Callahan. In a unique partnership tonight, we are working together with the Portland Press harold and the Bangor Daily News to get you the answers you need to cast your ballot. Coincidentally, this first meeting of the candidates falls on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks, a day when we remember the heroes and honor the lives lost. It is also a day when americans feel even more patriotic than they usually do, and part of our civic duty is to make informed choices on election day. We want to help you do that, so we are going to be asking questions for the four candidates. The incumbent is republican Susan Collins, seeking election to a fifth term. The democrat is speaker of the main house, sara gideon. There are two independents, max linn and lisa savage, who belongs to the green independent party, but is not running as a Party Candidate on the ballot. There has been plenty of heat in the campaign. Our hope is to shed some light on important issues. The first round of ques
Will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who makes us one, use our lawmakers today as agents of reconciliation. Give them the wisdom to build bridges that will enable Diverse People to accomplish your purposes on earth. Lord, inspire our senators with such oneness of spirit and resolve that they will provide our nation with a model of cooperation. Remind them of the wisdom of matthew 12 25, which states that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Lord, we thank you for giving senator grassley another birthday. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gr
Cspan coming your unfiltered view of politics. The Senate Aging Committee looks at the coronavirus and Racial Health disparities. Members and witnesses talk about how covid19 disproportionately addresses fx minority communities. Effects minority communities. Senator moran the Economic Impact of the shuttered main street businesses resulting in responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. T has become clear that however, during this time of National Emergency and courtney did recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers especially the nations most full noble communities like that of our nation seniors. Sentinel Consumer Network reports that consumers across the u. S. Have reported cases of different scams totaling approximately 90 million in losses from january 1 until july 20, 2020. At home in kansas over the same time period, consumers report over 500 million cases. Everyone should also bear in only the these are repor
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Ms. Ernst mr. President , the coronavirus doesnt come with a label saying made in china, but perhaps it should. This pandemic which began in wuhan, china, has flooded the world just like so many products from china that we all now rely upon to protect ourselves against the spread of contagion. The situation underscores the conundrum our nation faces balancing the need to work with the Chinese Government and the challenges of holding the communist Party Accountable for its devious deeds. Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist party attempted to cover up the outbreak of covid19 from the very beginning and continues to do so today. Rather than containing the
Escalate to the point of violen violence. One of the things that makes this particular crisis different, and there have been three others of this sort during, since xi has been in office. This one is different because it has done violent. Which is concerning because it suggests that those agreements and protocols are no longer working. It also tells you what the triggers could be, which is that they were supposed to be in the process of disengagement. They had met on june 6th to actually disengage and on june 15th, something went wrong during the process. Both sides accuse d the other o instigating the clash, but what essentially resulted in deaths as chairman schiff mentioned, for the first time in a number of years, and that suggests they both first need to get back to what they were doing. Theyre in dialogue with both the military and diplomatic levels to at least disengage. The problem might be in where the triggers might be if either theres a misunderstanding or not respecting the