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Senator franken and senator begich. Senator franken came to the floor yesterday and gave another passionate, important floor speech in support of these ideas. It is something that as i have presided and as i have been with him in caucus i have heard senator franken speak to many times. It is about equipping workers with the skills they need by investing in partnerships between our Community Colleges and our employers. Senator franken, senator begich, myself and others have seen this work in our home communities. We have seen Community Colleges, learned from manufacturers what are the actual to...

With bidens transition team. Christopher miller claiming both sides agree to a, quote, who will bay pause. Bidens team very clear that they never agreed to any such thing and they desperately want the crucial meetings to continue, especially given that this country is reeling from a massive attack, an attack suspected to be from putins russia. An attack that rivals one of the worst attacks ever carried out on american soil. I dont think we can overstate how dangerous this is for our country right now. Breathtaking is a word that certainly comes to mind for me and thats why i referred to this e...

Later, a live discussion on chinas incoming government and that nations growing international role. Well, the issue of an Internet Sales tax has reared up again and, in fact, the u. S. Congress and many states are looking at this issue, and thats our topic this week on the communicators. Now, we want to start off by talking with the chairman of the california state board of equalization, Jerome Horton. Mr. Horton, california has recently changed how it manages or its taxation policies when it comes to the internet, hasnt it . Guest yes, peter, it has. It broadened the definition of whats taxab...

We have to give meaning to the word unacceptable. If we say russian actions are unacceptable, what are we going to do as to not accept them . For a toughi argue hardhitting sanctions policy to pushback on this. The two rounds of sanctions were decent first steps. They happened weeks ago. It is past time in opposing additional, hardhitting putin and hisnst allies. We have to shift from a policy of reacting to events on the ground. We need to preempt the aggression. Theeed to continue implementation of the sanctions. The legislation that was passed in 2012 imposed sanctions for abuse of human ri...

To 2 . Tendency is 1. 7 if this forecast was to become a would bethe economy approaching what my colleagues maximum employment and price stability for the decade. Me in nearly a i find this baseline outlook plausible. Of course, if the economy ouriently followed forecasts, the job of central easier. Would be a lot and their speeches would be a shorter. laughter alas, the economy is not often so compliant. So i will ask your indulgence for a few more minutes. Because the course of the uncertain, Monetary Policy makers need to carefully is dayor signs that it verging from the baseline in aok, an...