By the house for a conference and authorize the presiding officer to appoint conferees. Mr. Cornyn ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the ayes are 54 and the nays are 43. The motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman i ask for unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. The presiding officer without objection. A senator today we honor the 150th anniversary of abraham lincolns death. Mr. Cotton on the evening of april 14, 1865, the fouryear anniversary of the beginning of the civil war and just days after its end in appomattox, president lincoln was shot while attending the theater. The next morning his last labored breathing ceased. His fanatically unreconciled assassin was enraged by lin
Achievement award to Toni Morrison and announcement of winners in several categories including general nonfiction awarded to David Ryan Davis author of the Nonfiction Book the problem of slavery in the age of emancipation. [applause] thanks louise and good evening to all of you. Its my pleasure to welcome you here tonight to the book Critics Award ceremony for the publishing year 2014. Where id have you join us this evening is now the most outstanding work of the past year in six categories, fiction and nonfiction biography poetry autobiography and criticism. Like i said in a gratitude to the others whove joined us here tonight as well as the editors editors publishers agents and publicists to help bring their work her attention to the National Book critics circle awards were founded in 1974 out of a conversation that took place at the out walk when hotel by grupo critters who want to establish a set of awards granted given by critics and sell them like other Literary Works are books t
Booktv of is on twitter and facebook, and we want to hear from you. Tweet us, twitter. Com booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Heres a look at some books that are being published this week watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. Booktv is live today from the campus of the university of southern california, home of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. Well be covering author events from newman hall, and youll have the chance to talk to several best selling authors during our callin programs. Schedule updates will be on the bottom of your tv screen throughout the day, and you can find our full schedule online at booktv. Org. Deputy publisher of the l. A. Times, mr. Mele, when and how and why did the l. A. Times start sponsoring this book fair . Guest the Los Angeles Times started this book fair about 20 years ago. Its the 20th anniversary of the festival of books, and it was just an important way that the newspaper could engage with the co
Obviously the court in d. C. Issued an injunction, which i know that youre complying with. But the problem is the bonds have been set so high. If youre from Central America being held in prison for six, seven, eight months with your children, you dont have 10,000 to get out. Are we taking a look at alternatives to detention for people whose cases, whose credible fear findings have already been made . We certainly are looking at alternatives for detention, as you well may know. We have quite a few families on the att program. Its essentially release but with some increased supervision. And we have enjoyed some success with the program. I will say every decision that our officers make, and they use their best judgment, theyre trained. Theyre seasoned. To try to determine what the appropriate bond is once they say, okay, you should be released. But we need some well, i would like to follow up with you. Were hearing something quite different and you know, well get to the bottom of it off c
Questions. Most are not aware of this and have not received training dollars to be aware of it. We met the enemy, and it is us. So yes, and we invest in professional development. We would like to invest more. And i also argue publicly in many places that the money we put behind current teacher professional development, not future teachers is often well sorry. Is often poorly spent and not spent on things teachers are looking for. It seems reasonable that congress would give some direction, if we see a need to address 20 of the population, that we could give specific direction it shouldnt be like here some money. Spends it as you wish. But we have a specific national need. Please address. Much like concord and hiv are going to the moon. There are many children with special needs, many children facing real challenges, and for me its not about picking out this population, that population. Its about how to get every single one of those children i accept that. In times of limited resources,