Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
This portion is just about 90 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. Afternoon,ted, this i will give a lay of the land here this afternoon. I will first proceed with my Opening Statement, then i will call upon Ranking Member senator cantwell to make hers. After she have concluded with her remarks, we will hear from our colleagues. Is on theine committee here. Senator chester, it is good to have you join us as well. They will introduce the distinguished witness and the other member from the montana delegation, ryan zinke. I will then swear in the witness, as kim three questions that we addressed to all nominees at confirmation hearings. Will proceed this afternoon. I think it is important to us to recognize that we had a vote scheduled at about 4 15. That will cause a little bit of an interruption, but we do want expeditiously through the meeting. Before i proceed, i would like to recognize an individual who is well known to this committee room. That is the former chairman of the energy com
Zinke. Good afternoon, everyone. To get started this afternoon, i just will give lay of the land herer i i will proceed with my Opening Statement and then senator cantwell with hers. After senator cantwells remarks we will hear from our colleague, the montana senators, senator dains and senator tester. Senator danes is on the complete here and senator tester, good to have you here as well. They will introduce our distinguished witness and other member of the montana delegation, representsive ryan zi zingk zinke. I will swear in the witness and ask him three questions we address to all nominees at confirmation hearings. So thats how we will proceed this afternoon. I think its important for us all to recognize we also have a vote that is scheduled about 4 15. So that will cause a little bit of an interruption but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. Before i proceed, id like to recognize an individual who is wellknown to this committee room. Thats th
Zinke. Good afternoon, everyone. To get started this afternoon, i just will give lay of the land herer i i will proceed with my Opening Statement and then senator cantwell with hers. After senator cantwells remarks we will hear from our colleague, the montana senators, senator dains and senator tester. Senator danes is on the complete here and senator tester, good to have you here as well. They will introduce our distinguished witness and other member of the montana delegation, representsive ryan zi zingk zinke. I will swear in the witness and ask him three questions we address to all nominees at confirmation hearings. So thats how we will proceed this afternoon. I think its important for us all to recognize we also have a vote that is scheduled about 4 15. So that will cause a little bit of an interruption but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. Before i proceed, id like to recognize an individual who is wellknown to this committee room. Thats th
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from new mexico. Mr. Heinrich mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Heinrich mr. President , i want to speak today to the sportsmens act of 2015 and i want to start out and just acknowledge the great work by the chair of the energy and Natural Resources senator murkowski of alaska, who has been a great partner in quickly moving this legislation forward. The sportsmens act of 2015 is gaining new momentum and earning widespread bipartisan support. From both sides of the aisle from the east coast to the west coast and frankly everywhere inbetween. Improving access for hunters and anglers, restoring Wildlife Habitat and protecting the way of life that so many of us cherish are things we can all agree on. Because as americans we all have a unique and deep connection to the outdoors. The sportsmens act of 2015 includes a broad array of bipartisan measures to