Quorum call mr. Coons mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware is recognized. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Coons mr. President , i come to the floor this afternoon because this week, the senate has a chance to take another crucial step away from the political cliffs and manufactured crises of previous years and to get back to the regular order, to get back to the considered, measured, orderly process on this floor that for so long was characteristic of this body, in past considered the greatest deliberative body on earth, but in recent years, it has ground to a halt. It is critical that we return to regular order and that we return to the steady consideration of appropriation bills in a way that will move not just the senate, this congress, but this country forward. Id like to thank the chair and ranking members of the appropriation committee, sen
November. I was just in south america about a month ago to lay out the roadmap and how we are dealing with this. I just sent this morning one of our Deputy Assistant secretaries to iceland for a conference the next two days. This is critically important that we Pay Attention to this. Bottom line is, with all the crises of the moment, and thats part of my job, to manage immediate crisis, we also cannot lose sight of the strategic longerterm challenges that face our country either. And this is one that we got to be smart in how we handle it. Spent behind the political figures who would resist and argue about Climate Change respond differently when its coming from the pentagon . I think there is sometimes more of an awareness and edge put an issue it comes from the pentagon. Only because the military, the pentagon has maybe at least perceived by many people in more serious look at the world. And doesnt mean the state department that series or anybody else, but when you talk about the mili
And solar folks to have opportunity to see if it works. Efficiency is very important. That is why we recycle. We shut off our lights. But to think that we are going to not have the ability to become energy independent, that is where we differ greatly. Senator shaheen, please respond and include whether you think a carbon tax is part of the solution could i have not supported a contacts and i do not support it. Not supported a carbon tax. I do not support it. In new is down 40 hampshire. Shorter. Eason is i think we have to address it in ways that will help us in new england. I support energiey efficiency. I have legislation that would create 200,000 jobs, save consumers 16 billion and kate 20 and take 22 million cars off the road. Supportent continued to those subsidies to the Oil Companies. I think we should take some of that money and we should invested in new Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency. And Companies Like flex energy, they are making gas turbines that are hoping to cl
We see the same polls as everyone else, which is it is a jump ball. I like will go until election day. Either of you may buzz in. Which of you has the Technology Edge in this election . Voter vault has been a tremendous asset. It was created in 2002. It provides great historical data. It got a little threadbare. The movement itself inside and outside the Party Structure has invested over 50 million and data. We dont have the realtime application we had in 2012. I think we have made massive strides and it has worked well. In mayoral races, florida 13, where we went head to head with the democrat technology and turnout machine. Performed well. The proof of the pudding will be how we do tuesday and the runoffs but based on the cultural changes, in which we have the data, i think that has been an unbelievable change. I was joked it is hard to turn an elephant. You have to smack him hard. We got smacked hard and we turned him. Do we catch up . I dont know. Can you catch up to something buil
We have breaking news tonight. Ohio Governor Mike Dewine has just tested negative for coronavirus after testing positive for coronavirus before he was scheduled to meet with President Trump today. Heres what were told. Dewine was supposed to meet the president on the tarmac, but the Rapid Testing that trump relies on detected that dewine was coronavirus positive. So they never crossed paths. Good. Thank god the governor is okay. And a second test just came back negative. This is part of the problem. Okay . Now, how do we deal with this . Better testing. More targeted. Having Rapid Testing, which may not be accurate. Thats why they got a false positive on dewine, we believe. But if you did that every day, you would still get a higher percentage of people who have this. Say, i just spoke with dewine on the show yesterday about Rapid Testing. And he is actively trying to secure it for his state, combining with other governors to do it because the federal government isnt making it happen f