Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 74, the nays are 18. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Portman mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for ohio. Mr. Portman i would like to talk today about a couple topics. First i want to thank my colleagues on the Senate Commerce committee for approving legislation very recently to rename the nasa plumbrook station in ohio after a true american hero, the lateneal armstrong. I ask that it legislation be taken up and we get it passed. There is an identical bill in the house and we hope to get both of them to the president for his signature. It is a stateoftheart testing facility near sandusky, ohio. It is doing a lot of the testing right now both for nasa and some privatesector companies. It is part of the nasaglenn complex. It is an impressive operation. The one that is most impressive right now is the artifice project. This is to put astronauts
Raid, senators are expected to work on 2020 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. Now the live coverage of the senate. Senators are expected work on 20 20 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. While we wait for senators to return, look at remarks on the senate floor dealing with impeachment inquiry against President Trump on the whistleblower, alex the house of representatives continues its impeachment inquiry into whether the president jeopardize National Security by pressuring the york rain to interfere with our elections, the white house , their allies in congress and the media have resorted to despicable tactics to falsely discredit individuals who have provided the house testimony. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel alexander. Men serving on a detail in thewhite house testified before congress. In ltc vindmans testimony was announced and especially in the past 24 hours hes been
They targeted the railway in kharkiv region, broken tracks, buildings, freight cars and one train car, reported ukrzaliznytsia they clarified that, despite the attack, all trains run according to schedule. Meanwhile , the forced evacuation of orphaned children will be carried out in kharkiv oblast, the ministry of reintegration reported. About 120 minors who were left without parents, or their relatives were deprived of parental rights. Will be taken out of the settlements of bogodukhiv, izyum, kupyan and chuguy districts. First, they will be settled in kharkiv, and later they will go to volyn. The evacuation will be free of charge and will last for two months. Together with the children, theirs will also be evacuated legal representatives. Three residents of toretsk in Donetsk Region were injured by russian shelling. In the city, 10 highrise buildings and three buildings were damaged. Buildings there are more than 30 private settlements in nivychyna in the village of new york reported
Hill as this historic election unfolds. Watch on cspan, cspan now, or online at cspan. Org. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. A look at u. S. Investments abroad and oversight of the International Development corporation with its ceo, scot nathan. He talks about the dfcs focus on Food Security, and strengthening supply chains. This runs an hour and a half. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something crystalclear to the international community. To the u. S. Foreignpolicy community. Two our nations allies and adversaries. As this Committee Moves forward, we will continue our work on behalf of the american people, as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee of Senate Foreign relations, its members and staff, play a Critical Role in meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. As i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to t
This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something Crystal Clear to the international committee. To the u. S. Foreign policy community, to the nations allies and adversaries. As the Committee Moves forward we will continue our work on behalf of the American People as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, its members and a staff play a Critical Role meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. And as i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to the support of our members, thanks to the support of the Ranking Member and thanks to our dedicated and hardworking committee staff, we will continue to advance our values and National Interests on the global stage. My priority is simple, to strengthen americas diplomacy. To make sure our diplomats have the tools they need and congress provides the approp