mr. cannon has said, and everything that mr. cannon has supplied, and i look forward to asking this issue rectified in an expeditious manner because this project has been waiting. because of the stop work orders, there's a lot of water damage into the building, and more damage has occurred because of the delay of 25 months. i want to thank you for your time, and i apologize that i didn't understand the instructions. i was told to press star, not star, three, but i finally figured it out. i thank you for your time and your consideration and your patience, and stay healthy, and thank you. i'm done. >> thank you for your testimony, mr. korman, and thank you for being here today. madam secretary, does that conclude public comment or is there anyone else in the queue? >> operator: there's no one else in the queue. >> okay. commissioners, if there's nothing else -- >> clerk: oh, i thought i unmuted myself. we have to go to rebuttal. the department has rebuttal for three minutes, and the appellant has rebuttal for three minutes. >> so t

cannons? you were mayor of hamburg. you have some history of dealing with protests. is this the correct response? mr. scholz: i think it is always the task of the police to take the right decisions. they have the concrete situation which is differing at any time and at any place, and i think they need the support of all of us with their decisions they take. my view is they are trying to be very cautious, but they also look at anyone to follow the rules we have together. guy: what impact do you think a vaccine is going to have on the german economy? when do you think we are going to see the effect of that? we are talking to biontech today , the german company that is pioneering work with messenger rna. when do you think you will see the effect of that work in the economic numbers that germany produces? let meolz: first, mention that the success of biontech is something which is symbolic. a shows that germany is country that still has a very high technological standard, and that we are quite successful in doing progress in technological questions, in this case developing a vaccine, and we hear that som

aileen mercedes cannon of florida to be united states district judge for the southern district of florida. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of aileen mercedes cannon of florida to be united states district judge for the southern district of florida, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be if a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate co

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, aileen mercedes cannon, of florida, to be united states district judge for the southern district of florida. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. van hollen: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. yesterday we came together as a country, not as republicans, not as democrats or independents but as americans to recognize the service and sacrifice of our veterans, men and women who served in uniform to protect our country and to defend our democracy. mr. president, the ongoing attacks that president trump has launched on our democracy is an insult to those who have sacrificed so much to defend it. and so, too, is the complicity of so many republican senators right here in this body who through their silence or active incitement are spr