Will call this hearing to order. Will be waiting for senator hatch and will make an introduction. I want to welcome the nominees, i want to thank you for your willingness to serve thisssector country. Coming from the private sector myself and this is absolutely true, ive been very impressedhe with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This is nomination process is not easy, as youre well aware, but the fact that you have so many people who will step up to this plate and subject themselves to this process you can make a lot more in the private sector so this shows your dedication. In your Opening Statements, will introduce your families, i want to welcome all of them and ill leave it to you, just dont forget to introduce your family members. For my Opening Statement all i want to do is read the description of the jobs that youll be filling. And out. Ill turn it over to my Ranking Member, senator mccaskill and then senator hatch will be here to make an attentio
Will call this hearing to order. Will be waiting for senator hatch and will make an introduction. I want to welcome the nominees, i want to thank you for your willingness to serve thisssector country. Coming from the private sector myself and this is absolutely true, ive been very impressedhe with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This is nomination process is not easy, as youre well aware, but the fact that you have so many people who will step up to this plate and subject themselves to this process you can make a lot more in the private sector so this shows your dedication. In your Opening Statements, will introduce your families, i want to welcome all of them and ill leave it to you, just dont forget to introduce your family members. For my Opening Statement all i want to do is read the description of the jobs that youll be filling. And out. Ill turn it over to my Ranking Member, senator mccaskill and then senator hatch will be here to make an attentio
Homes because of fear the emergency spillway could collapse. The danger has eased a bit. We are not out of the woods yet. We will have the latest on the situation as mornings on 2 continues. Monday morning february 13. We are starting 188 we are starting 188,000 people are under Evacuation Orders right now. State and local officials warned that the emergency spillway of the oroville dam might fail because of erosion. A lot of evacuees are at red cross shelters. Right now that spillway is holding. Crews took the pressure off of it. We showed you live a few minutes ago repairs on the spillway are happening at this very moment. We want to show you a map of the area we are talking about. Lake oroville filled to capacity. 25 miles southeast of chico. It is the tallest dam in the country. Evacuation orders extended beyond butte county into yuba county. Governor. Brown has issued an emergency order to help with the situation. He called in National Guard troops to help out. There is a Flood Wa
With great aplum and not even worry aplomb and not even worry about it this doesnt save us the 340 billion which is what we ought to do, what this amendment does is say, dont spend it on further constructing his useless well, not useless but totally expensive facility, dont waste the money on this boondoggle. And we can spend the money on maybe what the department of energy thinks we ought to do, to dilute and dispose. Or maybe build a fast reactor, which weve had in the past and which russia is using to dispose of their plutonium. Theyre Generating Energy and doing so while getting rid of their unused plutonium. So why dont we just accept this amendment and eliminate thE Construction clause, keep the 340 million in South Carolina so they can be happy, maybe they can spend it on something that might actually work. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman eserves. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Im in opposition and yield mysel
Warning out there until 5 45 this evening, includes portions of culpeper and spotsylvania counties in virginia. That is currently sitting over the city of culpeper. Stevensberg, youre up next in about ten minutes, he will var hill, 27 minutes, about a half hour gold vein will be right in the path of this storm. Just south of that particular cell is probably the second strongest storm on the radar at this hour, going right through orange virginia this hour, just south of locustdale. Theres a close in on dc, coming through western portions of Fairfax County, a little bit of shower activity, not seeing lightening in that yet, but well watch it here. Then just now moving out of bethesda northwest of dc. Some light shower activity. The key piece of energy is starting to swing into the washington region. So twohour window here in the immediate i95 corridor where we have to watch for popup showers and storms. Some severe. Were going to continue to minority. Bulk of Severe Weather far off to t