Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
We have more than i think 760 registered for this meeting and we will do our best to get to as many questions as we can during the period but now a little bit about this event. The independent Task Force Program began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to us Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. Once launched task forces are independent of cfr and are solely responsible for the content of their worth. And the task forceprograms 25th year cfr is launching its 78 Task Force Report and id like to welcome you to this discussion of the report and its called improving pandemic preparedness , lessons from covid19. A brief introduction of our panelists, we have cynthia burwell, cochair and president of American University and also former us secretary of health and Human Services under president obama. Welcome to you. Also joining us is frances townsend, also cochair, assistant to president bush in Homeland Security and counterterrorism and is vice chairman on general counsel of vic
Segment for remarks from hillary clinton, discussing americas role in the world during a recorded Virtual Event hosted by the Atlantic Council. You are watching cspan. The first woman to be the president ial candidate of a major u. S. Political party. One of only three women who has served as secretary of state. She was first lady and has been a u. S. Senator. We are delighted that she is going to have another first with us as she will be the first speaker in our brandnew series, alexion 2020, americas role in the world. Part of the Atlantic Council frontpage series. Leaders, wef global have had heads of state from columbia, afghanistan, and london. We have had the. Ecretarygeneral of nato we are delighted to have former secretary of state, hillary clinton. We will feature the most prominent voices shaping the International Dialogue to explore u. S. Leadership and interests in the world alongside our friends and allies. Secretary clinton knows that this is a [indiscernible] and at the
She was the first lady. She has been a u. S. Senator. We are delighted that she is going to have another first with us, as she will be the first speaker in our brandnew series, election 2020, americas role in the world, powered by samsung. This is also at the same time, part of the Atlantic Council front page series. This is our premiere platform of global leaders, we have had heads of state from colombia, afghanistan, venezuela, and singapore. We have had the secretarygeneral of nato. So we are delighted to add former secretary of state, hillary clinton. Between now and november, we will feature the most prominent voices shaping the International Dialogue to explore questions regarding u. S. Leadership and interests in the world alongside our friends and allies. And that of course is always the focus of the Atlantic Council. Secretary clinton knows that this is a time of geographic distance, but at the Atlantic Council, we dont believe so much in social distancing. We have a huge audi
The National Defense authorization bill today for 2021. There there are a number of amendment votes scheduled for this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, grant to this nation, and to all people, a social conscience built on the vision of the ancient prophets who saw sufficiency for every person and a time when anxiety would overcome chaos and hopelessness. Hasten the day when the small and weak can make their contributions alongside the great and powerful. Lead us to the day when we will see peace among the nations of the earth, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares. Use the members of this body to bring us to the time when your will is done on earth even as it is dob in heaven. Lord, we trust you with our future. Let your glory cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The pr