The clerk mr. Schumer, no. The clerk mr. Rubio, aye. Mr. Warner, no. The clerk mr. Braun, aye. Mr. Rounds, aye. The clerk mr. Vance, aye. The clerk ms. Klobuchar, no. Mr. Scott of florida, aye. Mrs. Britt, aye. Mr. Budd, aye. The clerk mr. Tillis, aye. The clerk mr. Manchin, aye. Mr. Hawley, aye. Mr. Young, aye. Ms. Ernst, aye. The clerk ■mr. Romney, aye. The clerk mr. Johnson, aye. Mr. Lujan, no. The clerk mr. Manchin, no. The clerk mr. Blumenthal, no. The clerk mr. Sanders, no. Vote the clerk mr. Mcconnell, aye. The clerk mr. Hickenlooper, no. The presiding officer have all senators voted . Does any senator wish to change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 47. The nays are 51. The amendment is not agreed to. Mr. Kennedy madam president. The presiding officer the junior senator from louisiana. Mr. Kennedy madam president , i ask unanimous consent that there be up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the scheduled roll call vote. The presiding officer without objecti
Deputy administrator in the obama administration. He stressed the importance of faa innovation. The chair of the house transportation and Infrastructure Committee spoke in support of the nomination at an earlier hearing. Good morning, everyone. The u. S. Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation took him to order. This morning we are here to consider the nomination of Michael Whitaker to be the administrator of the federal aviation administration. I want to thank mr. Whitaker for his willingness to serve. Im also grateful that the house chairman sam graves is here and we will hear from you soon. Chairman gray along with my colleague Ranking Member larsen have worked hard on a bipartisan bill to pass a longterm faa reauthorization so we thank you for that. Im hopeful we will be able to do the same. In a bipartisan fashion. And finalize the bill into law before the end of 2023. This is a reminder that the aviation safety and the job of running the faa are not partisan. The
Differences between the two countries. Yesterday, presence of candidates campaigned in New Hampshire and iowa. For a question today in the first 45 minutes take a look at 2016, we want to take a look at social issues, especially in 2016, and if you think they will be a factor, invite of the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. Here is how you can let us know your thoughts on social issues. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. For independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can post on our twitter page , cspanwj. You can also post on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. On the front page of the New York Times it takes a look at technology and campaigning specifically selfies. Yesterday, a popular day to be campaigning, especially as 2016 comes about. The folks at gallup did a recent poll, looking at americans and their attitudes towards various types of social issues. You can find on their website. It shows a little bit how thin
From where rena is going to dive in and the starting point of the conversation is to recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse and violence which we all suffer. It is evident in the financial crisis and the bp blow up and spill and numerous foot safety disasters that kill people from the new england compounding scandal, and workplace issues that rise across the country on a daily bases and more. You can step back saying we as a country dont do a good job with these problems because one marker is they persist over a period of time. We have a way of setting rules for corporations. You can fought imperil human life, threaten the environment, no you cant rip us off we dont do a good job enforcing the rules. We have to have inspectors looking at factories, supervisors to look at banks and we are not doing a good job funding those positions and they dont get enough support from the top to do such. When we do find violations, the hue is what do we do with companies that
Bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. This argument is just over one hour. This courts cases revive provide a well trodden path for resolving such claims. Yield in theonly face of a contrary congressional command and the tie goes to arbitration. Applying those principles to section seven, the result is clear that the faa should not yield. Is that a concession that this is a concerted action . I do not know that it is a concession framework,opted that should we assume this is a concerted action . The faa prevailed. I think what you would say, justice kennedy, is the activity protected by section seven gets them to the threshold of the courthouse. Section seven is directed to the workplace, not the courthouse. It protects their right to decide they want to initiate action. The courthouse is not at issue here as i understand it. These employees say we do not object to arbitration, what we oneonone, is the the employee against the employer. The driving force of the nra was the reco