Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. Im encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially Ranking Member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the United States who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. All have made lowering Prescription Drug costs one of the Core Principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration
Judicial nominations, including District Court nominees for arkansas and pennsylvania, as well as Appeals Court nominations for the 9th circuit covering the western u. S. And the 2nd circuit which includes connecticut, new york and vermont. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for not leaving us alone in a challenging world. You remain our refuge in every storm. We call you when troubles arise, and you rescue us even from selfinflicted wounds. You clean up our debris, restoring us to your sweet fellowship. As our lawmakers commit this day to you, help them navigate through its turbulence. May your spirit impinge on their minds, guiding them by the light of your truth. Be the resource they need to be faithful stewards of your unfolding providence. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro t
Speakers comments. When we stand united on the floor of the congress as americans, thats when we send the strongest message overseas to adversaries. I want to thank mr. Engel for his strong work, in working with me to get to a positive place where we can actually get to a solution, to whats been a challenging and very fluid situation. Its always an honor to work with you, sir, on the Foreign Affairs committee, and in these times of crises, we are, i believe, strongest on the world stage when the executive and legislative branch speak in one voice. I know in his testimony before our committee, ambassador jeffries, special envoy to sir ark said i saw firsthand the effects of congressional sanctions when we visited with the turkish negotiating team, that these sanctions have been helpful in getting turks to agree to the ceasefire. I believe the resolution that we passed helps helped get turkey to the ceasefire as well. Finally, i want to thank our partners in the Syrian Democratic forces
China. Xi jinping ahead of talks with President Trump before the g20. Bayer shares jump as the German Chemicals group bolsters its legal team to address a multibillion dollar litigation challenge around its roundup we weed killer. And h m reports sales of its summer collection are off to a strong start with the firms shares on course for their best day in three months. Good morning a bit of italian data this morning. Italy june Consumer Confidence numbers are just out theyve fallen to 109. 6 verses a consensus of 111. 3 this is the lowest italian Consumer Confidence number since july 2017. Overall Business Confidence has also fallen to 99. 3 versus 102 in may Manufacturing Confidence has also fallen to 100. 8, slightly below consensus of 101 also lower than in may that will paint a picture of slowing confidence in italy. That is the picture for euro, returning flattish around 1. 1370 there hasnt been Much Movement in the euro. The story has been one of dollar weakness rather than Euro
Be now is unknown, and thats why everyone who sees this video i ask you to look carefully at the boys face, he looks 34 years old, of medium build, has light blond hair and dark eyes, so if you know anything about demyanchik tyurin, do not delay and report to the hotline of the childrens Search Service for by the number 116,000 from all mobile operators in ukraine, free of charge, also write to our website or to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram. I want to emphasize that any even the smallest information can be important in the search. War we have received thousands of appeals for help in the search, now many children disappear in the frontline areas or in the occupation, but there are also many such cases and in relatively peaceful cities and villages, fortunately, many missing children have already been found, but the fate of many still remains many such stories remain unknown, they happen in temporarily occupied territories where the police do not work and from wh