An assignment manager he was video of the associated press. Thank you for joining us today for our virtual headliners newsmaker with rick wilson Steve Schmidt, cofounders of the lincoln product. We are happy to accept questions from our audience today and i will ask as many questions as time permits. To submit a question, email headliners at press. Org. We are 40 days away from election day. As in president ial campaigns past, the two candidates, President Donald Trump and democratic challenger, former Vice President joe biden are spending millions on advertising to spread their message and turned the tide in battleground states. This election is unusual, certainly the covid19 pandemic squelching the meet and greets. Then theres the Lincoln Project, a Political Action committee founded by several current informal influential republicans including attorney george conway, New Hampshire gop chair, jennifer warner, republican political strategist, mike madrid, ron and john and our guest he
Delay, waiting until january 20 reelectioner for the of President Trump or a new president , 202 7488001. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. We are on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The present aiming to fill a Supreme Court see without delay. Momentum growing among the gop. The Supreme Court vote before election day. The Public Relations firm working with the judicial crisis network, which supports conservative judicial nominees, notes that stevens, Sandra Day Oconnor, and Justice Ginsburg were confirmed within 45 days. Moderate senator joe manchin who kavanaughjo brett may vote with republicans. Another question mark is Senator Cory Gardner of new jersey who is behind in the polls. Called up to question who declined to address the a townf timing during hall saturday. [video clip] united in their commitment to selecting nominees who believe in applying the constitution as written. Both the white house and the Senate Majority have a moral duty
On cspan. Org. The senate is weighing in on defense policies for 2021. And now to live coverage. Senate here on cspan2. To or. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for the gift of this day. Open the minds of our lawmakers and give them a vision of the unlimited possibilities available to those who trust you as their guide. May our senators embrace a hugh millty embrace a humility that seeks first to understand rather than to be understood. Inspire them to seek your wisdom as you sustain them with your grace, mercy, and peace. Lord, remind them that you will judge their fruits, productivey and faithfulness. We pray in your strong 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.
Madam Prime Minister our nation stands madam president , our nation stands at a crucial midway point in our battle against this terrible virus. The heroism of health care professionals, essential workers and family ares from coast to coastur got our nation through a spring time like no other. Communities across america put normal life on pause to buy breathing room for our medical system. We essentiallied had to winterize the Worlds Largest economy for weeks on end and spare our people as much of the resulting pain as possible. The task was historic and is so was the senates response. We wrote and passed the cares act, the largest rescue package in american history. Our legislation helped pull both our Health System and our economy back from the brink. Tens of millions of jobs were saved. The hallways of our hospitals did not become italy. The senates leadership helped the nation endure the first phase of this, but this crisis is far from over. The virus that has claimed 40,000 america
Implement the revised medical screening proceediers, and the improper expenditure of emergency funds appropriated by congress for the care of migrants. In december, two children died in custody. A sevenyearold girl named jacqueline and an 8yearold boy named felipe. Last year another three children died in custody or shortly after being released. On january 4th, 2019, i sent a letter to the department of Homeland Security requesting documents relating to the deaths in 2018. After they failed to produce all documents responsive and in november and they keep my of the communicating requested in my letter ten months prior. The expecter Generals Office issued two one page sum mum rars. But the questions were left with more questions than answers. Earlier this year i sent a l letter to the expecter general. My entire letter is available on the committees wps. Among the concerns i raised were the following. They say there was no malfeasance or misconduct by dhs personnel. It was unclear why t