Lets good morning, South Carolina democrats. Wow, it is good to see you this morning. All, not in a you million years did i think i would be standing on a stage like this. I had one dream in my life for what i wanted to do when i grew up, and that is to be a Public School teacher. Can we hear it for americas Public School teachers . [applause] it was a pretty rugged path for me. My daddy ended up as a janitor. We didnt have any money for it. I finally made it off to college, then i dropped out at 19 and got married. Found a commuter college that cost 50 a semester. Scratch my way back, made my four year diploma, and became a special needs teacher. I have lived my dream job. And in case you dont know this about teachers, let me just tell understand the workings of every single human being. Future, invest in the and teachers never give up. I come to you today filled with optimism, optimism because ive been around South Carolina for the last six months. Up and around this country for the
Sen. Warren good morning, South Carolina democrats. Wow, it is good to see you this morning. I have to tell you all, not in a million years did i think i would be standing on a stage like this. I had one dream in my life for what i wanted to do when i grew up, and that is to be a Public School teacher. Can we hear it for americas Public School teachers . Now it was a pretty rugged path for me. My daddy ended up as a janitor. We didnt have any money for it. I finally made it off to college, then i dropped out at 19 and got married. Found a commuter college that cost 50 a semester. Scratched my way back, made my four year diploma, and became a special needs teacher. I have lived my dream job. And in case you dont know this about teachers, let me just tell you, teachers understand the workings of every single human being. Teachers invest in the future, and teachers never give up. I come to you today filled with optimism, optimism because ive been around South Carolina for the last six mon
Honorable kelly craft, currently the ambassador for canada and nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. First we have two distinguished guests, distinguished and celebrity guests i might add today. And they are going to introduce our nominees or were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. Usually i do senator menendez and i do our Opening Statements first but were going to postpone because i know our guests introducers have important business to do. Were privileged to be joined by ambassador krafts home state senators today, majority leader mitch mcconnell, senator rand paul will be here soon to also introduce the nominee. Senator mcconnell, welcome to the United States foreign Foreign Relations committee. Long known for its kindness to its witnesses and for civility. Your steady and thoughtful leadership inspire us all as you sail this ship through the heavy seas we encounter daley here and we welcome hearing your considered judgment regarding th
Two Human Resource executives and author of three books on workplace topics testify and answer questions from committee members. The hearing is about 90 minutes. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. In is cultivating diversity, improving retention with Congressional Staff. I recognize myself for five minutes for opening statement. One of the main ways in which we retain staff is by having it be 90 degrees in here. My apologies to each of you. Well be distributing fans to the entire audience. Today were going to talk about whats the backbone of this institution, the Congressional Staff that work here. I think i speak for all of us and those yet to come when i say we couldnt do our jobs without teams of people that work for us. Anytime i get a compliment where someone says nice job on this or that, my response is always i have a good team and i feel lucky for that. Theyre dedicated Public Servants that a
Over which she will likely preside. Republican senators with the solemn duty to offer advice and consent are attacking the anonymous knows race and gender before we even know her name. We have a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Standing by to talk about the gops desperate smear campaign. And of course race is on the docket in courts across this land as the National Football league deals with a his tore rec lack of black leadership on the sidelines. Brian flores and his attorney is here to tell why he sacked the league with an historic lawsuit this week. And justice has yet to come for the family of Trayvon Martin nearly a decade after his senseless killing. His parents join us on what would have been his 27th birthday. We have a lot to get to, so joining me now is nor alex padilla of california. Senator, we mentioned you sit on the Senate Judiciary committee, so lets start with the Supreme Court. I would love to talk about the many qualified candidates joe biden has to choose f