Quorum call the presiding officer the senator for mississippi. Without objection. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is on the nomination. A senator i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second. There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 556789 the nays are 42. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator follow alaska. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i
It a vaguely worded law that could be broadly applied now in china they have a charge known as picking quarrels and provoking troubles not is the go to weapon of the authorities when they want to go after dissidents human Rights Groups journalists the worry is the same thing could happen here weve been hearing from journalist groups here in hong kong today who have carried out a survey 150 journalists were were questioned 87 percent of them said they now have grave fears about freedom of speech the future of freedom of speech in hong kong and some journalists are saying they might well quit the profession rather than remaining as a journalist we heard also of course on thursday from the g 7 Foreign Ministers the Foreign Ministers representing the advanced economies of the world they urged china to rethink this security law that call has been ignored but they also pointed out and its important to to mention this the by doing this china is breaching not just hong kongs basic law the mini
Is another data point that would be interesting against the other data points against more geographically based studies. You have to see how study is agreeing. Policymakers easing social distancing, others have used Antibody Test studies arguing that if the infection rate is higher than mortality rate is lower. Others have called into question the accuracy of fingerprint test using studies that have not been approved by the fda. He the test are good in concept, but difficult in execution and interpreting the studies depends on which community you are looking at the results in. A false positive rate is Something Like one percent, and you test 50 percent of people in your population are positive for maybe one percent of those 15 percent might be false positives but you have a good idea of whats going on so it really depends on the actual numbers. The doctor leading this mlb study tells me that all the data from the 10,000 employees has been analyzed right now as we speak they are working
A dwindling but women stepping in and planting the ants. An unforgettable image, a column of smoke rises over the harbour of lebanons capital bay roofs. 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer exploded. Here on the 4th of august 2020, devastating swathes of the city. 200 people died and there was an estimated 13000000000 euros in damages, too much for crisis rock to lebanon. Yet once upon a time, the country was booming, they route was a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city. But then in 1975 civil war broke out. Political and religious groups battled for supremacy tearing the country a part. The war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. The infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste, collect the local currency, has lost 90 percent of its value. Many struggle to afford the very basics, food and heating and gas. And its really tough for the many refugees here too. But there are some projects offering hope it looks like a game, and it really is
A dwindling but women stepping in and planting the ants. An unforgettable image, a column of smoke rises over the harbour of lebanons capital bay roofs. 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer exploded. Here on the 4th of august 2020, devastating swathes of the city. 200 people died and there was an estimated 13000000000 euros in damages, too much for crisis rock to lebanon. Yet once upon a time, the country was booming, they route was a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city. But then in 1975 civil war broke out. Political and religious groups battled for supremacy tearing the country a part. The war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. The infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste, collect the local currency, has lost 90 percent of its value. Many struggle to afford the very basics, food and heating and gas. And its really tough for the many refugees here too. But there are some projects offering hope it looks like a game, and it really is