You can also send us a text this morning, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and otherwise catch up with us on social media. That is facebook. Com cspan and cspanwj. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now if you are an essential worker in this country. As you are calling in, we show you this map from abc news of the 46 states and washington, d. C. That have enacted policies to close nonessential businesses in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The exact number of essential by. Oyees, hard to come there is an estimate from the Brookings Institution that relied on department of Homeland Security designations of essential. Atut 7 million employees Grocery Stores, pharmacies, and bigbox stores. When it comes to the state of california, the Public Policy institute of california estimates that in a typical year, roughly one third to one half of californias labor force is employed in essential operations. The standard
Television companies, as a public service, and brought to you by your television provider. Lance robertson is the assistant secretary for aging in the department of health and Human Services and head of the administration for community leave living. Secretary, we all know that older adults are most at risk when it comes to coronavirus. Where have you focus your efforts as secretary for aging . Good morning, great to be with you, happy saturday lance within the department of health and Human Services, we are very proud to have the mission of caring for older adults and people with disabilities. Twoe know, those are our vulnerable and targeted populations of this virus so the work we do has never been more important. Is the programming we offer to help people stay safely at home in their community and that work has been compounded with virus impact. We are able to serve them in a variety of ways and we are honored. What theind People Administration for Community Living does. Guest we hav
Where have you focus your efforts as secretary for aging . Guest good morning, great to be with you, happy saturday morning. Hhs are one of the operating divisions and very proud to have the mission of caring for older adults and people with disabilities. Those are vulnerable and targeted populations with this virus so the work we do has never been more important. Is the programming we offer to help people stay safely at home in their community and that work has been compounded with virus impact. We are able to serve them in a variety of ways and we are honored. What theind People Administration for Community Living does. Guest we have three dozen programs, research institute, we offer a number of Community Support services that offer ways people can remain healthy and vital in their communities. For us, we are talking things like meals, transportation, legal services, independent living assistance, transition out of facilities. A range of things. Thankfully, our website is easy to nav
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 90, the nays are 1, and the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, Stephanie Dawkins davis, of michigan, to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of michigan. Mr. Cassidy mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy mr. President , i rise to discuss the spending bill which were about to vote on which will increase our deficit by almost a fourth of a trillion dollars over ten years and of which i think im the first speaker. We got it on monday and were going to vote on it tomorrow. I smile, mr. President , because this is supposed to be the worlds greatest deliberative body and weve not deliberated one bit on farranging policies. The mess is bipartisan. We could spread the blame around, but let me bring up the heart of it. When obamacare passed, preside
The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi