senator murray and i and 24 total of us united states senators are offering it today. we are certain that it can be improved. we look forward to working with those who would improve it. but i do not believe that congress will want to fail to deal with a problem that will hurt millions of americans if we allow it to continue. i predict that this agreement that we're suggesting today with 24 senators will become law in some fashion before the end of the year. i think most senators and most house members will be looking around for a solution when they consider the consequences of a failure to act. and when they look for a solution, i believe that this solution supported by 24 united states senators, half democrat, half republican, will be the easiest solution to adopt. because i believe all the democrats want it. almost all the house republicans have already voted for it this year. and the senate republican leaders who would prefer to repeal and replace obamacare would put it in their bill if they could get it in there, but they can't because the budget rules won't allow

in the united states senate. one third of that time as the republican leader in the senate and this is his first year of chaos. in the united states senate. there are some democrats in the senate who have vehemently opposed everything that mcconnell tried to do in the senate but all of those democrats recommends he is a deliberate and formidable strategist and the democrats know that no republican leader of the senate has ever bent and contorted the rules of the senate to favor the republicans more than mitch mcconnell has including the decision to refuse to allow president obama's supreme court nominee to get a vote in the senate, not even a vote in a committee. a completely unprecedented partisan move against both senate tradition and the constitutional intent of the senate confirmation process. there's never been a more sharply partisan republican leader of the senate than mitch mcconnell. to believe that mitch mcconnell is the republicans' biggest problem in the senate requires that you understand absolutely

listen. >> what do we as united states senators have to say about it? the principles that underlie our politics, the values of our founding are too vital to our identity and to our survival to allow them to be compromised by the requirements of politics. because politics can make us silent when we should speak, and silence can equal complicity. i have children and grandchildren to answer to. and so, mr. president, i will not be complicit or silent. >> how extraordinary is it, david, to hear a senator tell his colleagues, you must not be complicit? >> i can't think of an example of something like this that i've seen. i mean, on the same day, wolf, we heard senator flake tell his colleagues, we must stop pretending, we have fooled ourselves long enough. what is different about what senator flake did there is that he is doing something different than corker and mccain, he's challenging his fellow republicans to take their heads out of the sand. on the same day that we heard senator corker say that the president of the united states is debasing our nation,

and now we have openly gay leaders everywhere to the united states senate. it was patriotic. he was patriotic when we fought to end the gay panic defense which was used to justify violence against gay and transgender people. it was an act of patriotism when we worked to pass a law allowing the prosecution of federal hate crimes in the name of matthew shepherd and james bird. [applause] and i have to tell you i am most certainly felt patriotic when on ballantyne's weekend in 2004 i performed marriages of gay couples in san francisco city hall. [applause] now later that year of course the california supreme court rendered those marriages void and proposition 8 was passed but the important thing to remember about our history is we flawed. we fought. we took our case all the way to the highest court in the land and as you have heard on june 28 june 28, 2013 i was honored to again stand at san francisco city hall with ms. kristin perry and myths sandy sears and announce them partners for life. [applause] the marriage bells rang across our country. so hrc lets prepare ourselves for

tonight an extraordinary day in the united states senate. republican jeff flake of arizona calls it quits. but calls out president trump while he does it. >> mr. president, i rise today to say, enough. >> this on the same day that another republican senator, this one named bob corker goes after the president again and again and again. >> his motto is to divide and to attempt to bully and to use untruths. >> two so-called establishment republicans basically saying, i've had it with the president, and i can't do this anymore. >> if i have been critical, it is because i believe it is my obligation to do so. and as a matter and duty of conscience. >> you would think he would aspire to be the president of the united states and act like a president of the united states. >> and the winner in all of this could be president trump, who now is sure to be rid of two republicans who were sharply critical of his campaign and his presidency. did we just see the trump wing of the republican party triumph in the first fight in this republican civil war? >> w

states senate. in comparison, when you look at the number of times cloture had been filed up til this date in the administrations of both president george herbert walker bush and george w. bush as well as bill clinton and barack obama, it was a total of six cloture votes compared to 47 for president trump. this is an intentional delay, it burns time, and to give you an example, last week on the senate floor there was a judge who was nominated. the democrats wanted all of this time to be spent and, in fact, only 20 minutes was actually used of all of those hours that couldn't be used for anything else, only 20 minutes was spent talking about that judge. all by the republicans, all very positive. and then when the vote was finally done on the floor of the united states senate, 28 democrats voted in favor of that judge. so that tells you this is a mainstream nominee, bipartisan support. it is just delaying on the part of the democrats to slow the process. i believe it is time to change the rules of the

states senate. in comparison, when you look at the number of times cloture had to be filed up till this date in the administrations of both president george herbert walker bush and george w. bush, as well as bill clinton and barack obama, it was a total of six cloture votes compared to 47 for president trump. this is an intentional delay and it burns time and to give you an example last week in the senate floor there was a judge who was nominated, the democrats wanted all of this time to be spent and in fact, only 20 minutes was actually used of all of those hours that couldn't be used for anything else and only 20 minutes was spent talking about that judge. all five republicans and all very positive and then when the vote was finally done on the floor of united states senate, 28 democrats voted in favor of the judge and it tells you this is a mainstream nominee, bipartisan support and it is just delaying on the part of the democrats to slow the process. i believe it is time to change the rules of t

. >>> well, the president of the united states today promised to attack the united states senator, a member of his own party. and the president warned us about it, told us something about it. about the attack that he hasn't yet launched. that we already know. it won't be pretty. >> it's the system that is broken. it's the system. he is the elected president of the united states. >> we're past the hour where you would hope that someone in this country of stature would say, sir, at long last, have you no sense of decency? >> i'm being very nice. i'm being very, very nice. but at some point i fight back, and it won't be pretty. >> does he have any idea how idiotic he sounds? >> he creates his own diversions. he picks fight he doesn't need to fight. he loses fights he has to win. >> what is he going to do to john mccain? is he going to send a mean tweet to john mccain? >> i have faced some pretty tough adversaries in the past. >> this is a fight that i think mccain is prepared to take to the president. i don't think the president knows that this is one he doesn't want to take. >> last ni

>> well, you ever heard of the united states senate before? >> david jolly, mitch mcconnell can't be happy with that.

united states senate. i believe that he would be in a better position to fight the problems that he brings up being within the congress then being outside of the congress.

united states senators is saying behind closed doors, you have an obligation to this country, to your oath, to defend the constitution of the united states, period, full stop. if you can't do that because you're too timid, too scared, you're too small, whatever incapacity it may be, then get out. then get out. >> right. >> but when we digest what bob corker's saying, it would behoove everybody, i think, and as many republican senators as possible to go read dulles mcarthur's address given on the battleship missouri on the occasion of the japanese surrender. when he talks about the magnitude and cost of the second world war and he talks about that since the beginning of time we've tried to have treaties to stop killing each other, but now in the nuclear age this isn't an option anymore for disputes to be settled between countries with nuclear exchanges. it's a very sobering speech. and the loose talk on nuclear weapons isn't just staggering to comprehend. it's so profoundly dangerous there's really not a word for it. >> yeah, i'm not going to put robert costa on the spot here, but i wo

but since coming to the united states senate, i was shocked to understand that the largest line-item on our budget has never been audited, mr. president. it's high time that we complete that audit. by the way, there's a law that was passed in this body in 1991 requiring the department of defense to submit an audit. and here we are in 2017, we still don't have that audit. mr. president, in my opinion, as hard as it is for the american people to earn their salaries and to pay their tax, it's unconscionable that i'm standing here before the united states senate tonight reminding us all that there is $700 billion a year that we spend in error, just bureaucratic error. because of that and because of this financial intransigence, we have built up a debt that's created a crisis in our country. because of these years of intransigence, we're losing the ability to fund our government the way it should be funded. we're losing the right to do the right thing when it comes to funding things like emergencies, disaster relief efforts. just a couple weeks ago we passed a $15 billion relief package f

this is a simple idea that came within a handful of votes passing the united states sena senate. we should have to make sure the person purchasing it or accepting it isn't a criminal and isn't seriously mentally ill. my colleagues will talk about other legislation as well but have equal amounts of common sense attached to them but we are going to press hard for change. it is likely to come from outside of the building. i've lobbied in every different and creative way that i can. continuing to ignore 90% of constituents who want to change. it's growing stronger by the day in this country and will get stronger if the congress continues to do nothing. it will catch up to the colleagues because i don't believe that democracy allows for 90% of americans, the number of that want universal background checks to get their way forever. so we are calling on our republican colleagues to work with us but we are also calling on men and women of goodwill to join this movement held across the country to try to force change to happen. let me turn this over to my colleagues first the inspiration t

what we're about to see is kind of an earthquake in the united states senate which is so important in controlling the direction of american policy makes you got senator mccain chairman of the armed services committee and hoover war hawk and he is he has brain cancer like not likely to continue a great deal longer you've got senator corker the chairman of the foreign relations committee he announced in light of everything that's going on he's not going to run for reelection. senator menendez the former chair of the foreign relations committee and a war hawk he's the one who introduced the resolution to attack syria the one that fortunately failed he's now under indictment for corruption and tied ups and and we've got others senator jeff flake who's on armed services is likely to lose his allies from then in twenty eighteen to kelly ward who is very much a. she's very much opposed intensely opposed to regime change in the middle east and to normalizing relations with russia and that sort of things so i think would want him no one knows exactly how it will all play out but i think for or

that makes him the fifth most liberal republican senator in the united states senate. bottom line is, roger wicker votes more like a maine senator than a mississippi senator. he may be a nice guy but he's not a conservative champion or warrior and the scorecards indicate that. >> senator mcdaniel, you've clearly done your job on the scorecards for conservatives. roger wicker does regularly vote with the majority leader who until the events of past year have been very conservative. if mitch mcconnell shouldn't be leading conservative republicans, who should be? >> i'd like to see mike lee, maybe rand paul. that's not the way d.c. works. i realize these guys have to wait their turn. but they are at least talking about conservative ideas. they are at least championing the conservative cause. roger wicker is a mcconnell "yes" man and he's hardly a conservative. his score is a 48. that's better than wicker but not what we need in the united states senate and that's precisely what mississippi has said. mississippi expects conservatives to fight for us in the senate. not to g

in the united states senate. >> way exaggerated. >> because of his honesty and integrity and i'm telling you, we have gone nose to nose and as soon as it's over -- you. >> you got it pal. >> it's real. >> yeah. >> no one i've ever served with that i admire -- i'm going to say this. my mom had an expression. my mom knew john, met john. my mom used to say, remember, joe, you are defined by your courage and redeemed by your loyalty. that's the definition of john mccain. >> john mccain gets the liberty medal here tonight on independence mall. we'll have the full story for you on "action news" at 11:00 monica. >> thank you, jim. we'll look forward to that. the liberty medal ceremony will stream live on outer loop web site 6abc.com starting at 7 o'clock tonight and you can see the liberty medal presentationtation here on 6abc this sunday at 1:00 p.m. >>> come up local activists calling on people to boycott nfl games this weekend and new coach new smile. thousands of children in the philadelphia region got a brand new jacket just as the temperature is set to drop. cecily. >> that is perfect tim

i mean, what does he do now in the united states senate? jeff flake has been a reliable trump vote so far in the senate vote. but now that he doesn't have the pressures of a republican primary election in arizona, what does he do? jeff flake is a member of the senate foreign relations committee, where his chairman, bob corker, now stands accused by donald trump of trying to block the republican tax bill, which senator corker just might do, because he says he's not going to vote for tax cuts that increase the deficit. and the republican bill, no matter how it is written, is definitely going to increase the deficit. jeff flake likes to think of himself as a deficit hawk too. the trump-mcconnell tax bill in the senate will test just how much jeff flake cares about the deficit. what it won't test is just how much jeff flake cares about getting reelected. and that means jeff flake is joining bob corker and jeff flake's friend, the senior senator from arizona, john mccain in the group of republican senators who are no longer worried about ever ha

states senate was going to do what they promised to do and now he knows that the united states senate can't be relied upon and so he's taken matters into his own hands i think it's unfortunate that the senate hasn't taken up the house bill but until the senate changes its processes and in eliminates that sixty vote threshold this is the way it's going to be for a long time for more on health care we're joined tonight by the c.e.o. of the new hampshire health care association branded william sr waves nice to have you on tonight in your words what happened today what does this mean. well i think it's a preposterous idea at best and disastrous that worse congressman kramer doesn't understand the fact that health plans don't actually provide health care so if you allow health plans to come in across state lines they still have to build a network of providers and say north dakota where he hails from they're not allowed to just simply come in and not have doctors or hospitals in their network some of that has already been allowed under the affordable care act insurers just simply haven't be

challenges 274 of those 337 bills are still sitting in the united states senate. our healthcare bill. whether it's dealing with sanctuary cities or case law, or repeal and replace of dodd frank defense bills. you name it. so obviously it's frustrating. we don't have filibusters. we get 51% of the vote, 51% plus of the vote, it passes. that's why we've passed so many bills. now we're moving on to tax reform. >> dana: let me ask you something about tax reform. there's a group. i'm curious what you think about them. called the tax policy center. this is a group that basically has said, without even having details yet, saying that the president's plan would be a giant tax cult for the rich, it does nothing for middle income people. have you seen that report? >> i have. >> dana: how do you plan to push back against that and help the senate pass what you want to get done? >> i have seen it. it's very predictable coming from this group. i think wall street journal got it right. this is an anti-reform propaganda group that is anti-tax reform. they are literally making up

and al franken who is one of the more brilliant senators, in the united states senate. he's incredibly talented, gifted. >> seth: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> but he -- but he's also wickedly funny. >> seth: yeah. he likes to tell a story too. >> he had us -- he had me literally fighting back the tears laughing so hard as i'm sitting there. and then the vice president comes in and we get going. but look, it's -- it is, regardless of what you think about partisan politics whatever, walking on to that senator floor, especially for me, most americans don't know, we haven't had that many african-americans that have served in the senate, i'm the fourth african-american popularly elected into the united states senate. >> seth: wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> so i never -- i never lose my sense of gratitude to new jersey nor my sense of history of what it means to walk on that floor everyday that i do. >> seth: you obviously walk on that floor with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. we mentioned earlier in the show, one of your colleagues, senator bob corker, he is ret

you're a united states senator. you're a co-call branch of the united states government. >> wolf, if i went around criticizing a statement that was made by the president or any one of my fellow senators or any one of the congressmen up here or people in idaho who hold public office and i stood up and talked every time they talked and said i don't like this, i don't like that, i'm criticizing -- i'd be busy all day long. >> senator flake says -- >> i have my own -- >> but senator flake, and you know senator flake -- >> very well and he's that friend and a great guy. >> and i know you know senator corker. >> a impede friegood friend and guy. >> when senator flake says you're complicit if you remain silent in the face of this, what is your reaction? >> that's his view. >> what is your view? >> that is not my view. >> i don't see why you wouldn't take a position on something as emotional and sensitive dr-- >> i've told you and i'll tell you again. i'm not going to go around a senator or congressman or anytime someone el

states senate was going to do what they promised to do and now he knows that the united states senate can't be relied upon and so he's taken matters into his own hands i think it's unfortunate that the senate hasn't taken up the house bill but until the senate changes its processes and eliminates that sixty vote threshold this is the way it's going to be for a long time for more on health care we're joined tonight by the c.e.o. of the new hampshire health care association branded williams mr williams nice to have you on tonight in your words what happened today what does this mean why i think it's a preposterous idea at best and disastrous that worse congressman cramer doesn't understand the fact that health plans don't actually provide health care so if you allow health plans to come in across state lines they still have to build a network of providers and say north dakota where he hails from they're not allowed to just simply and not have doctors or hospitals in their network some of that has already been allowed under the affordable care act and insurers just simply haven't been in

there was a senator at that time was running to be president of the united states. we know him as john kennedy. senator kennedy was speaking to a group of ministers in houston, texas in the 1960s and had to stand before them and explain his catholic faith. quite differently, there was this buzz that could someone be a catholic and be president and what would that be? would you have difficulties with that. quite rightly, the questions that came up with professor barrett were strikingly similar to the questions asked of senator kennedy when he was running to be president of the united states. here is obscenity kennedyke responded to that. he said while this year it may be a catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years and it maybe someday again, a jew or a quaker or a unitarian or a baptist. it was virginia's harassment of baptist preachers, for example, that helpedt me to jefferson statue of religious freedom. today i made a be the victim but tomorrow it maybe you until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped at a time of grea

and was the second african-american woman ever elected to the united states senate. we need are now more than ever. now more thanris ever. she has helped lead the charge against the politics of hate and fear in washington with courage, compassion, and love. it is our honor to welcome a personal hero and champion for community, u.s. senator harris. [applause] >> hrc. [applause] hi, everybody. [applause] evening, good evening. what a fabulous night. [applause] and what a wonderful speech earlier from the other hrc, how about her? [applause] sandy, to my great friend chad, and everyone here, thank you so very much. friend marky dear to my first hrc dinner in 1999, i have been proud to stand with this organization, not only as a friend, but as an advocate and and ally. over the years, we have experienced many ups and downs, victories and defeats. success and struggle. here to we are not only reflect on progress, but to recommit ourselves to the fight we face. we are at all now point in the history of our country. i think of this as a moment like the time my parents first

that makes him the fifth most liberal republican senator in the united states senate. bottom line is, roger wicker votes more like a maine senator than a mississippi senator. he may be a nice guy but he's not a conservative champion or warrior and the scorecards indicate that. >> senator mcdaniel, you've clearly done your job on the scorecards for conservatives. roger wicker does regularly vote with the majority leader who until the eevents of past year have been very conservative. if mitch mcconnell shouldn't be leading conservative republicans, who should be? >> i'd like to see mike lee, maybe rand paul. that's not the way d.c. works. i realize these guys have to wait their turn. but they are at least talking about conservative ideas. they are at least championing the conservative cause. roger wicker is a mcconnell "yes" man and he's hardly a conservative. his score is a 48. that's better than wicker but not what we need in the united states senate and that's precisely what mississippi has said. mississippi expects conservatives to fight for us in the senate. not to

that's what senator murphy challenges us to think about. we serve in the united states senate. we are not just casual observers of this violence. we're supposed to pass laws to make america safer. what will we do because of what happened in las vegas last night? that's the question that brings me to the floor of this evening. if we have a responsibility to keep our families in america safe, what are we prepared to do? for the gun deaths in chicago, there's some things which i would do instantly. background checks. i don't believe you should be able to walk into a gun show and buy a firearm or more than one, incidentally, and take them out the back door without somebody asking who are you, do you have a criminal record? would you be disqualified from buying these same guns at a licensed gun dealer? currently the law is riddled with loopholes, and those loopholes lead to death, death on the streets of chicago. and we also have these purchases being made by straw purchasers. in other words, the girlfriend who has no criminal record who walks into the gun shop in the suburbs of chi

senator compareder in: the united states was the last -- senator gardner: the united states was the last standing. it was hurting our interest. it was hurting the ability of this elected government to have a good start in addressing the problems that had been ignored by 50 years of military authoritarian repressive rule. it does not mean burma had reached perfection. mr. murphy: we knew this would be bumpy. we knew there would be challenges. we had to look at the tools available to us to encourage behavior change and proper actions. proper actions are required by all in the international community, including china. we would hope as a member of the security council china could join us in recognizing the military's disproportionate response has exacerbated these problems, and china needs to work with others on the security council to understand that the instability that's being created could affect the neighborhood, including china's own interest. senator gardner: has china publicly condemned the military in burma? mr. murphy: i don't think we have seen that in regards to the burmese milit

passed the united states senate two to one. republicans, democrats voting for it. the republican leadership said they couldn't bring it up in the house where it would have passed. it would have violated the sake rhett dennis hastert rule. because they had enormous -- this was before mr. hastert went to prison, they couldn't bring it up. i think everybody wishes now they had because it would have helped dreamers. i worry when we talk about daca, there is a lot of fear mongering that goes on. dreamers take nothing more to contribute to the only country they have known. every day on paper they are as american as the senators up here. so will we play by the rules, pull them selves up by the the traps, or do we tell zeepo phobic attitude -- zen phobic attitude that faced my grandparents when they immigrated to vermont from italy or my great, great grandparents when they immigrated from ireland. now, let me ask. attorney general session suggested daca program put our nation at risk of crime, iolence, and even terrorism. libertarian cato institutes, confirmed less than 1%

the first i get asked the most is is being a united states senator as much fun as working on saturday night live. (audience laughing) and the answer is no. - i'm guessing probably not. (audience laughing) yeah, yeah. - why would it be? but it's best job i've ever had because i get to improve people's lives, i get to do that work. and another question i get is what's (chuckles) it like to be a comedian, how'd you make the transition from a comedian to being a senator and, of course, first you have to get elected and that first campaign was a very tough campaign 'cause my opponent and the republicans had created this $15 million machine called the dehummorizer-- (audience laughing) and it was made with state-of-the-art israeli technology (audience laughing) to take any of the context or irony or anything out of a joke, make it not funny and offensive at the same time so i had, as you know, a very, very close election the first time. - 312 votes separating you and the incumbent norm coleman, who was the republican out of 2.5, six-- - nine million, 2.9 million. - nine million cast. - we'r

but it's not a test of the nominees, it is of the test of the united states senate. >> 179 years ago this past friday we marked the 179th anniversary of an executive order issued by the governor of missouri who wrote that the mormons must be driven from the state and if necessary, exterminated. interestingly enough, that executive order wasn't lifted until the 1970's and remained a lasting testament to religious bigotry and the fact that it occurred, that it has its seat in some of our history, but we can't let it repeat itself. this was something that the founder of the mormon church, joseph smith, decried against when he talked repeatedly that the civil magistrate should have the power to punish guilt, but never to suppress the freedom of the soul. it's one of the reasons why, as a life long member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, i'm a firm believer of the exercise clause and establishment clause and the prohibition against any type of religious test in government. and this is not an issue that is shared only by republicans, this is not a left versus right issue

you're going to stay in the united states senate. are you staying in the senate because the republican party, in your view, needs more officials like you willing to serve as an independent check on president trump? >> i'm staying in the senate because i believe that's where i can do most for the people of maine and for the nation. the issues we're dealing with now are so consequential. they are so important, whether it's dealing with the threat from north korea or frustrated families who need tax reform, the issues are just huge right now. this has been an unconventional presidency and i think that my ability to work with people on both sides of the aisle in a bipartisan way is needed now more than ever. in making my decision, i talked with three friends who have served in both roles, angus king and lamar alexander, senator from tennessee and former governor of that state. they helped me walk through this issue and their advice and counsel along with the many opinions, received from family, friends and constituents in maine led me to

forgotten here in the united states senate. thank of some undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. we will also hear testimony from immigration policy analyst and a medical student protected by tonight. senator chuck grassley chairs this three-hour judiciary committee hearing. [background noises]

and al franken who is one of the more brilliant senators, in the united states senate. he's incredibly talented, gifted. >> seth: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> but he -- but he's also wickedly funny. >> seth: yeah. he likes to tell a story too. >> he had us -- he had me literally fighting back the tears laughing so hard as i'm sitting there. and then the vice president comes in and we get going. but look, it's -- it is, regardless of what you think about partisan politics whatever, walking on to that me, most americans don't know, we haven't had that many african-americans that have served in the senate, i'm the fourth african-american popularly elected into the united states senate. >> seth: wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> so i never -- i never lose my sense of gratitude to new jersey nor my sense of history of what it means to walk on that floor everyday that i do. >> seth: you obviously walk on that floor with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. we mentioned earlier in the show, one of your colleagues, senator bob corker, he is retiring and it seems like when s

that should be our agenda here on the floor of the united states senate. what is wrong is leaving americans in our communities unprotected yet again from gun violence. what is wrong is not having a debate and allowing the nra to block sensible gun safety legislation. p we must act so that we do not become numb to the preventable carnage of the people of las vegas and the people of new time in san bernardino and every community in our country that should be our responsibility now in this country. i would also like to turn my attention to the confirmation of fcc chairman mr. pai. the subject of today's quote out here on the senate floor. last week i took to the floor ti explain how in his short tenure as chairman of the federal trade commission's mr. pai has stood up for big corporations and ignored american consumers. under his leadership the sec now stands for forgetting consumers in condition. here are the five reasons i give. h number one, a net neutrality i explained how he wants to take a weed wacker, his words, to net neutrality allowing broadband pro

and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of of the united states of america in the name of itself and of all the people of the of the united states of ame against donald john trump, president of the united states america, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors of the nature which ,ay be denominated as political not requiring the commission of a crime, and exclusively the jurisdiction of the united states house of representatives for impeachment purposes. donald john at trump, president of the united states of america, unmindful of is high duties of his office and the dignity and proprieties thereof and the harmony, respect, and courtesy which ought to exhibit and be maintained in american society, has under the inane pretext of dispensing with political correctness produced a demonstrable record of inciting white supremacy, sexism, big tri, hatred, xenophobea, race baiting and racism. by demeaning, defame, disrespecting and dis

states -- i can't even get nominations out of the united states senate, mr. speaker. i'm sitting here trying to staff out region 4 down in the great state of georgia. folks are delaying the debate. folks let me get my people in place. this is so important -- mr. pascrell: will my friend yield? mr. woodall: it came with its own line. i don't want to diminish, i n't want to diminish the importance of this issue on either side. what i do want to insist upon, though, is that it will not be decided during this hour today. and i want to insist, mr. speaker, that it will not be decided on partisan lines. i would just ask of you, mr. speaker, and my friends here on the floor, we have two things we can do with our voices. we can either sow consensus, or we can sow discontent. i know that we're passionate about these things in which we believe, but to suggest, mr. speaker, that we're not going to come together and sort it out and do the very best we can for americans is to sell this institution short and to further the misunderstanding, the misimpression, the misinform

and what do we as united states senators have to say about it? the principles that underlie our politics, the values of our founding are too vital to our identity and to our survival to allow them to be compromised by the requirements of politics because politics can make us silent when we should speak. and silence can equal complicity. i have children and grandchildren to answer to. and so, mr. president, i will not be complicit or silent. i decided that i would be better able to represent the people of arizona and to better serve my country and my conscience by freeing myself of the political consideration that consumed far too much bandwidth and cause me to compromise far too many principles. to that end i'm announcing today that my service in the senate will conclude at the end of my term in early january, 2019. it is clear at this moment that a traditional conservative who believes in limited government and free markets, who is devoted to free trade, who is proimmigration has a narrower and narrow path to nomination in the republican party,

he wrote, quote, it is chilling to hear from a united states senator that this might disqualify someone from service as a federal judge, unquote. degree ma, he says, quote, lived loudly in the hearts of those who founded our nation as one where citizens could practice their faith freely and without apology, unquote. i happen to agree with reverend jenkins that the attempt to live faithle while upholding the law should command respect, not concern. i take the senate's role of appointing quality candidates to the federal courts very seriously. i also take very seriously our responsibility to safeguard religious freedom. so my vote for professor barrett's confirmation will be both a vote for an outstanding nominee and a vote for religious freedom. i now turn it over to penny young nance. penny. >> thank you. thank you so much for including me. let me also say thank you to all the other senators standing here today in support of professor amy coney barrett. in standing for her she stand for women of faith who are routinely mocked and derided for our beliefs. as the c.e.o. and president of c

never seen a war on words like this ever between any senator the united ident of states. host: critics this morning say rhino, not a republican. guest: i think if you look at corker's record, he's a republican. he is a genuine conservative represented o has tennessee with distinction and i a problem of ve winning re-election, if he run.de to i'm a democrat, i'm not the one republicans advice, but i think republicans had assist from and call anything republican who disagrees with donald trump on rhino.g a i mean, there are more republicans saying, i'm a donald trump t doesn't represent me or what is country. this host: we'll get to your calls in a moment. 20th anniversary on the air. local an involved in politics, head of california democratic party and appeared on cnn, for a number of years and now your own radio show. yes, i was in the media long before i became active in politics.arty i started in 1980 on television, in los angeles. number one station in the state. there about a year when wally sherwood, who is kabc radio,ector for called me and said, hey, we'd like to

we have extensive participation by 60 members of the united states senate through court hearings and a variety of committee meetings in the process that developed this legislative proposal that senator murray and i have agreed upon. according to witnesses in our hearing, according to the congressional budget office and congress joint tax committee, without these reductions, premiums will rise, the federal $194will increase by billion over 10 years and up to 16 million americans may find themselves living in counties where no company sells insurance in the individual market. yourself, a 45-year-old songwriter in tennessee who loses a job has three kids, goes out into the individual market, and finds that she cannot buy health insurance because no company is offering it because we did not act. those are the consequences we are talking about. businesses also testified that forway to lower costs consumers is to give states more the affordablen care act now allows health insurance plans gives consumers more choices. we have limited our proposal to these two things. first, two years of tem

forgotten here in the united states senate. thank >> the house will take up the $29 million supplemental request for additional hurricane efforts , wildfire recovery, and debt belief for the national flood insurance program. for more, we talked with a capitol hill reporter. crack for much of the funding is for disaster relief and where is it going? >> after having to deal with irma and texas and florida and puerto rico and the virgin islands

flying cross, recipient of the purple heart, united states senator, hero, statesman. there are some who question what the nation has become and they wonder about our commitment to our resolve,es, and our love of fellow americans. they do not know where to look. looking at the man that we are honoring tonight, i am confident in our potential to live up to the best in our past and to ofge a future that is worthy all of americans, especially the great americans who inspire us, like john mccain. thank you very much. [applause] john mccain: this place is important. the work we do is important. >> returning to the senate after surgery, he took to the floor to articulate his philosophy of governance. john mccain: we are spinning our wheels on important issues because we keep trying to find a reachingn with out across the aisle. what do we have to lose? >> he told me that the partisanship has to stop. joe lieberman: he was saying let's go back to regular order. there are committees that have republicans and democrats and they work out the problems. jeff flake: one of the bigg

the united states senate is not going to move. it is not going to embrace conservative principals and not going to embrace the constitution ordeal with the debt or the border. the united states senate is not going to move from its current position unless mitch mcconnell is thrown out. >> a lot of establishment republicans say that's some guy on the radio, but when you travel the country, talk to grass roots conservative trump voters, that's what they channel. why do we keep winning and getting nothing for it. when are we going to get something for winning? >> let's stipulate that president trump and mitch mcconnell got along famously. would health care have gone through? i'm not sure. there are internal problems with the way the majority is governing in terms of a broken promise. i'm not sure how the process is tax reform is working. problems have nothing to do with trump and would john mccain have voted yes if mitch mcconnell and trump had gotten along? that's not clear to me and it's far from clear were the relationship to impro

he was the first african-american popularly elected united states senator. he was a combat veteran from world war ii. he served in a segregated regiment. edward brook was used to being a lightning rod. he is somebody who stood out and bore the brunt because of it. but years later when he talked about the decision he made to become the first senator in the republican party to call for the resignation of the republican president, even years later you could still see that he was still shocked about the vitriol he earned for doing that. >> so, yes, i was the first republican to call, maybe the first senator, i don't know, but certainly the first republican. >> did you get a lot of heat because of it? >> oh, my mail was horrible. horrible. and my party and traitor this and threats. i always got threats. now, i never mentioned that. but there were threats against my life and my family. >> edward brooke was the only african-american in the united states senate. he was the only republican who said anything remotely like nixon should resign. and ultimately to be prov