Is not leading the world in coronavirus testing but we are leading the world in corona virus deaths does that count that we get a prize for that you know maybe a decoder ring or plastic spider to scare your friends. Were probably also close to leading the way in the level of unemployment increase during the fan demick so theres Something Else to be proud of right now we have to ask ourselves is there another way we could be doing things right now is there a better way yes of course paris lets take a look at countries that dont have corndog brains look at denmark denmark has had almost twice as much testing per capita as the United States and fewer than half as many deaths per capita that would mean around 40 or 50000. 00 extra americans have died in the past few months because we have not dealt with. This as well as denmark that 169 elevenths that could have been stopped if we hadnt behaved like idiots but death is not the only problem caused by this pandemic theres also the economic c
Subcommittee on health in Human Services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you sec. A desire for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. You will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget, my first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully that will be the case again this time. You propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the health care workforces and preparedness programs and research programs, all have been about earlier today at the members reading on the current virus. Rural programs we would be reluctant to discuss. We will need more money this year in m
Ted cruz talks about us Foreign Policy and National Security including threats from china and russia, he also shared his views on iran at this event at the hudson institute. Thank you very much john and thank you to hudson for hosting me, thank you for the terrific work you are doing. These are challenging times, in the United States and across the world. We have to be candid that we have enemies in the world. I have categorized the countries we face in the world in four groups. Enemies, allies, problematic allies, and rivals. Lets talk about each. I ran seeks Nuclear Weapons. North korea already has them. Both have repeatedly called for the destruction of the United States of america. In south america we have disintegrating and failed states controlled by antiamerican thugs such as ortega in nicaragua or missouri in venezuela. Who use their resources to so chaos across the western hemisphere and beyond. We also face hostile rivals such as china and russia, qualitatively different from
Enemies, allies, problematic allies, and rivals. Lets talk about each. I ran seeks Nuclear Weapons. North korea already has them. Both have repeatedly called for the destruction of the United States of america. In south america we have disintegrating and failed states controlled by antiamerican thugs such as ortega in nicaragua or missouri in venezuela. Who use their resources to so chaos across the western hemisphere and beyond. We also face hostile rivals such as china and russia, qualitatively different from our enemy. In that we trade with them, we compete with them in the economic sphere, and yet more often than not, their interests are antagonistic to our own. And that you have the resources to be developing next generation weapons platforms. And sophisticated weaponry including hypersonic weapons, weapons that will be fielded in space and weapons that leverage artificial intelligence. The longterm geopolitical chessboard features prominently china and russia. As our principal ri
ukraine war and it s followed and the rising cost of living. but johnson may also be grilled on a series of scandals involving him and his government. earlier, johnson faced tough questions in the u. k. parliament, after both the finance and health ministers stepped down on tuesday saying they lost confidence in his leadership. but the british prime minister, remain defiant vine to carry on in his role despite a string of resignations from his government over the last 24 hours. it is true that the complaint was raised when he was in the foreign office in the matter was result. it s absolutely true, it s absolutely true me to think of it. it was ray ray s with me. i greatly regret that he continued in office and i said that i have said that so call me to speak to i have said that before me can speak somebody is not. it is not the subject of an independent investigation, and that is the right thing. we can figure south african president, several from a poser has attended the