Objection. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. Im here on the senate floor and with my colleague from maryland. Im here this morning in part to condemn Chinese Communist partys actions, their efforts to swallow hong kong into the mainland, and silence the dissent of the people of hong kong, but im also here to do something about that. You know, for decades, hong kong has been one of the most successful, thriving societies on the planet. An indispensable part of their success has been their freedom. Hong kong has enjoyed a vibrant free press, free speech, freedom to worship. They have had an independent judiciary and a partially Democratic Electoral representative system of government for a long time now. Hong kongs one of the freest places in asia, and because of these freedoms and the hong kong peoples natural entrepreneurial spirit, hong kong is just one of the most successful and vibrant cities there has ever been. And yet for years, maybe because of this, the Chinese Communist par
Nomination for the director of office of management and budget. Live coverage. Senate here on cspan2. 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. O god of light, as we approach independence day, we thank you for giving us the gift of true freedom. You have blessed us with freedom from sin, guilt, and shame. You have redeemed us. You have also given us freedom from fear, providing us with peace in the midst of the storms. Today, please guide our lawmakers so that they will fulfill your purposes as they face the challenges of these times. Lord, awaken them to your inescapable presence. Keep them from thinking that you are absent from our world or disinterested in it. Enable them to feel you in their midst, as they grapple with the problems of our time. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
We saw a stronger fix, some signs of trying to anchor the moves we have seen. Watching the likes of indonesia coming online. We are looking at another day of gains for jakarta. Hang seng, slightly under pressure as we wait for the npc to vote on that National Security legislation this afternoon. Former,ei is the upper seeing a fourth day of gains for Japanese Equities on the reopening. Currencies, hong kong dollar is the focus. You look at pokechecked seeing 775 but speculators are out there. The korean won seeing weakness. And then going lower after the bok cut rates for the record low. Lashed their growth outlook. You look at the weakness in the renminbi, that is not really translated. It is pretty much unchanged for some time. We are watching the euro as well after we saw some fiscal stimulus plan, it should be a big deal for the currency, the euro hitting the strongest level in two months. Watching oil which did extent losses, saw a surprise jump in the u. S. Crude stockpiles with
Doctor Robert Redfield as director for the center of Disease Control and prevention he with others give a response before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Members have covered coronavirus spreads and whether china is cooperating with un officials. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. First off, i appreciate the audience patience and given. We dont control the voting schedule so thank you and the witnesses. Without objection all members have five days to submit statements, extraneous materials for the record subject to lengthy and limitations in the world. I will now make an Opening Statement and then turn over to the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement and i want to thank the Ranking Member for his longtime friendship and partnership in this issue and also thank the members of the cbc and Senior State Department officials for taking the time to come up here. Obviously this is a very timely subject. This is our second heari
[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. First off, i appreciate the audience patience and given. We dont control the voting schedule so thank you and the witnesses. Without objection all members have five days to submit statements, extraneous materials for the record subject to lengthy and limitations in the world. I will now make an Opening Statement and then turn over to the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement and i want to thank the Ranking Member for his longtime friendship and partnership in this issue and also thank the members of the cbc and Senior State Department officials for taking the time to come up here. Obviously this is a very timely subject. This is our second hearing. A couple weeks ago we had the first hearing in congress on the coronavirus and this will be my second hearing. I think about this issue based on my background but more importantly, as the former chief medical officer for sacramento in charge of the system and as a faculty memb