beaten with that who battles hile would be taking on some of the biggest companies in europe big in part because they keep wages low through contract work. we asked the employers association for food and consumption for comment they declined an interview directing our questions to a meat industry employers group the s p a they gave us this written response regarding the planned abolition of contract work and temporary work in the meat industry. contract work is an important instrument of flexibility without flexibility the meat industry would go abroad and more than 50 percent of jobs will be threatened. the s.p.s. argument is one that employers often make. but others. i strongly disagree. professor ma so pasha works for the german institute for economic research. there are just one of those trying to. bring to germany's not in danger of losing this industry if there are fewer atypical employment arrangements. that's a myth with no basis in fact not sunanda fact is that german companies are very competitive internationally not because of atypical employment but because of their highly pr

campaign thanks there are voters who can either orpersuaded or mobilized demobilized to their advantage. ,hile we talk in national terms the question is how is it going to be perceived in the battleground states? the first question one would ask in this environment is, what are the issues that matter most to those who are most persuadable in the attic on states that i need to mobilize order up or demoralize that or demobilized voters down, and what can i do to change the issues in which they focus to my advantage. because the debate moderator in the first debate sets the topic, that means topics have already been framed by chris wallace. we are in an environment where the votes are being cast right now in most states now. you are able to think not about what i'm i going to be doing on november 3, but when am i going to cast the ballot i have either received or not received. messaging usually creates short-term impact. the last debate happened long before a person cast a vote on election day. we are now in an environment where the ballot needs to be cast right after the debate. people may decid

contact with over the last few days-- he's the only person, ins ase, who was infected, because we were hileisolate quickly, quarantine others. >> brown: stop the spread. >> stop the spread. >> brown: quarantining takes place in special housing the college rented. coy is also building a new hotel in downtown wateedille, now uso more safely house studts off-campus. all in aeffort to avoid one worst-case scenario: an outbreak starti at colby and spreading to this town of ,000. >> understanding that if it came into my household, icould be fatal for several of my family members, means you take it incredibly seriously. brown: hilary koch, a former teacher now running for state senate, lives near the campus. one of her sons isigh risk for covid because he has diabetes. is her husband, a colby professor teaching remotely, whn was recently ded with a heart condition. >> we were concerned that if there were communal spread and the college had to shuwn, students could be se home. but residents and the town would be left to sort of pick up the pieces. and i don't know if our hospitals and our city was

he resulting proceeds and instability benefit bad actors hile threatening environment, civil society, our individuals ourur streets, our economy, national security, and, of course, the human rights of so who areusands of people trafficked around the world. and t to thank mr. mcadams mr. gonzalez for introducing this bill to help identify for ete opportunities actions to combat these criminals and terrorists who by ge in this illicit trade focusing on our financial system. for these reasons, i urge my to support h.r. 7592. i thank the speaker for these ng during all of bills, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. mr. timmons: mr. speaker, i ield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has the floor. mr. timmons: mr. speaker, i rise 7592, the of h.r. stifle act of 2020. mr. speaker, in march of 2020, services committee launched its bipartisan countertrafficking initiative to explore and expose the trafficking networks and their systems. as we learned during ou

hile he'd never admit it, don is a role model for others. for decades he's selflessly upported local causes by serving on the school board, the delta montrose vocational enter, volunteering for nonprofits and actively participating with several other organizations. don's efforts to serve his community reach all the way to washington. entrusted to be an advisor to me on numerous pieces always lation and has put thoughtful consideration in any time i ask for his input. leader for a great the third district during my tenure in congress and he's good and loyal friend. mr. speaker, i would like to give my utmost praise to don for compassionate service to our great state and the nation over the years and i wish he and his the best as they continue their work to be able to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the west slope. . i also rise today to honor diana, for her lifelong service to her community and the state of colorado. ofn during the mid -- middle a blitz yard, she's a third generation coloradoan, who embodies the unique s

standing hile i was there with julie's colleague, zeke miller, waiting for the to come into the oval office. we were just alone. and he comes in. he says is, ng how's the dinner coming? it's coming good. goes en he -- and then he off on this riff about the 2011 dinner where he says, you know, why i ran k that's for president because i was upset with barack obama. that couldn't be further from truth. i actually thought he was pretty funny. by his -- by his speech. i couldn't laugh because i knew me.cameras were on that's why i wasn't laughing. i had no problem. that's ridiculous. people say that. of course, that is omething that -- [laughter] i saw him. i interviewed him, actually, at dinner. and i -- he was not happy at all. he was very -- profoundly uncomfortable. wasn't just that joke that you played. mean, he -- obama went just viciously at trump for much of speech.uch of his and made trump the butt of his jokes. it was quite clear he was not wanted me to know ears later that he didn't mind it. steve: julie pace, you would agree it's one of the dinners today.talk about julie: it's

hile they're hacking our own companies. to provide a safe and effective vaccine. you wouldn't spend one minute on hat, but you're spending an hour on this. adly, this is not an isolated incident. madam speaker, the majority republicansork with to protect our vaccine research from hackers. and they'll attack the very working that are around the clock to provide that safe and effective vaccine for the american people. won't work with republicans to restore american rebuild the , to american medical supply right here. but they'll call the house back to debate n conspiracy theories about a post office. here in that ere emergency meeting -- and madam should probably talk about it because there were a lot of democrats that didn't come. an emergency was meeting called by the speaker. of ink it was 1/3 of all them that did not come. here, that onere moment, the one opportunity that he republicans had, we offered a motion, a motion to recommit funding for covid relief. once again, the democrats did same thing. instead of stopping the hackers from china, what they said no i

very different for teachers.tudents, there are varying levels of instruction.brid to ensure s safe hile not falling behind academically. most students will be saddled with the challenges of beginning a new year of school while for lost learning caused by the disruptions from covid-19. working parents of school-age children face unique challenges during the pandemic. childcare when in-person instruction is not offered has for e a burdensome task many families, especially families. it's these hard -- if these hardworking families aren't able to return to work, our nation's recovery will be severely impeded. address are here to this growing problem by passing century tisan 21st community learning centers relief act. community ntury cclc, program s, is a federally funded after-school program. hese grantees are locally operated often by school districts and community-based rganizations and primarily serves students attending schools with high concentrations families.ome cclc's such as 21st participate in academic and programs, receive support services such as tutoring and mentoring, and thei

hile the trump administration cedes the race to being a world lead from all thdrawing other nations of the world who have a consensus that we need to deal with climate change and we to deal with it together, agreement. from that we need to make sure that we would e to be a rld leader -- to be a world leader in the clean energy economy. bill seizes the moment and takes advantage of the economic opportunities that come from to the bold approach global climate crisis. that democrats recognize you can't lead the clean energy economy if you refuse to believe is cleaner energy necessary. get serious about the dangers of the climate crisis, to take ill be unable advantage of its economic opportunities. this why, madam speaker, bill is so very important and hy i'm urging all of my colleagues to join in supporting it. i want to thank chairman frank of the energy and commerce committee, chairwoman eddie bernice johnson of the and technology committee, and chairman raul rijalva of the natural resources committee for working so hard to bring this legislation together and advance it to the floor. o

hile we're here talking about i.o.t. devices in congress -- ut why are we talking about i.o.t. devices in congress? oversight ensures approiate oversight of the technology our federal government procures in the of our federal government. the i.o.t. cybersecurity improvement act will ensure that in internet ofps thgs devices are properly and transparently identified by the institute of standards technology. then, it -- it then requires management adopt policieso only procure i.o.t. that can be securely incorporated into an agency's information systems. does this while ensuring that leading private sector security standards are upon by theimproved federal government. such government and private ector partnership is key to developing widely useful and effective security standards. 1668 would assure that proper disclosure report and xist to fix newly discovered security vulnerabilities related to of i.o.t. s use devices. will help this bill improve the mechanisms protecting the nation's andrsecurity infrastructure new technology devices are ncreasingly used by federal agencies. i e

hile they're hacking our own companies. to provide a safe and effective vaccine. you wouldn't spend one minute on hat, but you're spending an hour on this. adly, this is not an isolated incident. madam speaker, the majority republicansork with to protect our vaccine research from hackers. and they'll attack the very working that are around the clock to provide that safe and effective vaccine for the american people. won't work with republicans to restore american rebuild the , to american medical supply right here. but they'll call the house back to debate n conspiracy theories about a post office. here in that ere emergency meeting -- and madam should probably talk about it because there were a lot of democrats that didn't come. an emergency was meeting called by the speaker. of ink it was 1/3 of all them that did not come. here, that onere moment, the one opportunity that he republicans had, we offered a motion, a motion to recommit funding for covid relief. once again, the democrats did same thing. instead of stopping the hackers from china, what they said no i