Politics, 2014 politics. President obamas nomination of Sylvia Burwell as the next head of health and Human Services on this open phones for our first 45 minutes. Here are the numbers. 202 5853881 or republicans. 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853882 for independents. Theres our Facebook Page right there. You can email us. Heres the interior section of the wall street journal this morning. Taking a look at rand paul as a potential 2016 candidate. Hes speaking at that event in New Hampshire today. One of the things highlighted from the wall street journal saying mr. Pauls approach to policy he initially advocated a handsoff approach to russian aggression against ukraine. It stands at odds with most republican lawmakers. His nonintervention posture mix into extreme for many gop rainmakers. His name doesnt even come up in my circles says mel semlerbler. We are a leader in the world and we should not abandon that philosophy. That is in the wall street journal. If you go to the pages of t
The presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the vote is 53 yeas, 45 nays. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President Shall be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate will resume legislative session. Under the previous order, the chair lays before the senate the conference report to accompany h. R. 3080 which the clerk will report. The clerk conference report, the committee of conference on the disdwreag votes of the two houses on the amendment of the senate 0 the bill h. R. 3080 to provide for amendments for rivers and harbors and water and related resources and for other purposes, having met have agreed the house recede from its amendment and agree to the aim with an amendment and the senate agree to the same signed by a majority of conferees on the part of both houses. A senator madam president . Madam president . Madam president
But these conversations have to continue at the regional level. I know many people have been working absolutely. [applause] this is just the beginning. And it has to be a movement. And there has to be momentum. And it has to continue to the point where the pressure is too real and that this is the conversation that were having at every socioeconomic level within every race and every community, that we are now demanding that we can have the resources to do it all. To be good workers, to earn a decent living and to raise your families so that theyre whole and healthy. That is the american way. That is the american way. [applause] and it was said about how there are more women that are in law school and medicine and ore fields, but other fields. But when it comes to the s. T. E. M. Field, you know, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, thats where the growth is, thats where women can make even more money than any other field. But women, even though there are more of us on coll
Per year. Thats every year for to implement her bill in the army, navy, air force and marines. Not only is her bill not executable in a cost neutral basis, it is not possible to grow the total inventory of nearly 600 judge advocate officers and legal assistants required by the bill within the 180 days of enactment. The decision we make today will have significant consequence on the future of our miltle militaries. The bill were debating this week threatens to tear apart what i believe is the fabric of our armed forces, the chain of command. I cant find people i can confide in and talk to personally who have been in the military who dont agree with this. I was in the uniform code of military justice when i was in the United States army, not at the level that the that the some of the senators who have been more recently, senator graham, for example, and at a higher level. I was an enlisted man but i was a reporter and a lot of times the reporters, the enlisted personnel really know more
Position that we should use in the strategic and specific way our assets to accomplish Important National security is not based on an illusion or lack of analysis. It may have ended the day as a matter of tradeoffs we may see their advantages but the advantages are outweighed by domestic pricing and economic effects but i know with interaction with nations that are currently in the nations that have received waivers from secretary kerry to enable them to Purchase Iranian Oil for example you know they get a waiver from the sanctions regime because their economies would allow them to function absent iranian oil. They are very interested in what tradeoffs they could achieve in purchasing American Energy and weakening their reliance on iranian oil. That can be a very powerful lever in attempting to find the diplomatic path that we want in a nuclear weaponized iran. I think the National Debate is a good idea. I think theyre going to be tradeoffs. It may end up that we want to keep everythin