Nominees include tony blinken to be secretary of state and john kerry as the new special president ial envoy for climate. Following is a marx, Vice President elect Kamala Harris closed out the event. This runs 30 minutes. America is back. Ready to lead the pres. Elect biden hi, everybody. Ok. Good afternoon, everyone. Today i am pleased to announce nominations for staff for critical Foreign Policy and National Security positions in my administration. It is a team that will keep our country and people safe and secure, and it is a team that reflects the fact that americas back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it, once again sit at the head of the table. Ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies. Ready to stand up for our values. In fact, in calls from World Leaders i have had 18 to 20 of them so far, im not sure the exact number in the weeks since we won the election, im struck by how they look forward to the United States reasserting its historic role as a gl
More ill is senator pat roberts, the head of the commission for that memorial. Senator roberts good morning to you m sir. Guest good morning. Dwight eisenhower was a great president. Host this memorial today about that legacy. Can you talk about the history of this memorial . When did the began in what was it like to land this opening amid pandemic . O guest well we persevered and not only persevered but the eisenhower family among any others and agencies in washington not to mentioned the appropriations of the senate and we finally got it right. We dedicated it and its going to be a beautiful sight on independence avenue across from me are in space Museum Within sight of the capital and its a park. Theres a statuary where the president and it also has the iconic statuary of the president with the hundred and first airborne saying lets go on dday. Ike is unique in that he was the supreme allied commander and defeated germany and saved western democracy. We had eight years of peace and
And Commerce Committees on the Coronavirus Relief bill. At a 30, more with representative a member of the Small Business committee. Host this is a wash we will get your reaction to the house voting to remove several statues of confederate historical figures from the u. S. Capitol around. Some republicans joining the democrats in passing this legislation. Heres how you can let us know your thoughts on yesterdays action. If you support removing the statues, call us at 2027488000 , if you oppose it, 2027488001 is the number to call. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. You can post on twitter or facebook. A breakdown of what occurred yesterday saying a bipartisan vote gave the buildings architect 2 million in four months to complete the job of removing the statues in question braden it past the house by a 305113 vote. Inmainly targets 12 statues century hall the memorialized confederate leaders. While the removal while the chief justices bust does not remove the historical
The next proclamation will likely be issued on thursday and will be effective friday. We intend to leave it in place for 21 days. Which is june 5. The next time that we anticipate having an announcement like today will be june 1. We will not know what that announcement looks like until we get there and have the most recent data to look at. Like all decisions, this one involves a lot of time and work. I want to thank the department of health and dr. Billoux and his team. We wanted to make sure we were following the cdcvetted plan that was issued by the Coronavirus Task force and president trumps phased approach to reopening the country. I believe that we are striking the right balance with this plant. That balances between Public Health on the one hand and this Public Health emergency and reengaging more of the economy and getting more business is open, employers back to work, customers in the stores, restaurants, and so forth. Youre going to get more data in just a moment that is broke
Essential work of the American People. And they are depending on us to do it in the safest way possible. Responding to the coronavirus continues to be the top of the agenda. Last week we held a number of coronavirus related hearings including a hearing on coronavirus testing and a hearing on the impacts pandemic this is had on the airline industry. When people think about what the senate does, they tend to think about voting on bills and debating on the floor. The truth is, Committee Work i should say some of the most important work that we do here in washington. Committees are where we review not only qualifications, hear from experts in various fields and conduct oversight of essential programs. The work we can do in our Committee Meetings will inform any future coronavirus legislation we might consider. This week, the servant Banking Committee will be voting on the nomination of brian muller to be Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery at the treasury department. These confirmed by