Good afternoon. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules now we have set up any mileage us to which members can send anything they wish to submit they wish to submit in writing in any of her hearings or markups. Our hearings or markups. Has been provided to staff. The first order of business is consideration of the energy and Water Development appropriations bill. For fiscal year 2021. Captornow recognize this ms. Captor to present the bill. Please let me also add my you for your honorable and dedicated service to our community and nation and for your recognition of the full potential of this bill. You will truly be missed. I am pleased to consider the energy and water bill today. It is a good bill. A bill that captures the spirit of ingenuity and independence of the American People. Are actually able to provide the most important Climate Change bill congress will pass this year. This bill provides the foundation of critical investme
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From the market today, even do see the that, we higher than yesterday, and volume down 6 or yesterday. Same time lets bring back darrell kronk, ells fargo Institute President to give us a little more insight off what we should be looking for next week. Its april jobs report, it will midmarch to midapril, so asically a more clear picture of what happened when the lockdown really took effect. Will that data point matter to investors. Its backwards looking, yes, but its going to e really paint out for us in black and white the damage from the pandemic. Darrell yeah, its a great point, scarlet. It will matter. It always is, if not the most important Economic Data point, one of. Y it looks less like on the math 22 millionhere around jobs would have been lost through the month of april on payroll report. To put that into perspective, thats basically all of the jobs in the u. S. Ed economy through the 20092020 expansion period. The Unemployment Rate is going willeak to 16 , 17 , which far sur
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 36. Twothirds of the senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask consent before the roll call to be recognized to make a unanimous consent request. Id like to take that opportunity now, unless theres some other item of business before the senate. The presiding officer there is not. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin thank you t lets start with madge, basic madge, andrew yank math. Heres what it boils down to. Each year we have 140,000 employmentbased visas issued in the United States, 140,000. A decision was made several years ago that politicians were playing favorites, picking countries that would get more of one and more of another
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