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senate. >> in my time in the senate, betty has been a fierce application for the preservation of senate records. her colleagues described her as a mentor who is highly knowledgeable, considerate, and persistent. it would be no exaggeration to call betty koed, as senate, a historic milestone in its own right. host: betty koed. senate leaders were talking about you. betty: they were. [laughs] host: why were they talking about you? betty: that was the day before i retired from the senate after 25 years of service. host: at the end of your retirement you put out this book "scenes, people, places and events that shaped the united states senate." how long have you been working on this? betty: years and years and years. i started working on it in 2009 because that is when i started to go to the tuesday cau delivef what we called historical minute, essentially a five minute history talk to senators at their tuesday luncheons. my colleagues dick baker and don ritchie had done it before me and i took over in 2009, and my colleague has also been doing it in recent years. we have both the democrati
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the senate and it's in the senate rules today. so we were founding this kind restored vision that would create leverage for the minority and leverage for the majority in a way that could produce compromise because the majority can't afford to have the floor tied up for six weeks, except in very major bills. and the minority can't sustain debate night and day for day after, day, week after week. and so an encouragement to get to a compromise. but in the end, if no compromise is reached. you can finally get to a final vote and make a decision and the way the inability to complete the loop election and having a majority and making a decision and implementing the law and it out, that's that's how democracy works. but if you can never complete that loop to pass a bill and try it the idea out then it generates not only failure to try to address rising issues in a rapidly changing world, but it also generates tremendous amount of cynicism. so what did we learn? well, we learned that we need 50 votes for reform. we learned that we needed
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senator. for 15 over 24 years in the senate she was the only female senator. think about what a an experience that must have been. she seems to have been fearless from everything i can find out about her. everett dirksen with such a character, would have loved to have met him. henry wilson on of massachusetts is another personal hero of mine, someone who has been largely forgotten their history. one of the purposes behind behind the stories i created for this book and for the caucuses through the years was to bring to life, the figures that had been forgotten and henry wilson was one of them. a major figure of the civil war era, one of the leading civil-rights crusaders of the 19th century but he is largely lost at this point. so i was able to elevate him and get him more attention for people like that. there's lots of them i wish i could have met over the years. host: back to "scenes, people places and events that shaped the 57 taeng cigar protruding from the corner of his mouth. he had a ver
senator. for 15 over 24 years in the senate she was the only female senator. think about what a an experience that must have been. she seems to have been fearless from everything i can find out about her. everett dirksen with such a character, would have loved to have met him. henry wilson on of massachusetts is another personal hero of mine, someone who has been largely forgotten their history. one of the purposes behind behind the stories i created for this book and for the caucuses through...
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i look and see the senator from illinois, i see the senator from west virginia. all three of us were on the senate floor at another momentous time in 2013 when then-senate majority leader harry reid exercised the nuclear option and blew up the filibuster for nominations, that did enormous damage to the institution of the senate. i remember standing in the well of the senate, 10 feet from where i am now and turning to senator amy klobuchar that day, and i told her, i said you are going to regret this day. this is a catastrophic mistake and i told her then this diagnose from harry reid and democrats will be more justices and more justices on the court -- madam president, if you want to know why roe v. wade has been overturned, it is because harry reid and the democrats sxersed the -- exercised the nuclear option in 2013. had they not done so, there's no way this senate would have confirmed all three of the nominees put forward. it was the direct consequence of the utter disregard for this institution senate democrats have. now, i bring that up because we are at a s
i look and see the senator from illinois, i see the senator from west virginia. all three of us were on the senate floor at another momentous time in 2013 when then-senate majority leader harry reid exercised the nuclear option and blew up the filibuster for nominations, that did enormous damage to the institution of the senate. i remember standing in the well of the senate, 10 feet from where i am now and turning to senator amy klobuchar that day, and i told her, i said you are going to regret...
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senate action that the senate action they've just taken on the mayorkas impeachment proceedings there should have been a full trial american people should have been able to see the evidence and evaluate for themselves what i think they know already intuitively and that is that -- secretary mayorkas hadding -- fantastic breach of duty. he breached his constitutional responsibility and openfully defied the federal law and immigration and will of congress. and my view he's lied on multiple occasions to congress under oath and he's done it to me on house judiciary committee and my view i believe my evaluation is he's probably the least effective and i think most dangerous in erm its of his policy implementations of any cabinet secretary in the history of the united states. and if there's ever been a -- cabinet secretary that deserve to be impeached, he is that and the idea that the senate and under chuck schumer leadership voted on party lines to not even allow american people to evaluate evidence is shameful ig it is a violation of their constitutional responsibility, and i think there w
senate action that the senate action they've just taken on the mayorkas impeachment proceedings there should have been a full trial american people should have been able to see the evidence and evaluate for themselves what i think they know already intuitively and that is that -- secretary mayorkas hadding -- fantastic breach of duty. he breached his constitutional responsibility and openfully defied the federal law and immigration and will of congress. and my view he's lied on multiple...
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senator cotton: almost as old as some senators. we often hear criticism like, well, we're flying aircraft that are older than general cotton. we are flying aircraft that these generals' grandparents for flying. i'm of the, if it ain't broke, don't fix it philosophy. it's highly effective. why is it critical that the air force re-engine b-52 for your needs? general cotton: thank you for that question. it gets picked on quite a bit on its age but as we look at what the capacity and what the capable is of that weapons system that platform, it's amazing. and what that will be able to do for us, and i said earlier, we need to think about thible for it to carry lrso. this is the platform that will carry lrso. it's the platform that has a lot of mass as far as capability. i want it to have a long-range strike standoff samebility -- capability even greater than it has. senator accountton: if it's well-maintained, it seems like a big part of our weapons. >> senator warren? senator warren: strategic command is responsible for strategic deter
senator cotton: almost as old as some senators. we often hear criticism like, well, we're flying aircraft that are older than general cotton. we are flying aircraft that these generals' grandparents for flying. i'm of the, if it ain't broke, don't fix it philosophy. it's highly effective. why is it critical that the air force re-engine b-52 for your needs? general cotton: thank you for that question. it gets picked on quite a bit on its age but as we look at what the capacity and what the...
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senator budd: thank you very mu >> senator peters? senator peters: thank you very much. general cotton, in your written testimony you acknowlge of the g tanker fleet in accomplishing the global strike missions so we don't have to -- have on intermediate basing installations. you also highlight the upcoming acquisition, being able to support simultaneous operations including multiple combatant commands. how does a robust fueling tanker fleet sustain missions and elaborate on how the acquisition of the new kc-46 tankers will expand your global reach and ex capabilities? general cotton: thank you for the question. something that makes us incredibly unique as a fighting force is, we he the ability to fly the entire global. -- the entire globe. even at its onset the tanker and bomber were both complementary acquisitions. it gives us incredible reach. is such a unique relationship between the tanker force and our bomber force. on my air leg. and absolutely critical to my mission setting with regards to ensuring that we have sustainable and enough tankers to be able to make tha
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senate was not. now the senate getting into their own controversial like the jay treaty, one of the early senators that is sent pennsylvania is a man named albert gallatin, probably most famous for being a long time secretary of treasury. and he is of the democratic republican side. and so the federal side of the early senate and looking at the strict rules would say the albert gallatin is■wved in the s requisite number of years to actually serve in the senate so the senate voted him out he is later elected to the house of representative by pennsylvania. but he is rejected the senate. so naturally people of pennsylvania want to know why their senators been kicked out of the senate. so you start getting growing public feeling that we want to see what's going on when senate meets here in philadelphia and add to that, the press obviously wants to know what's going on because they've got guys sitting in the balcony watching the house. they want to have guys sitting up here watching, the senate, because
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submits the question to the senate. is the point of order well taken? the senator from utah is recognized. recognized. >> as long as the majority leader was moments ago making this particular point of order of the impeachment article article one refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas of the law and making that to article one and the reasons articulated by the senate entrance editors. he is far wrong with respect to article two article two accuses him of making false statements this is a violation of section 1001. a felony offense. if this is not a high crime and misdemeanor what is. if this is not teachable what is. what precedents will be -- we need to address this and discuss it. >> in closed session. i move that the senate proceed closed session to allow for deliberation on the very consequential point of order that he just made which violates under them years of american legal precedent and understanding. >> and we enter into motion. >> rule 24. >> the question is on the motion is there a sufficient se
submits the question to the senate. is the point of order well taken? the senator from utah is recognized. recognized. >> as long as the majority leader was moments ago making this particular point of order of the impeachment article article one refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas of the law and making that to article one and the reasons articulated by the senate entrance editors. he is far wrong with respect to article two article two accuses him of making false...
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a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. a senator: thank you. in order to consider my simple and reasonable amendment,t'stal democrats blocking amendment out of the way in order to move forward with my amendment. mr. hagerty: let me caught through the procedural languagea very simple question. do you support american taxpaye illegal immigrants from countries like venezuela and haiti into america to be settled in cities and towns near you? if so, then vote against me. vote no preserve this practice of using taxpayer dollars to charter planes that move and import thousands of illegal aliens into your states. make no mistake here, president biden has been secretly flying hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from foreign countries into blue city airports. just last year alone in 2023 it was reported that some 320,000 illegal aliens had been flown m. americans are -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. does the senator have a motion. ha move to table -- mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washingt
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the chair therefore under the precedence of the senate submits the question to the senate. is the point of order well taken? >> this quorum call continues. we're waiting for center speaker you are hearing the roll call of the names of the united states senators as they go through this quorum call, even though there's obviously a quorum on the floor due to earlier productions of impeachment trial. sey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. >> explained we are and why this is a quorum call despite what we heard from senator schumer not too long ago. >> basically to buy time on the senate floor some republican senators can figure out how to respond to this move right here. schumer is raising a point of order that the first article of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor. that's this data set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she doesn't have the power to decide the question. she's going to ask for the senatens to vote on whether the point of ordern. is valid. if the senate votes to sustain schumer's point of order
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here is the chair and ranking member of the senate commerce science and transportation committee, senators maria cantwell and ted cruz speaking on the floor after final passage. >> the house of representatives should quickly take it up and t pass it and send to the president's desk for signature. this legislation is a strong bipartisan that includes hundreds of priorities for senators and representatives both republican and democrat. this bill gives the faa the safety tools it needs at a critical time to help bring new aerospace technologies to market. i want to thank the staff that spent countless hours hemmerring out this legislation. this was no easy task. as i stated earlier, this bipartisan product was result of many, many months of hard work, late nights, there were many times that it appeared that the bill was not going to make it over the finish line and the hard work of the staff is a big part of the reason we are where we are tonight. i want to thank my staff for their tireless efforts to get this billis passed into law. many thanks to samone paris who has not slept in about six
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ask any senator is not in the senate chamber at the time the meoath was administered to the other senators will make the facts are known to the chairs of the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the tsenate -- mike to the senator. >> sgt at arms to make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of imprisonment while the senate of the united states is convened as a court of impeachment to consider the articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas secretary of homeland security. >> madam president thomas majority leaders recognized by. >> at a moment i will ask unanimous consent to allow for skdebate time. to allow for republicans to offer and have votes on trial resolutions and allow for republicans to offer and have votes on points of order. so i ask unanimous consent senator lee be recognized to offer a resolution the text of esther is 624 the full senate trial. senator cruz would be recognized to offer resolution as the text of s resin 622 the trial committee. there then be up to 60 minutes of debate on the resolut
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a senator: madam e presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. schmitt: i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with my amendment 1626. the presidcer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from missouri mr. schmitt moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with an 1626. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided. mr. schmitt: thank you, madam president. i'll be brief and sort of walk through this a good government amendment that i hope that everybody can get behind. the house omnibus includes a provisionntaa to capture $337 million in iij funding -- to expand its brushg. just to sort of walk through this. under the infrastructure act, there was$42 billion for administrative costs. that's $850 million. that money, as it relates to the beads program, because it's pretty diffused across the country, they don't have a lot of those administrative costs. they are coming back in under the program and saying we need $337 million for administrative costs, but they ha
a senator: madam e presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. schmitt: i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with my amendment 1626. the presidcer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from missouri mr. schmitt moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with an 1626. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided. mr. schmitt: thank you, madam president. i'll be brief and sort of walk through this a...
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if the senate dismisses these charges without a trial, it will be the first time in the senate's long history that it has dismissed impeachment charges against an official it has jurisdiction over without that official first resigning and that's a fact. i want you to consider this. the united states house of representatives has voted to impeach an official 21 times, only 21 times. in our long history. the united states has only-- the united states senate rather that is only dismised three of those cases, three out of 21. now, why didn't they dismiss them? in two of the cases the impeached official chose to resign instead of facing a trial, as a result, the senate dismissed the charges. in this case, secretary mayorkas has not resigned. in one of those dismissed cases the impeached official was a united states senator. and the senate concluded that the constitution did not give it jurisdiction to remove a u.s. senator through the impeachment process. here, everyone agrees that the constitution gives congress the power to impeach and remove a sitting cabinet secretary. now, madam presid
if the senate dismisses these charges without a trial, it will be the first time in the senate's long history that it has dismissed impeachment charges against an official it has jurisdiction over without that official first resigning and that's a fact. i want you to consider this. the united states house of representatives has voted to impeach an official 21 times, only 21 times. in our long history. the united states has only-- the united states senate rather that is only dismised three of...
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>> yes, senator. our relationships across the allies andour partners is truly one of our advantages. we had signed a number of space situational awareness sharing agreements as you allude to with over 30 countries. three of w those were in the middle east number of ongoing discussions to expand that. but as a portable pulsing with those countries in middle east it helps us to have a better understanding of going on in space. and so that when we see potential bad actors acting, we can call out bad behavior. also builds a set of partnerships to deny those partnerships toen countries like russia and iran. so those are very important for us and we continued to grow them, senator. >> thank you. appreciate it. rosen.ks, senator senator schmitt. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so i think i believe this is if the most important committees mn the senate for a variety of reasons. certainly our role in advocating for the national defense is back home and talking to constituents and having those conversations about w
>> yes, senator. our relationships across the allies andour partners is truly one of our advantages. we had signed a number of space situational awareness sharing agreements as you allude to with over 30 countries. three of w those were in the middle east number of ongoing discussions to expand that. but as a portable pulsing with those countries in middle east it helps us to have a better understanding of going on in space. and so that when we see potential bad actors acting, we can call...
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recognize senator braun, thank you. senator lujan: is senator braun i recognize you. senator braun: thanks for getting recognized from the witness and sitting in senator. looks like i'm the last senator standing. we have had a loft interesting discussions about health of our federal government and financial trajectory. i have a question for you. a lot of the facts and bigs figs have already been covered by other senators. you think a balanced budget amendment or statute would be helpful to keep both sides of the aisle in ave to do that simple thing so we don't borrow from our kids and grandkids? i know everybody has great ideas and intentions. looks like the major result over the last probably since the bush administration when we put two r's on the credit card it's been both sides of the aisle. that goes back to 2000. we are entering into three decades of it soon. where are you at on a balanced budget amendment or statute? director young: senator, one. you are always thoughtful about these things. i thank you for the way you appr we have a lot of disagreements. i kno
recognize senator braun, thank you. senator lujan: is senator braun i recognize you. senator braun: thanks for getting recognized from the witness and sitting in senator. looks like i'm the last senator standing. we have had a loft interesting discussions about health of our federal government and financial trajectory. i have a question for you. a lot of the facts and bigs figs have already been covered by other senators. you think a balanced budget amendment or statute would be helpful to keep...
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a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ke ask unanimous consent that the next four amendments be considered simultaneously and individually, that eac individual andment be listed at the table by number, and that over the next 15 minutes, we'll vote on all four. each person who is for t amendmt can speak a minute for it and each person against it can speak a minute against it as we've been doing it but four amendments will be considered over the next 15in desk, each senator will come forward and vote on all four amendments, one at a time but we'll be done with four amendments in 15 minutes and i ask unanimous consent. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. schumer: i object. let me just say my colleagues -- let me say to my colleagues accuracy is very important. we must make sure the vote count is accurate. if we all sit seats and do 10-minute votes, we can get this done as quickly as possible. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the sen
a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ke ask unanimous consent that the next four amendments be considered simultaneously and individually, that eac individual andment be listed at the table by number, and that over the next 15 minutes, we'll vote on all four. each person who is for t amendmt can speak a minute for it and each person against it can speak a minute against it as we've been doing it but four amendments will be considered over the next 15in desk, each...
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senator brown: senator rounds. senator rounds: i have pee an understanding to stay as neutral as possible with regard to the politics involved in an election year. basal end game proposal. and found that 97% were either opposing it or expressing substantial concerns. in the hearing last month on the monetary policy report you stated that it is a consensus organization and you said, i will do everything i can -- i will do everything i can possibly to bring people together in consensus and have a capital framework that can be proudly supported. my question to that is do you believe there is a consensus on this capital framework? mr. powell: i'm fairly confident we will have such a consensus when we do move forward. senator rounds: you will probably not call a vote on the proposal until you believe there is a consensus? mr. powell: we are in the process of digesting the comments and making the appropriate changes. senator rounds: i have weighed in on the concerns i have with basal3. and negative effects on mortgage le
senator brown: senator rounds. senator rounds: i have pee an understanding to stay as neutral as possible with regard to the politics involved in an election year. basal end game proposal. and found that 97% were either opposing it or expressing substantial concerns. in the hearing last month on the monetary policy report you stated that it is a consensus organization and you said, i will do everything i can -- i will do everything i can possibly to bring people together in consensus and have a...
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to the senate: under the to the senate: under the >> 2024 to the senate under prevision of rule 1 i hereby appoint honorable john w. hickenlooper senator from the state of colorado to perform the duties of the chair signed patty murray. under previous order, the leadership time is u reserved. morning business is closed. under previous order of the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to hr7888 which the clerk will report. >> motion to proceed the calendar number 365hr7888 and act to reform the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978. >> mr. president, the majority leader. >> mr. president, this afternoon senators will come tohi the flor and be sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial of secretary alejandro mayorkas. yesterday, the senate received the impeachment house managers who read the two articles against the secretary. today, the trial will excellence and we will be in our seats as jurors for the third time in four years. but this time, senators will provide as jurors in the lease legislate substantive and impeachment trial ever in the history of the uni
to the senate: under the to the senate: under the >> 2024 to the senate under prevision of rule 1 i hereby appoint honorable john w. hickenlooper senator from the state of colorado to perform the duties of the chair signed patty murray. under previous order, the leadership time is u reserved. morning business is closed. under previous order of the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to hr7888 which the clerk will report. >> motion to proceed the calendar number...
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senate. i, for one, don't believe donald trump is going to win the presidential election, but if you're one of the millions who is worried that he will you should find ways to help elect democrats to the united states senate. the united states senate should be campaigned objective number two. because of democrats control the united states senate they can stop every single thing that donald trump tries to do legislatively. they can stop every single thing every presidential appointment donald trump makes that requires senate confirmation. everyone of them. so, no, with democrats in control of the senate donald trump will not have an attorney general in charge of helping donald trump get away with crimes and commit more crimes. with democrats controlling the senate to donald trump will not have a secretary of defense is willing to violate the law controlling the use of american troops within the united states. the democrats in control of the senate donald trump will not be able to confirm a sin
senate. i, for one, don't believe donald trump is going to win the presidential election, but if you're one of the millions who is worried that he will you should find ways to help elect democrats to the united states senate. the united states senate should be campaigned objective number two. because of democrats control the united states senate they can stop every single thing that donald trump tries to do legislatively. they can stop every single thing every presidential appointment donald...
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. >> senator, i know last week when we were talking here, several of you, senator johnson, senator lee, talked about the fact that -- by unanimous consent and there were no trials, this would be repercussions for that. sounds like tomorrow we'll know whether or not there's going to be a trial, so does that the still stand? >> absolutely. >> what does that look like? >> what it looks like is that instead of being -- as is necessary for it to operate, i mean, i don't know how many unanimous consent requests are made and granted in a particular if day, but it's a lot. and some days it's more than others. but the place can't function without hem. last night if -- without them. last night i forced an additional procedural vote that we wouldn't have other side had to take in light of what they were doing, and if they take a weasely way out of this, if they betray our constitutional obligation in the senate, i think we have an obligation on our side to make clear that that's not okay. and that doesn't involve simply looking at this as they run roughshod over the constitution. >> but, hike --
. >> senator, i know last week when we were talking here, several of you, senator johnson, senator lee, talked about the fact that -- by unanimous consent and there were no trials, this would be repercussions for that. sounds like tomorrow we'll know whether or not there's going to be a trial, so does that the still stand? >> absolutely. >> what does that look like? >> what it looks like is that instead of being -- as is necessary for it to operate, i mean, i don't know...
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would the senator modify his motion? i asked the senator to modify his motion. >> 2004 it would be preferable. but i will accept the amendment we make in 2024. >> thehe question is on the motion. is there sufficient second? there is sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] on this vote the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. the pending motion is the point of order by the senate majority leader. >> madam president. >> the senator from kansas is recognized.m >> i have a motion and it takes precedent. before this body disrespects the constitution any further, before we endanger the public anymore, before we harm the reputation of this body anymore, i move to adjourn until 7 a.m. on novemben people can have a vote on this im
would the senator modify his motion? i asked the senator to modify his motion. >> 2004 it would be preferable. but i will accept the amendment we make in 2024. >> thehe question is on the motion. is there sufficient second? there is sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]...
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that's what hard line conservatives like senator lee, like senator cruz, like senator schmidt all are promising could happen if you don't see the trial you want. senator lisa murkowski, a bipartisan leaning member, despite the fact that she's a republican, who's saying she doesn't think there's enough here to convict mayorkas of what house republicans are sending over for the senate to consider, but at the same time she does have concerns about the precedent that it could set to not have a trial in this instance and to not let people be able to basically vote on the conviction articles that are in front of the senate right now. again, we'll watch to see what's happening on the senate floor because we're sort of in a moment of uncharted territory when there are no rules and motions and hours of debate yet agreed to. then we get to sort of see it unfold in realtime, and that's i think where we could end up seeing more of these politically potentially difficult votes as we watch them just sort of play this out in realtime with no agreements on how it's going to go, chris. >> ryan nobles,
that's what hard line conservatives like senator lee, like senator cruz, like senator schmidt all are promising could happen if you don't see the trial you want. senator lisa murkowski, a bipartisan leaning member, despite the fact that she's a republican, who's saying she doesn't think there's enough here to convict mayorkas of what house republicans are sending over for the senate to consider, but at the same time she does have concerns about the precedent that it could set to not have a...
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senate. i don't think -- i don't know if you noticed that or not. we thank you very much. helen rogers of my staff is also here. the staff do incredible work for us. i always want to acknowledge them. thank you for being here. thank you for what you. do i want to thank the sponsors. i want to thank you for putting this one on. i know my colleagues from the house of representatives will be here a little later on. they have some voting that they're doing at this particular moment. it is a challenge because of the leadership in the house of representatives for them to get anything done. so hopefully they'll be able to move some legislation. i just really wanted to start by saying, 100 years is too long to wait on this thing. we've got to get the acknowledgment of the amendment as being part of the constitution. that's bottom line. i strongly support the efforts of senator gillibrand and representative bush are doing, my legislature, the maryland ledge slay sure has a resolution to acknowledge th
senate. i don't think -- i don't know if you noticed that or not. we thank you very much. helen rogers of my staff is also here. the staff do incredible work for us. i always want to acknowledge them. thank you for being here. thank you for what you. do i want to thank the sponsors. i want to thank you for putting this one on. i know my colleagues from the house of representatives will be here a little later on. they have some voting that they're doing at this particular moment. it is a...
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senator lankford, senator sinema, myself, senator schumer, senator mcconnell, we sat in a room four and a half months and formed a compromise that unques unquestionably, unquestionably will bring order to the southwest border. and because of that, donald trump is telling republicans ditch it, vote no, we don't want there to be order at the southwest border because that would be bad politics for us. what's the point of having this job if you aren't willing to make tough compromises that make this country better? so i understand there may be long odds to convincing republicans to change their vote. i understand that because this bill is a compromise there are some democrats who vote against it. i think this is so important. i take republicans at their word, that it's an emergency to make sense of what's happening at the border, that it's worth it to bring this bill back before the floor. i hope our leadership will decide to schedule a vote on this bill. i will introduce the bill imminently, i think with many of my colleagues supporting it, and i'm deeply grateful to many of my friends in
senator lankford, senator sinema, myself, senator schumer, senator mcconnell, we sat in a room four and a half months and formed a compromise that unques unquestionably, unquestionably will bring order to the southwest border. and because of that, donald trump is telling republicans ditch it, vote no, we don't want there to be order at the southwest border because that would be bad politics for us. what's the point of having this job if you aren't willing to make tough compromises that make...
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a full trial within proceed on the senate floor but it's also possible that senators could vote to either dismiss the charges in italy or refer the matter to theal committee. watch as the process unfolds live onn2, c-span or for you have or online at c-span.org. >> madam president, as you all know too much ago the house of representatives impeached homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas who is with the department of homeland security since the beginning of the biden administration. for three years secretary mayorkas has overseen the record-breaking crisis at the southern border. during that time customs and border protection have logged more than 7.4 million migrant encounters, more than to make previous administrations combined. and that was over a period of 12 years. in three years the biden administration has accomplished what took 12 years for the obama and trump administration. law enforcement focus response on migrant crossing has caused security missions including drug interdiction to take a hit, staffing shortage have led the agency to temporarily close international bridg
a full trial within proceed on the senate floor but it's also possible that senators could vote to either dismiss the charges in italy or refer the matter to theal committee. watch as the process unfolds live onn2, c-span or for you have or online at c-span.org. >> madam president, as you all know too much ago the house of representatives impeached homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas who is with the department of homeland security since the beginning of the biden...
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we are either going to follow senate custom, senate rules and senate history or we are not. if he chooses and if he may have the votes to do it but if he chooses to dismiss these impeachment articles without so much as a trial as if it was just spam in the democrats's in box, it will be further evidence that under this administration the senate has been rotting from within, rotting from within. we don't do a budget anymore. the leadership just gets together and writes a bill. sometimes they cut the budget bill, the omnibus in two, in too many bills. and this is one more step. what are we here for. impeaching public official, after months and months. after months of investigation, and one of the most solemn acts the house can do. senator schumer is just going to dismiss that. not even hold a trial because he thinks he has the votes and it is politically expedient, isn't that special? and every one of you know that if republicans were doing the same thing, you would be catatonic and foaming at the mouth. that is what chuck is doing and it is wrong. and we are going to do every
we are either going to follow senate custom, senate rules and senate history or we are not. if he chooses and if he may have the votes to do it but if he chooses to dismiss these impeachment articles without so much as a trial as if it was just spam in the democrats's in box, it will be further evidence that under this administration the senate has been rotting from within, rotting from within. we don't do a budget anymore. the leadership just gets together and writes a bill. sometimes they cut...
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if the vice pa republican, then a 50-50 senate is a republican senate. ri now, if we look at the map as is and remove west virginia from the democratic column to the republican column, that is a 50-50 senate. trump is up in the polls. if the election was today he would have a good shot at winning. democrats are on their heels in the senate. be dficult for them to maintain the majority. it is going toe or them to maintain a majority if trump wins the presidency this fall. host: inside ele chaioed a rating for the arizona senate race. guest: it is not all bad news for democrats in the senate. i know that i sound a little bit negative. its predominately bad news, but there are a few bright spots. one is arizona. this was a very complex race when independent senator kyrsten sinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. s ra that we see a three-person senate race this day and age. enhe g out and became more clear how the race was going to look. the democratic likely nominee, the republic nominee or likely republican nominee, are held -- a
if the vice pa republican, then a 50-50 senate is a republican senate. ri now, if we look at the map as is and remove west virginia from the democratic column to the republican column, that is a 50-50 senate. trump is up in the polls. if the election was today he would have a good shot at winning. democrats are on their heels in the senate. be dficult for them to maintain the majority. it is going toe or them to maintain a majority if trump wins the presidency this fall. host: inside ele...
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senators: i do. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the names in groups of four, and senators will present themselves at the desk to sign the oath book. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. the clerk: mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. mar
senators: i do. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the names in groups of four, and senators will present themselves at the desk to sign the oath book. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. the clerk: mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms....
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while senator schumer prepares to nuke the senate. if this motion to table is successful, then manglona -- with respect to manglona, we could move to legislative business to consider and organizing resolution for the impeachment trial. i ask my colleagues for support. so to that end, madam president, i move to table the nomination of ramona villagomez manglona and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr.
while senator schumer prepares to nuke the senate. if this motion to table is successful, then manglona -- with respect to manglona, we could move to legislative business to consider and organizing resolution for the impeachment trial. i ask my colleagues for support. so to that end, madam president, i move to table the nomination of ramona villagomez manglona and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll....
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bless our senators. use them to contribute to the forces for harmony and goodness in our nation and world. give them the wisdom to make decisions that will glorify you. may they seek to serve rather than be served, following your example of humility and sacrifice. we pray in your merciful name. amen. skal the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, february 6, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership
bless our senators. use them to contribute to the forces for harmony and goodness in our nation and world. give them the wisdom to make decisions that will glorify you. may they seek to serve rather than be served, following your example of humility and sacrifice. we pray in your merciful name. amen. skal the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it...
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senators are on the senate floor. back to that momentarily when there is something untold on -- >> sandra: there is that glass of milk. on the swing through pennsylvania he took to the stage outside with the protesters, there you have screen right pittsburgh the critical corner in what may be the critical battleground state november. he is speaking to steelworkers there and on capitol hill columbia university leaders defended their response to anti-semitism in a house hearing that wrapped moments ago on the other side of your screen columbia university today. where students have set up a gaza solidarity encampment demanding the school cut ties with israel. >> this is about the systems that minutia fee that the board of trustees columbia university is complicit in. >> bill: live on capitol hill which concluded moments ago what we know? >> it did, columbia university's president several hours this morning with a are doing to combat anti-semitism, dozens of jewish columbia students in the audience today watching their un
senators are on the senate floor. back to that momentarily when there is something untold on -- >> sandra: there is that glass of milk. on the swing through pennsylvania he took to the stage outside with the protesters, there you have screen right pittsburgh the critical corner in what may be the critical battleground state november. he is speaking to steelworkers there and on capitol hill columbia university leaders defended their response to anti-semitism in a house hearing that wrapped...
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but united states senate been united states senate needed all 100 senators to agree on having a vote. and if any one senator has their own idea then that doesn't happen. so that's what's going on right now, guys. >> know a lot of deliberating going on behind the scenes as monitor describe it. nothing is happening on the floor of the manu, please. standby. we want to go to mj lee, who's live four is at the white house mj. we just a moment ago, updated viewers on the situation outside the headquarters of the us steel workers union were president biden is expected to give remarks this afternoon. he's going to be met by protesters outside, but obviously the white house is watching these impeachment proceedings closely. we know that they've been in close contact with officials over at dhs. do we know of the president is monitoring this directly? >> you there's no question, even as president biden is traveling today, he is going to be kept up to date by his advisors on everything that is going on. >> and that is in keeping with as you just said, boris the white house is close coordination w
but united states senate been united states senate needed all 100 senators to agree on having a vote. and if any one senator has their own idea then that doesn't happen. so that's what's going on right now, guys. >> know a lot of deliberating going on behind the scenes as monitor describe it. nothing is happening on the floor of the manu, please. standby. we want to go to mj lee, who's live four is at the white house mj. we just a moment ago, updated viewers on the situation outside the...
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>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications for it for existing recipients, as well as those who are first-time applicants and we are very focused on getting the dollars out the door as quickly as possible and as fairly as possible. >> thank you. during the last meeting, we spoke about the margin of error. first of all thank you for following through on that commitment. fema announced a 5% margin of number which is critical for ngos who are providing services. i was also pleased to see that the most recent fiscal year reward offers a cap on hotel booking. in order to
>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications...
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>> yes, senator. >> yes, senator. >> senator, yes we will. >> thank you. >> i, again, want to think for the partnership and support as we seek one of the principles of congress, which is our fact- finding, fact-based investigation. we will work together on other investigations that you have expressed interest in following through on. this subcommittee will consider the testimony heard today and the formal legal objections filed that each of the consultants, this record will remain open for original comments or questions by any subcommittee member. with that, the hearing was adjourned, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> since 1979, in partnership with the cable industry, c-span has provided complete coverage of the halls of congress from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, party briefings, and committee hearings. c-span gives you a for row seat to help decided with no commentary, no interruptions, and completely unfiltered. your unfiltered view of government. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be
>> yes, senator. >> yes, senator. >> senator, yes we will. >> thank you. >> i, again, want to think for the partnership and support as we seek one of the principles of congress, which is our fact- finding, fact-based investigation. we will work together on other investigations that you have expressed interest in following through on. this subcommittee will consider the testimony heard today and the formal legal objections filed that each of the consultants, this...