Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half
Much. Things a lot. You can watch live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. The senate is about to gavel back in for more debate on defense programs and policy this afternoon. Shortly we take live to the floor of the u. S. Senate for more debate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Cornyn madam president , yesterday the Senate Overwhelmingly voted to proceed to the National Defense authorization act by a vote of 868. Excuse me, 866. Thats about as overwhelming a bipartisan vote as weve had lately, and its for good reason. Because this bill represents one of our most fundamental duties as a United States congress, which is to authorize military expenditures and to provide our men and women in uniform with the resources they need in order to protect the American People. The Defense Authorization bill would authorize funding for the d
It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me introduce our speaker, david kissinger. Youre not spelled kissinger as i was told, chris, in your show. Okay. You see, just never, never, never try to explain it. It gets bad. Thats what happens when you become management. Right . You inevitably get it wrong. So, chris center David Chrisinger is executive director of the Public Policy writing workshop at the
Im bill harris, the director here at the fdr president ial library. And were so happy to see many Friendly Faces and familiar faces. And if we have new ones out there to please, welcome to the library and welcome to one of my favorite events of the year, which is the reading festival. Its our 19th annual. Its hard to believe its been going on for 19 years. It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me i
Im bill harris, the director here at the fdr president ial library. And were so happy to see many Friendly Faces and familiar faces. And if we have new ones out there to please, welcome to the library and welcome to one of my favorite events of the year, which is the reading festival. Its our 19th annual. Its hard to believe its been going on for 19 years. It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me i