The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Ms. Ernst mr. President , the coronavirus doesnt come with a label saying made in china, but perhaps it should. This pandemic which began in wuhan, china, has flooded the world just like so many products from china that we all now rely upon to protect ourselves against the spread of contagion. The situation underscores the conundrum our nation faces balancing the need to work with the Chinese Government and the challenges of holding the communist Party Accountable for its devious deeds. Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist party attempted to cover up the outbreak of covid19 from the very beginning and continues to do so today. Rather than containing the
For later today at 1 30 p. M. Eastern. We also expect more floor speeches on policing reforms after Senate Republicans introduced their bill yesterday. Now, live to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hearts are steadfast toward you. Lead us safely to the refuge of your choosing, for you desire to give us a future and a hope. Lord, provide us with grateful hearts to appreciate your mercies that are new each day. Today, give our senators the power to do your will, as they realize more fully that they are servants of heaven and stewards of your mysteries. Give them your perspective on their daily tasks and every decision they must make. Remind them that people usually dont care how much you know until they know how much you care. May faithfulness to you become the litmus test by which they evaluate each action. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The
Will be in oklahoma in tulsa oklahoma what it with already. Felt it was a slap a real. Party. Having ergo openly can feel great this. Morning but over a 1000000 people requested to. Come because of so many people are over. There with know that if you see it we certainly were. Also on the day of the uns high commissioner for Refugees Program and he talks about the need for a Global Response to global challenges and if we dont Work Together we wont be able to overcome them. Every day not that were learning very much but hes teaching us this lesson. Welcome to the day we begin with a u. S. President ial campaign in a time if not no turmoil we know donald trump draws energy from big events and his adoring base but will saturdays comeback around here in tulsa cost him precious Political Capital Health Officials are warning that it has the potential to become a super spreader event for coronavirus itll be doles in. Wearing of masts will not be compulsory and this in the state of oklahoma whi
June is pride month, a time to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and Trasngender Community and their struggle for equal rights. Organizers chose june as pride month to honor the 1969 stonewall riots in new york city. They were a series of uprisings by the Gay Community against police raids of the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar in greenwich village. The riots are considered the start of the modern gay rights movement. President trump marked pride month this year with a tweet celebrating lgbt rights, becoming the first republican president to acknowledge pride month. But just a month earlier his administration had effectively banned transgendered people from the military. Stacey long simmons is the director of advocacy and action at the national Lgbtq Task Force. Its so nice to have you with us. Stacey thank you, so nice to be here. Soledad thank you. Those two things are in complete contradiction so assess for me i pride month is kind of a low bar but assess for me how you would s
Resting on saying every attendee look at a temperature check, be offered Hand Sanitizer, and a mask. We are going to be in oklahoma and its a crowd like nobody seen before. We have tremendous requests for tickets like that has never happened politically before. Oklahoma i believe is in phase three so you can have gatherings of a certain number indoors and i know that people are adhering to the protocols, but we cant pick and choose who can be where wearing a mask or not based on our politics. Based on whether some people think that folks are irredeemable and deplorable. Sandra here we go live to tulsa where Mark Meredith is watching folks start the lineup has some rain may be heading in. Good morning. You are right, light rain at the moment. For the folks that are out here, you can see they have been lined up here overnight and pushing some of those supporters out and now theyve got the Police Setting up the barricade, but still so many questions about what a rally will look like in te