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the chair therefore under the precedence of the senate submits the question to the senate. is the point of order well taken? >> this quorum call continues. we're waiting for center speaker you are hearing the roll call of the names of the united states senators as they go through this quorum call, even though there's obviously a quorum on the floor due to earlier productions of impeachment trial. sey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. >> explained we are and why this is a quorum call despite what we heard from senator schumer not too long ago. >> basically to buy time on the senate floor some republican senators can figure out how to respond to this move right here. schumer is raising a point of order that the first article of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor. that's this data set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she doesn't have the power to decide the question. she's going to ask for the senatens to vote on whether the point of ordern. is valid. if the senate votes to sustain schumer's point of order
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a senator: madam e presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. schmitt: i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with my amendment 1626. the presidcer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from missouri mr. schmitt moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with an 1626. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided. mr. schmitt: thank you, madam president. i'll be brief and sort of walk through this a good government amendment that i hope that everybody can get behind. the house omnibus includes a provisionntaa to capture $337 million in iij funding -- to expand its brushg. just to sort of walk through this. under the infrastructure act, there was$42 billion for administrative costs. that's $850 million. that money, as it relates to the beads program, because it's pretty diffused across the country, they don't have a lot of those administrative costs. they are coming back in under the program and saying we need $337 million for administrative costs, but they ha
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senate. >> in my time in the senate, betty has been a fierce application for the preservation of senate records. her colleagues described her as a mentor who is highly knowledgeable, considerate, and persistent. it would be no exaggeration to call betty koed, as senate, a historic milestone in its own right. host: betty koed. senate leaders were talking about you. betty: they were. [laughs] host: why were they talking about you? betty: that was the day before i retired from the senate after 25 years of service. host: at the end of your retirement you put out this book "scenes, people, places and events that shaped the united states senate." how long have you been working on this? betty: years and years and years. i started working on it in 2009 because that is when i started to go to the tuesday caucus luncheons to deliver, a brief what we called historical minute, essentially a five minute history talk to senators atir tuesday luncheons. my colleagues dick baker and don ritchie had done it before me and i took over in 2009, and my colleague has also been doing it in recent years. we ha
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a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ke ask unanimous consent that the next four amendments be considered simultaneously and individually, that eac individual andment be listed at the table by number, and that over the next 15 minutes, we'll vote on all four. each person who is for t amendmt can speak a minute for it and each person against it can speak a minute against it as we've been doing it but four amendments will be considered over the next 15in desk, each senator will come forward and vote on all four amendments, one at a time but we'll be done with four amendments in 15 minutes and i ask unanimous consent. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. schumer: i object. let me just say my colleagues -- let me say to my colleagues accuracy is very important. we must make sure the vote count is accurate. if we all sit seats and do 10-minute votes, we can get this done as quickly as possible. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the sen
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senate. i, for one, don't believe donald trump is going to win the presidential election, but if you're one of the millions who is worried that he will you should find ways to help elect democrats to the united states senate. the united states senate should be campaigned objective number two. because of democrats control the united states senate they can stop every single thing that donald trump tries to do legislatively. they can stop every single thing every presidential appointment donald trump makes that requires senate confirmation. everyone of them. so, no, with democrats in control of the senate donald trump will not have an attorney general in charge of helping donald trump get away with crimes and commit more crimes. with democrats controlling the senate to donald trump will not have a secretary of defense is willing to violate the law controlling the use of american troops within the united states. the democrats in control of the senate donald trump will not be able to confirm a sin
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would the senator modify his motion? i asked the senator to modify his motion. >> 2004 it would be preferable. but i will accept the amendment we make in 2024. >> thehe question is on the motion. is there sufficient second? there is sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] on this vote the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. the pending motion is the point of order by the senate majority leader. >> madam president. >> the senator from kansas is recognized.m >> i have a motion and it takes precedent. before this body disrespects the constitution any further, before we endanger the public anymore, before we harm the reputation of this body anymore, i move to adjourn until 7 a.m. on novemben people can have a vote on this im
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senator. for 15 over 24 years in the senate she was the only female senator. think about what a an experience that must have been. she seems to have been fearless from everything i can find out about her. everett dirksen with such a character, would have loved to have met him. henry wilson on of massachusetts is another personal hero of mine, someone who has been largely forgotten their history. one of the purposes behind behind the stories i created for this book and for the caucuses through the years was to bring to life, the figures that had been forgotten and henry wilson was one of them. a major figure of the civil war era, one of the leading civil-rights crusaders of the 19th century but he is largely lost at this point. so i was able to elevate him and get him more attention for people like that. there's lots of them i wish i could have met over the years. host: back to "scenes, people places and events that shaped the 57 taeng cigar protruding from the corner of his mouth. he had a ver
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that's what hard line conservatives like senator lee, like senator cruz, like senator schmidt all are promising could happen if you don't see the trial you want. senator lisa murkowski, a bipartisan leaning member, despite the fact that she's a republican, who's saying she doesn't think there's enough here to convict mayorkas of what house republicans are sending over for the senate to consider, but at the same time she does have concerns about the precedent that it could set to not have a trial in this instance and to not let people be able to basically vote on the conviction articles that are in front of the senate right now. again, we'll watch to see what's happening on the senate floor because we're sort of in a moment of uncharted territory when there are no rules and motions and hours of debate yet agreed to. then we get to sort of see it unfold in realtime, and that's i think where we could end up seeing more of these politically potentially difficult votes as we watch them just sort of play this out in realtime with no agreements on how it's going to go, chris. >> ryan nobles,
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senate. he he used the issue and he encouraged these candidates to use the issue. and he was quite effective on the people he campaigned for. got elected to the senate and the republican took control of the senate in the 1952 election. and so in 1953, they had a majority in the senate and could could appoint people to committees and chair committees and control the agenda in congress and he became chair of the permanent subcommittee on the day. senator mccarthy, who had been a member of the government affairs committee, became chair of the committee and a the key investigative subcommittee within that government affairs committee. and that is the permanent subcommittee on investigations. so mccarthy chaired both of these panels and in particular, that permanent subcommittee on investigate issues, which is known as piece i became his vehicle for conducting the investigations that he did in the many, many hearings that he held. he built a staff. he hired some some some pretty prominent attorney
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recognize senator braun, thank you. senator lujan: is senator braun i recognize you. senator braun: thanks for getting recognized from the witness and sitting in senator. looks like i'm the last senator standing. we have had a loft interesting discussions about health of our federal government and financial trajectory. i have a question for you. a lot of the facts and bigs figs have already been covered by other senators. you think a balanced budget amendment or statute would be helpful to keep both sides of the aisle in ave to do that simple thing so we don't borrow from our kids and grandkids? i know everybody has great ideas and intentions. looks like the major result over the last probably since the bush administration when we put two r's on the credit card it's been both sides of the aisle. that goes back to 2000. we are entering into three decades of it soon. where are you at on a balanced budget amendment or statute? director young: senator, one. you are always thoughtful about these things. i thank you for the way you appr we have a lot of disagreements. i kno
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to the senate: under the to the senate: under the >> 2024 to the senate under prevision of rule 1 i hereby appoint honorable john w. hickenlooper senator from the state of colorado to perform the duties of the chair signed patty murray. under previous order, the leadership time is u reserved. morning business is closed. under previous order of the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to hr7888 which the clerk will report. >> motion to proceed the calendar number 365hr7888 and act to reform the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978. >> mr. president, the majority leader. >> mr. president, this afternoon senators will come tohi the flor and be sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial of secretary alejandro mayorkas. yesterday, the senate received the impeachment house managers who read the two articles against the secretary. today, the trial will excellence and we will be in our seats as jurors for the third time in four years. but this time, senators will provide as jurors in the lease legislate substantive and impeachment trial ever in the history of the uni
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i look and see the senator from illinois, i see the senator from west virginia. all three of us were on the senate floor at another momentous time in 2013 when then-senate majority leader harry reid exercised the nuclear option and blew up the filibuster for nominations, that did enormous damage to the institution of the senate. i remember standing in the well of the senate, 10 feet from where i am now and turning to senator amy klobuchar that day, and i told her, i said you are going to regret this day. this is a catastrophic mistake and i told her then this diagnose from harry reid and democrats will be more justices and more justices on the court -- madam president, if you want to know why roe v. wade has been overturned, it is because harry reid and the democrats sxersed the -- exercised the nuclear option in 2013. had they not done so, there's no way this senate would have confirmed all three of the nominees put forward. it was the direct consequence of the utter disregard for this institution senate democrats have. now, i bring that up because we are at a s
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when she came into the senate senator. for 15 over 24 years in the senate she was tabout what a process, what an experience thatems to have been fearless from everything i can find out about her. everett dirksen with such a character, would have loved to have metro of mine, someone who has been largely their history. one of the purposes behind behind the stories i created for caucuses through the years was to bring to life, the figures that had been forgotten and henry them. a major figure of the civil war era the leading civil-rights crusaders point.levate him and get him more attention for people like that. there's lots of them i wis years. host: back to "scenes, peoplear evil smelling cigar protruding from the corner of his mouth. he had a ver who are we talking about? betty: samuel clemens, better known to us as mark twain. host: and former senators employee! betty: he was a former senate employee briefly in the 1960's. . he actually went into the office that day looking for a job. he was not yet a famoushe was a promi
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much senate. in became rather an elder by the 1970's and 1980's -- elder statesman. he was held in high esteem. but he had quirky part of personas radio, independent amateur o radio . everywhere hehe him, he actually builtte office building so that he could go down to that studio and play on his hand radio into the wee hours of the morning.ner told me hearings for the armed services committee -- they search together on that committee and goldwater would come in yawning and eyed and they knew he would have been all night hand radio. more than anything is what he is remembered for in the senate. host: so, betty koed, exactly is the role of the historian besides these weekly lunches the historian serves as the institutional memory for the . in the senate historical office, we have two principal parts of our mission in our office. one is to preserve the of the senate. it means to preserve all the artifacts,ll all the records, and to to study and understand the history. to promote the senate. all such
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of order the chair under the 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
of order the chair under the 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...
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senator schumer. this thing is unconstitutional. it's clearly unconstitutional. >> what is the bare minimum you need to see to satisfy how this went before those? >> i on a trial. to consider the evidence and make it a combination they will have that responsibility and by the way, we have all seen that happened. it happened twice the democrats impeached donald trump and with the puppetry analogies. .. constitutional response ability seriously now and i can promise you the next time we see an and impeachment [inaudible] you're not going to see a trial. you're seeing the democrats the race the class of the constitution and that is a serious, serious threat to the rule of law. >> clear in the back. to go straight to a trial or to have -- >> i am proposing we go straight into a trial. senator cruz has a different one that would propose we have it handled by a select committee. i think most of us would prefer the former but either one would satisfy. >> last question. >> the first of that he will uphold one
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but united states senate been united states senate needed all 100 senators to agree on having a vote. and if any one senator has their own idea then that doesn't happen. so that's what's going on right now, guys. >> know a lot of deliberating going on behind the scenes as monitor describe it. nothing is happening on the floor of the manu, please. standby. we want to go to mj lee, who's live four is at the white house mj. we just a moment ago, updated viewers on the situation outside the headquarters of the us steel workers union were president biden is expected to give remarks this afternoon. he's going to be met by protesters outside, but obviously the white house is watching these impeachment proceedings closely. we know that they've been in close contact with officials over at dhs. do we know of the president is monitoring this directly? >> you there's no question, even as president biden is traveling today, he is going to be kept up to date by his advisors on everything that is going on. >> and that is in keeping with as you just said, boris the white house is close coordination w
but united states senate been united states senate needed all 100 senators to agree on having a vote. and if any one senator has their own idea then that doesn't happen. so that's what's going on right now, guys. >> know a lot of deliberating going on behind the scenes as monitor describe it. nothing is happening on the floor of the manu, please. standby. we want to go to mj lee, who's live four is at the white house mj. we just a moment ago, updated viewers on the situation outside the...
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senators and republican senators. they come here to go to school. they haven't graduated from high school yet. they come here to pick up their school work and usually in high school and maybe stay for one year, one academic year and eventually go back home and finish their education and go on to amazing things. they are just wonderful young people, very proud of them, the ones from delaware and every other state as well. they have a bright future. they have a bright future. there's also some incredibly, incredibly scary threats to that future, and one of those is we live on a planet that is growing hotter, growing hotter, growing hotter, and the question is are we going to do anything about it. and we're trying very hard to do that. the good news is we can do something about it, turn it around and reverse it in ways that create jobs and economic opportunity. we adopted that legislation in the inflation reduction act, in the bipartisan transportation bill, and the treaty called the kigali treaty. we've done a lot. the
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a full trial within proceed on the senate floor but it's also possible that senators could vote to either dismiss the charges in italy or refer the matter to theal committee. watch as the process unfolds live onn2, c-span or for you have or online at c-span.org. >> madam president, as you all know too much ago the house of representatives impeached homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas who is with the department of homeland security since the beginning of the biden administration. for three years secretary mayorkas has overseen the record-breaking crisis at the southern border. during that time customs and border protection have logged more than 7.4 million migrant encounters, more than to make previous administrations combined. and that was over a period of 12 years. in three years the biden administration has accomplished what took 12 years for the obama and trump administration. law enforcement focus response on migrant crossing has caused security missions including drug interdiction to take a hit, staffing shortage have led the agency to temporarily close international bridg
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senate. i for one do not believe trump will take the presidential election but if you are one of the millions that is worried that he will, you should find ways to help elect democrats to the senate. the senate should be campaign objective two, if democrats control the senate they can stop every single thing that donald trump tries to do legislatively. they can stop every presidential appointment trump makes that requires senate confirmation so, with democrats in control of the senate trump will not have a ag in charge of helping trump get away with crimes and commit more crimes. trump will not have a secretary of defense willing to violate the law and controlling the use of american troops within the u.s. with democrats in control of the senate trump will not be able to confirm a single federal judge that will take away your rights. not one. the senate is more important than the house because it controls the confirmation process so tonight with every other broadcast focused entirely on the t
senate. i for one do not believe trump will take the presidential election but if you are one of the millions that is worried that he will, you should find ways to help elect democrats to the senate. the senate should be campaign objective two, if democrats control the senate they can stop every single thing that donald trump tries to do legislatively. they can stop every presidential appointment trump makes that requires senate confirmation so, with democrats in control of the senate trump...
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but the senate is not what the senate was just a mere decade and a half ago. we used to vote on things all the time. there used to be amendments offered on the floor. these bills are now being written in leadership's offices. there's very little true deliberation on the floor of the senate. very few amendment votes are taken. there has been a decline in the robust nature of senate debate over the last decade. i don't know if we are at the all-time low or if it's going to keep getting worse, and a lot of that will depend on what the next senate does with the standing senate rules. >> and who is in the next senate, obviously, which is a very big part of what we're watching right now. julia ainsley, the man who is at the center of this, ostensibly, secretary mayorkas is not there, but he is the person who will go down one way or another and the expectation is that there is zero chance that they will vote him out of office, but he will go down in the history books as one of two cabinet members who faced a senate impeachment trial. i wonder if you're hearing anythi
but the senate is not what the senate was just a mere decade and a half ago. we used to vote on things all the time. there used to be amendments offered on the floor. these bills are now being written in leadership's offices. there's very little true deliberation on the floor of the senate. very few amendment votes are taken. there has been a decline in the robust nature of senate debate over the last decade. i don't know if we are at the all-time low or if it's going to keep getting worse, and...
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while senator schumer prepares to nuke the senate. if this motion to table is successful, then manglona -- with respect to manglona, we could move to legislative business to consider and organizing resolution for the impeachment trial. i ask my colleagues for support. so to that end, madam president, i move to table the nomination of ramona villagomez manglona and 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. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr.
while senator schumer prepares to nuke the senate. if this motion to table is successful, then manglona -- with respect to manglona, we could move to legislative business to consider and organizing resolution for the impeachment trial. i ask my colleagues for support. so to that end, madam president, i move to table the nomination of ramona villagomez manglona and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll....
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we are either going to follow senate custom, senate rules and senate history or we are not. if he chooses and if he may have the votes to do it but if he chooses to dismiss these impeachment articles without so much as a trial as if it was just spam in the democrats's in box, it will be further evidence that under this administration the senate has been rotting from within, rotting from within. we don't do a budget anymore. the leadership just gets together and writes a bill. sometimes they cut the budget bill, the omnibus in two, in too many bills. and this is one more step. what are we here for. impeaching public official, after months and months. after months of investigation, and one of the most solemn acts the house can do. senator schumer is just going to dismiss that. not even hold a trial because he thinks he has the votes and it is politically expedient, isn't that special? and every one of you know that if republicans were doing the same thing, you would be catatonic and foaming at the mouth. that is what chuck is doing and it is wrong. and we are going to do every
we are either going to follow senate custom, senate rules and senate history or we are not. if he chooses and if he may have the votes to do it but if he chooses to dismiss these impeachment articles without so much as a trial as if it was just spam in the democrats's in box, it will be further evidence that under this administration the senate has been rotting from within, rotting from within. we don't do a budget anymore. the leadership just gets together and writes a bill. sometimes they cut...
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. >> senator, i know last week when we were talking here, several of you, senator johnson, senator lee, talked about the fact that -- by unanimous consent and there were no trials, this would be repercussions for that. sounds like tomorrow we'll know whether or not there's going to be a trial, so does that the still stand? >> absolutely. >> what does that look like? >> what it looks like is that instead of being -- as is necessary for it to operate, i mean, i don't know how many unanimous consent requests are made and granted in a particular if day, but it's a lot. and some days it's more than others. but the place can't function without hem. last night if -- without them. last night i forced an additional procedural vote that we wouldn't have other side had to take in light of what they were doing, and if they take a weasely way out of this, if they betray our constitutional obligation in the senate, i think we have an obligation on our side to make clear that that's not okay. and that doesn't involve simply looking at this as they run roughshod over the constitution. >> but, hike --
. >> senator, i know last week when we were talking here, several of you, senator johnson, senator lee, talked about the fact that -- by unanimous consent and there were no trials, this would be repercussions for that. sounds like tomorrow we'll know whether or not there's going to be a trial, so does that the still stand? >> absolutely. >> what does that look like? >> what it looks like is that instead of being -- as is necessary for it to operate, i mean, i don't know...
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>> yes, senator. >> yes, senator. >> senator, yes we will. >> thank you. >> i, again, want to think for the partnership and support as we seek one of the principles of congress, which is our fact- finding, fact-based investigation. we will work together on other investigations that you have expressed interest in following through on. this subcommittee will consider the testimony heard today and the formal legal objections filed that each of the consultants, this record will remain open for original comments or questions by any subcommittee member. with that, the hearing was adjourned, thank you very much. >> thank you.
>> yes, senator. >> yes, senator. >> senator, yes we will. >> thank you. >> i, again, want to think for the partnership and support as we seek one of the principles of congress, which is our fact- finding, fact-based investigation. we will work together on other investigations that you have expressed interest in following through on. this subcommittee will consider the testimony heard today and the formal legal objections filed that each of the consultants, this...
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senate was not. now the senate getting into their own controversial like the jay treaty, one of the early set pennsylvania is a man named albert gallatin, probably most famous for being a long time secretary of the democratic republican side. and so the federal side of the early senate say the albert gallatin is swiss, has not lived in the united states requisite number of years to actually serve in the senate so the senate voted him out he is later elected to the house of representative by pennsylvania. rejected the senate. so naturally people of pennsylvania want to know why their senators been kicked out of the senate. so you start feeling that we wao see what's going on when senate meets here in philadelphia and add to that, the press obvusus'g in the balcony watching the house. they want to have guys sitting up here watching, the senate, because that's news final. i am sure of it, that the house of representatives is sitting downstairs meeting in public, going, you know, why do those guys upstai
senate was not. now the senate getting into their own controversial like the jay treaty, one of the early set pennsylvania is a man named albert gallatin, probably most famous for being a long time secretary of the democratic republican side. and so the federal side of the early senate say the albert gallatin is swiss, has not lived in the united states requisite number of years to actually serve in the senate so the senate voted him out he is later elected to the house of representative by...
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remarks made by the junior senator from utah, senator romney. here's what senator romney said. he does not like the bill passed by the senate, compensating these americans, he says it costs too much. and he goes on and says that any compensation should be reserved for people, i'm quoting now, who have been determined to actually be suffering. to actually be suffering as a result of radiation exposure. i have to tell you. i don't understand this statement at all. i do not understand it. i do not understand why it's not good enough for these children and their suffering to matter. i don't understand why the thousands and tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of americans poisoned in my state and other states why that isn't good enough for this body to act. we have evidence. we have studies. this has been years of research done on the scope of the government's tests, on the scope of the downwind exposure to radiation, on the uranium prosing ton in tennessee -- processing done in tennessee, ken and and ohio. we know what the facts are and that's why this body finally acted an
remarks made by the junior senator from utah, senator romney. here's what senator romney said. he does not like the bill passed by the senate, compensating these americans, he says it costs too much. and he goes on and says that any compensation should be reserved for people, i'm quoting now, who have been determined to actually be suffering. to actually be suffering as a result of radiation exposure. i have to tell you. i don't understand this statement at all. i do not understand it. i do not...
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that's one gop senator told tech ceos like mark zuckerberg, a democratic senator told them that they, quote, suck at self-policing. this is a grilling happening as we speak before a senate committee. parents are in the audience who blame -- some of them blame their children's suicide, others, exploitation on social media on the people testifying. we're monitoring this hearing. we'll go back to it in a moment. but first, we're also standing by on this very busy day on capitol hill, for mike johnson to give his first house speaker as speaker, as he poses donald trump lead with the bill that we've seen for decades on capitol hill. before we get to that, i want to get straight to manu raju who has new reporting on what has been going on behind the scenes with regard to that voter deal. manu, tell us what you're hearing. >> reporter: yeah, senate republican leaders are trying to decide whether they should go forward with that bipartisan deal, amid opposition from the speaker of the house. as well as opposition from former president donald trump. today, at a republican lunch behind closed d
that's one gop senator told tech ceos like mark zuckerberg, a democratic senator told them that they, quote, suck at self-policing. this is a grilling happening as we speak before a senate committee. parents are in the audience who blame -- some of them blame their children's suicide, others, exploitation on social media on the people testifying. we're monitoring this hearing. we'll go back to it in a moment. but first, we're also standing by on this very busy day on capitol hill, for mike...
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senator cotton: almost as old as some senators. we often hear criticism like, well, we're flying aircraft that are older than general cotton. we are flying aircraft that these generals' grandparents for flying. i'm of the, if it ain't broke, don't fix it philosophy. it's highly effective. why is it critical that the air force re-engine b-52 for your needs? general cotton: thank you for that question. it gets picked on quite a bit on its age but as we look at what the capacity and what the capable is of that weapons system that platform, it's amazing. and what that will be able to do for us, and i said earlier, we need to think about thible for it to carry lrso. this is the platform that will carry lrso. it's the platform that has a lot of mass as far as capability. i want it to have a long-range strike standoff samebility -- capability even greater than it has. senator accountton: if it's well-maintained, it seems like a big part of our weapons. >> senator warren? senator warren: strategic command is responsible for strategic deter
senator cotton: almost as old as some senators. we often hear criticism like, well, we're flying aircraft that are older than general cotton. we are flying aircraft that these generals' grandparents for flying. i'm of the, if it ain't broke, don't fix it philosophy. it's highly effective. why is it critical that the air force re-engine b-52 for your needs? general cotton: thank you for that question. it gets picked on quite a bit on its age but as we look at what the capacity and what the...
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homeland security secretary mayorkas to the senate. that will happen on wednesday to officially mark the start of the impeachment trial. you can watch live coverage here on cspan2. >> on wednesday president biden first lady jill biden host a state dinner honoring japanese prime minister. watch guest arrivals life beginning at 5:30 eastern on our website c-span.org or he spent now are free mobile video app. later at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span we will feature highlights from the evening including the prime minister's white house arrival toast given at the dinner. watch the white house state dinner wednesday on c-span networks. ♪ c-span as your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including cox. ♪ is extremely rare. but friends don't have to be. when you're connected you are not alone. >> cox support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving it a front row seat to democracy. madam president as we all know two months ago the house of representatives impeache
homeland security secretary mayorkas to the senate. that will happen on wednesday to officially mark the start of the impeachment trial. you can watch live coverage here on cspan2. >> on wednesday president biden first lady jill biden host a state dinner honoring japanese prime minister. watch guest arrivals life beginning at 5:30 eastern on our website c-span.org or he spent now are free mobile video app. later at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span we will feature highlights from the evening...
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ask any senator is not in the senate chamber at the time the meoath was administered to the other senators will make the facts are known to the chairs of the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the tsenate -- mike to the senator. >> sgt at arms to make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of imprisonment while the senate of the united states is convened as a court of impeachment to consider the articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas secretary of homeland security. >> madam president thomas majority leaders recognized by. >> at a moment i will ask unanimous consent to allow for skdebate time. to allow for republicans to offer and have votes on trial resolutions and allow for republicans to offer and have votes on points of order. so i ask unanimous consent senator lee be recognized to offer a resolution the text of esther is 624 the full senate trial. senator cruz would be recognized to offer resolution as the text of s resin 622 the trial committee. there then be up to 60 minutes of debate on the resolut
ask any senator is not in the senate chamber at the time the meoath was administered to the other senators will make the facts are known to the chairs of the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the tsenate -- mike to the senator. >> sgt at arms to make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of imprisonment while the senate of the united states is convened as a court of impeachment to consider the articles of...
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senator murphy, senator sinema, senator lankford, anybody stretching of pushing trying to get to a spot for something that would really, really make a difference, and they did. and the vast majority of us had okay, we are going to support it. but that was 105 days ago. 105 days ago. that republican colleagues had a chance to solve the issue that they come to the floor on every day. they keep coming to the floor every day. when you do do something about the border. we need to do something about the border. well, we offered a bipartisan bill, tough bill, to do something about the border. and at the last minute they said no. madampe president, a point to speak for a moment about one piece in here that is so important we think about the southern border, and there is certainly funding in your for the northern border, one of the things that is in here and i know our presiding officer cures to be about as welcome it affects a part of the country, certainly affect michigan, is the capacity to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl. so important, and it's in this bill. now, on april 2 the justice depa
senator murphy, senator sinema, senator lankford, anybody stretching of pushing trying to get to a spot for something that would really, really make a difference, and they did. and the vast majority of us had okay, we are going to support it. but that was 105 days ago. 105 days ago. that republican colleagues had a chance to solve the issue that they come to the floor on every day. they keep coming to the floor every day. when you do do something about the border. we need to do something about...
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>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications for it for existing recipients, as well as those who are first-time applicants and we are very focused on getting the dollars out the door as quickly as possible and as fairly as possible. >> thank you. during the last meeting, we spoke about the margin of error. first of all thank you for following through on that commitment. fema announced a 5% margin of number which is critical for ngos who are providing services. i was also pleased to see that the most recent fiscal year reward offers a cap on hotel booking. in order to
>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications...
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before he became a senator from florida senator scott was previously governor scott. the governor of one of the most heavily populated states in america and prior to that he was famous in the business world. personally and playing hundreds of thousands of people per the department of homeland security is an enormous organization. nobody understands how best to run an enormous organization and to do so with the exceptional skill better than senator scott and nobody understands better than him how the buck stops with the person running that organization. we'd love to hear from him now. >> i want to thank my colleague from utah for his commitment to the rule of law and his commitment to the constitution and all of his efforts and every day he's here to make sure the senate follows the constitution. it doesn't set precedence that doesn't make any sense in today's that day but i want to thank my colleague from wisconsin for being such a voice on making sure the public knows what's going on here. the information he puts out and the targets he uses information he has gives e
before he became a senator from florida senator scott was previously governor scott. the governor of one of the most heavily populated states in america and prior to that he was famous in the business world. personally and playing hundreds of thousands of people per the department of homeland security is an enormous organization. nobody understands how best to run an enormous organization and to do so with the exceptional skill better than senator scott and nobody understands better than him...
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senate. it might look like senators here in this chamber lead and legislate alone, but in fact we're only able to do our work with the support of the people in the wings, our dedicated, our tireless staff. tonight i'm here to bifarewell to one of the -- to bid farewell to one of the senate's most dedicated staffers and one of the longest-serving members of team merkley, my communications director, martina mclenon. march tina, like ann bancroft, is a daughter of minnesota. march tina, like ann bancroft, then connected with oregon and by attending the university of oregon, and march tina, by serving the people of oregon, for the last 13 years. she joined our communications team in 2011. back then, president obama and i were still in our first terms, social media was still pretty new, our world and our media landscape has in fact changed a lot since then. along the way, martina has done every role in communications, writing speeches, drafting press releases, creating social media content, crafti
senate. it might look like senators here in this chamber lead and legislate alone, but in fact we're only able to do our work with the support of the people in the wings, our dedicated, our tireless staff. tonight i'm here to bifarewell to one of the -- to bid farewell to one of the senate's most dedicated staffers and one of the longest-serving members of team merkley, my communications director, martina mclenon. march tina, like ann bancroft, is a daughter of minnesota. march tina, like ann...
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>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications for it for existing recipients, as well as those who are first-time applicants and we are very focused on getting the dollars out the door as quickly as possible and as fairly as possible. >> thank you. during the last meeting, we spoke about the margin of error. first of all thank you for following through on that commitment. fema announced a 5% margin of number which is critical for ngos who are providing services. i was also pleased to see that the most recent fiscal year reward offers a cap on hotel booking. in order to
>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications...
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senator stabenow. >> thank you, senator schumer. the american people send us to washington to govern, and that's exactly what democrats have been doing and continue to do. we are rebuilding america. we are bringing jobs home as essentially senator schumer talking about. jobs that were overseas coming home. and we're taking on big corporate interests to lower costs where growing the middle class and focusing on lowering costs. and we took on one of the biggest areas of cost for americans that we haven't talked about for years, that's big pharma. we took on big pharma and we won. now senior senior still n $35 a month for insulin, and that's a big deal for people. shingles and pneumonia and other vaccines are free, and drug companies can no longer rip off seniors by raising their prices faster than the rate of inflation, if you're getting a cancer treatment and the doctors hospital or hospital, this a huge difference. lower prices are being negotiated for drugs that treat conditions including blood clots and heart failure and cancer an
senator stabenow. >> thank you, senator schumer. the american people send us to washington to govern, and that's exactly what democrats have been doing and continue to do. we are rebuilding america. we are bringing jobs home as essentially senator schumer talking about. jobs that were overseas coming home. and we're taking on big corporate interests to lower costs where growing the middle class and focusing on lowering costs. and we took on one of the biggest areas of cost for americans...