A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for west virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer it is. Mr. Manchin wish to vitiate the quorum call. I will i am doing so because i believe he is well qualified for the job. He has been the commissions general counsel for the past two and a half years. He understands the complex legal issues that come before the commission. I voted to report mr. Danlys nomination both last november and last week on the strength of his qualifications, not on politics. I urge my colleagues to do the same. But the position to which mr. Danly has been nominated is one of five seats on the federal Energy Regulatory commission. By law, no more than two of the five seats can be held by one party. Only three of the seats are now filled. Two by republicans and one by a democrat. The other democratic seat has been vacant since last august. Traditionally when both a republican seat and democrat seat has been vacant, the presi
Has been having in texas and across the country. As we continue our discussions on this legislation, i would just urge my colleagues and this is the time to put partisanship aside and stop playing politics. If there ever was one. There is actually president for that, at the height of the ebola vices in 2014 republicans in the senate worked with our democratic colleagues and president obama to ensure that we were ready to treat texans and other americans donated care from that particular disease. We need to get them together to do the sameo now, not to use the opportunity to attack or score political points or to try to damage her opponents. Unfortunately that seems to be the first temples of some of our friends uncrossed the capital chamber. Most of the public concern is on the elderly, cruiseship travelers and those with underlining medical conditions but we need to think of every family. Every college student, andak mae sure that everyone worrying about how to make ends meet during t
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