mr. carper: what are his inissuials? mr. lankford: the presiding officer, the senator from arkansas, senator cotton. mr. carper: we lost a really good t.c., tom coburn, who passed away a month and a half ago. a great loss to our country, his state, and somebody we will always celebrate here and revere for his dedication and his commitment, really the example he set for all of us. we are glad the presiding officer is alive and well. i will ask him if i can go ahead and proceed with my comments. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, i rise today following senator lankford. i want to say a thing or two about senator lankford. we are good friends, colleagues, sit together on the committee. in fact, he succeeded tom coburn here in the u.s. senate. when tom coburn was leaving, he told me i'm leaving but you are getting somebody better than me and his name is james lankford. i don't know that he is better, but a worthy successor. a privilege to serve with you. i think you know that. i spent a

mr. carper.bviously has garnered a lot of attention and it's a very difficult video to watch and it's also difficult to understand how the first prosecutor in the case could look at the situation. and pushing it to further review and that's the first prosecutor? the first to district attorney's recusal they had conflicts. at the third district attorney that we had appointed recused because they realized his office didn't have the resources. so district attorney homes has agreed to take the case. she's a former prosecutor, former defense attorney and also former judge. we are confident she can with this case forward to make sure that justice is done. >> martha: why was it that this was so badly handled in the beginning. why do you think it took a video for this case to get their attention that it required. when i saw it it was stunning and it made me sick as well but but that's why impart we asked the question why it occurred in the beginning. we want to make sure that we get the facts. we asked b

enator carper: mr. chairman, delaware is right in he middle of a lot of busy corridor in the northeast. a lot of people live in the northeast. here's a lot of traffic in the northeast. i-95, 295. through myomes right state. 80% of the pollution, particularly northern delaware, comes from sources outside of state. generated by sources outside of our state. fortunate of being downwind from a lot of the comes to that delaware. it keeps us out of compliance some of the area pollution, clean air requirements, that others are able to meet because places like wyoming and oklahoma where they don't have all those millions of cars coming ks and advance through there every month. of e happens to be a couple coal fired plants. three in pennsylvania. one in west virginia. the airw pollution into that, guess where it blows? state.s in my helps keeps us out of compliance with clean air requirements. court. gone to we've asked the courts to say asically these four polluting plants, you can't turn off -- ou cannot turn o

mr. carper: for our colleague and friend from missouri leaves the floor, i want to thank him for a very thoughtful presentation. and i want to thank him for that. and for his leadership. i know he has other places to go. but i'm glad i was here to hear that. madam president, i wasn't sure if i would continue to wear my mask. i saw you were wearing yours. i said well, i'll just keep wearing mine, too. all of our staff on the floor, including -- one of our staff members who takes down our words for the congressional record and folks who accept documents at the desk in front of us all are wearing masks. i was wearing a mask earlier today going into what we call a markup, a business meeting of the environment and public works committee. they were also wearing masks as i was about to go into the hearing, the business meeting. there was a police officer. i asked her, a capitol police officer. i said to her, how are we doing, how are you doing today? she said i'm doing fine. i said, any idea how many of our capital police officers -- capitol police officers have been infected? developed symptoms and have

mr. carper: for our colleague and friend from missouri leaves the floor, i want to thank him for a very thoughtful presentation. and i want to thank him for that. and for his leadership. i know he has other places to go. but i'm glad i was here to hear that. madam president, i wasn't sure if i would continue to wear my mask. i saw you were wearing yours. i said well, i'll just keep wearing mine, too. all of our staff on the floor, including -- one of our staff members who takes down our words for the congressional record and folks who accept documents at the desk in front of us all are wearing masks. i was wearing a mask earlier today going into what we call a markup, a business meeting of the environment and public works committee. they were also wearing masks as i was about to go into the hearing, the business meeting. there was a police officer. i asked her, a capitol police officer. i said to her, how are we doing, how are you doing today? she said i'm doing fine. i said, any idea how many of our capital police officers -- capitol police officers have been infected? developed symptoms and have

mr. chairman, good morning. good morning senator carper and other members of the subcommittee. thank you for your invitation. senate leaders have worked thoughtfully to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the chamber. the question is, is there more that the senate can do to retain its deliverance and character while retaining membership and staff? proposals like yours have made to use technology to augment or replace customary operations. assuming those ideas are technologically feasible, are they constitutional? thecore issue arises from mandate that a majority of each house constitutes according to business. your remote voting resolution stipulates artistic patient by a majority of senators in a virtual vote satisfies this requirement. i believe that is correct. power ofgress' self-governance is not absolute, it is very ample. supreme court addressed this point in the u.s. versus alan, which was litigation involving in 1890 house rule that altered how they were determined. later in 1890, congress passed legislation to increase tariffs on certain goods. mr. ballin was an

mr. chairman. >> no more than five minutes and this will be the last member speaking before we take the boat go ahead senator carper. >> put the clock on. >> blue star strategy, who is blue star strategy, have annoyed dia, led by a woman, who is she, she used to be a deputy chief of staff and the clinton administration in the last term. she worked alongside former secretary of health and social services. who is this woman. you said i worked with her for years, she's the finest woman i've worked with. that's who she is. she's willing to meet with his panel in committee anytime, they provided information, they have been responsive to the request for information. not once, not twice, as recently as this week. she wanted to come and talk with you and ask any questions you want. the attorney is peter, who is he, i did not know who he was so i found out. he was with 30 years of a law firm and he's a u.s. attorney, for the last several years he's been a partner and he's the one that we've been working with and your team has been working with. yesterday a woman died, her name was annie, who is she, she is the widow of john

mr. chairman. >> thanks, senator peters. let me just read off the list of questions in order. senator scott, carper, hawley, hassan, rosen, romney and lankford. now, i don't see senator scott on the board. so if that's incorrect, have somebody text me, but right now we'll go to senator carper. >> thank you. nice to see you all of you and good luck on so many of-- congressman galloway, i don't know that i had the pleasure to meeting you, but look forward to that. a and-- that was before i read your bio, welcome. and great to have -- in the house. the benefit of being up close and personal watching what we've done and failed to do, and-- [inaudible] you'll recall tom coburn was my wingman on the committee, and accomplished a lot with the support of several of the members here today in this hearing. just reflect back on some of the steps making -- you may recall [inaudible] and one of the things we finally did well-- so thank you. >> great to see you, senator carper and thank you for the question and thank you for all of your hard work over those years and continuing to today in your leadership on cyb

mr. chairman. --mn johnson: let me reorganize the list of questions. i don't see senator scott on the board. incorrect, have someone text me but right now, let us go to senator carpers. carper: congressman gallagher, i'm not sure i have had the pleasure of meeting you. fanning, as soon as i heard your first name, i like to immediately. welcome. always greatit is to have a captain at the helm and we welcome you. [indiscernible] tom coburn is my wing man. [indiscernible] accomplished a lot -- [indiscernible] what did we do well? [indiscernible] ms. spaulding: great to see you senator carper. thank you for your question and your hard work. you did accomplish a great deal and i would say some of the most important things were solidifying the other authority of what was then the national protection programs director. because that is really important. mostnment operates effectively when it has a clear mission. and helping to codify the existing mission of the cyber security and infrastructure resilience efforts was a really important step forward. and so come your work on the legislation to codify the verytions center, important to get those authorities in place. codifyin

mr. carper: mr. president, i rise today to speak on behalf of the nomination of -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. carper: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak on behalf of the nomination of robert feitel to serve as inspector general of the nuclear regulatory commission which oversees the safety and security of almost a hundred nuclear power plants throughout this country, an important job. but this is a nomination i urge the majority to take up and pass not this week, not this month, but before we went into recess on april the 8th. but we're here and this is a good nomination. i hope my colleagues will support it. having said that, let me remind my colleagues we're still in the middle of a global pandemic, if we need to be reminded. i don't think we do. once we voted on the nomination before us today, i would urge the senate to pivot an