Lso, a republican effort to censure Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff. Live coverage of the house now here on cspan. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] recorded v yeas and nays are ordered, or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 206789 the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. That rules and pass the bill, h. R. 4406, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4406, a bill to amend the Small Business act, to improve the Small Business Development Centers program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Very laz kess, and the gentleman from velazquez, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. Chabot, each will control 20 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. Ms. Velazquez thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimo
Syed and his nomination to be deputy administrator of the Small Business administration. Madam president , this republican obstruction has gone on long enough. I ask my colleagues from across the aisle to join me in supporting this important nominee. Dilawar syed is more than qualified to serve in this role at the Small Business administration. He is an entrepreneur and a job creator with decades of firsthand experience in business entrepreneurship and community engagement. He has experience working directly with Small Business owners and has led efforts to drive Economic Growth at the local, state, and federal levels. Simply put, at the sba, he would be an asset to our nations Small Businesses and would bring a critical voice to the agency which currently lacks a fully staffed leadership team. The sba has not had a senateconfirmed deputy administrator for more than five years. This is a critical mistake. This highlevel absence weakens the agency and inhibits the sbas ability to serve
In 30 seconds or less tell us your pic a why. Be sure to watch books a shaped america live every monday at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan. The u. S. Senate is gambling in now on the agenda today Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to swear in Laphonza Butler as he ascended her. Shes California Governor Gavin Newsom stick to fill the late senator Dianne Feinstein sea. At 5 30 p. M. Eastern there was a vote scheduled with advance the nomination of James Obriant to the assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, most holy, you are more ready to hear us than we are to pray, for you know our needs before we ask for help. Give us listening ears, responsive hearts, and willing spirits. Bless our senators. Fill their lives with meaning and shower them with your wisdom. Reveal the is
EurasianeurAsian Affairs. Live coverage here on thoigs. Cspan3. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We have an unusual procedure today. As usual well defer to the outstanding senators who are here to introduce others, and we thank them for being here. Its an honor to have you here in our committee. We will let them go first so that they can go on to their other business. We will then convene adjourn and convene the business meetings for just a moment and hopefully pass the nominees out and pass some bills out. And then well resume with the great testimony we know well hear from our nominees. So with that, again, we welcome you. If i i dont know if i can remember the seniority order. I know senator cornyn is first in soeniority. Ill let you guys armwrestle over it while senator cornyn gets his comments. Thank you so much for being willing to come and make good comments about outstanding nominees. We thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you, chairman corker. And Ranking Member carden,
The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Brown and ask for unanimous consent also to speak for up to ten minutes as if in in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Brown thank you. Earlier this afternoon, mr. President , i appeared with senator blunt, my republican friend from missouri, in front of senator rockefellers Commerce Committee to talk about our Bipartisan Legislation with manufacturing hubs that would promote new technologies to make our country a leader. Let me illustrate by this, mr. President. Along the ohio turnpike from toledo to lorain to cleveland to sort of akron to youngstown, much of the Auto Industry grew up along that turnpike from glass that would go for wields in windshields in toledo, steel in lorain and cleveland for the fenders and thehoods in much of the car to rubber in akron for tires, the w