that is the chairman on the left of the screen, jim langford of oklahoma. live coverage here on c-span 3.

that is the chairman on the left of the screen, jim langford of oklahoma. live coverage here on c-span 3. >>> the chairman of the subcommittee on regulatory affairs is james langford waiting for other members of the subcommittee to join him to hear from a number of witnesses about the civil service the federal work force, one of those witnesses the head of the american federation of government employees, jay david cox. this is the senate gaveling into session resuming on the debate of nomination of congressman tom price to head health and human services after last night approving senator jeff sessions as the new attorney general. and the new attorney general, by the way, will be sworn in this morning at the white house. and his replacement named by the governor of alabama is alabama attorney general luther strange and the new senator will be sworn in on the senate floor this afternoon. >>> good morning and welcome.