South of hartford. And i wish his story were exceptional, but you have all heard these stories, my republican and democratic friends. We will thank you for your continued support of the Affordable Care act. Our family has extensive medical needs, and we rely, we rely on the preexisting conditions and no lifetime cap coverage provisions that the a. C. A. Provides. Both of our sons have Serious Health issues. Harrisons developmentally impaired, has a rare genetic disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and a rare form of intractable epilepsy, characterized by multiple uncontrolled daily seizures. Imagine that. Imagine having a son like that. Jacob who just turned 15 has hemophilia a with an inhibitor. If you are unfamiliar with this disease, it means his body not only lacks the protein needed to clot his blood in the case of an injury but also rejects the typical medicine used to treat this disorder. This means that often the only way to treat his often spontaneous internal bleeds is a s
Bird will judge barretts family, welcome. Barrettserrick family, family, welcome. I appreciate everyones cooperation. Will have a hearing that hopefully the country will learn more about judge merrick and the and willdge barrett learn more about the law and maybe the differences in the party. As to the hearing room, i doubt if there is any room in the country given more attention and detail to make sure city of the architect of the capitol working with the attending physician has set up the room in a fashion we can safely do our business. Senator lee is back and has been cleared by your physician. Welcome back. The covid problem in america is real. It is serious, dangerous, and we have to mitigate the risk. I would let every american know that many of you going to work today and have probably been at work today, and hope your employer will take care of your health care needs, but we do have a country that needs to move forward safely. Millions of americans, cops, todaysses, going to wo
Hazel. Welcome. You are watching the Atlanta Press club loudermilkyoung debate series. This is the general Election Debate for candidates running for u. S. Senate to fill the seat currently held by senator david perdue. In order to ensure you once safety candidates and panelists participating from their home. The Atlanta Press club gives a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for helping to organize the online debate. Lets meet the candidates. They are in alphabetical order libertarian shane hazel is a marine corps veteran and cohost and producer of the rebellion podcast which analyzes politics from a local to global level. Democrat jon ossoff has served as ceo of insight tw i come in Media Production company that investigates corruption and organized crime and war crimes for International News organizations. Republican david perdue has served as u. S. Senate since 2015. Before being elected to the senate he sat on the board of five major corporations and cofounded perdue p
To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
Wicker, graham, perdue, grassley, inhofe, cotton, hoeven, crapo, burr, alexander, mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell colleagues, my First Experience with Supreme Court confirmations here in the senate, i was a young staffer for a Junior Member of the judiciary committee. That was also the same time i met a young guy named Lamar Alexander who left the senate to go down to the white house to work in congressional affairs. So ive had an opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process through various ups and downs, periods when nominees were confirmed almost overwhelmingly and periods during which they were heated, to put it mildly, contests over the nomination. What i think i can safely say about the senate over the last 40 or 50 years is that its in an assertive period. In other words, viewing the whole process as a joint thing that the president has a role to play and the senate has a role to play and at various ti