Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 51, the nays are 42. The nomination is confirmed. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the walker nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 717. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination,
Their counterparts. Both of those motions are later this afternoon. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for your sanctifying truth. Use our lawmakers to live your truth for the glory of your name. May your truth keep us from the things that can pollute our lives and dishonor you. Forgive us when we are reluctant to submit to you with our bodies, minds, and spirits. Make us all vessels of honor, prepared for every good work. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. Mr. Grassley mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley id like t
Look at it more closely and in more detail and this session today will help inform the inquiry as we take it forward. So can i first stop by thanking our Witnesses Today on behalf of the whole committee for taking time out of what i know are incredibly busy diaries for you to be here. I know that preparation required to be here is significant. So thank you. The usual practice is that we have questions from committee members. We have a lot of ground to cover. So i might use my chairs ability to move things on if need be. Just before we start with the first set of questions, could you say your name and the organization you represent. Im claire mcbegin, professor of law at darwin university. Scarlet harris. Mark hamilton, Police Chiefs counsel. Our first questions are from eddie. Good morning. When she visited the uk in 2014, the u. N. Special ob violence against women said a sexist culture. Do you think that statement can be justified . Who would like to start . I would suggest that walk
Stop broadcasting over the border. Coming up in the program, and the european shares bounce back as Chinas Central Bank steps in to call the turmoil on the market. We will get the latest in business. We start here in paris as the ambassadors week is underway. It is an annual meeting work french ambassadors around the world rather in capital to meet with the french president and his Foreign Affairs minister. They focused a lot on terrorism. He mentioned the failed attack on the train last weekend he said terrorism has never reached such a level of our verity, the world should prepare for further attacks. First to beity is insured within our borders, and this is the reason why we launched the sentinel operations. This is why we have reinforced our Television Services and modernized our legislation, the better to act. International Affairs Reporter has an following the speech for us. He joins us live from the palace. He talked about the global Terror Threat outside of different orders. Wh
A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from West Virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senate is not in a quorum call. Mr. Manchin id like to vitiate. The presiding officer were not in a quorum call. Mr. Manchin i ask to speak concerning we have a colloquy, speak on the protection act. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Manchin madam president , as you know very well, weve been asking for immediate passage of the miners protection act not just for our state of West Virginia but for all the miners across america and basically the retired miners who have done everything thats been asked of them. We have some of our colleagues today and im going to go, at this time, if i can, and my other colleagues will allow me, i would defer right now to senator brown from ohio, since he has other commitments. Hell be coming back and forth, if he could go ahead and get started at this time. And ill come back and go to our other senato