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Roll. Thank you, madam president. [roll call] fewer not present. Kim not present. Peskin present. Ronen not present. Safai present. Sheehy present. Tang present. Yee not present. Breed present. Cohen present. Madam president , you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please join us for the pledge of allegiance. 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. ...

U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the king of glory, your never failing providence sustains us. Today, inspire our lawmakers with the music of your wisdom that they may bring hope, joy, and unity to our nation and world. Remind our senators that even in the darkness, you are a sure guide. Lord, energize them to strive, to transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. And lord, in this...

Senator Richard Blumenthal recently returned from a trip to the island. Sen. Blumenthal i am here to talk about our fellow citizens in puerto rico. Even as the northeast is gripped why a storm of impressive abortions, rico is still a storm of puerto ricoortions, is still recovering from a storm. Rico with myrto friend and colleague, senator murphy. To bring back my colleagues here how theased report on recovery effort is going, and how ample federal support has been. I come to the floor today fu...

Disaster aid for puerto rico following a catastrophic Hurricane Season last year. And etiquette senator Richard Blumenthal recently returned from a trip to the island. Lifted. The presiding officer mr. Blumenthal thank you, mr. President. Im here to talk about our sen. Blumenthal i am here to talk our about our former sen. Blumenthal i am here to talk about our fellow citizens in puerto rico. The hurricane that hit that island 106 days ago. I visited puerto rico with my friend and colleague sena...

Peskin present. Ronen not present. Safai present. Sheehy present. Tang present. Yee not present. Breed present. Cohen present. Madam president , you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please join us for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, two to report. M...

Fewer not present. Kim not present. Peskin present. Ronen not present. Safai present. Sheehy present. Tang present. Yee not present. Breed present. Cohen present. Madam president , you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please join us for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you. Madam clerk, are there any communic...

Reporter senate voted monday to advance legislation to end the three day old government shut down. Democrats dropped their objections to a temporary spending bill after Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell offered assurances that after funding government through february 8, he would take up legislation addressing daca, the Program Protecting Young Immigrants brought to the u. S. Illegally as children as well as other issues. This immigration debate will have a level Playing Field at the out se...

Is taking care of our constituents at home. Voices from the states on cspan. Maine Governor Paul Lepage delivered his final state of the state address last week at the statehouse in augustine. He said he will not move forward to a voter approved measure to expand medicaid because the state legislature hasnt determined to pay for it. He leaves office in january of 2019 after eight years on term limits. [applause] thank you so much. Members of the 128th legislature, distinguished guests, and my fe...

[chanting] celebrations at the u. S. Team bags a record win at the world cup. So the news out of greece this morning is the finance minister has a resignation for a no vote on the bail out and stepping down will help him come to a much needed agreement with creditors and says European Partners prefer his absence, however, the Prime Minister has a lot of challenges ahead of them and greek banks are on the edge of collapse and not clear when they will open and meeting with greek Party Leaders to t...

We think that is spending all the money in 20152016 thats the basis of our recommendation. Thank you. Colleagues, any questions or comments supervisor yee. Yeah. Im hearing the argument and certainly when it comes to encumbrance it based on what you are doing that and whether or not youre asking someone to contracting in june what money our spending and a lot of times when our encumbered its spending a budget in 6 months im not sure how it works with a contract is awarded in june or whatever it ...