A hell of a truck a full report we have a lot to get to so lets get started. The house clear legislation on wednesday that threatens to kick Chinese Companies off u. S. Stock exchanges if they continue to deny u. S. Regulators access to their audit when the measure passed the house by anonymous vote after it passed the Senate Unanimously in may well now the bill has gone to president Donald Trumps dust for his signature joining me now to discuss the trafficking of journalist ben swan but whats in this bill exactly and what was it spelled out to do specifically. Yeah its kind of an interesting things there its called the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable act essentially bars securities of Foreign Companies from being listed on a u. S. Exchange if they have failed to comply with u. S. Public accounting oversight boards audits for 3 years in a row so essentially the idea here is that if youre going to be on a u. S. Exchange you have got to have the u. S. Agency doing audits to make su
As you know i announced i was not running for reelection and if i had known everyone was going to be so nice to me to my my have announced it earlier h. I am not the only senator who is giving a farewell speech. Many of us got to hear Lamar Alexander last week. He is the perfect example of what a United States senator should be. Before i was wet behind the ears in the senate, a first one my first week here he invited me and my wife to dinner. There it began to become fast friends and we grew closer pulling that kind of friendship that is essential here in the senate. We Work Together to get things done for our state and National Laboratories and conserving the great outdoors. Something else we shared with the harbor in the senate barbershop with mario. [laughter] and to be honest thats the place on the best place to learn the wisdom of the Senate Sitting in marios chair. Friendships like with four more and mario are what i willfr missik most the friendships and because is any good cent
Particular the segments of the economy that use it now with regards to this of course the safety and protection of personal data has been paramount its good for concerns that Many Russians as the country increasingly moves towards a Digital Economy and the president was clear that the balance needed to be struck between making that digital progress and protecting peoples data protecting peoples information in particular to do with data leaks. I ask the government to promptly present a bill allowing the creation of draft laws for using ai across economy sectors and also present the strategy of how to use e. I. In practice so that it helps for example doctors at the same time all risks of personal data leaks should be prevented human rights should unconditionally be observed. Now those proposals that the president mention is that they could come as early as next year or early 2021 while he will put forward proposals to grant Ai Developers access to Government Data something that will of
Flags were on the Capitol Building and at the white house are being flown at half staff in members of pearl harbor. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great redeemer, guide our lawmakers along the best path to fulfill your purposes on earth. May they submit to your wisdom and providential leading, believing that you will supply all of their needs. Remind them that your unfailing love accompanies those who put their trust in you. Give our senators an attitude of reverential awe that will keep them from evil. Inspire them to rejoice and be glad, as they strive to live lives of purity and obedience. And lord, as we remember pearl harbor on this december 7th, thank you for your loving and prevailing providence. May we show our gratitude by facing the future without fear. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting
Lost teeth, School Concerts and junior high dances. Sore throats and first moments. Thank you to my incredible staff, many in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington who made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature. Signature, desk, and the floor. Thank you to my colleagues and senator bennet. Thank you for the honor of serving along your side and commitment to our nation, capitol police, the staff, support staff in the senate who make it all possible. Above all, most importantly and most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means and represents. The hope and optimism that for over two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be a part of this nation, to then turn around and fight through political strife and pandemics, to go to war to save the union, to know how luc