Regions president. Russian and syrian troops launched an attack to retake the last major city on the ice will control in syria. President trump heads for asia a twelve day trip certain to test his diplomatic skills and im Peter Simmons with all your sports news as we brought in james becomes the youngest man in n. B. A. History to reach twenty nine thousand points that are more later this news of. A lone International Arrest warrant has been issued for the deposed catalan president colace put him on a spanish prosecutors want to investigate him forward belly and sedition of a last months declaration of independence but the sack leader has missed two days of Court Hearings in madrid put him on is in brussels where he intends to challenge any attempt to extradite him to spain but hes also said he. Well cooperate with the belgian authorities and they have twenty four hours to respond to the european arrest warrant several of pussy months aides as well are being sought and are simmons repo
Database that searches when people attempt to purchase firearms but when the federal government doesnt do this it is reported that the air force simply through interventions, human error or somewhere failed to do it then there is nothing there to contradict the misrepresentation by the purchaser when they go to buymc it. We leave these remarks to return to live coverage of the senate here on cspan2 fficer wt objection. Mr. Mccain mr. President , in recent months the United States and Coalition Forces have achieved major gains against isis in iraq and syria. U. S. Coalition partners have liberated the capital of raqqa and syria, the pocket of hawija in Northern Iraq and just days ago the border town of alkine in western iraq. The socalled caliphate the terrorists claimed would overrun the middle east is now a shadow of its former self, a shrinking swath on a map once defined by an open reign of terror. Unfortunately, however, our challenges in the region remain daunting despite these ha
Movie before. There is no need for a sequel. I regret having to say that, but i do believe mr. Wehrum is not the right fit for this position today any more than he was a dozen years ago. And i encourage my colleagues to vote no on his nomination to serve as e. P. A. s assistant administrator for air, and i reserve the balance of my time. Now, mr. President , i note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Strange mr. President , are we in a quorum call, sir . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Kennedy i ask that the quorum call be suspended, mr. President. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Kennedy mr. President , this saturday is veterans day, a day we honor the brave women and brave men who served in the great defense of this nation. We need to take a moment to reflect on the freedoms that we enjoy every day as american citizens. We need to take that moment to thank those who devoted their lives to serve and protect the gre
In military service have sacrificially given their time, comfort, strength, ambition, and health. Reward them one hundredfold for their sacrifice and service, blessing them more than they can ask for imagine. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , november 9, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable dean heller, a senator from the state of nevada, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Unde
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from colorado. A senator thank you, mr. President. I ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Bennet thank you, mr. President. All year this year, the majority has tried to ram through legislation to repeal the Affordable Care act and replace it with proposals that in effect cut health care for millions of people to finance tax cuts for those who make millions of dollars in income. All year the American People have made it perfectly clear that this was the opposite of what they wanted. Unfortunately, those re and fortunately, those repeal efforts failed. Now instead of listening to the american peemg and learning from people and learning from that failure, the majority has doubled down its tax plan. Like health care, theyve made no attempt to bring both sides together. In the senate we only saw the bill last thursday, mr. President. Im on the finance committee. Ive been on there for ye