The air quality else not that good when its so hot and humid with the dome of unhealthy air to breath later in the day. It will be hot all the way back to the great lakes. We will watch that sophie if we can get another 90degree in there tomorrow. This afternoon in the mid90s. 3 00, 4 00 we will know if we hit the record high for the afternoon. We will talk about that, a cool down, thunderstorms and a lot to talk about in the forecast coming up, back to you. The cool down sounds good about now. Thank you, bill. Parts of new jersey could see the highest temperatures which is why a lot of people are heading down the shore. New jersey toni yates is live in belmar with that part of the coverage. Dont hate me. Lists seven, i wasnt going to show up for live at noon without taking the advice that i heard already. Check out the hat. I am on the boardwalk in belmar. This hat is keeping me cool. I am also slathered in 70 spf sunblock. You know what, if i wasnt working today, then i would be out
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote the yeas are 79. The nays are 18. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked under the previous order amendment number 809 is withdrawn and the motion to concur on the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 601 with a further amendment. Is there a sufficient second . The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 80, the nays are 17. The motion to concur in the house to the senate, the amendment is agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to calendar number 175. The presiding officer the
Senator what senator senator senator wyden im going to listen to oregonians who have been clobbered by several megafires unlike anything we have seen in my home state of oregon. Addition toat, in megafires, there are numerous other fires just up the road from my hometown of portland, the eagle creek fire has merged with the indian creek fire and spread over an area of more than 31,000 acres. , again just seen staggering and its implications, and fire jumps the Columbia River into washington state. It is a ravaging our iconic Columbia River gorge. This is a treasure, beloved by the millions of people who visit it every year. It is burning in the Columbia River gorge now four days. Days. Although it appeared the first sparks at eagle creek fire were ignited by a young man. It is clear that the inferno was accelerated by the unusual heat in early september. Now the lives and homes of gorge residents are under threat and a world renowned treasure in my home state has been devastated. Sadly
The president s nomination to head the federal Communications Commission. My view is that in particular, he will do an enormous amount of damage to one of the foundational principles of the internet Net Neutrality, and i am going to outline why that would be a horrendous mistake for the country. Mr. President , after we came to use the internet to see what an asset that would be beginning late in the 19 90s we laid out but i still consider to beiw the Legal Foundation for the internet in other words a little joking about who created the internet, the internet being used people begin to see how beneficial it would be and on ab bipartisan basis to lay out whats worth foundational before the foundational principles of the net with a variety of them, mr. President. We wanted to make sure the folks were not hit with the discriminatory taxes. We wrote a Digital Signature law that is an enormous benefit so people for example in the president s home state in nevada they are making business tra
Classic moments of life and in 2011, it was selected in the issue, one of the best photos in life magazine for the past 75 years. American history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on cspan3. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health met yesterday to hear testimony from members of congress about how the nations Opioid Epidemic has affected their districts and their constituents. Texas congressman, michael burgess, chaired this hearing. Its three hours and fifteen minutes. The subcommittee will come to order and ill recognize myself for an opening statement. The United States of america is in the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic brought to us by opioids. It does not matter where you live, this crisis has touched every corner of american society. While new england and the ohio valley regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic, Health Officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all report a growing number of Overdose Deaths in those c