And freedom. Inspire them to be stewards of your will as you answer their cries for help. Lord, listen to their fervent prayers as they wait expectantly for your deliverance. Keep our senators on the right path of your prevailing providence and surround them with the shield of your love. Defend them with your heavenly grace and give them the courage to face perils with total trust in you. We pray in your sovereign 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 which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business, please. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley you watch the news or read the newspapers and you know that theres a lot of deliberations going on to help with the problems that we have of
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
Against interfering in its internal affairs after criticism of the new security law in hong kong and devastation in southern japan dozens killed as heavy rains and mudslides that major roads and buildings. The u. K. Has set its sights on those involved in the murder of saudi journalist its unveiled its 1st uni natural sanction since leaving the European Union 49 individuals and organisations have been sanctioned on of the governments new system to punish human rights offenders russian authorities implicated in the death of lawyers say gay magnitsky have also been targeted sonia gaggle reports. A long awaited action against abuses of human rights the measures announced by the foreign secretary committed the u. K. To holding perpetrators of mistreatment to account drug. This government and this house sends a very clear message on behalf of the british people that those with blood on their hands the thugs of despots the henchmen of dictators will not be free to waltz into this country to
And then second beginning at 315 with the problems of tackling disinformation and we are delighted to start off today with remarks of those run the frontline we have the director performance security and infrastructure security at the department of Homeland Security and then coming right from the frontlines to deal with these issues he will give us an overview of what that government is trying to do to tackle the issue head on. And then most recently was the National Security council and the director for resilience and then to be engaged in Election Security and integrity. At that the Harvard Institute of politics and with that Public Outreach and the various issues so we would be concerned since the 2016 election. Mark will be joined by a david founder for the center for election and research one dad is devoted to this precise issue and has spent many years at the Pew Research Foundation looking at public am pulling opinion. And last but not least and that many of you will know in the