Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
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Then, there are two new front runners in the democratic race. We are getting the establishment just a little bit nervous. I ask you to join us in taking a stand for a better tomorrow. Chris we will ask mayor Pete Buttigieg about his pitch to voters in nevada, South Carolina, and the super tuesday states. Thus, we will ask our sunday panel about Michael Bloombergs rise in the polls. And accusations of sexism in the workplace. And our power player of the week, a fixture of the late 90s alt rock scene goes classical. And its about unformalizing the Symphony Orchestra in a way that doesnt intimidate people. Chris all right now now on fox news sunday. Chris and hello again from fox ne became attorney general, critics have complained the acts more like the president s personal lawyer than the nations top Law Enforcement officer. But this week, barr said mr. Trumps comments and tweets about criminal cases make it impossible for him to do his job. If this week, prosecutors dropped a tough sent
You know. Its. Were live this morning for the alliance of Health Policy where trumps domestic policy director joe grogan will be talking about the Administrations Health Care policy. Live coverage here on cspan2. Were a Nonpartisan Organization convening the Health Policy through a balanced exchange of evidence and were see thankful to bill pierce and Apco Worldwide for putting on the series and with that support weve had the privilege are hosting many esteemed guests and Panel Discussions over the past years, including Joseph Grogan who im honored to welcome back today. I believe you have the distinction of being our first repeat guest. He joined us about a year ago when he was an associate director at omb so we look forward to hearing about your new role and Health Care Priorities as the director of the Domestic Policy Council. So thank you for being here again, mr. Grogan, and thank you for you being here and ill turn it over to bill to get it started. Threw, and welcome on behalf o
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