Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 77. The nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Cotton mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. The presidin the presiding officer 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 actio actions. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cotton mr. President , 20 years ago this week, joe biden and other politicians in both parties gave a gift to the communist party permanent, most favored nation status. Permanent most favored nation status is a trade privilege we grant to most countries who are members of the world trade
Yup. Want to get their eyes on eagles before they head to minnesota. Good day everyone. Its saturday, january 27th, 2018. So were about a week away. One more win away it. Seems like its taking for over to get here, doesnt it. Tick tock, tick tock youre still celebrating with the green. Im trying. Im running out of options, though. Me too. I dont have a lot of green ties. Are you sick . I think im losing my voice. The flu . No. Dont say that. You sure. Dont say that. All right. Okay. Tell us what the heck is happening outside. Well, i think we have a street closure that youll talk about little bit about too. Gotcha. Heads up, drivers. Scott is keeping me in line right now. Streets department temporarily closed several streets in center city. Crews will be working in the area near city hall until about 2 00 oclock this afternoon. Signs have been posted. But if you need a full list of the affected streets and how to get around them, we have all that information on our website. All right.
Forces and this Committee Meeting is open. If a member of the audience would like to ask a question, please direct that to tammy on my right. All comments will be at theened of the meeting and at the discretion of the chair. It would be inappropriate for any member of the public gathering to offer oral comments at any other time. The written Public Comments can always be submitted. Good afternoon mr. Sullivan and all. Id like to welcome the members, participants and everyone in attendance today to the Fourth Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on investigation, prosecution, and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. The secretary of defense appointed 16 members to the committee all of whom are participating here today. It was created by the secretary of defense in accordance with the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2015 as amend. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution and defense of allegations of Sexual Assault
System is back up and running. The travel headaches continue. Agents were checking passengers in manually this morning. Which added to the wait time in line. The airline says a power outage in atlanta around 230 this morning impacted all of their Computer Systems and operations. The airline is still trying to figure out what caused it. Many passengers didnt know there was a proe airport. Saying there was no notification via text or email from delta. And deltas website. App. Even flight boards at the airport were wrong showing flights on time when they were delayed or canceled. Delays were about 4 to 5 hours. Flights started taking off again around 9 am. But for some people it was too late. the flight wasnt canceled but because of the timing involved with trying to make a connection and so forth we decided we dont want to spend the night in atlanta with all kinds of baggage so here we are delta is offering a waiver today to anyone whose flight was canceled or significantly delayed by th
Mostly clear; patchfog. Low 69wednesday sunny and warmer. High 87thursday; scattered storms, especially at night. High 90friday scattered storms. High 87forecast. Today partly cloudy, mild. High 84tonight mostly clear; patchy fog. Low 69wednesday sunny and warmer. High 87 thursday; scattered storms, especially at ight. High 90 friday scattered storms. High 87forecast. Today partly cloudy, mild. High 84 tonight mostly clear; patchy fog. Low 69dn and warmer. High 87thursday; scattered storms, especially at night. High 90friday developing news this morning a man is dead after an apparent . Drowning . Reported at a pool at a wauwatosa apartment complex. Complex. The Milwaukee County called out to Serafino Square apartments near 100th and north avenue around 3 30 yesterday afternoon. Were told the man was 61 years old. His name has not been released yet. New details this morning in the death of a child. Jayda handys death has been ruled an accident. The 3 year old ran across the street to g