Here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead us in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, your truth endures forever. Make us conscious of our shortcomings, limitations, and liabilities. Lord, guide our lawmakers. Give them the humility to deped on your leading and to receive the gift of your grace for daiy living. Create in them joy in living, courage in danger, and an enthusiasm in glorifying you in our nation and world. Inspire them to be people who will stand for right though the heavens fall. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley id like to address the senate for one minute in
Cspan. Org, or download a podcast at cspan now or wherever you get your podcasts. Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Visit to milwaukee, President Biden announced 3. 3 billion in Infrastructure Investment to revitalize communities across the u. S. Benefits of legislation he signed into law during the first half of his presidency and the importance of protecting Social Security. This is 20 minutes. Please welcome ray hill, director of historic king drive district. Good afternoon. S i am rae hill and i have the pleasure and honor as serving as the executive director of the historic king drive Business Improvement district number eight. [cheering] andoday i stand before you not only, but also is the proud granddaughter as lawrence hill, a man whose spirit left a mark on our community. My grandfather honorably discharged from the navy opened his first restaurant in 1949 on 619 west walnut street, one block away from are but because of racially charged urban renewal policies in the 19
Weve divided the lines this morning this way if you support the idea of a ban, dial in, if you oppose it, 202 7488001 if you can also text us for tiktok users your line this morning is 202 7488003. You can also text at that same number all of you include your first name, city and state or go to facebook. Com cspan. Welcom tonversation. The house vote yesterday is whether or not to force tiktok to sell the company, divest from china, or face a bend in the United States. About banning the app was posed to americans in a survey done by the Public Affairs Research Poll ap centers Public Affairs Research Poll and i found that 31 said they support a ban on tiktok well 35 oppose and 31 said neither. This legislation would not ban it unless china refuses to divest its app. A little bit from the debate yesterday, listen to Mike Gallagher, republican of wisconsin, one of the lead advocates for regulating tiktok. This is what he had to say on the floor. [video clip] tiktok is a threat to National
Violation of free speech rights for millions of americans. I rise today in support of the protecting americans from foreign adversary controlled applications back, foreign adversaries like the chinese, his party pose the greatest threat of our time, 177 main american unda tool for the c. C. P. To exploit. Over the past week, we saw in realtime how the c. C. P. Controlled tiktok, used its influence and power to forcâ– users to contact their representatives if they even wanted to continue using the app. Rom targeting, surveillinheeting, American People. We have given tiktok a clear choice. Separate from your Parent Company, wch is beholden to the c. C. P. , and remain operational in the United States, or side with the c. C. P. And face the consequences. The choice is tiktok agencies. Companies control conscious tiktoks is tiktoks. Companies controlled by a foreign adversary like the c. C. P. Wiler embrace american also have like freedom of speech, human right, the rule of law and a free
U. S. Dollar versus the Canadian Dollar. Again, all of the things that have been happening with that potential trade war. Tariffs being slapped on canadian lumber. We will talk more about that in a moment. Take a look at what happened in the asian markets. The nikkei ended up by 1 . The hang seng market was up, too, up by a third of a percent. There are green arrows for most of the major markets. The cac in france is indicated up 0. 25 . The dak x is is slightly lower. If you look at crude oil prices, wti is trading below 50 a barrel. Its up 13 cents, but wti for the june contract at 49. 36. Among the other top stories, tensions with north korea on the rise. Today the country reportedly conducting a big livefire exercise. All to mark the foundation of its military. Top Trump Officials will hold a military briefing tomorrow at the white house, which will include the entire United States senate. The Trump Administration plans to impose a new tariff on canada. Wilbur ross announcing the p