Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 74, the nays are 18. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Portman mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for ohio. Mr. Portman i would like to talk today about a couple topics. First i want to thank my colleagues on the Senate Commerce committee for approving legislation very recently to rename the nasa plumbrook station in ohio after a true american hero, the lateneal armstrong. I ask that it legislation be taken up and we get it passed. There is an identical bill in the house and we hope to get both of them to the president for his signature. It is a stateoftheart testing facility near sandusky, ohio. It is doing a lot of the testing right now both for nasa and some privatesector companies. It is part of the nasaglenn complex. It is an impressive operation. The one that is most impressive right now is the artifice project. This is to put astronauts
[applause] mr. Delaney thank you. Thank you. I love the iowa nice part. This is an iconic american experience. This is my second time doing it. I did it last year. Similar setting, we had a full crowd. I looked over to my left and i noticed a gentle man who i recognized, and he was wearing a very crisp golf shirt and he was very tan and he was looking a cigarette, and i realized it was speaker john boehner. I looked at him and i said, mr. Speaker, nice to hear me talk. He said, delaney, i cant get away from politics. It goes to show you what it is like being here in iowa and what amazing privilege you all have. Im so impressed how seriously you take it, because you do, to play such an Important Role in our democracy. [indiscernible] [inaudible] ] if you didnt do what you did, which is to figure out what is not only in our head but what is in our hearts, which by the way is as important why do we want to be president of the United States . What is motivating us, is it about us or about
Iran, afghanistan and pakistan, poets, writers, artists, iranian, afghan, pakistani and iraqi athletes were also present. Mustafa jab was seen. Chap gaya tare aur chand sharma gaya amina, look at maskaran lagi. O messenger of god, at the same time as the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad mustafa , may god bless him and grant him peace, and imam jafar sadiq, peace be upon him, the unity Week Ceremony was held with the presence of the sunni and shiite immigrant communities in hosseiniyeh harati city of mashhad. The participants of this ceremony asked the current rulers of afghanistan to create more unity among the ethnic groups of this country rather than the conditions for the return of the refugees. Be provided week the unity and birth of the last messenger of god and the prophet of peace and friendship, Hazrat Muhammad mustafa, may god bless him and grant him peace, and the birth of the sixth radiant man of humanity, imam jafar sadiq, peace be upon him. Oh muhammad or muhammad, th
Secretary . 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. Please be advised that the ringing of cell phones and pagers and other Electronic Devices are prohibited from this meeting. Please beware that anyone maybe subject to removal for ringing of such devices. Public comment on any item. Item 8. Public comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Item 9a. Executive directors report. Good afternoon, im elaine forbes, the port director. Im pleased to report the port is starting out with the new year with some very good news. We have been discussing with the public and with the commission the vulnerability of our seawall mostly unseen infrastructure, the downtown embarcadero, the streets apparatus is very vulnerable. Weve known its been vulnerab
Secretary . 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. Please be advised that the ringing of cell phones and pagers and other Electronic Devices are prohibited from this meeting. Please beware that anyone maybe subject to removal for ringing of such devices. Public comment on any item. Item 8. Public comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Item 9a. Executive directors report. Good afternoon, im elaine forbes, the port director. Im pleased to report the port is starting out with the new year with some very good news. We have been discussing with the public and with the commission the vulnerability of our seawall mostly unseen infrastructure, the downtown embarcadero, the streets apparatus is very vulnerable. Weve known its been vulnerab