Good afternoon. This hearing is called to order. Very pleased to see a hearing on s. T. E. M. And math and science and precision as starting precisely at 2 30 and 0 seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year on one of the hottest nights of the summer, nearly a half Million People crowded on to the national mall. They werent there for a protest or to celebrate a national holiday, and they werent there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead a half Million People went there drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected on to the washington monument, commemorated the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for man kind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there are a half Million People on the mall and it aint a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one of the epical moments in the history
Good morning, and welcome to the u. S. Chamber of commerce and to launch, the space economy, our Second Annual space summit. Events such as this are a team effort and we deeply appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrop, rocket lab, oneweb, hawkeye 360, and ascend. We have been businessy over the past year. From policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and space launch airspace, to small satellite encryption and deorbit insurance and commercial opportunities aboard the iss and future gateway. We even convened a roundtable with a commandant of the u. S. Coast guard regarding the need of greater use of spaceenabled surveillance of the arctic waterways. Suffice to say the chambers procurement and Space Industry Council has an everexpanding set of policy pursuits. Fortunately, we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo here at the chamber. After last years summit tom donahue bro an articwrote an ar which i will quote. He wrote, harnessing the economic
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i think were waiting for somebody on the other side. Ill yield, but i want to thank everybody for joining senator shelby and i on this vote. Its going to help us move forward, where i noted, as i said earlier in my remarks, republicans and democrats came together and worked extraordinarily hard on these appropriations bills. It shows what can be done when we do that. I think the vote here is an indication that if nobody is seeking recognition, i will suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Thune mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i understand the national . A quorum call. The presiding officer it is. Mr. Thune i wo
Millions of americans to the greatest political scandal in our nations history and more evidence is on the way. Those democrats appear to be well on their way to electoral disaster in 2020. President trump is strengthened and validated by the radical dimms disastrous failures of their socalled impeachment inquiry. The president says he wants a full trial of the facts in the u. S. Senate. President trump eager to expose further the corruption and baseless charges of the deep state and the radical dimms that track back to the obama white house. President trump today crowed about this banner week for his presidency. Tremendous things are happening. I think we had a tremendous week with the hoax, you know the great hoax. We call it the impeachment hoax. That worked out incredibly well. We have tremendous support. Lou the fcc unanimously voted 50 to ban up much Telecom Companies from using federal subsidies to buy or maintain equipment made by i huawei and zte, labeling those companies a Na
Millions of americans to the greatest political scandal in our nations history and more evidence is on the way. Those democrats appear to be well on their way to electoral disaster in 2020. President trump is strengthened and validated by the radical dimms dismal and disastrous failures of their socalled impeachment inquiry. The president says in fact he wants a full trial of the facts in the u. S. Senate. President trump eager to expose further the corruption and baseless charges of the deep state and radical dimms that track back to the obama white house. President trump crowed about this banner week for his presidency. Tremendous things are happening. I think we had a tremendous week with the hoax, the great hoax. They call it the impeachment hoax. That worked out incredibly well. And we have tremendous support. Lou the fcc unanimously voted 50 to ban u. S. Telecom companies from using federal subsidies to buy or maintain equipment equipment made by Chinese Telecom Companies Huawei