Session which theyre holding every three days white senators are back working in their home states. Theyre currently scheduled to return on april 20th. Youre watching live coverage on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The parliamentarian will read a communication to the senate. The parliamentarian, washington, d. C. , april 6, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable shelley capito, a senator from the state of west virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Stands adjourned until 10 00 a. M. On thursday, april 9, 10 00 a. M. On thursday, april 9, the u. S. Senate gaveling out after brief pro forma session which theyre holding every three days while senators are working in her home state. They skilled at return on april 20. That could change. You can follow live s
His shadow . Dana every groundhogs Worst Nightmare today running into Bill Deblasio. He dropped the groundhog in new york. Bill that was hedge hog sam. It wasnt the original punxsutawney. Dana no, he is protected. Bill i love the turtleneck. I forgot mine. Dana i think i might try to wear a turtleneck every day this week. Look, you got a lot of compliments. You didnt . I think so. If you wore a turtleneck you might break the internet. Well see. Lots more to get to this morning. Bill not indoors. Dana William La Jeunesse is live in san diego with whats going on at the border. Katie pavlich and Donna Brazile. Bill lets begin with david spunt. The president will sign those Executive Orders later this afternoon in the oval office in addition to the actions he took after coming into office of the presidency which halted construction of President Trumps border wall, also stopped that trump travel ban. One order biden will establish a task force that would reunite families separated at the bo
Task force on opiates that was done across the u. S. We had 20 elected officials at the city and county levels, intensity officials intent county officials. The mayor of little rock, arkansas, it was a cochair on the city side and i was a cochair on the county side. Youll be hearing from one of those Panel Members today when greg speaks. Our work that was done, seems like ages ago. Well be talking about that. I want to thank those of you here in person as well as those of you that are here virtually. We know this is being broadcast live stream and a special thank you to a. R. C. For your partnership. We partner with each other. We partner with various agencies especially great partners like aoc, we are thankful for that. This event to the combination of a year Long Partnership to strengthen the local response on the opiate epidemic across the 13state region. Irc is a unique federal, state and local partnership and where they, go we make it are privileged to work alongside with them. Th
Growing energy demand, you are watching live coverage on cspan 3. We are proud to announce that doubled the tenants of last year. I welcome hundreds more joining us live. I will also give you a sneak peek of the program and share some reminders. First, in the spirit of the natural gas and oil industries, commit to safety because api sets the starpndards for the highest operations around the world, well begin our event today. There are no plans of emergency drills during the anthem today. Please treat the announcement is a real thing. It is a good idea to be prepared. The best exit is the one from which you enter back here to my right and additional exits to my left right up front and the back of the room. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our distinguished guests including members of congress, administration officials, Industry Leaders and trade Association Executives and other partners and allies. You will see some others on the screen behind me and thank you for holding your a
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