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Well, tha a big question a big meeting on capitol hill tomorrow may give us some answers perhaps the fist big test of the new year will come from iran. Deadly empty government protest there, least 20 people reported dead calling those protesters, quote, enemies of iran. Big day, of course, as we kick off a new year 218 is here and Varney Company is about to begin. Well, have you noticed unless you live in very southern, florida or out on west side in california it is freezing outside frigid temperatures continue to grip wide swaft of the country from pink and purples youre in deep purple youre in deep cold. Heres that weather map where windchills bundle up we mean that is obvious isnt it and snowstorm by the way, is brewing we are told off the atlantic coast. And if it it pushes east it could be a major storm up and down i95 corridor, oh boy looking forward to that. Or more for us on that, potential storm about three minuteses from now. Lets take a quick look at the stock future for yo
The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Whitehouse thank you, mr. President. Its nice to see the distinguished senator in the chair presiding. Im not sure in my 183 time to wake up speeches ive had yet had the pleasure of speaking while the presiding officer was presiding. I am here to wake up to the corporate capture of congress and this administration, the capture of governance by the fossil fuel industry that keeps us from honestly addressing Climate Change. There is a saying that personnel is policy personnel is policies. Well, well, the trump personnel for positions at the Environmental Protection agency reflect a policy to undo the Public Welfare mission of the agency and align it with the special interests of the fossil fuel industry. There is a word for that. It is called corruption, at least as the Founding Fathers knew the
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Palestinians, but not as refugees, and they dont recognize them as such. For what its worth, unlike china and the other countries, they do pay into a system of trying to at least create some resources. The gulf countries that have not participated, there are only 26 countries that participate. One of the reasons that people dont head to other countries, for starters they do. There was a crisis of people fleeing and boats. They were basically trying to go anywhere that they could land. In the moment of extremists around violence, people flee to their immediate neighbors, they dont try to go to the united tates or europe. They tried to go to the place nearest where they hope to find some kind of safe haven. The truth is, those of the societies that are already in the global south at the breaking point in terms of their economies. Their managing very challenging circumstances in which the ikelihood that a refugee large refugee population arriving will be able to integrate and maintain liv