Diseases and recessions and natural disasters. But at no time in my lifetime has a Public Health crisis on the scale been paired with such an expensive economic disaster. Finally widely were beginning finally, finally were beginning to see this disease has made the curve is going down. My home state in your cousin just beginning to turn the corner what unfortunately are many parts of the country that is not yet reached their peak. The unemployment rolls are as long as theyn have been since te great depression. Working americans struggling to pay rent, put food on the table and have, many have no idea when the next paycheck may arise. It breaks your heart to see people waiting for hours in their cars to line up at food banks, and when there interviewed by the press, they are people who never went to a food bank before. Thatsth how deep and troubling this crisis is being. So we here in congress have an obligation to do the nations of business during this time of crisis, to be focusing on
My home state new york is just beginning to turn the corner area but unfortunately there are many parts of the country that have not yet reached their peak. The unemployment rolls are as long as theyve been since the Great Depression. Working americans struggling to pay rent and put food on the table and half no, many have no idea of when the next paycheck may arrive. It breaks your heart to see people waiting for hours in their cars to line up food banks and when theyre interviewed press , there are people who never went to a food bank before. Thats how the and eecontrolling this crisis has been. So we here in congress have an obligation to do the snations business during this time of crisis, to be focusing on this crisis, to help the millions of aamerican workers and businesses pleading forassistance. The constitution instructs us to provide for the common welfare but if this critical juncture in our nations history, the Republican Leadership led by leader mcconnell is talking their
At noon eastern lawmakers are expected to vote on his confirmation. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the fountain of wisdom, we cherish your presence and honor your name. Give our lawmakers the wisdom to live with honor, as they remember their accountability to history and you. Lord, remind them that you are glorified when they walk on the path of integrity, striving to please you in all they say and do. May their lives bring light to darkness, unity to division, and order to chaos. Grant that they will be living letters read by those who desire to believe that you continue to rule in our world. We pray in your sovereign 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 fo
On. I am joined on stage today by six incredible individuals, each of whom have helped shape the history and the future of human space flight. So ill give a little introduction. He gave an introduction about myself, but as he said, my name is deanne. Much like many of our panelists today am an engineer. Unlike most of our panelists today, i have never been to space. Which gives you an idea of the impressiveness next to me. But i did grow up in brevard county, florida, and Cape Canaveral, and i have watched many of you launch to space, and it has been an inspiration in my life and one of the reasons that i chose to pursue engineering. Ive gone on to have a bit of an atypical career. Im an engineering tv host nowadays, and also founder and ceo of future engineers and we actually have a current challenge that was launched with nasa where students can name the next mars rover, so i dont know if youchb you know but the mars curiosity rover was named by a kindergarten through 12 student. We
[ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening, everybody im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre all doing well, tonight. And if you dont mind, im gonna get to the news. President biden on thursday delivered a rare prime time address from philadelphias independence hall, and not as i originally thought, the upside down . [ laughter ] that is a wild lighting choice i kept expecting him to be interrupted by vecna [ laughter ] President Biden traveled to pittsburgh yesterday, which was his third trip to pennsylvania in less than a week. Not to be outdone, dr. Oz also made his third trip to pennsylvania [ laughter ] election day is nine weeks away, and only time will tell if republicans gain seats, or if it was rigged [ laughter ] President Biden and first lady dr. Jill biden are set to host the obamas on wednesday at the white house for the unveiling of their official portraits, and you can tell biden misses the old days because this is his official portrait. [ la