The chair of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on asia, the pacific, and nonproliferation provided an update on Global Cooperation during the coronavirus pandemic. California congressman ami bera talked about the council how countries can Work Together to address the pandemic. Minutes,e next 25 congressman bra and i will discuss the post covid world order, and then we are going to open up the conversations to questions from our members. Thank you for joining us today, congressman. Thank you for that introduction. Certainly i want to thank the council for this opportunity. When you look at the list of participants, there are a lot of people that we use for contact expertise. Im sure we will have a lively discussion. Lets get started. Since the outbreak of the covid debatec, a fascinating has emerged about the potential impact of the coronavirus on the global order. Some experts maintain the virus will have a transformative effect. Kissingere, dr. Henry has written the world will ne
Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
Mr. Cassidy madam president . The presiding officer the senator from from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy madam president , i rise to address the issues i rise to address the issues matter president arise to address the issues regarding the covid crisis. It is a Public Health crisis leading to an economicsi crisis and in turn an educational crisis. Today i will speak of an aspect of the crisis specifically state and local government which had to shut down the economy and in turn lose the tax revenues they would receive and because they have lost the tax revenue of jobs and firefighters and Police Officers, teachers , sanitation workers and other essential frontline workers at risk. I will proceed they have unveiled a proposal for a support American Families and Small Businesses as a nation continues to combat the covid19 pandemic it is an unprecedented challenge but we lsshall overcome. The introduction of this proposal signals a republicans commitment to see america through the challenging tim
Pandemic. It is. As we wait for the cdc committee to vote and let us know who will be the first to roll up their sleeves. All eyes on the calendar. We now in december. We could see vaccines rolled out to the public. We are waiting on ford from the fda as well. Once the fda approves moderna and pfizer distribution will be handled by the federal government. The Big Decisions on who will get the vaccines will be passed to individual states. They will determine come hospitals and pharmacies will get the vaccine. Who falls in to the phase1 lineup . Its expected to lead hospital and pharmaciys and Home Healthcare workers. The chief advisor to operation warp speed says there will need to be patience in the months ahead. We will need to really make sure the large majority of the population is immunized before we declare probably in may or june that we have things under control. While the cdc works on its priority list, the commissioner of the fda was summoned to the white house to discuss the
Director. To the north lawn we roll from the news from john roberts at this hour. Good afternoon. Start there. Good afternoon to you. Clearly as you can expect, a difference of opinion between what the the attorney general is saying and what President Trump is thinking and his campaign is thinking with the interview with the Associated Press, william barr said to date we have not seen fraud on a scale that could affect a different outcome in the election. Theres two important words, to date, which leaves open the possibility that in the future we could see widespread voter fraud or irregularity that could change the outcome in some states. To show you how much the campaign is on a different page, the attorney general, rudy guliani and jenna ellis, the president s counsel on the vote challenges in a statement saying with all due respect, to the attorney general, theres been no a semblance of an investigation. Weve gathered ample evidence in six states that they have not examined. We hav