Good morning to everybody whose here and especially those who have prepared for testimony today. We welcome everybody on what i think will be the final day of judge gorsuchs confirmation hearing. Weve already heard two days of impressive testimony from the nominee. I think hes shown great command of the law and i think he has showed a humility with his humble delivery and i think people learned a lot about our not only our political system but our judicial system with whats going on the last three days. Today will hear from a number of outside witnesses. Well hear from a number of distinguished witnesses both in support and in opposition to the nominee. They will all speak to the qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice. I look forward from hearing from all the witnesses today. Let me modify this a little bit because im going to spend maybe 15 minutes at the Agriculture Committee because the nominee for secretary of agricultures before that committee and im a member of that committ
[inaudible conversations] good morning to everybody who is here, and especially those who are prepared for testimony today. We welcome everybody on what i think will be the final day of judge gorsuch confirmation hearing. Weve already heard todays of impressive testimony from the nominee. I think is shown great command of the law, and i think he has showed a humility with his humble delivery, and i think people learned a lot about not only our political system but our judicial system with whats going on the last three days. Today we will hear from a number of outside witnesses. We will they are from a number of distinguished witnesses, bot in support and in opposition to the nominee. They will all speak to then qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice. Mi i look forward to hearing from all the witnesses today. Let me modify this a little bit because im going to spend maybe 15 minutes at the agriculture community, because the nominee for secretary of agriculture is before the commit
And receive, to seek and find, and to knock for doors to open. Lord forgive us when we have forfeited your blessings because of our failure to ask. Today, empower our senators to seek your wisdom and guidance. May they not depend only on their gifts and abilities, but remember that without your involvement they labor in vain. May they strive to be your ambassadors of renewal and reconciliation. Steady their hands to grasp freedoms torch and illuminate the darkness of our nation and world. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the 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. The presiding officer the chair recognizes the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President we begin this week by remembering a failed idea from the past. Obamacare. And well end by passing balanced budget l
Impact on overthecounter derivatives. Earlier testimony for managing directors of Goldman Sachs and barclays as well as other financial institutions. This is an hour 20 minutes. Panel greetings. What youre getting your papers, et cetera organized in front of you, i welcome the second panel. A couple first housekeeping items. Nsn members here have been to testify before others have not. As a reminder before that it had been, or complete statement will be made part of the record. You will be recognized for five minutes for your statement right now so sometimes we seek to capitalize your statement and right in front of you is that clark bair. Goes down to five minutes in the final time. Also, i saw all that you sitting there with the first panel. We understood from the first panel everything is going well. We are going to move quickly through the process and of harmonization not only run the world, but accurate thomas of abuse in the second panel will tell us the exact same thing that its
The other interesting state is florida and the governors race and there is a lot of attention being paid to Central Florida in the orlando area where there is a huge number of puerto ricans. Its an area that has more than puerto rico is solved. So florida in that region and in general in the past elections florida has been pivoting. Mentioning florida and i know its important to note as well that republicans have brakes got rick scott and we have carlos running into those are tight races where we are seeing republicans being competitive even in the years past democrats have leaned towards the Democratic Party we are seeing republicans being competitive in new mexico winning in the same way that happened so we have plenty of hispanic communities so that is an Important Notice to make. Can you identify who you are with . [inaudible] my question there is an article in a washington publication yesterday i believe about Republican Leaders in washington already planning and included in this