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Thankorgie about you for joining us. Worryingld we start about the amount of debt we are generating and the impact it will have on the economy longerterm . First, thank you for having me. The worries about debt levels going up are not for now. For now, the biggest worry is we do not do enough to support the economy until we have a durable exit from the health crisis. With Interest Rates being record and government can borrow inject hopefully not only a recovery, but a more potent, higher product...

Lawmakers will be working on a bill to temporarily extend government funding through december 11th. Current funding runs out tonight at midnight eastern. We accept the final passage later today. Senators also starting to consider Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, amy barrett. We expect lots of debate on the nomination as well. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Almighty god, we praise you with our whole hearts. We refuse to forget how you have led our nation in the past and trust you to ...

Voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice. President trump hopes this will upend a race he is losing but is there any evidence it will ill talk to nominhillary clintn the third ranking republican in the senate john. Plus, an administration at war with itself. Covi deaths hit 200,000 and President Trump finding his own experts on vaccines and on face masks. This face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take the covid vaccine. It is not ...

Besides campaigning and political pressure, is there a mechanical way, something in the senate rules, that democrats could somehow prevent the nomination from Going Forward . I am not even getting to the senate rules for an important reason. I do not concede that when you already have several my colleagues saying that the way this happens, so close to the election, that the next president should be able to make the decision. The people picked the president and the president picks the justice. It...

Make a nomination. I called for the president to make the nomination this week and he announced he is going to, and i believe the right thing to do is for the senate to take up this nomination and confirm it before election day. On the question of precedent, we had this fight during the barack obama term and all the democrats were saying confirm the nominee and the republicans were saying we should not. So we can play that game all day long. I dont disagree with that. Im trying to get you to con...

Tips, and more information at our website. Former fbi director james comey recently testified on the republican led review of the fbis handling of the russia investigation. [gavel] graham good morning, everyone. We will get started with of the the hearing. I want to thank mr. James comey, the former director of the fbi, for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about crossfire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So, to give a little brief ...

Confident, yet humble, wise, yet dependent on your guidance. Give them the wisdom to cultivate a faith that preserves, keeping them from growing weary in doing what is right. Strengthen their ability to see among their colleagues your divine image. May our senators increase in favor with you and humanity. Fill them with a passion to live for your glory. We praise you for being our helper and we desire to magnify your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledg...

House democrats held a News Conference where they introduced legislation that would impose new checks on president ial power and toughen enforcement of ethics rules and congressional subpoenas. Speaker nancy pelosi, Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff, along with the chairs of several committees addressed recent actions by President Trump. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Im pleased to be joined today by the speaker and my fellow chairs to announce the introduction of t...

Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. By theeased to be joined speaker and my fellow chairs to announce the introduction of the protecting our democracy act. In introducing this landmark will, the house is taking another important step in our determination to protect our democracy. Since taking office, donald trump has viewed the discuss the constraints on his power and demand for basic transparency and accountability as an inconvenience. He has claimed extraordinary the lawent an...

Max, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. This is two and half hours. This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between senators, witnesses witnesses and otheren individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconf...