An presented as a strategy. I actually see secondly, i agree with michael, and i think that you set it to, the numbes game is important. But important only in rather narrowfi domains. We believe this to keep our over 40 year commitment to congressional coverage. You can finish watching it on the cspan now out. We live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate where members are getting ready to vote on nominations. Live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent that there be up to two minutes of debate between senators braun, lee,and johnson prior to a scheduled vote. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Lee madam president. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee madam president ive come to the floor today to talk about some of the spending requests known as earmarks that are placed in this legislation, earmarks have long members of the congress as, quoteunquote, sweeteners, that make th
Riley at the university of georgia. They threaten the safety of their citizens. By being at the border and showing the American People the tragedy and the crisis thats going on. This bill h. R. 2 although provisions within it are the strongest bill of security that the u. S. House put together. Its important we take real steps to end this crisis rather than staged photo ops. We contained work on behalf of the American People towards the solution. We have a great group of members and Leadership Team who will share their perspective with you. I will now turn it over. Thank you very much. We continue to see the Biden Administration whether or not that small things like the fda programs that we are having to force through legislation to build a happy will be hopefully on the floor for a vote this week that we can have whistleblowers with an ease of play on the fdas web site to talk about the 200 billion that we have given away to fraudsters and people from other countries who are taking ad
Automated systems to notify supervisors when the end of an individuals probationary period is imminent. Agencies have these systems. They just need to use them. My amendment requires supervisors to be net fi notified as a series of regular intervals in advance of the expiration of a probationary period. Notifications occur at one year, six months, and three months before the scheduled completion of a probationary period. This will remind supervisors of their responsibilities to observe employees and provide feedback throughout the probationary period. It will also remind supervisors to decide whether the employee is fit for federal service. I urge members to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Does any member seek time for opposition . The chair for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Connolly i have no speakers on this side. I do rise in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is r
That was unfortunate. And anybody who thinks that the heat wasnt raised was saying that there was not going to be a deal i think is incorrect. But thats not why i asked for the one minute. What i asked for the one minute is, colleagues, the American People are relying on us to come together and to agree on things they know are very important to them and their families and their communities and their country. Let us not accuse one another back and forth of bad faith and lets lower the heat and lets try to get that work done. Well, the gentleman wouldnt yield to me but im glad to yield to him. Mr. Mccarthy oh mr. Hoyer my friend, the majority leader. Mr. Mccarthy my friend is correct in a lot but i will explain understand one thing. In this job and when we run and were passionate about our beliefs, my parents always told me if you cant handle the heat you probably shouldnt run but the one thing that should happen, if we want to come to a conclusion, just as you and i and my good friend s
[inaudible conversations] i know called to order for purposes of todays hearing i now call to order the house of administration for todays hearing entitled preventing Sexual Harassment in the congressional work place. Examining reforms to the Congressional Accountability Act. The hearing record will remain op open for five legislative days. A corm is present and so we may proceed. I ask for unanimous consent that the committee on ethics chairwoman, susan brooks and bradley burn be afforded the opportunity to question all of our Witnesses Today. That objection so ordered. At it outset i would like to thank all of our witnesses for taking time out of what i know are very busy schedules to be here. Were much appreciative of that. First and foremost let me reiterate there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society. Especially in congress, period. And one case of Sexual Harassment is one case too many. The speaker of the house, paul ryan tasked this committee with heading up an extens