To voters along with firsthand accounts from political reporters updated poll numbers, fundraising data, and campaign ads. Watch cspans 2024 campaign trail friday night at 7 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan, online, cspan. Org, or download as a podcast on cspan now, our free mobile apps, or wherever you get your podcast. Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Next, officials from the transportation department, the american gas association, and the American Petroleum institute testifying on legislation to ensure the safe handling of pipelines and other Hazardous Materials, the house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hearing is two hours. . [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on railroads, pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will come to order. I asked members consent the chairman of the authorized to declare recess at any time during todays hearing. Objections ordered. I i asked mens consent the members not on the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at t
Vote vote vote the presiding officer is there anyone wishing to change their vote . Is there anyone remaining to vote . On this motion the yeas are 87. The nays are 9. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report. The clerk nomination, department of transportation, derek kan of california to be under secretary fo secretary of transportation for policy. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune madam president , i rise to voice my strong support for the nomination of derek kan. The Commerce Committee held a hearing on his nomination on june 8 in 2017 and reported his nomination favorably out of the committee on june 29 of 2017 by voice vote. Its now november 9. Over four months since the nomination was reported out of committee. This noncontroversial well qualified nominee has been languishing in the senate for far too long. Its truly unfortunate, madam president , when we have to go through the cloture process on this particular nomine
Theres another extremely important point that the senator from virginia made, and that is that this rule which has been criticized by some is in direct response to a g. A. O. Report, a direct response to g. A. O. Criticizing h. U. D. For not doing a good job in carrying out this part of the 1968 fair housing act. That is so important. How many of us in this chamber have repeatedly looked to g. A. O. For advice on how we can improve how federal programs work . Well, look to g. A. O. , look to its 2010 report which was very critical of h. U. D. , and surely it is significant that when h. U. D. Last year issued the new regulations, the g. A. O. Said fine and closed out its recommendations as being completed. Thats significant. This wasnt some wild scheme that was dreamed up by bureaucrats at h. U. D. As some have claimed. This was in response to a report from the Government Accountability act. We talk about how we want more efficiency, better accountability. Thats why we have the g. A. O.
Out there, if we start of the day with a few sunny breaks, but then afternoon clouds and rainfall totals really adding up. Adding to those totals right now, so far kentfield, 0. 75. Santa rosa 0. 44. San jose 0. 13. As i mentioned, we are adding to those totals. Take a look at my Storm Tracker, this is the radar loop. You can see the progression of the rainfall, the activity moving in from the south and west. With that, steady rain earlier in the day was focused in the northern half of the bay area. But that has changed a bit. Right now things beginning to taper off a bit for parts of the north bay. Out toward concorde and san ramon, some downpour in this area. Moderate borderline heavy out there approaching san mateo, heyward, union city, showing you the activity. Looking at all that action. The focus is in the south bay especially down toward morgan hill and gilroy. And you can see right here, with the yellows and reds, some more heavier downpours to talk about right now. Coming up,
But first, mark tamayo on the rain falling right now. Mark . Reporter intense downpours out there, if we start of the day with a few sunny breaks, but then afternoon clouds and rainfall totals really adding up. Adding to those totals right now, so far kentfield, 0. 75. Santa rosa 0. 44. San jose 0. 13. As i mentioned, we are adding to those totals. Take a look at my Storm Tracker, this is the radar loop. You can see the progression of the rainfall, the activity moving in from the south and west. With that, steady rain earlier in the day was focused in the northern half of the bay area. But that has changed a bit. Right now things beginning to taper off a bit for parts of the north bay. Out toward concorde and san ramon, some downpour in this area. Moderate borderline heavy out there approaching san mateo, heyward, union city, showing you the activity. Looking at all that action. The focus is in the south bay especially down toward morgan hill and gilroy. Over half an inch of rainfall a