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On cspans q a. Next, a hearing to examine the issue of College Athlete compensation. The Senate Health education and Labor Committee heard from College Athletic programs about how athletes could be compensated for their name, image, and likeness, which organization should oversee these decisions, and what implications it could have on the student athlete model. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible] good morning. The committee will come to order. There is no room for the public. The press is covering it as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by videoconference. I would li ....
What they said it did today behind the leadership of the colleagues who are be who are behind me is what we should be doing every day. Working on a bipartisan basis to make a real impact for our country. It is a rare day in the senate. I wish we didnt have to say that. A clear shotnt across the ground. Want theors do not president waging war without congressional approval. The president does not have the authority to go to war. Democratic and republican senators have made that crystal clear. No president can sidestep the president when it comes sidestep congress when it comes to matters of war and peace. It is one of the most bedrock principles in america and we have to uphold it. That is why we are here today. President trump or any other president cannot plunge the u. S. Into an endless conflict in the middle east. Today our constitution worked the way it was supposed to work. Senators Work Together to assert exert aes authority ....
Committee will come to order. Today, we will hold the nomination hearing on a very important position. The honorable John J Sullivan to be the ambassador to the Russian Federation. First, we have two very distinguished colleagues of ours who wish to introduce our nominees. Torefore, i am going postpone my Opening Statement and i ask the Ranking Member to do likewise. Beh that, we are glad to joined by senators sullivan of alaska and cardin of maryland. Sullivan thank you very much, mr. Chairman, Ranking Member menendez. It is an honor to be in front of the committee again in front on behalf of my friend John Sullivan to support his nomination to be ....
Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. Let me say before i begin my Opening Statement that we welcome the secretary, good to see you. And we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. Theres so many of them and i wont the scalias are a productive family, apparently, so we wont come off any of your allotted time for your statement and i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings arent necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself to be nominated for education secretary and was grilled pretty heavily, i thought, with my family sitting right behind me. I was accustomed to it, but they werent. But they got over it before very long. We welcome you here and were glad youre here. Yesterday i received a letter from s ....