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today there will be nominations and senate will look at the president s pick for the labor relations board and awaiting action in epa nomination for assistant administrator of the air and radiation office. now to live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. 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. god, our father, help our lawmakers this day to do your work faithfully and well. prepare them to be sober-minded and filled with your spirit, accomplishing tasks that receive heaven s approval. lord, keep them from deviating from integrity, as they strive to ensure that their conduct rightly represents you. may they live lives of holiness and goodness, being as kind to others as they would wish them to be to them. lord, prepare us all to stand before you in peace, without spot or blemish. as we pursue your peace on earth, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from e ....
who are still here to fight and serve us and protect us. remember congress decided shortly after world war i, to decide that the 11th day, the day that the armistice was signed, the 11th of november, the 11th hour, 11:00 in the morning, would be the time to pay tribute to the veterans. so we re all going to toll that bell one more time to give thanks to our veterans for all they ve done for us, for all they will do for us in the future. you know, it s b it s best when you talk about veterans, to talk about them of the people they were, the people they are, whether they are alive or passed on. i want to talk about two veterans whose paths crossed my life, to point out why we owe them so much and we have so much to be thankful for. one of them is jackson elliott cox, iii, of bird county, which is the bird dog capital of america. it s the home of a nuclear power plant. it s a beautiful rural county in georgia. jack was my best friend in college. we met in 1962. we gradua ....
but the do nothing approach of the past, recent past will not work. we can t let them stop us because hardworking families are waiting. they re waiting on us to quit stuffing our own pockets and start putting money back into theirs. mr. president, i yield the floor. it s note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 at 3:45 p.m. today there be 20 minutes of postcloture remaining on the robb nomination equally divided between the leaders or designees and following that the senate vote on the confirmation of the robb nomination. if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately not ....
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