Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the Senate Majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , senators have been working diligently this week, continuing our efforts to advance american priorities and responsibly Fund Important programs through the appropriations process. Weve made Good Progress so far. The Senate Already has passed one funding bill by a broad majority at a record early time. Another Appropriations Committee approved its own funding bill the other day and it is my hope well be able to move two more measures across the finish line very shortly. We continue work and cooperation, we can do just that. The two measures before us today are the result of hard work, negotiation and compromise. They are the product of strong leadership by senators collins and kirk, and they are the culm
Speaking from my new, almost seven months perch as a federal official, i want to share that as a physician and Public Health practitioner, im speaking to you from both of those heads knowing my words are those of a person will always be herself as a doctor first. People who only know me as someone who works in government asked me, have you ever been a real doctor . I assure you, from the way in which i approach my work, that i still am. So know that i mean it and understand when i say i really appreciate this meeting and your work because what you do is so much closer to the people, the community, and the patients than i am at this point in my career. For the administration, so much of the work and progress of the past several years has been rooted in the belief passed down from generation to generation that we can continue to strive toward equity. And that we can Work Together to level the Playing Field for all americans. That we can give all of our sons and daughters, our families, t
Wrap things up. We are finished so i want to thank our distinguished panel for i think a superb outline of the challenges we face and certainly some good suggestions on what to do about it. I couldnt help but think it took us about 200 years of precolonial experience before we became a republic and ultimately a democracy. It takes a long time to really get to that point. 216 years ago, i guess, is when turkey as a nation started that climb, at the end of the ottoman empire. You had the big movements of what they call social reform. We will leave the tail end of this event to go live to a discussion on how the zika virus is affecting Womens Health care in the u. S. Of to by the center for American Progress just getting underway. In recent months, we have seen the zika transmission escalated in parts of the developing world and here in the United States. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the mosquitoborne virus has infected over 6000 people in the and territori
Point it appears that incident is totally unrelated to what happened inside that home on 66th street. As soon as we get more information, well bring it to you. For now were live in maspeth, Kemberly Richardson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. We have new information about an incident on a plane that landed this afternoon at laguardia airport. Delta Airlines Says a tire on a flight from tampa deflated upon landing just before 3 p. M. The boei the runway without incident, then continued to the terminal where customers disembarked normally. None of the 110 passengers or five crew members onboard was injured. After a very wet weekend, weve got some more showers headed our way but nothing like what we just experienced this past weekend. Meteorologist lee goldberg is here now with a check on the accuweather forecast. No question. We have a few showers that are trying to get in to the area. But we do not have any flooding imminent. We do have a flood watch thats of northern new jersey. But the sev
Oh, this one will be rough, still humid now, by game time it will feel totally different, yes, we take out the humidity. Still warm with the sunshine around. Humidity, at least it can feel better. Whole lot better than the past four days stuck in the 90s so we get stuck in the 90s, humility drops for the afternoon, already starting to see some of the changes to our far northwestern suburbs up into reading right now, lancaster, starting starting tol the drop in the humidity already. Still clouds this morning, cold front that still needs to pass through our region, not producing much rain at all, just come clouds. But still warm, humid, ahead of this front. Check it out. Seventynine at the airport right now, at least we have a breeze, southwest at 13 miles per hour, but fells like 82, with the humidity. There is the temperature. Anywhere from the upper 60s in the mountains, upper 70s, around the big city. Wilmington, philadelphia, trenton, coming in at 77 degrees, palmyra new jersey 80 d