Vote the presiding officer is there anyone in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 56, the nays are 42. The nomination of David Ryan Stras is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actions. Mr. Boozman mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Tonight in the state of the Union Address, President Trump will discuss the importance of Infrastructure Investment. This is an important conversation for the administration to lead because our nations infrastructure is
In the Senate Chamber at about 8 30 p. M. And walk over to the house for President Trumps first state of the Union Address. Tomorrow, republican senators join their house colleagues for a threeday policy retreat. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, the earth belongs to you and everything in it. And even when wrong seems overwhelming, you continue to rule. Create in our lawmakers a hunger and thirst for integrity and honesty. Give them pure hearts and truthful lips, accompanied by a passion to glorify you. Provide them the wisdom to live for the honor of your name, as they remember they are your ambassadors. May they look to you for help, knowing that you surround them with the shield of your favor. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Unite
Amateur athletic governing bodies to report sexual abuse allegations to law enforcement. Another bill dealing with Small Business access to capital after natural disasters. Of course tomorrow, state of the Union Address with live coverage here on cspan. The house live at 5 00. Here on cspan when they gavel back in until then, the News Conference today, the briefing from the white house, including a number of questions about the state of the union. Ms. Sanders good afternoon. Over the weekend, the white house released a framework for responsible Immigration Reform that will protect our people, put the interests of American Workers first, and provide a permanent solution to daca. Our framework includes four pillars, border security, daca legalization, ending chain migration and eliminating the visa lottery moving us toward a meritbased system of immigration. We look forward to working with congress to pass and sign legislation that addresses each of these four pillars. Looking ahead to t
Will confirm the economy is growing up at a nice clip. When interest race back up it is reflection underlying economy. Well look at the pros and cons in the next couple hours. Well take a look at some data that supports stocks continuing to run up. As i just said, investors seeking out safe alternative like bonds. Whether this is the day to do that, hard to say. This much is not. Enough to weigh on stocks. A backup in rates enough to say for a lot of folks to say, maybe, maybe, we should step back a little bit from this party. But every time they have done that, they have regretted doing so, because people pounce right back in. Record number of individuals pouring money into this market. Better than 32 billion solely into equity fund. If you want to include etfs and the like, that much is north of 60 billion. Obviously individuals are coming in. There is contrarian argument, when individual come into the market they miss the party. That is not always true by the way. A lot of individua
And Hidden Valley. And some people have lost everything. We have Team Coverage on the wildfire tonight. Kron4s dan kerman joined firefighters. As they combed through the ruins. Kate cagle helped worried residents check on their homes. Jr stone spoke with a firefighter. Who lost his childhood home to the fire. But first tonight. Grant lodes joins us live from calistoga. Where people have gathered to find shelter. Grant more than a thousand people estimated to be hearing cost of a napa county fairgrounds up from 800 yesterday it some more and more people continued to the war more donations continue to come that is the good news dont need any more items right now and how long they might first choice around that the county fairgrounds almost like a festival out here of course there is extreme sadness and sorrow and confusion some of these people. Of see talk tuesday homes burned down to. Talk the people they know theyre ok. False test of the folks who dont know what the status of their hom