Yesterday, we approved 18 chairs was pretty exciting for us. We had three contested races, that included congresswoman rosa delauro, now chair of the Appropriations Committee, footsteps of he the first woman to serve in that lowey, paving the way. All three candidates were women appropriations. The chair of the Foreign Affairs ommittee, greg meeks of new york, greg meeks of new york, footsteps of he another new yorker, eliot engel. Chair of the ag from tee, david scott georgia, the first africanamerican ever chosen to chair of the agriculture committee. Pretty exciting. Following in the footsteps of leadership of collin peterson. Africanamerican. Historic. Africanamerican. Contested races. Throughout our leadership, half leadership were women and people of color in chairs of the committee. Here are more chairs to be announced, but these are the nes that related to rules and budget related to the steering and policy committees. Two of the speakers announcements that i made. Others will
Saying we have to act and act fast, not backing down from his promise of 1,400 checks. The vote overnight in the senate. The Vice President using her tiebreaking vote, and where this now stands tonight. Mary bruce standing by at the white house. New reporting on the Capitol Riot Investigation with former president Trumps Senate Impeachment Trial now just days away. What happened earlier that day . As abc news now obtains new video showing Trump Confidant Roger Stone flanked by members of a Militia Group the day of the deadly siege. And jon karl tonight on what ekse weve learned about the hours before the riots. Tonight, the major Security Breach on the base home to air force one. A suspect gaining access to a plane on the base. Pierre thomas with late reporting. On super bowl sunday, yet another noreaster taking shape from georgia up through d. C. , new york, and new england. The storm watches up already tonight. Rob marciano timing it out. And we celebrate an Acting Legend tonight. Ch
And the vote is set for 11 eastern advancing nomnation for the u. S. Court of International Trade. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. Thpresiding officer the senate will come to orde the chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray holy god, continue to be our strength and shield. Extend your powerful hands to aid and deliver us. Lord, inspireur senators to bieve that you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Let your favor shine upon our lawmakers, and sustain them with your unfailing love. Lord, release to them the pleasings you have stored for those who honor you. You are our god, and our future is in yourands. Remind us al to seek first to understand before we stri to be understood. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and
Grea fort bragg and oth installations and call North Carolina home, eve for a thanks to our colleague for joining us today. Madam president , thanksgiving dinner has become the single most sell grated celebrated meal of theay. With tens ofmericans gathering with family and friends to give thanks for their bleings and of course for one another. Folks, i know that this yr its a lot different. While we sti have so much to be thankful for, the covid1 paemic means folks will be traveling less and might not be celebrating in larger groups. And as a result, many will be separated from their loved ones on this very special day. Bu folks, this is a very familiar feeling for anyon who has ever served in our Nations Armed forces. Protecting our nation. Rom at any given moment, thousands of men and women,oms and dads, brothers and sisters, are stationed arnd the world standing vigilant in the defense of freedom. Those wearing the uniform arent the only ones making a sacrifice either back home ther
Pandemic. The Biden Administration is deploying 1,110 active duty service members, including teams from army, air force, navy, and marines to support five fema covid19 Vaccination Centers across the country. The first team set to arrive in california in ten days. The Biden White House also says it will soon utilize Defense Production Act in several ways to procure equipment and supplies for pfizer to make additional vaccine, to tap Six Companies to make 61 million at home covid19 tests by end of summer, and built factories to produce Raw Materials needed for nitrile surgical gloves. A billion pairs a month. All of that means jobs. All of that should have been done a year ago. The Biden Administration also isnt ruling out using Defense Production Act to aid in production of Johnson Johnsons one shot vaccine which is currently awaiting Emergency Use Authorization from the fda. That should come any day now. The federal government is set to ship 10. 5 million vaccine doses a week for the n