senator dole had the greatest regard for senator mccain. senator dole wore the p.o.w. bracelet never having known john mccain when he was a p.o.w. but by happenstance chose to wear a bracelet in honor of and respect for, being concerned about a p.o.w. in vietnam. and they learned on the senate floor john mccain -- john mccain learned on the senate floor that bob dole wore his throughout much of his captivity. i respect and honor senator dole and i saw that day the respect and honor he had for a fellow senator, a fellow serviceman, a fellow veteran, both senator dole and senator mccain whose lives were dramatically affected by their service to our nation. quite frankly, when i arrived in the united states senate, i was intimidated by senator mccain. he was vitriolic. he had the opportunity, he had the habit of exploding at a moment's notice, something could set him off, something he cared passionately about could cause him to react. and in my early days as a new united states senator, i didn't seek the companionship of john mccain. that was a mistake on my part because

senate. his ability to see beyond party labels was one of the qualities that so many of us loved and admired about him. it was a lesson he learned from his family, and it is a truth, i imagine, that he came to see even more clearly during the five and a half torturous years, two of them in solitary confinement, that he spent as a prisoner of war in that hellish place known as the hanoi hilton. we are stronger together than we are divided, and john mccain knew that. his entire life was a testimony to that powerful truth. as a prisoner of war, john mccain refused offers of release because he knew what the rules were. the rules were first in, first out. he was not the first in. he just happened to be the son of an admiral, and the north vietnamese were going to make him a symbol and release him. he wouldn't do it, wouldn't accept it. his body broken by the torture and the plane crash, he stayed in that cell and waited his turn until the moment came when he could leave with his head up. john didn

in the senate. he said, could you come into the caucus lunch we have every tuesday, just give a five-minute history minute about something members who are busy and don't have much time to read tomes of history, just the essence, maybe, of something related to the institutional development of the senate, historically speaking. so i did that for 12 years until i retired, and don ritchie continued, and his successor betty is doing it. the republicans, when i retired, mitch mcconnell said, we have been meaning to do this, too, so both the republicans and democrats, every tuesday the senate is in session, get to hear from a historian about something the historian thinks they ought to know. that is great fun. mr. ritchie: the senators love history. they see they are part of history. they still sit at the desks in the senate chambers that daniel webster, henry clay sat at. they actually carved their names in the desk drawer along with the famous senators there before them. i found when they were traveling,

the senate. then what do we do? they shifted their weight, everyone shook hands and left. during the actual impeachment vote, i was fortunate enough to be able to sit in the vice president's office just off the senate chamber with president clinton's legal staff, all his attorneys, while the vote was taken. everyone had one of those big sheets, and they checked yea or nay, and they knew he would not be removed from office. brian: ray, were you there during the impeachment of bill clinton? mr. smock: i was not in the house anymore, but i did get to see, thanks to senator byrd, tickets to go to the trial. i still have my ticket. brian: any memories from that? mr. smock: yes. in our two volumes of the congressional investigation, i did the research on the whole whitewater investigation, and the clinton impeachment, so i did a great deal of research on from taking the whole thing all the way back. i followed it very closely, even though i was no longer working for the house at that time. brian: don r

i think that's a great honor for the senator. >> your republican colleague, senator jim inhofe says senator mccain is partially to blame for the president not initially ordering the flag lowered to half staff until senator mccain's burial because he says they were both very strong willed people. what's your reaction to that? >> i don't think john mccain is to blame for this at all. it is significant that at the funerals you'll have the two last opponents of john mccain in presidential elections speaking on his behalf. that's the kind of guy john mccain is. that's the kind of legacy he leaves. >> your governor in arizona, doug duesy won't name a successor until after he is buried which will be this sunday at the naval academy in annapolis, maryland. what qualities would you like to see in that person? >> it is the governor's choice. i am a big fan of the governor. he will do the right thing. but i'll stay out of this. >> any final thoughts about senator mccain? >> no. just as i mentioned on the senate floor, i hope that we can follow his example in particular how we view our opponents. if he

senate? >> you know, i think throughout the years he would -- he would contemplate what a succession would look like. i think he had a different plan in mind in those days. i think he was looking forward to retiring after this last term of office and enjoying that back porch in sedona. but it's hard to say. you know, he's always been someone who has encouraged participation in politics, especially in the republican party with minorities, women. i think a hispanic woman probably would have been his pick for a successor if he had lived long enough to do the opportunity. but it's just too sad to say what that would have looked like because he never got that far. >> he welcomed joe biden into the family. how did his relationship with senator mccain starred and continue over the years? >> they have known each other for a very long time. at one point in time he was the naviy liaison to the united states senate and one of the people he befriended was joe biden. long before john had any political amb

only three senators came out and it was senator grassley, senator bob dole and john mccain. now, john mccain came out and i always remember this, we had a lot in common, but i hardly knew the guy. the first time he came out because he has a background in aviation, i have a background in aviation. and i remember i had a nice air conditioned twin engine plane, but i lost an engine the night before so i had to fly my kid's plane. it's very hot -- it's called a little gruman tiger. it doesn't have any air conditioning, it was in the 90's, it was close to 100 that day. i wrote down the places we went that day. first we went to oklahoma city, then to shaney, then to lawton, which is the home of fort sil, which is the number one area in the world for ar till tri, and we did our thing there all the time. he was campaigning for me, a guy who couldn't win. we went from there to altas air force base, and that is one still one of the top training bases, and we now train k-17 and kc-125's. as a matter of fact, because of john, we'll be flying the kc-46. of course, this is long before tha

senate. he served couple of terms in the house before then but in 86 he was elected to the senate to replace barry goldwater, obviously, in arizona senator and conservative icon, former presidential candidate himself. >> and some of the, he was a stalwart of the conservative cause. he was often unfairly maligned because to go back to the 64 campaign with lyndon johnson and there was so many things for him but he was an honorable man and a man of deep principle and conviction. i think there was a lot of that the rubbed off on senator mccain. he was a person who clearly listen to his own counsel and he believed in what he believed mr. byatt and if it made him the one sheet out of the hundred in the fold that went the other way, he could be the prodigal. he did it not just to be different but i think he did it because he truly believed what he was doing was the right thing. if it bothered everybody, even his closest friends, he still did it. you have to have some admiration for a person who has

jane raybould: i am the 13th most effective senator in the u.s. senate. that is through the university of virginia study. you do not get that rating and less you work across the aisle. i get things done. -- iked the public and work with republicans and democrats. i fight for the state, get bills passed, whether it is agriculture industry and getting thatf crazy regulations will regulate waste omissions. >> moving on. it is time to ask each other a question. by a drawing of cards, senator fischer, you are first. deb fischer: i am a champion for paid family leave . i would ask my opponent, do your stores provide paid family leave for your hourly employees, for employees who need it the most? jane raybould: we are proud of our company. we have been in business for 54 years. we are an employee owned company, meaning our employees contribute their blood, sweat, tears, and years and we provide benefits. we provide paid time off which families can use at their own discretion. we give them independence of choosing what matters. we are also part of family medical

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. gardner: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that my fellow john price, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. gardner: mr. president, i rise to speak about the defense appropriations bill, con lating senators shelby p and others for putting together a very good product. for my home state it will give installations such as peterson, buckley, the air force academy, fort carson in colorado springs and beyond. this provides the first sig can't pay raise for soldiers, sailors, air mern and marines for -- in over ten years. in the -- i want to highlight several provisions related to these areas. the funding provides $356 million in additional funding to expand and accelerate the cyber defense including research efforts and $116 million in missile defense agency cybersecurity enhancements. legislation will support critical cybersecurity programs, including d.i.x. and army futures commands in austin, texas. the b

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, senator john s. mccain passed away. knowing his prognosis prepared us for the inevitable but it has not softened the blow. we feel a great and inexpressible loss. i know i do. but i also feel lucky that i was able to call this great man a friend. today i'd like to share a few reflections, unorganized and incomplete although they may be, i suspect i will have more to say about senator mccain with the benefit of a few days' time. senator mccain and i didn't get along very well at first. he was close to my mentor in the senate, ted kennedy, but not so with me. i never served with senator mccain on any committee. we get to know other senators up close. before our friendship, my closest brush with him was over a comment he made during a debate on defense policy when he said that long island was, quote, regrettably part of the united states. i blasted john's pejorative, which of course prompted him to reply from the senate floor, quote, i'm sorry there is at least one of my colleagues that can't take a jok

i never served with senator mccain on any committee. we get to know other senators up close. before our friendship, my closest brush with him was over, teammate during a debate on defense policy when he said that long island was, quote, regrettably part of the united states. i blasted john's pejorative which of course prompted him to apply from the senate floor quote, i'm sorry there's at least one of my colleagues they can't take a joke. i apologize if i offended him, and hope that someday he will have a sense of humor. like many, i was a victim of sender to mccains acerbic wit. now, things begin to defrost when we worked together during the gang of 14 to avoid a change in the senate rules during the bush administration, and a real tight and lasting friendship emerged from our collaboration on immigration reform. we worked in close quarters for nearly a year. our after hour, day after day, week after week, i'm tuning the only piece of major immigration reform to pass this chamber in decades. we visited the southern border together to assess the gaps in our security up close.

for former senator paul laxalt. >> the senate today confirmed marvin quattlebaum and julius richardson to the court of appeals in virginia. they also started work on an 857 billion dollar 2019 spending package that would combine the two largest annual operations bill, defense and labor hhs and education. for debate on the bill expected next week follow lives in a coverage here on c-span2. senate minority leader chuck schumer said democrats stand ready to sue the national archives where documents regarding supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh's work in the white house during the george w. bush administration. he and senators richard blumenthal and sheldon whitehouse spoke with reporters earlier today. >> hello everybody. welcome to the abbreviated week for two democrats and non- daca republicans did not show up. as of yesterday. yeah, that's right. we are. i'm happy to be joined by senator blumenthal's and white house from the senate judiciary committee. for weeks republicans have been deliberately withholding the entire record of judge kavanaugh's three years as dust secretary,

junior senator from delaware? first, my predecessor former senator and vice president joe biden let me know my first day here, john was a treasure and a challenge. i would in serving alongside him have a unique opportunity to learn from someone who spoke of experience that was in many ways unmatched among our senate colleagues. i had the honor of traveling with john and seeing him at his best, seeing him show compassion for syrian refugees at a camp win jordan, hearing him confront foreign leaders and encourage our men and women in harm's way, memorably revisiting vietnam and showed a generous warmth. i first encountered john overseas on my first congressional delegation, a trip just a few months into my first term in 2011. traveling with the senators mentioned, we had visited pakistan, jordan and israel and beirut, a memorable trip , particularly in afghanistan and pakistan. it was our last day in israel before anreturning home and i spotted joe lieberman of connecticut at dinner. he waved me over. he and mccain

to establish cloture, you could do it by simple majority of the senators. 51 senators. this was threatened by senator bill fritz when he was the majority leader and opposed violently by senator harry lee he wasy reid when minority leader. it was invoked by harry reid when he was majority leader and opposed vehemently by mitch mcconnell when he was minority leader. it was then continued by its mcconnell and in fact expanded by him when he became majority leader. it is not a democratic or republican position. it is a majority party position and a minority party position. the majority leader has got to figure out how you get things done, and the senate became so polarized, especially over nominations, that nothing was happening, so eventually, they had to blow up the dam and let the water through. did an what reid mcconnell has continued. brian: is there any way to describe what impact this would have on the house? senateck: the house and are vastly different bodies and i think we often overlook that. people think there is a congress, and they know there's two bodies, but

senate. and as we were standing out here we saw a parade of suvs arrived, led by a procession of police officers on motorcycles and a hearse and then not so much longer after that we also saw that same procession leave the property here. and from what we understand the senator was very much a part of planning how he wanted to be remembered and also planning how he wanted his funeral procession to go. just another showing of just the strength that this american icon had all the way up until the end. stephanie elam, cnn, sedona, arizona. >> stephanie, thank you. let's now bring in political analyst michael genovese. michael president of the global policy institute at loyola-marymount university joining us this hour from los angeles. michael, again, thank you for taking time with us. it is certainly a day that many people in the united states and quite honestly people who know of this man around the world mourning his loss. let's talk about the career first of senator mccain. the statesman. he r

senator graham. what was mccain like to have as a friend? >> it's ain't credible friend and for me, jake, not only was he a dear friend but he was a mentor. he took me under his wing on the senate and on the armed services committee. first of all, hanging out with john mccain, he has the most wonderful sense of humor. he is always cracking jokes. obviously he's tough as nails, incredibly bright, so strong and courageous, but to his friends we loved his sense of humor, his optimism. you know, and he was always getting ready for the next fight because he was fighting for people who couldn't fight for themselves. i mean, traveling around the world with him he always stood -- anytime there was a member of our military serving somewhere, he would go visit and anyone who was oppressed around the world, as you know, just a champion for human rights and for people around the world. >> i want to play a clip for you, it's from 2016 after you lost your reelection bid for the senate. take a listen. >> there are

that is what senator ayotte has done. i have cherished the friendship and partnership of senator kelly ayotte, the kindness and courtesy she extended to her colleagues has made this institution a better place. >> what goes through your mind when you hear those words today? >> what goes through my mind is i was at the ranch with john and cindy in the spring. and you know, he was mentoring me then. we had a long talk sitting -- overlooking the beautiful river there in sedon a and john said to me you know kelly, whatever you do, whatever you go on to do, do the right thing, and that's what goes through my mind. just, you know, that's how he lived his life. and what also goes through my mind is the legacy that john has in terms of inspiring future generations of leaders and many who serve in the senate in terms of america's role in the world and standing up to do the right thing. >> one of the things that he did that he felt was the right thing was standing up to president trump when president trump crosses lines in his view

senator. that ceremony set to get underway within the next hour. we will take you there live momentarily. we're also monitoring another great in america, the life and legacy of aretha franklin and her ceremony. a five-hour long ceremony is getting under way in chicago. that's where we have fredricka whitfield. >> you can hear the activity overhead and see the sea of people filing into the greater grace temple church where the funeral service for aretha franklin, the world's beloved queen of soul, will begin in just moments from now. what we have been able to see is besides the motorcade of pink cadillacs who have pulled up, a number of dignitaries and celebrities from the world of music, from sports, from the church, they have all been lining up to go inside the sanctuary there. 4,000 seat sanctuary. you can see it filling up. it will be a day of amazing speeches, eulogies and, of course, song. a former president, bill clinton, ariana grande to take to the podium there and deliver their eulogi

but senator shelby and senator leahy have led us, along with senator schumer and senator mcconnell, to say we're not going to try to solve every controversial issue that we can think of on the appropriations bills because we have learned in the past that that will sink them. so we have tabled a few bills, a few amendments that have come before us because they would have kept the appropriations bill from proceeding. we can deal with those more controversial ideas and amendments at another time. transportation, housing, and urban development and related agencies, that's been passed. financial services and general government, that also. so seven. that's the largest number of appropriations bills the senate has passed before august since the year 2000, 18 years ago. and this week, mr. president, we're debating the third package of appropriations bills which includes labor, health, and human services, education, and related agencies, and the defense appropriations bill. that means if we're successful in completing our work this week on those two, we will have considered all nine of those ap

and senator king joins me now. senator, thank you so much for being with us. it was really fun. >> great to be with you. oh, yeah, fantastic. that's the john mccain i knew. >> exactly. tell us than. because obviously he took policy very seriously. but it is so obvious that he loved to crack jokes about himself, make fun of himself and frankly, make fun of others too. >> oh yeah. he would get after us. one of the great things about traveling with john mccain, i told somebody the other day, it was like a long march with paul mccartney. you never stopped moving, you never stopped going, there was always another meeting. but also, everyone knew him. everywhere in the world people would recognize him. it's a good thing for a u.s. senator to have a tourist hand you their phone and say could you take my picture with senator mccain? that happened all the time all over the world. and, you know, he was always very gracious, but he also always liked to ding you. one day he had a wonderful forum in sedona, arizona, which i hope will continue on foreign policy. and for two

but the senate at that time which i have called the last great senate, i would call it mansfield senate. mike mansfield set the tone the longest-serving mutual respect and good faith engagement and then to work for senators in the 70s senate carried over into the 80s even though we lost majority control in the senate. so i loved what i was doing and i think everybody there loved what they were doing. it was a great place. it is no accident. that the people that we know now i cannot even begin to fathom what it would be like now. all these bright people who want to work in the senate come to the senate, they are very busy still. they do good work. sometimes they produce things in committee then but the evolution of the leader driven senate and that between the committees is an important problem. >> i don't thing the relationship factor is narrowly what it is when we were there but friendships are built across the aisle and social opportunities to really engage deteriorated over the years and that has affected and has been pervasive so that is a troubling aspect causing much of what we ar

senate. it was obvious senator mccain was highly regarded, he believed to be right and what was good regardless of the side of the political aisle you fell on. i saw how respected he was and how much admiration he commanded from people across the political spectrum. that admiration was not surprising because senator mccain was known as a man of integrity and conviction. a man who, at times, after he sacrificed himself for his fellow pows willingly chose to sacrifice his own political gains in order to accomplish what he believed what was best for all. as a result of this sacrifice come he may have lost the support of a political ally here and there, but he gained the respect of an entire nation. in closing, i would like to honor the love i saw in senator mccain. he loved the people of arizona, serving them passionately and diligently for decades. he took that same love to washington and boldly advocated for freedom and liberties he had grown to love. as a young navy pilot. but the love i saw

senator leahy. go ahead. leahy: i have listened to the statement, -- >> before you speak i want to ask unanimous consent since we don't have the proper number of people here for chairman leahy to speak. i don't hear any objections, so proceed. sen. leahy: thank you. the senator from iowa and i have been good friends for decades, but i must admit, listening to his recitation of history -- i recall as a child, i remember enjoying reading alice in wonderland. listening to the statements here, it brings me back to a happier, in some ways, more realistic time, reading alice in wonderland. there are so many things wrong with the judiciary committee's vetting of judge kavanaugh, it is hard to know where to begin. the white house is well aware of judge kavanaugh's lengthy record as a political operative, but the president selected him nonetheless. now the burden falls to this committee to review his record for the american people. today, we are failing miserably. the full record is not some optional thing that we dec

senator grassley: senator booker? pardon me, senator hirono. senator hirono: it has them a clear that the government has no kind. -- no plan to reunite the separated children with their parents. commander white says if the judge had not ordered to read, it would happen because these children were made orphans and are then in hhs custody. presumably they had no parents. the judge, if he had not forced the mitigation, it would not be happening. what is the plan for these children once they were separated from the parents? >> again, ice has a policy that facilitate unification of a parent and a child at the time of removal. senator: even without the judge's border, you would have proceeded to reunify as appropriate 3000 children? >> at the end of that process had been ordered to be removed by an immigration judge, the individual would have had the right to take that child with them, should they choose to do so. senator hirono: excuse me. what you did was you separated the children from their parents before any kind of process even began. i underst

he was a senate man. he deeply believed in the senate and kept reminding us over and over that we're the equal of the president of the executive branch and that in our constitutional order, it's our job to stand up to the president when he overreaches, to be independent and to reach our own decisions and conclusions as the senate, as a body rather than just fighting endlessly in partisan gridlock. one of the things that hasn't gotten a lot of attention this year, is that for the first time in my eight years there, our appropriations process is actually following a so-called regular order. it's moving in the way that john was challenging us to months ago. we will come close to or actually finish a full appropriations process for the first time in a decade. look, there's tons of partisan sniping and pointless endless fighting in the senate right now. it's depressing. but there are moments where when we make progress. and i think senator mccain will be sorely missed because he was one of the strongest voices

cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, early this summer i was privileged to be at the white house when president trump announced his nominee to succeed justice anthony kennedy whose retirement from the u.s. supreme court became effective just a couple of days ago. judge kavanaugh's nomination continues the streak that we republicans in the senate have been on for the last 18 months under the trump administration. we have set new records. specifically, we set a record last year for the most circuit judges confirmed in a president's first year, and we set a new record this year with the recent confirmation of president trump's 23rd circuit judge, texan andy oldham who will serve on the fifth circuit court of appeals. and that's two weeks ago. we already set the record with the most judges confirmed in the president's first two years and we still have five months to go. that's unprecedented. that's huge. it

senators try to overhaul obamacare. >> senators are focusing on what's being called a skinny repeal. >> mr. sullivan. >> three nights later when the senate was taking the pivotal obamacare repeal vote, all eyes were on john mccain. >> i think he was conflicted because he really does want to repeal and replace obamacare. there was a lot of pressure on him to do this and do that. i said do what you want to do. >> as someone who had just learned of his own health challenges, to have a health care repeal bill with very little replacement i think was really close to his heart at that moment. >> hillary clinton spoke to her former colleague and friend about how personal this decision was. >> he was getting the world's best care. there was nothing that would be beyond his reach if he needed it for his own treatment and i think he did really consider all of the people that he represents in arizona and people across the country and worried that because it was rushed through and there was so little thought to it what would happen to them. >> thoughts that weighed on mccain well into the early

the senator from west virginia, senator capito and the senator from maine, senator collins. it is an indication that there is broad support, and i now notice that the ranking member, the vice chairman of the committee, is with us as well, senator leahy from vermont. and for as long as i've been in the united states senate -- and i've been a member of the appropriations since that arrival -- it's been a mission of mine to see that we increase the amount of funding for the national institutes of health. and today we particularly highlight the consequences, the good things that happened in that regard with the diseases of the mind. alzheimer's, in particular, it is a devastating disease which places such an enormous burden on so many people, so many families across kansas and around the country, and it has huge impact on lives. there is currently more than 5 million americans living with alzheimer's, and their combined care costs us $259 billion, $259 to our health care system each year. i appreciate the opportunity to work on issues which combine the opportunity to help indivi

of the senate. one of the senate great moral accomplices. he was going fill that void that is senator mccain left this earth? >> i don't think any single person is able to fill the void. but we have left are the lessons that he taught us and i think that all of us heeding those lessons can make the process better. >> a cut so many lessons, but what is one that sticks with the outcome of the greatest blessing of take away from his life and legacy. >> the fact that he never gave up in in that way he was very much churchillian and did not allow a party to determine how he viewed right and wrong. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. tranter from the other side of the aisle, dan kildee. good to see you as always. appreciate it. it is interesting in washington especially these days to find somebody who is so uniting and receiving universal praise as john mccain has. why? >> well, we were all drawn to. the entire senate and the entire house in the one person i wanted to make sure i coul

thank you. >> senator blumenthal? or whitehouse. sorry. senator whitehouse. i majored in how to introduce the next person. >> having been attorney general with senator blumenthal, i take any confusion with him as a great compliment to me. >> two of the most brilliant lawyers in the u.s. senate. >> so we are now in a situation in which the best path for senators on the judiciary committee to get access to a nominee for the supreme court's records is through the public foia process. the committee process for senators on the committee has forced us to go to the foia route which is available to the general public. that is a very troubling fact in the present state of affairs. throw in that materials that we will be getting as senators will be given to us so-called committee confidential, meaning the public won't have access to them and setting a trap for any inadvertent release of those documents. finally, we have just a complete variance from the past traditions of the senate in terms of what types of documents were provided for the committee about nominees. now

what do you think the loss of senator mccain will mean for the senate and for the u.s.? >>. >> well, his voice was important to -- has been for years but never more important than the past year. and that's one thing i expressed to the family, the gratitude of all of us, that they took such great care of john and made sure he was able to speak in these last few months when it was so important. it's tough to have a voice like that silenced. but this voice for civility, to put you know, the country above your party, these are things that he taught for years and never more important than the last year. >> his life, his entire life was devoted to serving the united states, including enduring more than five years of confinement and torture in a north vietnamese prisoner of war camp and here's what he said to the american red cross in 1999. war is wrech he had beyond description and only a fool could sentimentalize its cruel reality. how did you see his experience in vietnam in how it shaped his character and way he lived his life? >> well, he said many times that he grew to ap

in the senate, said... —— in the senate, said... i suppose that kind of sums up in a nutshell, those tweets?” i suppose that kind of sums up in a nutshell, those tweets? i think it does if you look at what the former vice president of the united states said, that really embodies not only this career in politics, but this commitment to public service as an american patriot, and as a sailor, and asa american patriot, and as a sailor, and as a senator, and people really recognise what senatorjohn mccain did for this country, the sacrifices he made free country, and as historians look back at this time in public service, there will recognise that this is a once in a generation individual to step and seven public service. he served world leaders and people who've worked in governments around the world, and there will know him because he had a huge interest in foreign affairs. how would you some up this diplomatic philosophy in terms of the grand scheme of american diplomacy? as the former senator, he worked hand in glove with the forei

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. paul: mr. president, planned parenthood ends the lives of 320 ,000 babies each year. that's about 900 babies every day. planned parenthood receives over $400 million of taxpayer money. the government with the wink and a nod tells us that planned parenthood doesn't spend the money on abortions. but everybody knows that the taxpayers really cross subsidizing planned parenthood's abortion bills. my amendment would end funding to planned parenthood. my amendment is already included in the house version. and yet my amendment is now being blocked by republicans. why would republicans block a vote on defending planned parenthood? it may surprise some. because so many republicans go home saying they're against planned parenthood but this vote could happen right now, right now today if republicans don't

it's so good to be you with our colleagues from the senate, senator murkowski and senator daines and senator wyden. and since mr. secretary carter it's a good to be with you as you made this announcement and you and ms. christiansen who is leading this effort for the fourth service come so appreciative and our new forest serves the reader today because a few months ago the u.s. congress gave the secretary of agriculture in the forest service new tools to help fight fires. the advent of that has now been that the did come up with a new vision on how they are in for many of those tools. and it couldn't come at a more important time. we've lost tens of thousands of homes in just the last year, and wildfires have killed 43 people. so we needed a new tools and we certainly need the new vision, and we certainly need further cooperation by all entities. why? because of the challenges we face with changing climate and more dire conditions allowing for more fire starts, and more volume in the types of fires that are burning all across the west. my colleagues have already done a great job comm

senator: mr. fanning, you have people who are big fans of yours because we do not think there are people who are good at you mitigating about the risks we face in cyber. this is not your day job. protecting critical infrastructure is part of your job, but you are a good indicator. if you were at the atlanta rotary tomorrow and trying to explain, what sort of a likely attack on the american infrastructure that the people should expect in the next five to 10 years, and what is an extreme attack going to look like? mr. fanning: i just that the atlanta rotary three months ago. senator: i ask for permission for that video to be cemented for the record. mr. fanning: it is funny. nuclear power and all that gets a love of the headlines. the crown jewel is the electric system, really deals with the electric management infrastructure. we run the nervous system for managing electricity in the southeast. we do an in-depth approach. if they could ever get into our ability to manage electron flows across this p

i know how america feels about senator mccain. i know how the senate feels about senator mccain. i know how the world feels about senator mccain. >> on monday, the president was given no fewer than three opportunities to comment on camera on the late senator. each time, sitting in silence, as reporters asked him for his thoughts. overnight, he finally gave in, for 17 seconds. >> our hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. going to be a lot of activity over the next number of days. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country. thank you very much. >> what took so long? the "wall street journal" reports the president thought the news coverage of mccain was, quote, over the top, and more befitting of a president and not a senator. let me start at the white house with nbc's hans nichols. talk more about some of this reporting on the president and john mccain. as we know, your other double duty is covering the pentagon. with secretary mattis speaking you, the secretary will be one of the administrative representatives there

there were five senators. another senator from arizona. john mccain, the ethics committee didn't come down terribly hard on him. they came down on allen cranston, the senator from california much harder. but mccain said the appearance of impropriety on his behalf was wrong. this set something into motion with john mccain. this was the side of him always fighting back against power and influence. if you look at the famous mccain feingold campaign finance law, that's part and parcel of what they went through. when you hear those ads, we'll tart to hear a lot of them in the next couple months. a candidate will appear on tv and say i'm so and so and i approve this message. the version they ultimately signed into law was the house version. but it's the companion piece of legislation. everybody knows it's mccain feingold. judge jeanine: chad pergram, senior producer for capitol hill. thanks for sharing your thoughts on the passing of senator john mccain earlier this evening. right now we have on the phone -- senator jeff flake from arizona. sena

as the other senator from arizona. now long before that privilege was accorded me by the people of my state, i was john mccain's constituent. and when the necessity presented itself to point up examples for my daughter and my four sons of lives lived with principle and purpose, of role models, i had to look no further than my own senator. now i have a pretty good idea that such ap per base would be mocked most loudly by john mccain himself. i imagine he would have some choice and colorful language in response to the outpouring of love and tributes since he has left us. we know that like all of us, the senator was not perfect. in fact, if you're interested in an inventory of his failings, mccain himself was the most eager to provide it. but as a former aide of his said in the past few days, mccain wasn't perfect, but he perfectly loved his country. mr. president, words are a poor measure of any life, much less the life the size of john mccain's and the swath he cut on this earth. but yet we must try. we may never see hi

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mccain: joe was a senator and i was a liaison to the senate and my duties included escorting senate delegations on overseas trips, and in that capacity i supervised the luggage. when no one of lord and was -- lower rank was available for the job, that could require that i carry someone else's bag. once or twice, that turned out to be the young senator from delaware. i have resented it ever since. [laughter] joe has heard me joke about that before and i hope that he has heard about my profession of gratitude for his friendship and love over these many years. it has meant a lot to me. we served in the senate together for over 20 years during some event full times as we passed from young men to the fossils that appear before you this evening. [laughter] we did not always agree on the issues and we often argued passionately. we believe in each other's patriotism and sincerity. we believed in the institution we were privileged to serve in and our mutual responsibility to make the place work and to find solutions to our problems. we believed in the country and the indispensability to international pe

election to the senate. it didn't take long for scandal to threaten his political career. during the 1980s, the savings and loans crisis rocked the country. >> it was the mini version of the wall street street blow up of 2008. voters were angry. >> john mccain's old arizona friend and political contributor was at the heart of this scandal. because of his close ties to the embattled businessman, mccain became embroiled in one of the biggest financial scandals in u.s. history as a member of the infamous keeting five. >> it was the acquisation that members of the u.s. senate had been showered with gifts and they had intervened with federal regulators to try to get them off his back. >> the senators fought back against charges of wrong doing. >> when he came to see me in march of 1987 and asked me to do something i thought was improper, i said no. >> he was criticized for exercising poor judgment but eventually he was cleared of wrong doing. >> the notion that anyone would question his honesty or integrity or to

senate. senate. senator mccain's good nor mccain's good friend john layman, president reagan's secretary of the navy, recently wrote an op-ed about senator mccain's life entitled "a life of service with good-natured irreverence. and i think for most of us who knew and loved john mccain, that was a great description of him. his wit was legendary and i learned if you were a target of it, you were ultimately a term of endearment though it could take some getting used to. senator sasse was on the floor talking about this, some of the barbs, some of your first engagements with the senator. i first met john mccain four years ago. i remember the meeting like it was yesterday. was a huge fan. i had read books about him. i had read books by him. i was here as a candidate for the u.s. senate, had recently won my primary, and i was meeting senators at one of our lunches. senator murkowski, my colleague from alaska, was taking me around, introducing me to a number of republican senators, and she said, oh, dan, h

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: the senate is not in a quorum call, are we? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. thune: mr. president, in the wake of senator john mccain's passing, i was particularly moved by the announcement that in accordance with his wishes he'll be buried in the cemetery at the u.s. naval academy. it is a fitting resting place for someone whoing belonged in - who belonged to the united states navy and characteristic of him that in death he wished to rest with his comrades at arms. it was during his service at the navy that lieutenant mccain's plane was shot down over north vietnam. he was ejected and taken into captivity. during world war ii admiral chester nimitz noted that, and i quote, uncommon valor was a common virtue. end quote. the same can be said about the american soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines in the prison camps of north vietnam. john mccain joined their number in october of 1967. during the years of his confinement he was regularly beaten and

it is good to be here with our colleagues from the senate, senator michalski and james and senator wyden. mr. secretary, it is so good to be with you today as he make this announcement. you and miss christiansen, who are leading the efforts for the foreign service, we are here today because a few months ago, the u.s. congress gave the second terry of agriculture new tools to fight fires. the advent of that has been they have come up with a new vision on implementing the tools. it cannot come at a more important time. we have lost tens of thousands of homes in the last year. wildfires have killed 43 people. we needed a new tool. we certainly need the new vision . we need further cup -- cooperation by all entities. the challenges we face with changing climate and more dire conditions are allowing for more fires start and more volume in a types of fires that are burning across the west. my colleagues have done a great job communicating to you what it is like in the west now. it has become the new normal. it is small communities trying to fight fires with as many beautiful -- resources as th

we both loved the senate. the proudest years of my life were being a united states senator. i was honored to be vice president, but being a united states senator. they both lamented watching you change -- watching it changed. during long debates in the 1980's and 1990's, some colleagues around the would know i would go in sit next to john, next to his seat, or he would come to the democratic side in sit next to me. i am not joking. we would sit there and talk to each other. i remember the day i came out to see john and we reminisced about it. it was in 1996. we were about to adjourn for the caucuses. there was a luncheon once a week where all the democratic senators have us together and all the republican senators would have lunch together. we both went into our caucuse and we were approached by our caucus leaders with the same thing. joe, it doesn't look good, you sitting next to john all the time. [laughter] swear to god. the same thing was said to john and his caucus. that's when things began to change for the worse in america , and the senate. that's when it changed. wha