Welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. Today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on American Foreign policy and World Affairs with Hudson Institutes chair, Walter Russell mead. The discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u. S. Foreign policy. Senator young still needs no introduction here at Hudson Institute where he is spoken many times. Hes an important voice particularly on Development Assistance and on the role of congress and u. S. Foreign policy in u. S. Foreign policy decisionmaking. Hes very much a conservative internationalist and critical for policies issues, marine corps captain, urges degrees of university of Chicago School of business, university of london before graduating from the Mckinney School of law at Indiana University picky making the bank bob mckinney was familiar the hudson
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
Let me call the hearing to order. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general c. Q. Brown. General, congratulations and thank you for stepping forward to lead at this critical time. I would like to welcome your wife and thank your son sean and ross. I would like to thank the current chairman milley. He has served this nation honorably and led the joint chiefs with skill and vision. We are grateful for his service and congratulate. You are well qualified to serve as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. You have led this service as it goes through a rapid Global Security environment. You bring a record of successful leadership and command experience at all levels of our military. This expertise will serve you well. If confirmed, you will serve as the principal military advisor to the president , secretary of defense and congress. You will be expected to be an effective strategist, adviser and manager and counsel will be relied upon them as we go throug
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to