Mr. Markey mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for massachusetts. Mr. Markey mr. President , i would ask for a cessation of the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Markey thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , its my pleasure to honor my good friend and my colleague, senator cory gardner. Cory and i were friends in the house of representatives, and our friendship deepened in the senate, especially after he took the reins as chair and i as the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on east asia of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the 115th congress. We were unlikely partners in a lot of ways. He is a conservative republican, and i am a liberal democrat. I know that tom brady is the best quarterback ever. He just might say that its john elway. But like me cory is a privatist and we did find Common Ground. We were a twoman wrecking crew. Gardnermarkey collaborated on such hits as the asia assurance initiative act, sweeping focus legislation to r
Over elections now declared invalid. The 2nd u. S. President ial debate is canceled up to donald trump refuses a virtual showdown. President calls a dialogue with china as the island celebrates his national day i made heightened tensions. A ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan will come into effect in the next few hours it follows 2 weeks of intense fighting over the disputed region of nagano the deal was announced by Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov after 10 hours of talks in moscow. Reports from the city. As a poser. Its the 1st stark contact known to have taken place between our mania and azerbaijan since the new fighting broke out on september 27th. A prechristian year again youre a ceasefire has been declared from 12 oclock on october 18th for humanitarian purposes to Exchange Prisoners in the bodies of the did it will be done under the guidance of the International Red cross the moscow talks came after that survey john foreign minister attend the talks in geneva with th
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Welcome everyone, good morning. We will have senators participating both live and virtually. Since it is difficul the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We will have senators participating live then virtually as a result of that its difficult to determine to go in ty, seniority and we both come three witnesses the assistant secretary of state and the bureau official for the European Eurasian Affairs and Principal Deputy assistant for western hemisphere fears. We appreciate you being here. We will be talking about china obviously that presents us with manyy challenges and opportunities. There has been a lot of legislation introduced and there is a bill we introduced earlier this year to bring together as many as possible so the minority introduced ase bill senator schumer is the lead sponsor but this is not a partisan issue that is an American Issue. When i put the bill togetheren originally come i did so to
End and a Pacific Region and they also discuss china handling of coronavirus pandemic. This is just over two hours. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Welcome everyone, good morning. We will have senators participating both live and virtually. Since it is difficult to figure out when they showed up virtually, we will go on seniority. If that is agreeable with everyone, that is what we will do. Today, we welcome three witnesses to talk with us. Julie chung is here. We appreciate you all being here this morning. Will be talking about china presents us with many challenges. Opportunities as well but right now, challenges. There has been a lot of legislation introduced as far as china is concerned. There was a bill that we introduced earlier this year. That as early as today or yesterday, the minority introduced a bill of which senator schumer is the lead sponsor of the bill. In any event, this is not a partisan issue. This is an american issue. When i put the bill
America. This is just over two hours. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Welcome everyone and good morning. Senatorsing to have participating both live and virtually. Since it is difficult to determine when they showed up virtually, we will go on seniority. If that is agreeable, that is what we will do. Three we welcome witnesses. David stillwell, secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs. The senior pacific official. Assistant to pity secretary for western affairs. Today, of course, we are going to be talking about china. Obviously, china presents us with many challenges. With opportunities also. Right now, challenges. Ofre has been a lot legislation introduced as far as china is concerned. Bill we introduced earlier that tries to bring together as many as possible. I am told as recently as today or yesterday, the minority introduced a bill of which senator schumer is the lead sponsor, i am told. In any event, this is not a partisan issue. This is an