The challenges we face. Lord, we can meet these challenges with your power that transcends human understanding. When you whisper, dangers flee into the darkness. The sound of your footsteps causes tribulations to hide. Almighty god, permit our lawmakers to be aware of your providential guidance. May they depend on you to lead them according to your will. Give them the wisdom to trust you when they cant see the road before them, believing that you will be their light in the darkness. We pray in your great 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 for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley permission to address the senate for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley ame
Over its handling of the pandemic. Sweden staff told jumps again with 170 people dying in 24 hours suggesting its relaxed approach may not be working. And the big win for ruling party in south koreas election which saw high turnout despite the coronavirus. Less than 24 hours after u. S. President donald trump announced that he was Holding Funding to the World Health Organization the number of coronavirus deaths across the United States has passed 30000 thats according to a tally by the voters News Agency New York and new jersey alone account for more than half of those deaths residents there have been told to prepare for a new normal when their economies are eventually reopened new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo says people will be ordered to wear masks when a safe distance cannot be maintained. Well the head of the w. H. O. Says he regrets Donald Trumps decision to suspend its funding over the w. H. O. His handling of the corona virus pandemic heteros then yesus says the w. H. O. Is
This able is no less perilous than previous decades. There is growing evidence communist china is directly responsible for the deaths of 140,000 people around the world. The wuhan virus killing 31,000 in america. It has cost 32 million americans their jobs. A number of government sources say there is a high level of confidence communist china is covering up the origins of the wuhan virus and they are now comfortable in questioning whether the virus came from a laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of the virology. Thats a question we raised on this brad cast for the past couple weeks. Sources say the laboratory was working on a virus carried by horseshoe bats in southern china. How or why that occurred if it did occur is still unknown and far from certain. We are learning the Wuhan Laboratory was operating far below its biosafety designation. And the u. S. Embassy in beijing sent cables back to the state Department Warning of those safety issues. President trump with this reaction. Preside
Is even there has prevented me from using the Constitutional Authority that were given, that were given under the recess provisions. The senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees or it should formally adjourn so that i can make recess appointments. We have tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it and we have to do whatever we have to do. They have made it very, very difficult to run government. I dont think any administration has done anywhere near what weve done in 3 1 2 years but every block, every week, they put up roadblocks, whether it is russia, russia, russia, or whether its impeachment hoax or whatever it may be it is always roadblocks and a waste of time. If the house will not agree to that adjournment, i will exercise my Constitutional Authority to adjourn both chambers of congress. The Current Practice of leaving town while conducting phony proform
It is clear that our strategy is working, and very strongly working. New cases are declining throughout the new york metropolitan area. Cases in detroit and metro denver areas are flat. Watching king, d c, baltimore, progress. Is showing new cases in new orleans are declining. The data suggests that theonwide we have passed peak on new cases. Hopefully that will continue, and we will continue to make great progress. These developments have put us in a strong position to finalize guidelines for states henri opening the country. Announcingll be tomorrow. We will have a News Conference tomorrow during the afternoon. We will be announcing guidelines. We will be talking about various states. Its very exciting. Its a horrible time to see such death and distraction. Come out ofhen you what was the greatest economy in the history of the world. There has never been an economy like what we produced, but we will produce it again. And we will do it fast. The medical and Health Care Advances are cr