The public. And i would like to take just a moment at the outset to explain how we are going to proceed today and from here on, i hope. It is the ordinary practice of the committee in a hearing like this, judge, to have Opening Statements from all of my colleagues, and then to invite the presenters of the nominee to speak, and then ask the nominee for his or her statement. But we are going to change the beginning just a little bit today to accommodate some very busy and, quite frankly, very important people. Today, you have a distinguished panel of introducers that are here, and what i would like to suggest that we do, and i have checked this with my colleagues. I believe they are all in agreement. What we will do today, even though every senator will have up to 10 minutes to make an Opening Statement, i will, for the time being, forego my Opening Statement. And i understand the distinguished Ranking Member, senator thurmond, will also. Then we will yield to president ford, and it is a
Let us pray. Lord god of hosts, be with us yet. Last we forget that our work on capitol hill matters to your kingdom. Lord, with the military response against syria, we are reminded again that internal vigilance is the price for freedom. Continue to provide our lawmakers with opportunities to serve your purposes on earth. Mayday take seriously the responsibilities entrusted to them in their stewardship. All the legislative branch. Remind them that you know the pressures they must confront as they strive to serve you and country. Best so upon them the blessing of your presence that will guard their hearts with your piece. Lord, give them the confidence that in following you, they can be certain of ultimate triumph. We pray in your holy name amen. Join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam president. Majori
Thank you for joining us at noon. Todays class is canceled for kids at two glendale schools after after and then engineer said that buildings are unsafe cracks in the walls and the foundation. Kylee cruz explains on what will happen most. You could take up to five weeks to get the cracks 60 fixed. You can see a crack here on the we another one affected, they found the deep cracks a deep cracks in the outer walls, it was discovered when they were doing renovations, they were with the rising the building, the repairs could cost as much as 2. 4 million. An engineer said students cannot come back to class until the repairs are done. What happens now, school is canceled today, tomorrow and close to 1500 students in all. On thursday the kids will be placed in another school plannefor where the students will go had not been finalized, but to cut down on overcrowding. A lot of parents are frustrated by all this given that now they have to suddenly change plans to accommodate the kids. We usual
Thats what republicans are doing tonight. The chaos in the gop is spilling over. And threatening to blow up our economy. Right now House Republicans are ignoring the potential deal over in the senate. And instead trying to charge ahead with their own plan designed to appease the tea party. But just moments ago, they called off that vote. Its been postponed indefinitely. Apparently because they didnt think they had the votes to pass their own plan. Republicans have been playing games all day, and now they have nothing to show for it. President obama says enough is enough. The problem with the house is right now, i think, the House Republicans still believe that they can get concessions for doing their job and making sure that the American People arent hurt. What im suggesting to the congressional leaders is lets not do any pasturing. Lets not try to save face. Lets not worry about politics. Do whats right. Open the government and make sure were paying our bills. And we could do that tod
Enrolling. Number two, when it comes to the individual mandate, i think i will say two things about proposals from republicans that said it as their mission to eliminate, decimate come sabotage obamacare from the beginning, who were willing to shut the government down because of their opposition to obamacare we have to take their proposals with a grain of salt. I dont think they are filled with sincerity to the sincere desire to improve the system. Theyve made it clear that their goal was to eliminate the system and thereby eliminate the possibility for millions of americans with preexisting conditions or who dont have insurance the possibility of getting it. Number two, when it comes to and we talked about this when they were shutting down the government on the president s refusal to pay ransom, obamacare ransom in exchange for getting the government open or in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. When we talk about delaying the socalled individual mandate what does that mean concre