In the last five weeks, based on the numbers i saw this morning, nearly 30 million americans filed for unemployment. We are already approaching the highest percentage of unemployed since the great depression. Now more than ever, americans need to know that their leaders are working for them, and they have voices as we work to navigate in this pandemic. In a world where it is no longer safe to be within six feet of each other, congress has to learn how to adapt. It is not the first time we have made do to ensure the continuity of congress. With the Nuclear Threat during the cold war, the u. S. Government constructed a large bunker for congress. We would be required to meet outside of washington. This may either first time in the modern area where there is not a physical meeting location at risk, but rather elected officials themselves and others we would be in contact with. We are a subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, which has jurisdiction over con
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Mr. Cotton madam president. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Cotton in the next few days Senate Democrats will move to discharge a war powers resolution to tie the president s hands in defending this nation against iran and terrorist masterminds like Qasam Soleimani. Lets think about how we got here and the implications of this reckless action. Qasam soleimani has the blood of thousands of americans on his hands and hundreds of thousands of innocent souls across the middle east. For more than 20 years he was the Supreme Leaders most trusted lieutenant, irans terror mastermind, the man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan by supplying the most deadly kind of roadside bombs soldiers ever faced. He and his proxies and iranian leaders like him are responsible for bombings of our embassies in places like lebanon and kuwait. Theyre in no small part responsible for the ongoing horror of the Syrian Civil War or the civil war in
Good afternoon, everyone. Notwithstanding the change in the schedule, were going to start on time, the new time. So, on behalf of myself and bob wise, who is my supremely and talented collegial codirector of the nyu law schools legislative and regulatory process clinic, i wanted to welcome you here today to the fourthyear of the form. Forum. We are joined by another nyu law entity. A nonpartisan, multidisciplinary director, and the rachel called brenner, who is here, has been invaluable in helping pull together the programs this afternoon. This forum would not be possible without the generous support of a Renowned International law firm. It gives me great pleasure to partnere peter ross, a in the chicago office, who knows a lot about what we are talking about today. He served his district for six terms, from 2002019. He chaired the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight, where he championed efforts that were supported on a bipartisan basis to overhaul the irss civil Asset Forfe
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