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for the district of utah. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session, be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak thin for up to all time be considered expired at 12:00 noon and if confirmed, the motion to consider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately that following the disposition of the nomination, the senate resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of calendar number 359, s.j. res. 61, that at 2:45 p.m. the joint resolution be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage. further, that upon disposition of s.j. res. 61, the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.j. res. 98, which was received from the house and is at the desk, that at 5:00 p.m. the joint resolution be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: if there is n
for the district of utah. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session, be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak thin for up to all time be considered expired at 12:00 noon and if confirmed, the motion to consider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately that following the disposition of the nomination, the senate resume...
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let's hear from him now. >> i think my colleague from utah. i was not aware of all those titles and i will accept them. if we would have had a trial and this travesty we have and there has been great damage done to our constitution in this institution by her colleagues on the other side of the aisle because they didn't want the american people to see this. i've described this had we had a trial this would have been bigger if you double dna evidence to prove the crime. there's no way you can look at the history of illegal entry into this country and not recognized what has happened under a by demonstration under secretary mallorca's. it's nothing less than an utter catastrophe. i 10 or 15 minutes on the floor yesterday going through the history the cause cause-and-effect of this chart that shows but what i want to point out today is what the democrats did not want us to reveal because what this chart shows us that this was purposeful. this was willful. president biden secretary mayorkas our democratic colleagues in congress and the senate, they
let's hear from him now. >> i think my colleague from utah. i was not aware of all those titles and i will accept them. if we would have had a trial and this travesty we have and there has been great damage done to our constitution in this institution by her colleagues on the other side of the aisle because they didn't want the american people to see this. i've described this had we had a trial this would have been bigger if you double dna evidence to prove the crime. there's no way you...
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the center from utah's recognized. >> thank you meta- president. but we have witnessed today is a truly historic. this is it never occurred. nothing like this has ever occurred. under article one section iii clause six, we have been given a duty. we given a sole exclusive power to try all impeachment. try all impeachment's. not some of them, not just those which which we happen to agree. not just those we are happy the house of representatives undertook to prosecute. but all. the word tri- is also significant. reverse the word trial it's the same word it is a proceeding in which the law and the facts are presented. in front of judges in order to reach an ultimate disposition. an ultimate disposition culminating in a verdict of guilty or not guilty. we were precluded from doing that job today. we are precluded from doing so in a way that's not only historic and unprecedented but counteran constitutional. nothing could be c further from the structure text in the constitution than that. let's look at the arguments that we would have heard we could hav
the center from utah's recognized. >> thank you meta- president. but we have witnessed today is a truly historic. this is it never occurred. nothing like this has ever occurred. under article one section iii clause six, we have been given a duty. we given a sole exclusive power to try all impeachment. try all impeachment's. not some of them, not just those which which we happen to agree. not just those we are happy the house of representatives undertook to prosecute. but all. the word...
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let's hear from him now. >> i think my colleague from utah. i was not aware of all those titles and i will accept them. if we would have had a trial and this travesty we have and there has been great damage done to our constitution in this institution by her colleagues on the other side of the aisle because they didn't want the american people to see this. i've described this had we had a trial this would have been bigger if you double dna evidence to prove the crime. there's no way you can look at the history of illegal entry into this country and not recognized what has happened under a by demonstration under secretary mallorca's. it's nothing less than an utter catastrophe. i 10 or 15 minutes on the floor yesterday going through the history the cause cause-and-effect of this chart that shows but what i want to point out today is what the democrats did not want us to reveal because what this chart shows us that this was purposeful. this was willful. president biden secretary mayorkas our democratic colleagues in congress and the senate, they
let's hear from him now. >> i think my colleague from utah. i was not aware of all those titles and i will accept them. if we would have had a trial and this travesty we have and there has been great damage done to our constitution in this institution by her colleagues on the other side of the aisle because they didn't want the american people to see this. i've described this had we had a trial this would have been bigger if you double dna evidence to prove the crime. there's no way you...
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my friend from utah is also on the floor. during the first trump impeachment said and i quote, the senate here sitting as a court of impeachment has both the authority and the obligation to decline to hold a full trial where the material facts of the case are not in dispute, end of quote. the facts are not in dispute here. this is the first time that the house has successfully impeached a sitting cabinet-level official without providing any evidence of a high crime or misdemeanor, none. all those hearings, all those pages, all those witnesses, no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors, and that is a requirement of the constitution. the articles of impeachment that will be before us contain zero evidence that secretary mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. instead they can be read as a summary of republican grievances with this administration's approach to border policy, immigration, detention, and methods of removal and parole, all of which is conduct that falls squarely within the executive branch's constitut
my friend from utah is also on the floor. during the first trump impeachment said and i quote, the senate here sitting as a court of impeachment has both the authority and the obligation to decline to hold a full trial where the material facts of the case are not in dispute, end of quote. the facts are not in dispute here. this is the first time that the house has successfully impeached a sitting cabinet-level official without providing any evidence of a high crime or misdemeanor, none. all...
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district court judge for utah. lawmakers are also working on two measures that would block biden administration policies. one would block a greenhouse gas emissions rule. the other would block a new standard for determining joint employer status in collective bargaining. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. e senate will. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal and powerful god, don't hide
district court judge for utah. lawmakers are also working on two measures that would block biden administration policies. one would block a greenhouse gas emissions rule. the other would block a new standard for determining joint employer status in collective bargaining. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. e senate will. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal and powerful god, don't hide
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president of the senate submits the question to the senate is the point of order well taken senator from utah is recognized. >> as long as the majority leader was moments ago making this particular point of order of the impeachment article article one refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas of the law and making that to article one and the reasons articulated by the senate entrance editors. he is far wrong with respect to article two article two accuses him of making false statements this is a violation of section 1001. a felony offense. if this is not a high crime and misdemeanor what is. if this is not teachable what is. what precedents will be -- we need to address this and discuss it. >> in closed session. i move that the senate proceed closed session to allow for deliberation on the very consequential point of order that he just made which violates under them years of american legal precedent and understanding. >> and we enter into motion. >> rule 24. >> the question is on the motion is there a sufficient second? there is, the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call
president of the senate submits the question to the senate is the point of order well taken senator from utah is recognized. >> as long as the majority leader was moments ago making this particular point of order of the impeachment article article one refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas of the law and making that to article one and the reasons articulated by the senate entrance editors. he is far wrong with respect to article two article two accuses him of making false...
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. >> senator mike lee was the republican senator from utah. .... we'll continue doing their jobs to keep america's safe pursue actual solutions at the border and congressional republicans should join them instead of wasting time on baseless political stunts while killing a real bipartisan border security reform. priscilla alvarez tweeting that statement out at the white house. two hour lines for all others this is grenada hills, california. good evening. >> hello, thank you. everyone else is been so coherent i've never been able too: before. did watch most of today. i believe mayorkas is doing his best they keep talking about his lies and where he was act can't really be called a lie. but also in the statements after the impeachment section was over, one of the senators said he had spelled out the law the way it is for immigration. you come across, you get deported, you go to court and everything else wrong. and he forgets to mention that's not happening there's not enough court and judges we have a lot of extra people that's the biggest problem bu
. >> senator mike lee was the republican senator from utah. .... we'll continue doing their jobs to keep america's safe pursue actual solutions at the border and congressional republicans should join them instead of wasting time on baseless political stunts while killing a real bipartisan border security reform. priscilla alvarez tweeting that statement out at the white house. two hour lines for all others this is grenada hills, california. good evening. >> hello, thank you....
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the senatoror of utah is recognized. >> as long as the majority leader was moments ago in making this particular point of order after article one of the impeachment articles,rt article one remember refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas in the law. as wrong as he was in making that, and he was very wrong for the moments articulated a moment ago from the senator of texas, he's even far more wrong because article to accuses him of knowingly making falsert statements. the violation a felony offense if this is not a high crime and misdemeanor, what is? if this is not impeachable, what is.ce we need to address this in closed session and for that reason, madame president, i moved that the senate proceed to closed session to allow for deliberation on the very consequential point of order that he's just made. it violates hundreds of years of anglo-american legal precedent and understanding. the question is on the motion. is there sufficient to second? there is. at the clerk will call the role. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [r
the senatoror of utah is recognized. >> as long as the majority leader was moments ago in making this particular point of order after article one of the impeachment articles,rt article one remember refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas in the law. as wrong as he was in making that, and he was very wrong for the moments articulated a moment ago from the senator of texas, he's even far more wrong because article to accuses him of knowingly making falsert statements. the...
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utah has a pretty high birthrate. and so i went i walked around salt lake city in a neighborhood that looked like one of the best neighborhoods to raise kids called. the avenues you had trees on the streets. you had nice family houses that were you know, everyone had a little yard. and one of the things i noticed was i didn't run into any families at all. so finally, i run into this couple. their name is isaac nicole, and they're walking down the sidewalk. and i ask isaac and nicole, i'd say, hey, i'm writing a book and you talk to me. i'm writing about family. and nicole instantly blurts out. we don't want kids. and so i say, sure. she said, yes, i why not? i said, we can't afford it. i said, what exactly is like the main affordability. the main affordability problem you're facing? and isaac says everything. health care. but if i'm being honest, really just selfish. then he says, i always sit in a cold. other people are watching teletubbies and cleaning up vomit. and we're going to be drinking margaritas in paris. an
utah has a pretty high birthrate. and so i went i walked around salt lake city in a neighborhood that looked like one of the best neighborhoods to raise kids called. the avenues you had trees on the streets. you had nice family houses that were you know, everyone had a little yard. and one of the things i noticed was i didn't run into any families at all. so finally, i run into this couple. their name is isaac nicole, and they're walking down the sidewalk. and i ask isaac and nicole, i'd say,...
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but utah is the like the home of them all. and there's more per capita than anywhere any other state. but that's because they the people who run that state, have created a really lax pyramid scheme laws. and then the ones aren't the only scam that are being scams that are being run out of utah. there's plenty of others, but i happen to be one of them. so it's kind of like if you've ever started an llc and your tax accountant will be like, set it up in delaware right? because delaware has like no something tax. i don't know, like some tax you don't pay. if your llc is registered in delaware, it's similar. so if you want to start going, my mom started in utah because. the state won't go after you for a pyramid law violation. that pyramid scheme violations. yeah, right. well that's i think like one of the things that for me about the book and i remember this from the podcast that was the most disturbing were the polish tax he where you kind find yourself talking enough about mlms and worrying enough about mlm and ultimately you l
but utah is the like the home of them all. and there's more per capita than anywhere any other state. but that's because they the people who run that state, have created a really lax pyramid scheme laws. and then the ones aren't the only scam that are being scams that are being run out of utah. there's plenty of others, but i happen to be one of them. so it's kind of like if you've ever started an llc and your tax accountant will be like, set it up in delaware right? because delaware has like...
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the utah relocation center and saying, can you get me some beavers? my cattle need grass in my stream system's going dry. and you know, when i have beavers, it's wet for an extra month. so as people realize how valuable they. but i do want to loop back because out west in the arid plains people like the blackfeet had strict against hunting beavers at all because they knew how valuable they were to the grass ecology. so they were dependent on the bison, which are dependent on the grass and it was really the beavers were just managed in the water that would lead to the grass. it would it just incredibly foolish to them to all these europeans arrive and want pelts like why would you want to pelt if it means you're not going to have a bison. you know, that just didn't add up. but took the europeans a while to figure it out as it does. is there a beaver trapping trade today? i know. i think you spoke to some in the book and what is what's the industry like and what's their attitude about this new era? well, i think it's changing. i mean, i everything now i
the utah relocation center and saying, can you get me some beavers? my cattle need grass in my stream system's going dry. and you know, when i have beavers, it's wet for an extra month. so as people realize how valuable they. but i do want to loop back because out west in the arid plains people like the blackfeet had strict against hunting beavers at all because they knew how valuable they were to the grass ecology. so they were dependent on the bison, which are dependent on the grass and it...
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district court judge for utah. with her confirmation president biden's match former president trump at this point has presidency with 193 lifetime judicial confirmations. lawmakers also pass to measures that would block biden administration policies. one disapproving a greenhouse gas emissions rolled the other stopped a new standard for determining joint employer status and collective bargaining. the house had planned to send impeachment articles against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas to the chamber today that has been pushed to next week. several senate republicans requested that delayed effort of the chamber conduct a full trial in spite of the democrats plan to quickly vote to dismiss or table the articles. as always alive senate coverages here on cspan2. ♪ sees bit is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including media calm. >> @media, we believe whether you live here or right here our way out in the middle of anywhere you should have access to pas
district court judge for utah. with her confirmation president biden's match former president trump at this point has presidency with 193 lifetime judicial confirmations. lawmakers also pass to measures that would block biden administration policies. one disapproving a greenhouse gas emissions rolled the other stopped a new standard for determining joint employer status and collective bargaining. the house had planned to send impeachment articles against homeland security secretary alejandro...
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despite the maryland area code, she is now living in utah and was calling from a parking lot, unable to afford her medical bills. erin, unfamiliar with utah services, focused on validating reina's feelings and ensuring her safety for the rest of the afternoon. our counselor erin knows the services to help connect people facing trauma, isolation, and a need of social and emotional support in maryland, but not in utah. erin's options to provide support to reina >> the absence of geo routing limits ability to proprovide support underscoring the urgent need for more effective system. how many people have a different area code from where they reside? i do. nowhere is this evident than in washington, d.c. area where the pew research center estimates that 55% of residents with a cell phone have a number outside of the district. according to the census bureau approximately 36 million americans yet they rarely change phone number. geo routing provides challenging solution by directing nearest crisis center, swift access to support during moments of crisis. moreover it empowers organizations l
despite the maryland area code, she is now living in utah and was calling from a parking lot, unable to afford her medical bills. erin, unfamiliar with utah services, focused on validating reina's feelings and ensuring her safety for the rest of the afternoon. our counselor erin knows the services to help connect people facing trauma, isolation, and a need of social and emotional support in maryland, but not in utah. erin's options to provide support to reina >> the absence of geo routing...
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quester. >> is a tough what i'm from utah. if you dig in a little bit our governor has been on the forefront of driving this little bit. it gets to the point where we are doing too much. the government is doing too much and have to put the brakes on a little bit but our children need to be protected. they are having access to stufff too young and they are not ready for. we are just trying to find that sweet spot to allow for freedom of speech. allow private sector to operate and work on theiriv own without massive government interference. we are seeing the worst of the worst situation with kids. we have calls of potential suicide and things like that when they could not open up a tiktok account. i am really interested in utah taking a lead on this we are the youngest state in the nation. sure there is transparency. they are going to be successful it's clear these are consumer driven applications social media even with all the negative it creates is done aat more positie for industry and things like that. our kids are going thr
quester. >> is a tough what i'm from utah. if you dig in a little bit our governor has been on the forefront of driving this little bit. it gets to the point where we are doing too much. the government is doing too much and have to put the brakes on a little bit but our children need to be protected. they are having access to stufff too young and they are not ready for. we are just trying to find that sweet spot to allow for freedom of speech. allow private sector to operate and work on...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, invasion is taking place on american soil. over eight million people have crossed our border illegally since mayorkas became secretary, and the numbers keep rising. they're not going away. this unprecedented, lawless influx includes gang members, it includes drug traffickers, and dangerous individuals from every country in the world, including many thousands of military-age males from china. what could go wrong? in december alone, the department of homeland security reported 302,000 encounters. in one month. this is the highest month ever on record. to be clear, secretary mayorkas has the tools to stop the invasion today. he could do it right now if he wanted it. it's almost turnkey, abracadabra. if he decided, we could have a secure border, and we would. not only does he have the tools, but he has an obligation and a responsibility, an affirmative duty under the law, under the laws of the united states, laws that he agreed he would faithfully enforce. let me say
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, invasion is taking place on american soil. over eight million people have crossed our border illegally since mayorkas became secretary, and the numbers keep rising. they're not going away. this unprecedented, lawless influx includes gang members, it includes drug traffickers, and dangerous individuals from every country in the world, including many thousands of military-age males from china. what could go wrong? in december...
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district court judge for utah. lawmakers are also working on two measures that would block biden administration policies. one would block a greenhouse gas emissions rule. the other would block a new standard for determining joint employer status in collective bargaining. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. e senate will. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal and powerful god, don't hide from us. don't stand so far away, for our nation and world need you. lord, bring peace where there is war. hope where there is despair and faith where there is cynicism. arise mighty god, for we put our trust in you. today we trust you to guide our senators. lord, warn them through their mistakes, encourage them with their successes, and enrich them through life's seasons of gladness and sadness. inspire them to be worthy of the honor of being your sons and daughters as you give them a renewed sense of your providential presence. we pray in your powerful name. amen
district court judge for utah. lawmakers are also working on two measures that would block biden administration policies. one would block a greenhouse gas emissions rule. the other would block a new standard for determining joint employer status in collective bargaining. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. e senate will. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal and powerful god, don't hide from us. don't stand so far away, for...
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states as broad as rhode island, utah, new jersey, connecticut. that's been really exciting work. we've also been scrutinizing the world of private equity and healthcare market since we just heard anrk enormous amount of concern. particulate from healthcare workers what are some of the effects can be when you have private equity firms entering healthcare markers. private capitol can be important capitol for these markets. sometimes you see firms focused on short-term outcomes that can have a pretty devastating outcome.co so the ftc through a set of companies we alleged rolled up practices in texas. we made both the anesthesiology company but the private equity partners because we alleged to have systematically bought out the largest anesthesiology providers across the state of texas and then jacked up prices resulting in texas patients and businesses paying millions of dollars more effectively for the same service. the last thing noted we have been scrutinizing abuse and pharmaceuticals and challenged a whole set of focus of patents, medical devices like inhalers, epipen successfu
states as broad as rhode island, utah, new jersey, connecticut. that's been really exciting work. we've also been scrutinizing the world of private equity and healthcare market since we just heard anrk enormous amount of concern. particulate from healthcare workers what are some of the effects can be when you have private equity firms entering healthcare markers. private capitol can be important capitol for these markets. sometimes you see firms focused on short-term outcomes that can have a...
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i do know that utah does allow it. colorado does allow it. off the top of my head, i think minnesota and i believe about ten or 11 states now is the last statistic that i saw that does allow. every now and then i read an article that says a student goes back to their guard because they have a gun in their trunk of the car and saves students. sure, i'm shooters, but sure so that is that depends on the current how the individual law is written. at the university of nevada in the state of nevada that was not an option for me to have my firearm in the vehicle because even bringing it on campus at all was completely illegal. there are other states who will students to lock their firearm up securely in their vehicle. and that's why it's really important to go through and read what the law actually is and not just the headline. the. just want to mention one more thing. i'm sorry, virginia. so our attorney office, we have a victims first mentality. we working with law enforcement to, train them with our trauma training. and i've done it many times an
i do know that utah does allow it. colorado does allow it. off the top of my head, i think minnesota and i believe about ten or 11 states now is the last statistic that i saw that does allow. every now and then i read an article that says a student goes back to their guard because they have a gun in their trunk of the car and saves students. sure, i'm shooters, but sure so that is that depends on the current how the individual law is written. at the university of nevada in the state of nevada...
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we enforce the law states as broad as rhode island to utah to new jersey to connecticut that's been really exciting work. we've been scrutinizing the role of private equity and healthcare markets since we just heard an enormous amount of concern. particularly from healthcare workers so what are some of the effects can be when you're private equity firms entering healthcare markets. can be an important source of capitol for these markets but sometimes you see when they are focused on short-term outcomes some of these models could have a pretty devastating outcome. and so the ftc last year i set of companies have alleged in anesthesiology in texas we named both the anesthesiology in the private equity partners because we alleged they had systematically bought out the largest anesthesiology providers across the state of texas and jacked up prices resulting in texas patients and paying millions of dollars to more more effectively for the same service. the last thing noted we have been scrutinizing the abuse and pharmaceutical and challenge whole set on medical devices like inhalers and epi- pe
we enforce the law states as broad as rhode island to utah to new jersey to connecticut that's been really exciting work. we've been scrutinizing the role of private equity and healthcare markets since we just heard an enormous amount of concern. particularly from healthcare workers so what are some of the effects can be when you're private equity firms entering healthcare markets. can be an important source of capitol for these markets but sometimes you see when they are focused on short-term...
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and with that, i turn it back over to my friend and senator from utah, mr. lee. >> right. let's open up for questions. >> yeah. >> what steps can you take to try and force a trial the take mace, and are you already negotiating with democrats for the process tomorrow to try and come up with opportunities to prevent options in terms of forcing a trial? >> you know, look, we convene at 1:00 whereupon we'll be sworn in to be the deciders of fact and judges of the law in this case. after that motions will be entertained, and in theory you can have unlimited motions while you're discussing those. us -- historically what's happened with -- is once we've received the impeachment articles if the case hasn't been rendered moot, then the senate negotiates a standing order, an order to goive the intricacies of the trial. this is a little bit akin to what happens when you go to a pretrial conference with the judge. you set out the timing for a pretrial briefing and then the timing for the presentation of opening statements, cross-expectation of witnesses and so forth -- cross-examinati
and with that, i turn it back over to my friend and senator from utah, mr. lee. >> right. let's open up for questions. >> yeah. >> what steps can you take to try and force a trial the take mace, and are you already negotiating with democrats for the process tomorrow to try and come up with opportunities to prevent options in terms of forcing a trial? >> you know, look, we convene at 1:00 whereupon we'll be sworn in to be the deciders of fact and judges of the law in this...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, the pending measure, house message to accompany h.r. 815, contains an emergency designation. on page 12, lines 3 through 6, and on another emergency designation, lines 12-15. i raise a point of order purse unit to section 314-e of the congressional budget act of 1974 against both of thesingses did. -- both of these designations. mrs. murray: purr unit to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, i move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget points of order for the purposes of the pending measure and 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. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. coll
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, the pending measure, house message to accompany h.r. 815, contains an emergency designation. on page 12, lines 3 through 6, and on another emergency designation, lines 12-15. i raise a point of order purse unit to section 314-e of the congressional budget act of 1974 against both of thesingses did. -- both of these designations. mrs. murray: purr unit to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974 and the waiver...
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district judge nomination in utah. seto will take up disapproval resolutnelating to the federal highway administration and general issued b t national labor relations boa tt sets a new standard for determining joint employer stu in collective bargaining. so in c-span3 heland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is on capitol hill to testify on the president 2025 buetequest for his department and take questions on imgrion policy and the u.s. soutrnorder. he is appearing before both chambers of congress starting with a house appropriations subcmiee opinion, followed by a senate appropriations bcmittee at 2:30 p.m. eastern. you can also watch our live coverage on the c-spaow video app or online at c-spaor >> tonight preside biden and first lady biden host a state dinner honoring japanes prime minister fumio kishida at 11 p.m. eastern o cnn we will feature highlights from the evening including the prime minister's white arrival and toast given at the dinner. you canls watch online at c-span.org or on the free c-span now t
district judge nomination in utah. seto will take up disapproval resolutnelating to the federal highway administration and general issued b t national labor relations boa tt sets a new standard for determining joint employer stu in collective bargaining. so in c-span3 heland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is on capitol hill to testify on the president 2025 buetequest for his department and take questions on imgrion policy and the u.s. soutrnorder. he is appearing before both chambers of...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i appreciate the thoughtful words that have been presented by my friend and colleague, the distinguished senator from virginia, who also chairs the senate's intelligence oversight committee. it's unfortunate that he's unwilling to have these amendments even considered, especially unfortunate because it appears to be predicated on the risk of fisa 702 lapsing. now, unless we do something on this in the meantime, it is going to lapse, at least for a period. time. as i made clear a moment ago, the language we adopted in 2018 and that we reuped in december of last year, 2023, makes abundantly clear that fisa 702 collection can continue unabated through april of 2025, based on the recertification by the foreign intelligence surveillance court. that's continued for one year, following the certification, as long as fisa 702 was still intact and nonexpired as of the moment of the certification, which it was. but even if that were not the case, if what we're worried about here is the cloc
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i appreciate the thoughtful words that have been presented by my friend and colleague, the distinguished senator from virginia, who also chairs the senate's intelligence oversight committee. it's unfortunate that he's unwilling to have these amendments even considered, especially unfortunate because it appears to be predicated on the risk of fisa 702 lapsing. now, unless we do something on this in the meantime, it is going to lapse, at...
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district judge nomination in utah. senators will also take up disarol resolutions lating to the federal highway administration and a rule issued by the national labor relaonboard sets a new standard for collective bargaining. on c-span 3, homeland security secretary mayorkas is on catol hill to testify on the president's 2025 budget request for his department and take questions onhe immigration policy and the border. and he's followed by a senate appropriations committee at 2:30 eastern. you can watch our live coverage on c-span now video app or online at an.org. tonight, presiiden and first lady jill biden host a japanese prime minister. an c-span will feature hilits from the evening cluding the prime minister's e house arrival and toast given at the dinner andlso watch online at c-span.org or on the free c-span now video app. >> book tv, every sunday on c-span2 features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books. at 8 p.m. eastern, the search for reagan looks at ronald reagan's conservativism and how he
district judge nomination in utah. senators will also take up disarol resolutions lating to the federal highway administration and a rule issued by the national labor relaonboard sets a new standard for collective bargaining. on c-span 3, homeland security secretary mayorkas is on catol hill to testify on the president's 2025 budget request for his department and take questions onhe immigration policy and the border. and he's followed by a senate appropriations committee at 2:30 eastern. you...
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campbell, who fought at the second battle of camden at hopkirk hill back in 96, in 1781, and died at utah springs in october 1781 and was buried on the field. so military ethos and warrior ethics goes way back, and my family, another inspiration was my brother bruce, who's here today. and i'm very proud of him. and so that's what i wanted to do, was make my dad proud of me. so we went to basic training at fort polk, louisiana, with a lot of other helicopter pilots and then ended up in fort walton, texas, for primary flight school for four or five months. and i flew these things that's called a metal messerschmitt to 50 part that was made by hughes aircraft. and there had to be thousands of them in the air. now that we're training so many helicopter pilots in 1968, especially after 1068, that it was just amazing. all my instructors were worn officers and what they brought me through primary, it taught me how to hover, taught me how to fly. traffic patterns, taught me how to navigate, tell me how to land in confined areas. and after five months in fort walton, we moved to a hunter army airf
campbell, who fought at the second battle of camden at hopkirk hill back in 96, in 1781, and died at utah springs in october 1781 and was buried on the field. so military ethos and warrior ethics goes way back, and my family, another inspiration was my brother bruce, who's here today. and i'm very proud of him. and so that's what i wanted to do, was make my dad proud of me. so we went to basic training at fort polk, louisiana, with a lot of other helicopter pilots and then ended up in fort...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, invasion is taking place on american soil. over eight million people have crossed our border illegally since mayorkas became secretary, and the numbers keep rising. they're not going away. this unprecedented, lawless influx includes gang members, it includes drug traffickers, and dangerous individuals from every country in the world, including many thousands of military-age males from china. what could go wrong? in december alone, the department of homeland security reported 302,000 encounters. in one month. this is the highest month ever on record. to be clear, secretary mayorkas has the tools to stop the invasion today. he could do it right now if he wanted it. it's almost turnkey, abracadabra. if he decided, we could have a secure border, and we would. not only does he have the tools, but he has an obligation and a responsibility, an affirmative duty under the law, under the laws of the united states, laws that he agreed he would faithfully enforce. let me say
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, invasion is taking place on american soil. over eight million people have crossed our border illegally since mayorkas became secretary, and the numbers keep rising. they're not going away. this unprecedented, lawless influx includes gang members, it includes drug traffickers, and dangerous individuals from every country in the world, including many thousands of military-age males from china. what could go wrong? in december...
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but it landed in something called marble freedom trust out in utah and, then went on from there. so have that operation pushing all it at the same time. my thesis that the people who funding this operation and can write a $15 million check or a $17 million check are also writing big checks to mitch mcconnell to make sure that his off the books non declared political operation not the campaign contributions which you have to report but what they call the outside money, sometimes called dark money the that they keep filling up his coffers. they're so as these candidates come they're support for them among. republicans on the committee is locked down by those enormous generous donations. and we saw that pressure put to quite a stress test with, for instance, judge kavanaugh. it is not often senators are asked to vote on a nominee for the united states supreme court who has unresolved issues about whether or not he committed sexual assault on a girl and there were other charges from college stuff, too. so, you know, ordinarily senators would say, hey, find us another one who doesn't
but it landed in something called marble freedom trust out in utah and, then went on from there. so have that operation pushing all it at the same time. my thesis that the people who funding this operation and can write a $15 million check or a $17 million check are also writing big checks to mitch mcconnell to make sure that his off the books non declared political operation not the campaign contributions which you have to report but what they call the outside money, sometimes called dark...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i echo and endorse the wise comments just uttered by my friend and colleague, the distinguished senator from missouri. what we're witnessing here is the destruction of the legislative process in the senate. the senate's here today preparing to vote on one of the most significant pieces of legislation this entire congress, that is on a bill to send nearly $100 billion overseas, and senators are unable even to offer an amendment to that bill. by filling the amendment tree this afternoon, the majority leader has prevented every single member of this body from offering amendments to the legislation, any efforts to improve it. if we want to have any amendment considered, we have to beg the majority leader to let it come before the full senate for a vote. now you may remember that just a couple of months ago we were in a very similar position on a very, very similar bill. senator schumer promised a fair and open amendment process on the national security supplemental in
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i echo and endorse the wise comments just uttered by my friend and colleague, the distinguished senator from missouri. what we're witnessing here is the destruction of the legislative process in the senate. the senate's here today preparing to vote on one of the most significant pieces of legislation this entire congress, that is on a bill to send nearly $100 billion overseas, and senators are unable even to offer an...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, over the last few hours, i listened to debates occurring on the senate floor over the foreign intelligence surveillance act, and specifically discussions surrounding section 702 of fisa. discussions surrounding, among other things, that fisa 702 reauthorization, passed last week by the house of representatives. that bill that they passed last week is commonly known as resa. and under resa there are a lot of conversations going on about what does and what doesn't concern americans, what should or shouldn't concern americans. and under this bill that i'm going to be talking about today, resa, it's an acronym that stands for reforming intelligence and securing america act. like so many other bills that get passed by congress, risa has a really orwellian name. it purports to do something that on further inspection it doesn't do and in some cases it does quite the opposite of that. and so there's been a lot of misinformation being pedalled by the purveyors of the cult of infalli
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, over the last few hours, i listened to debates occurring on the senate floor over the foreign intelligence surveillance act, and specifically discussions surrounding section 702 of fisa. discussions surrounding, among other things, that fisa 702 reauthorization, passed last week by the house of representatives. that bill that they passed last week is commonly known as resa. and under resa there are a lot of conversations...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, we have a job to do. that job is not optional. it's assigned to us by the united states constitution, a document to which we've all sworn an oath under article 1, section 3, clause 6. the senate has the power, and i would at here -- adhere the duty to try all impeachments, not just some impeachments, not just those impeachments with which the majority party feels really happy about looking into but all impeachments. it's the way it's always been in united states history. when the house sends over articles of impeachment if we have jurisdiction, which we plainly do here, it is our job to conduct a trial. what do i mean by that? well, it's really a simple concept. in articles of impeachment, an accusation is made. our job is to just decide whether that accusation is remember toerious or not -- meritorious or not, whether the thing that has been accused is legitimate, whether the person who has been accused did the thing that was wrong, committed the high crime or misdemeanor spoken of in the constitution. w
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, we have a job to do. that job is not optional. it's assigned to us by the united states constitution, a document to which we've all sworn an oath under article 1, section 3, clause 6. the senate has the power, and i would at here -- adhere the duty to try all impeachments, not just some impeachments, not just those impeachments with which the majority party feels really happy about looking into but all impeachments. it's the...
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includes republican senators rick scott afforded ted cruz texas ron johnson of wisconsin might lead of utah mike brought indianan rand paul of kentucky. they meet one morning each week and like-minded senators such as j.d. bands eric schmidt and roger marshall 30 again you can find that it axios. let's hear from emma and texas. hello. >> i just want to say these people getting on here talking about the taking jobs. that's not so. our job was in mid--- that they send our jobs overseas. they are taking jobs from the people so you can stop saying all of that thank you. >> frank is in poughkeepsie new york on the independent line. >> yes. >> you are on, go ahead. >> my opinion of the crisis that's going on deuteronomy 20: 80. it says it doesn't belong to either one of them. we know who it belonged to and they are repeating 1969 protest against an unjust war. now i understand hamas killed a lot of innocent people but the government of netanyahu went in there and disproportionately killed palestinians. there's no way you can justify that. i can understand going there and hitting your target. hama
includes republican senators rick scott afforded ted cruz texas ron johnson of wisconsin might lead of utah mike brought indianan rand paul of kentucky. they meet one morning each week and like-minded senators such as j.d. bands eric schmidt and roger marshall 30 again you can find that it axios. let's hear from emma and texas. hello. >> i just want to say these people getting on here talking about the taking jobs. that's not so. our job was in mid--- that they send our jobs overseas....
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the gentleman from utah. >> thank you, chairman. director, i've only been here to terms on the lower tenure. other than witnesses we've invited typically have a natural briefing to chat with them you're the only person that's we've reached out. sorry for this week i wasn't able to make that a schedule but i do appreciate it. we have a massive catastrophic hold of this week which my wife refers to as a man cold. she also says everyone has to know about it which i actually guess i'm fulfilling that prophecy at this very moment. but i do appreciate that and i look forward to as much dialogue as possible at any moment. that means a lot. back to my cold, i get to the point where you have weeks like this and it's a no-nonsense type of moment. i've been disappointed we passed this act into there's so much fear mongering going on about trying to get something done that we all recognize we have a massive problem if we don't get ahead of our debt and deficit that have persisted. it's been frustrating to watch. i don't really need you to expou
the gentleman from utah. >> thank you, chairman. director, i've only been here to terms on the lower tenure. other than witnesses we've invited typically have a natural briefing to chat with them you're the only person that's we've reached out. sorry for this week i wasn't able to make that a schedule but i do appreciate it. we have a massive catastrophic hold of this week which my wife refers to as a man cold. she also says everyone has to know about it which i actually guess i'm...
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utah. agree it seems like a bit of a strange fit. -- justice gorsuch: so, if that's the ca, that's the case, wouldn't that get rid of this awful status/conduct distinction that we have -- th 're struggling with here today? because, if it's a nessy, it doesn't matter why it's a necessity. every person can make their own argument abo w it was necessary, and then the courts will decide. we don't get into the status/concttuff that -- that robinson seems to invite. thoughts? ms. corkran: well, but that's -- here, we don't have necessarily a necessity defense, so that wouldn't be very satisfying -- justice gorsuch: you don't think your clients have a good necessity defense? ms. corkran:he oregon courts so far have not applied the oregon -- justicgouch: i didn't ask whether the courts -- vepplied it. you haven't asked them tapy it, and you're . corkran: they've had a couple of cases like this. justice gorsuch: have they? ms. corkran: mr. kneedler referred to the bartle ce. justice gorsuch: and how
utah. agree it seems like a bit of a strange fit. -- justice gorsuch: so, if that's the ca, that's the case, wouldn't that get rid of this awful status/conduct distinction that we have -- th 're struggling with here today? because, if it's a nessy, it doesn't matter why it's a necessity. every person can make their own argument abo w it was necessary, and then the courts will decide. we don't get into the status/concttuff that -- that robinson seems to invite. thoughts? ms. corkran: well, but...