Over his performance or lashing out enemies the president should get to work on testing. The patients the American People is wearing thin. Talking about Foreign Policy we will address the veto override of the words power act that may surprise peoplerenhi we are on the Senate Agenda this week because the first thing we look for is that danger is the National Emergency as President Trump is characterized a Public Health crisis a threat to the United States and all families. Many who come back to washington this week we are warned to stay in our homes as long as possible, stay out of public and we hope that priority wouldfif be this crisis in america the Public Health crisis but sadly as we bring this to a close little has been done on the senate floor to address the issue ofci the moment a. What will we do to protect americans and their families . I hearing for his favorite judge in kentucky or a young man who was an intern in his office to promote the Second Highest Court in the land. A
Vaccine. Good morning to you. You see a beautiful picture of San Francisco there. Happy birthday to willie mayes. I know a lot of us wished we were playing baseball. Willie, if youre watching, those of us at cut cut and we missed baseball earlier. I got a ball in my hand. I always have it on my mini desk. Baseball, i dont know. I remember interviewing larry bear about a month ago. We had the conversation and i pressed him and i said, look, if we get to july 4th and we havent played a game, do we play the season. Lets say you win 60 games and won the world series, does that really mean you won the world series . Right. They could be in trouble. Professional sports as a whole, when you look at the pandemic as a whole, how important is professional sports compared to what were doing on the front lines, too. I know a lot of people are more important now than ever. Many people are nooking to what they love. I remember how you did a driveway draft party when the nfl had a draft a few weeks a
There has been so much to learn and unpacked and unpacked. We are fortunate to be joined by the leading scholars and advocates who filed briefs on both sides of the case to help us understand the arguments we just heard. Little begin with sisters of the poor, the first case that was argued, with great pleasure i introduce our two panelists. Aten is a professor of law the Antonin Scalia a law school at George Mason University where she teaches family law, religion and property law. She has written many books, including putting childrens interest first, americas family law and policy, and the conscious of the institution. She filed a brief in support of Little Sisters of the poor, where the petitioners, on behalf of women scholars. The deputymehling is legal director of the aclu and director of the center for liberty, encompassing the aclus work on womens rights, freedom of religion, belief in disability rights to a cheese been with the aclu since 1992 and has written many articles, incl
Commitment to bringing you live gavel to gavel coverage of the u. S. Senate. You can continue watching this hearing online at cspan. Org. And now live to the floor 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, we continue to depend on you to fulfill your purposes for our lives. You have told us that your purpose for us is that we live for your glory. As our lawmakers strive to do your will, bringing honor to your name, have your way in all they say and do. Send them your help from celestial portals, so that they will please you and be your ambassadors during these challenging times. Rescue them from anything that will keep them from remembering that nothing is impossible for you. Be exalted, o god, above the highest heavens. Let your glory shine in our nation and world. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me
When we will finally, god willing, returned to normal. I feel the floor and notice the absence of a quorum. The assistant democratic leaders. Mr. President , first i ask unanimous consent of the quorum call be suspended. Without objection. Without the etiquette of a mask we are trying to make sure we set an example for the country t that is attentive to Public Health care crisis that we face. Mr. President , i listened carefully to the remarks of the republican majority leader and he spoke about the reconvening of the senate this day and talked about the work we achieved a few weeks ago passing the cares act twopoint to trillion dollars in rescue funds for america by 96nothing and then by a voice vote, we passed 484 billion more. Almost 2. 7 trillion dollars, 2. 7 trillion and that is an amount far in excess of the annual federal budget of the United States of america for domestic Discretionary Spending and we didnt in a matter of days and weeks. We knew that we were facing as the pres