[background sounds] good morning. Obviously, we have a great jobs report this morning. An appointment down below 8 , and the economy continues to be robust in its recovery. Unfortunately thats not what everybody is focus on this morning. As all of you know, the president and the first lady tested positive for covid19. They remain in good spirits. The president does have mild symptoms and as we look to try to make sure that not only his health and safety and welfare is good, we can tend to look at that are all of the American People. He continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic. We talked a number of times this morning. I doubt five or six things that he asked me to do, like i do every single morning. And he is sorely wanted to make sure that we stay engaged. I think the other thing that is critically important, the doctors continue to monitor both his health and the health of the first lady. Will continue to do that. They will be glad to provide some updates later tod
Its an honor to appear before the subcommittee on the oronavirus crisis. This morning, we wish the president and the first lady and every American Fighting covid19 a swift and complete recovery. We also mourn the losses of skyler, sheryl, jason and all the other victims of covid19. Thanks to the heroism of so many Frontline Health care workers, scientists and others we are making progress. This progress is possible in large part because of the incredible women and men at h. H. S. , the worlds finest scientists and Public Health experts. I want to say a personal thank you to each and every member of the h. H. S. Team who has contributed to this response. And i want to underscore my commitment to their work today. I started my first job at h. H. S. Nearly two decades ago. Since my first day on the job i have recognized and promoted the value of science and evidence and the Civil Servants who are so dedicated to our nation. That does not mean, especially in an unprecedented crisis, that t
Arguments monday. Live and ondemand at cspan. Org the prima cord. On friday, alex azar testified on the coronavirus sponsor just hours after President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive. He answered questions about the Trump Administrations handling of the virus, including the distribution of personal protective equipment, Public Health for mask wearing, and the number of deaths in the u. S. This is about three hours. Good morning and welcome,. Verybody some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the house,guidelines of the all individuals who attended the hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Who are not wearing a Face Covering an opportunity permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. For members appearing in person, you will be able to see members on two monitors. Seeing all at once in what is known in webex as review mode
My story about being born lower, middle class in akron, ohio. During the military at 17 years old to get a chance to see the world, to do a lot of Different Things. It is the journey about serving in the army in the era but also deploying to iraq, deployed overseas. And how i basically learned to love america. And then came out as conservative in order to help save it. That is what always a soldier is all about. He got the military memoir aspect of it, meet crushing it through basic training, me getting to know 70 different types of people that i had never been exposed to before. And then i get out of the military, i was a leftist for a few years in new york city. That it couple of years ago i came out as a conservative and got a lot of blowback about tha that. It is all about loving American Fighting for america as a republican that i am now. Host usurper five years the u. S. Army including two tours in the middle east. During iraqi freedom your awarded the Army Commendation medal and
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas t. Cullen of virginia to be United States district judge for the Western District of virginia. Signed by 17 senators. The