Together. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The response to the coronavirus has made it clear that there are lots of things that other responsibility of individuals, things like staying home if you are sick, frankly staying home if you are more likely than others to be sick, practicing the kinds of hygiene are mothers taught us we should follow all along. Personally i may have set a new personal record for just washing my hands in the last two weeks. Ive never been adverse to wash my hands but but i dont know t ive ever watched them half a dozen times a day or more before, but those kinds of things are left up to us. And then there are things that are left up to the local level, things to determine in a local Community Whether things should be open or not, what kind of activities should be the activities where you draw the line in terms of crowds. Much likely to be better decided at a local level by even the state or even more likely by a mayor or account executive than by somebody he
Guide our senators to live so honorably that they will bring glory to your name. Lord, inspire them to yield their allegiance to you, striving always to receive your approval. Thank you for hearing and answering their prayers, as they fervently seek your wisdom. Guide them through the challenges of these times. Lord, remind us all that we are mere sojourners in time, heading for the better land of eternity. We pray in your loving 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 under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senat
Up to us. And then there are things that are left up to the local level. Things to determine in a local Community Whether things should be opened or not, what kind of activities should be the activities where you draw the line in terms of crowds, much likely to be better decided at a local level by the state or by a mayor or county executive then by somebody here in washington. And then at the National Level we are moving towards our third package and the last few days to try to deal with this. The first package was about 8 billion, really focused on the Immediate Health response, supplies, developing a vaccine, trying to figure out what the right therapies were, understanding the things we needed to do to further help hospitals get ready and to further help people encouraged to go other than hospitals, all of those things are part of the first package. The package we sent to the president that the set president signed last night about 100 billion by almost any standard, a huge amount
Asked by xi jinping a couple of years ago why i was working so hard with your country. And i said, because were a pacific nation. he looked at me, and i said, yeah, were a pacific nation the United States. we are, and were going to stay that way. So, thank you. Thank you, everyone. Prime minister albanese absolutely. Thank you. [crosstalk by reporters] mr. President , on israel, will you respond to attacks on u. S. Troops in the region . Will you respond to attacks on u. S. Troops in the region, mr. President . President biden whoa, whoa, whoa well, youre going to get were going to have a press conference after this. Well be able to answer your questions. Thank you. President biden and the Prime Minister of australia reaffirmed their commitment to their alliance and discussed shared priorities for their countries. They also commented on the israelhamas war and security in the indo pacific region. This is just over 25 minutes. President biden the sun is over there. I dont need these. [l
President biden the sun is over there. I dont need these. [laughter. ] hello, folks. Mr. Prime minister, weve been in close touch since the moment you came into office please, sit down; im sorry since you came into office, and weve met all around the world. And now its wonderful to have you by my side here at the white house and as we advance our Alliance Even more more than its already been advanced. Its strong now; its getting stronger. Before i get to the progress australia and the United States have made today, i want to say just a very few words about the situation in the middle east. The anger, the hurt, the sense of outrage that the israeli people are feeling after the brutally inflicted devastation by hamas is completely understandable. Israel has the right and, i would add, responsibility to respond to the slaughter of their people. And we will ensure israel has what it needs to defend itself against these terrorists. Thats a guarantee. We also have to remember that hamas does