I agree, it is too hot. Lets talk about this. I know people had some Power Outages yesterday, which made the hot date even hotter and a hot night. I dont think we are out of this yet . We will not get rid of this heat for the next couple of days temperatures will drop slightly for the weekend and then back up again peaking on tuesday. Outside right now, most areas never really cooled off. A lot of 60s and 70s out there to start the day. A live look over east bay where you can see some hayes and some fog along the northbay coastline. It is 64 in santa rosa. 67 semper cisco. Upper 60s in oakland and low 70s and livermore and san jose. A little bit of clear sky at there compared to the cloud cover we have been starting with over the last couple of days. In any case, temperatures are supposed to be there warm once again. Heres what we can expect with bart advisories getting as well. For nurse by those, especially, San Francisco peninsula and santa cruz, we have the heat advisory that will
Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the 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. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off
Forward to pressing them on transparency and decisiveness to get u useful answers because of the health and safety of the American People are at stake i yield the floor. Nothing like the prospect of a hanging theres nothing to focus on the healthcare like the prospect of a pandemic americans should not panic or be pessimistic but be realistic as the totals around the world to take an assessment of the vulnerabilities community and state vulnerabilities here in the United States of america also reflecting to get us through the pandemic in a positive fashion first to major Healthcare Organizations of the federal government and ih the premier healthor Research Agency in the world and cdc which leads the world when it comes to disease and Public Health of america but the question we should ask ourselves how we treated them to date and the answer is mixed the nih is positive over the last four years something dramatic has occurred to be part of a bipartisan effort led by senator murray from
I would say theres nothing that focuses the mind on the issue of Health Care Like the prospect of a pandemic, and that is what were facing now with the coronavirus. Americans should not panic and they shouldnt be pessimistic but we need to be realistic as the numbers start to increase over the world. And we take note of our vulnerabilities here in the United States of america. Were also, i hope, reflecting on what were counting on toest go us through this pandemic in a posse comitatussive fashion in america. The first thing is we look to two Major Health Care organizations of the federal government the National Institutes of health, which is the premier Health Research agency in the world, and the center for disease control, which again leads the world when this comes to preventing the spread of disease and threats to the Public Health of america. The question we should ask ourselves is how have we treated these agencies to date. The answers are mixed. The answer when it comes to Natio