Good morning. My name is Kirsten Carter and i am the supervisory archivist at the fdr president ial library, and on behalf of the library, id like to welcome you again to the 2017 roosevelt reading festival. Fdr plans for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The librarys Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. And this years group of authors reflects the wide variety of research down here. And if you love the roosevelt reading festival, and want to support this and other programs that we do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall or online at fdr library. Org and if you havent already please do go see our new special, temporary museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. So let me quickly go over the format for the festivals sessions today. At the top
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 92, the nays are 4. And the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california shall
[inaudible] i know youre familiar [inaudibl [inaudible]. Testing. Can you hear us . We can. From the top well pick up where i left off . If you could start from the top, please. Welcome, everybody. Today is our first hybrid hearing in the subcommittee under the new house rules. Some members will appear in person and others appear remotely via web x. Youre familiar with web x, but remind everyone after few points. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone pursuant to the latest physician, all persons must wear a Face Covering except when recognized. Members not wearing a Face Covering will not be recognized. Let me make a few reminders of hybrid hearings, for those appearing in person youll see those appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor appearing remotely in what is known as the web x as grid view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person speaking during the person when theyre speaking, including members who are
Committee. The committee will come to order. I would like to point out we are glad to have two representatives velazquez and plaskett and join us in the questioning as we pursue this hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statement. Im convening todays subcommittee hearing to examine preparations by fema to respond and helping our nation recover from Natural Disasters which will overlap with the nations efforts to fight the pandemic. Fema is responsible for coordinating response and Recovery Efforts for all domestic disasters including the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A has struggled to anticipate the severity of multiple disasters due to Climate Change and contracts for supplies and retain and deploy key personnel. As United States continues to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, in a recent surge of cases across the country, its clear this unprecedented moment has left all of us in unchartered territory. People have called the year 2020 apocalyptic. It does feel l
Oklahoma congresswoman kendra horn held a town hall meeting with constituents at the northwest Oklahoma City library. She took questions on the cost of Prescription Drugs, health care reform, border security, investment in Public Education and the impeachment inquiry. Color guard, post your colors. Color guard, honor your colors. Please join she in the pledge of allegiance. 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. Color guard, retreat. Color guard, dismissed. Audience, be seated. Thank you very much. Can we give our girl scouts a warm round of applause . [ applause ] so these young women are senior girl scouts which means they are in high school and they represent a few different troops that are working on learning how to interact with the world, to travel, to they do a lot of Different Things, but to explore the world and then to support younger girls, brin