officers act. thank you to chairman thompson for his work on this important get our elp transportation security onto the or t.s.o.'s, general schedule scale and give them needed workplace protections that other federal receive. every week, i and other members f congress see the vital role that transportation security officers in keeping our country safe -- perform in keeping our country safe. they are essential to our national security. unfortunately, there is a recruitment and retention transportation security administration. t.s.a. spent $75 million just on recruitment, costs. and training 1,900 t.s.o.'s quit that year. needs to ly, congress ensure we recruit the most qualified individuals to combat travelers nd keep safe, and in order to do that, we need to know how the t.s.a.'s recruiti recruiting top candidates, including military veterans. my amendment requires the g.a.o. study on how the t.s.a. recruits orkers and specifically t.s.a.'s efforts to recruit veterans and military spouses. we have the where third largest veteran population in the country, we often see continuing to serve their country through federal empl

general, rudolph schmidt. he is the guy in the cipher office in the 1920's and 1930's, and gave the big break. 19 43 -- 1943, 1944, he is a highly regarded german tank officer and he has a problem. rex got a problem because is found. the wanted list has done its work. early 1943.sted in because he is rex, you don't get taken to a dank cell and get his toes stomped on to tell the truth. he gets fed cigars and branding, and that makes him talk. he is installed in a very nice hotel in paris and his interrogation takes about two months. with heavily loaded high-quality food and drink and lots of cigars. and he tells everything. in particular, he tells the story of schmidt and the safe. schmidt isolph relieved of his command. it?s kind of unfair, isn't what did he do wrong? he gave his brother a job. but anyway. this is a map of the south of france with some red dots on it. this is the fate of these guys. lists are outd and the french -- excuse me, the germans have decided they are invading the unoccupied part of france and the americans have landed in north africa, the world has suddenly turned upside down. the polis

officers, t.s.o.'s, have been unable to benefit from fair labor standards act protections or fall under the general schedule pay scale. this distinction puts g.s.o.'s in a different class than other federal workers, preventing them from having the representational rights afforded through the civil service reform act of 1978. each day t.s.o.'s screen more than two million passengers at over 450 airports nationwide. these workers are critical to helping americans travel safety and make up more than 70% of the transportation security administration's work force. however, t.s.o.'s are among the lowest paid federal workers and the t.s.a. routinely has them on the lowest retention rate of any federal agency. t.s.o. annual pay lags well behind industry counterparts and even top performing t.s.o.'s with exceptional performance find it difficult to advance within their pay bands. this was not congress' intention when it gave the t.s.a. administrator broad latitude to manage its own personnel system, nor was it congress' intention that this authority should be used to benefit management level employees over frontline

general, he is rudolph schmidt. he is hans-thilo's brother, he is the guy in the cipher office in the 1920's and gave hans-thilo his big break. by 1943, 1944, he is a highly regarded german tank officer and he has got a problem. and he's got a problem because rex is found. the wanted list has done its work. rex was arrested in early 1943. and because he is rex, you don't cellaken to some dank somewhere and have somebody stomp on his toes to tell the truth. he gets fed cigars and branding, -- brandy and that makes him talk. he is installed in a very nice hotel in paris, and his interrogation takes about two months. it is heavily loaded with very high-quality food and drink and lots of cigars. and he tells everything. and in particular, he tells the story of hans-thilo schmidt and the safe. general rudolph schmidt is relieved of his command. it is kind of unfair, isn't it? i mean what did he do wrong? , he gave his brother a job. but anyway. ok this is a map of the south of , france with some red dots on it. this is the fate of these guys. once the wanted lists are out in the french have -- sorry, the germans have de

health care system was doing just fine before clinton got in office with her husband in the early 1990's. world war ii was the greatest generation go to vietnam and stay 15 years. world war two, they pulled all of our troops out. that is what they ought to do here. secondly, if we got rid of all of the people who were voting for democratic president, they were useful. they wanted healthy people. they wanted young, vibrant people and they ended up, all of them stepping down and endorsing the guys, the two oldest guys -- one has mental issues and a corrupt background, the other has heart issues and socialist we are not going to elect a communist for president of the united states. that don't make no sense. are they going to demand that joe biden,ers and -- we want to know what their health conditions are because i want my vote to count. she can pick her vice president. host: this is from "the new york times." this is the front page story. erik prince has helped to infiltrating campaigns and labor groups. this is the front page of "the new york times." mark in norfolk, virginia, you get the last word. good morning. good morning, st

s. that because of the fridge, the couch, and the television? >> yeah. i think it general when you think about the benefits of remote work, it's you want to leave the -- the bad stuff about the officeice home. so a good part about the office is that you have routine. the office is not your couch. you have to leave your couch and go to the office in order to work. that sort of division between work life and leisure time is really difficult to import back to your own living room. your own kitchen counter. your own bedroom. it's especially difficult right now i should say during a pandemic when you have schools canceled, the kids are home, the restaurants are closed. it's a very different situation than you might typically have. but theoretically that's the benefit of remote work is that you have time to focus on your own. you have time to struck your time as you want. managers -- structure your time as you want. when you work for home, managers can judge you by what you achieve. >> are they really not judging? are they really not judging? and what conversations should managers and employees have with each other before they -- before they start working from home? >> i talk to a lot of

s. 893. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 395, s. 893, a bill to require the president to develop a strategy to ensure the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendment be withdrawn, the cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to and the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 529 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 529, designating february 29, 2020 as rare disease day. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i know of no further debate on the measure. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say

s. 227. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 407, s. 227, a bill to direct the attorney general to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered indians and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to and the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 417, s. 982. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 417, s. 982, a bill to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within indian lands and of indians. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute a