[inaudible] the committee will come to order. The committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to recess the hearing at any time. Before we turn to the substance of todays hearing, let me address a House Keeping matter. First, let me remind members should during these proceedings , with the exception of when theyre speaking, take precautions in light of covid19 including by wearing a face cover such as a mask. Were also limiting staff attendance at the hearing. I would encourage and urge unless youre speaking to please be wearing your mask. Were also conducting this hearing in the Capital Visitors Center auditorium, which affords Additional Space for those present to remain physically distant from one another. Before i get into the other housekeeping matter, let me just express my best wishes to the president and first lady for a speedy recovery from covid19. I know were all quite shocked and distressed this morning to learn of their illness. And we hope for
Of their choice, including abortion, Voting Rights, the Affordable Care act, and religious liberty. [gavel banging] good morning, everyone. Welcome back. Judge, thank you. A good day yesterday. Your family did great. Cleanup well. You look good. The game plan for today is to do our first round of 30 minute questioning. Each senator will have 30 minutes to interact with judge barrett and then we will follow up with a second round of 20 minutes. We will not get it done today, but we should get through the first 30 minutes and then come back wednesday and finish up and then we will go about our business. I will make sure i stay within 30 minutes and if i can shorten it, i will. Let us get to it. You can start the clock. You can relax a bit, judge, and take your mask off. Yesterday, we had a lot of discussion about Affordable Health care. What i am going to try to do briefly this morning is demonstrate the difference between politics and judging. All of my colleagues on the other side had
Extreme weather warning the u. N. Says the number of climate related natural disasters has doubled in 20 years and cost the world trillions of dollars. And then school of the bron james and the l. A. Lakers back on top of the boss cable world the lakers have ended their 10 year wait to win the n. B. A. Championship. Hello a divided u. S. Senate is pressing ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee any kone barretts just 3 weeks from the president ial election so republicans are trying to rapidly confirm her and expand the courts conservative majority the Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to serve for decades as the 1st hearing gets underway protesters both for and against barretts confirmation have been chanting outside the court in the pouring rain now the seat became vacant of course after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacements to be chosen after the president ial election Lindse
Name it. From a qualifications point of view, she is a slamdunk. Unfortunately, politics abounds now around judges. We will see what happens in the next two days, but i am proud of the committee. Differences. Talking about the aca [indiscernible] [indiscernible] sen. Graham it is clear that they want to talk about the Affordable Care act in terms of policy. The judge will decide the merits based on the law. In my state, there has been a 30 increase in premiums of obamacare and we are down to one provider from five, so we will have a contest about whether or not obamacare is a good deal or a bad deal for south carolina. 35 of the money goes to three states at our expense, but her job will be to talk about the law and how you would apply the law to any litigation whether it be guns, health care, abortion, campaignfinance, and i think she will do a good job understanding that the role of the judges differ from that of us. Thank you. [indiscernible] thank you. Behind this mask, dick durbin
Have a durable exit from the health crisis. Including Amnesty International had written to the g20 finance ministers ahead of that meeting to warn that the world is facing a crisis unlike any in the last century, and that debt suspension is only a first step. The group said many of the poorest nations are spending more on debt payments than on lifesaving public services. There is growing pressure on british Prime Minister Boris Johnson to order a socalled lockdown. The Opposition Labor Party and government Scientists Say it is needed to get the coronavirus under control. Deaths have soared to the highest level since june. Concerns are mounting that johnsons new system of restrictions will not be enough. Pressure continues to see a Record Number of coronavirus cases. Officials work reported 14,000 new cases today, the most since the beginning of the pandemic. Russia has the Worlds Largest caseload. Despite a surge in new cases, russian authorities have dismissed suggestions of a Second