To be United States district judge for the federal circuit. The presiding officer the question now occurs on the stoll nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . On this vote, the ayes are 95. The nays are zero. 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 and the senate will resume legislative session. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nebraska. Mrs. Fischer i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Fischer mr. President . This summer parents across the country will be preparing their children for the coming school year. Whether
It compounds month after month. That is only to people who are getting unemployment or are unemployed. Many are the heads of household. The implication of this part of the crisis affected many tens of millions of americans well into the 50 and 60 million. 27 million americans directly affected, so the Ripple Effect into 50 or 60 million americans just from employment. Housing prices collapsed back into thousand one levels relatively quickly. Historic foreclosures were out of control, millions and millions of foreclosures. Small businesses were crushed. As Economic Activity plummeted one of the frontline organizations started going bankrupt at historic rates due to the complete lapse of Economic Activity. Underwater homes, the silent crisis, when over 30 . The mortgages were much higher than the value that the homes could be sold for in the markets as prices collapsed. Even through today, there are still waiting money way too many underwater homes. There are tens of millions of american
Displaying good faith, honoring commitments, and adopting the right approach, then diplomacy can prevail over violence, suffering, and oppression. This will provide a Solid Foundation for further and more effective diplomatic interactions. Before i conclude, let me thank those ambassadors who supported the jcpoa and also those countries who helped this deal happen. Let me respond to some baseless accusations by some members, some previous speakers. It is ironic that the distinguished ambassador of United States accused of my country of harboring a hostage. Reckless acts of the United States in our region for so many years are at the root of so many challenges we are now facing in our neighborhood. Iran is a stable country in an unstable region. We want our stability to persist. We do promote a stability in the region and we help our neighbors to stabilize and cooperate towards that. In conclusion, let me also inform you that my delegation upon instruction from a government is forwardin
Actually rebuilding the nations Capitol Building in washington, d. C. As he was undertaking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially destroyed by the british during the war of 1812, he was designing our building. When maine gained statehood in 1820, our First Capital city, the city of portland, that was a temporary arrangement and there were several reasons for that. Chief among those was the fact that people felt portland was too far south to remain our capital for very long. So on february 24, 1827, governor lincoln signed the bill law naming augusta as the new capital. The capital was moved here to augusta upon completion of this building. The First Official use of this building, which was actually the first legislative session happened on january 4, 1832. Now, since its been here such a long time shouldnt be too surprising that thereve been some changes made to the original building. In 1890, the rear section of the building was added. So where you see the floor til
We are standing in the originally 18th century portion of the Maryland State House. Its also a space which between november of 1783 and august of 1784 was a home of congress then operating under the articles of confederation. Three of the most important events in the history of the United States took place in this room in that ninemonth period between november of 1783 and august of 1784. Amazingly were standing in the third state house on this particular site. The first state house was hit by lightning in 1704, burned to the ground and was replaced by a state house that was finished in 1707. That building remained the primary state house until the 1760s when in 1769 legislation was passed to build this state house, the third state house on the present site. Construction began in 1772 and was completed in 177 9. The current state house also two previous state houses stand on the highest point in annapolis which would afford a commanding view of the harbor and the surrounding landscape i