supporters after 3 months of incarceration the leader of georgia's largest opposition party the united national movement walked free from pretrial detention in restudy prison and was engulfed by the media he said his release was a victory for democracy and a scratch or a. bottle of the whole nation. realize that either we have all the gardening regime or we have the bannock rocky rolling concerned that merely as a rest appeared politically motivated european diplomats played a role in negotiating his freedom become merely his release has been made possible thanks to the european union which posted his bail money worth almost $12000.00 but it's only been the latest in a string of interventions by the european union to try to resolve georgia's longstanding political crisis really it was arrested in february in a dramatic raid on his party offices wanted in connection with his role in anti-government protests that turned violent 2 years ago. his arrest exacerbated a political stalemate in georgia the opposition had been refusing to enter parliament claiming fraudulent elections last october it wouldn't but

most opposition parties have signed the agreement but not the united national movement do you think it's time now for your party to get back into power personally i mean yes i think that we have to continue our and heading into the political the mouth a little different from the problem and in this great progress so i mean you know it's like the political process that could mean the end finally of georgia's political deadlock basically have it with everything that we have in there we're really working at this 1st to overcome this crisis with the business you currently . existing feel free to. must now decide whether it's time for his party to take its place again in georgian democracy robin 1st year walker al-jazeera restaffing united states special envoy for the horn of africa is in ethiopia he's meeting with prime minister the african union to discuss the tigre a conflict fighting between the military and fighters of the to great people's liberation front is now in its 6 months more than 63000 refugees have fled to neighboring sudan al-jazeera is here morgan talks to some of the refuge

supporters after 3 months of incarceration the leader of georgia's largest opposition party the united national movement walked free from pretrial detention in restudy prison and was engulfed by the media he said his release was a victory for democracy in this country. of the whole nation. realize that either we have all the gardening regime or we have the bama party. concerned that merely as a rest appeared politically motivated european diplomats played a role in the goetia to his freedom because merely his release has been made possible thanks to the european union which posted his bail money worth almost $12000.00 but it's only been the latest in a string of interventions by the european union to try to resolve georgia's longstanding political crisis really it was arrested in february in a dramatic raid on his party offices 6 wanted in connection with his role in anti-government protests that turned violent 2 years ago his arrest exacerbated a political stalemate in georgia the opposition had been refusing to enter parliament claiming fraudulent elections last october. but weeks of talks mediated by

disputed parliamentary elections the opposition denounce that vote has been rigged melia's united national movement party is holding out on signing an e.u. mediated agreement to defuse tensions until the party leader is released from jail . a feud over succession plans in the zoo new royal family seems to have ended prince misuzu zoo will succeed his mother queen months formby she was named regent following the death of her husband king as well afine in march but she died unexpectedly last week that was initially chaos when prince misuzu was named success and police had to its court him to safety but family opposition has since been withdrawn to the prince and he has been returned to the palace space agencies admit they don't know exactly where a large out of control section of a chinese space rocket is going to come down to the remaining $23.00 tons of the long march 5 the rocket is expected to burn out when it reenters the earth's atmosphere in the next few hours but some pieces could fall almost anywhere on earth adrian brown reports from hong kong. china's space program has traveled a long way

national capitol building in the capital. anger over tax reforms has turned into a wider movement against inequality and rising poverty. the unitedd rights groups are raising concerns about the heavy-handed tactics of security forces. more than 20 have died, and dozens reported missing in the past week. voters in scotland had to the polls on thursday to decide the next government and whether there will be another push for independence. boris johnson has said he will not allow a second referendum on breaking from the u.k., but the scottish national party sayit will push for one, if it manages to secure a majority. we have this report from edinburg. reporter: not for the first time in recent years, scotland finds itself at a crossroads, and election that would set the course towards pandemic recovery for the country, and possibly open a path towards independence from the u.k.. first, minister nicola sturgeon in the scottish national party has cold at the most important election in history. if it wins a majority, sturgeon will claim a democratic mandate to hold another independence referendum a few years after the first in 2014. opp

clashed outside the national capital building in the center of the capital bogota anger over tax reforms has turned into a wider movement against inequality and rising poverty united nations european union and rights groups are raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces little 20 people have died and dozens more have been reported missing over the past week. voters in scotland head to the polls on thursday to decide the next government and whether there'll be another push for independence british prime minister boris johnson has said he will not allow a 2nd referendum on breaking from the u.k. but the scottish national party says it will push for one if it manages to secure a majority trying to hold reports from edinburgh. not for the 1st time in recent years scotland finds itself at a crossroads an election that will set the country's course towards pandemic recovery and possibly open up a path towards independence from the u k. first minister nicolas sturgeon her scottish national party is sure to win he has called it the most important election in the country's history if the s.n.p. wins a majority in scotland's devolved parliament sturg

of this meeting, which was called by the era group here at the united nations, the organization of islamic cooperation and align movement. and the president of the general assembly was to get a cease fire. that was the aim. that was their goal. and that has been accomplished, so there is a lot of relief here at the united nations, but the meeting was called after 11 days of conflict. more than at least for security council meetings. 2 attempts at a security council statement that didn't work. and one attempt at a security council resolution, which also went nowhere. so in addition to the calls for the cease fire, we heard many speakers putting pressure on the security council calling out the security council. and specifically the united states, which was against a security council statement. or any kind of action on the part of the council for its rule. they are the u. s. of course, saying that it was working through other channels to achieve this and of a cease fire. but we also heard a lot from speakers about the rising, told this is taking on civilians is to there's a civilian casualties which have been overwhelmingl

movement has broken down taboos. violence against women in childbirth is so normalised that it is not yet considered violence against women. in 2019, the united nationsfor violence against women, dubravka simonovic, investigated the extent of this type of violence, and spoke about her findings in the general assembly. new social movements, like break the silence, have shed light on the patterns of mistreatment and violence that women suffer, demonstrating that mistreatment and violence during childbirth is widespread and ingrained in health systems all over the world. to protect herself from being mistreated in hospital, amira has found a british midwife to help with the birth. as well as paying paul's fees, she's rented an apartment for him for three weeks. hello, welcome. hi, amira. please enter. finally, thank you. but this is about so much more than money. we meet in person. for amira, it's about regaining control of the process of birth. how are you feeling today? how's baby and how are you? i'm feeling, every night, when i go to bed, i think this is it and i was glad paul is in bosnia. i'm here foryou. i'm your midwife, that means i'm on yourjo

government to continue anger over tax hikes, has now turned into a wider movement against the president's performance. the united nations and european union raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces. more than 20 people have died and doesn't more have been reported missing. alexander on p t report sambota another terrifying night in columbia, south 3rd, and i just see the kelly video shot by residents of to working class neighborhood apparently show the police shooting indiscriminately against testers. the morning after the scenes of destruction were mistaken all the many years, at least 5 people were killed and 33 injured. we condemn, and if absolutely any, aggression of violence and expression that puts the life and security and property of the men and women of this territory average. the western city of kelly has become the epicenter of the ongoing protest against the social and economic policies of president even do care. on tuesday, the united nations and the european union condemned the excess of the user for some part of columbia security forces to try and contain the rest. we are deeply

government continue anger over tax hikes has now turned into a wider movement against the president's performance the united nations and european union are raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces more than 20 people have died and dozens more have been reported missing. another terrifying night in colombia's 3rd largest city cali video shot by residents of 2 working class neighborhoods apparently show the police shooting indiscriminately against protesters. during the morning after the scenes of destruction around the mistake of the mayor said at least 5 people were killed and $33.00 injured we condemn. any expression of violence an expression that puts the life and the gritty and property of the men and women of this risk the western city of cali has become the epicenter of the ongoing protests against the social and economic policies of president. on tuesday the united nations and the european union condemned the excessive use of force and part of colombia security forces to try and contain the unrest we are deeply alarm at developments in the city of kali of in colombia where police ope

demonstrations of a mashable strike anger over tax increases and into a wider movement against the president's performance the united nations the european union and rights groups are raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces. spain's conservative conservative people's party as war resoundingly victory after a bitter election battle in the madrid region incumbent regional president is about . i also won nearly hoff off the 3rd 136 seats in the assembly still short of an absolute majority a posse will need help from the far right vox party to form a new government the name baba reports. riding a wave of popularity off to defying the national government isabel death are you so leader of the right wing popular party or p.p. in the madrid region confident she'll be returned to office the people has been in charge of madrid sprains wealthiest region for 26 years. but this election is unlike any other taking place as it does during a pandemic that. you say has consistently resisted government pressure to impose covered 19 lockdowns arguing they caused too much economic damage the capitals had some of spain

protested in solidarity with gaza the demonstrators led by the islamic movement bangladesh group are calling on the united nations of the organization of islamic cooperation to hold israel accountable and these are recent pictures coming from protests in sydney australia many 100 saying gathering in support of the palestinian cause of the ongoing conflict there in gaza. the united nations is appealing for an immediate end to the fighting secretary general antonio taro she is warning of a security and humanitarian crisis and says the conflict could foster extremism across the region the u.n. security council will hold a meeting on sunday to discuss the issue kristen salumi has more from the u.n. . the u.n. security council is on the sidelines of this latest middle east conflict as a result of american intervention diplomats confirmed that the united states blocked calls for an open meeting on friday during which countries could publicly express their views it was also the americans who stopped any form of a statement unified statement from being issued on behalf of the council something that all other members were

bracing for more demonstrations of a national strike on weapons say anger over tax increases has turned into a wider movement against the president's performance the united nations the european union and rights groups are raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces let's go live to out of bogota zeros on the south of m.p.'s he is for us our sort of president calling for a national dialogue but people as we can see out in force once again. believe there's this strike called for another day of nationwide demonstrations. are responding this is one of the 4 massive rallies that are happening right now in the capital. that 1000 people are out there across the country and now. it's more than a week. that we can go as you were saying your introduction the protesters already had. a major victories that tax reform that sparked this. minister of finance. resigned and now people. you're telling us that they have new demands essentially mainly 3 basic thing for people that have been suffering because of the price is that. the country they're also asking for the withdrawal of another reform the health reform that the government is presenting an

protested in solidarity with garza the demonstrators led by the islamic movement bangladesh group are calling on the united nations and the organization of islamic cooperation to hold israel accountable. still ahead here on al-jazeera in that city millions of american teenagers against covert 19 but that's a call for richer nations to set donates supplies to poorer countries. and a rising star the trump loyalist who's now the 3rd highest ranking republican in the u.s. house of representatives. hello nice to see we're dealing with our usual series fronts slamming into southern chile it's going to give us some snow for the southern andes over the weekend is well otherwise step here is pretty well where they should be montevideo 17 your average is 18 now that system that was playing in rio de janeiro a few days ago it's off to the south atlantic but it's still flicking some showers and cloud cover so unsettled conditions for rio for you on saturday for the potential of some flooding rains through ecuador and right now i do want to take you to central america because we have seen intense rain in and around mexico city

protested in solidarity with garza the demonstrators led by the islamic movement of bangladesh who are calling on the united nations and the organization of islamic cooperation to hold israel accountable. still ahead here on al-jazeera dozens more bodies of suspected covert 19 victims of floating in the river ganges 2 of india's poorest states trade play. and a rising star the trump loyalist who's now the 3rd highest ranking republican in the u.s. house of representatives we'll tell you who she is straight after the break. hello let's start in the arabian sea where we do have this disturbance that potentially could form into a tropical cyclone over the next little while the indian meteorologist called apart and has warned this could indeed become an intense cycle and as it spreads its impact to the western shores of india but all models really showing it staying offshore we could see potentially up to 200 millimeters of rain in some places that's in the east toward the west it's more settled and dry take your pick we've got a whole bunch of forty's kuwait at 43 doha a high of 41 plenty of sunshine on sunday we've a

united conservative movement. a movement that speaks again to the heart of a great nation. consider how much we got done before the defeat of 2020. what did we accomplish? i was lucky enough to be speaker of the house during that time and the answer is republicans delivered on goals important to conservatives going all the way back to goldwater and reagan. they include a vital rebuilding of america's military and intelligence capabilities so determined rivals cannot overtake us. the united states answered serious threats in serious ways with tough measures against china, russia, iran, and other hostile actors. we limited some of the worst of the regulatory state for greater freedom and economic growth. we made good on a promise to invest, that the v.a. -- to the our veterans, that the v.a. would serve them and be accountable when it fell short. in from justice, we corrected some terrible wrongs, to give work -- to give people a chance at life beyond prison. we made serious progress in ridding the country of human trafficking and rescuing its victims. all this and more, alon

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across the country anger of the tax increases has turned into a wider movement against inequality and rising policy the united nations european union and rights groups are raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces in colombia i was here as i was sometime between is among protesters in the capital bogota president do k. is now calling for a national dialogue but as we can see behind you the people in force again what's happening 2. absolutely adrian this is a show of force by the unions the students associations and other groups that have been leading the movement to this what they call an national strike these days of protest 8 days into these protests tens of thousands of people are once again out on the streets this fight to violence past days more than 20 people unfortunately have died since last wednesday when these protests started against the tax hikes and have now below this to become a national outcry for what are the long standing ills of colombia of inequality poverty and so on the protesters have a long list of grievances obviously the covert 19 crisis has only exacerbated the. dem

movements of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. and there is also the international criminal court which is affiliated to the united nations in which is east of the matter so there are there are options internationally really good to talk to so many thanks to the t m 6 that it also will thank you thank you the u.s. secretary of state says that he hasn't seen any intelligence from israel to justify saturday's attack on a gaza town housing media outlets including al-jazeera as bureau the israeli ministry claims that hamas was operating from within the office building. israel has a special responsibility to protect civilians in the course of its self-defense and that most certainly includes journalists. he said that you requested additional information have you received it have you seen it and did you find it credible i have not seen any information provided and again to the extent that it is based on intelligence that would have been shared with other colleagues and i'll leave that to them to assess thousands of yemenis are gathered to show their support for the palestinians they're demanding that israel stop its attacks on gaza are

movement nothing short of that will force a change in the u.s. policy toward our people now when it comes to united nations i was in gaza for the 2014 war and i visited the un school in jabalya that had been hit by a drone strike that killed 5 innocent people i saw as the israelis with complete complete complicity work bombing un schools left and right and now refugee camps without any criticism from the international community if the u.n. were to stand up to this they should stand up to it because it is directly affecting them now the united nations of course the security council has passed more than 130 resolutions over the course of time since 1967. what they can do now is they can take to task the united states for its own action on this issue and begin to change not only what is happening in palestine but in fact the international order because the u.s. has proven itself to be incapable of leading with moral clarity on that international stage some neighbors out thank you so very much for taking the time to speak to us about this issue thank you for your time some a bit palestinian journalist joining

find a national political leader, not be president of the united states as these two gentlemen henry clay and newt gingrich, his place in history in the republican party and the conservative movement national political debate, his place in history is assured. >> host: do you think nancy pelosi have the same status today? >> guest: as a woman yes. she's not idea factory the way gingrich is or was but probably understands power better than she does, never been ousted as speaker or run out as speaker or challenged as speaker. her authority is supreme and certainly from a political standpoint, an admirable woman and has done much with her two tenures as speaker of the house but she didn't do the revolutionary things that gingrich did. gingrich reform the house post office and the house bank and went after corruption left and right in his own party much more so than anybody else did. they are similar and they are different. she understands power better than he does. he understands ideology and movements better than she does. >> host: in 2018 in the atlantic, about newt gingrich, few figures in modern history have done more than gingrich to lay the groundwork for trump's rise, it is two

of its independence movement 1st minister nicolas sturgeon says a win for hunt's scottish national party would be a mandate for a 2nd independence drive to break away from the united kingdom. after fresh clashes between police and protesters in the colombian capital bogota it's the latest violence highlighting days of protests against economic inequality and police brutality at least 24 people have been killed and young arrest this past week. you're watching the interview news still to come. premier league goes champions league chelsea semifinal victory over real madrid qualifies them for an all english final against manchester city. but 1st the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks attacks by militants and into community conflict has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n. says ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach people in many areas across from the travel to eternity one of 2 provinces in the north east of the country officially under siege. hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by militias especially as close to a province we are on the road with a nerve agent aid organization o

speaking out against the united states going to war feeling that however troubling this was not our problem. could you tell us how students at yale university helped propel a national movement against the us getting involved? absolutely, and you know, what's interesting here. is that something we've been we've keep we keep coming back to in this conversation is the idea that sort of what's at stake is a question of american identity often in very complex ways wherein americans are concerned about what's happening abroad, but also concerned with sort of solidifying and codifying what it means to be an american and i think the america first committee which was founded at yale university by a group of law students in 1940 is a really good example of this and you can see in their poster here with the figure of the statue of liberty and the notion that war is a threat to american ideals of liberty and independence are really at stake here. so america first founded at yale though. it was broadly opposed to american involvement in any war within that umbrella had several diverse viewpoints. so some members of america first were pacifists meaning that they just didn't want to get i

influence that and that's why there is a movement now going on to bring human rights responsibility to bear on big business. there is a process in the united nations that going on there amnesty internationalist campaigning for international standards to be set for companies about how companies should behave in. because what they do and what they don't do does have a huge impact on human rights, so that's a very important part of that. the second part of it. of course is you create the standards, but those standards have been forced and very often in these poor countries. the state is just not able to enforce those standards. the government's just either doesn't have the political will or doesn't have a criminal justice system that can force legal system that can enforce these obligations and that's why it's very important that no matter where the company is. the company can be held lab or companies go to seek investment. they are present in stock exchanges around the world. they're investment is global. they operate globally the supply chains are global. so when it comes to legal liability for what they do, they should also be held globally. but t

movement he joins us from ramallah. i guess there's not going to be any punch behind what the united nations is talking about at the moment until either the united states falls into line with what everyone else is saying or everyone else falls into line with what the united states is saying. well the point is it's not up to the united states s up to peoples around the world there's a lot to be done we don't have to wait until the security council is no longer hijacked by israel and the united states we are doing a lot at the grassroots level at the level of parliamentarians political parties trade unions grassroots organizations the point is it's around has got to pay a price for its regime of occupation settler colonialism and apartheid that's been going on for 73 years this ongoing has got to stop but it will not stop now all at the security council because it's hijacked we need to move other levels across the world including the un general assembly including the i.c.c. the international criminal court but also every state can do a lot such as imposing a military embargo on us or cutting relations cutting trade with isr

former member of the united states house of representatives and now chairman of the serve america movement. a group of democrats, republicans and independents working to fix the nations broken politics. and jen, an expert in malicious online behavior and author and professor at the college of information studies at the information of maryland. welcome to all of you. professor, only because the response to the facebook decision, wherever you stand on the issue by some republicans has been that it is a violation of the first amendment. that ones it face is not true. >> no. i am always astonished even though they pushed the narrative since trump started to run as president. they think having a private platform somehow violates the constitution. of course that is not how it works. we are all held with the terms of service that we agree to in order to follow the rules of the platform set foergz. -- set forth. it sounds good. it appeals to an elementary understanding of what free speech means. >> congress shall make no law. the first amendment speaks about congress. what congress is doing right now or republicans in congress, they are attempting to silence the speech of co

saying this as president of the national action network, as a civil rights leader, a as father, and as a black citizen of the united states. but while the police reform movement is long. and one case or two cases does not mean that we have not done all we must do if we're going to stop this systemic racism and this disregard of protecting citizens against those police that break the law. so we must continue to fight. i think on this eve of mother's day, i thank the many mothers i've fought with who will be having a solemn day tomorrow because their child is not there to wish them happy mother's day. so as happy as i was to see the development, i'm sad to think of mothers who should be spending mother's day with children taken wrongly by people sworn to protect them. we'll be right back. like a classic italian b.m.t.® stacked with fresh veggies. there's a subway® three blocks from here! choose better, be better. and now save when you order in the app. subway®. eat fresh. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when caught in early stages, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect a

fate of its independence movement 1st minister nicolas sturgeon's says a win for scottish national party would be a mandate for a 2nd independence drive to break away from the united kingdom. to india now which has reported more than 400000 new covert $1000.00 cases and almost $4000.00 deaths in a single day another record for both the burden on the country's health care system is becoming increasingly unsustainable as patients overwhelm hospitals and crucial supplies run short it's all hands on deck with the medical students now being called upon to help out. running low on sleep jr dr. dre says in protective gear to begin a 27 hour long shift. he's only 26 years old and hasn't even finished his medical training. we had a flame is what this is a great board. believe she'll be much easier in your market but we are both human. at this point i think you have to be able to do this if you are good if you are not fit and i just want to be. there is a severe shortage of oxygen and ventilators at this hospital and others across delhi many people come looking for a bed for a sick relative but these are also in very short supply patients and relatives crowd every available

national defense. on secure borders, on free-market economics, trade deals that put america first, conservative judges, a movement built on upholding all of the god-given liberties enshrined in the constitution of the united. [applause] the first amendment freedom of speech and freedom of religion, the second amendment right to keep and bear arms, the 10th amendment limited government, and letting states lead on the issues most important to our families. our movement, in the spirit of the 10th amendment, led the fight to give parents the right to choose where their children go to school, public, private, parochial, or homeschool. [applause] it is our movement that recognizes that election integrity is a national imperative and election integrity and reform logs at the state level. -- belongs at the state level. [applause] elections are a state responsibility. the founders of our constitution crafted that way. we need to reject any democrat attempts to nationalize our elections, as you heard president biden speak about. we need to defend state-based reforms,reforms, support voter d work every day to restore --. with argenta, and are moved -- with our agenda, and our movement, we will stand by the men and w

nation state actors and sophisticated cyber criminals are stealing billions from the united states. >> before i run out of time, i want to ask about a couple other topics. we learned this morning there was perhaps movementr pelosi deputized chairman thomas to try to negotiation what is left of this bill. do you expect any house republicans to get on board? what is your assessment of a potential time line of what happens on january 6th? >> i hope that republicans in the house have been on board. i know they have been working with chairman thomas on this and i hope they're getting close to question. they want to get this established and make sure they know what took place and have the right security in place in the future to try to protect the capital and also other institutions of our government and the personnel that work. so it will get done and it is been far too long. this bipartisan support,ly keep my fingers crossed that maybe question get a bill as soon as this week. >> i want to ask you about something we're going to look at together. we're going to speak out more forcefully against israel. for instance, rishida talib said this. >> that needs to be said, i have yet to hear anyone from the biden a

united states again. what are you guys learning about how her plans are going to unfold? >> kasie, liz cheney is going national. she's determined to make the purge, the start of a movementmping up in lots of ways. we're going to see her giving specious. we're going to see her traveling the country. we're going to see her raising money. we're going to see her playing in elections. and it's also in the service of this larger message, like from even before the vote, kasie, as you know, her camp has been very intentional about making this bigger than a leadership fight. making this about the truth. making this about the future of the democratic party. making liz cheney the leader of the bid to counter trump, to trump trump. >> right, the future of the republican party, indeed. and mike, this also comes as -- there was a freshman congressman who basically said, hey, there were tourists in the capitol on january 6th. obviously, those of us that were there know that that's simply not the case. how does leadership, currently leadership grapple with this? they've got liz cheney on the one hand saying the obvious, saying the truth, and they've got some of these back bench house m

movement, mr. taylor has successfully organized labor negotiationsla throughout the country and helped grow the culinary union in nevada with current membership level of nearly approximately 60,000 members nationally unite here currently represents over 300,000 active union members who work at various role it is in the hospitality industry. hotel, food industry food and casinos. mr. taylorwa you no recognized r your opening remarks. >> first, i want to thank you senator rosen, senator scott it is a real honor and privilege to actually speak in front of y'all. hopefully this will be the last hearing that i have to be involved with because -- i'm sure everybody else we're tired of zoom. so we represent over 300,000 members throughout the united states and canada. at the beginning of the pandemic 98% of our workers were laid off and even today, 50 to 60.are still not working. first in the gaming industry, employment has increased more in the gaming industry. but still it's far behind than what it was before the pandemic. in atlantic city, we have about 75% of our members back. in ohio about 75. detroit about 65. mississippi about 65. las vegas a little over 50% and in new orleans 32%. and some of reasons w

nation. but it's essential that the united states meets this moment if we hope to build a more perfect world. one that reflects our cherished commitment to free societies, free markets, freedom of expression, freedom of movement, and the dignity of all humankind. at the end of the day, that's what the strategic competition act is all about. so i look forward to a robust debate and discussion with my colleagues over the next week or two about how to restructure and rework u.s. policy towards china so that we can be, after far too long, genuinely competitive. together we have to ensure the united states reclaims our place as a leader of nations and a force for good in a chaotic and increasingly complex world. mr. president, on another note, i know we have great challenges in the world. we're having a great challenge in the middle east. and i would just simply say that i am not a fan of having resolutions brought to the floor of the senate without the appropriate consideration of the committee of jurisdiction -- in this case, the senate foreign relations committee. so that informed, deliberate debate and consensus agreements comes together in the best pursuit of foreign policy. it is easy to get caught up in the