The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Kennedys mr. Kennedy thank you, madam president. I want to talk for a few moments this morning about money, 5g and radio waves. Mr. Kennedy a radio wave is nothing more than electromagnetic radiation moving through the air. Thats all a radio wave is. Think of it as a imagine a pond, and think of a radio wave as a ripple or wave in that pond. The wave goes like this and has a peak and a valley and peak and a valley, and eventually it gets shorter and shorter. Thats what a radio wave is. And there are different kind of radio waves. I dont know how many, but a bunch. And they are, theyre differentiated by the length of the peak and the valley. Remember, radio waves doing this. As it goes to the top and comes to the bottom, thats called a cycle. And frequency, youve heard that term before. Frequency is nothing more than how many cycles a radio wave goes through in one second. So we have out there we cant see them, theyre invisible, but thou
Nomination of Barbara Barrett to be the next air force secretary, with a final vote on her scheduled for 4 15 eastern. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by Giani Sukhvinder Singh of milbourne, pennsylvania. The guest chaplain good morning. Let us pray. One universal creator god, by the grace of the true guru. Almighty god, we call you by many names but you are one. Keep your divine hand over the members of this senate as they help steer the future of our great nation. Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds. Remind us of our purpose to love and serve one another and create a more peaceful world. We ask for blessings unto all leaders as they work for the common good. Give all who govern this land humility and courage, integrity and compassion. Release each one of us from ego so that we may serve selflessly. Help us remember that we
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Fullfledged area, but we will shave off some degrees from the coast today. Take a look at the highs from yesterday, on the record, santa rosa, 101, San Francisco, 97, we had to reform our graphics to include all of these numbers. Today, we will have some triple digits for portions of the bay area, the keychain for today, San Francisco and the coast, no longer under that heat advisory, but the rest of the bay area, all of the areas in yellow, an excessive heat warning. For the areas in red, that is until 9 00 this evening. Just a few high clouds moving into central california, we are waiting for the fog, but no fog just yet, maybe for tomorrow. As far as current numbers, San Francisco, a mild 70 degrees, santa rosa, 61, livermore 69, and san jose checking in at 72, it is a warm start for most of the bay area. Clear skies, fog free conditions, looking out towards the Golden Gate Bridge. San francisco, we are thinking, mid80s, 85 degrees around the bay, a lot of triple digits out toward c
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