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When i have questions about their records, but in this nominees case, i simply cant ignore so many indications that the nominee isnt the right person to occupy a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. I sincerely hope that im wrong about justice white, and i reluctantly vote no on the nominee, and i yield the floor. The presiding officer the republican whip. Mr. Cornyn over the last several weeks ive spoken about the ongoing crisis on our southern border, something the president has acknowle...

Finally the committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. I think everyone for their patience. We have a lot of votes on the senate floor. Reconvene this hearing. Of the extraordinary publichealth efforts that have driven down tobacco use and the enormous challenges that remain. The nation has made remarkable progress in the 50 years as the first Surgeon Generals report on smoking and health. That time does not carry has been cut by more than half. We have learned what ...

The expression too big to fail doesn apply here. The total budget has more than doubled that. My concern is that the savings and deficiencies in the orr all hhs budget are very small when compared to the overall spending. The president s proposed budget would save just over 250 billion over the next decade. On the policy front the 5d min straegs needs to be up front. For some time now, ive been concerned with the impact of the entitlement programs. ; at that time hha was the largest operating Di...

Country. There was a women in the Law Conference i attended at i think the first one was at yale. And we were getting out materials to i rode with my friends, herman cain and kenneth davidson, one of the published cases on sex discrimination and the law. But we came to see by the way, i should say who the we were. A brilliant lawyer, marvin kilpack, he was one of the general counsel. He spotted in law week what he said is going to be the turning point gender discrimination case. The year is 1970...

But well find out what the court says soon enough. At yesterdays ways and means hearing, secretary lu refused to say if theres a contingency plan. Secretary burwell does the administration have a contingency plan. Senator right now, the Justice Department will represent for us in the Supreme Court is the correct position. We believe that both in terms of the spirit of the law and the intent of congress, as well as the letter of the law. And the justice will make that argument in terms of what we...

Lives, we can ask our health care provides, are there safer alternative, mri or ultrasounds for doing this test, and then if you have kids and they need a test, ensure and ask questions about the safest dose and if they have machines that can calibrate to kids, and then we have to see these changes with the laws so if fda has proposals out for medical imaging around kids so you know how to downsize a radiation dose for kids who is smaller, their physical size is narrower, and also to make machin...

Make that happen so in our own lives, we can ask our health care provides, are there safer alternative, mri or ultrasounds for doing this test, and then if you have kids and they need a test, ensure and ask questions about the safest dose and if they have machines that can calibrate to kids, and then we have to see these changes with the laws so if fda has proposals out for medical imaging around kids so you know how to downsize a radiation dose for kids who is smaller, their physical size is na...

Can calibrate to kids, and then we have to see these changes with the laws so if fda has proposals out for medical imaging around kids so you know how to downsize a radiation dose for kids who is smaller, their physical size is narrower, and also to make machines more accountable and more clear in how they work. [inaudible]. Its very low doses but thats an excellent question and i thought somebody would probably ask that. So, the United States Preventative Services task force in 2009 came out wi...

College shocked by an Armed Robbery this morning. Two students crossing the foot bridge near Campus Center had money, cell phones and backpacks stolen by a man with a gun. Police describe the robber between 1826. Friends and family of a bay area girl who vanished are remembering her 25 years after she disappeared. Michaela garecht was kidnapped t in 1988. Her mother does this annually. Xdoiwepwdp chevron hoped to get it back on line next year. Port of oakland workers will face a strike beginning...

Additional support is provided by from the tisch wnet studios in new york, ari sreenivasan. The house of representatives voted 407 to nothing to grarnt back pay to 800,000 federal employees now furloughed. The senate also is expected to approve the legislation. In a separate development, chuck hagel said the pentagon is ordering most of its furloughed civilian employees back to work, he did not say exactly how many. Meanwhile, there are new signs the Government Shutdown is damaging the economy, ...