The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Sessions mr. President , i would ask that the consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officerwithout objection, so ordered. Mr. Sessions mr. President , on roll call vote number 140, i voted aye. It was my intention to vote no. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to change my vote, since it will not affect the outcome. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Sessions i thank the chair. And i would just note that these the issues revolving around judicial confirmations on which were routinely voting on cloture off the execution of the Nuclear Option and were having more of these votes that we used to have. I thaip thank the chair and woud yield the floor. Mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Sessions i would note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the gentleman is correct. The clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call a senator
Thats where the speaker said enough is enough. When we recognize that the documents were getting which are heavily redacted did not could he inside or agree coincide or agree with because they asked for it under foia, which has criminal penalties associated with it which meant that those lawyers knew exactly what they were doing and could be held to that criminal penalty point. But in providing them to congress, they would just redact it and then claim might security and we not ever know the difference. Were not stupid. ve been deliberate, weve been cautious, weve stayed after it, but redax after redax redaction after redaction and trying to lead us down a path is exactly where this administration has been and they deserve what theyre getting. They are the ones that brought this to congress. We are simply properly carefully responding. Mr. Speaker, at this time id like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from the Foreign Affairs committee, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Smith. Th
A far greater priority. Even with the organizational boxes come if you do not fix the cultural problem, those organizational shifts will be meaningless. You have to really address some of these cultural issues. That is the secretaries challenge. That made you have to incentivize and have people have a positive solution oriented to start over. That is a very daunting prospect and that is when it comes to. Couple ofn to a specific questions. President obama made clear in his speech and identify that priority of strengthening operation and making progress on Nuclear Arms Control and sustaining a strong deterrent. Is a load the president above the nsa level. Mind, part of the government appointed at, there is that capability. The capability will need strong backing. There is always resistance to change. Think there are some cases that would question whether we have got people on the job that are up to it. There are a lot of people who are very good. This is a casebycase issue. That you can
A were missed by management. Maybe because of lack of a sense of confidence, complacence. Theautomated warnings of signals that should have an indication not only of intrusion but the need for action were missed. Cost. As created enormous better management has to come with better technology. Take it by your silence you are agreeing. The other area that has not been too star far is the notification. Breach occurring on 1112, november 12, happened well notification to consumers. Was in a lot of timelyrs, was there enough notification here . What can be done to improve that in the future . Ms. Mulligan first. And press the others by what you think about the timing and the notification. First, we identified malware honor system on this ar15. Should you have discovered it earlier . That is a reasonable question. It is asking a lot of hard questions. Simply thatst state there should have been earlier discoveries. Whether you could have prevented the intrusion and stopped it a subjecthat may
Good morning, its wednesday, september 20th. We are following a number of stories. President trump was America First se u. N. And steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on Health Care Reform. Some gop governors arent so sure about that. The Russian Investigation rolls on with new details on whos paying the president s legal bills but first, two Natural Disasters unfolding in real time. Rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and Hurricane Maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. Well go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storms latest track. Bill. Power knocked out. Roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. Overnight, can you see the storm, 124mileperhour winds in st. Croix. Now the storm is about to make
landfall. Lets get into the zoomed in radar. You see san juan to the north