Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley i ask that the quorum call be lifted. Without objection. Mr. Merkley i ask that my intern sara finley be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley thank you very much. Mr. President , i am coming to the floor to talk about the challenge we have with forest fires that have been raging in the west, from montana and idaho and washington and oregon and california, and periodically we have devastating fires in colorado and new mexico, nevada. So we have to figure out how we do a better job in a multitude of ways. First, its very important that we quit treating terrible fire year, enormous fires as if theyre some ordinary event, because there is currently no femastyle reaction to terrible forest fires. We respond with fema for for neigh tows and for tornadoes and with floods and hurricanes and with earthquakes but not with f
Activity, their words, not mine, or practicing alternate gender identity, you may be denied admissions f this school which obviously is approved to discriminate against lgbt students in indiana, in f. Indiana applied for this federal funding, will you stand up that this school be open to all students . Thank you for your question with regard broadly to School Choice and its actually kind of narrow. I have one minute left. And i would like to refer back to your question about the comment about im sure you would. I want to ask particularly, is there a line for you on state flexibility . You are the backstop for students and the right to access a quality education. Would you in this case say were going to overrule and you cannot discriminate whether it be on sexual orientation, race, special needs, in our Voucher Program. Will that be a guarantee from you for our students . For states who have programs that allow for parents to make choices, they set up the rules around that. So thats a n
You must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understanding and support. But the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We present a few of their stories in this motion picture. We do so with pride, for here, it seems to me, is real democracy in action. And now, for a firsthand report, lets g
You must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understanding and support. But the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We present a few of their stories in this motion picture. We do so with pride, for here, it seems to me, is real democracy in action. And now, for a firsthand report, lets g
They played a slide show of the little victims and just various pictures of them and they were just so tiny, and it was so sad. And i remember seeing a teacher start to cry and i remember seeing a little kid next to her just grab her happened and squeeze it her hand and squeeze it. It was just one of those moments that you just never forget. Thank you. [applause] youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. And this weekend on booktv on after words, Nelson Dennis talks about the history of puerto rico and its turbulent relationship with the United States. Historian h. W. Brands recounts the life and political career of americas 40th president , ronald reagan. Mark steyn takes a critical look at the evidence offered by the Scientific Community on Climate Change, and books on digital music, the National Debt bedbugs, the history of the Confederate Flag and much more. For a complete Television Schedule visit b