Leaner on a very important leadership on a very important topic, and that is the topic of immigration and for his taking the lead in bringing us together today to recognize heroes in health care during this coronavirus pandemic. As many of you know, this pandemic is personal for me. My husband, john, was hospitalized with the coronavirus not too lopping ago, and though he is a great person and im so proud of him for coming through it all and giving his plasma recently, hes actually not the hero i am referring to. I am talking about an immigrant doctor who is on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in rochester, minnesota. Shes asked that her name not be used publicly because shes applying for a green card. She came to the United States from her home country for postgraduate medical training and completed not one but two fellowships in Critical Care and pulmonary diseases at the mayo clinic, which happens to be where my husband gave the plasma, which we hope will save other lives
In biology with a minor in chemistry. In college he worked as a medical scribe for doctors in the emergency room in a small hospital in chattanooga and after decided he wanted to become an emergency room physician. He continued his education at loyola university, the school of medicine. Allow me a few seconds to praise this wonderful school. He was one of dozens of Daca Recipients, which was the First Medical School to admit daca students. They do not receive any special treatment in the Selection Process and they are not eligible for a penny in federal financial assistance. Many of them borrowed money from the state of illinois to complete their medical education in the hopes that once they are licensed they can come back and practice in our state which they promise to do. Heres what manuel says about what daca means to him. And i quote. Daca has opened up many doors for me. It allows me to serve people through emergency medicine. If daca ended, i would have to stop not only what i lo
Every good and perfect gift. You shower us with your mercies. Each day we are further aware of our unworthiness because of your goodness. All we like sheep have gone astray. Lord, we are prone to wander, to leave you, the god we love. As our senators work today, make them extensions of your power in our world. Use them as your eyes, ears, hands, and feet to accomplish your purposes. Lord, make them your ambassadors. May they arrange their priorities according to your will and view their challenges from an ethical perspective, striving to seek your will in all they think, say, and do. May they find in challenging moments opportunities to renew their faith in you. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please help me with the pledge of allegiance. 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. Mr. Grassley mr. President . The presiding of
The Committee Welcomes order. Witnesses. Me the we are here to have testimony from a range of industries that tell us about the importance of the United States, mexico, Canada Agreement and we prefer that to usmca. Fromok forward to hearing witnesses about the significance of the agreement to American Business both small and large, the workers and farmers we all represent. Thank you for being here. Canada, and mexico, our countrys most important trading partners. Americasone third of merchandising went to mexico and canada. Nearly half 1 trillion in American Goods the year. The foundation of our strong praise relationship with mexico and canada has been thus far nafta. The United States negotiated and agreement between 1990 1993 and at the time it was a Gold Standard of trade agreements. It enabled American Businesses, workers, farmers and ranchers is andanges without tariffs nontariff barriers and for decades, burdened our ability to compete in those two countries. Andourse, the u. S.
Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this discussion. For those of who are do not know and theres a lot you but i do know im below Senior Vice President here with the bypass and policy center. There are those who work in government and then there are those who make government work. And i James Lockard is is the latter. He has made government just listen to this list of positions. Director of the federal Housing Financing agency its predecessor, the office of federal housing enterprise as oversight chairman of welfare. Also member of the financial oversight board, deputy and principal commissioner and chief operating officer. The Social Security administration. Executive director of the pension benefit guaranty corporation. Out of government and investment banker. Cofounder, a Risk Management company. And he just was talking about it. Chairman recently of the new art museum and Greenwich Bruce Museum just opened up place he says where art meets so i thought im going