Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
Never forget that you can also sustain us in the future. Today, give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least perhaps them for fidelity with the much. As they seek to be stewards of your justice, mercy, and grace, use them to fulfill your purposes. Lord, give them a love for your wisdom and a passion to be guided by your precepts. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask so speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thank you. Now that the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union, its our opportunity to sit down with the United Kingdom and do some
Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
Of the trump administration. Speaker pelosi, welcome back to Washington Post live. Thank you. I appreciate your time on this important and sad day, one month since george floyd, unarmed black man was killed by a white Police Officer in minneapolis. We will cover a lot of topics today. Lets begin there. The house is voting today on your bill, the George Floyd Justice in policing act. How many republicans do you expect to join you . Absolutely no idea. I am the last person to ask if republicans will vote for a democratic bill. I am proud of the consensus we have had in the House Democratic caucus. This is a historic day for us. It began on the steps of the capital. The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus along with jerry nadler and members of the House Democratic caucus presented not only the legislation, but a perspective on why it was so important. We may get some republican votes. My understanding is the white house is against this bill which is unfortunate. We will pass the bill.