Youve already faced any number of challenges in recent years, low commodity prices, tariff wars, only to face the greatest health and Economic Disaster any of us have experienced in our lifetimes. And then, when you thought nothing else could go wrong, Something Else does go wrong. You have to face a severe drought. 1200 farms in the basin in california dont have to imagine this situation, madam president , because theyre living through it as we speak. The clements basin is sometimes referred to as the western everglades, an area rich with Agricultural Resources and exceptional populations of wildlife. This basin attraction 50 of the fowl, a population of bald eagles, anywhere in the 48 states, and home to some of the most productive salmon River Systems in the country. It is also home to 1200 family owned farms of different sizes encompassing some 200,000 acres of farmland and that farmland is irrigated with water from both the tributaries of the river and the lake. Those who are fami
Nomination of scott rash for the district of arizona. Live on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master the father of us all we thank you that through your spirit you have provided our legislative body with the talents and capabilities to fulfill your purposes. May our senators remember that this body has many parts, each making its distinctive contribution to the success of the whole. As our lawmakers acknowledge and honor the value added by each member of this body, unite them with faith, civility, courage, and gratitude. And lord, we pray for the First Responders and Health Care Workers who stand on the front lines during this Global Health crisis. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic
Every federal agency in washington feared the notoriety of being o called out doctor coburns and no report of government access known as waste book he led the fight that ended congressional earmarked better known as project spread will others created credit for getting new inprograms he took on the thankless job of trying to unravel the maze of duplicates of an overlapping programs and redundant and inefficient bureaucracy. The loan he offered requiring the gao to identify duplication within federal programs has saved our taxpayers more than 260 billion to date. I think the head of gao said it best, this law is quote the gift that keeps on giving and it will for a long time,. This effort is not just saving money it is making government more efficient and other important ways. An egregious example found as a result of duplication law is there are ten different agencies with 23 different overlapping and fragmented definitions for Sexual Violence. If we cannot even define the problem, how
Two in santa clara, who are household contacts of other coronavirus patients. The county has nine total cases. There is a second case in Sonoma County. San mateo has reported its first presumptive positive case. Thats pending confirmation from the centers for Disease Control. We have Live Team Coverage on the coronavirus outbreak and its impact to the bay area. Abc7 reporter luz pena is checking out the rush on supplies in San Francisco. Big, uwe begin with Lauren Martinez in the north bay where authorities just held a news conference. Lauren . The Sonoma County resident recently returned from a cruise ship that travelled from San Francisco to mexico. Now theyve been in the county for the past ten days. Right now theyre being treated at a local hospital. Now this case is unrelated to the diamond princess cruise ship that weve recently reported on. Now officials just briefed us on the latest. They say this is the second case of covid19 in Sonoma County. A hospital here is taking care of
A leading Rights Group Accuses china of carrying out an intense Global Attack on human rights. So that sudan says its halted an armed revolt by members of a disbanded Intelligence Units who were angry at the terms had been offered upon their dismissal Prime Minister abdullah has tweeted that the situation is under control it is the 1st major challenge from within the security ranks for his Transitional Government which took power back in august mass protests led to the ousting of long time leader bashar in april the joint military civilian government now in office has promised to hold elections in 3 years lets get the very latest from him morgan who joins us live now from khartoum just tell us what is the situation on the ground now. Well its been more than an hour since we heard the loud gunshots being exchanged between the members of the armed forces and the general Intelligence Services specifically the Operations Unit and lets go back to how we got here it all happened when the Ope