The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, open our eyes to your movements in our midst. Remind our lawmakers that you have brought us through times more challenging than what we now face. Keep them from being intimidated by this global pandemic, as they cling to your promises and trust the unfolding of your triumphant providence. Continue to protect them and order their steps. Clothe them with the armor of integrity, shield them with your truth, and guide them with your power. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak one minute in morning bu
The American People deserve. As thoroughly bipartisan as our process demands. Now what we need to do is to move forward. This National Crisis is not going to wait around if Congress Slips back into conventional politics or haggles endlessly over the finer points. Every day, more americans jobs are disappearing or coming ever closer to the brink. Every day, more Small Businesses are faced with hard decisions that could change local communities literally forever. Every day, Major American Companies that employ countless people are seeing their commerce crushed by their own government for the sake of public health. Every day, doctors and nurses and Health Care Professionals will keep reporting to work and treating patients whether or not congress has their back. The risks to our country grow every single day that we do not act. The needs of hospitals and Health Care Providers grow every day that we do not act. Thats why we have worked around the clock to craft a major bipartisan relief pa
With the administration. Earlier today, i hosted a productive meeting in my office with democratic leader, speaker of the house, has a republican leader, the secretary of the treasury. These intense conversations have built a piece of legislation that is as bold and as big as the American Peoplees deserve. As thoroughly bipartisan, as our process demands, now we need to do is to move forward. This National Crisis is not going to wait around if Congress Slips back in a conventional politics or handles endlessly over the finer points. Every day, more americans jobs are disappearing or coming ever closer to break. Every day more Small Businesses are faced with hard decisions that could change local communities literally forever. Every day, Major American Companies that employ callous people are sing the commerce crushed by their own government for the sake of public health. Every day, doctors and nurses, and healthcare professionals, will keep reporting to work and treating patients wheth
After a session where the dow and s p 500 have their worst single day point drop in history, what stocks make sense to buy in this new stay at homer ra that has been hammering the major averages, the dow plunging 1,191 point, the biggest point drop on record, the s p plummeting 4. 42 , and nasdaq nosediving 4. 61 . This is panic, okay this is what panic looks like. Particularly the last 45 minutes. We dont advocate panic because its not a strategy. You can have all the obvious defensive names. You can talk about the staples i can do that any day of the week, the stuff you need to stock up on when the outbreak sweeps through the country you buy stuff like this. The stock market seemed to be signaling in todays lows the last 45 minutes. I think the lows could be revisited. What the hell, the virus is a threeweek incubation period so well probably see more and more people getting sick people of course never went to china, which is always scary now, right we got the first one in Northern C
Here in gw theater, we will. Thank you very much for coming. We do a number of events each year here at gw, and this great auditorium and then a couple of other menus, we really value a partnership with gw, here is terrific and then make events like this possible. I just want to express our gratitude for the efforts that they put into it tonight his if it. Our featured authors this evening of course is josh campbell, spent more than a decade as an fbi, and various roles involving terrorism and kidnapping investigations in multiple oversees of assignments as well as assent as a special assistant to then fbi director james comey. Josh resigned from the bureau about a year and half ago in february 2018, walking out of the doors of the Fbi Field Office in los angeles for the last time. Away from service in Law Enforcement that he had really enjoyed. He says played an Important Role in his own career development. He says he left because he no longer could stand silently by in the face of a