Tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Standard john cotton one members of the bridge about buying g5 equipment from the Chinese Company while way. The arkansas republican join former House Intelligence Committee chair mike rogers and retired Brigadier General Robert Spaulding who predecease her on the National Security council under the trump administration. They answered questions from the British Defense subcommittee on china for about two hours. Order, order. Welcome to this Defense Select Committee hearing to consider the International Response to the uk government decision to allow while we to continue to operate its 5g network and implications of the gibbous decision for information sharing across the alliance. Also to discuss International Ambitions and the role of 5g technology and within this specifically look at Cyber Attacks and the distal silk road. Our session date is divided into two parts and id like to welcome senator tom cotton joining us for part on
Most graduations have a different look this year due to the pandemic. But the occasion hasnt lost its significance. Graduations are a time to celebrates the hard work and dedication students put into their education. I want to congratulate all iowans graduating this spring as you begin a new chapter in your life. Barbara and i wish you all continuous success. The pandemic continues to nation on high alert. More than 1. 4 million americans have been infected and more than 80,000 lives have been tragically lost. The livelihoods of tens of millions of working families have been turned upside down in what seems like the blink of an eye. The nations Healthcare System hasnt been stretched by contagion on this scale in over a century. Unemployment hasnt been this high since the second world war. A newth generation from the medical professionals and web researchers and Grocery Store workers to custodians and Community Volunteers have been called to the front lines to serve. For several weeks n
Meeting with governors that he believes that the fed chair is doing a good job. Also saying dr. Anthony fauci wants to play all sides of the equation. Nowas been pushing back on is the time for the economy to reopen we could backtrack on the progress we have made in the midst of the pandemic. To talk more about the market slide today, i want to bring in taylor riggs. Turned negative for the year. We saw the nasdaq boosted by tech considerably over the last several days. What has happened to start this turn . Taylor we have had some poor economic data. I want to talk about some of the cpi data to reinforce what we already knew. We are in a deflationary environment. You also mentioned jay powell. He said the economy faces unprecedented risks and could lead to economic damage. What that means for the nasdaq we have erased the gains we have had for the year. Year bynegative on the about 1. 2 . As you mentioned, big tex has been big tech has been in outperform or. Outperformer. The rest of
Lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the author of unity, remind our lawmakers that people accomplish laudable goals more through unity than division. May our senators remember that all of us are more effective than any one of us. As our legislators pursue effectiveness in their work, give them the wisdom to forge alliances that make the difficult become easy and the impossible become probable. In their search for common purposes, inspire them with the conviction that nothing is impossible for those who believe. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance 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 is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for one minute. The pres
Rather from beijing to moscow to caves in the middle east, our adversaries would be tickle pinked if the coronavirus causes the United States to lose our ability to multitask. Some of our democratic colleagues have implied recently that it is beneath the senate, beneath the senate to spend time on any business that does not exclusively pertain to the pandemic. I could not disagree more strongly. Common sense tells us this crisis demands more vigilance on other fronts of National Security, not less. When we take our oaths of office as u. S. Senators, we swear to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. This coronavirus may have shoved its way to the top of that list, but the list is still a long one indeed. Unfortunately, for several weeks now, our nation has been less prepared than normal to defend ourselves against those who wish us harm. And its not because of the coronavirus. Its because House Democrats have failed to act. Back in march, the Senate Passed a