The nomination of the white house budget director. A vote on that is exacted at 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. This week Senate Lawmakers are expected to continue work on the Defense Authorization for 2021. This is live coverage of the 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 lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to receive your holy spirit. Help us to bow to your will and live lives devoted to your providential leading. Lord, we thank you for your providence that brought us the gift of representative john lewis. Were grateful he was a drum major for justice, truth, and righteousness. May his exemplary life and legacy remind us of the Transformative Impact one dedicated person can make on our nation and world. Today, please our senators in their work. Let faith, hope, and love abound in their lives. May they seek to heal the hurt in our world
Protection program and businesses of all sizes have started to use the tax tools that we provided for their liquidity. But in that time the critics have also done what they do best. They criticize. The need came has seized on an opportunity to perpetuate every negative story that critics can manufacture. You can imagine my surprise when democrats criticized the net operating loss carryback provisions in the cares act. Because oddly democrats previously supported the last three bills where we expanded the net operating loss carrybacks in 2002, 2005, and even in 2009 with all democrat rule. So i dont recall in any of those instances any partisan attacks from democrats about this previously bipartisan, antirecessionary policy tools. So why now . Sadly, that irresponsibility has led our democratic colleagues in the house to pass legislation that would take back important tax tools that we have provided in the cares act to the tune of 254 billion, and thats a tax increase on the american bu
In tennessee, was going to have to forego and cancel their annual memorial day gold star ceremony. This is a tradition at the post. It is something that is so special to those gold star families, and were disappointed with that but understand. And ive really been pleased that today senator ernst had organized a time for us to come to the floor and to really come together to honor not only our fallen but also their loved ones who have had to spend this years remembrance separated from their gold star families. And we know that is a time that they cherish, having that togetherness. Although the formal ceremonies are canceled, please know that each of these families are in our prayers. Theyre in our thoughts and that we grieve alongside them. This memorial day reflections are framed by a world that has really been made much smaller by our shared experiences with covid19. Even so, the state of our world makes the battlefields we send our soldiers and sailors and airmen and marketplaces to
Organized a time for us to come to the floor and to really come together to honor not only our fallen but also their loved ones who have had to spend this years remembrance separated from their gold star families. And we know that is a time that they cherish, having that togetherness. Although the formal ceremonies are canceled, please know that each of these families are in our prayers. Theyre in our thoughts and that we grieve alongside them. This memorial day reflections are framed by a world that has really been made much smaller by our shared experiences with covid19. Even so, the state of our world makes the battlefields we send our soldiers and sailors and airmen and marketplaces to seem very and marines to seem very far away because, in their world, authoritarian regimes rule in an iron fist and they violate human rights with impunity. Violence often replaces diplomacy as the preferred method of dispute resolution and freedom when its discussed at all, many times feels like a p
The Service Members and families who have sacrificed in defense of our freedom. The freedoms we cherish that are so often taken for granted did not come without a price. For generations, American Patriot have secured our blessings of liberty by willingly laying down their lives in defense of our great nation. Soldier leaves behind a grieving parent, child, sibling, spouse or friend. These family members and friends never forget that not at the door. Loud thunder of the 21 gun salute. Or the touch of a folded flag, once laid on top of a casket. , i know that the men and women in uniform, who served bravely alongside the following never forget either. Of those like an iraq war veteran, richard miles, whose picture i proudly display on my desk. Main. Y National Guards and i love National Guardsmen james connie, whose family are dear friends, just 22 years old and killed in afghanistan. Sergeantgh didnt died at just 25 years old, leaving behind his beautiful son , who was not even a year o