mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: i rise today to mark military appreciation month and pay tribute to the many military members and veterans who sacrifice and provide service to our nation. this month provides an opportunity to show immense gratitude to all those who don the uniform in our armed forces. the freedoms and blessings we enjoy as a nation have been secured by their hard work and determination. military appreciation month culminates on memorial day, the date set aside to honor the men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation. while we honor them on memorial day we remember their loss every day and extend gratitude to their loved ones and those who continue to serve. we also recognize that those who serve do not serve alone. the friends and family of those in the service of our country also serve, and those who have lost loved ones know too well the cost of our freedoms. i believe that we best honor and pay tribu

mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. thune: well, good. mr. president, the recent colonial pipeline hack which saw more than 15,000 gas stations run out of fuel and drove gas prices to their highest level in almost seven years was a timely reminder of the importance of cybersecurity. in today's world where almost everything we do has a cyber component cybersecurity has to be a priority. companies have to prioritize it to keep information secure. state governments have to prioritize it and the federal government has to prioritize it. cybersecurity is a crucial part of our national defense and it is vital that we keep security systems and data security. the colonial pipeline hack was also a timely reminder, mr. president, of something else, and that's the importance of maintaining our energy security via energy independence. as americans panicked over gas shortages, gas stations saw lines that hearke

mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. so the spanish philosopher horge santiana is credited with the saying those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. when it comes to january 6, we would all do well to heed that advice, but right now there's an effort on the part of the house republican leadership to make sure we forget that that fateful day ever happened. later today, the house will vote on establishing an independent commission to investigate the events of january 6, a complement to the investigation in the house and senate committees. both sides negotiated for months. the house republican leader made three specific requests in february. all three were granted by house democrats. modeled after the bipartisan 9/11 commission, it will have equal representation from both democrats and republicans. subpoenas can only be issued if members from both sides agree. it appeared we had reached the consensus with the support of ra

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr.a year ago saturday, the trump administration launched something called operation warp speed. it was -- at that time it was a $10 billion program by the government, and it was designed to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to invest and develop -- to invest in developing, researching, and producing effective treatments and a vaccine for a disease that was ravaging and continues to ravage the world today. less than four months later, a new antibody treatment was beginning to save american lives and improving the outcomes of patients with covid-19 here in america, and less than seven months after that operation warp speed program began, americans began receiving the first dose of two different and highly effective vaccines. why did the government have to step in? why did the government have to provide the money? wouldn't the market have solved this? there was certainly a demand. there was certainly a need for it. in fact, i would argue that people probably would have paid whatever it t

mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: the editorial began this way. quote, did the f.b.i. set up two members of congress for political attack under the guise of a defensive briefing? it's possible, and senators ron johnson and chuck grassley are rightly demanding answers, end of quote. on may 3, senator johnson and i wrote to f.b.i. director christopher wray and director of national intelligence, avril haines, asking to meet with them to discuss the august 20 briefings. we need answers, and we need answers now. why did the f.b.i. and the intelligence community brief us? who made that decision? at the briefing, the f.b.i. didn't even show up -- show us what the intelligence product -- what intelligence product formed the basis for the briefing. i'll tell you this -- even without seeing any paperwork, we were already aware of everything they talked about that very day, and it was unconnected to the substance of our investigation. i asked the f.b.i. whether they had any

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it recess until 9:00 a.m. friday, may 28. that following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. finally, that all time in recess count postcloture on the schumer substitute amendment numbered 1502. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: if there is no objection, i ask that then c-sp.

mr. president. this is my hi mr. president, this is the rotor and this is it's going to the e-tran is assembled. >> good job, good job, union job. >> yes. >> just remember the word union. >> mr. president, i'm in charge of the housing. it's the whole situation and this is your primary prief which assists in the front of the building and it's this small and incredible. hey, fellas, how are you? >> and if i see something you don't like let me know ahead of time. and looks okay. >> and adrian is a director over advanced manufacturing and if you don't talk about some of the next jen in manufacturing, what's going to take us to the next 100 years for the ford motor company. and we happen to be where we'll build the future of the electrified trucks in the u.s. as you know, we have a tremendous work force, bigger than any other in the u.s. in terms of uaw and we want to talk a little about the future of work, and for us, the future of work is actually people, and technology working together in harmony. so you probably saw as

mr. president, is the second, third, and fourth generation. pres.iden: i am not supposed to leave my spot. [laughter] >> you can tell they are getting lighter, smaller. they are even getting less expensive. still, a battery electric propulsion system is more expensive than an internal combustion system. pres. biden: is this it? >> no, this is for the hybrid vehicle. you see down there the big one for the f150. pres. biden: you surprised me. i learned something brand new. i thought i knew it all. [laughter] >> it is amazing how far we have come. pres. biden: absolutely astounding. >> we investing a lot in making the batteries cheaper, making them more dense. the batteries turn the motors and transaxles. we are building those right here in michigan. i am going to hand it to her. pres. biden: you buy one of these vehicles, you can run all the electricity in your house. [laughter] you think i am kidding. you can actually hook it up to your apartment. right now you plug in, if you have an electric vehicle or hybrid, you plug into your garage, an outlet,

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, we're not in a quorum, are we? the presiding officer: correct. mr. warner: mr. president, i rise today you to mourn the -- i rise today to mourn the passing of a statesman, a patriot, a mentor, a friend, and someone who loved this institution as much as anybody i know. and that is the passing late last night of senator john warner. i'm joined here by my friend of 39 now, maybe 40, 40 years, tim kaine, and we're going to go back and forth a little bit as we talk about someone who played an enormously important role in both of our lives, i can say on a personal baifsz and a political basis. let 3450e -- me get some of the basic facts out. john warner was 94 years old when he passed. he was born in washington, d.c. d.c., a family from amherst, virginia. joined the united states navy at the age of 18 in the waning days of world war ii. served 1945-1946. left the military and rejoined the marines in 1950 when the korean war was started. after he left the military, he was a, worke

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, i rise this afternoon along with several of our colleagues to discuss the need to end the policy of taxation without representation, which millions of americans in the district of columbia have endured over -- for over 200 years and hundreds of thousands still endure today. this policy was wrong in 1776 when 13 colonies took on the mightiest nation on earth to end it. it is wrong today. and we seek to end it through the enactment of s. 51, the washington, d.c., admission act. in just six days our country will observe memorial day, a holiday often observed to mark the start of summer, celebrate it the start of summer. but on memorial day this year, many of us will pause to remember generations of americans in our armed forces that have laid down their lives fora country. this day means something to my own family. my own maternal grandmother was a gold star mother. with the death of john mccain, i am the last vi

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska is recognized. mr. sullivan: mr. president, thank you. and thank you for passing that very important piece of legislation. the official name of that legislation that just passed the u.s. senate is the alaska tourism restoration act. so, mr. president, this is a really good day for alaska right now and for our small businesses and working families and the overall economy in alaska and across our state. and i want to stay, mr. president, it's also a good day for the congress. both houses over the last week have been able to come together, members on both sides of the aisle, when they recognize that a relatively narrow segment of this great nation, my state, senator murkowski's state, had a huge challenge right now with our economy relating to tourism. so senators and members of the house worked together and we just passed a piece of legislation that's going to the president's desk, and it's really going to help. you know, mr. president, this pandemic has really hurt a lot of our economies in different states. i would sa

mr. president, your rebuttal? >> yes. i'm not going to continue trying to respond to these repetitions of the falsehoods that have already been stated here, but with regard to whether mr. mondale would be strong as he said he would be, i know he has a commercial out where he's appearing on the deck of the "nimitz" and watching the f-14s take off and that's an image of strength. except if he had his way when the "nimitz" was being planned, he would have been deep in the water because there wouldn't be any "nimitz" to stand on. he was against it. he was against the f-14 fighter, the b-1 bomber. he wanted to cut the salary of the -- all of the military. he wanted to bring home half of the american forces in europe. and he has a record of weakness with regard to our national defense that is second to none. indeed, he was on that side virtually throughout all his years in the senate and he opposed even president carter when toward the end of his term, president carter wants to increase the defense budget. >> mr. mondale, your r

mr. president. >> mr. president, as the legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the at times to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader the senate armed services committee be discharged from further consideration of s-1520 and the senate proceed to its considerations that there be two hours for debate equally dwoo i had divided in usual form and yielding that time the senate vote on the bill with no intervening action or debate. >> is there objection? >> reserve my right to object, mr. president. >> the senator from rhode island. >> thank you very much, mr. president. i would like to first engage in a colloquy with senator inhofe on the ranking committee, that we consider all the ideas and amendments offered by committee members to address the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and related crimes ecmj in the annual defense bill. i believe that the committee must reflect the broadest concensus possible among our members and how best to move forwa

mr. president. it's great to be with you. appreciate jeff taking all of our complaints over the past few months. he's been remarkable at helping us resolving all of those. president biden: by the way, he doesn't own any pharmacist. i just want you guys to know. [laughter] dwoncher -- governor cox: we're very well aware. thank you for allowing us to highlight some of the things we're doing that are working well. by the way, just an aside to -- i see reporting that focuses on what percentage of the total population has been vaccinated. that's great for places like maine with the oldest population in the country. for places like utah with the youngest population in the country, a large significant portion of our states that's not eligible to be vaccinated, that's not exactly the right metric to be using but we're very excited for the announcement for younger people to get vaccinated. mr. president, we're really good at having kids here. we're excited to have that opportunity. when you talk about hesitancy, though, i want to ment

mr. president, mr. mondale, thanks to the panel, the league of women voters asks me to say to you, don't forget to vote on november 6th. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight we take a look back to when tens of thousands of anti-vietnam war protesters, young people and military veterans alike converged on washington, d.c. in the spring of 1971. more than 7,000 of them were arrested in a single day. american history tv and c-span's journal look back 50 years on the forces that collided on our capitol's streets. our guest is lawrence rlkts author of may day 1971, a white house at war, a revolt in theities streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrests. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. ♪♪

mr. president. ank you to the legislative deputy lisa samara much appreciated filling in for me for that. >> president walton: welcome back. >> clerk: thank you, kindly. items 31 through 39 were introduced for domgs without reference if to committee. the unanimously vote is required for resolutions today. alternatively any member may require resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: president walton, may i please sever item number 36. >> president walton: 36, supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yes. >> president walton: thank you. and i don't see anyone else on the roster. madam clerk, please call the roll for the remaining items. >> clerk: the remaining items would be items 31 through 35 and 37 through 39. [roll call] there are eleven ayes. >> president walton: thank you, and without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number 36. >> clerk: item 36 is a resolution to app

mr. president, i yield. the president pro tempore: the senator from iowa. ms. ernst: mr. president, washington has been on a dizzying spending spree over the past couple of months passing trillion-dollar bills right and left. it's nearly impossible to calculate the total cost, and now president biden and the democrats in congress are proposing several trillion dollars and even more spending. with tax day approaching on may 17, the time has come to pay the bills for all of these government giveaways, and guess who will be forced to pay for it? well, of course, it's the american people. right now democrats are hoping to finance their ongoing spending splurge by increasing taxes on hardworking americans across this country. one of the key tax hikes included in the president's so-called american families plan would hit farm families especially hard. thed biden proposal would -- the biden proposal would eliminate a protection that allows iowa farm families to pass down their assets to the next generation without a tax penalty. the farm bureau says the end result would be a sign

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. --. mr. cotton: one might be called the tail of three pipe lines. three separate pipelines, three challenges united by one consistent theme. in each case the foolishness and weakness of the biden administration has led to the disaster. first, president biden began his administration by killing the keystone x.l. pipeline on day one. this decision was a gift to the radical environmental environmes nonprofit industry in washington, d.c. and destroyed thousands of good, high-paying high-paying, blue collar american jobs including many jobs in my home state of arkansas. second, last week russian affiliated hackers attacked the colonial pipeline, an artery that supplies nearly half the fuel for the east coast, causing widespread gas shortages across the southeast. instead of making the hackers feel the full wrath of the united states government, the biden administration called the attack a private-sector concern. colonial then paid the hackers over $4 million in ransom, presumably with biden admini

mr. vice president, i know you went to atlanta a few weeks ago and you had dinner with president and mrs. carter. is there anything about that dinner you care to share with us tonight? >> quite a bit, yeah. >> the floor is yours. >> i called the president when the news came out and i watched your remarkable news conference, one of the class acts i've ever seen and i said, you know, mr. president, i can't help you on the health side, but why don't i come down and we'll spend an evening sharing stories about the good old days? and you said, that's it, down we went, and we had a wonderful, positive evening and we had a chance to retell some old stories and to remind ourselves of what wonderful years they were. >> mr. president, is there anything about that that you'd like to correct the record, or -- or add to it? >> i think if we had recorded that evening, it would be probably much more entertaining than it's going to be tonight. >> oh, well. okay. all right. >> we talked a lot about joan and so forth, so -- i would say that the mondale family and the carter family are just about as close a

mr. president. to secure the 5g networks. i am particularly gratified that so many leading south korean companies see the benefit of investing in the united states , including this morning's announcement of billions of investment from samsung, hyundai, and others. i understand that executives from those companies are here. would you please stand up? [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. and i think we will do great work together. these new investments are going to create thousands of good paying jobs of the future right here in the united states. they're going to help fortify and secure the supply chain sports and conductors and electric batteries. as i said, i know the ceos made the effort to do this and to be here today and i thank them. thank you for making the investments in our future and yours. finally, i want to note that yesterday, i had the honor to r of signing into law the covid-19 hate crimes act. to help americans of asian descent from having to live in fear walking down the stree

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator for new york jill jill are we in -- mrs. gillibrand: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mrs. gillibrand: thank you. mr. president, i rise today to address the need to reform our military justice system. just this month the department of defense released its annual report on sexual assault in the military. that report and more than a decade of data on sexual assault in the military shows a clear and disturbing trend. reports of sexual assault have increased virtually every single year and remain at record highs while prosecution and conviction rates have declined, including a shocking 10% point decline in the prosecution rate from last year. by every measure that you can imagine, we are moving in the wrong direction. congress has given the military more than a billion dollars, $500 million in fiscal year 2019 alone, enacted hundreds of provisions, and chartered special panels, commission, and advisory committees to address this problem. not one of these steps have reduced the prevalence rate of sexual

thank you mr president. this is the dean i y. but a 16 year old girl and arab citizen of israel she was studying biology and chemistry and she dreamed of changing the world she was murdered last wednesday by the rabbit code jihadi terrorist group hamas a hamas rocket slammed into a hole in central israel killing her and her father. over the last week millions of his ready children women and men have been huddling in bomb shelters while thousands of hamas rockets landed all around them come us has murdered 10 people in a new thread jews and arabs and hundreds a pig's rockets have fallen short up on the people of gaza itself killing palestinian children and destroying by the senior homes come out as caring garbage stir attacks while hiding behind produce thing and houses schools and mosques because they're deliberately using civilians as human shields just before i arrived here today i called my elderly parents who live in the sudden siggy aka lawn and have just 30 seconds to reach a bomb shelter each time i must. member of the sec

mr. president and the last 20 years on this issue? i have a question for president moon, but i can wait. pres. biden: there is no shift in my commitment to the security of israel. no shift, not at all. i tell you what there is a shift in. the shift is that we still need two state solution. it is the only answer. what i am convinced of is that we can now move as i did even before i was able to negotiate before the cease-fire was negotiated, i made it clear that i spoke with president abbas. we're going to make sure that we are going to provide for security in the west bank and we renewed the security commitment as well as economic commitment to the people on the west bank. i also indicated to the israelis that i thought it was very important that they stop in jerusalem this into communal fighting that is extreme on both sides. it has to end. i am prepared to put together and will attempt to put together a major package with the other nations who share our view to rebuild the homes without we engage in without providing hamas the opportu

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. i've got significant concerns with this legislation. i've made no ambiguity about that. i've been concerned from the outset this bills concerns me, it involves an attempt by the united states of america to compete with china but on terms that don't favor us, on a playing field that isn't ours, in areas that play to our weaks, not our strengths. we ought to play to our strengths, not our weaknesses, unfortunately this bill doesn't get it right. separate and apart from the concerns of the merits of this legislation, which we'll get back to in a moment, i want to talk for a moment about the procedural concerns that i've had. there have been a number of people in the senate arguing over the last few hours, some in the senate chamber, some in the media, that we have had a very thorough floor process, that this has been regular order at its best. i appreciate the fact that we've had two weeks of floor consideration time, two weeks, that is, on senate time of -- which is not two actual weeks

mr. president.his announcement i believe, extends our alliance to the field of health and a meaningful measure. second, from semiconductors to batteries, pharmaceuticals and other cutting edge manufacturing technological centers in an effort to build supply chains, we will work closely. the areas of cutting head emerging technologies are gaining greater importance. create -- korea and u.s. in response to a post-covid 19 era, we will strengthen our cooperation and exploring six g and global -- green energy to continue global competitiveness. we decided to bolster our partnership. third, in a bid to address climate change, we will further solidify coordination between our two countries. our two nations are already spearheading global cooperation and response. last april, the u.s. hosted a leader of climate successfully. it is hosting the sole summit. once again, trying to build the international communities like of will for climate change response. president biden will participate in the summit next w

mr. president. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the ancestral unceded homeland of the san francisco ramaytush ohlone. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded or relinquished their roles as caregivers of this land. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. colleagues, please place your right hand over your heart and join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president walton: and on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. today, we have calina mendoza, who records each of our meetings and makes the transcripts available on-line. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: yes. the record will reflect that board mem

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to discuss what i've seen happen now over the last 100 days of the biden administration, and that president biden seems to be doubling down on some of the failures of the obama administration. last week, as the ranking member of the senate energy and natural resources committee, i released a report, and it's called solydras syndrome and the green solution. this 20-page report really is an in-depth look at the failed green energy policies under the obama administration. and now what we're seeing is president biden is determined, in my opinion, to repeat them on a much larger scale. in 2009, under the direction of president biden, democrats passed a partisan stimulus spending bill. the legislation included $90 billion for green job training, for green energy loans, and for high-speed rail. it also included about $3 billion for a program more commonly referred to now as cash for clunkers. well, this bill was -- the goal was to produce millions of green

is clear mr president that violence against peaceful worshippers is unacceptable and must stop the right to freedom of worship must be up held the historic status quo in jerusalem is important at all times but especially during middle just festivals we continue to support the hashemite kingdom of jordan is important role as cast odeon of the holy sites mr president let me also reiterate that the u.k. has made its position on if it should demolitions and the settlement enterprise clear in this council. and i will do so again today we have posed these activities settlements are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace we urge the government of israel to cease its policies related to settlement expansion immediately and instead work towards the establishment of a palestinian state along 1967 lines with its capital in east jerusalem mr president the situation on the ground demonstrates the urgent need to make progress towards peace the u.k. remains committed to the 2 state solution as the best way to permanently end the occupation and bring peace and stability to the region w

mr. president. it is my honor to meet you again and to speak with you this morning. i will say that mexico is our closest neighbor and we share a border, of course. we also share the values of dignity. we share the bond a family and friendship. we also share a long, deep, and complex history. we have put in the work that i believe is required to build a productive partnership and to build on the work we have done in the past. the partnership could not be more important than today. our nations faced various challenges, cobit being an obvious one. economic repercussions from the covid pandemic as well as the search of migrants arriving at our shared border. together, we must fight violence, corruption, and it is in our countries mutual interest to provide immediate relief for the northern triangle and to address the root causes of migration. you and i have discussed before. i believe most people don't want to leave home. when they do, it is often because they are fleeing from harm or they are forced to leave because there is no opportunity. it is in our mutual interest

mr. president. as you know, you have been as reliable as anybody coming to this event. for over 50 years, 36 years or so as our united states sender, you are here as vice president. really special to have you here today as our president. we start by acknowledging our veterans commission for their great work, chuck for his chairmanship and recognizing the secretary of state and his team for helping to put this together. tom cook, mr. chairman, thank you for the work of the rba in putting this together once again for all of us. most of all, we are honored and proud to have you here, mr. president. there are few people who attended this event more reliably than you have. many of those people are here and i can see that you are in your assigned seats right here in the front row. resilience, strength, sacrifice. the kind of values that we spoke to. we used to have a saying in the congress, i would like to associate with the comments of the gentleman from north wilmington, because that was extraordinary, it talked about our obligation and those values. those are the values we

mr president, these escalations have already produced tragic results.s would have a devastating consequences for both palestinians and israelis. the united nations is working tirelessly with all sides to restore calm. i reiterate the secretary general�*s urgent call on israel and palestinian armed groups to take immediate and decisive steps to take immediate and decisive steps to de—escalate the situation and prevent any further loss of life. israelis and palestinians have a legitimate right to safety and security. the violence we are witnessing now is unacceptable and unjustifiable. hamas and other militants indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars from highly populated civilian neighbourhoods into civilian populated centres in israel, violates international humanitarian law and must cease immediately. civilian areas must never be used for military purposes. the israeli authorities must abide by international humanitarian law, principles governing conflict, including the proportional use of force, exercising maximum restraint to spare civilian a

mr. president. to secure the 5-g networks. i'm particularly graphed that so many meetings south korea companies see investments in the united states including this morning's announcement more than $25 million new investments samsung, hyundai, sc. i understand the executives of those companies are here. would you please stand up? [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. and i think we will do great work together. these new investments are going to create thousands of good paying jobs and jobs of the future right here in the united states. and they're going to help fortify and secure the supply chain for things like simi conductors and electric batteries. i know, as i said, that the ceos made the effort not only to do this but to be here today and, again, i thank them for being here. i thank you for making the investments in our future and yours. finally, i want to note that yesterday i had the honor of signing into law the covid-19 hate crimes act. to help americans of asian dissent from having to

mr. president, keep coming home. [applause] i would add we will leave the light on. will leave the light on. when president elect joe biden and jill were getting ready to head to wash d, -- to washington dc, we had the opportunity to send them off had the opportunity to show them the words of a wonderful methodist minister, reverend reynolds, who son coached a football team at william penn good we had some legislature members here. but his dad said to me before i was inaugurated, i have some words of advice for you. i said what would that be? and he said the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. i said would you say that again? he said the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. i said, i think i got it. it was time for joe and jill to climb into the helicopter and head out to the nation's capital and i shared with them those words of advice. i said, mr. president elect, the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. and he said, would you say that again? [laughter] and i did, and i said the main thing is to vaccinate this countr

mr. president. dr. biden, madam vice president, mr. emhoff.ley, distinguished guests, service members, goldstar family members, my fellow veterans, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us on this solemn day in this solemn place. we come together to remember and to renew our sense of common purpose. and to reach out to those who have long warned and to those who newly grieve. mr. president, in thinking about joining you here today i reflected upon a meeting i held a few days ago with some of our goldstar and surviving families. one of them was shannon, a wife of a marine reservist. they have three children. her husband, chris, was killed by a suicide bomber on april 8, 20 and afghanistan. the first thing she said in our meeting was, i'm going to try not to cry. and she told us that before her husband left on one of his deployments, she sat him down and said god forbid something happens to you. but if it does where you want me , to bury you? and he told her, i do not care. i just want to be near you. and today, staff sergeant chris -- res

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mr. president. >> translator: honorable president biden, madam vice president, i extend my deepest gratitude to you for your special hospitality welcome. today our leaders and delegates of korea and the united states met each other and had a dialogue. for the peoples of our two nations, this will give them hope for recovery from covid-19 as well as a meaningful gift for celebrating the 139th anniversary of our diplomatic relations. president biden and i had an awarding ceremony for the medal of honor for the korean war veteran, a one on one meeting as well as an expanded summit for many hours together, had a very fun dialogue like old friends as we discussed inclusive growth, the strengthening of the middle class, climate change as well as other areas. the two of us were able to see for ourselves that we had common interests and commitments, in particular we reaffirmed our alliance and confirmed the common vision for developing it into an even stronger one. during my visit this time, the trust that

mr. president. with that big smile of yours, it is certainly warm here. i want to first acknowledge chuck for being the mc and your work yesterday, what a great event we had at the veterans cemetery. thank you for those who are able to join us it was a great event. it was a great event. , somebody said normally on , memorial day events we don't have coats and sweaters on. i was just happy to be there without a mask on. [laughter] [applause] mr. president, we have to give thanks to you and your team for doing so much incredible work getting folks vaccinated, over the first 100 days of your administration. [applause] this is a really special day to have you with us, mr. president. as you know, you have been as reliable as anybody coming to this event. for over 50 years, 36 years or so, as our united states senator, you are here. you were here as vice president. really special to have you here today as our president. we start by acknowledging our veterans commission for their great work, chuck, for his chairmanship and recognizing the secretary of state and