with boths week senator mcconnell and senator schumer. they said, leave it to us, we can get it done. we are having a meeting next week with our two counterparts, congresswoman lowy and congresswoman granger in the house to try to work it out. they do have questions of allocations and all. if it was left to us, if it was left to the memos of congress, republicans and democrats alike, before thet it done continuing resolution runs out. i think it would be a terrible mistake if we were still on a continuing resolution after the first of the year. i would rather we just come in, vote things up or down. it has been difficult with the white house because -- i am trying to think. they have not always been consistent in what they want. past spending fights, it appears the president's border wall is what is really holding things up. there is disagreement with democrats wanting to spend zero dollars on the wall and senate republicans at the white house's the hest allocating $5 billion. what is the compromise you see on that issue? sen. leahy: so m

the problem is a senate that is not a senate anymore. all we do in the senate, all we do in the senate is a serial list of judicial nominations, one after the other after the other after the other. that's it. we don't take up legislation. yesterday there was -- right across the street from this capitol building in front of the supreme court, thousands of people there because of a hearing in the supreme court on the issue of daca, a program created by president obama where 780,000 undocumented young people had a chance to stay in this country, abolished by president trump. hundreds of thousands of them came out yesterday. they wanted to hear or at least try to hear the supreme court deliberations on their future and what would happen to them. it's quite possible that the court will rule in the president's favor. i hope not but it's possible. the future of these young people will be deportation. you can imagine how they feel about this issue. if they look back over here to the capitol and wondered what are they doing in the united states c

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. a senator: mr. president, i want to join my colleagues to speak on the importance of passing the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill. mrs. fischer: as others have mentioned, the process of negotiating the national defense bill is one that has a long history on capitol hill. for the past 58 years the united states congress has found a way to come together and unite behind a bipartisan bill that supports our service members and that enables the defense of this nation. we must continue this tradition, and that means recommitting to the principles of bipartisanship and compromise upon which it is built. thanks in large part to the hard work and the leadership of chairman jim inhofe and ranking member jack reed, the members of the senate armed services committee, the senate has passed an overwhelmingly bipartisan version of this year's national defense authorization act. the house of representatives, however, passed a very different bill. the conference process is ultimately about finding the bes

senator risch: those will be entered. senator cruz. senator cruz: thank you, mr. chairman. let me start by observing as we sit in these august chambers from the storied committee above which the ghost of henry cabot lodge no doubt looks down, i feel compelled to the distinguished senator from virginia is choosing to mock me for his nationals beating my astros last night in game six back in houston. [laughter] sen. cruz: i will only say that there is a virtue to patience. and at this time tomorrow, one of the other of us will be on the losing side of a wager and wearing the colors of the winning team, so i look forward to hopefully to 24 hours from now my good friend. >> i can't wait to see how that comes out either way. sen. cruz: congratulations on your nomination, mr. sullivan. i'm not sure what you did at state to merit being sent to siberia, but congratulations nonetheless. i have every confidence you will perform ably in this new role. let's talk about some different aspects of russia. russia, as you know, has a the long history of using energy as a weapon. and one of

and now live to the senate floor here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 22, 2019. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable roy blunt, a senator from the state of missouri, to perform the duties of the chair. 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

senate. of judicial nominees. here's what he said. >> working together we are changing the federal courts forever. [cheers and applause] nobody's done more to change the court system in the history of our country than donald trump. cheers and applause] and mr. president, we are going to keep on doing it. my motto is, leave no vacancy behind. host: mitch mcconnell says we have changed the federal courts forever. judicial philosophy? structure? what do you think he means? guest: well, i think it's judicial philosophy. first and foremost. i think he's referring especially to the appointments of justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh to the supreme court. in the lower courts there's been a great start. the fact of the matter is 43 federal appellate judges whom president trump has appointed amount to 1/4 of the total of active judges. and 1/5 of the appellate workload. it's not transformational yet. but it's a great start. there's a lot of room for more appointments if president trump is re-elected

senate. elaine is a senior fellow on government studies and director of our center for effective public management and author of primary politics about the nominating process in the united states. [inaudible] and editor-in-chief of the co-author with susan hennessey of a forthcoming book entitled on making the presidency, donald trump swore on the most powerful office. i want to start with bill. bill has paid a lot of attention to the public opinion aspects of impeachment and there were three recent national surveys that came out and they basically all showed 49% of the america public want trump impeached and removed from office. but then bill wrote a post a few of his ago talking about how support for removal drops into some of the swing states. bill, where are we now and what should people be watching for? >> funny you should ask. [laughter] let me take two or three minutes to summarize the state of public opinion on these questions. there is to begin a majority support for the congressiona

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. better --. mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president. thank you to ney -- my colleagues from west virginia, oklahoma and the great state of montana. he was a private in the united states marine corps, and i thank you for your remarks, sir, and your service in this body. i rise today to speak in support of our nation's veterans. veterans day, which is coming up on monday, and the 244th -- 244th birthday, sunday, of our nation's force of readiness, the united states marine corps. i am a marine, the senior marine in the congress, and my dad was a marine serving in okinawa and iwo jimma. on this holiday we recognize those who have sacrificed for our freedom and those who have given their lives for our country. everyone should remember these heroes. as a nation, we're home to 18 million living heroes who have served with distinction in our armed services. on this veterans day, mr. president, i would especially like to single out a great veteran who has also served with honor and respect in this body, senator

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

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. a senator: how are you? are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no. a senator: great. thank you, mr. president. ms. cortez masto: i have spent three years now in the united states senate, and during this time i can tell you the number one issue when i'm home and i suspect it's in your state as well and across this country is the cost of health care in this country and that we ensure everybody in this country, no matter your party, your religion, where you live, urban or rural area, you want access to affordable health care, not only when you need it but also for preventive purposes. give you peace of mind. and unfortunately what we have seen is high costs, inability to get access to it, oftentimes when you're a rural community, and a fight here in congress. instead of working together to solve this problem, we are too far apart in preventing a solution, in coming together for a solution. you know, it is open enrollment season for health care right now, which means americans have an opportunity to get

i encourage senator durbin to work with senator lee and the 34 other senate members who are working on a bipartisan basis to address this, to work together so that we can bring the fairness for high-skilled workers -- high-skilled immigrants act to the floor and send it to the house for consideration. but because of the lack of consensus under many of the provisions in the relief act, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: the senator from north carolina and i are both serving as you are on the senate judiciary committee. what i've asked for is a hearing before the immigration subcommittee so that senator lee can bring his bill forward. i can bring my bill forward, and we can try to work out our differences between us. that is usually how the senate operates. unfortunately senator lee announced on the floor last week he's opposed to any hearing on his bill. he doesn't want there to be a hearing and a markup. i think that's unfortunate. it really does not lead us to a bipartisan agreem

if you have a full blown senate trial every step but once it gets to the senate if you have a full blown senate trial every senator must be at his or her desk and they spin every day every afternoon from twitter must be at his or her desk and they spin every day every afternoon from 12 to 6 usually with all senators sitting there so the other total 60 usually with all senators sitting there so the other legislative business stops on the impeachment process legislative business stops on the impeachment process house finance nancy nancy insoles you see until your little pissing in your pants and a little bit into the system will handle all that to this moment well let me point out that you know to let me did point in the intro and i don't get it at that as you noted in the intro i did serve on the judiciary committee when i when i was a 1st term congressman respond way back way back on teams going to 1973 in 74 so i saw it firsthand up close what is supposed to happen 3 in 74 so i saw it firsthand up close what is supposed to happen in the judiciary committee in the house which i served on

>> senator, i have not. >> thank you, senator cruz. senator tester. >> let's do this. the entire -- senator cruz, if you could have that reduced in size and we would enter it into the record, without objection at this point, so ordered. senator tester. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you and ranking member privateering. and i know for the two folks on the panel this morning, it is probably the painful morning for you. but the fact is it's more painful for the folks sitting a couple rows behind you. you have said many times, mr. muilenburg, that mistakes were made, and obviously they were. unfortunately, that admission was made after 346 people died. and there are a lot of reasons an airplane can go down, whether it's pilot weather, equipment malfunction or birds. but safety should not be one of them here in the previous question you said you guys don't sell safety and i'll be honest with you i i didn't listen to e whole thing, but you damn well better sell safety. i fly four legs the week and there's a lot, not for the grace of god it could've been the one

and we sent them to the senate. and the senate has not considered a single one of those bills because they had no stomach for compromise. that is stomach which is why we are negotiating with steve mnuchin and not the senate leadership, to listen to what apparently the president will accept. i agree with the minority whip that considering the administration's views is important because of course we want the bills signed but we have known for a very long time that the republicans could not, on this floor, speaker ryan or speaker baynard could negotiate with mister mulvaney. the minority whip knows that. is a matter of fact a lot of the republicans talked to me about how difficult make mulvaney is to deal with. but we waited. from the chief of staff for the president himself, we waited, not we in the house, in the senate. so i tell my friend, the senate was not prepared to bring their bills, not our bills to the floor to try to achieve that bipartisan agreement of which the minority whip speaks. not a single bill was b

hbcu's, we all agree on this, senator burr, senator alexander and senator cardin, they have fos eared generations of black leaders and part of the higher education system and they have a proven track record of educating students of color and other underrepresented students. wilberforce founded as the nation's first private institution of private education, founded in 1856, central state in the same town across the road in wilbur forest has a rich legacy of educating students with a 1980 land institution. its further task was furthering research extension. we know without our hbcu's millions of black students would have been denied that opportunity to pursue higher education. hbcu's account for approximately a quarter of all the black students earning bachelors degrees, nearly one-third of all african american students had earn stem degrees. we owe enormous debt to these schools which we don't seem to be paying back. i've heard from schools about how their budgets have been thrown into chaos. they tell meac deema is -- academia is about planning, hbcu's have received letters from the

senate amendment. moves wey of new york that the house concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 3055 inserting the nt ext of rules committee print 116-38 in lieu of the matter to proposed by the senate. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 708, the motion shall be equally for one hour ivided and controlled by the chair, the ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. he gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, and the gentlewoman ms. granger, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the york.woman from new mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i ask that all consent members may have five legislative days to revise and and include remarks extraneous material on the house to the senate amendment to h.r. 3055. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. while the house is -- he speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. mrs. lowey: while the ho

senator klobuchar: thank you, so much. >> hi, senator. c-span's campaign 2020 has live coverage of upcoming campaign events. senator elizabeth warren will speak with voters in manchester, new hampshire on sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern. senator bernie sanders holds a rally in portsmouth, new hampshire. eastern, 8:30 :00 a.m. -- 8:30 a.m. eastern, mr. deval patrick will speak in manchester, new hampshire. on tuesday at seven :00 p.m. eastern on c-span, president trump holds a campaign rally in sunrise, florida, exchanging his residency from new york to florida in late october. live coverage on c-span ansys c-span2, orspan and listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. announcer: next, public health officials look at efforts to fluove the universal vaccine and develop a universal flu vaccine. this is about 2.5 hours. >> this hearing will come to order and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any

senator blumenthal, senator moran, senator blackburn and senator warner have all cosponsored this legislation and i'm grateful for their support. the filter bubble transpirnsy act is designed to address one aspect of the privacy problem. the issues that arise from internet companies a use of consumers' personal information to shape what consumers see on their platforms. many people are unaware that much of the content that they see on the internet is determined by sophisticated algorithms and artificial intelligence that draw on data about each consumer's online activity. for example, a recent pew research study found that 53% of u.s. adults don't understand how facebook news feed works. many of us know that netflix is curating information, recommendations specifically for us based on the movies and the shows that we watch. they use past behavior to project what future behavior is going to be so they take all that information and they aggregate it and use that to recommend certain things that we might want to see. a lot of us are aware that amazon is delivering product recommendations based o

of the united states senate. obviously senator mcconnell thinks there is nothing that he's debating. i say he is overlooking the obvious. the desperate need in this country to deal with the price of prescription drugs across the united states. what bills coming to the floor. none. i have a unanimous requested brio matter to the floor. i would like to send a note to the center of texas and la, you should speak to your majority leaders. he set the agenda on the hearth and we had to be freeing up a bill from both democrats and the publicans can debate on the ringing down the cost of prescription drugs. chuck mentioned the dream act. i went to that supreme court hearing just the other day. the hearing that will decide the fate of 790,000 people in united states. that we will wait until next june to see if the supreme court rules and how the brawl. in the meantime, what is the senate going to do. what if we consider the bill passed by the house. the promise and dream act which would address this issue on legislative b

house to the senate floor. [background sounds] >> i can imagine where everybody is. [laughter] something going over at the house. okay, the thing i want to emphasize today is that i saw senator cornyn, earlier this morning talking about what has brought getting done. there are things that we have to do. we're not making any progress on because of the impeachment obsession over the house. we have to reach a deal on spending and on defense appropriations i thought we had an agreement this summer and they renege on that. the nda huntress report is apparently snagged. as a democratic from the house are trying to undo a decade old policies related for example to the au enough, and this has brought an. these are things that we must do. there are plenty of optional things that are not being done because we cannot philosophically agree with them. the government spending, the defense bill we have passed every year since 1961, the trade agreement with mexico and canada sitting there. they are enacted upon. this is outrag

one week ago along with every other senate democrat i introduce the bill in the senate people on the front lines wrote this bill it is not a democratic bill it is not a republican bill. this bill is a survivors bill. it is written with the help of survivors who know what is needed in the real world. the bill accomplishes two things that preserves the advancement of the last authorization in 2013 and includes many improvements to the law and incu particular there are three key points. it expands jurisdiction over non- native americans for domestic violence and crimes against children elders and law enforcement violence is a big problem on tribal land the best way to address it is allow the tribes to prosecute the crimes unfortunately someone it want to circumvent the tribal justice system that works moving us in the wrong direction second to build upon existing antidiscrimination protection and in the 2013 rireauthorization congress declared that federal grant recipients could use funds to train staff to combat against the lgbt individuals unfortunately the law was not clear and organ

senator menendez, and senator scott says intersect response due to tragic deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning and had assisted housing earlier this year. no one should have to fear that their home is going to poison her. and rowan finally require arvin monoxide detectors in all federally assisted units in fco risk to prevent more of these preventable deaths. either take those step towards ensuring everyone no matter their income to be safe. and finally will discuss the need for program to address the housing needs of young people exiting foster care across the country. 20000 young people aged out the foster care every year. say about the challenges that they face all of a sudden you are on your own. in an the same family safety net fall back on that others may have. trying to find a job and you trying to enroll in school and many face housing instability up to one third and they will experience homelessness at some.during this transition. jeremy from hamilton co. ohio cincinnati shared with my office icthey entered foster care at tn and edge of 18 with no permanent home and he enter

he is having senate republicans , 5, 10 atwhite house a time on different subjects. impeachment has been coming up. senate way i view republicans, as i talk to as many of them as regularly as i can come almost every other day, they sort of our in three buckets. is a bucket of five or 10 senators -- actually, less than that, usually, who are robustly defending the president all the time, and then you have got a much bigger bucket of senate republicans who do not want to talk about it at all, and if they do, they will sort say a big talking point about or haven't seen anything yet, or they will wait until they see it when it gets over here, and then you have a may be much smaller group must 2, 3, or senate republicans who have said very critical things about the president's phone call -- mitt romney, susan collins -- who are not saying much after that, but have made clear that they are not happy. and then you have got a few people, like pat toomey of pennsylvania, who, at last believehis past week, that the call was inappropriate but not impeachable. and so that seems

senat senator dorgen on the day of the acquittal. take a look. >> every member of the senate feels strongly about the president's conduct. but i think the constitution work today, the united states senate decided not to nullify the last election in this country as a result of the charges that were brought against this president. >> the issues may be very different. the eagle eyed viewers will note your reference to not nullifying the past election is -- >> you're right. >> -- what the president's lawyers have said this week about this effort. >> but especially not nullifying the election over personal behavior. that's what this was about. this was about personal behavior, abhorrent as it was. but that's vastly different than behavior in which a president is asking a foreign government to intervene and to involve themselves in an election here in this country. that, by the way, is criminal. so, there's a lot of evidence that some really bad things have been happening and have happened, and i think this senate will have to deal with th

both sides of the aisle -- the senator from florida and idaho, senators rubio and risch; the senators from maryland and new jersey, senators cardin and menendez; as well as senator merkley and senator cornyn all worked hard to put together a very strong bill, and we came together. this has been an important bipartisan moment. it goes to show how congress is still capable of doing big things. as we enter the thanksgiving break, we should think about the other issues we could debate, other bipartisan bills we could vote on. lowering the cost of prescription drugs, securing our elections, helping our veterans, and more. passing bipartisan legislation should be the rule, not the exception. it's been several weeks since we've had a real debate and vote on any legislation in this chamber. i hope that in the final weeks of this year leader mcconnell begins to listen to pleas from both sides of the aisle to get the senate working again. happy thanksgiving to one and all. i yield the floor. mr. cotton: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: i come to the

we are absolutely delighted and welcome back senior senator from the state of indiana senator todd young with us here at hudson. today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series dialogues and american foreign policy and world affairs with hudson institute ravenel b curry the third chair walter russell mead the discussion series is designed not to solely focus on urgent news but also on the important news the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u.s. foreign policy senator young needs no introduction here at hudson institute. he spoken many times is an important voice on the senate foreign relations committee and the role of congress in the u.s. foreign policy in u.s. foreign policy decision-making he's very much of a conservative internationalist on critical foreign policy issues, graduate of the naval academy and marine corps captain. and graduate degree at the university of chicago school of business the university of london before graduating from the robert mckinney robert h mckinney school of law at indiana university. bob mckinney was for many years hudson trustee. also nava

senator cassidy, introducing in 2018 the coastal act, and senator mcsally, introducing the reproducing act. thank you for introducing legislation that would bring revenue-sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore development. congress lay the foundation for offshore revenue-sharing through the passage of the gulf of mexico energy securing act in 2006. at that time the bill did not include alaska. the coastal act that we are considering now would establish a revenue-sharing program that thed include alaska and, at current time, our offshore production is pretty minimal and therefore any returns to the states are equally minimal. it is important to address this at this time. in fact, some of us would say that it's well, well overdue in terms of timing to address it. the coastal act would do for alaska what it does for other producing states, such as those in the gulf of mexico, in terms of being able to provide onshore revenue-sharing for the state to help meet critical purposes, including the protection of the coasts, assistance for villages grappling with the effect

cornyn, senator hoeven, senator blackburn, senator fine fine sphien -- senator feinstein and senator ernst to get to the compromises to pass this bill. that's why we're all on the floor talking about this passionately. i think it's important because it's too important to miss this opportunity to pass legislation that is going to help some of the most vulnerable people in our country and my state and i'm certainly working with everybody here to make this happen. i yield the floor. mrs. blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i ask that i can finish my remarks before the vote, and i ask that with the zuckerman nomination that if invoked, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. blackburn: i am here to stand with my colleagues to talk about the 2019 violence against women act. most women will tell you that they know of a female friend or acquaintance or relative who has experienced the horrors of

roberts gives it over to the senate. it's not certain you would have a majority against seeing mick mulvaney come forward. you have a few senators on the fence that could vote for that. >> it could. it would be viewed as heresy within the party. maybe they'll be able to peel off a view. i think we're looking at it the right way. i think kate is right. the idea that chief justice roberts is going to be a hero for the left and he's going to force witnesses to testify and the senate will have to overturn him, that's a pipe dream. it's going to be based on senate votes. the best they can hope for is peeling off a few of the moderates. i don't see it happening because i think they'll want to stay out of being the focus. >> that's the question. there's so many different moving parts to this. the supreme court considering two tax cases about president trump's tax returns, both the one from the d.a. here in new york and congress also seeking them. there's been some suggestion that if the supreme court took these cases then he wo

senate is about to gavel in. lawmakers are planning to work on two judicial nominations for the u.s. court of appeals for the 11th circuit. at now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. today's opening prayer will be offered by monsignor anthony j. marcaccio, pastor of st. pius the tenth from greensboro, north carolina. the guest chaplain: let us pray. blessed are you, lord god, of all creation. you are the gifter of ever good gift, of life and liberty, of peace and prosperity, of wisdom, understanding, and right judgment. we ask that in your divine mercy you would bless our republic and in a special way the work of our senators, that they may discern all that is true, all that is honorable, all that is right, all that is excellent and worthy of praise for our nation. in this moment, make us mindful of all that has brought us together as a country and how it foster passes that which can divide us. so when all is deliberated and done here, we

of senate. the senator from illinois, chairman of the senate judiciary committee and the author of the 1866 civil rights act. the senator from maine, chairman of the finance committee. these people count more than anyone else in making it possible further senators to vote to acquit. they were critical. why did these good republicans in good standing vote to acquit andrew johnson? there were a few public and senators who let it be known that if their votes were needed for acquittal, they would be needed for acquittal, they would be available. it was actually not the suspense riddled story that we often see. in point of fact, it is not at all clear even that the senator from ohio that would have replaced andrew johnson would have voted if his vote had really mattered much. it's a very nice thing about being at the end of the alphabet with a name like wade that you can cast you vote only when it is pretty much decided whether johnson will be acquitted or not, which was in fact the case. why did peo

we are absolutely delighted to welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on american foreign policy and world affairs with hudson institutes chair, walter russell mead. the discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u.s. foreign policy. senator young still needs no introduction here at hudson institute where he is spoken many times. he's an important voice particularly on development assistance and on the role of congress and u.s. foreign policy in u.s. foreign policy decision-making. he's very much a conservative internationalist and critical for policies issues, marine corps captain, urges degrees of university of chicago school of business, university of london before graduating from the mckinney school of law at indiana university picky making the bank bob mckinney was familiar the hudson trustee comments himself also a navy academy graduate and still are good

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president i think the senator for her question. later whente and the appropriate, this is a very fast evolving and very dangerous situation. both the prime minister and i have made it very clear in our statements that the turkish military action has grave consequences for regional security. amongst other things, it will significantly undermine the gains made by the international coalition against daesh. be a seriouses to threat to peace and security. it would certainly cause additional civilian suffering. it will lead to greater population displacement and it will further inhibit the exit of international organizations to those are in need of international humanitarian support. the ministerdent, also asked in relation to australia's engagement, before the incursion commenced in a response to the announce was made by turkey, asia statement on october 8, by in parties to the conflict syria calling for all involved to avoid respiratory actions and opportunistic actions that would further instability and add to humanitarian suffering.

senator lindsey graham says he would not proceed with a senate trial until that person testifies. but whoever this person is has admitted that it is secondhand information that he received regarding the phone call. this week, we will hear from people who will have firsthand information. colonel vindland, ambassador sondland. based on that, do you feel it is important to hear from the first whistleblower? rep. yarmuth: well, all they are trying to do is somehow impugn his information or motives and thereby in some way undermine the value of what he alerted the inspector general to. but in fact, everything he mentioned in the initial nine -page complaint has been verified by the people who actually provided the information. i think they just want to come in and say, well, you are a democrat or you are a "never trumper" and you had political motivation. again, that is just distracting from the substance of what the information he provided, which has all been corroborated by witnesses who were closer to it than he was. so there is no value in having them before the congress unless it

senate. democrats clearly are out for blood. they are desperate to ruin this president's 2020 campaign. congressman al green actually hit the truth. we don't impeach him, we're not going to defeat him. they want to drag the president down into the mud because, frankly, their candidates they even know are terrible. they are running on a $94 trillion green new deal. medicare for all, no private insurance, open borders, you get to choose after you make the baby's comfortable, if the mother wants the baby are not. over $143 trillion in new taxes, everything is free, no oil or gas, no combustion engine, no planes or cows, they want to radically transform the world's greatest economy into what is nothing short of a socialist hellhole. the candidates are so bad, extreme, and radical, hillary clinton is now claiming many people -- many of them --are just begging her to run again. maybe that's bill clinton hitting resend over and over again. i don't know.ople are, but that bad the democratic party has

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, montanans are growing restless. as speaker pelosi and house democrats continue to slow-walk a very important trade agreement for montana and for our country. that's the united states-mexico-canada agreement. in fact, just last week, i was in billings to celebrate the montana farm bureau federation's 100-year anniversary. and again, another big congratulations on 100 years to the montana farm bureau. as i was talking with folks at the farm bureau event, there were a lot of cowboy boots, hats. these are the farmers and ranchers of montana. it's the salt of the earth folks. they're all asking the same question -- why is this taking so long? what's going on? and frankly, there's one answer -- speaker nancy pelosi and house democrats are playing political games and holding up this trade deal. they are holding this trade deal hostage. it's been a year since the usmca was signed by president trump and leaders of canada and mexico. a year. nancy pelosi has had this signed trade agr

senator on a day that a woman's body was found that you were drinking with, the best day in history of modern life is the same day that neil armstrong was being the first man to step on the moon at the same time. >> it was too late. the tiny community of chappaquiddick was already over run by reporters. >> at 930 in front of the courthouse, the chief of police faced news men in a crowd estimated at 200 townsman and vacationers. >> at the center of the storm was police chief jim until today earlier rarely had us reason to step foot on the island. >> there would be a break in once in a while but other than that not much. >> it seemed like a traffic investigation but they will realized early on with the name kennedy attached to it, he would basically be on his own. >> there were claims of a report that he had been in an accident from the das office. [inaudible] >> the kennedy family iran that part of the united states. kate todd and all the surrounding islands, chappaquiddick, all of that was kennedy territory. this was a small town guy, good nature, caught in a real storm. >> anyone who

how senate republican democrat. and i would yield. >> madam speaker the gentleman talks about bipartisan agreeme agreement, he does not talk about the star fact that the house did its job, we passed bills. we passed 96% of the funding of government in the senate led by republicans, prior to the end of the fiscal year passed 0%, it is hard to come to an agreement when the senate does not pass anything. nothing. 0. mainly because they needed the president to say simon says. i know that for a fact based upon conversation with the leadership of the senate. that the president signing off and we know that the acting chief of staff when he was here in this body voted to shut the government down and voted against opening up and said we ought to have a sequester for this fiscal year. that was his position. it was his position as well who is acting owen b. and madame speaker in my opinion of the acting chief ofmi staff. so for the republican to say og with were wringing our hands and ,e passed partisan bills, of course we pas

a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, i rise today to honor one of utah's valiant citizens, to honor major general jeff burton. adjutant general of the utah national guard and pay tribute to him for his many years of devoted service to our nation and to the great state of utah. as general burton closes a long chapter of 37 years of military service, he leaves behind a tremendous legacy as an american patriot and as a true servant leader. so i'd like to take a moment to talk about general burton today. from a young age general burton knew that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of a number of his family members by serving both his faith and his country. he served a mission for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints on a canadian indian reservation, braving harsh conditions that would well prepare him for his future of military service. as soon as he returned home, he enrolled at brigham young university where he enlisted in the national guard as an artillery field soldier. he joined the rot

a way that is respectful of the senate and the senate traditions and they came to a unanimous agreement on the procedural questions. the idea of that in the current senate to be filled in on the question of the majority leader specifically, i think to the point bill made earlier about the senator's behalf yet to hear from that are in close reelection races and some senate republicans that are retiring thing to me where they stand to be most influential absinthe the big change to vote for conviction. what does the trial need to look like if you like th to feel liks fulfilling its responsibility as a part of the process. and i think there are a number of ways that can play out but i don't know how it will. to the extent we may see some of these republicans that bill mentioned earlier played a role in what happens it's going to be in the process of working with mcconnell and then working with the minority leader to figure out what wealth of detailed parts of this look like. >> you mentioned the nixon impeachment. we of course remember the famous lawsuit involving the tapes and they ruled t

senate. she earned a reputation for a commonsense hard worker interested in results, not partisan fighting. as cochair of the state budget committee, she increased the state's rainy-day fund and balanced five straight budgets. she also helped make record investments in education, raised the pay for teachers, and increased the minimum wage. she was one of the most versatile women in her state. she juggled girl scout events, winning reelection four times, raising her growing family, and serving as a sunday school teacher. in 2008, kay ran for and won a united states senate seat, becoming the state's first female democratic senator. with her family's military background, it surprised no one that kay fought hard in the senate for military families and veterans. when she heard about 9-year-old jamie ensberger passing away from leukemia because of contaminated water at the base at camp le jeune, she helped pass an act to help those affected receive health care. kay also introduced a bill that was c

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. a senator: in august, i had the honor of traveling to a tiny town. it was a small diner in auburn, indiana. mr. young: the purpose of my visit was to present a military service medal that was nearly 75 years in the making. over the last few months i've had a whole lot of opportunity to think about that day in those moments in sandra d's cafe and what it's meant to me. as we approach veterans day, i'd like to share a few of those lessons. i served in the million taker for ten years -- military for ten years, and i've seen firsthand the sacrifices our men and women in uniform make. i've had further opportunity as a representative to visit with veterans who serve in conflict zones, families who have made incredible sacrifices to keep us all free. i learned just how much sacrifice we truly ask of our troops and their families. in the marine corps, we have a motto. it's sell fehr fidelis -- semper fidelis. rierly do we tell people what it means. it means faithful, faithful to all those pro

what do you say to these senators the next time you see them in the senate? >> i don't think reason is applying here because clearly we know where the intelligence community has been on this issue. in fact, it's been unified that the russians were the ones engaged in the activity against the united states in our election. they're likely to be engaged again in 2020. so it makes no sense for me to say, but there still could be this ukrainian issue that just -- it's all a distraction. i think that's what we're seeing from both of these senators. they're trying to distract from what are very clear facts that have come out. we need to pursue those facts. this is a very, very serious issue and we should be looking at actual objective evidence and facts. and, but if you don't have facts on your side, you engage in distraction. and i think that's what we're seeing from some of my colleagues is that they haven't been able to put forward any counterevidence and so they think they can be successful if they distract the american public with conspiracy theories or other t

senator booker? >> i am so grateful, again, as a mayor who was a mayor during a recession, who was a mayor during a housing crisis who started my career as a tenants' rights lawyer, these are all good points, but we're not talking about something going on all over america which is gentrification and low income families being moved further and further out often compounding racial segregation. so all these things we need to put more federal dollars into it, but we've got to start empowering people. we use our tax code to move wealth up, the mortgage interest deduction. my plan is very simple. if you're a renter who pays more than a third of your income in rent, then you will get a refundable tax credit between the amount you're paying and the area median rent. that empowers people in the say way we empower homeowners. and what that does is actually slashes poverty, 10 million people out. by the way, for those people facing eviction, it is about time that the only people when they show up in rentals cou

saying they have a net gain of two on the senate side. the senate called. the house of delegates called. that adds up to control of the legislature and control of the governorship for democrats in virginia. and, really, it just completes a pretty remarkable transformation i think of the state of virginia, of the politics of the state of virginia. lawrence, certainly you know as well as anybody going back decades, virginia was thought of as a republican bastion. these are republican presidential winning margins in virginia. starting in 1968. you just see an ocean of red here. it flipped in 2008 to barack obama. stayed with obama in 2012. was right on sort of the national average there. in 2016 hillary clinton won it again. i think folks look at 2020 and say the democrat's heavily favored to win in 2020. the democrats control the senate, the legislature. you're not looking at a swing state anymore, lawrence, you're looking at a blue state. >> that is what professor larry sabato said in a tweet tonight. we're going to go to him now. steve, we'll be back to you

senate. elaine kumar is the senior fellow in governance studies and director of our center for effective public management and is weak author of primary politics about the nominating process in the united states. and then a senior fellow and government studies at brookings and editor-in-chief of law fear. also the co-author susan hennessey, a forthcoming book entitled i am making the presidency donald trump his, more on the most powerful. so i want to start with bill. his paid a lot of attention to public opinion aspects of impeachment. there are three recent national surveys they came out and they basically all shared 49 percent of the american public want trump impeached and removed from office. but then bill wrote a post just a few days ago talking about how support for removal drops in some of the scream states. seville, where are we know and what should people be looking for. >> will funny you should ask, [laughter] let me just take two or three minutes to summarize the state of public o