With a final Passage Vote scheduled for 11 a. M. Eastern. The senate will then immediately turn to the democrats 3. 5 trillion dollar budget plan. Votes on that are expected throughout the day. Now live to the Senate Floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal and everblessed god, the alpha and omega, thank you for the gift of this day. Give us the wisdom to use it to enrich lives by service to others. Use our lawmakers to continue your momentum in our world, enabling them to become Salt And Light to this generation. As our senators strive to be productive members of the family of humanity, empower them to do your will. Supply their needs out of the bounty of your celestial riches. If they fall, may they fall forward as they trust you to remain the Author And Finisher of their faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in
Which is precisely why the senior senator from virginia and i, Senator Warner and i introduced the chips for America Act. Its crucial that we shore up ouR Dependence on chips manufactured overseas and we shore up ouR Domestic production. The vast majority of our colleagues have agreed that this is a critical task. It was carefully crafted after monthslong bipartisan, bicameral negotiations. And recently, we had a meeting at the white House And President biden agreed with us that this is a critical impairment, and so this is literally a bipartisan, bicameral agreement with the executive branch and legislative branch that this is something we need to fix. And so last fall when we took up the national Defense Authorization Act, we introduced an amendment that authorized what we now hope to be able to pay for, which is an amendment to the national Defense Authorization Act which passed 964. So now we need to fund the program and there is just one issue standing in the way. During Committee
Exponentially in the next couple of days. I have to ask what if this breach occurred under a democratic president . President obama, for example. Would there be more than ten statements or 11 or 12 . This should be categorically, roundly condemned by every United States senator of either party. These hacks renew the urgency for Additional Resources for defensive cybersecurity across our government. This need is not a new one. In fact, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency known as cisa was stood up within the department of Homeland Security in 2018 precisely to shore up the United States governments defenses against such hacks, such intrusions. However, as we all know, just days after the 2020 president ial election, President Trump fired cisas director chris krebs for contradicting the president s own false claims regarding the election. The president has failed to take this act, this attack on our security, this attack on our government, hes failed to take it seriously. Th
while neglecting the eternal. may our senators live lives that bring glory and honor to your name, receiving your approbation for their faithfulness. create in them humble and contrite hearts that will refuse to deviate from the path of integrity. and, lord, we continue to pray for ukraine. we pray in your merciful and powerful name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the 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 clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., july 27, 2022. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable sherrod brown, a senator from the state of ohio, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the pr
Pacific Kids’ Learning (PKL) has launched new Samoan content on its Pacific Digital Library streaming platform, in celebration of Samoan Language Week, Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa. This year's theme, Tautua i le alofa, manuia le lumana’i – Serve in love .