The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal, we shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election and people are voting. And here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and relies on his prescription medication. Emily from minneapolis, her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Janet from rochester whose brother has a mental illness. Or christie, a mom from bloomington whose daughter had a tumor. That is what is on the line. Health care is on the line and judge, that is
Company and the Public Service, and brought to you today by your television provider. Day three ofrom judge Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearing. This includes lessons from senator klobuchar, codes, and on thought. Among others. Thank you. The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Sen. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. Judge barrett hi senator. Sen. Klobuchar hello. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal. We shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election, and people are voting. And yet here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and
Hearing on the covid19 pandemic best practices and opportunities for innovation. Before we begin i would like to remind members that we have established in the military and the distribution list dedicated to circulating red materials that members might want to offer is part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit that terry will. Send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to you all and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. I also ask unanimous consent that following items be entered into the record. A letter to chairman johnson and Ranking Member roby and the American Association of judges and the results of a study in a recent survey by the federal Bar Association and its members on Legal Practices in the covid19 era. Without objection, so admitted. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. Welcome to the Senate Committee hearing on courts during the covid19 pandemic best practices and opportunities for i
Dont think ive ever seen looked at as this fall so thanks for coming. We invite you to listen, watch and follow along on twitter. Its at press club in dc and the hashtag is an pc live. If you have questions, for the authors this evening, please there will be question cards around the room. Write the questions on the card, theyll be collected and sent out to me. And we will leave plenty of time for questions. I just want to take a moment to acknowledge our headliners team, laurie riso and Dc Media Strategies and our staff liaison Lacey Underwood who put this event together this evening. So we are delighted to have with us here tonight, rotted programming and kate kelly, the authors of the education of Brett Kavanaugh. The book is about three days old and its been three days of uproar, controversy and for both President Trump to call for the mass resignation of New York Times staffers and democrats to call for Justice Kavanaugh to be impeached and the New York Times had to retract a poor
[applause] good evening, everybody. Welcome to the National Press club. My name is Alice Fitzgerald and im the 112th president of the press and incoming investigations editor of the associated press. We had a terrific program tonight. I dont think ive ever seen a book around here that is as old, so thanks for coming. We invite you to listen, watch and follow along on twitter clubdc at dclive. If you have questions this evening, there will be question cards around the room. Writes the questions on the card and pass it to the end of the line and they will be sent up to me. We will leave plenty of time for questions. I just want to take a moment to acknowledge our headliners team, the chairs laurie russo of Communications Online with dc media strategy and staff at liaison Lindsey Underwood who put this event together this evening. So, we are delighted to have with us tonight New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and kate kelly, the authors of the education of Brett Kavanaugh. [applause]