And livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing our attention on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic. But these are not normal times. Instead, Senate Republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been very clear about what he is doing. He has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will strike down the aca. By nominating judge barrett the president is keeping his promise. In her speech at the white house , judge barrett aligned herself with her mentor, the late Justice Anthony scalia, who twice voted to strike down the aca. To help the president keep his promise a republican colleague
Who died from pancreatic cancer last week. Justice roberts said near 500 opinions and dissents she wrote in her 27 years on the bench will steer the court for decades. Justice ginsburg was in champion of womens rights, who as an attorney argued six gender discrimination cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s. Winning five of them. Meanwhile, a litical fight is heating up on capitol hill over her successor. President trump and Top Republicans are aiming to nominate and confirm a new justice in the coming weeks. Despite objections from democrats. Joining me now by skype from Mountain View is chen, he has a Hoover Institution fellow and former adviser to the president ial campaigns of mitt romney and marco rubio. And joining by skype from cambridge massachusetts is meiko brown macon. And a constitutional law professor at harvard university. I would like to start with you, you met Justice Ginsburg a number of times, what kindof impact that you have on you . I did have the pleasure of
Do you solemnly swear the testimony youre about to get this committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god . I do. Committee, tothe your family. The floor is yours, judge. Ranking member feinstein and members of the committee, i am honored and humbled to appear before you today as the nominee for associate justice of the Supreme Court. I think the president for entrusting me with his profound responsibility this profound responsibility and the graciousness he and his family have shown me throughout the process. I think senator young for introducing me, as he did at my hearing, to serve on the seventh circuit and i also think senator braun for his support. Well she could not be with us via satellite i am also grateful to former dean patty ohara of the notre dame law school. She hired me as a professor nearly 20 years ago and she has been a mentor, colleague, and friend ever sense. I thank the members of this committee other colleagues in the senate wh
Who died from pancreatic cancer last week. Justice roberts said nearly 500 opinions and dissents she wrote in her 27 years on the bench will steer the court for decades. Justice ginsburg was in champion of womens rights, who as an attorney argued six gender discrimination cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s. Winning five of them. Meanwhile, a political fight is heating up on capitol hill over her successor. President trump and Top Republicans are aiming to nominate and confirm a new justice in the coming weeks. Despite objections from democrats. Joining me now by skype from Mountain View is chen, he has a Hoover Institution fellow and former adviser to the president ial campaigns of mitt romney and marco rubio. And joining by skype from cambridge massachusetts is meiko brown macon. And a constitutional law professor at harvard university. I would like to start with you, you met Justice Ginsburg a number of times, what kind of impact that you have on you . I did have the pleasur
Everyone. Thank you for your patienc rep. Jeffries good morning, everyone. Thank you for your patience. The caucus call just ended, lasted approximately an hour and 45 minutes. We had a very robust discussion as to where we are in the context of the covid19 pandemic. Continuedneed for a aggressive and transformational response. This is a very simple question. We all at the capital have to ask and answer. Events an extraordinary that has afflicted the American People or not . Event,s an extraordinary the congressional covid19 Pandemic Response should be extraordinary as well. We as House Democrats believe it is an extraordinary event. Almost 200,000 americans have died. That is more than the number of americans who died during the war, ther, the vietnam iraq,ar, 9 11, the war in and the war in a guinness stand combined afghanistan combined. More than 100,000 Small Businesses have permanently closed. More than 6 million americans have been infected by the coronavirus and counting. Americ