Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff 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. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
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Today marks two years since the terror attack on the mosque, a truly cowardly and depraved attack that was intended to divide us. London remained united and it is londons Diverse Community that makes london the worlds greatest capital city. In recent days and weeks we have seen flooding across the country which has been particularly severe in lincolnshire. The whole house will want to join me paying tribute to the work of the Emergency Services, military, the Environment Agency and all those working on the grounds to support her communities affected. The government stands ready to respond and offer all assistance where required. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i should have further foster meetings later today. I would like to associate myself and the whole house with comments the Prime Minister has made about the mosque attack and flooding in lincolnshire. If our town centers are to survive and thrive we need mo
Competitors who are investing heavily in renewable and next Generation Energy technologies. I strongly urge that we defeat the previous question and i urge a no vote on the underlying bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from colorado yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Burgess thank you mr. Speaker. I yield myself the balance of our time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Burgess i cannot recall a place in the constitution where it says the house passes a bill, the senate cant pass it, so the house comes back and tries to find a better bill that maybe the senate will now take up. I wish that had happened on that health care stuff back in 2009 and 2010, we would have a lot better world today. The fact of the matter is the house has passed the student loan bill. The senate has the obligation to act. The deadline of july 1 was in fact provided to us by a funding clip the democr