senator durbin went on. we created a situation because of our inattention and unwillingness to tackle an extremely controversial area and congress elected to the judges. i think went to accept some responsibility. and he went on, i don't know if you meaning may have sponsored a bill to change this, , i'll be looking for it, if we're going to tackle it we should. i agree with that, 100%. i agree we should tackle it. this is a d time to tackle it ad i had to do that today. i am proud to sponsor and introduce legislation along with my fellow senators mike lee, thom tillis, rick scott and ted cruz to get tough on child porn offenders but let's be clear, when congress wrote the child pornography federal sentencing guidelines, and it is congress that will come substantially way back in 2003, when congress wrote them they wanted them to be binding. congressman for these guidelines to bind federal judges, the supreme court struck that part of the guidelines down. now it's time to put it back into place. my bill woul

the senate last night. it is no coincidence that he is raising this issue within hours or days before her confirmation vote. it is one more very transparent attempt to link judge ketanji brown jackson confirmation with highly emotional issue of sentencing when it comes to child pornography or child exploitation. there are some political groups, least one well-known political group that manufactures theories about child pornography, pedophilia and the like. and inspires deadly reactions to them for they are cheering this on. i have seen their reaction already this morning in the newspaper for they are watching this and hoping someone can keep this issue alive, on the floor of the united states senate for them. the senator from missouri has even gone so far as to make the outrageous claim that this woman, judge jackson the mother of two wonderful girls who i had wa chance to meet, a mother who comes to this issue not only as a judge but the daughter and niece of law enforcement officials who have been part of

. >> senator highsmith? -- senator johnson? >> no. >> senator kaine? >> ay. >> senator kennedy? >> no. >> senator kennedy? -- senator king? >> no. senator lankford? >> no. >> centre leh keen? >> no. >> senator lee? >> no. >> senator loomis? >> no. >> senator manchin? >> ay. >> senator markey? >> centre o'connell? -- senator mcconnell? >> no. >> senator menendez? >> ay. >> senator merkley? senator moran voted in the negative. >> senator murkowski? >> ay. >> senator murray? >> ay. >> center asked self? senator padilla? >> ay. >> senator paul? senator peters? >> ay. >> mr. reed? >> ay. >> mr. rich? no. mr. romney? mr. romney, no. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, ay. mr. schatz? mr. schatz, ay. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, ay. mr. scott of florida? no. mr. scott of south carolina? no. mr. shaheen? ay. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. mr. cinema -- ms. sinema? ay. misstep now? ms. stabenow, ay. mr. chester? mr. thune? no. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. van hollen? >> ay. >> mr. warner? mr. warner, i. -- ay. ms. warre

senator carper: senator merkley, thank you. senator markey, got a couple of people in line ahead of you. thanks for coming. senator lummis is next. are you out there? joined us by webex. senator lummis. senator lummis: thank you, mr. chairman. secretary buttigieg, thank you for your time today. on february 11 a federal court issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits 11 agencies, including the department of transportation, from using the metric known as the social cost of greenhouse gas. it prohibits from participating in the interagency working group by president biden. his administration figures to help justify its sweeping environmental agenda. has d.o.t. fully stopped using this figure as required by the court? secretary buttigieg: we are making sure to comply with all court decisions and relevant laws. we are reviewing this injunction. it certainly has the potential to impact a number of rule makings grant programs and other projects. we are trying to work through that in a way that minimizes the disruption to our abil

senate, arguing the incumbent three-term senator had served too long. but that first term turned into a lifelong career. and the senate, he said, into something of a family. >> we may get very partisan from time to time. may fight each other very hard, may get irritated may scream and shout. but, you know, we look towards the person. we look towards somebody who is a member of the family. >> over his seven terms in the senate hatch favored corporate tax cuts, limited government, deregulation and military spending. he consistently voted against gay rights, abortion and stricter gun laws. >> the second amendment and the right. >> but despite his ardent conservativism hatch occasionally reached across the aisle supporting aids education, the dream actin a stem cell research. in 2000 he made a bid for the republican presidential nomination. >> the reason i'm running for president is because i have more experience than all the rest of these candidates for president put together. >> but he lost to george w. bush. as the ranking republican on the senate financ

they are hoping to replace senator pat toomey who is retiring after serving two terms in the senate. secretary of state antony blinken testified on the 2023 budget, the war in ukraine, and president biden's priorities. the hearing was held before the senate foreign relations committee.

senator carper, then senator cardin. senator carper, are you online? senator: can you hear me? chair: great. senator: welcome, ambassador tai. thank you for your leadership and service. i want to talk about digital trade policy in the trading solution process that i have been focused on through the intellectual-property waiver. the first is our approach to the digital trade policy. thank you for testifying today and thank you for your service going way back. i applaud the biden administration's commitment to engage with our allies through the creation of an indo pacific economic framework. when every of bipartisan interest is the development of standards to promote openness and transparency in the digital economy. through digital trade, we will have the opportunity to uplift workers, help small businesses compete and promote innovation and entrepreneurship. what approach should the u.s. take when negotiating digital trade standards? and how can this enhance the binding administration vision for 20 is -- 21st century trade policy? ambassador tai: senator carper, a pleasure to se

president, i strongly second senator schumer's request and also ask that the senate agree to it. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and thank you, my friend, the senator from idaho. thank you, mr. president. and thank you, my friend, the senator from idaho. now, as we move on, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on foreign relations be discharged from further consideration of s. 3522 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3522, a bill to provide enhanced authority for the president to enter into agreements with the government of ukraine so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further d

but the democratic-controlled senate said if you want to devote, we have a vote on the senate floor -- a vote, have a vote on the senate floor. he did have a vote on the senate floor, a couple democrats voted for him. there were 70 republicans who voted against him, he lost. -- so many republicans voted against him, he lost. had they voted for him, he would have one. their publicans felt the same way, the name should have been withdrawn. it makes a nice logan, but i think it would -- slogan, i think it would be wise if we used history. we are going to take one of our most consequential duties to consider a vote whether to advance a nominee to the night state supreme court. the nominee, judge ketanji brown jackson, embodies the highest ideals of the judiciary and legal profession. during the confirmation proceedings, she put on a master class about what it means to be an independent, fair-minded justice. her grace, intellect, temperament, wit are exactly what americans want and deserve. on the nation's highest court. i will probably and confidently vote i to advance her historic nomina

the senator from utah is recognized. recognized. >> mr. president senator hatch will be remembered for many things in his 42 years of service in this body are marked by successes. nhistoric and prolific legislation and statesmanship he served longer as us senator than any other in the state of utah or in the history of the republican party. and he passed more bills into law than any other legislator alive and astounding 750 while the record of his services remarkable and memorable i would invite the senate and the nation for the things that he remembered every day here in the senate and in his private life every day upon entering the senate office he would look upon a prominently home d painting to look back it has grandfather and great-grandfather to forge a stream on horseback this image like so much else was a reminder of the pioneer legacy and his ancestry in utah there is almost no more honorable title than that of pioneer and in that parlance of state a pioneer is not nearly someone who goes where others have not gone before a pionee

senator durbin: 11-10. senator durbin: we will now vote on evelyn pa dean. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] the clerk: the votes are 12 yeas, 10 nays. senator durbin: the nomination will be reported favorly to the floor. nip one seek recognition? [roll call] the clerk: 22 yeas. senator durbin: the nomination will be reported to the floor. vanessa avery appointed to the u.s. district of connecticut. bleum plume i would like to put a statement in the record and i would like to say how proud i am of this nomination having held this job myself. he is a trial attorney with broad experience and enormous and serving the people of connecticut and i thank the members of the committee hopefully for your approval. senator durbin: the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] senator durbin: all those in favor of this nomination say aye. the nomination is agreed to. senator lee recorded as no, cruz, hawley as no. nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. this meeting is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] captioning perform

senator orrin hatch. a man of vision and unparalleled legislative accomplishment as the longest-serving senator in utah's history's unwavering dedication to the stateur and country during four decades of public service will be remembered for generations to come. fewer have left such a remark on the united states senate. he did this through his legislation and through the relationships with other senators, he did it through bipartisanship and his relationship with presidents in both parties. like his good friend, ted kennedy, he was a lion of the senate. i know there have been a number of senators who take responsibility for accomplishing many things, but i don't think there's been a better legislature that has gotten more done legislatively van orrin hatch. a judiciary, fundamentals of the economy and character are more elevated and more secure thanks to his leadership, thanks to his capacity to plow ahead. for more legislation than any other member of the time of his retirement, he used his time in this

what does senator chris coons say now? >> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by -- and by -- corporate funding is provided by -- >>> senator chris coons, welcome to "firing line." >> thanks. great to be on with you. >> you're a senator from delaware and you sit on the judiciary committee. >> yep. >> just this week you voted to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson to be justice ketanji brown jackson on the supreme court. >> the ayes are 43, the nays are 47. this nomination is confirmed. clause [ cheers and applause ] >> 115 nominees have preceded her but not one has been a black woman. you cited the iconic normal rock well painting of bridges being escorted into her public school in new orleans by federal authorities. what does judge ketanji brown jackson's confirmation mean to you and the country? >> first, i was hopeful that we would see a retu to a normal confirmation process, a respectful, reasonable confirmation process, where she'd be asked engaging, tough questions about her approach to servin

the senate majority said it was unfortunate the senate had to vote to discharge the supreme court nomination and went on to outline the qualifications and judicial record suggesting she's more prepared to serve on the court then perhaps any nominee in living memory. >> madam president, it was just a short time ago in the senate judiciary committee that we voted to advance the nomination of judge ketanji brown jackson. the nomination will come for the senate. judge jackson is an outstanding nominee. she's earned support across the political and ideological spectrum and her qualifications areo second to none. most importantly, the record on the bench is one of evenhandedness, impartiality and independence. despite this, not a single republican on the judiciary committee would vote in favor of her nomination. i'm disappointed, not surprised, but disappointed. as a result, judge jackson will be the first supreme court nominee in the modern era to require discharge from the judiciary committee. it's unfortunate in one respect given she's more prepared to serve on the high court then perhaps any n

senator ben cardin is the senior senator from maryland. he has served in the senate since 2006. he is a member of committees on small business, environment and public works, finance and foreign relations. he is chair of the commission on security and cooperation in europe, known as the helsinki commission. a third-generation verlander, he has served the people of maryland in the house and senate for 35 years. as the ambassador just said, today's discussion is on the record. it is being recorded. and we will be taking questions from the audience using the q&a cab at the bottom of your screen. let's start. senators, you were the lead sponsor and cosponsor of the ukraine democracy lend-lease act of 2022. yesterday's historic boat in the house sends the bill to the president's desk and re-creates one of the most important military assistance programs in history that helped lead directly to the defeat of the nazi regime in europe in the 1940's. let me address the first question to senator cornyn. what led you to introduce this bill for lend-lease for ukraine? sen. cornyn: in the sena

now it's senator johnson's turn. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: thank you, senator grassley. what senator grassley and i have shown over the course of six speeches are the actual bank records of financial transactions tying president biden's son hunter and his brother james to businesses that have essentially the arms of the communist chinese regime. but the biden business ventures include activities in many more countries than just china. in our september and november 2020 reports, we showed a vast web of biden family foreign financial entanglements that were largely ignored by the media and falsely labeled russian disinformation by our democrat colleagues. as outrageous as the suppression of the reports and the false attacks were, perhaps the most egregious behavior came from 51 former intelligence agency officials who let their names and reputations to an effort designed to convince the american public that hunter biden's labtop had, quote, all the classic earmarks of a russian dis

senator mcconnell. you remember with the scalia vacancy. he kept it vacant for more than eight months, denied president obama the opportunity to fill it. what the opposition to the future composition of the court? is that required for someone to be supported by the senator from kentucky? obviously not. amy coney barrett wouldn't answer the question. she said that is a matter for congress to decide and it is. judge jackson easily passes the three tests the senate republicans have established for supporting a supreme court nominee, and she passed the test with flying colors. she is, simply put, one of the nation's brightest legal minds. she has outstanding credentials, unimpeachable character, and an unwavering dedication to the rule of law. she's smart and it shows. judge jackson also has the temperament. i can't tell you how many times during the course of the 24 hours of questioning she faced last week in the senate judiciary committee that i thought that's it, i'm going to look up at that table and she's going to stand up and say, enough.

he at the time was in his senate office. i asked that we could get together at some pointrd to talk about how we could move forward and provide the security funding that might be necessary to protect our games. without hesitation he said, come over to the office right now. i did so. when we got there we sat down. he said, what do you think you need? i described the need for fencing and personnel to evaluate the security threats that might exist, a military air capacity to secure the skies over salt lake city during the games. andy said, well, what's the biggest challenge you will face? i said, well, senator, john mccain of arizona has not been a fan of providing support for olympic games. he w thinks that money has been misused in the past.pp he said, well, and with the misuse now given what's happened in 9/11. let's go see john mccain right now. he picked up the phone and called senator mccain. he said he would be happy to see me and his friend senator hatch. we went over to his office and orrin hatch proceeded to describe

he used to work in the senate. he is now white house chief of staff and heavily involved in what we saw in the senate. and in our policy in ukraine. ali, i will be asking him about ukraine and about weapons delivery to ukraine. and about the gaps between what ukraine seems to be asking for and what the united states is capable of already to supply. we will cover all of that with ron klain. >> that is a critical conversation. i will be listening. have a great show, lawrence. >> thank you. we all saw who presided over the vote in the senate today. but who was the other black woman with an official role, a very important official role, in today's senate confirmation vote for the first black woman supreme court justice? this black woman is also a first. but if you do not work in the united states senate, you probably don't know anything about her. she had a very important role here today. we will be telling you about her later in our discussion tonight. most of the time, history moves slowly. slower than the hands of a

senator hatch retired from the senate in 2019 after 42 years. cnn ryan nobles looks back at his life and legacy. >> do you solemnly swear. >> he was one of the longest serving republican senators in the chamber's history. orrin hatch spent more than four decades crafting a legacy of unwavering conservative ideals. the grandson of mormon settlers hatch grew up in a poor mill town outside of pittsburgh. tragedy struck his life early when his older brother died in world war ii. >> i have a white streak in my hair right here because it affected me so drastically. >> in the late 60s hatch moved to utah where he practiced law and raised a family. in 1976 he won a seat in the u.s. senate, arguing the incumbent three-term senator had served too long. but that first term turned into a lifelong career. and the senate, he said, into something of a family. >> we may have been partisan sfrimt. may fight each other very hard. may get irritated may scream and shout. but we look towards the person. we are looking towards somebody who is a member of the family.

senator lummis: mr. pepper. mr. pepper: agreed. thank you, senator. reservations do pose a great opportunity in wyoming, as you know, wind river has two tribes. we work very closely with both tribes. in fact, the president of our association is the utility manager for the eastern shoshone utility. i think it should be left to the states. the definition, i guess, taking a wording from a prior career mind, you say potato, i say pototo. i think it should be left to the states. senator lummis: thank you very much. will i return the gavel to our committee chairwoman, senator duckworth. senator duckworth: thank you, senator lummis. i have one final question. it goes back to mayor baracka. i'm a big proponent of promoting local hiring initiatives when awarding contracts. i think it should be a priority for all states, including my own state of illinois. although there have been challenges. your city of newark was able to turn this program into a local hiring initiative, creating somewhere around 600 jobs. where 250 were local hires. and 85% were previously u

you worked in the senate, on the senate judiciary committee. you have guided others through the senate confirmation process in the past. you have seen so much of this. and here you are as a white house chief of staff, from that position and the first time in your work, managing one of these confirmations. from that perspective, you are in the white house with the president and the nominee as the votes were counted. what did that feel like for you? >> i mean, it was a magical moment. to see judge jackson, the president there, hugging and her excitement over the opportunity, you see in judge jackson's face -- and in all my interactions with her in this process -- the combination of joy and responsibility. the joy to have this opportunity and the honor to serve. and the responsibility that she feels. she has talked about standing on the shoulders of giants and standing on the shoulders of constance baker motley. and stand on the shoulders of those who have come before her. she knows she did not get here alone. she knows that many people broke the

senator grassley. when you mentioned going home your first day and your wife saying the things she liked best was judge jackson's opening statement. thank you for sending that tone and sharing that story and you senator durbin , having to chair this. i was remembering justice roberts allowing this . if he was adjudged he would be calling balls and strikes and i was thinking you had to do a lot more than that. you have to call wild pitches and foul balls and as training starts this is all on my mind. you have to take a lot of curveballs what you did for all of us, for both teams was to remind us why we are here. democracy brought us here. and this isn't just our ballpark or our playing field . this is america's ballpark. this is america's court. thank you so much for that. on the first day of judge jackson's hearing, i talked about how the fact that she was here to open things up, we were literally opening things up. this was the first hearing where we had guests because of the pandemic and as we emerge

senator cardin: thank you. senator carper: senator cardin, thank you for the question. you might know each other. not sure. a waoufpbt reasons i was -- one of the reasons i was pleased to support the secretary was because he came from -- a large town, but another famously smaller community in rural america. would understand the importance of federalism and the importance of a partnership that -- where the federal government yields to the local and state government as opposed to the other way around. senator cramer: i want to add my appreciation. i have a saying, mr. secretary, that if you want to get big things done you call on the firm of carper, capito, carden, and cramer. we'll get it put together. thank you. i do want to dig in on the federalism point a little bit. and the memorandum. it did create not just some confusion but concern by people out there who are going wait a minute, we were told that these smart people simplified the process. yet we are getting this complicating language. i think with regard to the exact language that we excluded, specificsly -- spec

so i admire senator lieberman. but thank god we have joe manchin in the united states senate because the by demonstration disastrous policies would be ten times worse if joe manchin weren't there. drat they there's no question joe manchin is the one i would pick. i may not agree with his philosophy or his outlook, but i do believe the man is principal deferred he wants to represent his constituents in the best way he can. he made some awfully difficult choices at great personal risk particularly in regard to the crazy $5 trillion spending program. the other democrat of course, i don't know if they can be admired certainly have learned a lot is joe biden. is there anything that demonstrates our need for republican in the administration of change of leadership the joe biden? >> recorded a thirty second closing statement were going to backwards this time. carla sands let me start with you 30 seconds for. >> thank you. i am particularly talking to you at home. i am carla sands i'm running for the senate. and i will nev

senator richardson i want to echo a point that senator and off made. i continue to believe that southcom is underresourced could you talk about the value of the security corporation program to describe the kinds of activities that you engage with our regional partners with the security cooperation program. >> we have a myriad of things that we do in terms of training and equipping and we do things with small teams. eight to 13 man teams and we do it in all the domains special ops included cyber information. we do big exercises as i mentioned before and defense of the panama canal exercise. 29 countries participate in that with this. we have tradewinds winds. it's a name that's been around for decades and that's a security operation in an environment that we talked about. that will bring 21 countries together. and my navy components brazil will host that and that will bring in 19 countries together and when you see the picture of unicom of all the different vessels and ships and vessels from other countries and the navy and the coast guard it's really a

these are the issues that the senate, to each senator must confront. today i want to and they choose to celebrate this historic achievement a historic achievement of this confirmation over the last few weeks i've received thousands of letters and e-mails and other messages including on social media from california who support justice jackson's confirmation. the messages came from people of every corner of my home state. i've heard from californians who admired the tenacity to grace and the integrity that justice jackson showed in committee. so many californians and southern californians who see themselves in justice jackson's story and from california to the court and our country will be better because of her service. as we cast our historic votes let's celebrate the better america that we are building courts better reflectta and understand the diverse country that it serves. i celebrate what judge jackson has brought to people not only in california. across the nation. i celebrate her commitment to equal rights and equal justice that she will bring to

chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator rosen, please? >> thank you to senator imhoff for holding these hearings. i would also like to thank general mckenzie and general townsend for holding this hearing, and general mckenzie, as this will be the last time before our committee. thank you for your distinguished service and for leading our men and women of navigational forces and central command. thank you. general mckenzie, i want to talk a little bit about combatting iranian aggression. as i noted in several previous hearings, iran and iranian-backed militia groups are increasingly targeting u.s. installations and servicemembers in both iraq and syria via drone and rocket attacks. we don't even have to look beyond this weekend when the igc claimed responsibility for missile attacks. on a regular basis in iran, the leading response to terrorism, threatens allied interest in the middle east and around the world via direct attacks like the ones we just witnessed and through its support for hezbollah and other terrorist proproxies. can you di

. >> the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee, republican senator chuck grassley, and senator ron johnson release document on the business dealings of hunter biden, the president's son. this is about 30 minutes. sen. grassley: today, senator johnson and i will present something on the biden investigation series. today, we will focus on james biden, the president's brother. hunter biden was not the only biden family member who had connections to the chinese communist regime. james biden did as well. before we begin our discussion, i think we need to mention the main company once again, the chinese company that goes by the initials cefc. in the first two speeches, senator johnson and i established the connection between cefc and the communist chinese government. we established the connection between cefc and hudson west three. we then established the connection with hunter biden, hudson west three, and cefc. we show that hunter biden and james biden actively assisted cefc as their work to expand its footprint and its holdings in the global and u.s. energy sector. and today, we w

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senator schatz: thank you. >> senator cruz. senator cruz: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, welcome. let's talk iran. as you know iran's the world's top state sponsor of terrorism. and the islamic revolutionary guard corps is their premiere terrorist organization. as the state department noted in 2019 iran is an outlaw regime that uses terrorism as a key tool of states craft and the i.r.g.c. has engaged in terrorist activity or terrorism since its inception 40 years ago. the i.r.g. support for terrorism is quote, foundational and institutional. the i.r.g.c. has killed over #00 americans in iraq. they control vast parts of the iranian economy and use them for financing terrorism. right now the irgc is actively trying to murder additional americans. including former trump administration officials. we know from public reports that the state department spends $2 million every month protecting former officials, including former secretary of state pompeo. and the secret service is providing similar protection to protect former national security advisor bolten. because o

the senate is back at 3:00 p.m. with committee action on judge ketanji brown jackson's supreme court confirmation. we will begin on the issue of immigration. on friday, of the cdc announced it will lift an emergency public health order and restricted immigration at u.s. land borders at the beginning of the pandemic paired that spark backlash from republicans and some moderate democrats and put immigration back in the spotlight with just 217 days to go until election day 2022. this morning we are asking how important the issue of immigration is in your midterm election vote. republicans can call in at 202-748-8001, democrats 202-748-8000. independents 202-748-8002. you can also send us a text this morning at 202-748-8003. if you do, please include your name and where you are from. on social media, on twitter it's at c-span wj -- it is @cspanwj. we will begin with the latest from the pew research center on the 4 -- importance of immigration when it comes to voters in the midterm election. this is what they found from

named the senate when you were a member. >> well i think that when i first got to the senate for, there were liberal republicans and conservative democrats i think what's happened over the years is basically realignment in which there is one right of center party in one left of center party read i don't think that's necessarily bad but the labels were not quite as clear y first got there, think there's been a steady movement in the direction of having to come up mostly defined of parties, one right of center in one left of center. >> now sitting here today, 31st, you could be in the majority of next year and you might not be, you have a cut off from considering a supreme court justice if you are the majority. >> yes, i would not want to address that. [laughter] >> that your example. [laughter] >> i know you're not going to answer me. >> i hope you will answer what about senator rick scott, and was yesterday he considered himself to ulysses s grant, they seem to be saying, i'm always going to be perceived as an outsider and he said he does what he believes with the people whether they li

. >> senator hatch, longest republican senator in history. what has kept you here in the senate all of these years? >> you now, i am one of those few people who have cherished committees. the work that i do is important. when i shared the human resources committee in hundreds of bills, to governments and you name it. host: why do you call it the lords work? guest: i believe this nation was brought upon by our father in heaven, and that we have a obligation to live worthy of that and keep it going. i do not see anybody can have any doubt. year after year with all of the problems with civil war and etc. and at the world wars that we have, we have been not only to survive, but also to become the world leaders. that just cannot happen without higher help it seems to me. host: why retire now? guest: i have been here 43 years. i can still do it all. i still work very hard. i would have not retired if i would not have found somebody who would do good in this position. i think he would make an excellent senator. i believe he would be the next senator

senator whitehouse? sen. whitehouse: what plays out here in this room with supreme court nominations is often driven and directed in other places. the real action is too often offstage and an archipelago of right-wing, dark money front groups out to capture the court. that is where the real story lies. when republicans appoint to the supreme court the selections come out of the archipelago of front groups paid for by big, anonymous donors. what we call dark money. when democrats appoint to the supreme court, their objections come out of that same archipelago of front groups paid for by big, anonymous donors, the dark money groups. we have heard a lot about judicial philosophy during the course of this. if you bring a judicial philosophy to these proceedings, i think we do need to examine it because the judicial philosophy is so often a masl for predisposition -- mask for predispositions. originalism works very well for you if you would like to look back before industry regulation at a time when there was no i

senator rand paul. while we watch that play out, let's go to our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, assuming this confirmation goes through, what kind of -- what's going to be on her plate as she joins the court? >> a couple of notes, lester, if it is 53 votes in her favor, that's a greater majority, that's one more vote than either clarence thomas got in 1991 or amy coney barrett got two years. so it's not by my means the closest supreme court vote. it's a more comfortable margin than some recent nominees have had. second, lester, i have to say that she's not going to be a supreme court justice until stephen breyer leaves the court. she may get a ceremonial swearing in tomorrow at the white house, but she has to take two oaths to become a justice. she also has to take the judicial oath and they didn't give her that until stephen breyer leaves the court and makes room for her to get on the court which will be late june or laterally july. these sorts of overlaps are unusual, but she's making hist

one of three republican senators supporting judge jackson, and senator susan collins an their support last week. that is consistent with the support from judge jackson last year. senator romney issued a written statement saying, quote,, quote, that is the kind of statement, almost word for word, that over 90 senators used to make. sometimes 100 on supreme court confirmations when they were not the partisan circus that they have become. once again, today, before the committee vote, senator cruz and spent their time saying that they thought the prison sentences that judge jackson gave for possession of child pornography in just a few cases should have been longer sentences. republicans used hours of confirmation hearing time on this talking point, which was not something that any of the mentioned one year ago when shots jackson went through the confirmation process. today, senator amy klobuchar offered a full rebuttal to the republican talking points. >> if you really want to go deep into the details here. senator cruz released a tried saying the average sentencing imposed by judge acci

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