Beyond dangerous and those who support it should be ashamed of themselves. They should be publicly condemned by every senator, every representative, every governor across this great country. In fact, just this year, 37 officers have been killed. By the way, thats more than a 20 increase over the same time last year. Because being a Police Officer in this country is more dinin dangerous than ever before. Im having the private conversations with members of Law Enforcement, our peace officers, men and women who will quietly tell you that it is difficult to continue to serve in this environment where theyre not getting the support of their elected officials. Ill tell you theyre getting the support of their communities in many cases, though, but where is the outrage being expressed by those who are elected to serve. And how are these heroes repaid . Cities and towns across our country, including montanas very own city of ma sue la masoula are talking about reducing their budget, proposing a
Make it easier for the department of Veterans Affairs to fire, demote or suspend employees. Final passage scheduled for 6 1. Later in the week the senator heitkamp legislation to expand sanctions on iran, targeting people who work on irans illicit missile program. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, the question occurs on the elwood nomination. Mr. Alexander i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer any senator in the chamber wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 67. And the nays are 33. 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. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration legislative now and proceed to the consideration of s. 10994, whi
sure. douglas county is a timber community. we have roughly 107,000 people that live in the county here. umpqua community college is the only higher education facility that we have in douglas county. there are other community colleges in surrounding counties and of course the university of oregon would be the closest university to this community. there s a lot of students that attend the college that are either in the first couple of years of higher education or a lot of misplaced employees that have gone back to school to learn new trades and get an education. fairly peaceful community, low crime sflat. its a peaceful community. we have our share of crime like any small community. but certainly, this is a huge
type of place this is in. sure. douglas county is a timber community. we have roughly 107,000 people that live in the county here. umpqua community college is the only higher education facility that we have in douglas county. there are other community colleges in surrounding counties and of course the university of oregon would be the closest university to this community. there s a lot of students that attend the college either in their first couple of years of higher education or a lot of misplaced employees that have gone back to school to l.a. new trades and to learn new trades and get an education. sir, fairly peaceful community, low crime rate? it is a peaceful community. we have our share of crime like any small community, but certainly this is a huge shock
crimes team and the other agencies i mentioned, we will be conducting a thorough and i m sure it will be a rather lengthy investigation into why and how many and all the answers that we can possibly determine. can you tell us taking people to the hospital or no, i believe they re press helicopters. i don t know. one more time with the type of weapon, are you saying rifle or handgun or anything like that? i don t know. sheriff hanlin, was it in the science building majority of it? i don t know that. sheriff, there s a national spotlight suddenly on roseburg to people who may not be familiar with the community, can you just talk a little bit about roseburg so people nationwide can get an understanding of what kind of place this is. sure. douglas county is a timber community. we have roughly 107,000 people that live in the county here.