Today, lead our senators along the road of humility so that you can exalt them in due time. May they have the wisdom to reap the bountiful harvest that comes from planting the seeds of lowliness and reverential awe. Lord, make them wise and strong, as they face National Challenges that threaten our freedoms. Guide them, strong deliverer, for they are pilgrims in time who are headed for eternity. Continue in everything to work for the good of those who love you, who are called according to your purposes. Keep us, o god, so dedicated to you and your purposes that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. 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. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr.
From the late president who was at the time the air force commander. Younger i was a bit with a wonderful wife who is sitting right here and two lovely children. My third child was born later, said today i am of the father of three children, a grandfather of , the eldestildren is serving in the air force, of course and his name is jonathan. [applause] in 1976, i was a law student and litigator in the air force at the reserve forces and an employee as a navigator. On the afternoon of thursday, june the first i received a critical phone call telling me to attend a military briefing the next day at 2 00 p. M. I left home friday afternoon, driving very carefully to my base. I knew what the briefing must be about, knowing the prime knew there was only one option. We were flying. Once that ran through my mind again and again, i wanted to be the lead litigator for the mission. Why . Because in the air force we are taught to take responsibility. The opportunity to lead this mission would be a
At risk, including gay men, blacks, latinos and other at high risk of infection. We will continue to support americas Ground Breaking programming. That was a platform in 2012. How should we expand on this . That is a good place to start. Somenk there are from of the mental things to address. We can virtually, nearly eliminate transmission, treatment as prevention. We need to make sure we had treatment on demand. Any person living with hiv should have access to lifesaving treatment. Not only for their own health, but also because of the dramatic reduction in transmission. We can enter up acquisition of the virus. Anyone at risk of hiv should have access to treatment that would prevent acquiring hiv. Number three, we need to address the issue around stigma. For example, if you are trance trans woman and your state discovered it against you, you, we have to deal with the stigma issue. Number four, when he to continue to be a leader we need to continue to be a leader in the research front.
Economic activity. And today, a rash of economic reports from jobless claims to personal income and spending gave us a look at just how fiscally fit americans are heading into the biggest shopping season of the year. Steve liesman breaks down the data. Reporter a torrent of Economic Data released early ahead of the holidays presented an economic puzzle. How can the same data both bring down the outlook for growth and consumer spending, and yet, keep economists upbeat about the holiday selling seasony for the answer, you have to delve into the data and keep your rosecolored glasses handy. The bad news, consumer spending, Consumer Sentiment and new home sales came in below expectations. Some of the data included downward revisions to prior reports. So, consumers not as upbeat, and they arent spending a whole lot ahead of the Holiday Season. Ug. And all of that prompted wall street to lower their Growth Outlook for the Fourth Quarter from 0. 3 to 2 as updated in the rapid update. Ug again
Economic activity. And today, a rash of economic reports from jobless claims to personal income and spending gave us a look at just how fiscally fit americans are heading into the biggest shopping season of the year. Steve liesman breaks down the data. Reporter a torrent of Economic Data released early ahead of the holidays presented an economic puzzle. How can the same data both bring down the outlook for growth and consumer spending, and yet, keep economists upbeat about the holiday selling season . For the answer, you have to delve into the data and keep your rosecolored glasses handy. The bad news, consumer spending, Consumer Sentiment and new home sales came in below expectations. Some of the data included downward revisions to prior reports. So, consumers not as upbeat, and they arent spending a whole lot ahead of the Holiday Season. Ug. And all of that prompted wall street to lower their Growth Outlook for the Fourth Quarter from 0. 3 to 2 as updated in the rapid update. Ug agai