The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a 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. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi
Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning, everyone, its sunday, november 10th. Im liz kreutz. Hope your sunday is getting off to a good start. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, liz. A live look at live doppler 7. Theres a lot of fog out there again. Weve got 50s in San Francisco, mid50s in oakland, 46 in gilroy, 52 in half moon bay. Santa cruz, a cooler day there, mid40s with the fog in the north bay. Quarter mile convivisibility in. North bay shrouded in fog. Here in walnut creek we have hazy conditions. Spare the air alert today, Santa Ana Valley the poorest air quality. Were in the 50s to near 60s the next hour or so. Autop upper 70s inland. Liz . The first public hearings start next week as call for joe bidens son to testify. They should be public. What i said was misreported as usual. What i said was simple, there shouldnt be impeachment hearings, is what i said. Reporter republicans have made clear who they would like to testify,
Will talk about changes, upper 40s in the north bay. Throughout the afternoon we will reveal hazy sunshine, by mid to late morning and then looking at poor air quality today in the south bay. Slightly warmer and better air quality as we head towards the delay. Thank you. A body found at a San Francisco golf course in the middle of the day when plenty of golfers were on the green. Police say the investigation is still very preliminary at this point but golfers and residents nearby are shaken up. The body was found at the Lincoln Park Golf Course near the richmond neighborhood. Police say the medical examiner will take over the remains and notify police on the age and gender of the body. Abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez has more. No one wants to play after seeing something horrific like this. Reporter a day of golfing at Lincoln Park Golf Course took a dark turn after authorities were called out near hole 13. We were playing golf and came around 13 14 and before we teed off we noticed
Three minutes to ask questions. Many members will be allowed to make openings Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections, so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all thank you, everyone, for being here this morning. It is an honor for those of us that are not from chicago to be here on a very serious issue. This is the very first energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in our country. As a Public Health issue. And this subcommittee has jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country. I want to represent recognize members who were present chicago and the region, starting with bobby rush, whose district we are in. Thank you, bobby, very much for inviting us, asking the subcommittee to come here. Congresswoman robin kelly, who is here to my left. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from the chicago region. Enter and t
Majority and minority i would ask for unanimous consent for the house members who are with us today, who are not members of the committee, that they be recognized for three minutes to ask questions. After Committee Members have asked theirs. Only Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections, so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all thank you, everyone , for being here this morning. It is an honor for those of us that are not from on a very serious issue. This is the very first energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in our country. As a Public Health issue. And this subcommittee has to has jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country. I want to recognize first the members of the committee who represent the parts of chicago and the region, starting with congressman bobby rush, whose district we are in. Thank you, bobby, very much for inviting us, asking the