A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for west virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer it is. Mr. Manchin wish to vitiate the quorum call. I will i am doing so because i believe he is well qualified for the job. He has been the commissions general counsel for the past two and a half years. He understands the complex legal issues that come before the commission. I voted to report mr. Danlys nomination both last november and last week on the strength of his qualifications, not on politics. I urge my colleagues to do the same. But the position to which mr. Danly has been nominated is one of five seats on the federal Energy Regulatory commission. By law, no more than two of the five seats can be held by one party. Only three of the seats are now filled. Two by republicans and one by a democrat. The other democratic seat has been vacant since last august. Traditionally when both a republican seat and democrat seat has been vacant, the presi
The Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank our witnesses for being here. All of our senators who cared deeply about this issue. Ur senators who cared deeply about this issue. Thank you for being here to testify. Your insight and experience will the helpful as we reengage on this difficult topic. It has been a decade since 9 11. There is an interest to revisit and refresh the authority we used to fight terrorism. 2014, we saw the rise of isis, which seized territory and has drawn for an fighters and conducted enabled or inspired repeated attacks against the United States. As a result of these types of threats multiple president s have used the 2001 authorization for military force by the necessity to conduct drawn strikes and put american troops on the ground in multiple countries. There are a multitude of terrorist groups operating today that pose a direct threat to the United States and have lesser connection to the 9 11 attacks. Many have questioned whether the amf
The Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank our witnesses for being here. All of our senators who cared deeply about this issue. Ur senators who cared deeply about this issue. Thank you for being here to testify. Your insight and experience will the helpful as we reengage on this difficult topic. It has been a decade since 9 11. There is an interest to revisit and refresh the authority we used to fight terrorism. 2014, we saw the rise of isis, which seized territory and has drawn for an fighters and conducted enabled or inspired repeated attacks against the United States. As a result of these types of threats multiple president s have used the 2001 authorization for military force by the necessity to conduct drawn strikes and put american troops on the ground in multiple countries. There are a multitude of terrorist groups operating today that pose a direct threat to the United States and have lesser connection to the 9 11 attacks. Many have questioned whether the amf
Attacks and why new authorization was needed for current u. S. Military operations. The Senate Foreign relations hearing is one hour and a half. The Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank our witnesses for being here. All of our senators who cared deeply about this issue. Id like to thank you for being here to testify, reengage on this difficult topic. It has been a decade since 9 11. There is an interest to revisit and refresh the authority we used to fight terrorism. 2014, we saw the rise of isis, which seized territory and has drawn for an fighters and conducted enabled or inspired repeated attacks against the United States. As a result of these types of threats multiple president s have used the 2001 authorization for military force by the necessity to conduct drawn strikes and put american troops on the ground in multiple countries. There are a multitude of terrorist groups operating today that pose a direct threat to the United States and have lesser connection
From the obama and george w. Bush administrations discuss the authorization that was used in 2001 after the september 11th terror attacks and why new authorization is needed for current u. S. Military operations. The Senate Foreign relations hearing is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank our witnesses for being here and all of our senators who i know care deeply about this issue. I would like to thank you for being here to testify. Your insights will be helpful as we reingauge reengage in this difficult topic. In 2014 we saw the rise of isis which seized territory and has drawn thousands of foreign fighters and conducted repeated attacks against the United States or our allies. As a result of these types of threats and others multifor approximately president s have used the 2001 authorization military force by necessity to conduct hundreds of drone trieks around the world and put american troop