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 senator murray asking me to delays todays hearings. I think the Committee Members know, i do my best to do what sen
Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. To serve as United States secretary of labor. Let me say before i begin my pening statement that we welcome secretary chao. 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 well well it wont come off any of your allotted time for your statement nd i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings arent necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself more than 30 years ago 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. So we welcome you here and were glad youre here. Yesterday i received a letter from senator murray asking me to delays t
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 senator murray asking me to delays todays hearings. I think the Committee Members know, i do my best to do what sen
Demand at cspan. Org. On this vote, its 220 the names are to 07 207 the resolution is adopted. Yay. [applause] that was a scene earlier is Speaker Pelosi announced the taxes, health care, and Climate Change bill passes. The Senate Passed the measure sunday 5150. And now heads to the white house for President Biden signature. Next, the debate in the house prior to the final vote. This is over five hours. Cheats start paying what they owe. The Inflation Reduction Act is fiscally responsible, fully paid for and has been strongly endorsed by top u. S. Economists across the political spectrum. Not one American Family making less than 400,000 a year will see their federal tax bill increased by this legislation. Not by a penny. The Inflation Reduction Act is also the biggest investment the u. S. Government has ever made to combat Climate Change. It leapfrogs us ahead of nearly every other country in terms of our commitment to tackling this crisis. Now, weve seen a lot of republicans spreading
[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy god, receive us into your eternal presence and grant us the discernment of your direction and the peace of your purpose for the deliberations of this day. Silence, if only for a moment, all voices but your own. That we would hear your counsel and receive your instruction wut the without the echos of competing opinion or the whispers of our own selfdesire. Speak in words that we can hear whether in a still small voice of encouragement or a clarion call to action, may we receive your message for us today. Sway our hearts to your desire that in all we say and do w