if there are no questions for ms. smith or my colleagues. supervisor preston, go ahead. >> sorry i was muted. i want to ask ms. smith on the demand and the need side. what the trends on? we see the concerning picture with so many beds and facilities lost. i don't be know if we have data on the need. is the need flat, rising or changing in any way we are tracking? >> yeah, we are seeing the demand has not flattened. it is increasing as the population continues to age. on the prior report we haven't updated numbers on demand. we see in terms of mental health behavioral health beds and it is helpful for homelessness. we are trying to get support as well as older adult population aging. we haven't seen a decline in the demand. i can provide updated data if interested on that side as well. >> thank you. i don't think from my perspective it is necessary with this zoning. moving forward to look at the bigger policy issues, it would be great to have that as part of the presentation so we know what we are doing with terms of up met demand. i apprecia

ms. smith, you are correct. >> members of the committee, thank you for convening this very important hearing. i am the director of the early childhood bipartisan policy center i appreciate the opportunity to be here and i want to thank you for your listening to parents. i hope my remarks will explain some challenges in finding and affording childcare, all too common across this country in each of your districts the pandemic has demonstrated working parents need childcare to participate in the workforce, provide for families and support our economy. childcare is a public good. it benefits the well-being of our entire country. despite the need for childcare market, our system is largely failing all involved. it's expensive to operate and pay for the workforce, it's often unaffordable or unavailable for parents and not adaptable for the changing times. lack of childcare and inability of parents to pay means too many children are going without a safe develop mentally appropriate learning environmen

and a senior fellow for japan studies at the think tank the council on foreign relations welcome ms smith is china and its activities in the indo-pacific going to be a focus of talks between prime minister so go on president biden well thank you for having me i'm delighted to be here yes of course china large in the region and lives large in u.s. thinking about the region and of course japan sits right next to our already as you now are going to sit in a meeting quad the very rich japan in the united states attending it's a 2 class 2 meeting in tokyo secretary of state linked in a chance to fence austin so the alliance is already tree charged if you will to have a fairly in-depth conversation about how to move forward on japan in the united states to have a security alliance but how exactly does washington see talk ules role in the region. well the interesting thing about the alliance today is not it's not just how washington sees tokyo but also how to go see washington that matters and i think the japanese have been very astute and very active in the 4 years during president trump's tenu

if there are no questions for ms. smith or my colleagues. supervisor preston, go ahead. >> sorry i was muted. i want to ask ms. smith on the demand and the need side. what the trends on? we see the concerning picture with so many beds and facilities lost. i don't be know if we have data on the need. is the need flat, rising or changing in any way we are tracking? >> yeah, we are seeing the demand has not flattened. it is increasing as the population continues to age. on the prior report we haven't updated numbers on demand. we see in terms of mental health behavioral health beds and it is helpful for homelessness. we are trying to get support as well as older adult population aging. we haven't seen a decline in the demand. i can provide updated data if interested on that side as well. >> thank you. i don't think from my perspective it is necessary with this zoning. moving forward to look at the bigger policy issues, it would be great to have that as part of the presentation so we know what we are doing with terms of up met demand. i apprecia

last name is smith, traditional spelling, s-m-i-t-h. >> ms. eldridge? >> good afternoon, mr. o for work, sir? >> currently i am a paramedic with the ems. >> how long have you worked for the ems? >> going on four years this summer. >> have you worked as a paramedic or in the capacity of a paramedic before that? >> i worked for gwinnett county down in georgia as a trainee. i also worked at els as a paid on-call firefighter for the city of andor. >> i'm having sorry hearing you. did you say els? >> bls. basic life support training. >> could you describe basic life support training? >> ems stuff for paramedic training. >> so before going through your paramedic training, did you receive some basic life support training? >> correct. >> all right. so in terms of your job as a paramedic with hennepin ems, what do you do on a day-to-day basis? >> we respond to various calls for emergency medical services in various environments. >> and are those wide-ranging? could you give some examples of the types of calls you respond to? >> examples of calls i respond to, car accidents, intoxicated

. >> my name is derek smith. >> ms. eldridge. >> good afternoon, mr. smith. >> high. >> what do you do for work, sir? can you hear me? >> yes. currently i'm a paramedic with hennepin ems. >> how long have you worked for hennepin ems? >> going on for years this summer. >> and have you worked as a paramedic or in the capacity as a paramedic before that? >> i worked for when it counted georgia for approximately a year as a trainee, pretty much paramedic school for five years. also worked bls as a firefighter with the city of andover. >> i'm having trouble hearing>>a you. did youou said bls? >> first responders stuff. >> could you describe what basic life support training is? >> emt stuff. went to minneapolis fire. >> going through your paramedic training had you initially received some emt or basic type of life support type training? >> correct. so in terms of your job as a paramedic, what you do on a day-to-day basis? >> we respond to various calls for various environments. >> are they wide-ranging? can you give some examples of calls you respond to? >> e

my name is derek smith, first name d-e r-e-k, last name is smith, traditional spelling, s-m-i-t-h. >> ms you, your honor. good afternoon, mr. smith. >> hi. >> what do you do for work, sir? can you hear me? i'm sorry. >> yes. currently, i am a paramedic with hennepin ems. >> and how long shave you worke with hennepin ems? >> going on four years this summer. >> and have you worked as a paramedic or in the capacity as a paramedic before that? >> i worked for gwyett county down in georgia for approximately a year as a trainee, pretty much paramedic school for fire and ems. i also worked bls as a paid on-call firefighter for the city of andover. >> i'm having a little bit of trouble hearing you. did you say vls? >> bls, basic life support, first responder stuff. >> could you describe what basic life support training you got. >> emt stuff. minneapolis fire department. >> so, before going through your paramedic training, had you initially received some emt or basic type of life support type training? >> correct. >> all right. so, in terms of your job as a paramedic with hennepin ems, what do yo

ms vennells is also stepping down from her duties as an anglican priest. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith i'm back in hull with janet skinner... it's just... it's just wrong. ..and paula vennells is on her mind. she's had numerous times where she could have, do you know, been upfront with everything. so, to have to actually get a victory for her to step down, it's quite bitter—sweet, really. although the computer problems began before paula vennells took charge, under her leadership, prosecutions continued. a high courtjudge has previously said that when she was the boss, the post office had engaged in "oppressive behaviour". here at morrisons headquarters — and at the homeware retailer dunelm — they're hoping that today gives them some points in terms of good governance and puts enough distance between themselves and the storm clouds that are surrounding the post office because of this scandal and the damage that's been done to the post office brand. the diocese of st albans also announced today that paula vennells will be stepping back from her duties as an ordained minister in the chur

smith. >> you are done, congratulations. you got your first dose in and ms.i feel good i feel good. i really do. >> as we head into this easter weekend and here we are on the back end of a pandemic hopefully, what's the message going to be? >> celebration, he who is alive, and because he lives we need not fear, and we serve a risen savior, who's in the world today. >> let the church say amen. >> yes >> why have you been hiding him? he's amazing. >> growing up in that church, every sunday, it was like that we left inspired every sunday. it's been so good to see him and the church sort of lead the effort down there to get folks vaccinated >> it's working. >> leading by example. >> i love that he talked about what you see, like you see what happened, and you see the sick people you see the people dying wow, he was amazing. >> he needs to be a psa or something. we need to bring him national. we just did. >> vaccine vacation. >> yeah. >> virus on the other side >>> all right, ms. dylan how about a check of the weather. >> we're all excited for baseball to kick off

ms. dori you are recognized for your opening statement. >> thank you, chairman smith, ranking member rogers. can you hear me okay? >> i believe so, yes. >> thank you. distinguish members of committee i appreciate the opportunity to testify on our defense policy in the u.s., africa command and u.s. central command areas of responsibility alongside their commanders general mckinzie and general townsend today. i'd also like to express my appreciation for the strong support congress provides the deferment of defense and as a career civilian and office of secretary defense i have seen firsthand how the executive and legislative branches work together to ensure our armed forces have the resources and authorities required to deter and, if necessary, defeat any foe. secretary austin has emphasized the need to match resources to strategy, strategy to policy and policy to the will of the american people. the president's interim national security strategic guidance seeks that approach part of the scaredy of the iraqi people expansion of economic prosperity and opportunity in the defense of our democra

smith family. we have kim there. kim, as i understand it, you've been following our very own philly girl, ms.less you. >> can i tell you guys something? we have something special for all of you every single one of you on my today plaza, can we see your faces? we brought a special guest in to help take a look at this, guys. let's see, do we have him? take a look. there he is. you guys see wla what he's holding? you see what he's holding? those are tickets to a game, and he has one for each and every one of you beautiful folks congratulations. you're going to the game. >> yay >> party on. where are mary-anna and jeff can you wave to us so we can see you? you're going to the game, nicole you're going to the game, too. >> yay. >> where is ausha and j.j. and company? you're going how about the frye family? get ready to yell for the phillies >> my heart is pumping that's a big deal. people love going to these games. congratulations, guys. >> pretty cool we want to thank everyone for being with us. of course, we want to have a big thank you to our philadelphia station nbc 10 for teaming up with us a

ms. smith: i ask consent that all remaining debate time be expired. the presiding officer: is there a second? is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the question comes on the nomination. a senator: mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. ?oo vote: vote: vote: vote: 6 vote: the presiding officer: if not, the yeas are 49 and the nays are 45, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 on the motion to proceed to calendar number 34, s. 914, a bill to amend the safe drinking water act and the federal water pollution control act to reauthor