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Mcconnell announced a vote on the next covid relief package coming up tomorrow although we expect discussion on the matter today as well. Now live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Faithful father, our refuge and strength, give us such lawmakers that their lives will enable you to be glorified by bringing healing to our land. Lord, provide our nation with physical, mental, social, and spiritual healing by the power of your grace. Sustained by this grace, may our senators seek to please you in all they do. Inspire them to give you cheerfully their highest be gracious, mighty god, to our nation and world. Intowr us all empower us all until the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts are acceptable to you. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i ple ....
Week for congress, especially the house, as they tackle these issues. Ryan mccrimmon, thank you for your time. The committee met this week to look at nominations. Mrs. Callista gingrich is the nominee to become the u. S. Ambassador. Is nominated for counterterrorism. Mr. George edward glasses the nominee to be the u. S. Ambassador to portugal. Is nominated to be the counselor for foreign affairs. I want to welcome the nominees, their families, and this committee congratulates them on their selections. We havee that congressman rooney here supporting mrs. Gingrich. He was the ambassador to the holy see during president bushs term. We are honored to welcome our distinguished colleagues who will introduce our witnesses. And sen. Ron wyden, portman ohio from ohio. Thank you for your courtesy. As senator portman knows, we are in the middle of debating tax reform. I know it is a topic of great interest to many senators, and i am trying to help out chairman hatch. I will make this a filibuste ....
Our southern border and ended up warehoused in Detention Centers and elsewhere and it got ugly fast. The border issue played out and a bigger crisis was taking shape in the middle east. On june 10th, an army of terrorists calling themselves the Islamic State capturing the iraqi city of mosul. They had already taken fallujah and ramadi. Now they controlled the area the size of the United Kingdom and declared a caliphate. President only seemed unwilling to engage until the horror of mt. Sinjar. In the beginning of august, american tv screens were filled with pictures like these, of christians and yazidis running for their lives as isis moved in. Trapped on mt. Sinjar with no food or water, the u. S. Intervened and helped thousands escape. At least 300 died on that mountain. And then a new horror. Here is the kelly file o ....
c-span now is available at the apple store and google play . c-span now, your front row seat to washington anytime, anywhere. lawmakers about to begin their legislative work for the day working on the nomination of jabari walker to the us district court judge for eastern virginia. it confirmed he would be virginia s first openly gay federal judge and also oklahoma editor james lankford will be reading george washington s farewell address a tradition that began on washington s birthday in 1896. we take you to the senate floor live here on c-span2. . the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. we praise you, o god, for the opportunity to serve you and country. may we refuse to boast about tomorrow, as we trust you completely to guide our steps. today, sustain our senators in their legislative work of sowing and reaping. may they faithfully plant and water the seeds o ....
Sha shaheen s record. who has been incredibly accused of assault. the shaheen campaign clearly eyeing lewandowski s time. in march of 2016 lewandowski was as she attempted to question then candidate trump at a campaign event in florida. the charges were ultimately dropped. since being fired from the first trump campaign, lewandowski has served as a lobbyist co-founding the firm avenue strategies. i read today about a ten-year-old girl with down syndrome who was taken from her mother and put in a cage. i read about a did you say wawa to a 10-year-old with down syndrome? how dare you? how absolutely dare you, sir. ....