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Barr will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about his job performance. We will begin our conversation with all of you on that. What do you think about mr. As attorneyrmance general . If you agree, 202 7488000. If you disagree, 202 7488001. You can text us at 202 7488003. Twitter. S on join us on the phone is todd ruger with cq roll call. Remind our viewers why this hearing is taking place. Good morning. This is basically something that used to happen all the time and does happen all the time. Its an oversight hearing you have the house which is the closest representative to the people of the United States in the government and they get a chance to bring in a Trump Administration official and have him sit there and answer questions. Its going to take about four or five hours to go through all the members of this committee. They get about five minutes to ask him. This is something that congress does routinely that allows them to get accountability for the Justice Departm
Now recall, back in the cares act there was an extension of a federal supplement to Unemployment Insurance. So we put in place a 600 federal benefit on top of the state benefit. At the time there were concerns about whether that would lead to people on Unemployment Insurance getting more money than they would at work, and there was actually an amendment here on the house floor, on the senate floor regarding that. And although it did not pass, i think pretty much every republican supported it with that concern. In fact, thats whats happened. If you look at whats happened over the past couple of months, as the 600 has been put in place, it clearly has led to people making more on Unemployment Insurance often than they can make at work. In fact, the congressional budget office, which is a Nonpartisan Group here in the United States congress that analyzes some of these economic issues, has said that if someone is on Unemployment Insurance today, they are likely to be making substantially m
Quorum call the presiding officer the senator for mississippi. Without objection. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is on the nomination. A senator i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second. There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 556789 the nays are 42. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator follow alaska. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i
Of 1 ow by only 1 10 versus the u. S. Dollar, but nevertheless it seems to be a logical move for the markets. In terms of what we have got coming up, we will be talking about whats happening in the race to find a vaccine. We will be joining by the ceo of novavax. With the United States getting done earlier on. This stock has been on an absolute tear this year, today really adding on to that as well. We will get that take on the progress thats being made and what the money is going to be used for and in terms of where he is relative to his peer group in the race for the vaccine, the many vaccines that we will ultimately end up needing if we are not going to do more damage to the global economy. The European Commission is out with its assessment of the european economy earlier on, warning that the coronavirus Economic Contraction will be bigger than anticipated earlier and the recovery will take longer than previously estimated, forecasting a 3. 7 drop in growth this year. Joining us fro