Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
To focus on now of course is a trade deal with the uk and so i have joined a number of other senators and asking you can watch this online at cspan. Org. The senate gaveling in at 3 30 p. M. And they will take a procedural vote on a couple of abortion measures. Live coverage now of the u. S. Senate. 18. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 3 30 p. M. Will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski madam president , just very briefly here this afternoon, we will have beginning at 3 30 p. M. A series of votes to include the nomination of Katherine Macgregor to be deputy secretary of the department of interior, and i would like to provide my support for this nomination. I want to thank my colleagues on the energy and Natural Resources committee for working with me to report and rereport ms. Macgregors nomination moved out on a bipartisan basis. I thank the majority leader for filing cloture on her nominat
For general debate expired. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the fiveminute rule and consider as an orange bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on Natural Resources printed in the bill. The Committee Amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read, no amendment to the Committee Amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed n part c of house report 116264, each such amendment be offered in the by the member designated in the report shall be considered read and shall be debatable equally divided, controlled by the proponent and opponent and not be subject to amendment and should not be subject to division of the question. It is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in part b of 116264, for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Gosar as the designee of ms. Lesko, i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in
Gun violence. The Democracy Alliance Senior Advisor discusses her recent piece in the nation magazine, the Republican Partys white women problem. Roblem o. Host good morning. It is friday, september 6, 2019. Welcome to washington journal. There has been a notable update in a mission and outlook of a Major Business group, one representing some 200 Bluechip Companies that perhaps reflects the changing views in america over who corporations should be responsible to. This first hour, we will talk about that. Who should corporations be responsible to . 2027488000 is the number to call for democrats. 2027488001. E and for all others, 2027488002. You can send us a tweet at cspanwj or post comments to facebook. Com cspan. In addition to the change of the Business Roundtable outlook, perhaps the increasing crossroads between Public Policy in corporations like Johnson Johnson and Purdue Pharma over the Opioid Crisis or walmart and the gun violence privacy concerns over corporations like facebook