Of the towers. I was in rhode island and i guess a day later, a friend of mine going to go in for surgery and i could smell the gas, i will never forget. Thats from tampa florida. This is from joe, san antonio texas. Go ahead. Good morning. Today is obviously a day of solemn, a day of remembrance of all that happened and unfortunately, a kind of feel better about the situation were in and all that we are dealing with and the death weve had, it just feels so distant 9 11 and the numbness we have towards this. I remember the sense of togetherness in the attacksen happened, i saw it on tv while at school and i remember not knowing what was going on w or what it meant, just a general sense of support in the community and as ive grown older, theres been a lot of support, at least initially in overtime, its sort of rain a little bit in terms of the support we have, i know theres pushing for first aid, responders who have succumbed to certain illnesses do to the toxicity of the particles and
Democratic attempt to pass legislation related to coronavirus, Senate Republicans finally revealed their longoverdue proposal for the next phase of covid relief. In my many years inserting this chamber, serving in this chamber i have never seen republican majority, a Senate Majority of any type respond to a National Emergency and that such a disorganized and disoriented fashion. Weeks of infighting among Senate Republicans in the white house caused unnecessary and harmful delays. Instead of presenting a single unified bill, republicans released several separate drafts last night and there might be more today we had they cant agree on one bill. They cant get 81 votes for any. Thats comprehensive that deals with the problems, the very real problems the American People face and even before republicans announced their bills, senior republican senators admitted they lacked full support of republicans. 2 republican chairman have said that probably half of the Republican Senate will vote agai
On the coronavirus aid package. Senators are likely to talk about that upon the floor. Now to live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our rock of safety, hear our prayers. Help us to live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. Today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will. Lord, guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in adversity and prosperity knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, we trust you to lead us with your loving providence. We pray in your merciful 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 u
Opening statements at hearings are limit to the chair or the ranking minority member or his designee. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. Therefore im asking for unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection so ordered. Without objection the chair may also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As described in the notice statements, documents or motions must be submitted to the electronic repository hnrc. Mail. House. Gov. Additionally please note in all full person meetings members are responsible for their own microphones. With our fully inperson meetings members can be muted by staff only to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anyone present in the hearing room today must wear a mask covering their mouth and nose. The speaker of the house and the sergeant at arms acting upon the recommend
Are miles apart. We are focused on that potential record close on the s p 500. The number youre watching for is 3386. 15, a couple points off of it as we stand, sara. Hard to believe that we are here coming up on todays show. S p 500 could close at a record high for the First Time Since mid february were going to talk to wharton professor Jeremy Siegel about whether the rally can last from here. Plus counting down to a pair of key Earnings Results after the bell, lyft and cisco gearing up to report well bring numbers and analysis as soon as they hit. Lets focus on the stories were watching with one hour left of trade. Mark santoli with the action, colin rush from oppenheimer. Lets start off with the broader market, familiar things taking us higher, tech, lower treasury yields and the like. Thats right. A bit of a reform to norm. Yesterday 3381 of about the late selloff. Of course were a couple points above that right now its kind of tantalizing also seems a little bit silly this hesita