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Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 47, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume executive session to consider the vought nomination. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton whats happening at this moment in hong kong is a tragedy, a crime, and an affront to the civilized world. In a year in which so m...

Senator johnson good morning. This hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Government Affairs committee, is called to order. This is our annual threats to the homeland hearing. I want to welcome our witnesses. Id like to start, though, by acknowledging the victims of the hurricanes in houston, texas, in florida, throughout the caribbean but in particular puerto rico. Im sure well be discussing that quite a bit. Maybe wasnt contemplated when we first set up this and scheduled this h...

Readiness to get the House Armed Services committee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness subcommittee clerk, ms. Jodie bignolia. This will be her last official event of our subcommittee and i want to thank her for her contributions to our actions in the past year. I want to wish her the best of luck as she moves forward in future endeavors....

A law passed in 1997 allows state and local police to buy excess military equipment at a reduced cost. Pentagon officials testified on capitol hill on the program last week about strengthening requirements on who can buy and transport the equipment. Good morning this hears comes to ordinaries, called this hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness to get of the House Armed Services committee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilians, ...

Thank you. [applause] one of the objectives of this subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense. This includes programs or activities which face management challenges, present budget implications, or could be administrated more efficiently. It is our goal to provide necessary oversight in order to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest level of readiness possible. Given the current threat facing our nation and budgetary pressu...

Several reports only on abc 7 news. The scandal is growing. At this point dozens of careers are on the line. Officers. Sergeants. Captains. Under investigation for having sexwith a young prostitute. Several incidents when she was under age. In many way she as typical teenager concerned about her appearance for our interview. I dont have lip stick on. Reporter thats all right go ahead. Thats okay. But she has seen more in her 18 years than any one should in a life time. Meet see legislature not h...

It. News4s Mark Segraves joins us from u. S. District court with a look at the fallout it caused. Mark . Reporter doreen sometime between 2013 and 2014 his Attorney Says that former special agent Matthew Lowry became addicted to painkillers and eventually heroin. Next week hes expected to walk into this federal courthouse and admit that he used his position as an fbi agent to go into fbi headquarters and take heroin out, take what he needed and then sneak the tainted evidence back into fbi headq...

Preparing capabilities for terrorism, operational coordination, Situational Awareness we would consider that an allowable expense. Are you aware of local Police Department that is purchasing an mrap with their own funds . Im not and nt i couldnt answer that question. The local Police Department buys it. I was around here but according to my briefing here, the First Program was authorized in the Defense Authorization bill. Primarily about the drug wars. Is that correct . Thats correct. What were ...

Did that and use went way up and states that dont require it very few doctors look at the database. A doctor thinks they know what an addict looks like. They think they know what somebody with this disease looks like and they dont. Thank you very much, everybody. I think it was a very good hearing and we have got some very good notes and food for thought, so thank you very much. Its appreciated and the hearing is adjourned. Taking a look at the prime time lineup on cspan tonight, a special progr...

And businesses shuttered, and it all comes as doctors, nurses and Health Care Professionals across the country are continuing to sound alarm bells about shortages of supplies like masks and ventilators. But those states we just mentioned an estimated 80 Million People essentially being told to stay in their homes amid this pandemic. And here in new york city or new york state the faa has just resumed flights after issuing a ground stop because of staffing issues. For more on all this im joined b...