The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal, we shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election and people are voting. And here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and relies on his prescription medication. Emily from minneapolis, her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Janet from rochester whose brother has a mental illness. Or christie, a mom from bloomington whose daughter had a tumor. That is what is on the line. Health care is on the line and judge, that is
Company and the Public Service, and brought to you today by your television provider. Day three ofrom judge Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearing. This includes lessons from senator klobuchar, codes, and on thought. Among others. Thank you. The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Sen. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. Judge barrett hi senator. Sen. Klobuchar hello. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal. We shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election, and people are voting. And yet here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and
For textualism, the judge approaches the text with the meeting it had at the time. By want to be careful to say that, if i am confirmed, you would not be getting justice scalia, you would be getting justice barrett. And that is because originalists do not always agree, and not do textualists. It is not a mechanical exercise. Sen. Graham i will wait until the movie comes out. [laughter] the bottom line for me as there is a narrative building of this country, and again, you can stand down this is just me speaking for me. Justice ginsburg was an iconic figure in american history, just not the law. She was a trailblazer. She fought for better conditions for women throughout society. Progressivehamedly in her personal thought. She was devout to her faith. She worked for the aclu. She was fairly prochoice personally. But all of us on the side apparently when they voted accepted she was highly qualified. What i want the American People to know i think it is ok to be religiously conservative.
Women to never be afraid to ask questions and raise concerns. And its also the medical establishment in encouraging them to do so. Now, the Health Secretary in england is announcing rather than hospitals carrying out their own investigations when things go wrong an independent review will be carried out instead. When i talk to parents whose heart has been broken by something that has gone wrong in those very small numbers of cases, what they say is its not about the money, they just want to know that the nhs has learned from what went wrong so that that same mistakes isnt ever going to happen again. The uk lags behind many other European Countries when it comes to preventing baby deaths and premature births. There are around nine Stillborn Babies every day. Roughly 50 women still die in england each yearfrom issues related to pregnancy. And around 50,000 babies are born prematurely. Progress is being made, but there are concerns that difficult lessons are not being learned. Rachel is i
Earthquake of 2010. And we go back to North Carolina to look at how a group of africanamerican residents are fighting back against factory farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. You dont open your doors or windows. The smell takes your breath away. Then you start gagging. I shut my hog operation down and got out of it. I could not i just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are reporting from tampa, florida. President trump and russian president Vladimir Putin agreed tuesday during a phone call to Work Together to seek a ceasefire in syria. According to the kremlin, putin and trump agreed to meet in july to discuss a resolution to the protracted conflict. Reporters were not able to ask questions about trumps phone call on tuesday, however, because White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stormed out of Tuesdays Press Briefin