[inaudible conversations] well reconvene, and i now recognize the senator from alaska. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, welcome. Thank you for all that you do. I want to give a special thanks for the shoreline mapping that we are seeing coming out of the department. Your support for this mapping on the shoreline and near shore is appreciated. We recognize the value of the president s memorandum on mapping. I also want to thank you for the departments recent work on the disaster funds for the two fisheries disasters that we have seen. It is important to us, and as you know, there is more in that pipeline. When we first met some years back, i promised you that you were going to think of fishing when you visited with me, and im not going i to disappoint yu today [laughter] as i look through my seven priorities here for the department of commerce, six of those relate to fisheries or to our ocean. So let me, let me begin with funding for fisheries surveys. You know the significance o
Nation and world. We praise you that your plans succeed and your precepts are sure. Lord, you know our thoughts before we think them. Encourage our lawmakers to do your will. Give them the wisdom to totally depend upon your unfailing love, remembering that unless you help them they labor in vain. Lord, when doubts fill their minds, provide them with the renewed hope in the ultimate triumph of your purposes. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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 madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i would like to have one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thirty years ago today, the freely elected parliament of lithuania declared the restorati
Territory for the first time in 11 years. All this comes amid concerns by the administration on the outbreak. We are standing by now at the white house. Reporter good evening. With fears mounting about the coronavirus, President Trump is expected to announce a series of steps to deal with the issue. One white house official tells me the president will likely announce some expanded travel restrictions. Another option under consideration the possibility of declaring a national disater. Here now is the president of the United States. My fellow americans, tonight i want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world. Today the World Health Organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. We have been in frequent contact with our allies and we are marshaling the full power of the federal government to protect the american people. This is the most aggressive and comprehens
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