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A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for west virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer it is. Mr. Manchin wish to vitiate the quorum call. I will i am doing so because i believe he is well qualified for the job. He has been the commissions general counsel for the past two and a half years. He understands the complex legal issues that come before the commission. I voted to report mr. Danlys nomination both last november and last week on the strength of his qualifications, not on politics. I urge my colleagues to do the same. But the position to...

Unfortunately, theres still desperate for testing kits. Illinois has about 5000 more kits that were provided yesterday by private company at the urging of our governor, but weve never seen a number of test kits that we believe are necessary to measure the current state of this coronavirus in her home state of illinois. The official count, and i might add that word official, is that we have had 288 illinoisans affected, and one fatality. I believe the number of infections in the official report grossly understate the exposure and in my home state f illinois. And once more tests are administered...

Public Health Threat to the United States of america. Were in the midst of not just a threat in our own country, but a global coronavirus pandemic. More than 173,000 cases nationwide and more than 7300 people have died. What you see today on the floor of the United States senate is exactly the opposite of what were being advised as a nation we need to do. What you see today on the floor of the United States senate are staff people, thank you for being here, protective forces outside the chamber, and others who are invisible to those coming and going that are part of the ordinary business of th...

2nd, fbn am starts right now. Cheryl were feeling good welcome to fbn am good morning im cheryl casone. Lauren im Lauren Simonetti and we have green im free. Cheryl how your money is moving because it might be time to get back on the bull. Dow futures jumping more than 212 points right now. We were up over 500 points overis night despite a second death here in the u. S. From the coronavirus right right now dowp and now 17 nasdaq up 73 and a half right now all three indices trying to recover from worst week from the financial crisis. Lauren theres hope for coordinated Central Bank Action to mit...

About congressional operations during the coronavirus outbreak. Also, cq roll calls jennifer the coronavirus. Host President Trump signed the second of likely to be three coronavirus aid packages passed by congress, the third topping 1 trillion will get initial consideration in the u. S. Senate. Good morning and welcome to washington journal for this thursday. We continue our conversation hearing from you about the governments response to the. Oronavirus pandemic your lines are the same they have been the last couple days. Mountain and pacific, 2027488001. And medical professionals, 2027488002...