Are not forgotten and no matter how alone they feel they are not alone. The congress is paying attention but we need to Pay Attention to the people on the front lines, assuring that the right things are done in the right way at the right time. I want to associate myself with the words of my colleague, senator blunt. I couldnt say this eloquently or presume upon it i completely agree and thank you. Mister president , the real purpose of my comment is to demonstrate my support for Major General Scott Spellman of the corps of engineers who was up for promotion to Lieutenant General and has been nominated to become the chief of engineers and commanding general to replace general seminary to who is retiring, we have become acquainted with each other. We havent always agreed but i do appreciate his service, his very hard work and his accessibility especially during this covid19 pandemic. His retirement is wellearned, we wish him well. A member of the Armed Services committee and Environment
Disinformation and propaganda, President Trumps rhetorical assault on beijing steps up a gear. The u. S. Senate passes a bill to the last Chinese Companies on european and delist Chinese Companies on european indexes. The bank of england president said get of rates are not being ruled out. Plus, cut to junk. Angela merkel says a decision on the lufthansa bailout should be expected shortly after the German Airline becomes the latest to lose its Investment Grade status on the s p. Take a look at futures this morning. We do see losses in futures. Euro stoxx 50 futures down a little bit more than 1 . 0. 6 6 . Ures falling we see drops on u. S. Futures, as well. S p, and nasdaq futures all down by more than 0. 5 . Anna, the gmm . Anna lets have a look at the gmm. Quite a mixed picture in the Asian Session after some gains in europe and the u. S. Yesterday. Lifted in part by some better corporate reporting in the u. S. We see a little bit of nervousness around geopolitics and the ongoing ten
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 65, the nays are 28. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 655. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of defense, victor g. Mercado of california to be an assistant secretary. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion.
So obviously he said the crisis has devastated lives and livelihoods it has triggered an economic crisis with far reaching implications and revealed the inadequacies of the past meanwhile on tuesday taiwan said it was disappointed and angry with the w. H. O. For not inviting the country to join this years world health assembly. The ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses strong dissatisfaction that the World Health Organization secretary has yielded to pressure from the Chinese Government and continues to disregard the right of the 23000000 people of taiwan. Taiwan has been lobbying to join after it was able to contain the krona Virus Outbreak the country is now relying on its own efforts for production of a vaccine this comes as u. S. President donald trump tweeted out a letter he sent to the head of the World Health Organization highlighting some serious concerns over the response will he also threaten to permanently cut off its funding if the w. H. O. Does not commit to some major sub
This will be a long lasting global recession a contraction for the next 18 months managing director of the World Economic forum so obviously he said the crisis has devastated lives and livelihoods it has triggered an economic crisis with far reaching implications and revealed the inadequacies of the past meanwhile on tuesday taiwan said it was disappointed and angry with the w. H. O. For not inviting the country to join this years world health assembly. The ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses strong dissatisfaction that the World Health Organization secretary has yielded to pressure from the Chinese Government and continues to disregard the right of the 23000000 people of taiwan. Taiwan has been lobbying to join after it was able to contain the krona Virus Outbreak the country is now relying on its own efforts for production of a vaccine this comes as u. S. President donald trump tweeted out a letter he sent to the head of the World Health Organization highlighting some serious conce