Lawmakers are expected to work on the 2021 policy bill, a vote to advance the measure scheduled for 1 30 p. M. Eastern. Now, live to the senate floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, we sing of your steadfast love and proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. Make us one nation, truly wise, with righteousness exalting us in due season. Today, inspire our lawmakers to walk in the light of your countenance. Abide with them so that your wisdom will influence each decision they make. Keep them from evil so that they will not be brought to grief, enabling them to avoid the pitfalls that lead to ruin. Empower them to glorify you in all they think, say, and do. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the repu
Good morning. Thank you very m good morning thank you for theon introduction we are excited to be here today to have a conversation around authority at the state department to communicate American Values and form policy to engage the public all across the world. Theres never been in more important time for public to policy today its more important than ever engaging people and the public individuals and citizens in American Values and form policy and the Critical Issues of our time isn probably a requirement for success and theres a number of factors to this the world is increasingly interconnected andrl transparent so you have a number of factors making Public Diplomacy so the first is technology with a proliferation of channels and platforms in ways that we can communicate with citizens across the world so when we have theseer conversations but then you also have Technology Driving these risks look at Public Diplomacy we are can it survive the internet . Take a look at the trends. Ch
The Senate Foreign relations subcommittee this is about one hour and 15 minutes. Welcome, everybody. At this meeting on the Senate Committee on east asia at the te pacific and International Cybersecurity policy will come to order. Id like to begin by thanking Ranking Member romney and members r of the committee for being here. As we discussed the security and other challenges facing the peninsula and u. S. Interests and the role in the region we are grateful to be joined by three experts in this area. Mr. Scott snyder and jenny town and i will introduce each of them more fully in a minute. Despite the passage of 70 years since the end of the korean war, lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula remains elusive and security concerns stemming from this conflict continue to echo far beyond the region. The alliance between the frepublic of korea and the unitd states forced a mutual sacrifice seven decades ago remains the key linchpin for peace andey prosperity in east asia and as we have reaff
Mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent the floor privileges be granted to elise medical mellinger for the dwraition of Senate Consideration of h. R. 3304, the National Defense authorization act. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin let me first comment about the National Defense authorization act. It is an important bill for us to pass and i thank senator levin and senator inhofe for the manner on which they worked on this legislation, bringing it together, in the committee it was a bipartisan bill, as it came to the floor it maintained that focus on helping our troops and helping preserve our National Security. And as we are starting to consider amendments, i think that same cooperation was there there. Powerful we lost track unfortunately we lost course, but the bill before us represents
Total of 2400 for a family of four. There is an extra hundred dollars a week in Unemployment Benefits it. Revives the Paycheck Protection Program with a cash infusion and it extends the Eviction Moratorium and also provides funding for vaccine distribution. Now, it does not provide liability shield for businesses. It does not provide money for state and local governments and it does not provide direct aid to the Restaurant Industry which has been so hardhit already. Many lawmakers are complaining the bill doesnt go far enough. But, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says it hits the mark but he blames Speaker Pelosi for holding it up for so long. Well, so its noteworthy that at the end they finally gave us what we could have agreed to back in july. I think what held it up was they did not want to do anything before the president ial election. I think they felt that that would disadvantage the president. Griff its a far cry from where Speaker Pelosi began negotiating this summer a n