Is its not 3. 5 trillion, it will lead to a wave of illegal immigration the likes of which you have never seen before. A 262 increase in the last six months. If this bill, this idea, ever becomes reality, you can double that. If this bill ever becomes reality, a Dollar Increase in gas prices are going to be the good old days. They shut down the coalfired plants without any way to replace it other than a bunch of b. S. Good luck with the heating bill. Theyre going to change your country. Its going to be more like venezuela and less like america. This idea is going to be paid for by taxing the rich is a bunch of b. S. If you took the entire wealth of the 1 , including their cars and theiR Dogs, its less than half we need to deal with the entitlement problems we already have, and youre growing exponentially the size of government. More government to pay for eventually interest rates are going to have to go up. Youre putting in motion, i think, the demise of america as we know it. Youre pu
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
All rise. Jerry, you know that the world does not spin unless you are there, okay . Well call the meeting back to order and hear from the ranking member, the great senator from kansas, senator jerry moran. Senator tester, thank you for that kind introduction. I will be expecting the something that you want from me once again as a result. Mr. Secretary, nice to see you. I assume that your Opening Statement would have been given in my absence. I was hoping not to miss that. She is yet to go. Good. Secretary mcdonough and to the witnesses in the second panel, i am pleased that you are here. I am eager to hear from all of you, your thoughts regarding the v. A. s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022. These hearings while sometimes tedious are very important. We need in my view particularly at this point in time greater transparency and an understanding of the v. A. s in this Case Funding sources. There has been so many things related to covid19 and the infrastructure plan, there is just
Senate asking for World Solidarity on cuba and the release of political prisoners. Plus right now the number of coronavirus cases is up in all 50 states and that puts new attention on a question that a lot of people are asking. Will people need to prove their vaccinated to go to work . Or to go out to eat . Were getting early answers this morning. They are now requiring vaccinations. Today President Biden is expected to announce a requirement for federal workers. We start with the latest on this pandemic and the major vaccine announcement. Monica is at the White House for us. Josh is talking to Washington Dc workers affected by this, and i want to bring in a doctor who is a senior scholar at John Hop kins. In just a few hours they announce a federal vaccine requirement. What more do we know about this . They are laying out essentially a choice for more than Two Million federal workers. They will have to prove they are fully vaccinated to go to work or submit to what the White House is
Order and hear from the ranking member, the great senator from kansas, senator jerry moran. Senator tester, thank you for that kind introduction. I will be expecting the something that you want from me once again as a result. Mr. Secretary, nice to see you. I assume that your Opening Statement would have been given in my absence. I was hoping not to miss that. She is yet to go. Good. Secretary mcdonough and to the witnesses in the second panel, i am pleased that you are here. I am eager to hear from all of you, your thoughts regarding the v. A. s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022. These hearings while sometimes tedious are very important. We need in my view particularly at this point in time greater transparency and an understanding of the v. A. s in this Case Funding sources. There has been so many things related to covid19 and the infrastructure plan, there is just a lot of things now that are out there for us to figure out, in my view, how it all fits together. Of course, its