Although the Constitution states that the Vice President is vested with the power to preside over the Senate, the Vice President is often not in attendance. Instead the "pro tempore" presides over the Senate when the Vice President is not present and typically those presiding over the Senate are junior Senators.
I think it was a typo and you meant "buy" not "but"
and they would be happy because this means that the company is planning to increase the production, which would likely lead to a renewed or increased empowerment of people.