May our lawmakers focus on your glory and not their own. Inspire them with your presence so that their lives will reflect your mercy and truth. Lord, give them the wisdom to trust your plans and to desire for you to do as you please for our nation and world. Forgive us when we depend primarily on our strength and ability to meet lifes challenges, forgetting that you are able and eager to help us. God, our deliverer, we bless your name from this time forth and forever more. Thank you, for your merciful kindness that is new each day. We pray in your precious name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell during the obama years, many of the hardworking men and women of america
Shark in majorca sends out of the sea. Good morning. Its monday 26th june. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A deal between the conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party to support theresa mays Minority Government in parliament is expected to be announced very shortly. The Prime Minister is meeting senior dup figures inside Downing Street now, to finalise the details for a so called Confidence And Supply arrangement under which the dups ten mps will vote with the 317 conservatives to form a majority in the House Of Commons. We will bring you the latest on those talks. Lets go to chris mason in Downing Street. What are you expecting . Well, they arrived, the dup, around 15 or 20 minutes ago, greeted by the Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street. Lots of beaming smiles on the expectation is that we should get details pretty soon, that we should get details pretty 0011, once that we should get details pretty soon, once that meeting breaks up, as do the exact na
Todays hearing is the first in a series. The laws impact on managing our nations fisheries. Its successes, date, and possible improvements. The committee has announced a field hearing in alaska this month. Morek forward to hearing this fall. I would like to welcome our witnesses. Ccc, and chrise administrator. The last authorization was 11 years ago and created the ccc. It convenes the leadership of the Management Council to discuss common interests. I am pleased to have dr. Quinn to discuss consensus views of the council on the reauthorization. I am also pleased to introduce chris oliver, the first alaskan to permanently hold the position for assistant administrator of fisheries before becoming director. He spent 27 years working at the North Pacific fisheries Management Council, the last 16 as its executive director. As an alaskan, we are thrilled to have you in this important decision. They son his work on the gulf of mexico and experience overseeing the largest best managed fishery
This laws impact on managing our nations fisheries, its successes to date and possibly areas of improvement. The committee has already announced a field hearing in alaska later this month and i look forward to hearing from stakeholders at additional hearings throughout the country this fall. I would like to first welcome both of our witnesses, dr. John quinn, the chair of the Council Coordination committee, the ccc, and mr. Chris oliver, noaas assistant administrator for fisheries. The last reauthorization of msa was 11 years ago and it created the ccc. The ccc has the leadership of eight Regional Councils to discuss areas of common interest and im pleased to have dr. Quinn here today to discuss consensus views of the eight counsels on the msa reauthorization. Im also pleased to introduce chris oliver, firstever alaska on the hold the position of the assistant administrator for fisheries before becoming director, chris spent 27 years working at the North Pacific Fisheries Management co
Possible areas of improvement. The committee is also in alaska later this month in a virtue from stakeholders and additional hearings throughout the country this fall. I would like to first welcome both of our witnesses, dr. John quinn and mr. Chris oliver, noaa assistant administrator for fisheries also known as the administrator. 11 years ago created the ccc. The ccc can you leadership of the Regional Fisheries Management Council to discuss a common interest and im pleased to have dr. Quinn here today to discuss consensus views of the eighth council of the msa reauthorization. Im also pleased to introduce chris oliver, firstever alaskan to permit to hold the position of the assistant administrator for fisheries before becoming director, chris spent 27 years working at the Management Council as the executive director and i can tell you we are thrilled to have you in this very important position. Based on its work in the gulf of mexico at the beginning of the career with the largess an