Of washington, took out Student Loans to do that. Some of the loans we debate here in congress recently, im paying off the Student Loans, but im grateful this is a country where no matter who you are, where you come from, that you can come here, you can pursue dreams, work hard, and really see what you can do with your life. And following your twitter account, twitting out including one in the mcdons uniform. How old were you in i was in college. It was a summer job that i had at that point in the mcdonalds in washington. There was that would be the probably 1986, my freshman year in college. National journal says youre one of the top ten republicans to follow on twitter. How much do you tweet . I try to do it my goal is once a day. Its a combined effort between my staff and myself, so it is, you know, sometimes they 2003 tweet or im tweeting, and i can easily check twitter on blackberry to get a sense of what the hot topics are, whats on peoples minds or what reactions are in congress
I do not bring a puppy home if i do not have a plan for dealing with that puppy. He is all puppy and no plans. That is the way this has gone. Look at his jobs promises from green tech. He promised 5000 jobs. In 2010, 2000 union jobs in virginia from green tech. Then 900 jobs in the. I the time he left 900 jobs in mississippi the. Thank you. We go to chris with a question from someone in the commonwealth. What will you do to address Child Poverty and preschool readiness given that current governors decision not to apply for money for preschool readiness . We should not be giving up money that is due us from the federal government. My government likes to attack the federal government. I want to work with the federal government to bring those dollars in. I always talk about what we need to do in Early Childhood development. It is absolutely critical. When a child is born, between birth and three years old, 80 of the brain has been developed. Lets not start and end early age picking winner
Mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Morning business morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to continuing resolution to consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, robert leon wilkins of the District Of Columbia to be United States circuit judge for the District Of Columbia circuit. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 5 30 p. M. Will be equally divided and controlled in the usual form. The senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin mr. President , i rise today in strong support of the nomination of judge robert l. Wilkins to be a circuit judge for the United States court of appeals for the District Of Columbia. I was pleased to introduce judge wilkins to the Judiciary Committee in september and the committee favorably reported his nomination in october. Judge wil
Varney and company is about to begin. Top of the news today the irs claims lois lerners hard drive was recycled so not only did these two years of emails he sent to the white house among other places but they have gone rid of her hard drive, got rid of it, recycle that. The wall street journals Dan Henninger is here, whose column is a blistering attack on the administration, is it not . Yes indeed. Stuart use a in your peace this irs scandal, the losing of these emails is worse than watergate. The scandal is worse than watergate, losing emails is a scandal and to itself. Can you imagine morgan sacks kennamorgan Stanley Goldman sachs a not lost my emails, they put the handcuffs on the man send them to jail. As for the watergate thing, watergate was about a breakin at the Watergate Hotel conducted by someone in the nixon presidency, and trying to steal information about the national committee. Democratic professionals and the irs scandal his the party in power using the Internal Revenue
The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry says progress is being made in negotiating a ceasefire in gaza. He was in cairo along with the u. N. Chief, ban kimoon, and they hope an egyptian proposal for a truce will be accepted by both sides in the conflict. While this conflict prompted an emergency, the United Nations meeting in geneva. The human rights chief navie peela is there. Tell us what was said at this meeting of the human rights council, and the message from navi pilae. Reporter yes, a strong messing from navi pilae saying that humanitarian law may have been violated in a manner that could amount to war crimes. Thats her assessment of a situation after a number of incidents in the area. He urged all actors in the area to abide by International Law and make sure civilians are not targeted. Lets listen to a broader picture about the situation in gaza at the moment. The current conflict and destruction comes at a time when gaza is still recovering from repeated escalations of hostil