Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lee, a member of the subcommittee on military construction and Veterans Affairs. The chair the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Lee thank you very much, madam chairman. Let me thank the Ranking Member for yielding, for his unwavering leadership for our veterans on this committee and for your friendship. Thank you very m
A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Booker i would like to request that the quorum call be ended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Booker thank you very much. Madam president , i rise today to urge support for a successful Veterans Health care program that will be extended if we pass this bipartisan package of Veterans Affairs reforms. My colleague across the aisle, senator heller, and i have joined together to introduce legislation to extend the assisted Living Program for veterans with traumatic brain injury, or altbi, and give it the kind of support veterans with these severe brain injuries deserve. Im grateful for the leadership of senator heller, his partnership on this very important, critical issue. Im proud to work with him and i am hopeful that all of our colleagues will join together to pass the bipartisan package of v. A. Reforms which now includes our legislation. I want to thank senators sanders, Ranking Member bur
New exhibit to house komodo dragons. The biggest, baddest lizards on earth. All of that and more on cbs this Morning Saturday. On may 23rd, 2014. And welcome to the Holiday Weekend. We begin with breaking news about a deadly mass shooting in california. The driveby attack happened overnight in a student area near the campus of the university of california santa barbara. We have just learned from police that seven people were killed in the shooting seven others were wounded by the gunfire and were taken to hospitals. The Sheriffs Department says there were nine separate crime scenes. Danielle nottingham is in los angeles with the latest. Danielle, good morning. Reporter good morning, bonita. Police say the shooting was apparently premeditated. Eye witnesses say the shots were fired from a car driving through the area. Pretty much there was a bmw rolling by. I think there was two people inside, and one of them was shooting at innocent people. I think i think one girl was shot dead. The o
Of the United States. Correction. I believe in the constitution. I will obey the constitution of the United States. I tonight know what happened from the trip from the capitol down to 1600 pennsylvania avenue how this changed. But i guess the presidency can change your view of the world. May not be an accurate view of the world but it can change it. I think what then senator obama said rang true then and rings true today. It is about the separation of power. Let me tell you something, my friends on the other side of the aisle should be standing there with us because for too long this house has now become irrelevant. Congress in general is becoming irrelevant. When i got elected just over four years ago, i came up here with a purpose. I came up here in the belief in the constitution and that there are separation of powers between the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. But now i hate to say it, in my four years, i have become disenchanted with the fact tha