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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:15 AM PT – Friday, April 23, 2021 Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are attempting to address the border crisis. On Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce came out in support of a piece of legislation called the “Bipartisan Border Solutions Act.” The bicameral bill, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), aims at tackling the surge of migrants reaching the country’s southern border. The legislation, also sponsored by Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) and Texas Rep...

U.S. Economic Outlook And Monetary Policy: An Update, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard At The C. Peter Mccolough Series On International Economics, Council On Foreign Relations, New York, New York (Via Webcast) Date 02/03/2021 It has been one year since the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit our shores—a year marked by heartbreak and hardship. We are all looking forward to a brighter time ahead, when vaccinations are widespread, the recovery is broad based and inclusive, and services, schools, sports, and social life are in person. The expected path of the U.S. economy has s...

How Should We Think About Full Employment In The Federal Reserve's Dual Mandate? Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard - At The Ec10, Principles Of Economics, Lecture, Faculty Of Arts And Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Via Webcast) Date 24/02/2021 I want to thank Jason Furman and David Laibson for inviting me to join your economics class. I often found it difficult in introductory economics to connect the abstract concepts in the textbooks to the real-world issues I cared about. So the one message I hope you remember from today is that economics provides powerfu...

And that the president is trying to hold down china as a super power, seize them as an adversary. but is that unique? isn't it fair to say lots of people see china as a major threat? >> well, i think that china is one area of american foreign policy where there is some degree of common ground between democrats and republicans as they look at china and see that china is emerging as a challenger in terms of global power and influence. and i think that just speaks to what probably wbolton was doing all along. he had a cost/benefit analysis, am i getting something out of this, is the president pur...

Indefinitely, that's not good. but hold them with some dignity and some care. >> it's also not a coincidence that we have not seen a single death of a minor in customs and border patrol custody in over a decade. within the trump administration, we've seen more than six minors die. yes, there are difficult policy challenges. needing basic fundamental humanitarian standards, that's not something prior administrations have struggled with. it is unacceptable and it falls on the trump administration. the president says they're not hospital workers. >> well, they're not. and there are significant ch...