The committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning to i want to thank amy colleagues for joinin us today. Id like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing. Shawna bashard, sean cooksy and alan dixon are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections committee. As our witnesses are joining us remotely i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, its a significant president ial nomination, and significant to the work of this committee. And i know youre proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about a couple of nominees and then im going to turn to another committee member, senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Allen dickerson is the nominee to be a member of the federal Elections Commission for a term, expiring on april the 30th, 2025. Mr. Dickersons been practicing law for 20 years, primarily in
Bill despite talks on capitol hill last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says lawmakers will be given 24 24 hours notice to return to capitol hill to vote if a deal is reached. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to guide their lives. Lord, give them the wisdom to receive your reproof with the understanding that you chastise those whom you love for their good. Make their lives productive for the glory of your name. Mighty god, protect the oppressed and helpless, preserving them from evil. We pray in your great name, amen. The presiding officer join me in reciting the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic
Responsible for overseeing Nursing Homes to testify today. She was offered dates and times of her choice this month and next month. She was offered the opportunity to come in person or appear virtually from her desk. Administration, which seems more terrified of transparency and accountability then covid19, has declined to provide any witness with the courage to face the responsibility for the thousands of deaths that have occurred. These were send a crisis that existed long before covid19 occurred. We will learn from a nurse who took it on herself to purchase protective equipment with her own funds for her staff. Including preventing evictions and appropriate settings. Like sending nursing home residents to homeless shelters. Thousands of nursing home residents are being evicted across the country to homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings because there is a natural incentive for some homes to take more lucrative patients. We will get their perspective. Much of this crisis
Nursing homes. We are joining this hearing in progress. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. As one basis for work authorization. U. S. Cis has used deferred action in medical and humanitarian cases for decades. The idea is longstanding, and, in fact, customary. In one data set i received in 2011, nearly half of the cases i could identify involved serious medical conditions. And many of the cases involved more than one factor. For example, deferred action was granted to a 47yearold schizophrenic who overstayed his visa, was the son of a lawful perm resident, and had siblings who were u. S. Citizens. Over 100 of these cases involved people whose homes were destroyed by an earthquake in haiti. In another data set, a 578 cases obtained from u. S. Cis in 2013, 336 were based on medical issues. One case involved a mexican female who entered the United States without inspection and had two u. S. Citizen children. One of her children had down syndrome, and the other child had serious medic
Of representatives at 5 p. M. Eastern. And you can see that here on cspan2. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we whisper our prayer boldly before your throne of grace. You have invited us to come to you with all our needs. We thank you for our requests that you have already answered. We have sought and found. We have knocked and walked through open doors. Lord, with your grace and mercy, strengthen our lawmakers for their journey. Prepare them for the ravages of the valley and the chill of the mountain summits. Guide them, great redeemer. They are pilgrims on this earth. They are weak, but you are mighty. Inspire them to keep their eyes on you and not the problems that seem too difficult to solve. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pled