Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early
Reporter raymond and his family were having dinner and celebrating. We were there celebrating. Having fun. When it quickly disappeared as the man you can see in the background of the celebratory picture began ranting. Suddenly i hear this loud voice. Reporter his niece jordan chan reported what happened next on her cell phone. Say it again. Now youre shy . Reporter Michael Lofthouse gave the family the finger. Then said you need to leave. You need to leave. He was full of hate and anger. It was sad that there are still people that are like that in this world. An employee stepped in. Get out now they are valued guests. Are they . Get out. In an emailed statement, the Vice President and general manager of Bernardus Lodge said, we are proud of our staff at lucia in keeping with the core values. Michael lofthouse also wrote a statement saying my behavior in the video is appalling. This was clearly a moment where i lost control and made incredibly hurtful and divisive comments. I would like
Time that we do. Now at 10 oclock a heartbreaking story, a San Francisco Community Heartbroken and angry after a 6 yearold boy shot and killed on the 4th of july. Tonight, those who knew 6 yearold jay showing now pleading for someone anyone to come forward with information about whoever fired the shot that killed him. Good evening. Welcome to kron 4 news at 10 oclock im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis chase was killed and another man wounded when someone opened fire at 1045 saturday night. And on eagle street in the Bayview District of the city the tragedy has San Francisco mayor london breed demanding justice for jace and shes calling on everyone to honor his memory by bringing an end to this type of senseless violence. Weve got to stop. No more roles know one day at a fraction of the black community weve got a chance to do something this time to do something different. County supervisor shame on walton also spoke today asking people to put down their
Vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are one. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. Senate will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the floor. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i withdraw amendment number 1419. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is withdrawn. The senator for alaska. Ms. Murkowski i modify the amendment amendment number 1407 with the chaplains at the desk. This modification includes, among other things, acceptance of amendment number 1419 offered by the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, for the senator from iowa, ms. Ernst. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is so modified. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the deck for the substitute amendment number 1407, as modified. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned
Informed or doesnt inform your approach at ferc. Absolute. Thank you foryo having me and is a pleasure to you today. Yes, i did spend a good chunk of my youth in lexington, kentucky, and obviously had the opportunity to serve the senior senator and party leader from kentucky in the United States senate, senator mcconnell. In terms of how that informs my work at the commission, i cant quantify how much i learned from senator mcconnell just about his work ethic and his discipline and his leadership style, his approach to governance is approach to bipartisanship i think, you knew, in my working for him, most of, if not all of the legislative initiatives that ieg worked on, it didnt pass the senate with 60 votes. They pass with 85 plus votes. Oftentimes, and were talking substantial legislation on the energy front, on the Infrastructure Sector multiple. Farm bills, multiple highways built. Hes a consequential pieces of hgislation, and i saw how senator mcconnell worked to bridge the intere