Appropriations Committee Debate on the 2021 Defense Department spending bill. After considering additional amendments, the bill passed by a vote of 3022. The memberpose does from california rise . Member from california . You. Ank i have an amendment. Will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. Without objection. Thank you, madam chair. Amendment is straightforward. It would stop the president from starting a war with iran. Has language the house has already adopted. This would not prohibit the president from using the authority he already has to respond to any attack on the United States or our allies. Makes it clear that the president of the United States cannot go to war without express authorization from congress. Chair, we know the administration has taken steps to escalate tension with iran justify an unconstitutional, unauthorized war. First, despite the fact that the remainder of our European Partners stated they would remain committed to the treaty ,
We break away from this portion of washington journal to fill our longtime commitment to bring you live Senate Coverage. Follow this at cspan. Org, senate gasoline and next coming up shortly. Senator Tammy Baldwin will deliver the annual reading of washingtons farewell address. After that the senate will debate the nomination of Robert Malloy to be a district judge for the Virgin Islands with the vote to limit debate on the nomination is scheduled for later this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the center of our joy, make us your captives so that we may live liberated lives. Provide our senators with the spiritual, mental, social and physical revitalization they need just for today. May they place their trust in you and experience your profound peace. Grant that they will relinquish their worries to you, as they permit your perfect love to cast out every fear. Lord, show them your redemptive purposes in every problem they must so
[applause] jeanne: good afternoon. [applause] jeanne: and a very, very warm welcome to everyone here. a big thank you to we are messengers for their fantastic performance. i m jeanne mancini and i m honored to serve as president of the march for life. [applause] jeanne: on behalf of the board and our whole march for life team, i would like to welcome you to the 47th march for life, the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world. [applause] jeanne: we re going to begin by saying the pledge of allegiance, which is going to be led by a.j. delgrado, the grand knight of the georgetown council of the knights of columbus. a.j. ]ting a.j.: please face the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [applause] jeanne: ok. now i m delighted to welcome angelica park, miss san antonio s outstanding teen 2018 , who will lead us i
good afternoon. a very warm welcome to everyone here. a big thank you for your fantastic performance. i am jeanne mancini and i am honored to serve as president of the march for life. the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world. [applause] we are going to begin by saying the pledge of allegiance which is going to be led by the grand knight of the georgetown council of the knights of columbus. please face the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [applause] ok. i am delighted to welcome angelica park, san antonio s outstanding teen 2018 who will lead us in the national anthem. [singing] oh say can you see, by the dawn s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly st
afterwards, the crowd walked along constitution avenue to the supreme court. [applause] jeanne: good afternoon. [applause] jeanne: and a very, very warm welcome to everyone here. a big thank you to we are messengers for their fantastic performance. i m jeanne mancini and i m honored to serve as president of the march for life. [applause] jeanne: on behalf of the board and our whole march for life team, i would like to welcome you to the 47th march for life, the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world. [applause] jeanne: we re going to begin by saying the pledge of allegiance, which is going to be led by a.j. delgrado, the grand knight of the georgetown council of the knights of columbus. a.j. ]ting a.j.: please face the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [applause] jeanne: ok. now i m delighted to welcome