Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
At Guantanamo Bay in cuba and not in the United States. Host they are about to gavel in on the house floor. Tom cole, thank you for the conversation. We will bring you over to the house now. Live coverage on cspan,. Gaveltogavel [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. It loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. In these most important days in debates here in the peoples house, we beg you to send
Were making history this week because that all changed. But not in the senate where the National Defense authorization act, the ndaa, passed with bipartisan support. Not just republicans but Chuck Schumer voted for it as well, 86 senators. But its not being continued in the house, not under this majority. The ndaa was a test for this new majority. It was a test of whether they could put their radicalism aside and work across the aisle to do what was right for the country. He democrats, or should i say, many call them many socialist democrats, failed that test. After weeks of infighting, they brought another partisan bill to the floor. So this years ndaa, at least the house version, will not and cannot be bipartisan. Now, let me give you a couple reasons why. First, the bill is filled with poison pills and right field with flaws. Here are some of the most harmful ones. It makes it tougher to retain soldiers and negatively impacts families. It cuts an astonishing 1. 2 billion from the mi
Respond to recent devastating natural disasters. Over the past two months, millions of americans have had their lives forever altered by destructive hurricanes in texas, florida, puerto rico, and the Virgin Islands. By raging and by raging and tedly wildfires in the west. We all support those who were victimized, particularly those who lost lives, lost their lives or lost lowed ones and will continue to be with them every step of the way with the federal support they need as they recover and rebuild. Our thanks go to the First Responders, volunteers and states, who have saved countless lives, protected communities and demonstrated the best of human tainity. That includes fema, the army corps of engineers, the department of defense, the coast guard, and many other federal agencies. For getting the first installment of relief to those in need. However, with such massive unprecedented damage, more help is needed. Clearly needed to continue to respond to these Recovery Efforts to rebuild c