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Coney barrett. I rise in the midst of a pandemic, in the midst of an election process in which over 50 million americans have already voted, to speak with a simple call that we should wait, we should not be doing this as a body. Now, thats not a radical statement. Its a statement thats been said by pretty much every member on the democratic side. But its also a as i said statement thats made by many people in the Republican Party before we got to this juncture. It was said around the time that Merrick Garland was up for nomination by president barack obama, 269 days before an election, and people said that we were in an election season, that we should wait. But this is not a typical election season. This is an election that is going on where the people are coming out to speak on an array of issues. There is a profound urgency in the air, not a partisan urgency. America has seen record turnout because they know whats at stake in this election. There are issues that are driving people to
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
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Bureau. Details the creation of the bureau and its work. Good evening everyone. Host on behalf of our organization, is a pleasure to welcome this presentation with richard. I want to acknowledge that our institution stands on the traditional territory of the people particularly here. We thank him for our continuing use of the Natural Resources of the settlement. Only thank you all for tuning in. There is on Youtube Channel our facebook page. In these public strange times and we are thrilled to present virtual editions of our programming. And Live Streaming to create a digital page to conserve town halls. Folks are well beyond. Everyone is willing to talk to their computers now. I want to thank rich for helping us keep the conversation here at town hall. And closed caption version of tonights program, please watch on my youtube page. Rich will speak about for about 20 minutes. After that we will ask questions. You can also go to the questions by clicking the arrow next to the question t