mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield seconds. mr. ferguson: surely there will be the customary environmental done to understand the impact on the spotted blue tail dillo being run over by -- by new o being run over post office trucks. this bill is a sham. we are piling up money. it on the well put national mall. have a bonfire. nvite americans to bring their lawn chairs and a cooler of beer to watch the bonfire so they can firsthand how this place wastes money. i urge a no vote and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields.n the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: the other side of double standard. congress provided hundreds of sortsns of dollars to all of industries, businesses, large the mall, entities across country to help them cope with he coronavirus crisis, and we did not require them to come forward with detailed plans of ow they are going to spend their money. but they want it for the postal service. service made a public request, an

witnesses testified that the attack on mr hama day could be construed as a warning to mr hariri and mr jumblatt not to cross the line in relation to the syrian regime. mr hariri resigned as prime minister on the 20th of october 2004 and was planning to run in the may 2005 elections. he would have been supporting proposing the loosening of syrian domination dominance of a libyan on and they made it withdrawal of syrian troops from lebanon the syrian government halibut was supporting a new electoral law designed to diminish mr hariri is chances of having members of his bloc elected to parliament and hence his prospects of a new term as prime minister the syrian government was also insisting over mr hariri is opposition that he accept the so-called syrian deposits in his electoral list mr hariri also regularly met serious senior syrian officials operating inside lebanon these included the chief of syrian military intelligence in lebanon mr aris to macos ali. more than. 11 years before his death from $993.00 to $900.00 to 2005 mr hariri paid millions of us dollars and in regular month cash

mr n.s.e. and mr sabra according to the prosecutor used to post no mobiles to communicate with each other and mr high in relation to the false claim of responsibility. they stream 0 balls would term to the quote pople group unquote of mobiles mr badger again mr i asked mr mann hi were alleged to have communicated in the closed 3 mobile green network in which mr and mr mantei used a green mobiles only to communicate with mr barrett the prosecution attempted to prove that they were using the network mobiles based upon the colocation of the network my bowels with their own personal mobiles in other words that the personal and network my bowels made coles and travelled in a man a suggesting that they had a single user meaning that one person was using them the prosecution presented a vast quantity of documents and telecommunications evidence including the cold data records of the calls made and sell side evidence of the cell towers activated by the my vols in attempting to prove 1st that the accuse

mr. cruz: mr. german, do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> senator cruz, i do. mr. cruz: very good. e will start with the prepared testimony, mr. no, you're recognized. >> [indiscernible] -- mr. cruz: please make sure you've turned your microphone on which is the switch right in the center of the microphone. on the base. >> chau, chairman cruz, ranking member hirono, and members of the committee. antifa is not a myth. i have been reporting on its activities since 2016. its threats to my family and me have proved all too real. mr. ngo: as any good journalist knows, the most important stories are often those not eing told. told. ory is not being americans know very little about this. i made antifa my beat and that makes me a target. they use violence and intimidation to try to frighten me into silence. first, they tried to discredit me, falsely branding me as a white suprem

mr. mcgovern: reserve. mr. woodall: it's my pleasure to yield to the -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from massachusetts will -- is recognized. mr. woodall: i would be happy to yield to allow my friend from massachusetts to go before me. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, let me just say for the record, because we hear this on the other side. wouldn't it be nice if we were here negotiating a larger package on a whole range of things? we actually passed something in the house called the heroes act . senate has passed nothing. why? because republicans are fighting with republicans. they can't agree on what to do. so they have done nothing. we are negotiating with an empty chair. if my friends really want to help, they ought to pick up the phone and they ought to call mitch mcconnell and tell him to do something. to actually do something. madam speaker, at this time i would like to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the chair

mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield seconds. mr. ferguson: surely there will be the customary environmental done to understand the impact on the spotted blue tail dillo being run over by -- by new o being run over post office trucks. this bill is a sham. we are piling up money. it on the well put national mall. have a bonfire. nvite americans to bring their lawn chairs and a cooler of beer to watch the bonfire so they can firsthand how this place wastes money. i urge a no vote and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields.n the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: the other side of double standard. congress provided hundreds of sortsns of dollars to all of industries, businesses, large the mall, entities across country to help them cope with he coronavirus crisis, and we did not require them to come forward with detailed plans of ow they are going to spend their money. but they want it for the postal service. service made a public request, an

mr. cuccinelli. mr. cuccinelli: members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today in the department of homeland security's role in protecting against the continued assaults in the city of portland and more specifically the federal court house and the federal law enforcement officers there. for more than two months now, federal property and federal law enforcement officers in portland have been under assault. in july, it occurred every single night until the end of the month. violent extremists in portland have perverted the peaceful protests in the aftermath of george floyd's tragic death. as we begin, it's important to be crystal clear about this. rioters are not protestors and protesters are not rioters. the two does a grave disservice to the critical place for peaceful protests in our country. let me be clear. the department fully supports the rights of peaceful protesters. we will never abandon our mission to safeguard those precious and hard-fought freedoms. but d.h.s. did not

mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to another great member of the oversight committee, the gentleman from ohio, mr. gibbs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. gibbs: once again my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are pulling the wool over american people's eyes. we are here today not to debate or conduct public policy for the benefit of the nation, we are here so they can form a political theater. if you have any doubt about that, monday this coming monday, the oversight committee is having a hearing with the postmaster general about this same issue. we are voting first. then we are having hearings? i think that's is backwards. my colleagues on the left are faking outrage over made-up crisis to score points during an election. the united states postal service is under no greater stress than it was before the coronavirus pandemic. and well before this election cycle. the facts have been laid out by experts, by independent journalists, regular ci

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: for the information of all senators, after the senate adjourns today, we will have our regular pro forma meetings through the end of the state work period. if the speaker of the house and the minority leader of the senate decide to finally let another rescue package move forward for workers and for families, it would take bipartisan consent to meet for legislative business sooner than scheduled. as has been the case, the senators would receive at least 24 hours' notice before any unanticipated votes. the american people need more help. coronavirus is not finished with our country, so congress cannot be finished helping our people. republicans have been waiting and trying to pass bipartisan relief literally for weeks. i would hope our democratic colleagues will let the senate act sometime soon. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 771. the presiding officer: the que

chairman risch: thank you, mr. abrams. mr. hodges. mr. hodges: chairman risch, rm menendez, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity and honor to be here to testify been on behalf of usaid. we are grateful for your bipartisan support for the responsive venezuelan regional crisis. 18 months ago the trump administration recognized guid . to as the legitimate and interim president of the venezuela in accordance with their constitution. as you know this crisis has been mufferedr manufactured by and inability to govern rampant corruption which has resulted in economic collapse of severe humanitarian consequences and culture of propregs that the regime continues to use to jail, torture, and murder the people. today the interim government and national assembly continue to push forward despite very challenging circumstances, huge the humanitarian and economic crisis, and most recently covid-19. most of these dire realities, more than 5.2 million venezuelans have left overwhelm and reloathed to neighboring contrifm

mr. bohn: correct. mr.amurti: i agree with you on the diagnosis here which is that the main street program hasn't helped anybody so far very much. it's also unlikely to help a lot more companies without significant changes. but i'm concerned about the proposed solution that you are offering. you propose changing the rules so that every company can get a loan even if before the crisis they had a lot more debt than they had earnings. in other words, no matter how much risk there is that the public is going to end up holding the bag at the end of this. at the same time, you propose eliminating restrictions on companies spending the loan money, on payments to their shareholders, and eliminating restrictions on executive pay. my question is why should the american people be willing to give billions of dollars to potentially failing companies that can just use that money to pay shareholders and executive while firing workers? mr. bohn: well, i think, commissioner when we talk about , things like whether or not th

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: mr. president, i want to thank my friend from oregon -- both of my friends from oregon. we are oregon strong on the floor. we have great, powerful, effective senators from oregon, and i want to thank both of them. i want to thank senator merkley for his words as well as my colleague and friend from delaware and new hampshire and maryland. we're on the floor today because we know this isn't just another regular thursday where you can close up for the week and go home and do whatever is going to be done and then maybe come back monday, maybe tuesday, maybe wednesday. we don't know because we don't know what's happening on negotiations. but oh well, oh well, there is no real sense of urgency anyway, right? there is an incredible sense of urgency, and as we have been saying this afternoon, this should not be treated like just another end of the senate week on a thursday afternoon. we have the largest health pandemi

mr. quigley will be permitted to join the committee and be recognized for questioning the witnesses. in addition, the gentleman from north carolina mr. walker will be recognized at there proper te to introduce his constituent. i now recognize myself for an openingg statement. good morning. i would like to welcome postmaster general louis dejoy, and the chairman of the postal board of governors, robert duncan, too this oversigt hearing. and i thank you allll for being here. in all of our districts we are hearing from constituents about significant delays in the delivery of mail, medicines, food, and other supplies. these delays are especially d concerning, and potentiallyly life-threatening during the coronavirus crisis. these are not isolated complaints. they arets widespread. our offices have been -- receiving thousands of calls and e-mails about the detrimental effects delays are having on our veterans, seniors, small businesses and families across the country. when we asked host leader

mr. bohn: correct. mr. ramamurti: it's in your testimony that the program needs to be changed. can you describe the kinds of ideas you have in mind for that? mr. bohn: we list a couple of ideas and there that start with the removal of the exclusion. reducing the evida requirements to make it more appealing to a broader class, particularly in the lower middle market, and we talk specifically about the loan size, and bringing the loan size down even further. those are just some of them we think. again, this is not only our team internally talking. this is the direct comments we received back in the survey we just did. mr. ramamurti: you also mentioned eliminating restrictions on shareholder payouts and executive compensation. is that right? mr. bohn: correct. mr. ramamurti: i agree with you on the diagnosis here which is that the main street program hasn't really helped anybody so far very much. and it is also unlikely to help a lot more companies without significant changes. but i'm concerned about the propo

mr. powner: yes, no doubt, mr. chairman. when that memo came out there was going to be a rub between policy there and where you were going with data center consolidation. i think we have had great success with data center consolidation. you have 4.7 in savings. do i think there is opportunity to do more? sure. i think what really needs to occur is there needs to be a , there needs to be some type of agreement between omb and what they are doing at what congress wants to do so we get more on the same page. we are at different ends of the spectrum here. i think there is coming together where you could tackle some data center. there is a lot that is done but there is still opportunity. that is why in infrastructure category on a scorecard, you also look at modern networks like the eis vehicle as a good way to think more broadly about infrastructure grade and how we tackle that. rep. connolly: you will remember perhaps that the very first hearing we had on this subject was when john mica was chairman of the subcommittee. a diffe

mr. quigley will be permitted to join the committee and be recognized for questioning the witnesses. in addition, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker, will be recognized at the proper time to introduce his constituent. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning, i would like to welcome postmaster general louis dejoy and the chairman of the postal board of governors robert duncan to this oversight hearing and i thank you all for being here. in all of our districts, we are hearing from constituents about significant delays and the delivery of mail, medicines, food, and other supplies. these delays are especially concerning. and potentially life threatening during the coronavirus crisis. these are not isolated complaints. they are widespread. our offices have been receiving thousands of calls and emails about the detrimental effects these delays are having on our veterans, seniors, small businesses, and families across the country. when we asked postal leaders ab

mr. cruz: mr. german, let me thank you also for your work going undercover with those wite -- white supremacist groups. i emphatically agree that white supremacists are ignorant, bigotted morons and those who are violent should be criminally prosecuted and locked up as long as humanly possible. i should note i'm cuban american, white supremacists hate me too. but at the same time it's fairly striking that elected democrats want to ignore the violence of antifa. they want to ignore the violence on the left and they just scream white supremacist, white supremacist, rather than condemn violence from wherever it is coming. the 277 injuries of federal law enforcement officers in portland are coming from the left. and not a single democrat on this committee acknowledges that. david dorn. african-american police officer. murdered, retired police officer in st. louis. who is black. murdered. not a single one of the seven democratic senators who spoke at this hearing mentioned his name. patrick underwood. a

mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i want to come down and speak today about a very important sector of the economy, for alaska, for america. that's our fishermen and some important legislation, very bipartisan legislation that i'm trying to move right now that i'm hopeful that everybody can agree to. the senate has agreed to it previously and i'm hopeful we can do it again right now. i talk about the great state of alaska b being the super power f seafood. over 60% of seafood, commercial, recreational harvested in america comes from my great state's water. 60%. so this is a vital industry in my state but also vital industry in the country. and my colleagues know that our fishermen are some of the hardest working americans. they're also some of the americans who have been hit th

mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. thank you, mr. chair. in order to protect city employees, the board, and the public during the covid-19 emergency, city hall and the board room is closed. committee members will participate remotely in the conference to the extent as if they were physically present. sfgov is streaming the public calling number at this time across the screen. your opportunity to provide public comment is available by call 415-655-0001. once prompted, enter the meeting i.d. for today's meeting, 146-147-0836. you will then dial the pound symbol twice to be connected to the meeting. when you hear the discussions, your line will be muted and in a listening mode. when you hear your item, press star-three and wait until the symptom indicates you are unmuted -- system indicates you are unmuted before you begin your comments. speak slowly and clearly, and make sure that volume is turned down on all your devices. alternatively, i invite you to submit your pub

mr trump has been holding a meeting with iraqi prime minister mr. top of the agenda was the future of around 5000 american troops still stationed in iraq as well as relations with iran u.s. forces have already begun to withdraw from several bases over the past few months. the u.s. federal judge has rejected mr translates as the tempted shielding his tax records from the manhattan district attorney has now filed an emergency motion to delay handing them over it's unlikely they will get into the public domain before the elections on november 3rd. but let's go to another one of our top stories turning our attention to russia there is speculation that a prominent opposition politician alexina was poisoned is fighting for his life in a siberian hospital here's where rich allen's. the groans of a man in obvious pain medics come down the aisle to help according to the person who films this footage on a flight from siberia to moscow it's russian opposition leader alexina valmy later he's seen on a stretcher being put in an ambulance seemingly unconscious no

mr. louis bremer to the assistant secretary of defense special operations. we thank everyone for being here today. briefly say who these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the admissions that they're nominated for. mr. abend, you're presently the southeastern adviser to the u.s. customs and border protection and you have extensive experience leading the investigations part of the inspector general offices for the federal housing finance agency and the u.s. department of housing and urban development. you've been former secret service agent with -- in the winter of the 2015 council of inspector general award for excellence. mr. hansell, you are currently an associate director of the boston consulting group in its north american public sector, having previously served as the special assistant to the president for national security affairs and a senior director for national threats, transnational threats, on the nsc staff, as a special forces officer

hubert humphrey: mr. chairman, mr. my fellow americans, my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause]

mr. wall: i think rule 48 a has a role to play, we know that. with unopposed motions, i would say that also the district court can make sure that it has the authoritative position of the executive ranch, which it might not. defendants sure the are tackled in the agreement against the motion to dismiss. i think beyond that, which are grant is a fairly narrow conception of the rule, i don't think there is a substantive role for the court to play, that is what the seventh circuit said in the united states. it is even what it said in richard. you can ask for the reasons,. -- what if theth: court is concerned about favoritism being displayed to a politically powerful defendant? is that a proper reason to have a hearing? mr. wall: no. that is a concern that is not the domain of rule 48. judge griffith: what is your authority for that? mr. wall: in the united states, i would say richards or falkirk. it does not matter. the district court might believe the government has a bad motive to do all so

mr. raskin is one, mr. rouda, and the ranking member smith it's actually the practice of the committee to do just that. >> madam chair, fi maker i agree that it is practice. we just were not notified and it wasn't on the agenda item that we received, but we appreciate that and mr. hice, it's my understanding, is prepared to deliver an impromptu opening statement. >> okay. first of ottawa to thank mr. connolly for pointing that out and also point out the double standard that businesses such as airlines and others are receiving federal aid in the heroes package, in the covert release package, but the vital services from our post offers that so many people depend on, a lifeline to americans across america, they deserve to be funded, too. i now recognize the distinguished subcommittee chairman mr. hice for government operations . opening statement, and your recognize, mr. hice. >> thank you, madam chair. i appreciate that, and yes, we were not notified of this but it happy to take a few moments. again, here we

mr. senser for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the ceos for quickly working with the subcommittee to appear today. the memorial service for john lewis on monday required our attention. however, this is vital. throughout my long time in congress, i have prioritized oversight as one of our seminal responsibilities. part of that responsibility is to periodically review the effectiveness of our laws. i think it's a good and timely thing to bring to all of our companies. these unexpected and unprecedented times, your companies have provided motivations to our nations can meet a myriad of our daily needs. the delivery of groceries, virtual business for doctors. connecting socially distant families. or keeping our small and large businesses connected. that responsibility comes an increased scrutiny of your dominance in the marketplace. i want to reiterate something i said throughout this investigation. being big is not inherently bad. quite the opposite. in ame

mr. primus gained valuable expertise on matters involving rail policy. his legislative experience includes work on the surface transportation re-authorization act of 2015. after graduating from hampton university, mr. primus began his career on the hill with the late senator frank lautenberg, a distinguished member of this committee. the amtrak board of directors provides guidance and direction to national railroad passenger corporation or amtrak. sara feinberg is one of two nominees to be a director of the amtrak board of directors and she joins us by video link. ms. feinberg has notable experience in passenger rail matters. she is currently the interim president of the new york city transit, the largest transit system in north america. from 2015 to 2017, she served as the acting administrator and ad mrtor of the federal railroad administration. while serving in this role she was transportation secretary -- she was -- she was transportation secretary anthony fox's designee to the amtrak

mrs. wilkinson: yes. judge srinivasan: what do you do with the acting solicitor general's explanation of cheney? the proposition that that was effectively was what was at issue in cheney and the supreme different typea of understanding in indicating that no it is not always enough that somebody can show up and declined to answer a public -- particular question when mandamus -- cheney wasson: different for two reasons. there was an order from the court ordering broad discovery and ordering the governor to turn over documents and the governor did exert executive privilege before the case and gave the district court judged a chance to reconsider his ruling. none of that has happened here. if there is any questions that the government thinks are improper -- judge srinivasan: in cheney everything in one sense was that the regime they were viewing was one that -- was that the government could show up and declined to answer specific questions. mrs. wilkinson: the reason that is not relevant here

mr. holzer: we know, as you say -- sorry about choking up. i'm not choking up with emotion but with allergies. kind of a macabe hobby. the buttons were really amazing. each state had its own. each unit has its own. these are union collected buttons by an enterprising soldier in the seventh new york, which was a pretty elite regiment. and we know that he was also an extraordinary number of actions including spotsylvania, which was bloody. we also have evidence that some may have taken them from shallow graves. there was such an interest in getting them. also, you mentioned prisoners. it was considered one of the worst insults you could render to a prisoner of war, to rip a button off the uniform, so that was partially humiliation and partially this mania for collectibles. ms. paley: let's see a typical oftograph of the kinds scenes that a collector would have taken these buttons off of these jackets. very macabe, indeed. mr. holzer: he would have been totally uninhibited about walking up a

mr. raskin is one, mr. rouda, and the ranking member smith it's actually the practice of the committee to do just that. >> madam chair, fi maker i agree that it is practice. we just were not notified and it wasn't on the agenda item that we received, but we appreciate that and mr. hice, it's my understanding, is prepared to deliver an impromptu opening statement. >> okay. first of ottawa to thank mr. connolly for pointing that out and also point out the double standard that businesses such as airlines and others are receiving federal aid in the heroes package, in the covert release package, but the vital services from our post offers that so many people depend on, a lifeline to americans across america, they deserve to be funded, too. i now recognize the distinguished subcommittee chairman mr. hice for government operations . opening statement, and your recognize, mr. hice. >> thank you, madam chair. i appreciate that, and yes, we were not notified of this but it happy to take a few moments. again, here we

mr. moran: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, i am pleased to be on the senate floor this evening, but i'm here to discuss a significantly is tragic issue that affects way too many americans all across our country, certainly at home in kansas, and that is the lack of treatment for mental health conditions and in many instances the consequence that comes from that -- suicide. sadly, veterans in particular face risks for suicide and, unfortunately, covid-19 has increased the problem. veterans have a higher rate of suicide and mental health issues than people who have not served in our armed services. we know there is not a single explanation or reason for suicide, and there's no single treatment or prevention strategy. one veteran lost to suicide is one too many, and of course we all have the obligation to help those who served our nation, those who fought bravely for our country, to help fix this tragedy. every day we fail to act, every day we los

. >> mr. president, the treasury secretary said monday your budget cuts will be of a much higher magnitude than most people thought there would be, and you said they would be across the board. now that you've had some time to study the budget, can you say where these cuts will be made and what program will feel the cuts the most? >> they'll be made every place. what we meant by maybe across the board was the wrong decision. but it describes it. what i meant is that no one is exempt from being looked at for areas in which we can make cuts in spending. and, yes, they probably going to be bigger than anybody has ever attempted because there is -- this administration did not come here to be a caretaker government and just hope we could go along the same way and maybe do it a little better. we think the time has come where there has to be a change of direction of this country, and it is going to begin with reducing government spending. >> mr. president, in your welcoming address to the freed americ

bedridden and mr. one cole on 14th of february 2005 appeal is connected to the attack on mr hariri the remaining coals who of the cannot be linked to anything directly connecting to mr hariri his movements or any other evidence relating to the conspiracy pleaded therefore it is not the only reasonable conclusion from the evidence that the green network acted as the mission come out and to coordinate mr hariri assassination this does not alter the trial chamber's conclusions in relation to mr irish. it is not necessary that the trial chamber found that mr badger dean had the play to drawl by the had the plated drawl alleged by the prosecutor to find that mr ibish participated in the conspiracy. the trial chamber with judge brady dissenting on whether it should make legal findings on this issue at all is not convinced that mr badger dane had the role pleaded in the amended consolidated indictment for. you to. turning to the disposition of. the trial chamber therefore finds selima jameel guilty as a co pe

mr. flynn's counsel and the council of united states. please proceed. >> thank you chief judge, may it please the court, general flynn is a defendant without a prosecutor, and litigation without controversy between the parties to the case. instead of granting dismissal as required as a matter of law, john sullivan denied defense motions, appointed mr. gleason to usurp the job of the prosecutor, raised perjury but as iter his head, was noted, the job of united states attorney is occupied. adding the unconstitutional burdens of process to punish michael flynn, john sullivan discarded any semblance of the adjudicator. as a cornerstone of any system of justice worth the label. required.gs are judge sullivan's position for rehearing must be flatly denied with language that a judge has no injury or standing to seek relief in this court. sullivan has invested himself in the prosecution of general flynn, it is mandated disqualification for the glaring appearance of bias to millions of citizens. i

mr. abrams: yeah. the gold reserves, the value the to be rising because price of gold is rising. but we are able to see sometimes he movement of gold out which we think is to iran and they try to refill it in part through mining.gold senator rubio: they are depleting their national -- to r national gold reserves buy time to provide even very limited amounts of fuel? mr. abrams: they are. senator rubio: they are. kaine.tor senator mccain: thank you -- enator kaine: thank you to the witnesses. this is a hard problem. the situation we all acknowledge disastrous from a humanitarian standpoint. i think the trump administration has gotten some things right and think the trump administration has gotten some things wrong. to get think it was easy 70 nations to recognize the guaido government. was a good bit of diplomacy and i don't think anybody should simple. that i would put in the positive side of the ledger with respect to the efforts. think the early suggestion that military options were on

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, america is living through a crisis more than anything we have seen in generations. others have been able to contain the spread of the disease, but here, the failure of the trump administration to develop or implement a national strategy to defeat covid on the health front and economically has meant that the disease has raged through our country for seven months, is still spreading, and the economy is in very bad shape. we have over five million confirmed cases of covid-19. it just took 17 days to go from four million americans with covid to five million. unemployment is higher than it ever was during the great recession. more than 150,000 americans have died. small businesses every day are closing and those that are still open are struggling. families can't afford to feed their children. americans can't pay the rent and will be thrown out of their homes. millions are out of work and many more worry that they will be out of work in the month or two to come. this is a huge cr

>> mr. ras kin -- >> mr. jordan, she holds the time. [ overlapping speakers ] >> what i want to know, when someone comes after my motives for asking questions -- >> the jemtle lady is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. bezos, our investigation uncovered documents that show that amazon sometimes doesn't play fairly, crossing the line from competition to predatory pricing to destroy rivals rather than outcompete them. let's take the example of quincy that provided online baby care products. in 2009, your team viewed diapers.com as amazon's largest and fastest growing online competitor for diapers. one of amazon's top executives said diapers.com keeps the pressure on pricing on us, and strong competition from diapers.com meant that zorn wam was having to work harder so customers didn't pick diapers.com over amazon. now, because diapers.com was so successful, amazon saw it as a threat. the documents that we have obtained show that amazon employees began strategizing about ways to weaken this company. and

mr. quigley, will be permitted to join the committee and be recognized for questioning the witnesses. in addition, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker, will be recognized at the proper time to introduce his constituent. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning. i would like to welcome postmaster general louis dejoy and the chairman of the postal board of governors robert duncan to this oversight hearing, and i thank you all for being here. in all of our districts, we are hearing from constituents about significant delays in the delivery of mail, medicines, food and other supplies. these delays are especially concerning and potentially life-threatening during the drives crisis. these are not isolated complaints. they are widespread. our offices have been receiving thousands of calls and e-mails about the detrimental effects these delays are having on our veterans, seniors, small businesses and families across the country. when we asked postal leaders about th

mr. baldwin died one year later in december 1987. in one hour, we will show you a 1992 interview with shirley chisholm, the first african-american congresswoman and the first women and african-american to run for a party nomination. she took on a large field of democratic white men for the , presidential nomination in 1992. tom my name is tom. : and for those who will watch it later, before going further i would like to remind the members of upcoming events. next tuesday, the guest will be william fulbright. the 40th anniversary of the fulbright scholarship program. future speakers include james buchanan on january 23 and john harrington on fairbury 19th. i would like to remind -- february 19. i would like to remind those of you in the audience that if you have questions for our speaker, please write them down on the part on your table and send them to the front. i will ask as many questions as time permits. i would like to introduce our guest. please stand when i call your name. please w

mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 11:00 a.m. thus day, august 11. further, following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. final lurks following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up it ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so, if there's no further business to come before the senate i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until m? the presiding have and the coronavirus relief package. >> i hope this week the senate would be busy providing more coronavirus aid, and they would work overtime across the aisle to finalize another major release package and democrats say they see a big priority just like republicans

mr. dejoy and mr. duncan have failed to work with congress to get this enactedor and thus far the passenger service airline industry has received $25 million in revenue stabilization in the postal service, not a dime. in august 18 pmd announced he would put a hold on some of these sweeping operational changes but his announcement did not convince two routers known what it did not include an agenda to support election mail that demonstrates a commitment to helping the postal service and it's a historic role in the upcoming election and lastly, pmd is still not advocating for the additional funding for the postal service despite the fact that the republican-controlled trump appointed board of governors unanimously called for that package. not a democratic idea, a republican dominated board unanimously recommended it. the recent operational and organizational changes mr. dejoy has made have resulted in delivery delays across the country of the chairwoman to serve and those aren't our status but yours, mr.