His view on the law, politics, and the judicial process. Spoke at an event hosted by the Federalist Society in fort worth, texas. On the appeals court, we do not get much of an opportunity to speak, so have to restrain talk to a i could wall for an hour, but you are not a wall, and you dont want to hear me for an hour. I could talk about greg coleman for a while. Im honored to be at this occasion. Seriesgurate the lecture for the Federalist Society. Greg was an early and avid member of the Federalist Society. One of the women at dinner was saying that he was one of the first people she met at washington. When she was just hired by the fed stock. Soc. And what a nice fellow he was and all the Great Impressions he had made. I want to start out by asking a question of you all. How many of you personally remember the robert confirmation hearings . How many of you were not even born during . [laughter] that is fewer than i would have thought, but what this reveals is that this is a very you
Trump presidency. Then senator smith gives an update on the farm bill. Hen host on capitol hill today, the Senate Judiciary committee holds a hearing on Brett Kavanaughs nomination to Supreme Court. The house ways and Means Committee marks up a bill it signed in that if signed into law would make tax cuts permanent. You can watch that process play out at 10 00 on cspan 3 and cspan. Org. It is september the 13th and this is the washington journal. Set torricane florence make landfall in the carolinas, in our first hour, we want to hear from you about your level of confidence in the federal governments ability to handle Natural Disasters. In the eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. If you live in the mountain and pacific time zones, 2027488001. For residents of virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, you can give us your unique perspective at 2027488002. You can post on our twitter feed cspanwj and on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Thosel legislators from states tha
Am able. Host the coast of virginia as they prepare for reactions of what florence could bring. We will speak with several legislators. Our first represents virginia. Representative rob wittman on the Armed Services and Natural Resource committee. Good morning. Could you talk about the areas of the commonwealth where you serve and how they might be affected by florence . Guest the governor has done an evacuation in zone a. Lowlying areas, like mathews county. Those are the area smoke light areas most likely to be surge. D by storm those have been put in place by the governor. Local emergency coordinators are marching the areas to make sure citizens know what they can and cannot expect. Anwinds are over 140 miles hour, First Responders will not go to those areas. The second area is with our military. Shipsval station norfolk, have been sent to see. 2 aircraft carriers. They have been sent to sea as well as 14 other surface ships at sea. There are 15 ships at the shipyards being maintain
Theres a mandatory evacuation. Those are areas most likely to be affected by storm surge and even a heavy amount of rain. So that has been put in place by the governor local Emergency Services gordon haters, are monitoring those heirs make sure citizens know what they can andi cannot expect if the winter over 40 miles an hour, they are well let be First Responders available to go to the areas. All those issues are taken care of with those local governments. The second area is with our military. Naval station norfolk ships have been sent to see the two aircraft carriers, the george h. W. Bush and the Abraham Lincoln as well as 14 other surface ships and those are now at sea. Additionally, there are 15 ships that are there at the shipyards that are being maintained so those living secured. Where admiral rock who is at the Navy Commander for the mid atlantic has also set conditions for several ships that are there they cant go to see, those that are under, cruisers and destroyers, theyre
Mr. Rice thank you for being here today. Last not was not just a big night for republicans, it was a big night for america. Americans across the country rejected President Biden and speaker pelosis radical socialist agenda. The question now is, will washington democrats finally wake up and listen to the American People who have rejected this far left agenda . Unfortunately what weve seen is the answer is no. This morning they are doubling down. What did we learn from last night . We learned that parents should be empowered to make decisions about their childrens education, not the federal government. Ms. Stefanik we learned that americans want more jobs, not more government welfare and reckless spending creating inflation. Americans want to fund their police departments, not defund them. Americans want freedom, not farleft socialism. This is the message that united americans across the country from new jersey to new york to virginia to texas. It united americans behind republicans last