schumer majority leader of the united states senate. senator schumer: mr. president madam vice president, madam speaker, leader mcconnell leader mccarthy, distinguished guests, more importantly senator elizabeth dole and robin. the scriptures says we should quote, rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance and endurance produces character and character produces hope. today, we pay tribute to a remarkable leader. over the course of his life knew more than his fair share of suffering, who turned that suffering into endurance, whose endurance became central to his character and whose character whose essential goodness leaves us with hope. hope that we will continue to see good men and women in this country like the one to whom we say goodbye today. to pay tribute to senator bob dole is to honor someone who redefined and elevated what it means to serve country. by 21, bob had given more of himself than most of us give in a lifetime, and then he kept going for 77 years after that. and my god, it was 77 years well spent. at 27, he was el

and i know senator kennedy and senator harkin, and senator der burger, when he was here, and senator jennings randolf before -- maybe before many of you came, was in the forefront. we stood with many who couldn't stand on their own. then the highlight was passing the americans with disabilities act. 43 million americans -- they're not all seriously disabled, but there are many in wheelchairs, many who can't even sit up. and it was a very impressive sight to be at the white house the day that bill was signed by president bush. and i'm forever grateful. i know senator kennedy and senator harkin and others are. have you ever seen so many wheelchairs at the white house at a signing ceremony? never. and now more and more americans with disabilities are full participants in the process. they're in the mainstream. so i remember in 1983 -- and i know pat moynihan remembers, we were standing right over in this aisle -- we had a bipartisan commission on social security. we had met week after week, month after month, and it was about to go down the drain. we had about given up. everybody was di

senator, of the senate -- of the senate -- read the constitution -- wants to undertake his advice and consent, constitution role with you. okay. you guys have read the constitution, those four judges i just mentioned. but an unelected bureaucrat in the white house, i guess a white house counsel, who knows? it's hard to tell who's in charge there. she's blocking this. give my office a call, 202-224-1026. i'm ready to meet and talk to you any time before the vote. don't worry. i don't think president biden is going to yank your nomination if you call me. heck, he probably doesn't even know this is going on. but you know this is the right thing to do, judges. you've read the constitution. heck, if our meeting goes well, i might even vote for you. but here's the thing, you will learn more about the issues that you're going to have to deal with very soon in your tenure, which you probably don't know anything about, no offense to you. but i read your back growbdz. you don't know -- backgrounds. you don't know about native alaskan laws, you don't know about anilca, but you need to hear these

francis collins -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call, i'm sorry, senator. mr. blunt: i move we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blunt: dr. francis collins, the director of the national institutes of health, will retire this month after serving as director since 2009. that will be 12 years in one of the most challenging jobs in washington, maybe in the world. dr. collins has served under three presidents in that job. no other person has served under more than one president. and during that nine -- during that 12 years, certainly, there have been amazing advances in healthcare. as a "washington post" reporter put it, this was the quote from his article, news that francis collins is stepping down as director of the national institutes of health is a bit like hearing that santa claus is handing off his reindeer reins. it's the time of year to think about that. his announced retirement earlier this year was certainly followed by a flood of comments from the scientific community. they used words like brilliant, national treasure,

senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> senator blunt: good to be with you, mike. >> mike: senator blunt, your democratic colleague joe manchin argued single handily sunk the bill back better this week but that overlooks the g.o.p. senators who were no votes as well. there's president biden tuesday making an impassioned plea on behalf of families he says would benefit from passing that legislation. >> president biden: imagine being a parent, looking at a child and you can't afford, you have no house to borrow against, you have no savings. it's wrong. >> mike: how do you respond to that criticism from the president? >> senator blunt: well, i think the biggest challenge that families are facing right now is the inflation, inflation numbers as high as they've been in for decades. of the impact families at the grocery store, at the gasoline pump, when they pay their home heating bills, putting more money into the economy at a time when the economy is already overheated i think is just a bad idea. and obviously we want to get people back to work. there are jobs available, people are try

senator shelby. senator feinstein. senator murray. senator inhofe. and senator wyden. they all had the opportunity to serve with the kansas senator, with the senator from kansas bob dole. and i can't imagine that that doesn't influence the way they do their work and the way they look at the united states se senate. but those who served in his office as members of his staff and many of them have gone on through nominations and quon fir nations to -- confirmations to become hugely important people in agencies, departments, and bureaus across this government. his mentorship lives on, another legacy of bob dole is all the kids that were interns, all the young men and women who worked here, for him. all the people who were influenced to have a little bit different approach to the rest of the world, a little bit different attitude toward people who they might disagree with. and a chance to bring the values that bob dole exhibited in his public life to more people across the nation. i don't know how to sum up, but i assume i'll have a few more opportunities this week to expre

all the democratic senators. it exploded yesterday with the outrage at the notion that one man elected by 290,510 people can decide the fate of a nation of 330 million people. but the people expressing that outrage yesterday did not express the same outrage when one man who was elected by 1,359,267 people decided the fate of the nation on the senate floor at 1:29 a.m. well, we were going to show you john mccain doing that thumbs down vote on the senate floor. that was that video cued up there but it doesn't always work. anyway, that was one man deciding the fate of the nation. and the people who were objecting to that concept this weekend were very much in favor of john mccain katting that one vote. in fact, the design of this government often allows one man or one woman to decide the fate of the nation. and some of the people who have that power were not voted into office by anyone like members of the supreme court. every 5-4 supreme court decision is the one person having the power to decide the fate of the nat

a senator dole knew what it took to make the senate work. we all know that it's not so very easy to make the senate work. one of former majority leader referred to the job that as majority leader as the job of herding cats. leader senator dole was effective because he was skilled to figure out what each side needed to claim victory. you can to be an effective leader if you don't have followersol and he had lots of them. he was a war hero and a workhorse rolled into one. a soldier, senator, statesman. t and championing the freedom and liberty. he didn't stop public service, he poured his heart and soul into honoring veterans. he was instrumental in getting the national world war ii memorial established. for nearly two decades he went there often to greet veterans face to face, each time thanking them for their service and sacrifice. we extend our condolences to the entire family. so many are grieving the loss of the americans here at home and also around the world. from his formeror colleagues to the loyal staffers who work with him here and

of senator dole. the whole country stands with you not only in grief, but in gladness and thanksgiving for almost a century that was lived so patriotically, so gratefully, and so well. >> madam, president, i know many senators will be speaking further on this floor about one of the most distinguished senators, senator that i've had the honor to serve with and that's bob dole, senator from

bennet, senator collins, senator manchin, senator hoeven and others, senator murkowski. our legislation has been voted on by this body before. in 2016 it passed the united states senate. it also passed out of the energy and natural resources committee five separate times with bipartisan support. by the way, in 2016 the vote was 85-12. now, as part of a larger energy package but that was a pretty strong sign of bipartisan support for this. and it improved energy efficiency. in that case it improved office space and energy savings from water heaters as an example. however, beef long recognized that we need to do more in order to save energy and save money. according to the energy information administration, it accounted for 40% of total energy consumption. reports from the u.s. department of energy have found the federal government again as the single largest energy consumer in the country. those studies have shown that our legislation as a whole would save consumers $51 billion on energy bills, reduce carbon emissions by 1.3 billion tons because it would add more than 100

the first round, senator sullivan, senator lummis. i'm going to go vote. i should be back by the time that senator lummis finishes and in the meantime, senator blackburn will preside. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and mr. beckerman, i know there have been questions, i certainly have concerns about sharing data with the chinese communist party given the ownership or at least bored influence. senator blackburn was just talking about that. senator cruz made the issue. it's what i refer to as kowtow capitalism. kowtow capitalism. and i think that you guys are exhibit a of kowtow capitalism. what is kowtow capitalism. american executives of american companies censuring americans' first amendment rights in america so as now to fend the chinese communist party or gain access to the chinese market. we see it on wall street. we see it in the movie studios. we see it with the nba. so let me ask a couple of questions related to that. a tiktok user could put up a video that criticizes the chairman of the committee, the ranking member, an

senator dole knew what it took to make the senate work. we all know that it's not so very easy to make the senate work. one former majority leader referred to the job as majority leader as a job of hurting cats. leader dole was effective because he was exceptionally skilled at figuring out what each side needed to claim victory. you can't be an effective leader if you don't have followers, and dole had lots of them. he was a war hero and a workhorse rolled into one, a soldier, a senator, a statesman. he led the 10th mountain division to defeat tyranny and champion the tenth amendment to uphold the blessing of freedom and liberty. when senator dole stepped away from public life, he didn't stop public service. he poured his heart and sole into honoring veterans. he was instrumental in getting the national world war ii memorial established. for nearly two decades he went there often to greet veterans at the memorial face-to-face, each time thanking them for their service and their sacrifice. barbara and i extend our condolences to elizabeth a

senate to the democratic party. stacey abrams campaign advertisement so far has stressed her leadership skills as -- she would bring to the governorship -- and does not attack georgia's republican governor brian kemp. so far brian kemp, though, does have a very loud political opponent who today said brian kemp has failed georgia. kemp has been a very weak governor. most importantly he can't win. that attack on brian kemp came from republican in name only donald trump. the "new york times" reports mr. trump has vowed to orchestrate mr. kemp's defeat as payback for the governor's refusal to help overturn the former president's november election loss in the state. donald trump has found someone else who lost in georgia to run against brian kemp in the republican primary for governor. former republican senator david purdue who lost his senate seat to john ossoff announced today he is running for governor next year in a state that already has a republican governor. that means david purdue and brian kemp will be draining

graham, senator hagerty, senator tim scott, senator rick scott, senator blackburn, senator hawley, senator cotton, senator boozman, and others who are likely to join. i'm going to make a few remarks about the bill. a number of my colleagues would also like to comment about my bill, so i will be yielding to them. and at the end of my colleagues' remarks, i will have a motion to make. madam president, as a result of the american rescue plan, working in conjunction with the budget control act of 2011, there are cuts scheduled to take effect in 2022 with respect to medicare and with respect to our farmers. medicare specifically, unless my bill passes and unless this body takes action, will be cut $36 billion. those medicare cuts will include, but they're not limited to, but they'll include cuts to cancer treatments for our elderly. those cuts would reduce laboratory fees and analysis that our seniors depend on every single day. for the reasons i just referenced, our farmers are also going to get cut unless we take action. specifically, the crop insurance programs on which our farmers rely. wew

in the 1996 comments from this senator on the senate floor ac left the senate for the last time as a senator, he said, i agree with the poet who said, yesterday is a wind gone down, a son dropped in the west, and i tell you there is nothing left in the world only an ocean of tomorrow, the sky of tomorrow. like everybody here, i am an optimist and i believe our best tomorrows are yet to be lived. my hope is, the life of senator bob dole is remembered. carried on in towns across america in the hearts and minds of people across the world, brave enough to find freedom worth defending, and in the halls of our government, where there is a new generation, where that new generation will help make tomorrow better for their fellow citizen. i started my remarks by sharing how much bob dole meant to kansas. this week we are also reminded how much bob dole meant to americans. one of the places senator roberts mentioned, the world war ii memorial. we saw this week, thousands of people gathered to pay their respects to bob dole at the world war ii memorial. you see it every day, hundreds of america

senate here on c-span2. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from yais. ms. ernst: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. ms. ernst: thank you, mr. president. this is holly durban from shenandoah, iowa. holly was someone who loved animals and loved nature. she was a people person. the thing that she loved most in the world was her family. but tragically, holly took her last breath on the morning of july 18, 2009. brian davis murdered her in a small farmhouse just south of shenandoah. holly is one of the hundreds of women murdered annually by a currents or former intimate partner. nearly three women a day. americans are being devastated by a wave of violent crime. night after night, folks turn on their local news and hear of yet another tragic story of murder, of rape, violent crimes of all natures that are arvaging their -- that are ravaging their community. in october, the u.s. recorded it's highest spike in whom homicides in modern history. last year, the murder rate in this country rose by 30%. these murders are not being committed by

senate, senators trying to attack other senators' states, specifically focusing on hurting working families. the vast majority of the senators i know wouldn't do that at all. that's not how business is conducted here in the united states senate. to the contrary. most of us, generally, try to help each other. we don't always agree, that's for sure. but particularly when states have unique challenges that could hurt their citizens, when my colleagues have come to me, hey, dan, can you help out on this, i usually try to help. but i certainly don't go on offense to try to hurt. like this administration's doing and the senior senator from new mexico. but i thought the better course to fight back, because i'm going to fight back, okay? i'm going to fight back. these are my constituents who are hurting. the better course to fight back against these attacks on alaskan working families was not to try to hurt new mexicans, but just show this, madam president, the rank hypocrisy of what the senior senator is actually doing and saying. one of his main reasons in this latest letter to shut down alaska a

senator dole knew what it took to make the senate work. we all know that it is not so very easy to make the senate work. one former majority leader referred to the job as majority leader as a job of herding cats, leader dole was effective because he was exceptionally skilled in figuring out what each side needed to claim victory. you cannot be an effective leader if you do not have followers in dole had lots of them. he a was a war hero and a workhorse rolled into one. a soldier, a senator, a statesman. he led the tenth mountain division to defeat tierney and champion the tenth amendment to uphold the blessing of freedom and liberty. when cetera dole stepped away from public life, he did not stop public service. he poured his h heart and soul into honoring veterans. he was instrumental in getting the national world war ii memorial established for nearly two decades heat went there often to greet veterans at the memorial face-to-face. each time thanking them for their service and their sacrifice. barbara and i extend our condolences to elis

senator. a loser who is a, quote, debate dodger and coastal elite who patted his pocket in the pandemic. that actually is all the lines from his spokesperson. i did not write those words. that what his spokesperson said. interestingly, we agree that he has been an ineffective governor. at the end of the day, georgians are suffering and struggling in this pandemic. we are going into a winter, lawrence. where the omicron variant is no doubt going to wreak so much havoc. it is a confusing covid response. so we are about serving georgians. we are about serving and fighting for georgians. and the contrast just could not be any more clear. >> what does it mean to the republican party, more genuinely, if donald trump is going to come in and create republican primaries where there otherwise would not be any. >> it is a clear message to normal voters that their concerns and their struggles, and their pain, and their needs are not important to this party. what matters to this party is that those who app

the senate all the way up until bob dole left the senate in 1996. we have some video of president biden and dr. jill biden, the first lady arriving from camp david where they spent the weekend just -- just about an hour ago, not even an hour ago. i shouted out a few questions about senator dole, however, he just said that president biden said, i spoke to mrs. dole this morning. so we know that he did speak to senator elizabeth dole this morning to express condolences, nothing from the president at this time but we are expecting a statement. he may make more comments on camera today and we also will likely see the flag go down to half staff here at the white house. i want to read something from former president george w. bush about bob dole and this is significant. he put out a statement, he said this good man represented the finest of american values and defended them in uniform in world war ii and advanced them in the united states senate and livered them out as father, husband friend, our entire family benefited from that friendship including my f

senator sanders and there you have senator sanders saying, you know what, senator manchin should have to vote on these -- on build back better, go on the record with the american people, but the people of west virginia on his opposition. how likely is that to happen? >> well, look, senator manchin has been calling for a vote for the last month at least. he said, i don't set the floor schedule, i don't determine the votes, but if they want to have a vote, let's vote for this bill. he will vote no as he indicated today. you heard from senator bernie sanders, he wants a vote on this. dick durbin has been saying let's put this on the floor. the only person who hasn't been committing to a floor vote is chuck schumer, the majority leader of the senate. he stopped saying that they're going to pass it by the christmas deadline in the second half of this week when it became clear that this was all sort of falling apart here. but another point i want to bring up too here is how republicans are seizing on this already. i've seen tweets from senator chuck grassley, a statement from senator ben sa

senator cornyn and i, as well as two other democrats and republicans, senator rubio, senator kaine and senator telus. it would establish a process to screen outbound investments in the off shoring of these critical supply chains, but only and limited to china and russia to ensure the resiliency of these critical supply chains in the u.s. it would require copies disclose before they offer national critical capabilities to foreign app or terror -- adversaries. the review process set forth in the legislation is designed to identify vulnerabilities so that we are not in the position where in one it comes to something as basic as personal protective equipment. the result of the work of the committee would be to provide recommendations to the president. and it emphasizes remedial action such as to support domestic industry like increased r&d or utilization of manufacturing institutes or identifying subsidies. and encourages supply chain diversification, but the bill is very limited in scope. it only covers foreign adversaries like china and russia. it is limited in its purview. looking only

i am so -- i think that where we see in the senate, my colleagues in the senate. i think they've been very disappointing to me. they should not have put up with trump has done. he's done so much damage to the institution of the senate and the country. we've had republicans, except for mitt romney, nobody will speak out against him. >> and as you can imagine, reaction is pouring in. in fact, harry reid's successor as the democratic leader in the senate chuck schumer put out this statement tonight on reid's passing. in part it reads harry reid was one of the most amazing individuals i ever met. he was tough as nails strong but caring and compassionate but always went out of his way quietly to help people who needed help. he was a boxer who came from humble origins but he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fearlessly fight those who were hurting, the poor, and the middle class. he was my leader, my mentor, one of my greatest, dearest friends. he is gone but he will walk by the sides of many of us in the senate every single day. chuck s

senator dole knew what it took to make the senate work. we all know that it's not so very easy to make the senate work. one former majority leader referred to the job as majority leader as a job of herding cats. leader dole was effective because he was successfully skilled at figuring out what each side needed to claim victory. you can't be an effective leader if you don't have followers and dole had lots of them. he was a war hero and a work horse, rolled into one. a soldier, a senator, a statesman. he led the 10th mountain division to defeat tyranny and championed the 10th amendment to uphold the blessings of freedom and liberty. when senator dole stepped away from public life, he didn't stop public service. he poured his heart and soul into honoring veterans. he was instrumental in getting the national world war ii memorial established. for nearly two decades he went there often to greet veterans at the memorial face-to-face, each time thanking them for their service, and their sacrifice. barbara and i extend our condolences to elizabet

>> senator, yes. but if we're going to have a conversation about the research, i think we need to be clear about what it actually says. it actually showed that 1 out of 3 girls who suffer from body image issues think that makes it worse. it doesn't mean it's not series. on suicide it was actually on any one life lost to suicide is an immense tragedy. on suicide it was 1% who traced their thoughts back to instagram. and i think it's important that we're clear about what the research said. >> you said it's important for us to be clear what the research said. i agree. at prior hearings i have asked your colleagues repeatedly for copies of the research. to my knowledge, you have refused to produce it. will you committee now to produce the research to this committee so we can, as you just said, be clear about what the research says? >> senator, i really appreciate this question because it's incredible important that we're transparent about research. i can commit to doing all i can to release the data behin

leave of the senate. it's even harder believe he passed away this past weekend. not because it comes as a shock to say goodbye to an elder statesman at the age of 98 because apollo was so energetic, so involved in some form with the right through to his final nights. if you did not know j bob dole d if you just read a summary yet an impressive senate career and his leadership tenure his presidential campaign he might sound like a man of contrast and conservative values personal responsibility and fiscal discipline the son of the dustbowl and the wounded warrior was laser focus on caring for the most vulnerable matching landmark wins on subjects from food insecurity to veterans issues to the right to disabled americans. on the one hand senator dole took pride in theca republican party he rose the key roles that were necessary somewhat partisan first leading our senate republican conference for many years and leading a presidential ticket. he was also consensus founding legislature. an honest broker with fr

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. roip we've come to the floor multiple times for the past few weeks, trying to push the bipartisan uighur force protection act. mr. rubio: it basically sales that you can't import products into the united states made by slave labor in shing jiang or from entities associated with the government of that region. if you're a company manufacturing in that area, you need to prove that slaves didn't make it. the pre-- it's illegal, by the way, to bring goods made with slave labor. it's been that way since the 1930s, yet it's still happening. we know it's happening at an alarming, horrific rate with the genocide we witness carried out by the chinese government in the xinjiang region. this bill, which we hope passes today, will pass to the president, become law and help tremendously in stopping that from happening. many companies have taken steps to clean up their supply chains. frankly, they should have no cerps about this law. for -- have no concerns about this law. for those who have not don

senator chuck grassley who served alongside senator dole. we will hear from brian lowery about today's memorial service at the u.s. capitol, and david hawking's from the american leader come on senator dole's influence in the senate. john yarmuth also joins us to discuss vaccine mandates and congressional action to raise the debt limit. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning, everyone, on this december 9, 2021. the flags are half-staff in honor of the late senator robert dold who died sunday at the age of 98 and will lie in state. president biden well deliver remarks. senate republicans along with two democratic senators voted 52-48 to scrap president biden's vaccine mandates for businesses. the measure faces an uphill battle and president biden vows to veto it. republicans say they will keep pushing back vaccine mandates. it is your turn to tell washington what you think about the federal mandate for businesses. if you support mandates, dial in at (202) 748-8001 -- (202) 748-8000. if you oppose mandates, (202) 748-8001. busine

senator grant -- host: senator grassley, what do you think about him getting the honor of lying in state? guest: i think for several reasons but most importantly being wounded, a war hero, defending our country and freedom and liberties, and outstanding public servant, attribute as he was somewhat disabled, a tribute to what he did to help disabled people through the disability acts of 1991 or whatever it was past -- whenever it was passed. he came up from a life of poverty and was helping people with food stamps, medicaid, downtrodden. he knew their life and respected that and founded public policies that would lead to better life for people that are lower income or in poverty. he never forgot his roots. if i was to honor him, put him in state like he's going to lie in state today, those are some of the things i would think are right for doing it. in this day of so much partisanship, it is important that he always tried to work across the party lines and he was successful in doing it. and that's what we need today. host: senator chuck grassley, thank you, sir, for >> on wednesday at 2:3

we are joined by senator thune and senator amy klobuchar and senator ed marquis. they have all been extraordinary leaders in this effort. and today, i should note, is the first time that tiktok and snap have appeared before congress. i appreciate you and youtube for your testimony this morning. it means a lot. our hearing with facebook whistleblower frances haugen was a searing indictment, along with her documents of a powerful, gigantic corporation that puts profits ahead of people, especially our children. there has been a definite and deafening drumbeat of continuing disclosures, about facebook -- they have deepened america's concerns and outrage. and have led to increasing calls for accountability, and there will be accountability. this time is different. accountability to parents and the public, accountability to congress. accountability to investors and shareholders, and accountability to the securities and exchange commission and other federal agencies. because there is ample credible evidence as we start an investigation here. but today, we are concerned a

joe biden is -- senator manchin is asking for major policy changes. why are they seemingly so far apart on this where manchin is wanted to bring -- wanting to bring republicans in? pres. byron: sec. psaki: the president -- sec. psaki: the president would welcome republicans into make sure that families are not paying dozens of dollars for insulin and to make sure that people can afford care for their loved ones. he would welcome that. opposition is driven by the concern for many in the republican party that they don't want to raise taxes on corporations and high income. >> this afternoon, president biden gives an update on the increase of omicron cases and the shortage of at home covid-19 testing kits. that is live at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can watch online at c-span.org or on our new video at c-span now. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television stations and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? >> it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community

senator lee. >> mr. mosseri, does instagram promote weight loss or plastic surgery for teenage girls under the age of 18? >> i missed the second word of your question? >> does instagram recommend weight loss or plastic surgery for girls under the age of 18? mr. mosseri: absolutely not. we don't recommend an eating disorder related content to people of any age. >> very glad to hear that. i beg to differ here. leading up to this hearing i've heard about a lot of complaints from people across utah and elsewhere who have told me about inappropriate content available through the explorer page on instagram available specifically to children. and so i was encouraged to see -- to look into it myself. so i had my staff create a fictitious 13-year-old account, for a fictitious 13-year-old girl. the explorer page yielded fairly benign results at first when all we did was create the account. knowing that it was a 13-year-old girl. but instagram also provided that same account, for this fake 13-year-old, that include

senate here on c-span2. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mrs. fischer: thank you, madam president. after months of delay the ndaa has finally made its way to the senate floor. the senate armed services committee passed its version by a strong bipartisan vote of 23-3, and that was back in july. as a member of the armed services committee since my first day here in the senate, i've been proud to help draft this bill each year since 2013, and i was honored to play a part in drafting the bill this year. first and foremost, the 2022 ndaa takes care of the greatest asset america has -- our men and women in uniform. it supports a well-deserved pay raise for members of the military and it reauthorizes important special pays and bonuses. keeping faith with our all-volunteer forces is essential so that our military men and women are able to focus on combatting the threats that our nation faces abroad. you don't have to look far to see the threats that i'm talking about. vladimir putin has placed nearl

host: senator chuck grassley, thank you, sir, for >> on friday former senate majority leader bob dole will be honored with a memorial service at washington national cathedral. live coverage begins at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch our video at c-span now. -- app c-span now. >> c-span's washington journal, every day we take your calls live on the news of the day and discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up friday, with the one-year anniversary of the january 6 attack approaching, we discussed bidens first year in office, and then we get the perspective on the biden administration's virtual summit for democracy in held this week. watch washington journal live at seven eastern friday morning on sudan -- c-span, join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments or tweets. >> book tv every sunday on c-span 2 features the latest authors discovering --discussing books. at 2:35 eastern, we talk about firestone's scramble for land and power in liberia, and then with an author on her experience growing up in miami. and then the book redeeming just

senator shelby. senator feinstein. senator murray. senator inhofe. and senator wyden. they all had the opportunity to serve with the kansas senator, with the senator from kansas bob dole. and i can't imagine that that doesn't influence the way they do their work and the way they look at the united states se senate. but those who served in his office as members of his staff and many of them have gone on through nominations and quon fir nations to -- confirmations to become hugely important people in agencies, departments, and bureaus across this government. his mentorship lives on, another legacy of bob dole is all the kids that were interns, all the young men and women who worked here, for him. all the people who were influenced to have a little bit different approach to the rest of the world, a little bit different attitude toward people who they might disagree with. and a chance to bring the values that bob dole exhibited in his public life to more people across the nation. i don't know how to sum up, but i assume i'll have a few more opportunities this week to expre

have raised, moderate senators in particular have raised, saying that they don't want the senate to become like the house, that the filibuster rule in the senate, like it or hate it, it has an effect of promoting bipartisanship and comedy and, and sort of concilliation between the parties, compromise between the parties. is it in your mind that is true? is it the practical effect of those rules, as they have changed, over the years, as you were describing a moment ago? >> it may have been -- it probably was true in another era. like, if you look at the '64 civil rights act, that bill was on the floor for many weeks and it was opposed by a lot of like 18 democrats, 1 republican. it was supported by derkson, a republican leader, but derkson still, and some of his colleagues had a problem with how dry the bill was so it was on the floor for 50 days, after 54 days, humphrey and derkson work out a compromise that net some of their fears or concerns and they accepted, they offered that as a substitute amendment and were able to get closure shortly thereafter by 70 votes. but now, the bipa

the united states senate. the 50 democratic senators, currently serving in represent 56.5% of the country's population. and the 50 republicans, represent just 43.5%, of the country's population, professor levitskiy told the new york times, you cannot look at a party in a democracy, that has won the popular vote almost without fail for two decades in say gee, that party really has to get it together and address its liabilities. joining us now is steven levitsky, harvard university professor of government, and co author of the book, how democracies die. professor, thank you so much for joining us, we really appreciate it. your point about the last eight presidential elections, put that, way is really quite stunning. how far from idealize democracy is the united states? >> well i'm not sure anybody has achieved, but i realize, if you compare it to other established democracies. in the world, canada, new zealand, australia, japan. all of europe. we are far away, the most counter majority and democracy. we are in t

the last time that happened, the last time the senate was split 50/50, republican senator jim jeffords of vermont switched parties and handed control of the senate to the democrats. the man who he did that switch happen was harry reid. reid even gave up his committee chairmanship to sweeten the deal and get jeffords to make that leap. he was a senator from nevada, and so of course he left his mark most especially on his home state and his constituents. in fact, just two weeks ago, las vegas renamed its airport in reid's honor. travelers to vegas will now fly into harry reid international airport. joining us now is ceo of the nevada independent and the dean of nevada political reporting, the first to report the news of reid's passing tonight. it's great to have you with us. i know it's such a sad night for your state and certainly for people across this country. let me start by getting your reaction and the reaction of people you are talking to in nevada tonight, the family and the constituents of that great state. >> well, you know, it is a sad night no matter how you felt about harry

thank you senator bob and thank you senator elizabeth for the honor of knowing you. to dear robin and the extended dole family, my deepest condolences and thank you for the privilege of a lifetime to speak here today. and now, i'll introduce a great friend of senator dole's and a great friend of this museum and this place, mr. tom hangs. hanks. -- hanks. >> good afternoon. which senator called. senator dole. answer the question. wonderful to see you, robin. the pacific ocean and the atlantic ocean. the two theaters of conflict. 48 states at the time and every american territory. totallying -- totaling now 50 states. and still a born part of america. to appreciate the life and accomplishments of bob cole, simply look around at where we have gathered today at this national memorial to the americans who gave their lives for the common good and the common cause of saving the world from tyrants. when bob dole fulfilled his duty in that war, which burned up half the world, the cost he paid was a hard one for him to bear. he lost he use of a limb. and part of his once-stron

is not from the capitol, senator grassley tell us about your friendship with senator dole, when did you first meet? >> first of all thank you for having me here and to talk about bob dole in my mentor when i first went to the united states senate. and i assumed my first meeting, i do not remember exactly but i remember being in the house when he was in a second term in the united states senate. i really got acquainted with him because i was campaigning for the united states senate in 1980 and that was his first time to try to be president of the united states at the iowa caucuses. we just really interact in many, many times in the various counties and practically lived in iowa for the winter of 79, in the early 80s. but the first thing aboutut him as he was a mentor for me in the united states senate. because he hade been there for 12 years when i was serving my first year. during my first year in the senate i was able to get on the committee, least in seniority but he was then a lead chairman for the first time republicans had a chairman for 24 years in the united states senate. so

senator sinema and senator manchin are not changing their minds. we only have a few more months before reelection. let's have a genuine compromise like in 2002 after the bush v gore florida recount in which we tried to do two things at the same time. we are americans. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we can make it easier to vote. maybe we should encourage states to vote on saturday. let's also make it hard to cheat because there is cheating out there and i have given you examples and i have hundreds more i can present. host: mr. roberts, the idea of changing senate rules to get these bills passed? mr. roberts: we all know what is happening in the senate right now, the discussion around trying to figure out how to get these bills through. the most important thing is that the senate do its job and address what the american people want to see and that is voting rights reform that pushes back against these pernicious laws going on at the state level. i think that there are enough members of the senate, including the ones that are engaging fo

it was born out of when president obama first came to the senate as senator obama, harry reid saw in this person somebody who could be the next president of the united states at a time when obviously there were many other senators in that caucus who were angling and thinking about that role. he comes to president obama or then senator obama and says hey, if you want it, you should go for it. and he had a major role to play in urging him to do so. obviously a year into his senate tenure. and obviously as he becomes senator, you know, knowing that health care was the first and major legislative thing that he needed to get done, really was the legislative captain for it. going through all of the travails of it, and finally getting it across the finish line there was trust not only in harry reid, but in senator pelosi in getting it done, trusting a young president who had the captains in those two leaders to help guide that one through. and then, you know, to the end, it was just deep and personal. you have -- i remember that moment, that phone call. there was just a respect that harry r

>> yes, senator. at the nato ministerial last week there was a commitment among allies that we needed more advice and more options from our nato military authorities with regard to the consequences of any move by russia deeper into ukraine and what that would mean for the eastern edge of the alliance and what it would mean about our need to be more forward deployed in the east and, again, i think that was also a subject of conversation in this morning's phone call. >> belarus, now that it seems to be totally within russia's control also presents another front for the potential for russia to invade ukraine. can you speak to whether we view what's happening in belarus in that way? i know the ukrainians view it that way because we heard that when we were in halifax for the international security forum and met with some ukrainian officials. >> well, as you know, senator, the situation in belarus is just tragic and really concerning in many, many ways, which is why the administration, along with the europe

senate to succeed my current boss at the time, u.s. senator jesse helms who was retiring. there was one day i remember so well. i had taken time off from my work to help with elizabeth's campaign and of course bob dole, no stranger to north carolina, came to town several times to campaign for her. on this particular occasion, we had lined up a number of visits for bob dole that included a stop at a tobacco receiving station in smith fields and then -- smith yn field -- smithfield, and then on to several other stops. there was little down time, which is just how bob dole liked it. he had a real knack for retail campaigning. he was never at a loss for words, always had a quip and always left everyone laughing. as i recall, it was about 11:30 a.m. that day and we had just finished up the stop at the tobacco receiving station where we met with a number of tobacco farmers. now we were on our way to golds bro -- goldsboro. i wasn't that hungry, but i could tell the campaign staffer driving bob dole was ready to find lunch somewhere. bob dole was hungry too but had a different id

that is a bipartisan bill that senator rubio and senator murphy sent to the house. why hasn't the house acted on that bill? do you think that it will? ms. pelosi: i take second place to no one in the congress in my criticism of china's human rights record. i have spoken to president trump when he was at g-20 in japan a few years ago. i said will you go up to the president of china and tell them that on the house and in the senate democrats and republicans have very serious concerns about what president xi is doing to the weeingars. the next day he called me and said i talked to the president and he said the uighurs like being in those camps. that's what the president said. that's what autocrats say. we have a bill in the house. it's the mcgovern bill. a stronger bill than the -- it's a bill that we could have freestanding or bill in the act that is part of the foreign affairs committee. mr. meeks -- gregory meeks' bill, kendrick, we are all very sad about losing carrie meek this week, i referenced her son. chairman meeks' bill and the house. we will have that. you s