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
Welcome you to this beautiful campus for such an important conversation on government oversight and accountability in conjunction with the launch of our new student publication. Oversight projects. Org. This project is yet another example of this telework of our student leaders in creating a go to source about the work of federal oversight, accountability and ethics watchdogs. We could not be more proud of our students, the effort and enthusiasm here at Washington College of law. And our Law School Community is especially grateful that the launch of this project is made possible and is elevated with a cadre of leading experts who will sha theirhtn oversight and accountability with us today. So my warm welcome to all of you again. Please join me in welcoming the organizer of todays event, professor fernando look order, the faculty director of the Washington College of law, law and government program. Thank you, fernando. [applause] thank you very much, dean nelson. Welcome everyone. Im
Hello. Mr. Bob woodward, congressman Jason Chaffetz American University for the upper well, faculty staff, students honored guests and viewers at home. Good afternoon to you all. My name is Camille Nelson and i have the great privilege of serving as the dean of American University Washington College of law. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the beautiful campus for such an important ivconversation on government oversight and accountability in conjunction withva the launch of our new student publication. Oversight project. Org. This project is yet another stexample of the stellar work of our student leaders in creating a go to source aboutle the workf federal oversight accountability and ethics watchdog. We could not be more proud of our students, their efforts and enthusiasm here at Washington College of law. Our Law School Community is especially grateful that the launch of this project is made possible and is elevated with the leading experts who will share their insight on o
Toight kelly and i are going have a fire side chat. We thought this would be a of having a dialogue about our republican get to know kellyanne better. Being ff, thank you for here. Let me say thank you to you, jane. You are a fantastic state party chair woman for the state of ohio. You. Beginning with the president and ice president appreciate your leadership in ohio and i want to my nd everybody here im in personal capacity as Kellyanne Conw conway. Those t want any of ethics people to get crazy overnight. Up t a little more dressed than unusual because it is date ohio. In i want to thank you and senator mrs. Portman and the Lieutenant Governor and we have ther statewide elected officials, local officials. Want to have a great time and support what i call the freedom agenda. Being here and being part of a movement in the protects ry that freedom and liberty. Thank you and god bless each and you. One of a lot thing a talk about is encouraging women to get involved in public service, ru
Upcoming retirement. Since my very first day in the senate walking through this door back here to be sworn in with johnny escorting me, ive come to revere this guy. Hes been a mentor that ive looked up to. Hes been a great leader for our state for many years. Hes been a reliable and effective colleague. Most of all, hes been a friend whom i deeply cherish. It will be hard to see him go, but the reality is he wont go. Hell still be involved here. Im sure ill get the phone calls about when we might have disagreed on a vote or why didnt i think about this. But he has been a tremendous partner for me these last four years. However, johnny has left a profound legacy thats worth celebrating, one that we should all strive to follow here in this body. He epitomizes the best for this body, the United States senate. His legacy can be summed up in one word service. No matter what he does, johnny puts other people before himself and this has continued since the first day i knew him when he was run