>> IN THE WORDS OF BRENT
MUSBURGER YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE
AT THE SENATE FLOOR WHERE THE
VOTEA’S A BAROMETER CONTINUES
OVER THE $1.9 TRILLION COVID-19
RELIEF BILL.
WITH AN UPDATE IS TENNESSEE
SENATOR MARSHA BLACKBURN.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
I WILL ADMIT VOTEA’S A
BAROMETER SOUNDS SCARY TO ME.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY
AT STAKE IN THIS MANY VOTES,
THE VOTE ON THE MINIMUM WAGE
WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE 15
MINUTES, 12 HOURS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON
THE SENATE FLOOR?
>> THE LONGEST VOTE IN HISTORY,
THEY KEPT THAT VOTE (11.5
HOURS.
THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO STOP THE MINIMUM WAGE
HIKE.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FOR
JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE’VE
ALSO BEEN ABLE TO WIN A VOTE ON
THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SO
THAT IS NOT AT 400, IT IS AT
$300.
THESE ARE GOOD POSITIVE STEPS.
WE HAVE MORE VOTES TO GO.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRY TO
WHITTLE MONEY OUT OF THIS SO
THAT THE BILL IS GOING TO BE A
LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS BEHEMOTH OF
A BILL, 91% OF THIS BILL DOES
NOT GO TO ANYTHING RELATED TO
COVID-19.
IT GOES TO ARTS, HUMANITIES,.
STATE BAILOUTS, LOAN
FORGIVENESS FOR CERTAIN
CATEGORIES AND GROUPS OF
INDIVIDUALS AND PAID LEAVE FOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN
STAY HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN
WHO ARE NOT IN SCHOOL BECAUSE
THE TEACHERS UNIONS WILL NOT GO
BACK TO SCHOOL.
THIS IS SOME OF WHAT YOU ARE
SEEING.
9% OF THIS BILL GOES TO
COVID-19 RELATED SPENDING, 9%.
>> LOOKING AT THE MONEY,
$1.9 TRILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY AND ONE CONCERN I ALWAYS HEAR
AND ONE CONCERN I ALWAYS HEAR
FROM PEOPLE THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER IS DO THESE SENATORS
EVEN HAVE TIME TO READ THIS, TO
SEE THE FINE PRINT?
YOU ARE CITING MANY COMPONENTS,
SOUNDS LIKE YOU READ IT BUT IS
IT REALISTIC TO ASSUME A LOT OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO
VOTE ON THIS HAVEN’T READ THE
FINE PRINT?
>> WHAT WE DID WAS TO REQUIRE
THE READING OF THE BILL ON THE
FLOOR AND BEAR IN MIND THE THIRD DAY ON THIS PIECE OF
THIRD DAY ON THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION BUT THE DAY BEFORE
YESTERDAY, WE HAD TO READ THE
BILL ON THE FLOOR IN ITS
ENTIRETY AND AS IT WAS RED,
THAT IS WHEN THE SUPPORT FOR
THIS STARTED TO FALL AWAY AND
WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF
THESE CONCESSIONS THAT WE HAVE
GAINED BY AMENDING THIS BILL
AND WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND CONTINUING TO WORK INTO THE
AFTERNOON TODAY TO AMEND THIS
AND PULL SOME OF THIS SPENDING
OUT OF THIS BILL.
THE MORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS BILL THE LESS
KNOW ABOUT THIS BILL THE LESS
THEY LIKE IT.
>> OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THE
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
HAS SHOWN WILLINGNESS TO STEP
INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO THEY PULLED
THEIR ALL-STAR GAME OUT OF
NORTH CAROLINA IN PROTEST OVER
A TRANSGENDER BILL.
WE KNOW THEY STEPPED INTO THE
REALM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
POLITICS.
WHY ARE YOU SO SILENT ON
BUSINESS PARTNERS IN CHINA, THAT IS THE NEW
THAT IS THE NEW TERM THIS WEEK,
THAT IS THE NEW TERM THIS WEEK, CHINA RULES HOMOSEXUALITY WAS A
CHINA RULES HOMOSEXUALITY WAS A
MENTAL ILLNESS.
NOW MANY ARE ASKING WHERE IS
THE NBA ON THESE TYPES OF HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES, THE SITES OF
POLITICAL ISSUES THAT YOU’VE
TAKEN A PARTICULAR INTEREST AS
WELL.
>> WE HAVE WORKED FOR QUITE
APPEAR GO OF TIME ON HOW CHINA
IS DOING BUSINESS WITH US
COMPANIES AND LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THIS
WITH THE NBA WE ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BECAUSE
OF THEIR PARTICIPATION, THEIR
TRAINING FACILITY BUT ALSO
BECAUSE CHINA TV HAS TAKEN NBA GAMES OFF THE AIR AFTER YOU HAD
GAMES OFF THE AIR AFTER YOU HAD
SOME OF THE STAFF FROM THE NBA
SHOWS SUPPORT THROUGH THE
FREEDOM FIGHTERS, YOU HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA TV
NEW AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA TV
AND THE NBA SO I HAVE WRITTEN
THAT HIMSELF OR WHO IS THE
COMMISSIONER FOR THE NBA TO ASK
HIM WHAT IS THIS NEW AGREEMENT,
IS HE GOING TO BE CENSORING OR
SILENCING PLAYERS, COACHES OR
STAFF, WHAT IS THE AGREEMENT
BECAUSE CHINA TV IS PARTLY
OWNED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY. IT IS ALSO OWNED BY THE MOB --
IT IS ALSO OWNED BY THE MOB --
M A FAMILY.
JACK MOM’S THAT IS INVOLVED IN
THIS IN SOME WAY AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT
PARTICIPATION IS AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW THE REVENUE
STREAM, WITH THE CHINA TV
AGREEMENT AND WHAT IS THE LICENSING DEAL AROUND SOME OF
LICENSING DEAL AROUND SOME OF
THESE PRODUCTS THAT ARE MADE
WITH SLAVE LABORERS SO THERE
ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND
WHAT IS TAKING PLACE WITH THE NBA, THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
NBA, THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY AND CHINA TV.
>> GOOD FOR YOU, LET US KNOW