Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote sph if not, the yeas are 5, the nays are 38. And 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 noings the motion to ip voke 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 Colette Dodson honorable of arkansas to be a member of the federal Energy Regulatory commission, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of Colette Dodson honorable of arkansas to be a member of the federal Energy Regulatory commission ferc shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory un
As i discussed yesterday with administration witnesses during her full Committee Hearing i continue to have deep concerns about how the cuban government treats its citizens but its clear the United States policy on cuba over the past several decades has not worked either. I either. Im hopeful president obama is ever to engage real substantive negotiations to a more honest Cultural Exchange economic trade and diplomatic ties with cuba will benefit the United States and more importantly the cuban people. I hope the cuban government will come to the negotiating table with a desire to work with the United States toward a more free open and Tolerant Society for the cuban people and its very important for us to pay close attention to the ongoing negotiations to make sure any changes are in any changes arent limited in a way that maintains her commitment to basic values and human rights. I thank the witnesses for being here and look forward to your perspective and relationship between United
And then i mentioned the 21 days added on, we need to fight against that and try to inject reasoning into that. The infrastructure, so i have been kind of not intentionally but finding myself playing a role of a spoiler in some of the meetings like this. Not that im opposed. Sometimes there are realistic expectations. These are the sorts of settings. This is an ebola treatment center, the upper one is in the creek and the epicenter of the outbreak. Many other pictures, of course. These vary a lot. Here is kind of something you might see in the beginning of an outbreak, very rustic settings. Sometimes unfortunately the rustic settings what we have in west africa what we have with the capacity right now and some of these are really much less Treatment Centers but places for someone to go and hopefully get more rehydration solution, some tylenol and a lace to die out of circulation to not infect other people. When we have this sort of setting and then we contemplate something where we are
And i just want to make one further comment. I know this misunderstanding, but there is a reason we do this the way that we do. In my state of oklahoma we will list a number of projects. People going out in transportation districts in the state of oklahoma, make there own priorities so that my job is not so much to see what can be done in a state of oklahoma but where the priorities come from the state. People just overlook that. That is one of the systems it does seem to work well. Hopefully we we will be able to do a good a good job with this bill. Any further comments you want to make. Mr. Chair, mr. Chair, i want to thank you and the Committee Members. You you have a tough job and it is an incredibly important job. The governors will partner with you in any way that can be useful to get predictability, get the trust fund reauthorized and give a certainty. Within your states. That is that is so important that we do that. Absolutely. There is another thing that you can do apply the p
[ room noise ] okay. All our new mayors that are in the audience, please stand up. We need to see you and know who you are. [ applause ] all right. We know this group will be instrumental in defining our priorities and helping this organization go forward. I am now very pleased to bring to the podium one of those rookie mayors. She is from the great city the District Of Columbia. Mayor bowser served as a City Council Member for eight years prior to being elected. For yearly 35 years the conference has been fully supportive of full Voting Rights for the District Of Columbia. [ applause ] mayors lets give a round of applause for Muriel Bowser thank you. Well, good afternoon, mayors. And welcome to your nations capital, my hometown, our capital city, washington, d. C. And thank you, mayor johnson, for your kind introduction. But most importantly for your leadership of this conference and your great city. Im honored to stand before you as mayor of the District Of Columbia and bring you gre