Lot of ballots need to be completed in alaska. We continue to bring you results here on cspan. Arly today president elect joe biden spoke about covid19 and a possible future vaccine. Goals of his he coronavirus Advisory Board and he called on all americans to mask. Delaware, this , is about 15 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. As i said on saturday, im humbled by the trust and confidence that the american placed in me and vicepresident elect harris. And were ready to get to work the needs of the American People. Today, that work begins. It starts with doing Everything Possible to get the covid19 under control. That we can reopen our usinesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives us put this pandemic behind and we just received positive news in this fight, that there toward a rogress made successful vaccine. The the expectation is, f. D. A. Will run a process of rigorous reviews and approvals. Must also be grounded in science and fully ransparent so the American People can have eve
Analytical adrenaline going . I certainly hope so. Seriously, of all the times weve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. So we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, and if so, what was the cause of that . And how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms their programs and policies but how they position themselves electorally over the next couple of years. With that, let me turn the microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen tess cano. Ellen im the cofounder of the inside american politics experience. Last year and this year at nyu. 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president. , we co
[inaudible] gentlemen, please welcome to the stage our senator, susan collins. [inaudible] [applause] i want to publicly thank sarah for her call. We had a good talk. I very much appreciated her taking the time to call. Extraordinaryt an honor it is to represent the great state of maine and to know that i will have the opportunity to serve all of maine for the next six years. [applause] know, during our great bus tour, we traveled to all 16 counties. We visited more than 80 communities. 6500 miles on the bus. We had a wonderful time talking with people in their hometowns, their workplaces, it was a wonderful experience and one that i always enjoy. I feel that this is an affirmation of the work that im doing in washington to fight hard every day. To fight hard every day for the people of maine. Say that this is an honor that is historical as well. Sincehe first person maine directly elected it senators to win a fifth term. [applause] so to the people of maine, thank you, thank you. I wi
This morning. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris, call 202 7488000. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, call 202 7488001. If you support another ticket or did not vote, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media on twitter, twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Right now once again it is saturday and the president ial race has not yet been decided. Right now, you can always go to cspan. Org to see the state of the Electoral College where right now the map says that joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes. 214, withtrump has several major states left to go, including nevada, pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, and alaska. Once again, all of the votes have not been counted, but most news organizations are projecting that joe biden eventually will take a lead that cannot be overcome by President Trump. Joe biden came out last night on friday
For us on the committee to do something radical, to listen more than we talk. For us to heare from our colleagues on both sides of the aisle about their ideas for the next rules package. Regardless of who controls Congress Next year, i think we can all agree running this house with integrity means listening to all members so that is what we will be doing today. We took a collaborative approach with the rules package for this congress and im proud to say the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time to acknowledge no party has the monopoly on good ideas. Of what weve created together, the consensus calendar to expedite consideration of ideas with bipartisan support, the Diversity Office to get the calls falls of Congress Looking like the real world, and the Modernization Committee to advance good ideas from both sides to get this place functioning better. Although we were hearing these in committee, we required other committees hold them so all members have the chance to be hear