Mr. Portman mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. The presiding officer mr. President , im here on mr. Portman im here to talk about the steps congress should take with respect to the coronavirus pandemic. Im start with the legislation that majority leader senator Mitch Mcconnell introduced yesterday, one of the aspects of it that hasnt gotten much attention and i think is very positive and an effective way to get the economy moving in a safe way is some tax legislation. These are tax credits and Tax Deductions that help to encourage the hiring of new workers but also to do so in a safe way. These are the kinds of things that make a lot of sense and have a lot of bipartisan support and appeal. So i think it should be part of whatever final package we end up with. The goal of these tax incentives is to say that we want people to reenter the workforce but do it in a safe and sustainable way. For example, in the mcconnell proposal is legislation i introduced called
Morning, meaning i tested negative which makes me wonder, exactly how deep do they push that swab . President trump yesterday congratulated his daughter tiffany on twitter for graduating from law school, which is actually kind of a sweet way to say, i dont have your number. President trump today visited a ford factory in michigan that is building ventilators amid the coronavirus pandemic and after plenty of begging, they let him put a mud flap on one. Thats right, President Trump visited a ford factory that is building ventilators amid the coronavirus pandemic then hell most likely visit fox news where theyre building hyperventilators hyperventilators according to reports, republican political operatives are looking for extremely protrump doctors to make Television Appearances recommending that the u. S. Open as quickly as possible though its maybe hard to find someone with eight years of college whos also protrump it might just be faster to send gary busey to medical School Former Vic
This morning im joined by of blican senator tim scott South Carolina, were going to discuss the current unrest in president s the response, the best path forward ideas as the senators for the economy. First, were trying out a new feature today. I want you to know for you watching on politico. Com and you are here, here is the question for you. What is most needed to reopen it back economy and get on track . So think about that question, under the r answer live stream on politico. Com box. There is a text at the end of my interview, well look at your responses and those. Out ill always be taking audience questions as usual. Ou can tweet them at political live under the askpolitico. Going. Et senator scott, appreciate you joining us, appreciate it. Scott i look forward to you are conversation. Spoken in k we have happier times you and i about pportunity zones and economic innovation and were not in one of those particularly happy were t the moment, but still going to get into opportuniti
Hitting an alltime high yesterday continues the momentum up another 37 points on futures this morning on nasdaq. Meanwhile investigating the origins of the russia probe as you could see the nasdaq is alltime high yesterday and general attorney general bill barr saying hes trouble of what has been called to his attention so far. We are waiting on criminal investigation by john durham and added that americans will be able to recognize some of the names under investigation as part of ongoing probe, we will have more on what the attorney general said today. The coronavirus pandemic, more businesses across america are opening but dr. Fauci is warning the nightmare is far from over. The World Health Organization is now walking back the claims that asymptomatic transmission is rare. Mornings with maria begins right now. European markets mixed, ftse 100 down 26 points, cac quarante down 21 rand dax germany lower. Bars, restaurants, hair dressers will remain close in july 1st in euro zone. In a
Communication between private citizens or large public audiences. Theres no precedent in American History for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction. And that includes individual people controlling vast amounts of territory, and we cant allow that to happen. Lou there has never been a more powerful and successful user of social media than president donald trump, and it is no small irony that he has been forced by twitter to take on social medias extraordinary power to constrain, to intervene in even the actions and words of a chief executive of this country. Well have more on the president s exestive order in just a few executive order in just a few moments, inyod by fcc commissioner brendan carr as we take the up the issue of freedom of speech and particularly the president s freedom of speech. President trump just moments ago also weighing in on the unrest in minneapolis, the unrest, the rioting as city leaders today making emotional pleas