mr. president's, -- mr. president, we deeply regret the use of a veto by the russian representative last friday to block the u.n. security council resolution. this prevented the u.n. security council from fulfilling its fundamental role to maintain international peace and security. it is yet another proof of russia's blatant disrespect for this organization. however, the large number of co-sponsors of the draft resolution clearly demonstrated the prevailing opinion of the international community. mr. president, russia cannot veto the reality on the ground. let me hear and echo the words of the u.n. secretary general speaking after last friday's vote in the security council. the united nations was born out of war to end war. today that objective was not achieved. we must never give up. we must give peace another chance. dear colleagues, we, the representatives of 193 nations gathered here at this emergency special session of the u.n. general assembly, have a solemn duty to uphold the purpose and basic princip

president duda: thank you very much, madam ambassador. excellency, mr. president: mr. secretary: madam ambassador: polish and american friends: please, if you can take these electronic devices and use it channel two is english because i would like to speak in my mother tongue, polish. >> your excellency, mr. president: dear american and polish friends: ladies and gentlemen: thank you so much to you, mr. president, and to the whole u.s. delegation for coming to poland. but first and foremost, thank you for coming here to rzeszÓw, to the region of podkarpackie, which is very close which is located directly to the polish-ukrainian border. thank you for coming to the place where this influx of refugees to poland is the biggest. your presence here, mr. president, first of all, sends a very big sign of unity. this is a huge sign of support and euro-atlantic unity unity with my country, with poland. it demonstrates great friendship between poland and the united states, and a very profound alliance. this is an evidence of great support and care for our mutual relations, but a

[applause] [indiscernible] >> thank you, mr. president. i now invite the speaker of the senate to say a few words. >> president zelensky, prime minister trudeau, chief justice, speaker, fellow parliamentarians, distinguished guests, madam and -- mr. president, it's a great honor and grinch for me to thank you for your very powerful and inspiring words. on behalf of all senators, members of the house of commons and indeed, on behalf of all canadians, it is my honor and privilege to thank you for your very powerful and inspiring words today. please know, mr. president, that canadians stand with you. we know what is at stake. you are battling for your people, for your country, and for all of us who believe in peace and democracy and truth and justice. for all of us who stand against tyranny, lies, and horrific war crimes that have been committed against the ukrainian people. there is a word in the bible, one word, that expresses so much of the courage that you, mr. president, and your fellow ukrainians are showing the world. in original hebre

mr. president if -- mr. president, the risk of this conflict bonding and escalating should be taken with extreme seriousness. already effects are being experienced far outside ukraine. the sanctions and counter-sanctions are threatening the world food supply, and rapid energy price increases will drive millions more people into poverty even as they struggle to recover from covid impacts. human i think is teetering -- humanity is teetering on the edge of the precipice. the economic shock if a ceasefire is not imminently announced will be accompanied b- [inaudible] in regard to the serious allegations we have had, whatever action is undertaken in the security council should be matched by a newfound commitment by all member states to the biological weapons convention. we urge parties to cease the opportunity -- to strengthen the political regime and the -- to guard humanity from the threat of these abhorrent weapons. .. and internationally and i think you. >> he thanks him for his statement. thank you mr. presi

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. scott: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida is recognized. mr. scott: mr. president, a few days ago the senate heard directly from president zelensky. the bravery and leadership we have seen from president zelensky and the ukranian people is incredible. and during this call he was very clear about what the ukranian people need to defend themselves against russia's unjustified invasion. what sun believable is that even after seeing horrifying images on the news and hearing from the ukranian president himself, the senate has done nothing to get the aid they so desperately need approved and on its way. why? because senator chuck schumer is holding it hostage. he is keeping this body from voting on and passing the crannyian aid package because he's holding hostage to include in the omnibus. people are dying. yesterday while the senate was closed at senator schumer's direction, russia bombed a children's hospital. mr. president, what in the world are we doing here? it's heartless. it i

president -- mr. president, we were under no -- the demands for cooperation over recent years has sharply decreased. due to attempt by a certain amount of states to replace the u.n. charter by a u.n. based order. the osce has become a glaring example of this. this has become particularly noticeable recently, when the work of the organization, which even before this paid disproportionate attention to countries to the east of vienna, de facto do boiled down to one subject, the discussion on this, as far as we can gather, are not so much on professional, but in fact hysterical. and unacceptable tone is being used. on the 15th of february, we had talks with him but he talked about the importance of a proactive approach and the rejection of mutual accusations. we supported such an approach. we expressed our conviction that the chairmanship should facilitate the formation of a unifying agenda and achieve compromises. it is important to remain in the mandate of the chairmanship and stick to the neutral appro

. >> thank you, mr. president. let me express our shock on the sudden passing with a colleague of ours, ambassador and the seasoned diplomat. we convey to our irish colleagues our most heartfelt consequences on this terrible loss -- condolences on this terrible loss. mr. president, we thank you for providing us the same information last friday on this matter. we heard nothing you from the u.n. department -- nothing new from the u.n. department in disarmament affairs of the united nations because there is nothing new. we take issues of weapons of mass distractions very, very seriously. but still managed to be an issue. mr. president we heard last , friday and it was repeated here, the united nations is not aware of any alleged program in ukraine consistent with the international treaty negotiations including chemical or biological weapons. so what are we doing this morning? what are we talking about here? for nonexistent chemical weapons program and ukraine? for nonexistent laboratories and by nonexistent programs?

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: mr. president, i have an update on today's floor schedule. at 1:45 the senate was scetdualed to hold a procedural vote related to a shell legislative vehicle we could use to pass covid response funding. our republican colleagues have requested that we do not hold the cloture vote on the motion to proceed at the present. as we are getting close to a final agreement that would garner bipartisan support. we are working diligently to finalize language, scoring and to final agreement on what should be funded in the final covid package, both domestic and international. as a sign of good faith and to encourage us to come to a final agreement, i will reschedule today's procedural vote to a later time. now, when it comes to replenishing covid response funding, we simply cannot afford to kick the can down the road. we need more money right away. so we have enough vaccines and testing and lifesaving therapeutics is. we want our communities to go back to normal and stay normal. if a new

president. mr. president, the situation in ukraine is a rapidly -- is still rapidly evolving with the growing complexity and sensitivity. what is most needed now continues to be to intensify diplomatic assets, sanctions, and bring the ukrainian issue back to the track of political settlement as soon as possible while making efforts to prevent a massive humanitarian crisis. to stop fighting at hostilities is a desire of the international community. peace negotiations are the only viable means to achieve that goal. recently russia and ukraine have held multiple rounds of direct talks and the two foreign ministers held a high-level meeting yesterday. all of these are positive steps towards achieving peace. the international community should continue to encourage and support russia and ukraine in there you negotiations -- in their negotiations and create the necessary conditions for peace talks. china will continue to work with the international community and play its part in de-escalating the situation

mr. president, we have good economic relations. we have got in 2021 according to estimates, we had more than 18 billion u.s. dollars trade volume despite the coronavirus pandemic and other obstacles in the way. we are happy with all of the u.s. investments in poland and we are happy to welcome them here as we are helping to welcome u.s. soldiers coming [indiscernible] we are grateful for this help, mr. president. we are a serious partner, a credible ally, we do everything we can in order to live up to the task of defending our country ourselves. that is why we have inducted a new bill in the defense of poland and next year we will start to allocate 3% of our gdp on defense. that is why we want to increase those spendings in the years to come. in the future, we intend to buy well tested and modern military equipment produced in the united states of america. of course we would be very interested in establishing a corporation -- a cooperation with the united states. we are delighted with every element of the cooperation that is develo

mr. cotton: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: the world is in chaos at every turn. in the last week, vladimir putin has provoked an unprovoked nation aggression against the people of ukraine. the reason he did this is because of his imperial ambitions to incorporate ukraine into the greater russian empire in his mind but also because he perceived weakness and opportunity from the west and, regrettably, from president biden. we saw last night the president congratulate himself on the diplomatic coalition he has put together to confront vladimir putin. that's akin to neville chamberlain,. the whole point was to deter vladimir putin. that failed. why did it nail? because for the last year the president has projected weakness and signaled to vladimir putin that he didn't have the nerve to counteract his ambitions. his first action in office was to give vladimir putin his number-one foreign policy priority, a no-strings-attached extension of a one-sided nuclear arms treaty. shortly after that he gave him his second foreign pol

. >> thank you, mr. president. distinguished members of the security council. i am aware that the russian federation has submitted documents regarding allegations of bioweapons programs in ukraine. as i informed the security council last friday, the united nations is not aware of any such biological weapons program. i would also like to note that the united nations currently has neither the mandate nor the technical operational capacity to investigate this information. as i previously informed the council the relevant instrument , of international law is a 1972 biological weapons convention which effectively prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, and use of biological and toxic weapons. the russian federation and ukraine are both signatory parties. mr. president, the biological weapons convention contains several measures to reach concerned state parties can have recourse in order to address situations in which they have concerns or suspicions about the activities of their peers. pursuant to

president. mr. president, on behalf of all workaholics of the chinese mission, i wish to express deep sadness the passing of dpr a violent extent our sincere condolences' and their colleagues of the mission. china has stated its position on the ukraine issue many times under the current situation, it's their shared desire of the international community's to achieve cease-fire as soon as possible to avoid more casualties and massive "humanitarian crisis" which is also what china is helping front. it's the fundamental ways to solve the problem from russia and ukraine. also, they are saying in touch with each other with negotiations, continuing cease-fire in a peaceful future. china will continue to facilitate dialogue among we support united nations and all parties in these efforts and hope all parties and do more things conducive to promoting peace rather than adding fuel to the fire. we find the ukraine crisis is an issue of security, it's our hope united states and european union and nato can sit d

i suggest the absence of cornbread. >> mr. president. mr. question over the past week the world has watched in horror as once again an imperialist russia sets its sights on a sovereign nation and eastern europe. vladimir putin's unjustified and unjustifiable aggression has left hundreds dead creative and massive refugee crisis noncombatants flee russian attacks. this minute russia continues to press forwardru with it with a focus on capitol city of kyiv. courageous ukrainian resistance both in its former military and increasing number of civilians, is slowing russia. kyiv and other major cities are under significant pressure could fall in the days but ukraine is demonstrating a fierce resolve and continuing to blunt russian advances. rush is also been a victim of its own deficiency such as for targeting broken supply lines and limited ability to fight at night. unsurprisingly russia has not yet established full air superiority was some ukrainian jet still flying in some surface-to-air systems still available. this means ukraine can still fly

mr. paul: mr. president, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. wyden: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. wyden: mr. president, i'm going to keep my remarks short and simple. america and the world need immediately the toughest possible sanctions against the russian oligarchs who are working constantly to device bizantine schemes to get around the kind of sanctions that are in this trade bill. we all understand what's at issue here, and that is we need to move quickly. we need to move while the president is mobilizing the collective strength of our allies. and i'm interested in working with all of my colleagues, with the majority leader's leadership, we've been working for days on this, but what's important -- and our friend from maryland has touched on it -- is that we not just relitigate what came up in one committee or another if it's going to hold up the essential task ahead. and that is these ole goshes who -- oligarchs who are putin's best allies and are working with him constantly to figure out ways to get

the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, over the past week the world has watched in horror as imperialist russia sets its sights on a sovereign nation in eastern europe. putin's unjustified and unjustifiable war of aggression has already left hundreds dead and created a massive refugee crisis. his non-- as noncombatants flee russian attacks. russia continues to press forward with attacks on several fronts with a focus on the capital city of kiev. but courageous ukranian resistance both from its former military and increasing number of civilians is slowing russia. kiev and other major cities remain under significant pressure and could fall within days but ukraine is demonstrating a fierce resolve and continuing to blunt russian advances. russia has also been a victim of its own deficiencies such as broken supply lines and limited ability to fight at night. and surprisingly, russia's not yet established full air superiority with some ukrainian jets flying and some surface-to-air systems still available. this means,

mr. sanders: mr. president h. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: let me congratulate senator peters and senator portman for their work. this is a bill that has been looked at and worked on for a very long time, and i am glad that in a few moments we're going to pass it. i know that the people of vermont and all over this country are increasingly concerned about the long delays they are experiencing in getting the mail they need. senior citizens and veterans are not getting the prescription drugs they need on time. working families have been forced to pay late fees because it is taking much longer than normal for the postal service to mail their bills. the postal service reform act is a step forward in addressing those concerns, and i'm very proud to support this bill. this is a bill that will save the postal service billions of dollars a year by ending the absurd bush-era mandate forcing the postal service to prefund 75 years of future retiree health benefits for employees who haven't even been born yet. it protects six-day delivery servic

the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: reserving the right to object. i think it's incredibly important to read bills before we vote on them, have adequate debate and really understand what we're doing. the mag act was -- the magnitsky act was expanded beyond russia, and now this bailout would expand it further. when you go to sanction people, there has to be an argument about who you're going to sanction. so the original act has in law that you sanction people who have gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. that sounds good. but the magnitsky act defines gross violations of human rights, including torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment, punishment, prolonged detention without charges and trial, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons. a lot of this applies to really what happened to mag ninsky. this was named after him because of what happened to him. other flagrant denials of

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. thune: mr. president, friday marked the anniversary of the so-called american rescue plan, which is the democrats' partisan $1.9 trillion spending spree. fittingly, the anniversary arrived one month after february's release of numbers. why do i say fittingly, the anniversary of the american rescue plan is basically the anniversary of our inflation crisis. while reopening of economies after covid's shutdown created certain inflationary pressures, the reason for today's inflation is democrats' decision to pass the american rescue plan last march. mr. president, the definition of inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods and services. and that's exactly the situation democrats helped create with their so-called american rescue plan. democrats came into office mere weeks after congress had passed a fifth -- fifth bipartisan covid

thank you, mr. president. i yield back. mr. daines: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, all in one year president biden killed the keystone xl pipeline, he banned the oil and gas leases on federal lands and then of course ended up begging opec and russia to purchase more abroad. these actions diminished american energy security, it hurt our allies and empowered our adversaries. they put the united states and our partners in the crosshairs of russia and vladimir putin. at the state of the union address, i heard the president say we need more made in america, made in america, made in america, what i didn't hear him say is more made in america energy, more made in america natural energy and gas, in my bill, the smart energy act, will help get the united states back on track and make sure the country remains not only energy independent and energy secure, but become a global energy dominant player. my bill supports an all-of-the-above american energy portfolio. and i want to emphasize that, as an all-

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maria: joining me right now 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump, mr. president thanks very much for being with me this morning. >> good morning. >> let me start off with getting overall reaction to state of the union last night what struck you most? >> well, i thought it was terrible because he didn't talk inflation, he didn't have any ideas for inflation, and most importantly didn't talk about energy with oil, and what is happened we were energy-independent one year ago we were exporting energy for the first time ever in history of our country going to double size this year would be double the size of saudi arabia and russia combined, we would have number one, the event in ukraine would have never happened, if i were president would have never happened there was no way it was happening, if it did happen, let's say it did happen we would be exporting oil to everybody, that would have kept it from happening in itself because russia wouldn't make a fortune on oil, so, crazy what happened i look at numbers highest in years. many years. oil. maria: yeah, s

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, russia is waging war, the likes we have not seen since world war ii. they're waging war on freedom and democracy. over recent days the world has watched in horror as russian troops have invaded and brutally attacked ukraine and ukranians. so far the estimates are that 350 ukranians have been killed. we really don't know what the number is, but we do know that countless civilians have been injured, and more than half a million ukranians, including women and children, are now refugees. this invasion was not weeks or even months in the making. this has been moscow's plan for years. putin has made no secret of his desire to redraw the maps of europe and to restore the russian empire. that's why in 2008 russia invaded georgia, the nation of georgia. in 2014 it invaded ukraine. for the first time since the end of the cold war taking the crimea region. so the current invasion of ukraine is really the second invasion we

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in aer period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, scawct that the senate proceed to the consideration of senate res. 544 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: recognizing the importance of maple syrup production to mained a designating march 27, 2022, as maine maple sunday. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration o

thank you, mr. president. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 55, which was received from the house and is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 55, an act to amend section 34-9d to have lynching as a hate crime act. the presiding officer: mr. schumer: i ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection, it is so ordered. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i want to go over what just happened. after more than 200 failed attempts to outlaw lynching, congress is finally succeeding in taking a long overdue action by passing the emmett till anti-lynching act. hallelujah, it is long overdue. the first anti-lynching legislation was introduced over a century ago and after so long, the senate has addressed lynching and making it a federal crime. that it took so long is a stain, a bitter stain on america. while this w

thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. lankford: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president, i come today to the floor with a simple i ask unanimous consent -- unanimous consent request. it doesn't allocate any dollars, it is a statement of belief from the united states senate. it's a statement to say, we hold certain things very important. i will talk through some of the resolution part of it, it ends with resolve, that the senate recognizes and promotes the importance of parental involvement in their child's education and recognizes the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower all patients with the freedom to choose the best occasional environment for their children and reject destructive ideologies, such as krit cal -- parents should be the primary decision may for their children. not only where they are educated so they don't live in a certain neighborhood and say, you live there and have to go here. so parents have the flexibility of knowing one child is a good fit for one school and an

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president. [applause] president zelensky: mr. speaker, all the members of the parliament, ladies and gentlemen. [indiscernible] from the country with a big history. i am addressing you as a citizen, as a president of this country with a dream and big effort. i would like to tell you about the cities the war that we didn't start. however, we have to conduct this war with what we have, what is ours, our country, ukraine the same way you want you wouldn't want to lose your country in order to fight for your country. days of this at 4:00 in the morning, we were attacked by cruise missiles. everybody woke up as people, children, ukraine we've all been fighting for our country, with our army. [indiscernible] military service members are trying to fight russian forces demand we lay down arms. however, we did continue fighting and we deep the force and the force of [indiscernible] who we are and [indiscernible] tore touring them. we remain humane even on day four of this war. against children, against cities, and constant shelling has be

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, the republican leader referred to the american rescue plan which did not receive a single republican vote in support. he referred to it as runaway federal spending. what did we buy with the american rescue play? we bought vaccines and we bought an administration and management of delivering those vaccines to the american people in the midst of a pandemic that was claiming american lives every day. runaway federal spending, how much stronger would this nation be if we were still in the depths of the pandemic? we're emerging from it, thank god. yes, we spent the money, we administered the shots and people across america are now protected from hospitalizations and death because of it. no apologies here, to my colleague from kentucky. it was money well spent not just for that -- and that was the number-one public health purpose. but secondly, to keep businesses afloat so they could reopen their doors as the pandemic ebbed. that investment in the capital of america, in the busin

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i call up amendment 5002. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5002. mr. schumer: i ask to dispense with further reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: woks. mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. yeas and nays are ordered. mr. schumer: madam president, i have an amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5003 to amendment number 5002. mr. schumer: i ask to dispense with further reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask for the yins. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. schumer: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk:

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, over the past week the world has watched in horror as imperialist russia sets its sights on a sovereign nation in eastern europe. putin's unjustified and unjustifiable war of aggression has already left hundreds dead and created a massive refugee crisis. his non-- as noncombatants flee russian attacks. russia continues to press forward with attacks on several fronts with a focus on the capital city of kiev. but courageous ukranian resistance both from its former military and increasing number of civilians is slowing russia. kiev and other major cities remain under significant pressure and could fall within days but ukraine is demonstrating a fierce resolve and continuing to blunt russian advances. russia has also been a victim of its own deficiencies such as broken supply lines and limited ability to fight at night. and surprisingly, russia's not yet established full air superiority with so

president, do you have a message for president zelensky tomorrow? >> mr. president, what is your message to the people in ukraine? >> mr. president, what about covid funding? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> president biden, what message will you take to europe next week? >> c-span's new american presidents website is your one-stop guide to our nation's commanders in chief, from george washington to joe biden. find short biographies, life facts, and rich images that tell the stories of their lives and presidencies, all in one easy to browse c-span website. visit c-span.org/presidents to begin exploring this rich catalog of c-span resources today. >> the u.s. house today considering bills dealing with public lands and a measure recalling the internment japanese americans during world war ii. the house is back in session to vote on some of those bills at 6:30 eastern today. when they return we'll

president - >> let me go to steve, reuters >> mr. president, thank you. when you say you're not walking anything back, you do feel that vladimir putin should be removed from power is that what you're saying >> i was expressing just what i said i was expressing the moral outrage i felt towards this man. i wasn't articulating a policy change i think that, you know, he continues on this course that he's on, he is going to become a pariah worldwide, and who knows what he comes at home in terms of support >> are you concerned this remark might escalate the conflisk? >> no, i'm not i'm not at all look, the other thing is that a couple people have asked me, you know, other governments have suggested that this is a problem. i'm escalating things. no weakened nato. no, it hasn't. nato has never, ever, ever, ever been as strong as it is today. never. >> so saying he cannot remain in power does not mean regime change, what does it mean in your view? >> it means that i would hope -- it was expressing my outrage he shouldn't remain in power just like, you know, bad pe

mr. president, i would like to make an additional point. donna welcomes the -- built on the helsinki act and other divisions of the osce which embody the very principles of the united nations. -- requires participating states of the osce, a renewed commitment to uphold and respect the long-established -- for interstate relationships. political independence, nonaggression, prohibition of the use of force mains the foundational -- upon which national and global aspirations can be built. any attempts to redefine and renegotiate will not only undermine -- the osce must undertake the difficult but necessary task of -- the commitment of its members to maintain international obligations towards peace, security and stability of europe as well as -- [indiscernible] will therefore have to be sustained. secondly, the osce's role has important room for dialogue and needs to be reemphasized. we believe the osce provides a unique platform for opening good faith discussions, to mend this is -- the schisms that have been opened up and should be addressed.

mr. president, i yield back. mr. scott: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida is recognized. mr. scott: i want to thank my colleague from wyoming. i want to thank my colleagues from kansas and from tennessee for their interest in making sure that we get ukraine aid to the citizens of ukraine today. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, following consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to the consideration of s.3811, which is at the desk, there be two hours for debate equally divided in the usual form, upon the use or yielding back of time, the bill be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana is recognized. mr. tester: thank you, mr. president. i want to reserve the right to object. i have been listening to the arguments that are made here. let's get to the facts. th

the presiding officer: we are not. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i was fortunate early in my political life to meet several people who became my heroes and mentors and led me to take up public service as my life's calling. the first was the senator from illinois named paul douglas and i met him when i was a college intern in his office. and he introduced me to a man named paul simon. simon who was a lieutenant governor in our state, state legislator, congressman, and ultimately the senator who preceded me in this senate seat. after paul simon passed away, i approached his family and talked about a tribute to him and they basically said well, you remember paul. he would have been the last person in the world who ever wanted a statue and really didn't care much about having anything with his name on it. that just wasn't his approach to politics. but i thought to myself there were some things that he valued that maybe i can try to help in my own way in his memory. and one of them was in 2014 when i introduced a bill called the paul simon wa

mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that prior to the vote at 11:45, i be permitted to speak for 15 minutes and senator brown be permitted to speak for two minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. last week the senate judiciary committee was busy. we met for over 30 hours to consider the nomination of judge ketanji brown jackson to fill a vacancy on the supreme court. during the meeting of the committee, hundreds of questions were posed to judge jackson. she spoke thoughtfully and at length about her years in public service and most importantly she really imparted to the committee and to america as it watched what she thought about this great nation, her pride in being an american, the opportunities which were given to her and opportunities which she used to make this a better place for many. i was one of the millions who will came away from last week's hearing deeply impressed with judge jackson. it proved to me during the course of her

mr. president, thank you so much for joining us. we're aware of the situation around kyiv right now, the fighting to the north, the fighting to the west. what is the situation right now on the ground there? and how long do you think you can keep the capital of kyiv? >> we are being bombarded not only in the city of kyiv, not only in the housing sectors, but also in the suburbs of kyiv. you can't even recognize the way the capital looks right now. the city of kharkiv, odesa, ode mariupol, many cities are being bombed. >> i know you're aware of the reality on the ground when you list all of those cities where there is russian bombardment right now. the russians closing in. the pentagon, of course here in the u.s. beliefs about 95% of russian troops that had been amassed along the ukrainian boarder are now inside ukraine. that would be nearly 150,000 troops. how long can the ukrainian military, the ukrainian people hold off the russians? >> i'm sure that ukrainians are prepared to stand against russia for their entire lives, even the c

president, do you have a message for president zelensky tomorrow? >> mr. president, what is your message to the people in ukraine? >> mr. president, what about covid funding? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> president biden, what message will you take to europe next week?

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. cardin: mr. president? the. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, before i start my remarks in regards to the cares act, i want to compliment my colleague from maryland in regards to his statement about the president in ukraine. i concur in everything he said. the unity that president biden has been able to instill, not only among our traditional allies but the global community, the strength of our help to the ukrainian people, the help that we've given in regards to the humanitarian relief, the sanctions that were led by the united states but we now have slowly support for many of these sanctions is making a difference. this is clearly a battle between good and evil, and i just really wanted to compliment my colleague from maryland on his statement, one in which i hope all of us agree and that we can move forward very quickly on the legislation you refer to that passed the house of representatives that would make it clear that we will not do business with russia as normal,

mr. president -- reporter: mr. president, are you any closer to banning russian imports? >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the u.s. response to the russian invasion of ukraine, ringing the latest from the president, pentagon, as well as congress. we have international perspectives from the united nations and statements from foreign leaders on the c-span networks, the c-span now free mobile app, and c-span.org/ukraine. our web resource page where you can watch the latest videos on demand and follow tweets from journalists on the ground. to c-span.org/ukraine. if confirmed, ketanji brown jackson will become the first african-american woman to sit on the supreme court. the senate judiciary committee heard from the nominee is weak. join us saturday for select portions of the hearing, include questions regarding her record as a public defender, federal judge and member of the u.s. sentencing commission. watches starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or using our free video app. c-span now. >> now available for preorder in the c-span shop, 2022 congres

mr. president i yield the floor. >> mr. president russia is waging war, the likes we have not seen since world war ii. the raging war on freedom and democracy over recent days the world has watched in horror as russian troops have invaded and brutally attacked ukraine and ukrainians. so far the estimates are 350 ukrainians have been killed. we really do not know what the number is. but we do know countless civilians have been injured in more than half a million ukrainians, including women and children are now refugees. this invasion was not weeks or even months in the making. this has been moscow's plan for years. putin has madehe no secret of hs desire to redraw the maps of europe and restore the russian empire. that is why in 2008 russia invaded georgia a nation of georgia in 2014 it invaded ukraine for the first time since the end of theim cold war taking the crimea regent. the current invasion of ukraine is really the second invasion we have seen from vladimir putin's russian federation since 2014. putin's appetite has