Tossup. Welcome. Lawmakers program, you are watching the Atlanta Press club debate series. , this is the general Election Debate for candidates running for u. S. Senate to fill the seat currently held by david perdue. In order to ensure everyones safety, the candidates and panelists are participating from their homes. The Atlanta Press club get a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for helping to organize the online debate. T meet the candidates. They are in alphabetical order, libertarian chain hazel, marine corps veteran and cohost and producer of the rebellion podcast which analyzes politics from a local to global level. Democrat john served as ceo of inside the eye. Media Production Company that investigates corruption, organized crime and war crimes for International News organizations. Republican david perdue has served in the u. S. Senate, since 2015 before been elected to the senate, he sat on the board of five major corporations and cofounder perdue partners, a Gl
Vacancy in this report, we want to turn to what he said back in 1982 on the senate floor. It is my view that ofticularly, if the reality divided government during a time of great change in the courts continues in the next administration, future confirmations must be conducted differently than the preceding ones. Presses intentions on processes existing make a restoration of what came before judge thomas is thomasignite ration was a practical possibility. Having said that mr. President , we face one question, can our Supreme Court confirmation process, so wracked by discord be prepared in a president ial Election Year . Mr. President , history teaches us that this is extremely unlikely. Bitter our nations most and heated confirmation fights have come in president ial Election Years. Confirmation fight over raji , thes confirmation senates refusal to confirm four nominations by president tyler in 1844, the single vote badgerons of nominees and black by lameduck president s omar and bucha
The funds reinstate the evictions to prevent even bigger housing crisis . Mr. Speaker. The senate is grappling back into session and we continue to watch for ministers just need time at cspan. Org. Now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. Mr. Lankford mr. President. I have three requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Lankford mr. President , we are once again in a conversation about freedom of religion and the free exercise of religion and what that means. There is simply i would argue that it means the ability to have any faith, to have no faith at all, change your faith, and to be able to live it out. The ability to have a faith as a part of who we are. Its our most precious possession within us. Its not that. If its something less than that, the free exercise of religion has limitations on it, then its simply the freedom to worship or to have a name fa
[inaudible] senator blumenthal. Thank you very much. Thank you for being back. You very much, mr. Chairman, thank you for being back, your honor, and thank you to your family as well. I want to begin by saying, perhaps not surprisingly to you, that i was really disappointed by your responses to a number of my colleagues most recently on the coons issue of whether you would purchase fate in a decision involving the upcoming election if you were confirmed. I continue to believe that if you were to participate in a decision involving that enduring,it would do explosive damage to the court. I think you know it would be wrong, not because of anything you have done. Fact, i am not raising the issue of whether you have done any sort of deal or commitment because of what donald trump has and my republican colleagues, because they have indelibly put at issue your integrity through their statements. The president has said that he is putting you on the court as the ninth justice, so you can decid
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 work to do their day and we are going to work in the senate to do our job in one of the most important jobs the Senate Judiciary committee will ever do is have hearings and confirm a justice to the Supreme Court. Purposes, weeeping