Arguments monday. Live and ondemand at cspan. Org the prima cord. On friday, alex azar testified on the coronavirus sponsor just hours after President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive. He answered questions about the Trump Administrations handling of the virus, including the distribution of personal protective equipment, Public Health for mask wearing, and the number of deaths in the u. S. This is about three hours. Good morning and welcome,. Verybody some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the house,guidelines of the all individuals who attended the hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Who are not wearing a Face Covering an opportunity permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. For members appearing in person, you will be able to see members on two monitors. Seeing all at once in what is known in webex as review mode
Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
Lets wait a couple minutes until everybody comes down. Well, good morning. Sorry for taking a little longer. As you can see theres a lot of republicans here this morning because each and every one of us understand that america is worth fighting for. Republicans help build the greatest economy in a generation and the american way of life was thriving. We will do it again. That is our commitment to you. Two years ago Speaker Pelosi promised the American People the democrats would serve a responsibility to seek common ground. She did the complete opposite. The question is simple, what are the democrats results . Name me one problem the democrat majority in the house has solved. Democrats support defunding our police, and when asked about the violent protests the speaker expressed her support by saying, people will do what they do. Democrats want to dismantle our institutions, the democrats conducted the most partisan impeachment in history simply because they wanted to undo the results of
Thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. Tonight washington and the nation are honoring Capitol Hill Police officer brian sicknick. Laid to rest in Arlington National cemetery after dying defending the capital. And many say democracy itself. Lying in the Capitol Rotunda is an honor usually reserved for former officials. He is only the fifth private citizen to be honored this way, joining people like rosa parks. Against the backdrop of these solemn ceremonies is the fallout over the lies and Conspiracy Theories that powered the resurrection. Republicans vowing to sustain pressure and holding a meeting to discuss potential sanctions for Marjorie Taylor greene whose trafficked in hate, lies and antisemitism before she entered congress. The socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon, its odd there is never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. Barack obamas presidency. Okay. Lets keep going. Lets keep talking about whatever happened. Yes, i do believe he is a
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