Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
After an unexpected spike in jobless claims. New fears that the u. S. Economy will not recover any time soon. Amazon, alphabet all dropping more than 3 . Microsoft falling on the back of its Earnings Results after reporting a slowdown in the cloud and even tesla dropping, despite beating earnings. For more on the selloff, i want to bring in Abigail Doolittle who has been covering the back and forth. Investors see reacting to the bad news, which honestly we see week after week. What drove the pessimism today . Reporter its funny you should say that because we finally have something to talk about. Instead of all these choppy little intraday volatility days, it has finally translated into closing volatility. The s p 500 down more than 1 , its worst day in about a month. The nasdaq 100 down more than 2. 5 . Its worst day in almost two months. Index chip index also lower. And behind it, all those mega cap numbers. Even though the selloff hit midday, that was the first rise or move in the wr
Yesterday, we made the amazing announcement for our plans to protect nursing home residents. Were working very hard on that. Were doing very well all over the country, and also about contracting with pfizer. We made a big, big, beautiful contract with pfizer. We think theyre very close, but we have a lot of companies that are very close to produce a vaccine. And i wanted to come out again today to share some additional news with you. This afternoon, my Political Team came to me and laid out our plans for the convention in jacksonville, florida. Its a place i love and i love that state. The drawings look absolutely beautiful. I never thought we could have something look so good so fast with everything going on. And everything was going well. A tremendous list of speakers, thousands of people wanting to be there, and i mean, in some cases desperately be there. They wanted to attend. People making travel arrangements all over the country. They wanted to be there. The pageantry, the signs,
Whether or out is not the 23rd amendment will be repealed. Bill, h. R. 51, contains that. Edited procedure for im pleased to yield one minute from maryland, my Good Neighbor and good friend, the majority leader of representatives, steny hoyer. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman maryland. Mr. Hoyer im going to leave my on. Not because its not safe for me but for you. It represents e the best of america. From maryland. Aryland was a slaveholding state. I represent the district that probably had the most slaves, from the my friend first congressional district. Were many ere sympathizers for the southern had that would have maryland join the confederacy. Were, of course, wrong. But i want to tell my friends states who withdrew to whose states tried destroy the union that they to remember that this without ok them back condition, with full citizenship to vote. Ight the same for do fellow citizens. Mr. Speaker, i rise in strong of this bill and i thank delegate Eleano
Bless and comfort those who suffer from this disease. Give them healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in he wake of covid19. Inspire those professionals whose lifes work is health care. Those who care for the sick and those who labor to find treatments and cures to diseases as they emerge and begin their own effort to survive. Help us to love you and one another for we know that you work all things together for good for those who do so. In our communities throughout the country, fin toe continue to bless government, citizens, and police with a spirit of respect and cooperation. May peace descend upon all that mabes and those in service to them can look Forward Together to a more prosperous future. Bless the peoples house and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceeding is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gent