Public comment will be available on each item. We are streaming the number at the top of the screen. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities or opportunities to speak are available by calling 4156550001 and entering access code 146047 0765. One connected, darla start three to be added to the cue. Best practices dial star three to be added to the cue. Speak slowly and clearly and turn down any other devices. Alternatively you may submit Public Comment by email to the Commission Affairs officer through email. If you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the commissioners and will be included as part of the official file. I will now call the role. Everyone [roll call] we have a quorum. Great, next agenda item, please. The next item is item number two, president s welcome. This item is for discussion. Hello, everybody. To everyone who came out tonight to this meeting on the commission on the environment, let me begin by sharing the
New mexico u. S. Senate debate. Candidates working hard to earn your vote are democrat Ben Ray Lujan, republican Mark Ronchetti , and libertarian bob walsh. Moderating tonight, kobs anchors and editor in chief of the Santa Fe New Mexican. Good evening. For those of you watching on kob kob. Com, or if youre listening from our network of Radio Partners across new mexico, welcome. Chief of the Santa Fe New Mexican to the moderating team. We are delighted to have candidates who will appear on your ballot running for the open u. S. Senate seat. There will be joining us tonight. Tonight, the candidates are appearing from three locations. Mark ronchetti is with us inside our studio. Ben ray lujan is in his Campaign Office in albuquerque. Bob walsh is at his home in santa fe. Because of covid19 risks, we give candidates the option to appear from wherever they feel safest. There is a crew from kob with each remote candidate to provide timekeeping and enforce rules and provide Live Technology to
Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
Association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan forrest. And we should note the debate is happening of course during a critical time for the state, the covid pandemic. Many north carolinians have died of the virus. You will probably notice several precautions tonight inside of the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 including the fact theres no Live Audience tonight only the two candidates, the moderator and some studio technicians. In the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative. We quickly you want to review the rules of the debate and it will last for one hour. Then i will submit candidates and the radio Digital News Association of the carolinas havent been read or seen by the candidates or their staff. Each candidate will have one minute to respond to each question
For having the on. Theres five of us that are commissioners of the fcc. We serve staggered terms of every year one member of the commission is up for renomination and confirmation by the senate and the process continues a respective of the outcome of the election. For instance, my term runs through 2023 and i can hold over for a longer time potentially and im going to continue to serve regardless of the outcome of the election. Host and with Michael Orielly not being we nominated by the president , if there were a change in administration, you and commissioner pai would be the republican, correct . Guest yes. Michael orielly has her longtime both on capitol hill and at the fcc and his term expired a year and half ago and we are allowed to stay on until the end of this congress when were in that situation whether it is any one of us commissioners. Commissioner of violence term come to an end and commissioner pai, chairman pai and myself can continue to serve. Host now to the policies. I