Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 92, the nays are 4. And the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer the clerk 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 john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california. 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 john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california shall
Three or four constitutional officers in a state. And there has been an enormous amount of activity in the state attorney general space over the past few years. Were seeing an unprecedented amount of activity by state ags, particularly with regards to pushback against federal overreach that oftentimes comes in the form of litigation. Not only are there unprecedented number of lawsuits being brought against the federal government by state ags, but an impressive number of state ags joining in each of those lawsuits. Weve got a group of great people here who are going to have a conversation about this. Im going to introduce our facilitator and moderator, adam white, who has been a long time volunteer leader in the federalist society, is now i believe serving with some distinction at the hoover institution. On monday. Starting on monday. And he just came out with a wonderful piece in the Weekly Standard which is out today i believe called judging roberts, the chief justice of the United St
Because at the moment kanye, given the potential liability that were facing, it seems to me, and you are potentially facing, that this is a very important issue to ensure that no one can interview pashtun interfere at this point spent it is African Import investigation and thats why we only have one independent person doing that investigation, and the awe i believe over 200 people who already have document litigation holds. So were doing everything that we can to make sure he has access to everything and anyone he wants. So you have actual already set aside to ensure that these documents are preserved and ate what he needs access to come hes able to have access to . I would say anyone he wants to access to he will have access to. When you use the term set aside, again, everybody in place that is remotely in connection, is on litigation old so the they cann, the doctor does exist and there i noticed that they cannot do anything with their documents. Well, it seems to me that they may no
Meaningful way. Yet now obamacare is becoming politically difficult for them. They are deflecting blame. Just this morning, we saw several imperiled obama democrats spin an oped that underscores the point. But americans are not going to be fooled by any of this. Americans agree that its time for washington democrats to work with us to remedy the mess they created, and that means repealing this law and replacing it with real reforms. Its time for them to work with us on a real jobs agenda, too, to take up the numerous bills the house has already sent over and get them onto the president s desk. Americans are fed up with the games and the tricks. They want serious solutions. You dont need a Campaign Pollster to figure that out, and republicans believe its about time the American People got those solutions. The presiding officer the leadership time is reserved. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , i havent yielded the floor yet. Mr. President , i want to pay tribute to a kentucky soldier who tra
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 14, 2022. I hereby appoint the honorable mr. Can hey lay to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy and eternal god, praise be to your name forever and ever. All wisdom and power are yours. When measured against your authority and dominion over the whole of creation, any advantage we boast, any victory we claim falls short. Humble us we would acknowledge all we have is yours and any influence we wield is held accountable to your design. Immutable lord, you change times and seasons. Depose rulers and raise up those who would replace them. Shape our sense of success into an awareness of and commitment to our responsibility to live into your