Time get that much time to speak. Number one, the reason why that is, is not anything about affirmative action. Its all because of one guy we were talking about earlier, scalia. You can you can listen to any oral argument on oyez. Org cspan 3 is live on capitol hill this morning where members of a house subcommittee are holding a hearing on u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Live coverage on cspan 3. Such as subcommittee meetings and hearings and so the expectation is for members and witnesses who are physically present to please wear a mask except when you are speaking. Pursuant to notice and this subcommittees rules of procedure and statement of policy for private immigration bills i call up hr 7572, a private bill for the relief of median. The chair calls the bill for the purpose of requesting an investigative report from the department of Homeland Security and the stay of removal on behalf of the named beneficiary while that report is pending. Without objection i ask unani
Protection of undocumented immigrant children. He calls it, quote, a shotgun blast to the face of conservatives. Is june teenth marking marking e official day of slavery in the United States and Many Companies making today an official holiday, more on that ahead. Big tech taking on commander in chief. Campaign says its a symbol used by antifa. On campaign trail put joe biden far ahead of President Trump as the president bushes for more live debates before the november election. And america together, meet a High School Principal going above and beyond to make sure his students get their diplomas in person, mornings with maria is live right now. European markets on the rise this morning, gains across the board, 1 to plus side in england and france, close in germany. Investor attention turning to European Union 840 billiondollar proposed program to help economies rebound after coronavirus. In asia overnight it was buying across the board, gains on all 4 major markets there. President trum
White hou on remdesivir and looking past chinas first gdp contraction in 40 years oil below 18 is something to watch. That report out of stat news reflects how much hope there is, whether its remdesivir or Something Else for an effective treatment going into the fall. It does it may also reflect thin trading having spoken to a number of people this morning who are wondering whether or not you can have big moves in the market with just a billion dollars of futures being bought, which may seem like a lot, but is not. Because, you know, you have a lot of Fund Managers who tighten risk, they took down their net exposure, perhaps they didnt kel quite a sell quite as much its unclear how much buying power is needed to move the market in a significant way. Remdesivir itself is important were all hopeful that it is going to actually have an impact on the outcome of the disease for those who get very sick and end up in the hospital but it is not going to be what we call a chain terminator it is
Angela merkel may be pouring a little bit more cold water on that idea in the last hour. Vonnie absolutely. It is hard to understate the extent of the rally here. We have consumer durables leading this rally, up more than 7 in the s p 500. Itself is up 4. 4 . Even in the s p 500, the worst performing sector is up 1. 25 right now. The dollar index is up 0. 25 . A live at of weakness for the 1. 0785. Ding at the Canadian Dollar stronger today at 1. 4742. Guy lets get some more insight into what is happening with these markets, a little more context as to where we are potential he going. Mber, Global Market strategist at jp morgan asset management, joins us on the phone. Looking at what is happening around world, seeing signs that there may be stabilizations happening in a number of countries when it comes to coronavirus cases, then extrapolating that into the equity market, i am wondering whether that is a step too far. Hugh i would agree with you because i think at the moment, what we s
Mr. President , this is a commonsense piece of legislation. It does not saddle Small Businesses, American Business with a new mandate that they dont have a great deal of confidence and then they would actually be funded 100 by the federal government. By the way, the house bill doesnt fund this 100 , it leaves gaps, and it would definitely be temporary and utilize an existing program in the states, sitting on top of it providing federal support for the workers that are going to actually need it as we go through this unprecedented event in our nations history. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor to the senator from pennsylvania. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. And i want to thank the senator from wisconsin for leading on this effort. I rise in strong support of this amendment, mr. President. The two of us, and i expect most everybody in this chamber, fully support the idea, the goal, the need to provide relief to workers