Minutes. Good morning. This meeting of the Senate Judiciary many will come to order. The Senate Judiciary committee will hold its first traditional nominations hearing of the 117th congress. Our first panel will include two Circuit Court nominees with outstanding credentials. Candace jacksonakiwumi to be taking an illinois seat on the seventh circuit and judge Ketanji Brown jackson for the d. C. Circuit judge of our second panel will feature three highly qualified district Court Nominees. Julien neals judge Zahid Quraishi both nominated to the District Court of new jersey and Regina Rodriguez nominative for the district of colorado. Other senators will join us to join in introducing the nominees. Before i turn over to them and to Ranking Member grassley i would like to make a few points about this historic day for the Biden Administration. Looking at this late of nominees i am struck that they not only bring qualifications that are extraordinary to this next level of achievement, but a
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In 2018 letters from both the director of naval reactors, aled miller caldwell, from the secretary of the navy, richard spencer, all stating the negative impact that low enriched uranium would have on the capability of the navy. We look, too, at the dollars being proposed to offset this. The 20 million reduction in the National Nuclear Security Administration would reduce salaries in that area by 15 . Mr. Wittman and according to nssa, this reduction would likely require a reduction in force to achieve this staffing level. They will let people go if this money is transferred to another study, a study thats been done multiple times in the past, with the same outcomes that this would have a harmful effect on the National Nuclear Security Administration. It would negate improvements in oversight and accountability and slow down the execution of critical Nuclear Security and safety programs and affect weapons modernization and Nuclear Nonproliferation efforts, the same thing the gentleman
A little bit slow and once you get to livermore and pleasanton it is better. If you are driving on interstate. If you are driving on interstate 80 it when the major issubridge the d traffic is flowing normally through the entire called the cut tunnel but that is after was shut down last night after a shooting inside the tunnel and ktvus Elissa Harrington joins us now to explain what we know so far. Reporter morning, one person was shot inside the caldecott tunnel inside the fourth bore headed westbound and someone opened fire from inside another moving car and hit the driver in the head and the chp shut down the tunnel for 2. 5 hours to investigate and westbound lanes were also closed. The victim was taken to the hospital and a passenger in the car wasnt hit and the fourth court reopen around 1045 the fourth court reopen around 10 45 pm. We do not have us suspect description but chp said the car may have been white in color but we do not know the make and model and is for the victim th
Confirmation hearing for President Trumps nominee to serve on the d. C. Circuit court of appeals. Committee members ask neomi rao about some of her writings about rape and Sexual Assaults while she was a student at yale. Two nominees for the privacy and liberty Oversight Board testified at the Senate Judiciary committee hearing. The hearing will come to order. Thank senator lee. Hes on his way. In the meantime why dont we just go ahead and swear miss rao in. Please rise. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you give before the committee is the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Thank you. So chill out. Okay. Introduce your family. Lee is going to introduce her. Thank you, chairman graham, Ranking Member feinstein and members of this committee for your consideration of my nomination. I thank the president for nominating me to be a judge on the d. C. Circuit court of appeals and grateful to be here today. I wanted to begin by introducing my family. With me is m