A couple votes coming up including one for President Trumps nominee for the National Credit Union Administration board. You are watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. A senator madam president . The presidin officer senator from kentucky. Paul palm i ask that the folling be granted floor privileges, calem case, lucy, carlin gupta, and gab brie ella mastra. Thpresiding officer without objection. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is 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 . Hearing none, the yeas are 58, the nays are 35. The notion nomination is confirmed. Under the prious order, the motion to reconsid be considered made and laid upon the table and the predent will be immediately notified of the senates action. A se
Jim slife attorney commander general jim slife. I am really happy to welcome general james slife, commander of air force special Operations Command. Welcome. For those of you who dont know a lot about air force special Operations Command, of the air force component of u. S. Special Operations Command, it has approximately 20,800 activeduty reserves and Air National Guard and civilian professionals underneath him. He was born outside detroit, michigan and grew up in hot springs, arkansas. He was commissioned through the the program and has spent majority of his career in operations and has deployed extensively long and other type of aircraft. Its great to have you. Thank you. Todayood to be with you and i appreciate the opportunity to honor offer a few remarks and i look forward to getting into the questions. As i think about the opportunities in front of us as we sit here in 2020. This is a really exciting time to be at the air force special Operations Command. Career, imck on my the f
He was born outside detroit, michigan and grew up in hot springs, arkansas. He was commissioned through the rotc program and has spent the majority of his career in operations and has deployed extensively long and other type of aircraft. Its great to have you. Lt. Gen. Slife thank you. Its good to be with you today and i appreciate the opportunity to offer a few remarks and i look forward to getting into the questions. As i think about the opportunities in front of us as we sit here in 2020, ive got to tell you, this is a really exciting time to be at the air force special Operations Command. I feel that way because as i look back on my career, im the first commander of the air force special Operations Command that has spent his entire career in an air force that has such a thing as the air force special Operations Command. I really kind of grew up and came of age during the formative years of the special Operations Forces. The 20 year period between 1980 in the failed Iranian Hostage
Secretary with the procedural vote later this afternoon. Off the floor negotiations are continuing on a coronavirus aid package. Now to live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, as we think of those so desperately in need of legislative action, give our lawmakers the wisdom and courage needed for these challenging times. Use them to empower all americans, particularly those on lifes margins. Lord, help our senators today to discern your voice, as they seek your will in all they do. Give them the ability to differentiate your guidance from all others, permitting you to lead them to your desired destination. Speak to them through your word, guide them with your spirit, and sustain them with your might. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States
Just wasnt enough and this time around most of the funding will go toward the popular Paycheck Protection Program that ran out of money earlier this month. Its intended to help Small Businesses stay afloat during this pandemic and want to break down where all this money is going exactly take a look. So in all this stimulus package will cost about billion. An additional 310 billion of that money will be added to the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill also dedicate 75 billion for hospitals and 25 billion will go to more testing that comes at a time when all levels of government are recognizing that we need more tests before lockdowns can be lifted. And we returned to normal house leaders approved the bill this afternoon with overwhelming bipartisan support including our own representative maxine waters, the dedicated her vote. Her sister. She said is dying from complications with the coronavirus. Im not only rise in support of this legislation this the enhancement act. I also would li