travel somewhat under wraps before it was accomplished, this last weekend senator collins, senator barrasso and i had the opportunity to travelling to ukraine with senator mcconnell on a trip where we visited not only president zelenskyy in the presidential palace, but also visited two of what we hope will be the next members of the north atlantic treaty organization, namely, sweden and finland. as we all know it been nearly three months now since russia invaded ukraine. there's no telling what president putin expected, perhaps he expected to be able to occupy ukraine without firing a shot. but the fact is, that the ukrainians' spirit and will to defend their country remains unbroken and undaunted and putin's plans have failed, and failed miserably. we saw this firsthand when we had a chance to visit kyiv this weekend. before the invasion, kyiv was a cultural, religious and economic hub for a great country of ukraine. despite being damaged by russia's failed attempt to seize the city and occupy ukraine, kyiv still embodies the ukrainian will to survive against all odds. when we were there,

as i think you know, i along with senator barrasso, collinson. [inaudible] an opportunity to visit this last weekend with president zelensky in kyiv. think i can report which you already recorded over and over again. the determination of the ukrainian people to defeat the russians, to push them out of ukrainian territory, all they are asking for all of us is help. and we are providing significant help this week. we are not in this alone. this is not a cheerful operation. european countries have contributed vitally. not only an absorbing refugees, but in providing arms and support in every way. it is also important to remind those who think we ought to be focusing on asia that both the prime minister of japan on the defense minister in japan say the single most important thing we can do to push back against potential chinese aggression is to help the ukrainians defeat the russians in this current conflict. president xi is watching. what is the message he takes out of this? it needs to be this kind of aggression is counterproductive and will not pr

. >> chairman manchin, ranking member barrasso and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to share best practices and present how we can grow our relationship. candidate in the u.s. are longis time friends, partners and allies. during world war ii the u.s. built aluminum smelters for the war efforts. today >> supplies around 60% of the north american aluminum. and thanks to our energy that is 99.8% renewable, it is the greenest in the world. this is more important now than ever. new national security demands a similar collaboration. for defense purposes, canadian products are considered domestic and our trait is further deepened to the u.s. >> stands ready to partner with the united states to address weaknesses in our supply chain. how can we help? first of the minerals the u.s. needs and we are business ready. it's nickel, cobalt. all required the first in canada sets priorities from exploration recycling. >> is becoming known as we have 22 mines in operation. there is reminding products second and renewable energy is increasing mineral demands. to me

senate engine ranking member john barrasso in a moment. >> john: the republican senate in pennsylvania too close to call. oz and mccormick separated by a few thousand votes. it could eventually decide the balance of power in washington. john roberts good to see you here today. >> gillian: great to be with you, back from coverage the johnny depp trial in fairfax. secretary of state of pennsylvania is saying it's going to be a few days before the republican primary can be called. that race will be sent to a recount if the margin remains within half a percent. >> john: tv doctor, trump's endorsement, skyrocketing in the last couple of the weeks. but mccormick says he's the best chance to win in november and they are confident he will be the nominee. >> gillian: we have guy benson to break it down, but first bryan llenas joins us from new hope, pennsylvania. how are both campaigns feeling this hour about where they stand? >> hey, gillian, the bottom line, two words we keep hearing. optimistic and confident. those are the two words we are hearing from both campaigns, dr. oz as well as the d

ranking member barrasso, as well. it sounds like they've been talking to my friends and family back in kansas he would certainly agree with everything that they have said so far about this issue. madam secretary, welcome. at a really high level when you are sitting down with your advisers, do you make it -- is it the goal to make it as hard as possible to drill new oil wells, new gas leases, on federal lands? if that is not the case, when different policies are presented to you does anyone say, this will make it harder, this will make it easier, for american oils to be drilled on federal land? >> senator, the fact that things are harder or easier never enters a conversation. we are working hard to make sure that we have a balanced approach to our energy -- >> so you are telling me when you are having these discussions it doesn't tell you if that's gonna make it harder or easier for access to new leases? >> no. >> is it your goal, is it your hope that there is more or less drilling on federal lands while you are the se

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ranking member barrasso, thank you. thank you for having this hearing, thank you for inviting our friends and neighbors from canada. i absolutely concur with senator marshall when he says sometimes our solutions are right in our backyard. look to your neighbors first and, for some strange reason, we have not done that. as we have looked to our energy needs with this administration. premier kenney, you said you are having a hard time understanding the biden administration's approach on this. know that there are many of us who are also having a hard time understanding where and why the administration has taken the approach that they have. there's a lot of kinship between alaska and canada right now, we feel like we have been shunted off to the corner as well and our opportunity to provide for americas domestic production has been effectively derailed by this administration. whether it's the actions within the npr a, the recent actions with regards to lease sailing and cook inlet or the opportunity that we have within our

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we begin with john barrasso, the number 3 senate republican leader. good to have you with us. thanks very much. there's no better barometer to go different places than the country. those were from delaware, as we mentioned. it's clear what is on people's minds. >> same exact things in wyoming. i saw it this weekend. people woke up with a double punch to the gut. one is the highest gas prices of all times and the other is inflation numbers even worse than the government predicted. people are in pain and the president has no idea what to do about it. so people in wyoming this weekend are having to change the way they drive, eat, they live so people are feeling stressed, they're feeling squeezed. i used the $100 analogy. i was at the gas station and the guy filled up. he said he never paid $100 to fill his truck. at the grocery store. a lady had two small bagses of groceries. she says this doesn't feel like $100 worth of groceries. $100 is the amount that the economists tell us american families have to pay more each week just to keep up with the quality of living of what they ha

senator barrasso has to go vote. we have senator hoven coming back and we will close out the hearing. let me say on behalf, thank you. i know it's been tough but i think you are feeling the frustration we all have. we have to show that we can do better than anybody else but also we can walk andnt chew gum. we can continue to go down to paths investing in the clean energy we needed to make sure what we are producing is more reliability and also technologiesin and innovation. i want to thank you wally and appreciate you being here and response. we've always had a good relationship and i want to keep that going forward. >> thank you, senator marshall. >> i want to thank the chairman of the committee, senator manchin for his leadership and the ranking member bart also. it sounds like they've been talking to my friends and family back in kansas who agree with everything they said so hard about the issue. madam secretary, welcome. when you are sitting down with yourwe advisors, is that the goo make it as hard as possible t

delegation included senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, along with senator susan collins, john barrasso, and john cornyn. that meeting took place in key zelenskyy wrote on social media that the visit wrote "is a strong signal a bipartisan support for ukraine.-">> $40 billion bill that would provide aid to ukraine. the senate will now vote on the bill on monday. >>> the pain we are feeling at the pump is getting worse. gas prices once again hit record highs today. both nationwide and here in the bay area. today's national average, $4.45 a gallon for regular guest. that sounds pretty good. that is the highest price we have ever seen in the united states. california, averaging $5.93. san francisco there. price in the bay area --. $6.16 a gallon. $6 $6, $6 everywhere. accept -- county at $5.99. and to run a county at $5.94 pickup economist they prices are on the rise because european union is sanction, rising prices due to sanctions on russia. pazos will rise to memorial day. >>> bay to breakers, one of the oldest foot races in the world returns to san francisco tomorrow morning. for seriou

that's why the center watchman's, senator barrasso's question was so interesting. seemed like a bad question. don't you think gas price is too high. of course, they have doubled, tripled over the last three years. and her answer was doesn't have an answer because she doesn't want to lie. she knows it's painful but has no interest in having them go down. why? if you want people off gas, make it intolerable. want people to stop using natural gas, make it scarce, and now rolling blackouts, that's something else california is giving us. i was stunned by that lack of answer, and this overall war against americans. i mean, this doesn't work to anyone's advantage. it doesn't work in may, excuse me, in november when they come back and they say i can't, that family that had to vote now, they could not take a vacation, too expensive. you know the how, planned on buying a new one, interest rates went up so high they cannot get one or sell it. and talk about buying, no longer going to make sense driving across country is not something we are going to do. so you are making amer

but republicans like wyoming senator john barrasso claim the president is at fault for inflation. the biden administration, inflation. become a breaking point for millions of americans. brosseau believes the president needs to accept responsibility for painful prices. pointed his finger at everybody else other than himself in the american people are sick and tired. >> there is no clear timeline for how long inflation will continue. but the administration says it's working as fast as possible reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> more bad news for california drivers. the rising gas prices is showing no signs of slowing down in the bay area. aaa says the average price per gallon of regular in san francisco's above $6 a gallon for the first time in history. santa rosa, san jose, oakland, all within $0.10 of that mark as well down in southern california, the average price per gallon in la county. that rose for the 12th day in a row. prices are up over $0.11 in that time following nearly a month of decline. drivers say that they're looking at their options. >> the car for decade

including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell along with susan collins, john barrasso and john cornyn. the meeting took place in kyiv. -- wrote on social media that the visit is a stronger finger bipartisan support from united states congress and the american people. that visit comes after republican senator brent paul on thursday blocked a $40 billion bill that would provide aid to ukraine. the senate will take that up again on monday. the ukrainian military today announced the loss of a counteroffensive in the don bass region. military trying to deny her psyche staging area that. this comes after ukraine's military drove russia out of kharkiv. ukraine's second-largest city. counteroffensive is focused on the city of izzy m, it's tito russia's efforts to surround ukrainian forces in the eastern part of the country. >>> no signs of slowing down. gas prices are once again hitting record highs today. both across the nation and right here in the bay area. today national average is $4.52 for a gallon of regular gas. that is the highest price we have ever seen in the u.s. of course, practi

barrasso. senator whitehouse, you are there, and then senator barrasso. >> i am their chairman, and i am their ambassador tai. i would like to ask you a few questions about the indo-pacific framework, on specific issues. and i have four different areas, some of them are fairly complex. i'm sure, given that i have four and a half minutes now, take this as a question for the record, and have your team get back to me. i would hope by a set date, so it is not just an unknown obligation to answer. >> the first has to do with ocean plastic waste. we say ten rivers contribute to ocean plastic waste, and eight of those rivers are in asia. and getting agreements to deal with the ocean plastic waste problem, in the indo pack framework would seem to me a very important priority. number two, is predatory chinese fishing, which is a problem around the world, and particularly throughout asia. i've traveled extensively throughout asia with senator mccain. and in every asian coastal country we visited, there w

more on the pricing in a bit but today on fox news, wyoming republican senator john barrasso said it falls squarely in the lap of the president. >> president biden mismanaged the economy so badly people are trapped in this inflation nightmare which we are living in. for seven months he said this was transitory, it would go away living in denial of this. we ought to do the opposite of what the president has done. kennedy: speaking of doing the opposite, everything biden today dropping, amazing op-ed title president can stand this, take on inflation and president biden on tuesday tried to get ahead of wednesday's april inflation report with speech rehashing well warm proposal to reduce prices. subsidies, raise taxes and increase regulations. he should take "seinfeld" advice and do the opposite of his every policy. instead of blaming everyone else for inflation, a better political strategy to separate responsibility and actually do something to fix it. tonight party panel from the editor in chief, jon gabriel, bearded and rested, well done. democrat strategist radio host and fox news co

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you see that and senator barrasso say 200 million illegals have come in, that's more than 14 months hunter biden and all four years of trump. your word on that? >> this is what an open border looks like, those of the numbers that back it up. over the biden administration, 1.6 million illegal aliens have been let into the u.s. let's let in by the biden administration or people who they let walk by, no getaways. 1.6 million is more than the state of hawaii population, more than both dakotas. it's a huge amount of people through this country and one reason to let it tolerate, it's a voting issue for them. his to flood the country with as many illegal aliens as possible because the 2020 election came down to close to 10000 votes and swing states. many the population of why wondering on the country, losing voting rules and promising amnesty, things will happen and that's why the left is doing it. elizabeth: we don't know if illegals voted in the election, that is yet to be determined, we still don't know but it's understood what you are saying and secretory mayorkas is testifying he inherited a

here is senator barrasso. >> this combination of soaring inflation and stagnant economy. we haven't had that since the 1970s. it's called stagflation. so people are actually feeling poorer. the reason is their dollars don't go as far as it was before to buy things. so they are actually boor -- poor and joe biden and this administration don't get it. the american people deserve much better from what this administration is providing for them. >> martha: a new piece in the "new york times" ask if the fed's effort is too late. one saying in hindsight there is a really good chance the fed should have started tightening earlier. jason chaffetz former utah republican congressman and fox news contributor joining us now. good to see you. this is the whole game with the federal reserve and the lever that they have of raising or lowering the borrowing rate in the country and whether or not they got it right. we remember the goldilocks economy and greenspan's efforts to keep it in that right zone. have they failed this time? >> they have failed. real wages is the key metric. are peop

john barrasso is his name from the beautiful state of wyoming. good to have you. did seem to be a weird thing to focus on today, taking no aversions to the president here but there's more worries to average americans like their own deficits, right? >> that's right, neil. when you take a look at people and how their lives are going, people feel they're falling further behind because they can't keep up. even if they have a raise, they're not keeping up with the expenses of daily living. they feel stuck, they feel stressed. they feel squeezed. that's why nine out of ten americans say the biggest concern is inflation. that's what they're living with. president trump left office, inflation was 1.8%. now we're at 8.5%. so from less to 2 to over 8. we're looking at a stagnant economy from the numbers that came out last friday with the roaring inflation. you and i remember back to jimmy carter, stagflation. in the 70s. that's what we're looking at now under president joe biden. >> neil: i'm way to young to remember those days. i remember them quite well. let me ask you ab

jackie: john barrasso, senator, said the biden administration is essentially not doing enough to curb the inflation problem. watch this. >> combination of soaring inflation and a stagnant economy. we haven't had that since the knight '70s. they call it stagflation. so people are actually feeling poorer. the reason people are feeling poorer because their dollars don't go as far as it was before to buy things. so they are actually poorer and joe biden and this administration don't seem to get it. the american people deserve better, much better from what this administration is providing for them. >> congresswoman, i want to come back to you because as we talk about people paying more for their groceryies paying more at the pump, the interest rates are rising too. that is how the fed tries to curb inflation. it takes a while to set in to have the impact it wants. essentially everything within the american dream, right, food, necessities, gas, going to work, owning a home have become out of reach for some people. >> yeah. this is really a disaster as i pointed out earlier. this is the econ

ranking member barrasso, thank you. thank you for having this hearing, thank you for inviting our friends and neighbors from canada. i absolutely concur with senator marshall when he says sometimes our solutions are right in our backyard. look to your neighbors first and, for some strange reason, we have not done that. as we have looked to our energy needs with this administration. premier kenney, you said you are having a hard time understanding the biden administration's approach on this. know that there are many of us who are also having a hard time understanding where and why the administration has taken the approach that they have. there's a lot of kinship between alaska and canada right now, we feel like we have been shunted off to the corner as well and our opportunity to provide for americas domestic production has been effectively derailed by this administration. whether it's the actions within the npr a, the recent actions with regards to lease sailing and cook inlet or the opportunity that we have within our

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but republicans like wyoming senator john barrasso claim the president is at fault for inflation. the biden administration, inflation. become a breaking point for millions of americans. brosseau believes the president needs to accept responsibility for painful prices. pointed his finger at everybody else other than himself in the american people are sick and tired. >> there is no clear timeline for how long inflation will continue. but the administration says it's working as fast as possible reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> a new study says millions of americans who got medicaid health insurance during the covid-19 pandemic could lose that coverage of this year or next. the kaiser family foundation says as many as 14 million americans could lose their coverage when federal subsidies and that study says states will begin to end coverage for some people. when the national covid-19 public health emergency ends on july. 15th state medicaid agencies will have 12 months to check the eligibility of every person and notify those who no longer qualify. california democrats, mea

i'm joined by senator john barrasso from wyoming. gas prices have gone up the fifth straight week, lease sales and drilling permits now, make your case. >> these record high gas prices under president biden are breaking the back of american families. this is a weekend people turn to the roads. this weekend they are hot by the highest gas prices entire grow grocery prices with inflation president biden is out of touch, doesn't have a solution and he talks about this incredible transition we are going through from fossil fuels, he is so beholden to these liberal extremists regarding climate that the transition we are seeing and families are seeing is a transition from energy dominance to energy dependence, from wealth to weakness proud country, from prosperity to poverty, we have the energy in the ground in the united states, president biden will not let us get it out, we have the workers to deliver it, the energy is they are, that will bring down prices for consumers and help get inflation under control. ashley: the president often co

barrasso: mr. president, i come to the floor today to support the nomination that we're soon to vote on and that is of dr. kathryn huff, she is to serve at the department of energy on nuclear energy. i don't agree with her on many issues, she is a strong supporter of nuclear energy. she is well qualified. she holds a hfd p.h.d. she was at university of illinois at your banna champagne. and her nomination hearing, dr. huff testified, quote, it would be my honor to help the united states reclaim its global leadership in nuclear energy. it is critical that the department work diligently to make america energy dominant again. nuclear technology is essential to meet america's energy, environmental and national security objec -- objectives. dr. huff is ready and able to take on this responsibility. russia's army is funded by the sale of energy, that includes uranium. russia accounts for one-third of the world's uranium conversation and half of the -- conversion and half of the world's enrichment capacity

what i asked john barrasso wyoming senator suggested he would do that, he suggested it would be a good idea. i don't see that happening. what about you? >> i think it's a great question, neil. i don't see it happening, i do see the former president campaigning with herschel walker he led the republican endorsements on walker and then the establishment did follow suit, mitch mcconnell is on board now. but with kemp i don't see it. in normal times you would have kemp and walker and trump all campaigning for one republican ticket. everyone vote republican. i just don't see it because, as you know, neil, the 2020 election was very personal, to the former president. neil: i understand something about that. that is the story you were telling me. bob, i'm curious now, say what you will with the latest trump bump effect, he still had a lot more victories than defeats and a pretty high batting average here, even in cases where his candidates might have lost, the message, the underlying message of trumpism is thriving. i'm just wondering how that sorts out this election year and even beyond 2022

let me get your reaction, mcconnell, collins, barrasso, corden making the trip to kyiv. is that important? >> it's important for president zelenskyy and the ukrainians fighting for liberty and democracy to see the support from the senate. that's where the money is coming from for the military equipment that's keeping ukraine in the fight. >> and greg palkot mentioned a strong war there, pushing back russians force from kharkiv, the second largest city and a direct correlation between the support they've been getting so far, but this $40 billion is a quite larger amount of support that can last much longer. do you believe that it is a game-changer to have this much support in the face of such prance small victories? >> yeah, i mean, ukraine is burning through the ammunition that we're giving them so this is really important for them, but i would just caution our viewers, we're looking at a war of attrition here, potentially, because the russians have not indicated that they're going to stop fighting. it's putin's war, there is no off-ramp for him. i agree with previous pr

. >> will senator barrasso. >> thanks so much mr. chairman. from the first days in office, the biden administration really has failed overwhelmingly failed to prioritize energy security. state department has been working to cut deals with brutal dictators in order to access more energy resources. we thought again last week. that's when the administration announced a decision to start easing oil sanctions on venezuela now, you have been negotiating a deal to eliminate sanctions on iran's energy sector. our adversaries would love, would love to see is more dependent upon them to meet our energy needs. our experience of buying russian energy taught us or should have taught us that buying energy from tyrants is a dangerous proposition. it makes our nation and our allies less safe. so does the iranian regime use energy revenue to fund its global terror campaign? >> will senator, iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and it uses its revenues to those ends. >> how would you compare the environmental standards and the labor standards for energy product

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reporter: david, yes, the interior secretary was on the hill yesterday and at a hear ing senator john barrasso asked her multiple times point blank, do you think gas prices are too high right now and she didn't answer. take a look. >> do you believe that gas prices are too high? >> americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events that are making things difficult for all of us. >> so it sounds you're unwilling to say that gas prices are too high. >> we're doing all we can, senator. reporter: secretary haaland did tell the senate committee the interior department will release a new five-year plan for offshore drilling by the end of june, but there will likely be a gap between the current plan and that new plan, which would cause a blackout period for those oil & gas companies, after dodging questions about gas prices, secretary haaland also dodged questions about whether the plan would include any new lease sales for new offshore drilling. >> can you commit to doing the leasing? i know you're going to do the plan. is your intent to lease? >> ou

comparing john barrasso, $27,000. roy blunt served in the house for many terms before he went to the senate. his career funding is $4.6 million with an a rating. karen, hi, karen. caller: good morning. my first point is why should gun owners compromise? when these things happen, the first thing they do is go after legal gun owners. but, no. i don't think they should pass anymore gun laws. number one. number two, they have to define what an assault weapon is. they throw that term out and say all these weapons are assault weapons. he did not have an assault weapon. an assault weapon is a fully automatic pistol or rifle and he did not have that. and ar-15 is not considered an assault weapon. first of all, you have to define what that is. secondly, gun laws, the gun laws they have now aren't working. have you looked in chicago? have you looked at los angeles? everybody will say ok, everybody turn in their guns. everybody turn in their guns. we will -- do you think the cartel or gang members will turn in their guns? no, th

. >> steve: that's why when senator barrasso asked the interior secretary, you know, is gas too high? she didn't answer. >> ainsley: didn't respond. >> steve: watch. >> do you believe that gas prices are too high? >> i think that there -- that americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events that are making things difficult for all of glufs so it sounds you are unwilling to say that gas prices are too high. >> we're doing, um, all we can senator. >> it is not administration policies that have affected supply and demand. >> how can you say that? why don't you answer my question. from january to august the price of gasoline was up over 30%. in my state alone. are you telling me -- madam secretary, are you telling me under oath that these policies had no affect. >> no. they did not. >> that's a remarkable statement. i have to say madam secretary with all due respect your answers are insulting. >> brian: he didn't have to add with all due respect. he talked about how they went up 30% before vladimir putin went in there and the putin pric

established uranium reserve in 2010, the fall of 2010, that according to the article written by senator barrasso in the wall street journal recently doe has not purchased a single ounce of uranium in the last year and a half. so, my question is, is the senator wrong? >> as i was saying earlier, we are issuing a funding opportunity announcement in june for the creation of petroleum reserve, the strategic uranium reserve. >> my time, ma'am. madam secretary, it's been a year and a half since that happened. i thought we might move on that. and senator-- as president biden has signed an executive order requiring a zero emission by 2035. but the head of global research at general electric in albany, new york when we met with unequivocally, by 2025 would cause the grid to collapse and another said the same thing, all renewable power grid is destined to collapse. we're not talking a blackout over a weekend or overnight, this is a long-term grid failure possibly years. any ever us to understand anything about the grid, it would understand that means schools and stores would close, hospitalized would be j

senator susan collins john barrasso and john cornyn joining mcconnell on this trip. this photo you see right here shared by a member of president zelenskyy's cabinet includes a post encouraging the senate to pass the $40 billion ukrainian aid bill. that bill is being held up by senator rand paul. hundreds of people running for cover near last night's buck's celtic game in milwaukee. gunshots ringing out outside the arena. police say 17 people were injured ranging from age 15 years old to 47. police also say 10 people were arrested. all of those shots -- all of those people who were shot are expected to survive. police are still investigating what led up to that shooting. and another alert. the price of gas, once again, reaching a new record high. aaa reporting today the national average of a regular gal rising to $4.45. that is up 15 cents from just one week ago. and nearly $1.50 compared to this time last year. pete: one gallon? carley: the continuing to crocket. joe biden restricts production. diesel holding steady at the record price of 5.56 per gallon. a sour sen

barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the barrasso motion to instruct. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. i rise in support of the motion to instruct conferees to require the department of interior to finalize a five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan no later than june 30 of 2022. i require -- it will require at least ten sales in the gulf of mexico and alaska and in consultation with both senators rubio and scott it does not impact any moratoriums, including florida's. the biden administration has failed to develop a five-year plan. gina mccarthy has told us why. last week she said president biden is absolutely committed, she said, to blocking additional drilling. jen psaki confirmed at the white house. instead of begging for oil from our enemies like iran and venezuela, we should produce more american energy. i urge my colleagues to join me in support of this amendment. a senator: madam

senators collins, barrasso, cornyn and i just returned from kyiv, it was moving to feel impacts of putin's aggression. to see a free and independent nation made to literally fight for its life. but it was also inspiring to witness the bravery and the determination that have united ukrainians in the face of this onslaught. ukraine has had more than its share of political differences in recent years. putin must have thought that some ukrainians would actually welcome invading russian forces. instead, both ukrainian speaking and russian-speaking ukrainians have united in defense of their sovereign nation. some predicted ukraine would fold in a few days, russia would stroll right to kyiv. that was wrong, too. ukraine is tough. and kyiv remains in ukrainian hands, with life moving back towards normalcy despite the continued threat. our delegation was honored to meet with president zelenskyy. he expressed his gratitude to the united states for our leadership and support on a bipartisan basis, as well as for other countries that have stood by his people in their time of need. america's not the on

senators collins, cornyn, barrasso, and i just returned last night from europe. our first stop was kiev. it was moving to feel some of the impacts of putin's aggression, to see a free and independent nation made to literally fight for its life. but it was also inspiring to witness the bravery and the determination that have united ukrainians in the face of this onslaught. ukraine has had more than its share of domestic political differences in recent years. putin must have thought some ukrainians would welcome, would actually welcome invading russian forces. instead, both ukrainian-speaking and russian-speaking ukrainians have united in defense of their sovereign nation. some predicted ukraine would fold in a few days, russia would stroll right to kiev. that was wrong, too. ukraine is tough, and kiev remains in ukrainian hands with life moving back towards normally, despite the continued threat. our delegation was honored to meet with president zelenskyy. he expressed his gratitude to the united states for our leadership and support on a bipartisan basis as well

hickenlooper, tester, heinrich, baldwin, wicker, crapo, rich, burr, portman, grassley, shelby, toomey, barrasso, capito, cornyn, young, and moran. mr. coons: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior start from delaware. mr. coons: : i ask unanimous consent that we consider nomination calendar 58 , james t. rodriguez to be assistant labor is -- that the senate sproat on the nomination, without ints veeng -- without interveeng action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, any statement related to the nomination printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified, and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of labor, james d. rodriguez of texas to be an assistant secretary. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the eyes have it. the -- the ayes have it. the nom thatition is confirmed. mr. coons: : i understand there's a bill at the desk due for a second reading. the

barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, i come to the floor today to talk about our nation's economy. on friday, we saw new inflation numbers, and we found that inflation remains the worst that it's been in 40 years. we also found out that in the first three months of this year the american economy actually shrank. why did it shrink? well, because of the inflation that is hitting hard every family in america. so now we have a terrible situation with soaring inflation and a stagnant economy both at the same time. people are paying more and more, and they're getting less and less. the last time this happened, madam president, was in the 1970's. it was called stagflation. back then all the liberal economic experts said it was impossible. you couldn't have soaring inflation and a stagnant economy, but we did. and now here we are 50 years later, same thing again. this is hitting american families like a sledgehammer, and the people are suffering all across this country. inflation has been so high for so long, th