Vote the presiding officer is there any senator wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 62 and the nays are 35, and the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk John Joseph Tuchi of arizona to be United States district judge for the district of arizona. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to the vote to invoke cloture on the humetewa nomination. [inaudible] the presiding officer without objection, all time is yielded back. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of diane j. Humetewa of arizona to be United States district judge for the district of arizona. Signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The
Who have worn the uniform of the United States proudly and sacrificed so much and risked it all. But just like the scandals in fort collins, colorado, phoenix, arizona, pittsburgh, pennsylvania and other cities, the ones at austin, san antonio, harlingen and waco are evidence of a calloused disregard for the health and wellbeing of americas heroes. The new information comes from a pair of whistleblowers. The first one a v. A. Scheduling clerk named brian turner told the Austin American statesman that his survivors at the v. A. Facilities in austin, san antonio and waco were directing him to falsify appointment data in hopes of covering up the problem of long wait times. Meanwhile, the former associate chief of staff at the harlingen v. A. Health care clinic, a man by the name of dr. Richard krugman has gone public with a series of disturbing allegations. According to the washington examiner, which interviewed dr. Krugman, veterans seeking routine colonoscopies, Cancer Screenings, in ot