20th, 2017 letter sent by senator grassley to then deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the letter raised concerns about the activities alexander chalupa a contractor for the democratic national committee who worked with embassy officials to spread dirt on the trump campaign. as senator grassley wrote, chalupa's actions, quote, chalupa's actions appear to show she was simultaneously working on behalf of a foreign government, ukraine, and on behalf of the dnc and the clinton campaign in an effort to influence not only the u.s. voting population but u.s. government officials. unquote. after touting the dossier and defending the fbi's russia investigation, which are now being investigated by inspector general horowitz and attorney general barr democrats on this committee ignore ukrainian election meddling even though chalupa publicly admitted to the

chuck grassley, right? chuck. [applause] and also with us are senator john cornyn -- i looked at your polls, nobody is beating you, john. nobody. and you don't have to worry about beto anymore, that is for sure. from texas. he doesn't like guns, religion, or oil. >> [laughter] out allump: he knocked three categories. somehow in texas that will not work. i don't think that works anywhere. that does not work anywhere. good. john cornyn. mike lee. mike, thank you very much. [applause] senator ted cruz, also of texas. thank you, senator. thanks, ted. senator tom tillis. tom, thank you very much. senator ben sasse. ben, great, great to have you here. and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you. great job you are doing. and josh hawley, our young star. he is a young star. thank you, josh. thank you. great job, everybody. in addition, the nation owes an immense debt of gratitude to a man whose leadership has been instrumental to our success. it is so important to him. and that is he always mentions , it, number one p

a man that i have a lot of respect for and everybody senate, chuck grassley. come up and say a couple of words, chuck. come up here. [applause] sen. grassley: like i tell my colleagues, if i yell, i am not mad at you. [laughter] sen. grassley: let me say what set the stage for this, before any of us had anything to do with this. you ran on a platform that no other president has run on, to tell the type of people that you are going to put on the supreme court. and name 20 or 25 people, and that list is still out there, and it is made up of just the kind of people that mitch mcconnell has talked about, you have talked about, people who are constitutionalists. and you kept your word. and 20% of the people voted for you based on a proposition of the kind of people you were going to put on the supreme court. so, a lot of candidates for any office run on a platform, but they do not stand on that platform. and i think what is important about not only the judges that you have appointed along the lines of what you promised the people you are going to appoint, but also

chuck grassley, right? chuck. [applause] pres. trump: and also with us are senator john cornyn. i looked at your poles, nobody is beating you, john. and you don't have to worry about beto anymore, that is for sure. from texas. doesn't like guns, religions, or oil. somehow in texas that will not work. i don't think that works anywhere. that does not work anywhere. good. john cornyn. mike lee. mike, thank you very much. cruz also of texas. thank you, senator. thanks, ted. senator tom tellis. tom, thank you very much. senator ben sasse. ben, great to have you here. and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you.

chuck grassley, right?

it's one of the reasons why the grassley wyden proposal is so important because it would dramatically simplify the part d program. so transparency is a big, it would be revolutionary if we had true transparencyin our healthcare system . i find it bewildering whenever i get a healthcare bill on a personal basis. i'm one of the people that ignores my health care bill for a good 90 days becausethe first two are certainly not true . they tell me i hope $40,000 or my most recent trip to the hospital and then it turns out after three months we sorted out, you owed $280 and that doesn't make anysense . the medical billing were working on on capitol hill, that's another element to get more transparency in the healthcare system performing part d is another effort . the grassley-widen proposal as a provision to require less basis to be attached to drug price adds so transparency should be first and foremost in everything we do in healthcare. everything we do from a policy perspective as a government. taxpayers, citizens should be able to understand these programs. we should get more data out th

is the administration going through the pricing index, grassley-wyden -- and also on grassley-wyden since you've been talking with them so much what discussion has there been about adding rebates provision to the bill. >> the international pricing index regulation is currently under review so i can't get into a lot of detail on it. as i said, these are difficult issues. we're very focused on making sure that any policy that we roll out is solid. making sure the data is right. making sure that we've thought through potential unintended consequences. drug pricing is a difficult issue. we continue to make sure across all of our health care policies and policy generally to make sure that they're solid from a legal perspective, solid from a policy perspective and that we are not going to do something that we're going to regret over time. i'm sorry, the second question? >> adding provisions to grassley-wyden that would remove rebates or pass them through to patients? >> well, there was a lot of talk about that when it was being voted on in committee. i am a skeptic of the rebates, i have been f

grassley is. yes sir. do you believe that senator grassley is a serious and credible elected official i have never even to think otherwise were you involved in the july 25th trip selenski phone call or preparations for the call you know it was not were you involved in the deliberations about the pozen military sales to ukraine as the trumpet ministration reviewed newly elected president ski's commitment to corruption reforms. it for the delay and for the pas pas. no i was not were you involved in the proposed trump selenski later pencil in scheme meetings in warsaw poland on september 1st you know i was not a jew ever talked to president trump in 2019 you know i have not mick mulvaney you know i have not thank you ambassador. not exactly sure what the ambassador is doing here today this is the house intelligence committee that snout turned into the house and pietschmann committee this seems more appropriate for the subcommittee on human resources at the foreign affairs committee if there's issues

grassley: oh, boy. i have to scratch my head about hearing some criticism of the finance committee's prescription drug reduction act from supposedly fiscally conservative and pro-taxpayer organizations, to mention a couple, like freedom works and america's for tax reform. the grassley-wyden bipartisan bill should have a lot of support. it will save taxpayers $100 million. you would think that fiscally conservative organizations would want to back that. of course some of these fiscally conservative organizations receive substantial funding from big pharma. i can't think of a better opportunity to enact bipartisan entitlement reform that would significantly lower the debt and help rein in entitlement spending bill, and this bill happens to be judged by the congressional budget office, a nonpartisan group working for the congress as a whole saying it would save a little over $ 100 billion. so i think reining in entitlement spending is a goal that i campaigned on and nearly won every one of my republican co

we are very supportive of the grassley wyden compromise. it is the product of a really good bipartisan collaborative approach to solving drug prices. and we continue to work with their staff each and every day. republican and democrat on improving the package that came out of finance. a number of things we are trying to accomplish. make sure premiums are kept low as we align incentives to drive drug prices down and give seniors a true catastrophic where they would pay 0 after they hit the catastrophic and pay no more, right now it is 8000. we loaded at 3000 roughly. that is a huge win for seniors, a huge win. as far as inflation caps are concerned they were not in the administration's proposal but they are the product of a bipartisan compromise and are linked to a bipartisan bill in my opinion. nancy pelosi's bill right now is unworkable, impractical and hyperpartisan it is not going to pass in its current form. the surest route to a bipartisan solutions that would be a real win for democrats, republicans, the president and more importantly

she also worked with senator grassley. when she came to us in de-- and detailed her harrowing story of sexual assault, she was raped and then she felt like she was raped again by a criminal justice system that was not responsive to the challenges of survivors of sexual assault. amanda described a system that further traumatized survivors and provided scarce protections for their rights. evidence of assault was being destroyed without sure viefers' consent and survivors were forced to periodically follow up with law enforcement to preserve that evidence. the broken promise that they were forced to endure resulted in a system where they were often revictimmized. instead of a process that helped them move forward with their lives as they pursued justice, survivors were confronted with the trauma of reliving their attacks each time they sought to preserve evidence or gather information about their case. well, because of amanda's efforts, the sexual assault survivors rights act was creat created. it was legislation that provide

>> chuck grassley was chair of the senate judiciary committee for a very long time. of course he'll uphold the whistle-blower act of 1989. this is inappropriate. it is intimidation. the only reason the president wants this person's name leaked and their identity outed is so he can intimidate and harass them on twitter with a name attached. more importantly, congress dating back to 1777, the continental congress passed whistle-blower protections dealing with the navy case where a commander had done something wrong. someone told it. and the attorney's fees were paid. congress honored this dating back to our founding. that is how important whistle-blower protections are. no this person should not be outed ever, ever, ever, and the president is out of control and out of order. this is illegal. he is harassing this person. >> michael, on that front, the president saying, look. the identity needs to be out there of this person. this person does not deserve to be protected. he has done it again and again. i referenced it but i want everyone to understand why i am saying tha

republican senators say their game plan will be as republican senator chuck grassley used the word cover up and asking why the fbi officials as they tried to stonewall the ig knowing this report could hurt them. the stock market hitting historic highs, the economy going ahead and more people working than ever. this as rashida tlaib has always wanted to impeach trump attacking economic policies now, she's accused by the house ethics battle of major ethics violation by taking thousands of dollars of her campaign funds to cover her own personal expenses. that story coming up. speaker pelosi and mnuchin might be closer to breaking the deadlock over $5 billion in border wall funding in order to stop a government shutdown before things giving. this is homeland security approved keeping a safe and democrats and the media were criticized, their reporting a big, nearly 20% jump in arrest of a certain type of criminal everyone should find terrifying. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now ♪ ♪. liz: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. let's get t

the grassley wide in proposal has a provision to have list prices that is transparency. it should be first and foremost in everything we do in healthcare and from a policy matter. taxpayers and citizens should understand these programs we should have more data out there generally speaking. not just healthcare but anything. it is a broad ranging philosophical direction we don't think the government knows better than the private market actually the government knows less if we have data at the let's get it out there. >> do you have any analysis of the transparency regulations quick. >> no. we won't have broadly speaking it could be huge if you look at the disparity of certain metropolitan areas some hospitals will pay ten times as much with no improvement of outcome for the same procedure and clinics versus hospitals, that type of differential or type of care. the key focus is it would be revolutionary with true transparency in healthcare pricing. and then to bring costs down. we don't have cost coming down as much as they should all the innovation we have gotten computing

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 7:00 .tands adjourned until 7:00 >> guest: and that wraps up the pre pro forma. they're back monday, december 2nd for votes. we expect more pro forma sessions next week. and more live coverage when senate lawmakers return. >> weekend coverage at the miami book fair starting saturday and sunday featuring author discussions and interactive caller segments. on saturday, 11 a.m. eastern. republican senator tom cotton talks about arlington cemetery and former obama security advisor and ambassador susan rice discusses her career. megan roper on the baptist church. and studies at university of notre dame on liberalism and wired magazine discusses russian hackers. on sunday, 10:30 a.m. eastern our live coverage continues with former under secretary of state on the proliferation of disinformation in politics. and the 1950's red scare. journalist elinore randolph discusses former new york city mayor michael bloom

we haven't heard from chuck grassley who made something of a stand there. the thing is, yeah, therest no cohesive strategy, but it's working and keeping his caucus together, is it not? >> well, i would just jump in here and say that there's a difference between the president talking or tweeting and the white house having a strategy. so, while everybody expects the president to talk as much as he wants with reporters, tweet us whatever he wants, what they are missing is a white house strategy, a policy strategy, a messaging, i've talked to people in the white house who don't actually know what's going on with the impeachment inquiry. they're a little confused. so it could be staff at the white house that's coming up with a message and putting it out to surrogates, getting surrogates on television, having people saying things. yes, we know that the president's going to do whatever he wants, but what about everybody else. >> dana, i want to take a moment here for anyone who did not see your interview with kellyanne conway yesterday. bravo to you because you ju

i assume that you know who store grassley is. >> yes, sir, i do. >> do you believe senator grassley is a serious and credible elected official? >> i have no reason to think otherwise. >> we are involved in the july5 trump-zelensky phone call or preparations for the call? >> no, i was not. >> were you involved in the deliberations about the possible military sales to great -- to ukraine? >> for the delay in -- >> for the pause. >> no, i was not. >> were you involved in the proposed trump-zelensky later pence zelensky meetings in warsaw, poland, on september 1? >> no, i was not. >> did you ever talk to president trump in 2019? >> no, i've not. >> mick mulvaney? >> no, i have not. >> thank you, ambassador. i'm not exactly sure what the ambassador is doing here today. this is the house intelligence committee that has now turned into the house

i assume that you know who senator grassley is? >> yes, sir, i do. >> do you believe that senator grassley is a serious and credible elected official? >> i have no reason to think otherwise. >> were you involved in the july phone call, or preparations for the call? >> no, i was not. >> were you involved about the deliberations of the admit comic military sails to ukraine as the president reviewed and newly have an president zelensky's commitment to corruption reforms? >> for the delay? >> for the pause. >> i was not. >> were you involved in the proposed trump-zelensky meetings in warsaw, poland on september 1st? >> no, i was not. >> did you ever talk to president trump in 2019? >> no, i have not. >> mick, mulvaney? >> no, i have not. >> thank you come ambassador. i'm not exactly sure what the ambassador is doing here today. this is the house intelligence committee that has now turned into the house impeachment committee. this seems more appropriate for the subcommittee on human resources of the foreign affairs committee, if there a

senator grassley is good at this stuff. he has spent an entire lifetime during oversight and they certainly will be asking the state department for those documents in addition to the ones i get. i'm sure they will be happy to comply. >> harris: is this, marie, where it gets complicated that hunter biden give that interview from which we all could get a transcript? since that seems to be the vernacular were these days. where he talked about, "yeah, using my name, i shouldn't of done this." but he did. now his father is being looked out for what he knew and when he knew it, so on and so forth. >> marie: there are two key points. first, sure, ask for the information. i don't think there's any information to indicate people got meetings they shouldn't have gotten because joe biden's son was on some board. i certainly see no evidence of that no one has produced any yet. the thing that bothers me a little bit is the state to permit has been stonewalling democratic congressional requests for documents on the whole host of issues.

i assume that you know who senator grassley is. >> yes, sir, i do. >> do you believe that senator grassley is a serious and credible elected official? >> i have no reason to think otherwise. >> were you involved in the july 25th trump/zelensky phone call or preparations for the call? >> no, i was not. >> were you involved in the deliberations about the pause in military sales to ukraine as the trump administration reviewed newly-elected president zelensky's commitment to corruption reforms? >> for the delay in -- >> for the pause. >> the pause? no, i was not. >> were you involved in the proposed trump/zelensky, later pence/zelensky meetings in warsaw, poland on september 1st? >> no, i was not. >> did you ever talk to president trump in 2019? >> no, i have not. >> mick mulvaney? >> no, i have an not. >> thank you, ambassador. i'm not exactly sure what the ambassador is doing here today. this is the house intelligence committee that's now turned into the house impeachment committee. uh, this seems more appropriate for the subcommittee on human resources at the foreign affairs committee if th

grassley: i ask to speak for one minute as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: november is national adoption month. this year we have very good ne news. in 2018 over 63,000 young people were adopted from foster care. that's an increase of 4,000 from the previous year. however, the number of children waiting for adoption also increased. that number rose to 125,000. unfortunately, teenagers, sibling groups, and those with medical challenges often wait much longer to be adopted. every child deserves a safe, permanent, loving home. so i want to commend all those who have chosen to adopt children in foster care. if you wonder where i get the opinion that it's unfortunate that people want a permanent, safe, and loving home, all you have to do is listen to the kids in the foster care system and you'll always get this response. what i'd like to have is a mom and dad and i'd like to have a home. in other words, they get tired of being shuffled around from one foster home to another foster home to another foster home

i believe senator grassley said the same. they're both right, but there should be bipartisan outrage at the public attempts by the president and a member of this body to expose the identity of a federal whistle-blower. you don't get to determine when our whistle-blower laws apply or they don't, whether you like what the whistle-blower said or you don't. they are laws. this whistle-blower whose complaint was deemed credible in an urgent matter by a trump appointee is protected by these statutes. every single member of this body should stand up and say it is wrong to disclose his or her identity. our rhetoric can sometimes be overheated, but i'm appalled by these developments. there's no other word for it. we're in a moment of history when republicans over only a few weeks have shifted from saying that no laws were broken to saying that laws were broken, but it's not impeachable, to outright advocating that laws be broken. where is the internal gyroscope, the clock of decency and honor on the other side? they're twisting themse

someone like senator grassley has also done a lot of work on whistle-blower protection. but, yeah, advocating that the law is broken and outing this person who has -- who, through his lawyers, have expressed credible threats to this individual. and his -- and the whistle-blower complaint through the intelligence committee inspector general was deemed urgent and credible. not to mention, i have to also point out the read the transcript t-shirts that he was surrounded by. the whistle-blower complaint, not only is it borne out in the transcript. also you have all of these other supporting testimonies that we're seeing more and more of through these transcripts that are being released in the coming days that have done nothing but support the claims that the whistle-blower complaint brought forward. >> that's the thing. the whistle-blower attacks have outlived the evidence, in effect, that you're seeing to corroborate the core of that complaint. >> we're joined by mike rogers. chairman rogers, thanks as always. i understand you have been spending time in recent days with memb

let me just get to grassley's letter. he cited quote collusion between the hilary clinton campaign, dnc and ukraine. ne they were trying to dig up dirt to trigger congressional probe and hearings to damage the trump campaign. it involves paul manafort. your take? >> listen, i hope they continue to press for these investigations because listen, there are serious allegations in regards to ukraine and the 2016 election and also concerns about former vice president joe biden and his son hunter, his, you know, position on the board of burisma holdings. so clearly, this stuff does need to be looked into. look at how democrats are going all in investigating all things president trump, when you have this issue, for example, biden on tape, on record, on video, saying that he -- the money was going to be withheld if the ukrainian prosecutor was not fired. so clearly there is a huge double-standard here, liz. elizabeth: okay, so backing up, what's happening with senator grassley, he's also recently asked the doj to reopen the probe.

we know now that it was unverifiable based on the steele dossier as the grassley grandma mom says. why so long and will it be what sarah just said? >> i think sarah is absolutely right. i don't think you can justify it going on this long that i think anything past thanksgiving is highly suspicious. i do think that originally there was an anticipation that russia's 20% of the report would be redacted and now the anticipation would there be sentences and paragraphs, not nearly the 20% of people originally thought, and i have no doubt there will be people outside of the department of justice, people like john burt john burt and in others, into other agencies, and i think that will be, as we look back, the reason why it took months and months longer because this tangled web was much further and deeper than just the people at the department of justice and i also think it will show how they manipulated and used the media here in the united states to move forward a political agenda to those of the top o top of th. >> sean: congressman andy biggs, we really don't have any ambiguity here be

meanwhile the bipartisan grassley-widen bill is facing uphill battle in the senate. here is dan mitchell, center for freedom and prosperity chairman. first, can you break down for me nancy pelosi's bill, what's wrong with it? because she says that she is going to be able to save medicare $345 billion. all it does is give medicare the right to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies. >> basically what is happening is pelosi and others are looking at other countries seeing that they pay lower prescription drug costs. well the reason they pay lower prescription drug costs they impose price controls. that is frustrating in effect the american consumer is the one underwriting all the research and development costs for the pharmaceutical industry. so pelosi says, let's basically import those price controls into the united states. the short run, that is bad for our consumers because we'll probably begin to be denied access to some drugs but in the long run, this is what worries me the most, who is going, who is going to underwrite the research and development for life savin

grassley: i ask permission to speak in morning business for one minute. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: in recent years, the opioid epidemic has resulted in steadily climbing numbers of kids entering foster care. however, in 2018, the number of children in foster care declined for the first time since 2011. this is evidence that prevention programs are working. it is important this renewed focus on prevention continues as states -- all 50 states -- work to implement the family first prevention services act. when child welfare agencies have more tools, which they will have through this new legislation, to help families before children must be removed, outcomes are better for communities, better for parents, and, more importantly, better for the children we're trying to protect. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. leader, we are in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the

he's joined by mitch mcconnell and judiciary committee chair chuck grassley who helped confer more than 150 judges to the federal bench, including two justices on the supreme court. this is half an hour. ♪ [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much.

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, december 2, 2019. december 2, 2019. everything days during the thanksgiving break, the senate will return on monday at 3:00 o'clock eastern on nominations. taking back to the tv on c-span2. >> now on book to be jeff mason and joel klein discuss a warning which is reported for a behind-the-scenes look from a trump administration from an anonymous source. you been around this town for a long time did you learn anything from anonymous? >> i don't think anything is startlingly new in the basics, it's a critique of term presidency that we heard a lot in red in the same author in the new york times and ominously, i think you learn the depth of the concern of this particular person and interesting details about antidotes. i thought one thing that was interesting was to learn the rationale for addressing this in this fashion and in an ominous book as opposed to with your name attached to it

were cooperating with that operation this was the subject of a july 20th 2017 letter sent by senator grassley to then deputy attorney general rod rosenstein letter raised concerns about the activities of alexander chalupa a contractor for the democratic national committee who worked with the ukrainian embassy officials to spread dirt on the truck campaign a senator grassley wrote. children actual quote chalupa is actions appear to show that she was simultaneously working on behalf of a foreign government ukraine and on behalf of the d.n.c. and the clinton campaign in an effort to influence not only the us voting population but u.s. government officials unquote after touting the still dossier and defending the f.b.i.'s russia investigation which are now being investigated by inspector general horowitz and attorney general bar democrats on this committee ignore ukrainian election meddling even though chalupa publicly admitted to the democrats scheme likewise they are blind to the blaring signs of corruption surrounding 100 biden's well paid position on the board of a corrupt ukrainian company w

grassley: i'd ask for one minute in morning business, please. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: a five-year decline in farm income, retaliatory tariffs on u.s. ag commodities disrupted renewable biofuel policies, devastating natural disasters, and now shortages of lp gas needed to drive harvested grain add to the growing burdens weighing heavily on the minds of iowa and american farmers. mounting pressure to pay bills, to get the crops out and make ends meet can be overwhelming. we have expressed lately lots of worries and pressures that come from increasing farm bankruptcies or increase in rural and farm suicides. there are many uncertainties in farming that are beyond human control but there are other areas where congress can help. as a farmer and as a senator representing the number one agricultural state, i'm fighting to build mental health resources as an example, the grassle grassley-tester bill to help preempt suicides. uphold the r.f.s. by fighting with the e.p.a., and to pass the u.s.-mexico-canadian agreement. the

this week senator grassley and i with a big assist from senator reed introduced this bill in the city. it provides additional resources and more tumors that encourage local housing and child welfare agencies to work together to serve our young people. this is just the first step. carbon monoxide isn't the only way people are poison in their homes. there are many health hazards in homes across this country, especially in old housing stock in places like appalachia and inner-city cleveland. there are severe housing shortages in urban and rural areas and indian country that we face expiring assistance contracts and thousands of affordable units in rural counties. we see a growing need for affordable senior housing options. we have to tackle this crisis from all sides. corporations frankly are not paying workers enough to afford a place to live. we need to great on the other side we need to create more safe affordable homes. i'm glad the word housing is making its way back into the title of this committee, send housing and urban affairs. thanks. >> thank you, senator brown. i'll indicate

he seemed to ask a lot of unrelated questions like do you know who chuck grassley is? >> it's hard to know sometimes but perhaps he was laying foundation. he could have been laying the foundation for a later argument that she could have gone to grassley with these complaints. lots of times prosecutors will do that so they can later put it in the testimony where they can contradict them. >> shan wu, thank you for being here. >> you too. >> be sure to see chris cuomo's special "white house in crisis" tomorrow here on cnn. >>> the student who shot and killed some students and then shot himself has died. his motive is still a mystery. police yesterday also identified 14-year-old dominic blackwell and 15-year-old gracie ann mulburger as the others who were killed. last night the community in santa clarita dedicated the high school football game to the victims of that high school shooting. >>> we're following the latest from a shooting at a high school football game in new jersey. that left two people seriously injured. the fear and chaos of the terrifying moment caught on c

the act of 2019, which was recently introduced by senators brown and ca grassley and has the support of over 100 organizations represent over 55,000 foster youth across the country. this has been spearheaded by action ohio, spearheaded by foster alumni, who not only support the legislation but played a central role in designing and drafting of the bill. second, except the funding increases in the federal unification program targeted at foster youth, included in a 2020 appropriations bill. third, protect lgbtq youth from discrimination and ensure their access to housing and social support. mr. chairman, 75% of households eligible for federal rental assistance to not get it due to limited funding. toilies may wait years receive assistance, and an overwhelming amount have stopped accepting applications. they are vulnerable and are disproportionately at risk of homelessness. of the 4000 or so children in foster care, 20,000 age out each year. these young adults often have limited or no emotional support your day struggle to get jobs, and if they get jobs, which most of them do, they are

. >> and grassley and johnson, top republican senators' watchdog for intelligence community to look to potentially massive leaks by the media for the russia probe. were government officials trying to swings narrative against trump. >> more on clinton foundation bleeding money. what about those potential quid pro quo? >> a top border guy on 2020 democrat trying to regain footing and try to blame president trump for border crisis she wants to spend your tax do you ar -- dollars to take down the border wall, thank you for joining us, the "evening edit" starts right now. i am elizabeth macdonald. >> we have breaking information coming in reports that republican representative will herd of texas signaling today. he will vote no on trump's impeachment, he has not seen quote, compelling overwhelmingly clear and unambiguous evidence of an impeachable offense. this after two weeks of hearings. he says nothing showing that president trump committed bribery or extortion. we'll get an update on the hearing with edward lawrence in dc . >> i think you will hear a lot of republicans with that same op

iowa senator chuck grassley says whistleblowers are up to maximum protection and it's up to them to decide if they want to come forward. >>> how is this playing in a swing state? no surprise that voters are split on impeachment. >> i think it's a sham. the president -- >> just horrible. >> horrible? >> horrible. >> the president is doing a great job. >> i think it's important that the inquiry be going on. i think it's important that we not be distracted by it and there's governance going on. >> i think the democrats are trying to overturn the ruls from 2016. i think it will fail miserably. >> i think it's headed in the right direction, the impeachment. i hope he gets what's coming to him. >> michigan's 11th went for president trump and flipped in the midterms, electing haley stevens to congress. >>> there's important state and local offyear elections all across the country. in philadelphia, houston and san francisco, they're electing new mayors. in massachusetts and kentucky, choosing governors. many of the races could offer hints of what's to come in 2020. ryan nobles has more from washin

grassley: madam president, i'd like to -- madam president? the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. grassley: i ask permission to speak in morning business for three minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: i come to the floor today to recognize the accomplishments of an organization that has done great service to communities and veterans across the united states. this month marks 100 years since the american legion received its charter from congress and formally adopted its constitution. when it was established in paris in march of 1919, the american legion stated its aims in part, quote, to perpetuate the opinion pells of justice -- the principles of justice, freedom, and democracy for which we fought. end of quote. the accomplishments of the american legion since that time are numerous and profound. they include successfully lobbying for the creation of what was then called the veterans bureau which we later became the v.a., the department of veterans affairs. the american legion also conducted pioneeri

. >> and chairman grassley and members of the committee, i am pleased to discuss on the oversight of recovering homes, substance abuse and drug use is a problem that is ruined families and take analyze the da reports that since 2011 drug overdose has allowed alone i've been leading cause of death in the united states, outnumbering deaths by, guns car crashes, suicide, and homicide, recovering homes can offer safe and supporting houses, unfortunately bad actors have use these homes to take advantage of individuals during the time of need. today i would like to highlight two key findings from our report, first g eight oh found that all five states have received complaints of fraud related to recovery homes, four of the five, florida, massachusetts, ohio, and utah had or were in the process of conducting investigations. for example, officials told gao, that fraud was extensive in southeastern florida, a task force found that operators were lowering individuals using deceptive marketing techniques, such as promising of free airfare and rent. recruiters then broker these individuals to pr

grassley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i've got a couple of issues i want to speak on. one would be trade and section 232 issue. that would be my second one. the first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. in the past year we've seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. i'm encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially ranking member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree -- in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the united states who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. all have made lowering prescription drug costs one of the core principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration. i've paid attention to each of the pieces of legislation that have been proposed and looked at their pros and cons closely. however, so far there's only one bipartisan proposal that cuts prescription drug prices, protects innovation, lowers what senior cit

iowa senator chuck grassley chairs the senate finance committee. director of communications for the committee said this, senator grassley would welcome a visit by president trump's and xi to state of iowa. the statement says farmers in particular are hard hit by the trade war and deserve recognition for the sacrifice. senator grassley is vocal about getting a enforceable trade deal. so far no movement on the ground in iowa, preparing for actual signing. we are moving towards that direction, for a signing somewhere. we just don't know exactly where it is. neil? neil: thank you, my friend. edward lawrence. a sudden rush to get a deal has a lot of folks wondering why now? lee spieckerman on this. what is interesting you're of the view this is not the way to go about it. what we know this is way to do it. did i get that right? >> i don't like what i'm hear about the agreement, neil. frame this, whenever you hear the phrase free trade. that is code for cheap foreign labor and unfortunately wall street fat cats are addicted to that. too often appears the

grassley: i ask to address the senate for one minute in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: probably a lot of my colleagues know i've had a quarter century interest in legislation dealing with foster care and the foster care system. so this is national adoption month. while recent data from the department of health and human services show improvement for kids in foster care, it is clear that there is still work to be done. in 2018, the average length of stay in foster care increased over 19 months. we need to take that statistic as movement in the wrong direction. less than half of the kids who exit foster care were united with their parents, and our goal ought to be to unite with parents when it isn't harmful to the kids. but also what i learned from talking to kids that are in foster care over the last 25 years shunted from home to home in the same school year. i've heard from them, i'd like to have a mom and dad, and i'd like to have a permanent home. so i've taken that to heart in legislation that i have worked on -

today, senator grassley expressed concern that the report, which we were promised next week, would be delayed yet again. carter page, at the center of the fisa abuse scandal, tweeted "good news, chuck grassley, i finally got constructive feedback from a senior official at the oig today regarding the fisa abuse report. i remain cautiously optimistic that the thing, and do it as soon as possible." here is the reaction from floor to congressman matt gaetz, and michael bass, former white house chief of staff or president trump moran's previous, let's start with the show, the congenital liar. matt gaetz, tell ever and how corrupt tomorrow is, especially compared to how republicans treated bill clinton, bill clinton's lawyers, and the minority party in 1998. >> it's obvious to the american people that democrats can't win a fair fight because the president did not engage in any impeachable offense. and so you see democrats doing everything they can to limit our ability to call witnesses, limit our ability to yield time to members who have been in the depositions, but all of the dirty tricks

iowa senator chuck grassley chairs the senate finance committee. the director of communications for they that committee says that senator grassley would welcome a visit by presidents trump and xi to iowa. the statement goes on to say that farmers in particular have been hard hit by the trade war and deserve recognition for their sacrifice. there have been no prepping on the ground in iowa and no location selected for a possible signing but the spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry did not rule out a trip to the u.s. by the chinese president. he just said the two presidents remain in contact through various means. back to you. lauren: edward, thank you very much. the majority of shoppers in china actually plan to boycott american brands on november 11th, 11/11, the country's biggest shopping day of the year, because of the trade war going on with the u.s. ashley: we'll see how that works out. now this story. tiktok is a no-show for a senate hearing yesterday as lawmakers investigate possible security concerns with the chinese owned app. laur

iowa senator chuck grassley chairs the senate finance committee. director of communications for that committee says this, quote, senator grassley would welcome a visit by president trump and xi to iowa. farmers have been hit by the trade war and and. still a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry not rule out a trip to the u.s. by the chinese president. he says that the two presidents remain in contact through various means. dagen. dagen: edward, thank you for that, edward lawrence in washington. how likely is it that the united states will roll back the tariffs to get china on board? for all of that, welcome former trump trade and jobs advisor curtis ellis. does the president know that the economy is his ticket to getting reelected next year and if he wants to keep seeing new all-time highs in the stock market something needs to get done and now? >> you're right, the economy is his ticket to getting reelected. look what we're having. economy defies all expectations. from the moment he first imposed tariffs on china, people were rechecking t

but we know in the case of senator ron johnson and senator chuck grassley it is not unwitting. they are doing this knowingly. because u.s. senators have received at least one classified briefing on the fact that this is a russian disinformation campaign cooked up by the russian security services. and nevertheless here they are today doing their part to help that russian disinformation campaign succeed. knowing full well what it is they are doing and who is the author of this conspiracy theory that they're promoting at america's expense and to the benefit of vladimir putin. they know it. what do we do with that? julian barnes from "the new york times" joins us next. stay with us. that's talked to even more real people than me: jd power. 448,134 to be exact. they answered 410 questions in 8 categories about vehicle quality. and when they were done, chevy earned more j.d. power quality awards across cars, trucks and suvs than any other brand over the last four years. so on behalf of chevrolet, i want to say "thank you, real people." you're welcome. we're gonna need a bigger room.

. >> and by the way i continue with my oversight with certainly chuck grassley and interesting things have occurred. the political article back in 2017 named alexander chapula as a american ukrainian hired by the dnc and we found out she visited the white house 27 times during the campaign. in our oversight letter we point out that she had a meeting with 68 ukrainian journalists later and a month later the drop on the dime on paul manafort occurred and nelly orr talking about walking -- >> paul manafort is in prison -- >> politicians completely admitted trying to dig up dirt on president trump as well. so there is a lot of smoke out there. and a lot of questions that remain unanswered and from my perspective it is a legitimate concern on the part of the president trump to find out what happened. why have i been tormented? where is this effort to sabotage my presidency since the day after the election. i would be asking the same questions. and by the way, i am asking the same questions. >> that is not what president trump is pushing for when he talks about this dnc crowdstrike conspira