Mr. Gardner mr. President . The presiding officer the acting majority leader. Mr. Gardner i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 163 h. R. 720. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 163, h. R. 720 an act to improve intergovernmental planning for and communication during security incidents and so forth. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. Mr. Gardner i ask consent the committee reported substitute be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 167 s. 1576. The presiding officer the clerk will report. Th
But there is a potential and we have participated in this way. And there are many online interest in these issues. So should there come a day when we can engage with them more transparently. And i think that the government has done some important things from their symbolic first few days in terms of reopening this investigation and trying to continue this from that. Including what others are taking in terms of procurement to try to constrain corruption. We talked about it quite openly and transparently. Its part of the speech in terms of what has to be done in afghanistan. Certainly in terms of appointing a rod range of ministers and governors, this is something that there is a common interest in. So we continued to do everything that we can to work with this and others in terms of the importance of their investigation and demonstrating their accountability and we will continue to do so. Im going to make just a quick note on that. And afghanistan is going from a fairly corrupt system t
Stopper sometimes. Tough to have a normal interaction with someone after you tell them they are being recorded. I understand the value of it. Part of when we talk about some of the impacts of ferguson people want Police Officers to be accountable. They want transparency. They want to know cops are doing what they are supposed to do. 99. 9 of the time, my cops are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. The cameras are going to confirm that for the public and anybody else who is interested. Host do they go on automatically . How do they work . Guest you have to turn them on. We are in a Pilot Program now. Weve just gone. Ive got about 80 to 100 officers wearing the cameras right now. The officers are allowed to turn them off under certain circumstances. If they are going in to the locker room, going to the bathroom. If you and i are Police Officers and we are in the back of the station just talking about our kids and baseball and all that, you do not have to have your camera on. But
Were proud to represent Melissa Zarda and bill moore, the executors of the zarda estate and we ask the court to construe and unite title vii with life as we live it and under the plain language and its interpretations. We ask that you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under title vii. Don zarda was a male. He was known as guy, though he was not traditionally feminine, but he was a great sky diver. When a customer complained that he identified himself as gay, he was fired and for that revelation, it was a violation of the statute because his sex, a male who was attracted to other men was a motivating factor in the adverse action. And in this case he identified as gay only because he was accused of being straight. And he was proud of being gay, and in the male workplace of the skydiving community, jokes were often made that loose end the tension of the experience and jokes were often sexual. Is his claim that is he alleging that he was fired because he was
Each side has been assigned 30 minutes, 10 minutes per person. Well hear from mr. Antolito. Good amp, your hor nor. Id like to introduce my cocounsel who worked with me on this case. Were proud to represent Melissa Zarda and bill moore, the executors of they have zarda estate. We ask the court to construe title 7 with life as we live it and under the plain language in its interpretations. We ask that you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under title 7 00. Don zarda was a male. He was known as gay though he was not traditionally feminine. He was a great sky diver. When a customer complained that he identified himself as gay, he was fired. And for that revelation, a violation of statute because his sex, a male who is attracted to other men, was a motivating factor in the adverse action. And in this case, he identified as gay only because he was accused of being straight. And he was proud of being gay and in the male workplace of the sky diving community, j