mr. sullivan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that kyl wood, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the month. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i also request unanimous consent that i be permitted to change my vote on the roll call vote earlier today, the vote was 65. i voted no. it was my intention to vote aye. it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask that my following remarks be submitted in a separate area in the "congressional record." the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, it's thursday afternoon, and it is a time i love to come down on the floor, one of my favorite times of the week, because i get to talk about an alaskan who has done something really, really important for their community or their state or their country, and i know the pages lik

for instance while working on the mrs sullivan is he couldn't find the kiddie i believe. 4 days later he discovered that his cook had wrapped the butter with the sheet music for the kids. and of course that was awful for him he needed those sheets by contrast his teacher and role model haydn was very orderly so his music lies neatly on the piano beethoven was slovenly when it came to our we dressed and how he kept his house listening to house on. testament became famous in it the composer describes his desperate situation his fears about becoming deaf and his isolation. inhaling it it is the maze highly constat a testament has also a justification he writes about the incurable state of his ears made worse by misguided doctors he came here hoping to be healed. he was also suffering from a broken heart. but in 1802 he came to highly can start to be cured. so this letter is a justification of why he's so withdrawn doesn't socialize much anymore and has become such a loner it's because he's uncomfortable saying speak up i can't hear you as a musician he finds this unbearable and he must a

mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: thank you. mr. president, we just finished here on the senate floor some very, very important work for the people we represent and have the privilege to serve, what we're calling phase three of our very important response to this unprecedented pandemic that is hitting our country. the health of the our country, the economic health of our nation, and so we acted. a number of us worked well over the past week around the clock to put this legislation together. and i think it was a strong showing of bipartisan support. i was on the floor a couple days ago saying that what we needed to do were four key things -- put cash directly in the hands of hurting families in alaska and throughout the country, deliver rapid relief to small businesses being crushed by this pandemic and having to lay off workers, stabilizing key steek terse of the economy to --

mr. sullivan, thank you and good morning. i want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentine's day to the 16th public meeting of defense advisory committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of sexes yule assault -- sexual assault in the armed forces. we're going to given by taking attendance. general anderson. [roll call]

mr. sullivan, thank you and good morning. i want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentine's day to the 16th public meeting of defense advisory committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of sexes yule assault -- sexual assault in the armed forces. we're going to given by taking attendance. general anderson. [roll call] >> judge bris boy and judge walton could not be in attendance today, but with 11 members present, we have a quorum. created by the secretary of defense in 2016 in accordance with the ndaa for fiscal year 2016. our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on the investigation, prosecution and defense of allegations of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct involving members of the armed forces. 'em if. we will hear from two retired army judges, a retired navy judge, and retired air force judge. the committee looks for different from each of you. following the military judges panel the committee will discuss the judge's testimony and then take a break for lunch. i

mr. sullivan, we found something bad under your yard, we have to dig it up.house is no longer worth 500, it's worth negative 100 because not only can no one live there we have to take this stuff out because it's toxic that's what happened with the companies. you have to revalue all the reserves and all the banks that hold the debt are going to say, whoa, your reserves, which are the collateral for your loans, aren't worth half of what they used to be worth so you're going to see a complete revaluing this morning. it's going to be, as mohammed said, messy. i think that's a polite word. >> so brian, what's the saudi cost of production they're still okay in terms of it's not below but what about our shale producers here and all these -- these boom areas we've seen in our country, it's much higher. it used to look pretty good when it was 50, 60, 70. but what is it right now what do you think it is in the united states right now for shale? and for other production well positioned. >> we list that for you. >> i'm sorry, air pods >> occidental and apache, according

mr. sullivan: but i want to talk about something we have in common, something that's pretty remarkable that i think we all need to remember we have in common. we represent incredible people. the american people who are doing so much right now in alaska, in colorado, in nebraska, in montana, in connecticut to help each other so much. i frequently tell my constituents as we're talking about getting through this crisis everyone has a role to play, young, old, business leaders, elected leaders, union members, and everybody is playing a role so i am very proud of my constituents in alaska and i know that everybody in this body is proud of what their constituents are doing right now, the best of our nation right now. we talk about how we're teleworking. i would like to remind folks that there are some americans, a lot of alaskans, thousand, millions who can't telework. our health care professionals who are on the front lines, our first responders, our truck drivers, port workers, alaskans who are stocking the grocery store shelves, picking up our refuse, parents who are teaching their children at

mr. president turning to foreign policy, john sullivan has the question. john. >> hi, mr.dent, thank you for coming to pennsylvania. my question every since you've taken office in january 2017 north korea has been in the news. it's on the minds of many americans. just like myself, if you're elected again this year, what's your plan in moving forward with what you've already done with north korea? >> president trump: i don't like it's on the minds of too many americans to be honest with you, but it should be, and it's good it's on your mind because it's big stuff and they do have a lot of power. if the of nuclear power. i don't get credit for this and maybe i should, maybe i shouldn't and when i became president i was told by president obama sitting in the oval office and probably our only meeting essentially. enough for me. [laughter] >> bret: you haven't talked to him since. >> president trump: i was at the funeral of president bush, sat next to him, i said hello. and then i said "goodbye." that's about it. no, i didn't like the job he did, i didn't like the job that he a

mr. president, turning to foreign policy, john sullivan has a question. john. >> hi, mr.resident, thanks for coming to pennsylvania tonight. so my question, ever since you've taken office in january 2017, north korea has been in the news. >> president trump: yeah. >> and it's on the minds of many americans being just like myself. if you're elected again this year, what's your play on moving forward with what you've already done with north korea? >> president trump: i don't think it's on the minds of too many americans, but it should be. and it's good that it's still on your mind. it's big stuff and they have a lot power, a lot of nuclear power. so i don't take credit for this. maybe i should, maybe i shouldn't. but when i became president, i was told by president obama, sitting in the oval office being probably if our own only meeting essentially, that was enough for me. >> brett: and you haven't talked to him since? >> president trump: i was at the funeral of president bush. i sat next to him and i said "hello." then i said "good bye." that's about t. no. i didn't like t

. >> thank you, senator sullivan, for giving me this opportunity. mr. berry, could you talk about what we need to do to encourage private industry to create alternatives to huawei? when you read the paper, they say there's no alternatives. what do we need to be doing to help create alternatives and then secondly, any of you answer, why, if you're up here in d. c. , we all what can we do to get the public educated about the risk of our huawei >>? thank you senator. that's a tough one. what you can do between courage it is to provide a fund for replacement equipment which means you've got everyone's attention and yes, everyone wants to find six do so this is not because there's a potential to pay for it. small carriers don't drive the marketplace normally. they don't drive the technology development. this gives us an opportunity to recognize that there are some funds to actually reimburse. on the other side, i think the recognition that there is nefarious network elements out there that need to be replaced it is everyone as everyone thought that maybe the

. >> thank you, senator sullivan, for giving me this opportunity. mr. berry, could you talk about what we need to do to encourage private industry to create alternatives to huawei? when you read the paper, they say there's no alternatives. what do we need to be doing to help create alternatives sxwlchlt secondly, any of you could answer, why, if you're up here in d.c., we all understand the risk of huawei. the public doesn't get it and you don't hear it locally at all. what can we do to encourage and do to get the public educated about the risk of huawei? >> thank you, senator. what you can do is you provided a bill, fund for replacement equipment. it got earn's attention and everyone wants to find solutions now because there's a potential to pay for it. small carriers don't drive the marketplace normally, they don't drive the technology development. this gives us an opportunity to recognize there are funds to reimburse. on the other side, i think the recognition that there is nefarious network elements out there that need to be replaced gives everyone

sullivan. thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for the panelists for this very important briefing. sec. szabat, i want to follow-up on our earlier phone call and see if there is any more progress. you know the broader discussion from the other witnesses is we have closed down the passenger travel from china and other areas where there has been a risk, a big risk. on the issue of mitigation of the spread for air travel. however, there is a loophole, and i think everybody, i've raised this issue now for going on for weeks with the senator administration officials. the loophole is cargo. air travel cargo is very important for the whole country, for the whole world. we need to be able to have the slot entrance supplies to be able to have a sick potential significant challenge for our country. but the pilots on these cargo flights in some ways are loophole. you have chinese based crews that get off in the united states, big cargo hubs weather anchorage, seattle, l.a., memphis. and they spend the night, they are in the population. there is nobody i've spoken to, and i've spoken to everyone in

sullivan. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the panelists for this very important briefing.secretary szabat, i want to follow up on our earlier phone call, my discussion with you today and see if any more -- if there is anymore progress. you know the broader discussion from the other witnesses is we've closed down the passenger travel from china and other areas where there's been a risk, big risk on the issue of mitigation of the spread for air travel. however, there is a loophole, and i think everybody i've raised this -- i've been raising this issue now going on four weeks with senior administration officials. the loophole is cargo. air travel. cargo is very important for the whole country, for the whole world. we want to be able to have the supplies to address and be ready for, you know, what could be a significant challenge for our country, but the pilots on these cargo flights in some ways are a loophole. you have chinese-based crews that get off in the united states, big cargo hubs, whether anchorage or seattle or l.a., memphis, and they spend the night, you know, in t

mr. zell have a point? and is this sector safe to buy brian sullivan is here to look at battleground names. brian. >> is it safe to buy anything, kelly, i have no idea. i'm going to show you a couple things maybe to open your eyes who knows, the first is syop we can see the wti, the orange line you have the absolute value of the xop over here, trading below where it was when oil was $20 a barrel in 2016 oil stocks are trading worse when oil was $20 a barrel cheaper, go figure a lot more debt. that's one of the reasons. pte rate exxonmob exxonmobil, 15.5 and chevron, 16. and again, some of these numbers will change, kelly, when you look at yahoo! finance, whatever it may be. but you can see on a five-year basis on it's pe ratio, they are, i suppose, discounted >> come on over. >> you don't know what the pe is going to be. >> i'm surprised they're not cheaper. cheap in single digits >> those numbers double. >> right >> there are 13 companies that have a price to earnings ratio, trailing pe to 9 >> let's flip it around, we talk about sam zell's point are there companies with a better profile?

sullivan. can you give us another anecdote we like the ping-pong one. give us something else we may not know about mr. welch >> we were going too a significant negotiation. we had two approaches we were going to give the person with whom we were meeting, the less desirable then fall back on a better one if we couldn't sell him on the first turns out he gave him the better proposal first and just as the guy was about to open up, he recognizeded it, pulled it from his hands and said that's our inferior proposal, we have a better one now he gave him the one he should have and got waway way with it >> that just shows his competitive spirit his love to know what deal that was in the making. what do you think when people talk about jack's legacy about what he'll be remembered for? what do you think is misunderstood about him. >> first of all, he was compassionate guy despite this new term that's been tagged with him, but also he was fun i mean he celebrated he shared praise generously with those around him and he was just a good guy to be arn and he had a remarkable ability to rally you around whatever he

consent that kyle wood, an intern in senator sullivan's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the month. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i just want to spend a few minutes talking about a friend of mine from louisiana who is a fine american and a fine louisianian, and he is retiring. his name is ronnie anderson. i want to celebrate his 51 years of service -- that number is correct. i know some of our pages here can't imagine someone being in a single job for 51 years, but ronnie has -- has served 51 years. he has devoted those years in large part to service to our state's farm bureau. he has led the louisiana farm bureau to greater influence, to growing membership, and that's not a small feat because america was born on a farm. in some respects, louisiana was born on a farm, and farming is, as you well know, madam president, a challen