive economic turmoil and hardship there is of course one industry that appears to be immune to the economic followed to the covert 19 pandemic i am talking of course about our good friends in the military Industrial Complex yes the Washington Post is reporting that while stores and factories around the country are shutting down and millions are teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States under secretary of defense ellen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for fa