Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 47, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume executive session to consider the vought nomination. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton whats happening at this moment in hong kong is a tragedy, a crime, and an affront to the civilized world. In a year in which so much has happened we may look back in the near future and view this moment in hong kong as the single biggest moment of the year. The presiding officer will the senator suspend. The senate will be in order. Members take their conversations off the floor. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton mr. President , whats happening in hong kong right now is a tragedy, as it crime, its an affront to the civilized world. In an eventful year with so much happening every single day, we may look back in the nea
Lets say theyre in scranton just for the sake of argument, one is working as a nurse, the other is a teacher making 120,000 a year should get a check. Thats in his plan. And the plan presented by republicans, they would not get a check. His view is that at this point in our country, when one in seven American Families dont have enough food to eat, with he need to make sure people get the relief they need and are not left behind. As was also part of our readout last night, there was discussion of technical followup with opportunities to discuss things like Small Business and covid relief. Im not suggesting reduction, im suggesting how to do it effectively and those technical discussions at a staff level will be part of whats ongoing over the next couple of days. But the president s bottom line is that this is the package, the risk here as he said many times is not going too big, it is going too small. That continues to be his belief and thats why he supports the efforts by senator schum
Sorry, coach. Were so bummed we cant learn how to bump, set and spike [ laughter ] the only thing we spike is heroin, coach [ laughter ] im sorry i yelled at you, coach. Basically, what we know about iowa is that Bernie Sanders won the popular vote Pete Buttigieg slightly edged him out in the delegates, thanks to obscure rules and Elizabeth Warren came in third. And the Iowa Democratic party is having trouble keeping things together in some cases, together literally. The chair of the iowa party held a press conference on monday to update the media on the results and this happened. The seats are assigned not only by the precinct chair and the precinct secretary [ crash [ laughter ] uh seth oh man, did you did you use an app for your podium, as well . [ laughter ] was the app called metaphor . [ laughter and applause and you can tell [ cheers and applause you can tell that we have moved on from iowa to New Hampshire, because it seemed like virtually every candidate showed up to greet the
Americans, we dont talk enough about in my opinion, about the genocide that took place and the land thats been taken and of course the Natural Resources that were being sought in those cases as well, and to make it acceptable to be able to show them as less than human beings as well. One of the things that goes throughout all of this, of course, is the marginalization that goes with the characterization of each of these groups as being less than human beings, making it acceptable for the kind of horrific things done to them to be done to them, and nothing should be done about it, so indeed, this is important when we look at all these issues and think about them in that context and think about even those that promote the ideologies of the third reich, the White Supremacists and other along those lines and what they seek to gain and what those who actually fund them seek to gain as they continue along these lines. So it needs to be worked together. If i may. Thank you. I think its a very
Good morning. Key committee will come to order, and without objection, the chair is authorized to. Eclare a recess at any time worldys ago, the entire came together to mark holocaust Remembrance Day. In january of 1945, the auschwitz birkenau concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries, term member those we have lost, and to honor those who are with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates but we must contemplate what led the atrocities we must combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds day. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel that have asked them to come together on helps solemn occasion to unify red, hope and inclusion. That. We can all do the best way to help remember is to hear from those who lived through it and we will do that today. Ae block from here is gripping institution dedicated to remembering the holoca