Their counterparts. Both of those motions are later this afternoon. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for your sanctifying truth. Use our lawmakers to live your truth for the glory of your name. May your truth keep us from the things that can pollute our lives and dishonor you. Forgive us when we are reluctant to submit to you with our bodies, minds, and spirits. Make us all vessels of honor, prepared for every good work. We pray in your strong 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. Mr. Grassley mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley id like t
That attack at a Ariana Grande concert a couple nights ago. Connell mcshane with the late of the. Reporter Terror Threat in the uk doesnt get higher than it is right now. The investigation into the Manchester Bombing does continue. About we heard this morning four people in discuss hedy, three of them rounded up earlier today. One reported to be the brother of the bomber. We received a report from reuters a few moments ago, another brother taken into custody in tripoli. These developments are coming in as the hunt still on for a possible bombmaker as well. This is really widening. When we heard from the Prime Minister theresa may, her message was clear the threat is broader than just one man, the now dead suicide bomber. We can not ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. The threat level should be increased for the timebeing from severe to critical. This means that that their assessment is not only an attack remains highly likely, but a further attack m
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Providers to negotiate on a much broader basis . Thats part of the dynamic change in the world were living in. Thank you. My time is expired. Thank you, madam chair. Senator bloomenthal had one followup question, and senator franken and i will leave my questions to the end. I much appreciate that, madam chairman, and thanks also to senator franken. Just a quick question. You and i agree that the cost of sports programming are rising, in fact. They are rising astronomically and should better reflect consumer demand. Really arent consumers the best judge of what a fair price for programming should be and wouldnt prices come down if they had more choice, specifically the way to break this cycle of ever increasing costs for sports programming instead of give consumers some more choice through ala carte programming, and i wonder if you could comment on the potential effects of disciplining the market and bringing down the costs of cable as a result of ala carte. Thank you. I truly believe y