Novel, a tale of reason battling extremism. I always thought that these two ways of talking, one is fantastic, the fable, you know, the fairy tale, and the other is history, the scholarly study of what happened, i think theyre both amazing ways to understand the nature. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the human drama engulfing europe showed no sign of ending today. Instead, the divide deepened, between rich and poor nations, over how to handle the crisis. And, there was new trouble in southern hungary as throngs of people tried to cross from serbia. Well have a report from the scene, after the news summary. A county c
Novel, a tale of reason battling extremism. I always thought that these two ways of talking, one is fantastic, the fable, you know, the fairy tale, and the other is history, the scholarly study of what happened, i think theyre both amazing ways to understand the nature. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the human drama engulfing europe showed no sign of ending today. Instead, the divide deepened, between rich and poor nations, over how to handle the crisis. And, there was new trouble in southern hungary as throngs of people tried to cross from serbia. Well have a report from the scene, after the news summary. A county c
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 57, the 67, the nays are 32, and the bill is as amend, is passed. Mr. Cardin madam president . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i move to reconsider. And lay on the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin madam president . The presiding officer the senator prosecute maryland. Mr. Cardin i would ask consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin madam president the presiding officer the senate will come to order. Mr. Cardin madam president , on tuesday evening, president obama in his state of the Union Address made the point that america must be the land of opportunity for all, and he acknowledged, quite frankly, that for many families in this country, the American Dream is just that a dream. And many families have lost hope that their children or grandchildren will be a
Down 10. 3 but yet, compare that to what the inflation was the same week the year prior the total inflation from 2021 has dropped 22 . In that range. So we are seeing some drop here and we are also seeing softness in the marketplace which probably is indicative of why the inflation. We have the economy and we have representatives from four Different Community organizations. And we will have a chance to ask related questions to hear about the people that you work with. Just stepping back for a second, a little bit about the cross current that are hitting the economy we know on the one hand that americans are back to school and work even if you are not in work laces they are back to work and the economy did come out of the pandemic with some strength. We recently saw a report suggesting unprecedented declines and in children poverty even with the pandemic over the last few decades and that is looking to the future. When i look more towards our retired populations, we have seen two point
Principled in their pursuit of this objective and we can move on that issue also. And with that, madam president , i would yield the floor. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, madam president. I rise to address the amendment that i have. I will formally ask to call it up in a few moments, but i want to say a few words about it. And id like to start by a little bit of background and reminder of where how we got here and the circumstances that brought us to this point. And it all started, of course, with a completely unsustainable National Flood insurance progr program. I dont think theres any dispute that this program is massively in debt, its completely its been completely underwater, it was unsolvent, and there was no pros insolvent and there was no prospect for this to right i itself because of the massive subsidies for homeowners of all stripes. By the way, in addition to being fiscally insolvent and, therefore, a a