Mr. Beranek he was elected the 47th u. S. Vice president , serving two full terms. [cheers and applause] mr. Beranek come on up, joe. Serving two full terms with president barack obama. [cheers and applause] in 2008. Ek in 2017, at the close of the administration, obama presented Vice President biden with the president ial medal of freedom. When he was first elected to the u. S. Senate in 1972, Vice President biden became the fifth youngest u. S. Senator in history, as well as delawares longest serving senator, serving from 1973 until 2009. It is with great honor that the Public Education teachers and support personnel that iowa welcomes you to our forum and thank you for being here. [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. This is more like the iowa whether i am used to. [laughter] mr. Biden i am jill bidens husband, joe. Her flight is canceled in pennsylvania. She is not here. I know that many of you, particularly tammy, is upset. She is not here. Please, bear with me.
Phan, house leaders peterson and fernandez fernandez, Senate Leaders gray and bradley, chief justice, members of the legislature and judiciary, my fellow arizonans, thank you so much for the warm welcome. Its great to be back. applause allow me to start with a question. Show of hands. Who here today in this chamber was born somewhere other than the state of arizona . As you can see, theres a lot of us. Ill always be a kid from toledo, and we have folks here from all over the country and all over the world. Its uniquely arizona. We choose to move here, live here, make this home, and were not alone. As we stand here today, more than 70 of our adult citizens were born somewhere else. So were some of our greatest state icons. Leaders like secretary of the air force, barbara barrett. Trail blazers like raul castro. Legends like jerry colangelo. Quiet saints like bill bidwell. Giants like sandra day oconnor. And heroes like john mccain and pat tillman. And the new comers keep coming. Last ye
[applause] what a great iowa welcome. Two thousand six, Amy Klobuchar is the first woman representing 2006, Amy Klobuchar is the first woman representing minnesota. She desha in 2016 in 2016, and analysis ranked her first among all 100 senators in sponsoring or cosponsoring bills were enacted into law in the 114th congress. [applause] before serving senator klobuchar was elected to county attorney for the largest county in minnesota and to she knows how to drive in the snow. [laughter] join me again in welcoming senator Amy Klobuchar. [applause] sen. Klobuchar thank you for being here. One of the reporters sent a tweet this morning and it said i suppose Amy Klobuchars snowmobile is down. I drove down with my staff and we got here at 2 00 a. M. Just to see all of you. Minnesota started voting yesterday so we had a vote rally, but i wanted to be here and a ceeo. I knew you would be here despite the snow because as we know, you have to have strong Public Schools, you must have a strong is
Shelter us until the violent storms are passed. Let your glory shine on your lawmakers. May their thoughts, words, and deeds prompt people to glorify you. Inspire our senators to place their confidence completely in you. Eternal god, you are our salvation. We will trust and not be afraid, for you are our strength and song. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in the pledge. 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. , january 7, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable cindy hydesmith a senator from the state of mississippi, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell madam presiden
Clerk general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. The lack of a response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. President nakajo madam secretary, at this time, is there any member of the general public that wish to make Public Comment, please step to the podium. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Secretary. Clerk item number 3, discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes. Minutes on regular meeting on october 23, 2019. President nakajo thank you very much, madam secretary. At this particular point of the agenda, approval of the minu