Takes a look at the intelligence communitys role in predicting covid19. We will have that at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Today, the Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to move forward with the nomination of judge barrett to be a judge in the Supreme Court. Wasstponement motion proposed but it was sent down. Thank you all. We have business before the hearing. The legislation will be held over. Johnson, taylor mcneil, catherine mosel, thompson diaz, United States court of federal claims. Policycontent modernization act. All those will be held over. Mr. Chairman . Under the rules of this committee can i proceed with the business of the Committee Even with a quorum present, there unless there are two members of the minority present as well. I and the only member of the minority that is here. We cannot conduct business until the second member of the minority arrives. Yes, sir. Thank you for the way you have conducted yourself yesterday. It is clear from reading in the paper what is going t
Madam secretary, please call the roll. [roll call] clerk madam chair and carrs, you have a quorum directors, you have a quorum. Because we are on soundproducing electronic devices, we will not make this usual presentation. Item 4, discussion whether to invoke the attorneyclient privilege and conduct a closed privilege. Madam chair, it would be appropriate at this time to open the Public Comment line for Public Comment only on the invoking the attorneyclient privilege. Great. Are there members of the public who would like to speak on us going into closed session. Moderator, please let us know. Clerk all right. And for members of the public, the phone number, if you are listening via sfgovtv call 8888086929. The code is 9961164. In order to join the queue for Public Comment, you must press one, zero. Well just pause for a moment to wait for anyone who wishes to address the board only about going into the closed session for matters in the closed session to do so. Great. We cant hear opera
Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. I will be voting in favor of her nomination, and i urge my colleagues to do just the same. As was made clear to millions of americans who watched her hearing, judge barrett has the temperament, the modesty, and the humility that we should all expect in a judge. She approaches cases without bias or personal agenda. She made that very clear to almost every question asked to her by every member of the Judiciary Committee. Most importantly, judge barrett understands the proper role of members of the judiciary and our constitutional system of separated powers. That is, a judge should interpret, not make the law. Making law is under the constitution the responsibility of the congress. Not the Supreme Court. She also made that very clear in almost every question that she was asked by members of the Judiciary Committee. Judge barrett has an impressive command and of course a respect for the law and the constitution. Clearly from her testimo
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2016. Tossup. Welcome to the first televised debate between candidates for virginia second Congressional District. Republican scott taylor is challenging the democratic congresswoman for the state he once held. Prior to being elected in 2018, she served in the navy for two decades as a Surface Warfare officer. She retired as a rank of commander. She graduated from the u. S. Naval academy and received a masters from old dominion university. And republican candidate scott held this seat after winning the Congressional Election in prior to serving in 2016. Congress, he represented Virginia Beach in the house of delegates. Taylor served overseas as a navy seal sniper. He received a bachelors and a masters degree in International Relations from harvard. Here to moderate the debate is National Political reporter joe st. George. He has covered National Politics for a number of years. Thank you for being here. Joe should be a fascinating hourlong discussion. My job is quite simple. Ask questio