Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 77. The nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Cotton mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. The presidin the presiding officer under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actio actions. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cotton mr. President , 20 years ago this week, joe biden and other politicians in both parties gave a gift to the communist party permanent, most favored nation status. Permanent most favored nation status is a trade privilege we grant to most countries who are members of the world trade
Next, Defense Department officials testified at a House Oversight hearing on the f 35 joint star fighter jet program. They were asked about maintenance issues and concerns that prime contractor Lockheed Martin provided defective spare parts and Outdated Technology systems for the aircraft. And generalsident manager of the f35 program at Lockheed Martin corporation also joined the hearing remotely to answer questions from lawmakers. The committee will come to order. Like to all, i would congratulate Ranking Member komar. This is his First Full Committee Hearing as a ranking i believe we are want a strong private military, strong private sector that is widely tracking taxpayers money and spending it efficiently for the purposes that it was meant for. I look forward to working with the Ranking Member in the future and i am so pleased that he is with us here today. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time, and i now recognize myself for open
South as youll notice so for midday, well call about 86 or so 94 by mid afternoon and probably some 90s still for tomorrow, but things turning in a big way as we head on to the weekend back to you. All right dave, thank you would begin this hour with breaking news, this is out of Central California in paso robles where a deputy was shot and what the Sheriffs Office is calling an active shooter situation. It happened about 4 oclock this morning. The Sheriffs Department says the shooter fired at the pasa Robles Police Department hitting the sheriffs deputy. The deputy is in the hospital now in serious but stable condition. Anyone inthe downtown area of pasa robles has been asked to shelter in place well continue to cover this story for you throughout the morning. And also closer to home breaking in the north bay 2 women are dead 3 other people including a child are recovering following a shooting in north this happened on cynthia avenue last night just before 10 oclock this is video of t
Toddlers Birthday Party when a crew shooters. Exit their vehicle and shot the women men and small children that were at that party. Now all victims, we know our valais whole residents except for that small child is not for a delay hole, still the names of the victims have not been released because they still need to notify next of kin of this tragedy now again, theyre still investigating this and theyre asking anyone that was in that area may have seen anything that happened to notify the but lay help Police Department because theyre still actively trying to piece together what happened and why someone would have opened fire on a childs Birthday Party for now reporting here the lay hoping a harvey kron 4 news and rain before we let you go just 3 emphasize this point you police are saying that those people at the party were targeted. By the shooters. Absolutely theyre saying who asked her did commit this crime and then shot the people at that party. There say that they pulled up at that
1 45 eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by robert lewis, former pastor and founder of better man, the National Mens organization from little rock, arkansas. The guest chaplain let us pray. Heavenly father, we give thanks for this new day and the hope that lies within it. We have been a blessed nation not by accident but by this. In you, god, we trust. Thank you for the men and women of this distinguished body who will again rise to face the immense challenge that will mark this day along with the special opportunities it holds for good. I pray you will make this body ready for both. In these turbulent times, empower their work with your spirit. Give them a difference making wisdom only you possess. Protect them from small ambitions. Call each heart here up to the higher ways of humility, understanding, and much needed unity. Help these leaders seek what is rig