mr. van hollen: are you satisfied with the u.k.'s position on huawei? mr. ross: no. i think it's a mistake. mr. van hollen: how about germany? a little better but still a mistake? mr. ross: i'm not a tech nolings, but the technology experts tell me that 5-g is not something that you can so readily separate core from periphery. also think that the danger, in case they're wrong in their theory that they can mitigate, the danger of shutting down your entire economy, shutting down your entire government, is a risk that's not worth taking. mr. van hollen: we agree on that. i just want to make sure we're all aligned in terms of the strategy. thank you. mr. moran: thank you, senator. mr. secretary, we're going to have another round of questions but the good news is that there's a vote scheduled in 15, 16 minutes. so -- mr. ross: i'll speak fast. mr. moran: there is a finite time in which this hearing will come to a conclusion. i'm going to try to get two questions in, in my five minutes. and the first one is just a follow-up on what auto i've already asked you. we talked abo

mr. van hollen: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam president. as other senators have mentioned, we see our fellow americans uniting around the country to fight the coronavirus, to help those in need. most of all, we're grateful to the men and women in health care , the health care system on the front lines of this fight, the nurses, the doctors, all the other staff and hospitals and community health centers in clinics who are putting themselves and their own health at risk to help their fellow americans. and we in the senate, like our fellow americans, must come together to do the right thing for the country at this moment in time. to provide a surge of help to those on the front lines of the coronavirus fight and to help those who are suffering from the economic fallout. workers and small businesses and mid-sized businesses and others who are absolutely getting clobbered, as we all try to fight this virus together. and so congress must unite this evening, as we have on two prior occasions during this emerg

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. thank you for presiding today and to all who are here at this moment of extreme challenge for our country and for the

mr. van hollen: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that we lift the quorum -- that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. thank you for presiding today and to all who are here at this moment of extreme challenge for our country and for the world, and we must rise to the occasion and unite to fight a common enemy, covid-19, also known as the coronavirus, and what we're witnessing, mr. president, is americans from all backgrounds and all walks of life doing that around the country, coming together and uniting not physically close but spiritually close to one another as we work our way through this crisis. in my state of maryland, people are doing exactly that. our health care workers on the front lines, whether they be nurses, whether they be people working in clinics in the hospitals, whether they be doctors, they're all pulling together to get the job done. elected officials from the federal, state, and local governments are worki

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. thank you for presiding today and to all who are here at this moment of extreme challenge for our country and for the world, and we must rise to the occasion and unite to fight a common enemy, covid-19, also known as the coronavirus, and what we're witnessing, mr. president, is americans from all backgrounds and all walks of life doing that around the country, coming together and uniting not physically close but spiritually close to one another as we work our way through this crisis. in my state of maryland, people are doing exactly that. our health care workers on the front lines, whether they be nurses, whether they be people working in clinics in the hospitals, whether they be doctors, they're all pulling together to get the job done. elected officials from the federal, state, and local governments are working together, as are nonprofits and businesses. three nights ago, i held a telephone town hall meeting on covid-19, and more than 5,000 marylanders joined that call. they called

mr. van hollen: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam president. as other senators have mentioned, we see our fellow americans uniting around the country to fight the coronavirus, to help those in need. most of all, we're grateful to the men and women in health care , the health care system on the front lines of this fight, the nurses, the doctors, all the other staff and hospitals and community health centers in clinics who are putting themselves and their own health at risk to help their fellow americans. and we in the senate, like our fellow americans, must come together to do the right thing for the country at this moment in time. to provide a surge of help to those on the front lines of the coronavirus fight and to help those who are suffering from the economic fallout. workers and small businesses and mid-sized businesses and others who are absolutely getting clobbered, as we all try to fight this virus together. and so congress must unite this evening, as we have on two prior occasions during this emerg

mr. chairman, my times has expired. >> thank you, senator. senator van hollen. >> thanknk you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. secretary. one of the benefits of going last is i get to check off a lot of the questions i had as my colleagues have asked them on a bipartisan basis, although i do want to underscore a couple points they've made. i share some of the concerns express about the cuts in the noaa budget. with respectt to eda, i strongly share the views of my colleagues, senator shaheen mentioned your own tweet in supportt of it. i have pointed out before that the's president's daughter, ivaa trump, appeared in baltimore a number y of years ago to celebre a successful eda project. so there is this disconnect between the positive statements made byve the administration for eda and the budget. but i think we're going to address that onut a bipartisan basis. i also want to express my concerns about the 76% cut in the minority business development agency. now on to some areas of agreement. i know we share an interest in making sure the united states remains at the cutting edge in key competitive technologies

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. america is in crisis. time is of the essence and the senate needs to work on a bipartisan basis to get the job done and get it done today without delay. we see our fellow americans all across this country uniting at this time of crisis. neighbors helping neighbors. people helping throughout their communities. we're watching our health care workers on the front lines of fighting this virus, true heroes who are putting themselves at risk every day in order to help patients coming in the door. they're facing extreme shortages in personal protective equipment. we need to rush that out in much greater volumes to protect them. we still have a huge shortage of tests in this country and got caught way behind the curve and we're having to catch up. we're trying to manufacture ventilators to help those who are sick who may get sick. and in doing that, americans are coming together. we've seen stories of notices going out to dentist offices and others who have important personal protective equipment like masks but a

van hollen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. comptroller. i want to ask a couple of questions about strengthening the control act. and a bill passed out of committee, the bipartisan congressional budget reform act, we had a bipartisan amendment that i propose that was adopted to do that. as you know, congress currently faces a very real problem with our budget process and that's the process for assuring that when congress appropriates funds, they are actually spent as congress directed. in the apartment control act creates the process by which a president can notify congress -- empowerment -- funding temporarily which is allowed only in limited circumstances or the president can propose rescission for finding that he believes he or she believes are no longer needed. one of the processions the amendment those adopted by the committee would require the office of management and budget, or become to publicly disclose their apportionment. in order to prevent agencies from overspending the appropriations come federal law gives omb enforcement powe

i don't know if you saw senator chris van hollen last night during the debate spelling this out. i know it's a concern to steny and mr. connolly and mr. beyer and our colleagues from this region. mr. raskin. the list goes on. but it is -- it's just -- it doesn't face the realities of a public homente -- health crisis we have in our country and goes out of its way to do something so out of the ordinary. let's just hope it was -- fwu it was -- but it was a decision. it wasn't an accident. so let's make a decision to correct that. but again let us all be very prayerful about how we go forward. it american people, not only to wash their hands regularly and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate all the time, but to understand that we view them as our bosses. they are are our bosses, we are responsible to them. on sunday morning when we met with the m's, mcconnell, uchin, mccarthy, schumer was there. since it's sunday morning, begin with a prayer. my part of it. his holiness pope francis called for a world prayer. i don't -- i won't do it justice but what did he was to pray that those who have the responsibility to care for others wou

i don't know if you saw senator chris van hollen last night during the debate spelling this out. mr.ow it is a concern for connelly and mr. meyer and our colleagues from this region. mr. raskin. the list goes on. it does not face the realities of the public health crisis that we have in our country. it is so out of the ordinary. let's just hope -- it was a decision. it was not an accident, it was a decision. so let's make a decision to correct that. but let us all be very prayerful about how we go forward. the american people, they need to wash their hands and hydrate all the time, but to understand that we view them as our bosses. they are our bosses. we are responsible to them. on sunday morning when we met, mcconnell, mnuchin, mccarthy, chuck and i were there. i said, since it is sunday morning, why don't we begin with a prayer? my part, not their part, begin with a prayer? his holiness pope francis called for a world prayer. i won't do it justice, but what he did was to pray that those and i who have the response -- those who have the responsibility would be enlightened to take that responsibility. when i finished my

have legislation -- i don't know if you saw senator chris van hollen last night during the debate spelling this out. i know it's a concern to mr. connelly and mr. buyer and our colleagues from this region, mr. raskin, the list goes on. but it's just -- it doesn't face the realities of a public health crisis that we have in our counted and goes out of its way to do something so out of the ordinary. let's just hope it was -- it was a decision. it wasn't an accident. it was a decision. so let's make a diecision to correct that. again, let us all be very prayerful on how we go forward. we want the american people to not only wash their hands regularly and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate all the time, but to understand that we view them as our bosses. they are our bozs. we are responsible to them. on sunday morning when we met with the ms, mcconnell, mnuchin, mccarthy, chuck and i were there. i said since it's sunday morning, why don't we begin with a prayer. my part of it. his holiness pope francis called for world prayer. i won't do it justice, but what he did was to pray that those who have the responsibility to care for others would

mr. chairman. i'm going to cover some ground that my colleague senator van hollen covered. we need to talk about metro. i think the senator already mentioned in many ways the federal government literally runs on metro. i think it was pointed out that close to 40% of metro's riders during rush hour are federal employees, and that is critically important to the functioning of our government. also serves a critically important role in terms of continuation of government in the event of a disaster, ever have deal with evacuation similar to what we dealt with post 9/11, the burden falls on metro, as well as the fact this is the nation's metro system. it is obviously used on a regular basis by tourists who always come to washington or it's absolutely critical in national events like inaugurations. back in 08, congress put together and recognized this, in the legislation back then and laid out a ten year, 150 million dollars a year commitment from the federal government to washington's metro, to make sure that we would have that long-term investment in the safety and viability of

nator van hollen: -- mr. drew: this past saturday, i had the pleasure of attending the first legacy recognition award luncheon at abundant life church with bishop gandy. they honored five individuals and their families whose commitment to south jersey is undeanable, the phan family, otis grayson, the waiters family and mr. witherspoon. i would like to recognize bishop gandy at abund at life with his wife pa trish after have impacted so many lives in south jersey and beyond south jersey. abundant life is a loving church and is transformed to three-fold urpose to equip the whole man, the whole person, spirit, soul and body to lead a joyous, abundant life and be a victorious christian life. thank you, bishop gandy, and you are truly doing god's work in our community and may god bless you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for ms. jackson lee of texas for today and tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: withou