Offering todays please welcome. From the greek Orthodox Archdiocese of america. His Eminence ArchBishop Lpa doe for us Let Us Pray to the lord. All almighty and eternal god in peace. We come Before you any Block, your infinite goodness . Look upon this gathering of our nations political leaders and grant them illumined hearts and minds to serve their fellow citizens. Through this RepuBlican National Convention grant. Until the Nominee President donald j. Trump and his advisers and counselors wisdom grace, and the spirit of duty not they may emBrace all americans. His needs shining, the light of good government upon the veneraBle institutions of the roles Best hope for everyones lives liBerty, and pursuit of Happiness Grant unto the delegates a powerful recognition of purpose to Bear witness to Divine Providence which has shielded this great land through the centuries and drives us to a more perfect union with one another ever Building on the laBels of those pioneers of patriotism, who
To covering congress. Today in the Senate Lawmakers will debate the nomination of eileen cannon to be u. S. District court judge for the Southern District of florida. Votes are expected at noon eastern. Now live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we honor you for your glory and strength. Your glory fills us with reverence and your strength inspires us with courage. Bless our lawmakers. Inspire them to find fulfillment in the splendor of holiness. Lord, remind them that you expect people of faith to illuminate the darkness of this world with exemplary actions that prompt people to glorify you. May our senators remember that their conduct, particularly during times of adversity, has longterm consequences. Lord, we praise you that you continue to rule our universe. We pray in your awesome name. Amen. The president pro tempore p
But this. Goes to the middle it was the worst day of my life i our neighbors came to our home and murdered my family and squeezed. Up to 1000000 people were killed over the course of just 100 days. Most of this crowd werent even born there theyre here today to audition for a t. V. Talent show. On show. It will be one of those good months since. The show is called east africas got talent. Its similar to programs that are broadcast in europe and the us when they go in the simon is in charge of the auditions like many others here simon lost family members in the genocide in rwanda as young people know the history of the massacre but on days like this they try to forget about it for a while still you know were just. Were moving on were moving along we dont want to be held by whats happened in the past we want to move on we want to look for the future and it doesnt but you all know we are in the period of 100 days of calm the ritual and just this thing is part of it so we remember we are ni
Will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 62, the nays are 31. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of
Months lets take a look at the treasury markets watching the 10year back up this morning above 1. 8 at 1. 811. Investor tensions remain on iran even with that snap back yesterday. Tensions mounting with the u. S general Qassem Soleimani was buried in his home town of kerman officials have threatened retaliation against the u. S. For the targeted killing the defense secretary has made no decision about withdrawing troops from iraq another surreal day with that letter that came out from a general that was not signed. Later, they came out and said that was a mistake wasnt signed, poorly woorded wasnt in its final form but to let you know, we are withdrawing from iraq. Let me start with that. Flip the order here and start with that letter we spent several very confusing hours at the white house as officials scramble to figure out what the heck is going on after a marine corps general in iraq sent a letter in which he appeared to suggest that in response to the Iraqi Parliament vote to remo