Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. 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 action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early
To the Trump Campaign if its all going so well why has mr trump himself started talking about losing. Become us back a welcome to conflict zone weve seen a steady stream of or a prominent republicans jumping ship to vote for joe biden and now donald trump himself talked publicly about losing if i lose he said ill have lost to the worst candidate in the history of president ial politics hes already talked about how tough its going to be to hold on to the senate what hope is there for your campaign if trump himself is already behaving like a loser. Well outing is fire and sending them to by ordinary people certainly is out working you know or going well i stamp well with rambus rallies today 80 minutes at a time in a graphic for example this past week 25000 people youve been ordered out of the people are turning out to hear the president s message and you referred to the democrats daryn were reporting republican that have not ship i presume youre talking about lincoln broadly for example
For a bill combining several Clean Energy Initiatives followed by five measures dealing with veterans issues. Live now to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. Orde the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The advance of Coronavirus Infections continues to rise in a number of states around our nation, send your spirit of healing and wellbeing among those who suffer and your angels to protect the Many Health Care workers who place their own wellbeing in danger every day. Comfort those today in the Supreme Court who begin the blic mourning of a beloved colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and console those who worked with over so many years. Bless the members of this peoples house who labor today to pass bills to advance the common wheel of our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolut
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on s. 2193. As the member designated by ms. Trahan of massachusetts, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Trahan will vote yes on s. 2193. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote aye on s. 2193. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 40 3rks the nays are two 403, the ays are two. 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that i
Implement the revised medical screening proceediers, and the improper expenditure of emergency funds appropriated by congress for the care of migrants. In december, two children died in custody. A sevenyearold girl named jacqueline and an 8yearold boy named felipe. Last year another three children died in custody or shortly after being released. On january 4th, 2019, i sent a letter to the department of Homeland Security requesting documents relating to the deaths in 2018. After they failed to produce all documents responsive and in november and they keep my of the communicating requested in my letter ten months prior. The expecter Generals Office issued two one page sum mum rars. But the questions were left with more questions than answers. Earlier this year i sent a l letter to the expecter general. My entire letter is available on the committees wps. Among the concerns i raised were the following. They say there was no malfeasance or misconduct by dhs personnel. It was unclear why t