senator blumenthal and i would very much like you to have a seat. i m going to swear you in actually so please remain standing do you affirm that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth the whole truth and nothing about the truth, stop god? please be seated thank you very much. we will start with introductory remarks by our judicial nominees. we will start with our judicial nominees, miss cartwright go ahead, and then miss wong and then we will go over to mr. dettelbach. thank you senator blumenthal, chair durbin, and member grassley for holding this meeting. i am so thrilled to be here today. i want to begin by thanking president biden for the incredible honor of this nomination. i would also like to thank senator murray and senator cantwell for its support my nomination. and senator murray for a kind words of injection today. finally i would like to thank the members of my district s nonprofit judicial committee for recommended me for this position. i am s
he talks about violent extremism, gun reform ventilation, and the mass shooting in uvalde texas also appearing before the committee nominee for the u.s. district court to testify. and their legal experience and judicial philosophy this is about an hour 35 minutes. please have a seat. senator blumenthal and i would very much like you to have a seat. i m going to swear you in actually so please remain standing do you affirm that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth the whole truth and nothing about the truth, stop god? please be seated thank you very much. we will start with introductory remarks by our judicial nominees. we will start with our judicial nominees, miss cartwright go ahead, and then miss wong and then we will go over to mr. dettelbach. thank you senator blumenthal, chair durbin, and member grassley for holding this meeting. i am so thrilled to be here today. i want to begin by thanking president biden for the incredible honor of this nominatio
Last week the independent federal Energy Regulatory commission, even one stuffed with trump appointees, rejected secretary perrys proposed power grid reliability rule to subsidize coal and nuclear plants. The ferc commissioners found that the commission failed to meet clear and legal requirements like that the result will be just and reasonable under the federal power act. As an aside here, the theory of the coal industry was that their units provide more reliability than renewables. Well, tell that to iowas electric grid operators who have baked iowas abundant wind energy not just into their flow but into their reliability modeling. Tell that to new englands i. S. O. Which has allowed renewables into its capacity auctions to be paid for meeting base Load Capacity requirements. And of course tell that to anyone who has had to deal with scheduled and unscheduled outages at coal plants. When i went on one of my climate visits to, in this case, tennessee, i heard about a coal plant that h
In the Senate Chamber at about 8 30 p. M. And walk over to the house for President Trumps first state of the Union Address. Tomorrow, republican senators join their house colleagues for a threeday policy retreat. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, the earth belongs to you and everything in it. And even when wrong seems overwhelming, you continue to rule. Create in our lawmakers a hunger and thirst for integrity and honesty. Give them pure hearts and truthful lips, accompanied by a passion to glorify you. Provide them the wisdom to live for the honor of your name, as they remember they are your ambassadors. May they look to you for help, knowing that you surround them with the shield of your favor. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Unite
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the United States house of representatives, members of the United States senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the Vice President of the United States and the president of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. The honorable paul ryan. [applause] rep. Ryan please be seated. Good afternoon everybody. It is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. We award to the highest civilian honor that this body can bestow. I am honored to be joined today by president donald trump, and Vice President mike pence, as well as senator Elizabeth Dole and second lady karen pence. I would also like to welcome all of our congressional leaders and so many familiar faces that i see in the audience. Today, it is my honor to say that pursuant to s1616, we the congressional gold medal to award the congressional gold medal t