Thanks to all of you for coming to the center for global job today for this discussion of tension the tension between i think that sound effect is appropriate when i say the tension. For the tension that might exist between the need to deliver humanitarian care when thereseh an outbreak as serious as the recent Ebola Outbreak, and the need to actually learn, learn what works to address thatre outbreak, especially in the case where the outbreak is of a disease which is emerging, for which at therapeutic does not exist and even a vaccine doesott not exist. Anin those cases the need forhe learning is really quite acute ear but how can that need for learning the accommodated when the humanitarian needs is son nd great . So our speakers today who will be addressing that point are the leaders of a team at the National Academy of science who produced a report just recently published on the topic of inflicting Clinical Trials during epidemics. Im going to turn over the podium now to the cochai
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , august 15, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable john neely kennedy, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore
White House Press Office is jammed with reporters waiting for some bits of information, waiting for any kind of word on what is going to happen next. To repeat, most of the news from here is being received from dallas. Theres no late information on what the next the elements will be. Developments will be. The crowd is still gathering outside the front of the white house. Across pennsylvania avenue. The weather in washington is great, rather than seasonably warm. Like chill in the air. Beple here as people must all over the country, Walking Around with looks of stunned this belief on their faces. This is richard from larry anna valeriani at the white house. Very goldwater, the man who goldwater, they man who is regarded as the person to oppose president kennedy in election next year, has issued a statement in which he says it most shocking and dreadful that a thing like this could happen in a free country. The president s debt is a fountain loss is a profound loss to the nation. Mrs. Go
That debate on the amendment to the montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer adopted at kigali on october 15, 2016, shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 64, the nays are 30. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the treaty. The clerk calendar number 2, treaty doc number 1171, amendment to the montreal protocol. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Schumer i call up amendment 5503. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk senator from new york, mr. Schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5503 to the resolution of ratification at the end add the following, section mr. Schumer i ask to dispense with the further reading of the amendment. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schume
Sojourner Truth lived most of her young life in slavery, even when just a baby. She became the first black woman to sue a white man and win. Here are details on this woman who lived in Battle Creek, Michigan.