So you know thank you, thank you, thank you. For over 20 years, bill clinton has been a determined evangelist for the American Dream. The voters of this country puts him in the white house twice. Not only because he understands what the American Dream is all about, but because he also has a gift for explaining why our party is so committed to defending and promoting the dream. During his eight years as president , he oversaw record job growth, at 22. 7 million jobs created. He also became the first president to balance the budget for years in a row. The stock market went up 226 . It went down 25 under george bush. The years of his presidency were a time when our middleclass felt secure. It was a time when our economy credences stained opportunities for more people to afford college. Created opportunities for more people to afford college. I have supported a constitutional amendment to repeal the 22nd amendment, which says that people cannot reelect a president for a third term. The cha
Hope the fbi has guardrails and how they will pursue investigations that do not target based on drug trafficker. What is a result, in 2021 we had over 100,000 drug overdoses and fentanyl crossing the border at 70 was about 70 of the 100,000. Thanks to the open borders, drug traffickers are poisoning our streets and killing our children. And they are trafficking innocent victims with reckless abandon. This administration is failing mr. Chairman could i have a minute to have a discussion with the fbi director. Of course. We just heard a half hour ago about how you have to leave it 1 30 when he announces meeting and he said we will have seven minute first rounds, three minutes second rounds, ive got seven people on my side of the aisle wanting their additional three minutes. Is there any reason we could not accommodate them for 21 minutes . Or whatever democrats want second rounds four. President i senator i have a flight im supposed to hightail it to after here i thought we would end it
Who will decide their future. This is the battle for number 10. That evening, and welcome to the battle for number 10. For weeks, the conservative leaders have debated, but only now have the people have had the chance to vote. It is expected to plunge back into recession. It really is make or break tonight. Many of those in our audience are still undecided who to back. Candidates will separately face questions from the audience and then faced face mine and an extended interview. We spoke to them before became on air. Who won . Liz truss won and she chose to go first. She is with us now. Good evening. Are you happy with the format . Truss im very happy. Excited. Let us start with our first question. Diana on the front row. My question is the bank of england has said of recession is inevitable, but could you do to mitigate the impact of this . Backbone with the bank of england said today is extremely worrying but it is not inevitable. We can change the outcome. Can make it more like econ
Williams haynes to be judge for Eastern District of virginia, confirmation vote on her the presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hearts are steadfast for you. Though evil sometime seems to prosper, we trust you to cause justice to prevail. In these turbulent times, our hope is in your goodness that continues to sustain us. Today, give our senators the ability to realize more fully that they are servants of heaven as good stewards, give them your perspective on their daily tasks and decisions. May faithfulness to you provide the litmus test by which they evaluate each decision. Lord, give our lawmakers such integrity that they will refuse to be careless about their spiritual and moral fitness. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in saluting our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic fo
Civil rights law. The law has been in place since 1964. This bill also incorporates many suggestions from members of both sides, republicans and democrats, on our help committee and im glad we could work on a bipartisan basis to improve the bill to get it through our committee. Enda, the employment nondiscrimination act, has unprecedented support from major american businesses. Mr. President , id like to enter into the record a letter of support from over 100 businesses, including dow chemical, skwrefplt general electric, marriott hotels, cokecola, cisco, kaiser, on and on. I would like to submit this list of over 100 companies in america that support the passage of this bill. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Harkin in the course of our hearings on this bill we heard from executives of nike and General Mills among others. Asked why they had chosen to implement strong policies themselves, nike testified that enda is good for business because teams thrive in an open and welco