Judicial nominations, including District Court nominees for arkansas and pennsylvania, as well as Appeals Court nominations for the 9th circuit covering the western u. S. And the 2nd circuit which includes connecticut, new york and vermont. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate 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 god, thank you for not leaving us alone in a challenging world. You remain our refuge in every storm. We call you when troubles arise, and you rescue us even from selfinflicted wounds. You clean up our debris, restoring us to your sweet fellowship. As our lawmakers commit this day to you, help them navigate through its turbulence. May your spirit impinge on their minds, guiding them by the light of your truth. Be the resource they need to be faithful stewards of your unfolding providence. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro t
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Conference on Immigration Law and migration at the u. S. Mexico border. Kevin mcaleenan was scheduled to deliver opening remarks, but left the stage after being interrupted multiple times by protesters. This portion of the event also included a Panel Discussion on immigration policy and the 2020 election cycle. Good morning. This time, im interrupting you, for real. Good morning, everybody. We will to those of you in the room and work on those to you joining us on cspan. I am the president of the migration policy institute. So long with our partners, catholic legal integration clinic endorsed down law, we are very delighted to a commute to the 16th annual policy confronts. Do you get a we will in a moment from executive director but i wanted to join with clooney and also thinking for hosting us and once again for this meeting to go to the dean slave trader, and to all of the staff that were involved in putting this together. Our team has been involved in putting this together. There ar
Good afternoon. Welcome to the washington institute. Im delighted to welcome you all to the postlabor day gathering, a celebration, celebration of the publication of this this timely, important new book by my colleagues. When youre a leader and you get your face chiseled into Mount Rushmore or your picture on a coin, its not because you did nothing during your time in office. Its not because you waited out the term. Its because you took Big Decisions that affected the fate of your nation, often at moments of great crisis. Often decisions that were unpopular or that risked that this would be your last term in office. But decisions that reflected your vision about the direction of your nation and your people. And if you made it to rushmore or if you made it on a coin, its because decades later your people looked back and said, thank you for having the boldness, for having the courage to take those decisions. Israel today is remarkably a strong, selfconfident country for many reasons far
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