Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Lord, inspire our senators to know that you are still on your throne working for the good of those who love you. Listen to our prayers and give us wisdom, courage, and integrity that will enable us to glorify you. We pray in your wonderful 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. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask permission, one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley too often americans are cynical about our political system when all they see legislative gridlock. Yet, iowans were able to set themselves apart working together on Law Enforcement reforms in the wake of George Floyds murder. Every step of the way the iowa process was fueled with input fro
That sent an alert for an incoming missile, global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti and this is bloomberg. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, apple under pressure. Reports of leaked iphone x sales and a new u. S. Department of justice probe. The new alliance take aims at health care. Jpmorgan and join forces. Onebook cross the lines running cryptocurrency promotions on its platform here it the selloff continues for u. S. Stocks with most declines since august. A u. S. Rate decision, the president s address to congress in the state of the union, lets bring in cory johnson in new york. Walk us through the highlights today. Y there are a lot of the factors that lead to a market selloff. It is such that the baby in the bathwater all go together, but there are interesting developments in the world of tech and i think most important, one of the reasons for people to sell stocks was t
Direction and provides leadership for the civil works programs of the u. S. Army corps of engineers. In this position, mr. James will play a central role in ensuring the navigatability of the waterways. He will oversee the storm Risk Management and responses to emergencies like hurricanes that we saw in florida and in texas this past fall. He will also play a central role in modernizing americas aging water infrastructure. This week the committee on environment and public works, which i chair, has look at the needs of americas water infrastructure. These hearings are important steps as the Committee Works towards a new Water Resources Development Act which will be reauthorized this year. Its critical to have mr. James confirmed so he can partner with us in this important process. I look forward to working with mr. James on projects important to my state of wyoming. He has committed to me that he will work to prevent icejam floods like those that caused the water in our state to flood.
If i knew that these costsharing reduction subsidies were coming, it would be 10 . I can eliminate 20 of the anticipated increase in premium cost if these subsidies came through. Well, its pretty clear to me, this is sound policy on a bipartisan basis that would have a dramatic impact in reducing the costs of the subsidy the cost of premiums to many individuals. That came through loud and clear in every meeting we had with senators murray and senator alexander. The second thing they talked about was state reinsurance. And i dont understand that as well as some, but it has worked in states where the state picks up a share of the liability for Health Insurance between certain dollar amounts, and so the private Insurance Companies dont end up with that burden. Because of this reinsurance, they are able to keep premium costs down. The third thing is to provide states with more flexibility without undermining some really fundamental issues, without undermining, for example, preexisting cond