The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. The presiding officer madam president , last week the Judiciary Committee held its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the American Bar Association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. We knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. After three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. They saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. Even the democratRanking Member on the committee couldnt hide the fact that she was impressed. Judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. As judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to interpret the law, not
Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the ayes are 51. The nays are 46. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, Supreme Court of the United States, Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States signed by 18 senators as follows. Mcconnell, thune, ernst, hide smith, blackburn, blunt, capito, wicker, graham, perdue, grassley, inhofe, cotton, hoeven, crapo,
That fire dangers of concern as temperatures begin to climb back up into the 90s and in some cases, even a couple of triple digits. Temperatures right now look at these Half Moon Bay at 81 degrees saint helena there too. These are not anomalies but these are some of our windy areas that that air is getting mixed in and youre also seeing really dry conditions in these areas and its that pairing of a windy dry and hot that does have fire concern so high even during these Morning Hours more starting things off warm enough already by the afternoon. Its just downright hot with upper 90s inland, mid 90s by the bay and solid 80s near the coast by robin. All right john lets check in on the traffic, the only issue we have on 92 is the Maintenance Work thats underway to its not in the commute direction, its actually eastbound. So theyve taken away one lane which leads to its a tight squeeze, but no major delays it will just be a little congested approaching this closure right before the toll pla
The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
Boycotting and calling for civil disobedience. The search for survivors has gone on through the night in the turkish city of izmir after a powerful earthquake the magnitude 7 tremor on to the aegean sea brought down buildings and triggered tidal waves in the coastal city as well as in parts of greece these are live pictures from izmir at least 27 people have been killed since the reports. Rescuers search for survivors and the rubble of buildings and is made turkeys 3rd biggest city the epicenter of friday afternoons shallow magnitude 7 earthquake was off the turkish cost. I have a shop on the back side i was talking with someone i felt it but we were outside the ground started to shake while i was watching our building i saw this one collapse. Many buildings collapsed injuring hundreds. And hundreds of. This man says got you are the greatest please protect us it still continues. Emergency responders are traveling from a stumble to support rescue efforts while residents are asked not to