The republican senate. We are living through one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership in our countries history. Did you hear that donald trump . You have created one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership. We are going to this last portion of the conversation because the senate is about to gamble back in after their weekly caucus meetings. Senators continue work on the 2021 Defense Authorization bill with votes scheduled later this afternoon for five Senate Coverage on cspan2 a senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi madam president , i rise today to discuss our federal finances and the need to address our unsustainable fiscal debt and deficit. The federal budget has already been on an unsustainable path before covid19 reached our shores and before the pandemic and our governments response to it, which has accelerated what i believed is a coming day of reckoning. I recognize the unprecedented crisis presented by th
American veterans. We will hear the opening statements. I will remind you to pause two to three seconds before spe speaking, so the microphone picks up your words and so you can pause when answering questions so we capture your complete response. Thank you very much, ms. Barnes, you are recognized for five minutes. Ms. Barnes, you may have to unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted okay. Members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here to today to discuss Sexual Harassment at the department of Veterans Affairs. 2016 survey by the protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experienced some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints, but we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas including one, the complaint structure, the [inaudible] and three [inaudible] to va employees. I will discuss issues with the complain
The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in. They are going to work on a judicial nomination with a confirmation vote scheduled for 5 30 for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Republicans leader Mitch Mcconnell may introduce the republican covid19 recovery plan. Live now to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, we again thank you for the life and legacy of representative john robert lewis. Lord, accept our gratitude for his ethical congruence that motivated him to find a moral way to get in the way. Were grateful that his passion for freedom summoned our nation to embrace our best hopes and not our worst fears. Inspired by his exemplary pilgrimage, may our lawmakers strive to live with such integrity that they will stand on the right side of history. Lord, help our senators to strive to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, and to follow you more nearly day by d
Tyson foods j. B. S. Foods and smithfield actually encouraged workers even if youre sick you still have to come in were a vital part of the economy a vital part of the food chain they said so even if youre sick if youre showing symptoms we still want you to come in one employee described it as unless you were in a casket they expected you to show up to work the next yeah it was their call of their work their their work while sick policy they actually had a policy that work while sick policy you know i cant i cant avoid the irony here this is crazy smithfield as you know the biggest meat packer in the maybe in the world is owned by the chinese doing business right here in the United States so smithfield probably had some of the worst policies across the board and smithfield of all of them had every reason to know very early some was getting a hat good red happen but they provided no masks they provided no gloves. They have no separation because they just i guess they look at these peopl
Symptoms we still want you to come in one employee described it as unless you were in a casket they expected you to show up to work the next yeah it was their call of their work their their work while sick policy they actually had a policy to work while sick policy you know i cant i cant avoid the irony here this is crazy smithfield as you know the biggest meat packer in the maybe in the world is owned by the chinese doing business right here in the United States so smithfield probably had some of the worst policies across the board and smithfield of all of them had every reason to know very early some was getting a hat going red happen but they provided no masks they provided no gloves they have no separation because they just i guess they look at these people as man expendable thousands of these people working in the same client right and they do view them as expendable i mean we have seen this you know for all kinds of different corporations the workers come and. Oh you know if some