105 in iowa, that is a lot for us. Just a couple of hours ago i was on a call with iowa state leaders who are at the state Emergency Operations center. Let me say that again. Emergency operations center, an e. O. C. You just dont set those up for fun, folks. You set them up when your state is in crisis. They gave us a picture of whats going on with our workers and our Small Businesses on the ground in iowa. Within three hours the state received over 11,000 calls for Unemployment Insurance. 2,000 of them are selfemployed. They wont qualify for Unemployment Insurance. You know what would relieve their hurt . This package, phase three. Meanwhile my democratic colleagues are holding this bill up that would actually deliver the relief that is necessary for these workers that i just mentioned for things that have nothing to do with a crisis. Senate democrats are stalling funding for hospitals and Small Businesses until they get to jam through their Green New Deal. Mr. President , you tell me
House and Senate Budget committees about their Budget Priorities, as we hear from viewers about your Budget Priorities. And we begin this morning with sheldon whitehouse, senator from rhode island, democrat. And senator, as were asking about these priorities, what are your priorities, and how are they shaping your role here, and your thoughts as this looming budget deadline is coming in about ten days . Well, i think the overarching thing that we are looking for is some degree of parity, more or less, between nondefense and defense spending increases. With that, that enables the proprieto proprietors to go back and fix accounts. Very keen to see the promised second chunk of opioid spending come through. Around washington, promises sometimes arent quite as strong as they are elsewhere in the world. And then there are the big issues that i think we want in a bipartisan fashion to resolve, but could fall apart. We need to do the Childrens Health insurance program. We need to fund the Comm
Host for the remainder of the washington journal today, we will be talking with senators and congressmen on the house and Senate Budget committees about Budget Priorities as we hear from viewers about your budget by ortiz. We begin with the senator from sheldonland, whitehouse. As we are asking about these priorities, what are your try ortiz and how are they shaping your role here and your thoughts on this looming budget deadline coming in about 10 days . Sen. Whitehouse i think the overarching thing we are looking for is some the glee degree of parity between nondefense and defense spending increases. That enables the appropriators to go back and fix the individual accounts at those known levels. Very keen to see the promised second chunk of opioid spending come through. We have been promised that. Around washington, promises sometimes arent quite as strong as they are elsewhere in the world. The big issue i think we want in a bipartisan fashion to resolve that could fall apart. We ne
As we take you through the latest on that front. We want to hear from you about your immigration policy priorities. Give us a call. Tell us what those priorities are. Democrats, 2027488000 is the number for you. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, its at twitter. Com cspanwj. On facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. And a very good Tuesday Morning to you. You can start calling in now with your immigration policy priorities as we take you to ed okeefe on the phone joining us. Hes a congressional reporter with the Washington Post. You had an article earlier this week previewing the woe that the immigration debate would be playing in the current round of budget talks. At this point, does it appear hat a daca fix and immigration fixes are going to happen alongside a larger budget deal . Caller guest too soon to say but everyone seems to be heading in that direction. Some who have been working on this issue for several y
Pensions committee. This is part of a series of hearings the committee is holding on the epidemic. Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. Today, we turn our attention again to the Opioid Crisis. The nations number one Public Health challenge. Our witness today is sam quinones, the author of dreamland, a true tale of americas opiate epidemic. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, then ill introduce the witness. Then well hear from mr. Quinones, and then senators will each have five minutes of questions. Since hes our only witness, i have suggested to him if he wants to take a little more than five minutes to say whatever he has to say, we would welcome that. But there will be plenty of conversation back and forth with members of the committee. Member quinones, it is unusual to have a single witness at our hearings. But this is an unusual topic, one you quote Washington State Research Professor Gary Franklin as calling th