From fort monroe in hampton roads, virginia, this is about two and a half hours. [ applause ] to begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny artuck, may your of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. U. S. Representative bobby scott, and representative elaine luria of virginia, representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of the house of delegates, First Council lawrence monzai for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric grietens, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly including Senate M
Vote the presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 74. The nays are 19. And the motion is agreed to. There are two minutes of debate for each side on the next before the next vote. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Carper mr. President , thank you for recognizing me. The presiding officer senator, would you suspend for one minute. The senate will come to order. The senate will please come to order. Please take your conversations off the floor. The senate will come to order, please. The senator from delaware. Mr. Carper thank you, mr. President. Colleagues, i take no joy today in rising to urge you to join me in voting no on cloture on the nomination of Aurelia Skipwith to serve as director of u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. To my disappointment, my dismay, miss skipwith is not providing information pertaining to her activities at the interior department as requested by Senate Democrats
I rise today to pay special tribute to congressman elijah e. Cummings. A man of great honor and a giant within the house of representatives. Congressman cummings was born in baltimore on january 18, 1951. He was one of seven children of robin and ruth robert and Ruth Cummings and although his family struggled financially, they always found a way to help others in their community. Representative cummings and his family, like thousands of other africanamericans, had to face the brutal experience of the jim crow period. When representative cummings was a child at 11, he was attacked while trying to swim in the neighborhood swimming pool. Racist adults threw rocks and bottles that resulted in injuries. But left him with a determination to study law and to become the fighter for social justice that characterized his life. He would go on to receive his bachelors degree in Political Science from howard university. And while at howard, he served as Student Government president. After gragg gra
Animosity. Michelle mac lieu sew is on capitol hill with more details about senator Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing to be the next attorney general. Reporter senator Jeff Sessions made his case in front of the senate panel. Why he should be the next u. S. Attorney general. So i come before you today as a colleague, whos worked with you for years and some of you 20 years you know what i am who i am. Reporter but not all of the colleagues will be friendly. Senator core key booker and congressman john lewis will testify against senator sessions nomination because of his record on civil rights. Sessions was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 when the republican Led Committee rejected his nomination because witnesses reported he used racially offensive language. These are false charges. Reporter democrats also questioned senator sessions commitment to the Voting Rights act. Legislation which protects minorities access to the polls. I deeply understand the or country. And the horrendous i
Also this weekend on booktv on our after Words Program, author sebastian mall by talks about his new biography on former Federal Reserve chairman alan greenspan. Youll see the 2016 National Book awards, and we visit pittsburgh to tour thattys literary sites that citys literary sites. For a complete schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv on cspan2, its 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. And now well kick off this weekend with a ram from 2009 with a program from 2009. This is the late gwen ifill who taped an after Words Program with us in 2009. She died at the age of 61 from cancer this week. She was a journalist, of course, and author with more than 30 years of experience covering washington and the white house. Host hello. Welcome to after words, my names david brooks, im a columnist from the new york times, and im joined today by an author, gwen ifill, and we are not only going to talk about er book [laughter] no, we are going to talk about her book