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Mail, Committee Members asked witnesses about mr. Dejoys ownership of a company that contracted its services to the usps. The chair would ask without objection that ms. Debbie wassermanschultz i got it right here. Ms. Cooper and representative mary gay scanlon beor waived on the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to s our hearings on recent developments regarding the Postal Service and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and i will recognize th...

The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to recons...

Person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you. When they are speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of. For members appearing remotely i know youre familiar with webex by now let me remind you of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote. If you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you h...

Impeachment trial showed President Trumps leadership style. He says it has led to the mismanagement of the pandemic. Programme to todays coming to you virtually. This program is part of the Commonwealth Club virtual series addressing the impact of covid19 on our community and society at large. We would like to thank the members, donors, and supporters for making todays program possible. It is so important to support programs like this right now. Today i am very excited to be speaking with congre...

Open, wall street looks to close out a recordsetting week. Peacock joins the streaming wars, how comcasts forthcoming platform looks to separate itself from the streaming flock. Joining the four comma club, alphabet more than 1 trillion all together more than 17 of the s p 500. Stocks looking to hit new record highs upbeat news on the economy as Housing Starts rise in december to their highest level since 06 up 16. The and just to put that into perspective we are looking for an increase of 0. 4 ...

Good morning, new york city and good morning america. Today is a centennial new york city veterans day parade. For 100 years, americans of come together on this day to honor americas veterans and their families. On veterans day, we start the conversation with thank you for your service. We continue the conversation with a friendly how can i help . How are you doing . Tell me about yourself. Today is not about charity, its about honoring the best and brightest talent has to offer. Veterans have a...

For us. Now, it is our duty to serve and protect them every single day of our lives. It is truly an honor to come back to new york city right here at Madison Square park to be the first president ever to attend americas parade. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump to every veteran with us, to the thousands fifthing to march on avenue, it will be something, and to the 18 million veterans across our country, the first lady and i have come to express the everlasting love and loyalty of 327 million ame...

Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of...

Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The senate will be opened by the senator from oklahoma, mr. Inhofe, and he will lead us in prayer. Mr. Inhofe let us pray. Almighty god, creator of all, as we gather here today, we are grateful for the Service Members who are deployed in the defense of our great nation under god. We ask for your comfort of the families who continue the duties at home with the courage to maintain the home front in the absence of their...

Were going to convene a committee on Homeland Security. Were going to ask the members of the press to please part the center aisle so members can have access to the witnesses. The committees meeting today to receive testimony on global terrorism threats to the homeland part two. Good morning, the committee, as i indicated, is meeting to hear from four expert witnesses on where we are as of this date with threats to the homeland. This committee was created in the aftermath of the terrorist attack...