As a boy growing up in several small towns in illinois as a young man in iowa trying to get a start in the years of the great depression, and later in california for most of my adult life. I have seen america from the stadium as a sportscaster, as an actor, officer of my labor union, soldier, officeholder, and as both democrat and republican. I have lived in an america where those who often had too little to eat outnumbered those who had enough. There have been four wars in my lifetime and i have seen our country face financial ruin in the depression. Ive also seen the great strength of this nation as it pulled itself up from that ruin to become the dominant force in the world. To me, our country is a living, breathing presents. I am impressed by whatevers proud of its own success, generous and naive. Sometimes wrong, never mean. Always impatient to provide a better life for its people in a framework of the basic fairness and freedom. Someone once said that the difference between an am
Good evening, im here tonight to announce my intention to seek the republican nomination for president of the United States. Im sure that each of us has seen our country from a number of viewpoints depending on where weve lived and what weve done. For me, its been as a boy growing up in several small towns in illinois, as a young man in iowa trying to get a start in the years of the Great Depression and later in california for most of my adult life. Ive seen america from the Stadium Press Box as a sportscaster, as an actor, officer of my labor union, soldier, officer holder, and as both democrat and republican. Ive lived in an america where those who often had too little to eat outnumbered those who had enough. There have been four wars in my lifetime and ive seen our country face financial ruin in the depression. Ive also seen the great strength of this nation as it pulled itself from that ruin to become the dominant force in the world. To me, our country is a living, breathing presen
A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar madam president , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. Ms. Klobuchar madam president , we are here today to vote on a nominee to be a commissioner at the federal election commission, the independent Agency Responsible for enforcing federal Campaign Finance laws. I am deeply disappointed in todays vote which is a departure from the senates longstanding tradition of considering f. E. C. Nominees on a bipartisan basis and another step in eroding the fra decisions of the the traditions of the senate all for a candidate that hold extreme views towards the agency that he would be appointed to. Prior to today, the senate has voted to confirm 47 f. E. C. Nominees and 42 of those nominees have been confirmed through a bipartisan process. As the ranking democrat on the rules committee, i have repeatedly urged my republican colleagues to work with us to get the f. E. C. Running a
Messi are back in Team Training top european football leagues want to follow the lead of germanys going to sleep by kicking off their own action after 2 months on the sidelines. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show the world to cut its daily Carbon Dioxide emissions by 17 percent at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month a new study shows a huge reduction in global Greenhouse Gases for the moment lockdowns kept people home in places like california in the u. S. Where for a time of the roads were almost empty and the skies clearer than theyve been in years for a week in april the United States cut its Carbon Dioxide levels by about one 3rd the study says the worlds biggest emitter china sliced its Carbon Pollution by about a quarter. Well im joined by Robert Jackson he is a professor of earth system science at Stanford University in california and he is one of the authors of this study professor jackson we have now seen how it drastically and missions can be lowered but how lo
Storm is also jeapordizing of the coronavirus response. And the likes of lionel messi are back in Team Training top european football leagues want to follow the lead of Germanys Bundesliga by kicking off their own action after 2 months on the sidelines. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show the world of cut its daily Carbon Dioxide emissions by 17 percent at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month a new study shows a huge reduction in global Greenhouse Gases for the moment lockdowns kept people home in places like california in the u. S. Where for a time of the roads were almost empty and the skies clearer than theyve been in years for a week in april the United States cut its Carbon Dioxide levels by about one 3rd the study says the worlds biggest emitter china sliced its Carbon Pollution by about a quarter. Well im joined by Robert Jackson he is a professor of earth system science at Stanford University in california and he is one of the authors of this study professor jackso