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I want to thank gary for his to improve rts Economic Development and wish im nothing but the best in a elldeserved retirement. Mr. Speaker, i rise to bring attention to kentuckys avoidable economic failures during this very serious pandemic. Unfortunately covid19 has taken a harsh toll on the economies of all 50 states. However, harmful policies from democratrun states have only made the problem worse. At a time when we should be encouraging the safe reopening of our economy, kentuckys governor recently issued an order shutting down schools and indoor dining. Kentuckys restaurants were already...

Thai im Judy Woodruff im thrilled to be joining these three amazing others today. You see them on the screen. They are George Packer whose latest book our man Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American Century and Susan Glasser and peter baker his book is out this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of james a. Baker to third. Two brilliant books about too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart baker in houston in 1930 and holbrooke in manhattan in 1941. Baker a republican trained as a lawyer holbrooke a democrat a Foreign Service officer a student of ...

Times. Thanks for being here. We know a lot about you, youve been on tour, redemption to earth and we know a fair amount about you, you are in the fbi 20 years. Twentyone years. You had a whole bunch of different positions, he did terrorism in 2006 and rose to the highest ranks of the bureau, Deputy Director until you were fired by attorney general Jeff Sessions, for a lack of candor in interviews and report. Correct. Much has been talked about in terms of this book, youve done a lot of interviews so i thought i would take a shot at a be asking some new questions. Sure. Before we get into the ...

A dangerous rate more than a 1000000 species could soon become extinct. Theres almost no place on earth thats been spared from human activity not even the poles or remote mountains such as in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq its one of the worlds most conflict ridden areas borders drawn after world war one left the kurdish region straddling 4 states turkey syria iraq and iran. This has resulted in uprisings violence and wars that still continue today. Most recently against socalled Islamic State over the decades millions of people have been displaced some fled to isolated mountain areas. Ku...

States senate, and in our country. Thank you t to say for all that you have done for us. First personally when i came to congress, you were one of the first individuals to and to give me advice and encouragement and to day, every time i see you, you do that. And you will never know how much means. I just want to publicly state isakson, senator isakson, is a hero for people country. S this your brilliant mind and your leadership will always be here. We say thank you from the bottom our heart. May god bless you and your family as you go into this next chapter. You. I yield back. Mr. Scott madam ...