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To be United States district judge for the federal circuit. The presiding officer the question now occurs on the stoll nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . On this vote, the ayes are 95. The nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate will resume legislative session. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nebraska. Mrs. Fischer i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Fischer mr. President . This summer parents across the country will be preparing their children for the coming school year. Whether
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Tricia neuman. I wanted to let everybody know that you can tweet with us live with this event. You can tweet your questions. You may tweet your comments. For both the people in the room and also those who are joining us live on cspan. The hash tag is medicare demos. If you would like to access our speaker presentations and you are not in the room with us, you can find them on our website at w www. Allhealth. Org. Im going to turn this over now to our partner Tricia Neuman who will tell us more about why were here today. Thank you, marilyn. Its great to be here. Before we get started, i just want to congratulate you, marilyn, and sarah dash, wherever you may be, for taking over the helm of the alliance. We miss ed, but its great to see you both new coceos. So welcome. Of course, you have been here for a while. I want to thank all of you for coming here today on behalf of the Kaiser Family foundation. Im excited to be here. I think were going to all learn quite a bit. As we focus on the