those one p taken up in the senate. the senate is talking possibilities. we've seen some reporting from the new york times and politico about the ideas floating around the white house that might be possibilities. but talking to people on capitol hill, it seems very unknown. and it's all going to come from the white house. when we get a more clear view of interesting it was that jb didn't promise democrats in these districts were going to run on gun control. arizona is going to big one because mark kelly, it is a big story of his story, his biography. but there is reticence among liberal-minded democratic strategists about whether aggressive gun control can play in these battleground states. that is what is on trump's mind and the white house is wary of measures being proposed. steve: agree or disagree? >> it will be interesting if the senate takes action how that will go into the 2020 cycle. if they take some steps, if it is not sweeping background checks, what that would mean for the race and whether it would help or hurt. >> this and it is in play. there

any senator should be able to ask any additional question that a senator wishes to ask, that a senator did not ask when that person met personally with mr. scalia. and if senators still have questions, they can submit those by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow and mr. scalia will answer them. i imagine the democrats on this committee disagree with mr. scalia. and i disagreed with john king on many education matters. but when president obama's education secretary stepped down in his last year of office, i went to the president and i said, mr. president, i think we need to have a confirmed senate nominee in an important position like u.s. education secretary. if you will please in a moment -- nominate john king with whom i disagree, i said if you'll in nominate him, even though we disagree, we'll consider and confirm him promptly. and we did. within 32 days after president obama nominated john king and within -- the senate had confirmed him. i also voted, by the way, for cloture on the senate floor for both of these nominees. i did this because i believe it's important that we have a confirmed and acco

it sparked an intense amount of ofartisan backlash, and even republican senators like senator lindsey graham, who is one of the president's top allies, warned you should not be doing this. we found out this week that the office of management and budget has lifted their hold on that part of funds, but that backlash was so intense that, you know, senators felt it prudent to -- actually,vision there was a debate yesterday during the senate appropriations committee. senator durbin wanted to put an amendment to ensure that the administration no longer tries to freeze up aid to the ukraine house, draft house continuing resolution we discussed earlier, also includes a provision preventing the president from holding up further aid to ukraine. this has become such a bipartisan, you know, swell of backlash that lawmakers in the house and senate on both sides want to put restrictions in future spending bills to prevent the administration from doing that again, but as i said, the whole has been lifted -- the hold has been lifted. the administration did not explain their reasoning for lifting the

you're saying if they did, the senate would move ahead. >> it is a senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change i would have no choice but to take it up how long you're on it is a whole different matter, but i would have no choice but to take it up, based on a senate rule on impeachment. >> senator, i want to go back to trade for a moment there's been this trade war going on with china in particular you talked about the importance of usmca to jobs are you feeling comfortable with the way the president is pursuing this policy with china and the american farmer's ability to buck up under that? >> i would sure like for it to reach some resolution soon it has been very tough on american agriculture as you know, my party is very deeply based in rural america and small town america i hope the president can get a good outcome here. the chinese have been stealing our intellectual property and not playing by the rules a long time i admire what he is trying to do but i hope we can get a conclusion to this soon. rural america needs it and rural america also needs the usm

senate. this is elizabeth warren also running for president, the american people are better off with john bolton out of the white house. the world will be better off when the man hired him in the first playis is out too. james arken of politic of tweets the comments of m.i.t. romney saying i'm unhappy to hear he is a leaving. it's a huge loss for the administration in my opinion. for the nation, to have john bolton no longer going to be at the table on matters related to foreign policy. we'll keep you posted on updates or changes as they develop. again live coverage of the house judiciary committee when they resume. let's see the senate democraticic leadership news conference and show you what we can until the committee gavels back in. >> okay. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. i'm proud to be joipd by colleagues feinstein, merkley and hirono. we know what happened last month. mass shootings claimed 51 lives. in el paso and dayton and in odessa. to say nothing about the dozen ev

senate. >> we should act like a senate instead of a kindergarten. wait until you see what happens with this bill. >> made up of 100 members, two from each state, this is how many have come to know the senate today. >> democrats have been putting up roadblocks one after another. >> it is not what the founders had in mind. >> there is a great deal of human affection around here. it is in private. >> you came to the wrong town at the wrong time. >> with a history of conflict and compromise, we will go inside the senate to tell its story. its informal workings, we will learn about it as a legislative body. following the footsteps of members in the core doors around the chamber, we will step back in time to hear stories of those who break barriers, of leaders who mold the institutions and of its flawed giants. tracking the modern senate, we will watch history unfold as they execute timeless duties and carry out the constitutional powers. >> mr. president, it brings to .n end a difficult chapter >>

for months the senate finance committee, the senate health and human services and the senate judiciary committee have been working on this issue. and the same is true in the house. there are multiple bipartisan ideas both houses of congress could act on. but speaker pelosi's bill is not the answer to high drug costs. the speaker's bill would force drug companies to either accept government price controls or face up to a 95% tax on the sale of their drugs. that's right, mr. president, 95%. this is not a good-faith effortdom to the table to talk -- ef -- good-faith effort to come to the table to talk about drug prices. right now america is a leader in the development of new treatments. the speaker's bill would threaten that. under his bill research into new treatments and cures would decrease. we need to address high drug prices but discouraging the innovation that lass improved -- that has improved the lives of so many americans is not the way to go about it. the speaker's proposal would do exactly what democrats larger socialist health care fantasy would do. and that is to hurt america

thatacklash was so intense senators felt it prudent to -- there was a debate yesterday during the senate appropriations committee, senator durbin wanted an amendment to ensure the administration no longer tried to free up eight to ukraine. revolutionontinuing -- resolution also includes a provision preventing the president from holding up further aid to the ukraine. this has become such a bipartisan swell that lawmakers in both the house and the senate on both sides want to put gold has been -- >> give us one of the key players you're watching as the spending debate continues question mark -- continues. caitlin: the focus is on the senate appropriations chairman, house appropriations chairwoman nina. they will be the key. the house and senate has to spending bills that will provide updated spending levels for the federal government. there needs to be some kind of compromise there. that being said, they historically have worked well together and are key players to watch. another key player to watch for next week would be senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. how will the senate proceed

it's time for the senate republican majority leader, senator mcconnell, to let the senate be a senate, to actually debate. i stand tonight on the floor and i'm honored to be here, but let's face it. i'm giving a speech to a largely empty chamber in the hopes that some following this speech on c-span or reading it later may take some information of value from it. i would much rather be engaged in a debate at this very moment on h.r. 8, how to pass it. if necessary, how to amend it. but to do something to respond to gun violence in chicago and illinois but across the entire united states, it's time for senator mcconnell to let the senate be the senate and vote on the house-passed gun background check bill. and we need to take another -- up other critical legislation as well, to be prevent gun violence and domestic terrorism. i hope that he'll consider my bill on white supremacists. this legislation can make us safer and save lives, if we can just bring it to a vote. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: as we gr

>> the problem senat, senator s, with the damn bill that you wrote, and that senator warren backs, is that it doesn't trust the american people. i trust you to choose what makes the most sense for you. not my way or the highway. now look, i think we do have to go far beyond tinkering with the aca. i propose medicare for all who want it. we take a version of medicare, we make it available for the american people and if we're right, as progressives, that that public alternative is better, then the american people will figure that out for themselves. i trust the american people to make the right choice for them. why don't you? >> senator sanders? 45 seconds. >> george, you talked about, was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs or they go unemployed or their employer changes their insurance policy. medicare for all is comprehensive health care. covers all basic needs, including home health care. it allows you to go to any doctor you want, which many private insurance company programs do not

time for the senate republican majority leader, senator mcconnell, to let the senate be a senate, to actually debate. i stand tonight on the floor, honored to be here but let's face it. i am giving a speech to a largely empty chamber in the hopes that some following the speech on c-span or reading it later may take some information of value from it. i would rather be engaged in a debate at this moment on hr 8 how to pass it. if necessary how to amend it but to do something to respond to gun violence in chicago and illinois, across the entire united states. it is time for senator mcconnell to let the senate be the senate and vote on house past gun background check bill and we need to take another critical legislation as well, to prevent gun violence and domestic terrorism. i hope he will consider the bill on white supremacists. this legislation can make us safer and save lives if we could just bring it to a vote. i yield before. >> madam president. >> senator from washington. >> as we grieve with the communities of el paso and dayton and midland i can't help being reminded of the seat

senator schumer: senator stabenow. senator stabenow: mayor, thank you for being with us, an honor to stand with leader schumer and speaker pelosi and all of my colleagues. i don't think there has been a more important moment for us to be standing together to push forward. this past week, my grand son started second grade in michigan and my daughter shared with me as he was going to school, they were watching the front doors being rebuilt and bulletproof glass on the doors and restructuring how the children would be able to walk to get to their classrooms. what we wanted to be talking about is adding new opportunities with teachers and technology and arts and music and all the other wonderful things that this very, very good school wants to provide. but that's where they are spending their money right now because that's where they have to spend their money. whether it's a school, store or movie house, whether it's a child that is sitting in front of the tv and gets shot through the window by random bullets, this has got

senate floor. that is the number one question this capitol as we return. for now leaders mcconnell says to president trump. if the president took a position on a bill he said i would be the floor.t it on that might seem like an attempt blame but it means that president trump has an historic opportunity to save by indicating his support for the house passed we will. have r pelosi and i repeatedly and personally asked him to do this. he can lead his party to support omething that the n.r.a. has prevented republicans from supporting for years. why we sent the letter to him urging him to give also pass political cover to meaningful background check legislation. we have a message for president trump now. president trump, this bill is it is sense, overwhelmingly supported by gun rats, republicans, owners and those who don't own guns. many, many, save many american lives. announce trump, if you your support, we can get something incredible done for .he american people the time to act is now. speaker pelos

those won't be taken up in the senate. the senate is talking possibilities. we've seen some reporting from "the new york times" and "politico" about some of the ideas floating around the white house that might be possibilities. but talking to people on capitol hill, it seems very unknown. and it's all going to come from the white house. when we get a more clear view of things, as to where republicans are in the senate, it should be interesting. josh: a quick follow-up. steve: we have been here before with the gun debate. is this different? josh: i thought it was interesting that j.b. didn't promise democrats in these districts were going to run on gun control. in these races, i think arizona is going to big one because mark kelly, it is a big story of his story, his biography. but there is reticence among liberal-minded democratic strategists about whether aggressive gun control can play in these battleground states. that is what is on trump's mind and the white house is wary of measures being proposed. steve: agree or disagree? christal: yeah, i think it wil

senator schumer: senator brown. senator brown: you give a lot of coverage to a great midwestern mayor recently from indiana, and you should be paying attention , not to tell the media how to do its job. thank you. madam speaker, it's good to be with all my colleagues, mike, debbie, and congressman escobar. on sunday morning in early august, connie and i woke up in cleveland and checked our phones and saw what had happened in dayton. whalley may awa best mayor whaley immediately. and she said she heard from the early, your words several dozen , mayoral colleagues many of them had shootings, many of them were giving instructions and ideas and thoughts about what nan should do, mayor whaley should do as a result. that is the story too often in our country. connie and i drove the three and half hours to go to dayton that day, spent the day in day in the with nan. we didn't see the victims' families that day. three days later, i came back when the president of the united states landed air force one at wright-patterson ai

thank you, senator cassidy. senator murphy. sen. murphy thank you very much. : thank you for being here with us today. as i mentioned to you in our private meeting, i have probably voted for more of this administration's nominees than many of my colleagues. i've come to the conclusion as long as nominees are qualified and they are in the conservative mainstream, i think they are worthy of the senate's support. but as i also mentioned to you, my question i am attempting to answer is whether you are indeed qualified and that might seem , silly given your decades of experience in the area of employment law. but your entire body of work, at least in the private sector, as senator murray mentioned, as -- has been devoted to representing employers against workers, has been devoted to trying to stop workplace protections from being adopted. now i have plenty of friends who work for big companies and work in employment law, and many of them are fine people, but i don't know that i would select them to be the one representative in the federa

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 310 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. mrs. capito: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. capito: repeat the motion? yes. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 310 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 310 recognizing the king centennial of the community of wheeling, west virginia. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mrs. capito: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objec

senator schumer: senator brown. senator brown: you give a lot of coverage to a young midwestern mayor, recently, from indiana. and you should be paying attention to this one too, not to tell the media how to do its job, so -- [laughter] thank you. madam speaker, it's good to be with all my colleagues, mike, debbie, and congressman escobar. on sunday morning in early august, connie and i woke up in cleveland and checked our phones and saw what had happened in dayton. i called mayor whaley immdediately. she told me that she had already heard from beverly early, your words, several dozen mayoral colleagues around the country. many of them had had shootings andheir cities, many of them were giving instructions and ideas and thoughts about what nan should do, mayor whaley should do as a result. that is the story too often in our country. connie and i then drove the three and half hours to go to dayton that day, spent the day in day in the with nan. you didn't see the victims' families that day, but three days later, i ca

senator mcgovern: the country was disturbed. and people spoke to me openly, not just about frustrations with government, but of their hopes. >> we are all americans. we are not afro-americans, mexican-americans, if you are an american, you are an american. senator mcgovern: there are some who i talked to whose remains -- whose words remain with me, like david hunter, a young vietnam veteran from long beach, california. and mariel levine, an engineer from massachusetts. and out in sun prairie, wisconsin, a family farmer named john krebs. >> bigger corporations are taken -- are taking over everything. >> we do need a doctor in our building. senator mcgovern: and at cleveland clinic, a war widow, sadie. and on a baltimore street corner, a steelworker named arch price, who like the others, spoke to me not only of his concern for this country, but of his belief in its future. ♪ >> that is my freedom out there. that is what that flag stands for. that is a union of individual countries drawn together to become the united states. that

nor senator i ask for the yeas and nays. a senator: i ask for the yeas. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there anyone in the chamber who wishes to vote or change their vote ?l seeing none, itself ayes are 68. nays are 26. the nomination is agreed to. -- is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, on sunday i had the great honor of joining president trump in welcoming prime minister modi to the lone star state in an event that was appropriately named how howdy modi. people on th

a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. a senator: madam president, i join my colleagues on the floor tonight. i want to thank the senator from colorado for an articulate and very passionate speech about the reasons the united states senate should be voting on sensible gun laws. ms. cantwell: that's what we're really here to say tonight, that it's past time that we take action and that we should in the united states senate let the american people know where members of the united states senate stand on these important issues. too many americans have been impacted by gun violence and too many places have been the site of these attacks, whether it's churches, synagogues, or mosques, whether it's our schoolchildren or people just going about their everyday lives shopping, going to a concert, or even watching a movie, too many family and friends are left waiting trying to understand whether their loved ones are going to return home. and too many have been devastated finding out that their loved ones aren't coming back. so, madam

he allowed that to go through the senate. as did every other republican in the senate. it was unanimous. it was a chuck schumer resolution, and the vote was unanimous. we'll get reactions to today's events in the senate from two united states senators who are also presidential candidates. senator kamala harris will join us. she's a member of the senate intelligence committee who will be meeting with the acting director of national intelligence and the inspector general later this week. and senator cory booker will join us. he's a member of the senate foreign relations committee. he knows what's at stake for u.s. policy in ukraine. we'll also be joined by members of the house of representatives who have just this week come out in support of an impeachment inquiry, including one member who is a former cia officer. and at the end of the hour tonight, there is something very special. we're going to take you inside the white house situation room. that's where presidential phone calls with leaders of governments around the world are monitored. that's where the note takers are

senate. >> it is time for the united states senate started acting like a senate instead of kindergarten. >> if you think we're emotional, wait until you see what happens if this bill fails. >> reflecting the nation's politics and made up of 100 members, two from each state, serving six-year terms, this is how many have come to know the senate today. >> democrats have been putting up roadblocks one after another. >> it is not what the founders had in mind because it is small. >> there is a great deal of human affection here, but it is in private when the cameras are not on. >> you came to the wrong town at the wrong time, my friend. >> with a history of conflict and compromise, we will go inside the u.s. senate to tell its story. watching its informal workings, we will learn about it as a legislative body, following the footsteps of members in the corridors around the chamber. we will also step back in time to hear stories of those who break barriers, of leaders who mold the institution, and o

leader mcconnell as you all know determines the senate's business, and when he refused to bring the senate back into the session after each of the three shootings, he might have been hoping that the issue would fizzle out before he returned a and that has not happen and it won't happen unfortunately, because the mass shootings are occurring virtually all of the time. the issue of gun safety is going to be front and center until we do something meaningful. the question now is whether leader mcconnell will allow the senate to consider the house past background checks bill on the floor and this is the number one question looming over the capital as we return, and for now, mcconnell says it is up to president trump and if the president took a position and the bill, i'd be happy to put it on the floor. that might seem like an attempt to pass the blame around, but truly, it means that president trump has a historic opportunity to save lives by indicating his support for the house passed bill and speaker pelosi and i have repeatedly and personally asked him to do this. he can lead his party to su

senator mcgovern: the country was disturbed. and people spoke to me openly, not just about frustrations with government, but of their hopes. >> we are all americans. we are not afro-americans, mexican-americans, if you are an american, you are an american. senator mcgovern: there are some who i talked to whose words remain with me, like david hunter, a young vietnam veteran from long beach, california. and mariel levine, an engineer from massachusetts. and out in sun prairie, wisconsin, a family farmer amed john krebs. >> bigger corporations are taking over everything. >> we do need a doctor in our building. senator mcgovern: and at cleveland clinic, a war widow, sadie. and on a baltimore street corner, a steelworker named arch price, who like the others, spoke to me not only of his concern for this country, but of his belief in its future. >> that is my freedom out there. that is what that flag stands for. that is a union of individual countries drawn together to become the united states. that is what it means to e. ♪ america

senator warren is rising. she has strength across the country, a campaign on building infrastructure in many key states. but the field is so big. as a reporter i don't like to , predict anything. at this stage in the race, things happen in politics, and you have candidates like senator harris, senator booker, mayor buttigieg who could get traction this fall, but for now, you really see the centerleft of the party, in some respects, coalesce around vice president biden but not totally with him on all levels. he is not surging ahead. the left energy in this democratic party is with senator warren and senator sanders. senator sanders was the runner-up for the democrat nomination last time around, and while senator warren has gained a lot of support on the left, senator sanders still has much support. host: we want our viewers to join us for this conversation. your take on campaign 2020. who is your candidate and why? what do you want these candidates to be talking about? democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (2

harris. >> thank you, senator thune and senator schatz. everything you said, it's sad to me because it's not happening by accident but by design because the business model is to keep people engaged. which in other words, this hearing is about persuasive technology. persuasion is about an invisible asymmetry of power. when i was a kid, i was a magician. magic teaches you that you can have asymmetric power without the other person realizing it. you can masquerade having it while looking like you have an equal relationship. pick a card, any card and you know how to get them to pick the card you want. what we're experiencing is an increasing asymmetry of power that's been masquerading itself as an equal and contractual relationship where the responsibility is on us. let's walk through why that's happening. in the race for attention, companies have to get more of it by being more and more aggressive. i call it the race to the bottom of the brain stem. so it starts like poulter refresh. that operates like a slot machine, has the same kind of add

. >> the senate is in play. i think there's going to be a lot of attention paid to the senate especially if trump stumbles in the presidential election. i think that they are going to b be in reach of getting a senate majority even though it is a challenge. host: we will follow your work to both of you. thank you for joining us on news makers. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> the homeland security testified in new york city. the hearing takes place at the national 911 memorial museum just ahead of the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. watch live monday at 10:00 a.m. on span. or c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg speaks at the clinton skl of believe service. she is introduced by bill clinton who nominated her to the court in 1993. this is about 90 min

i was still prefer those two senators indeed, i would prefer all the republican senators in the senate stand up and give this president the credit he deserves for putting tariffs on chinese goods, the political courage that is taking to do so and i wouldld like to hear them use the words tariffs, talking about not level playing field but balanced trade and insisting upon a change in the conduct in the balance of trade between the united states and t china. it is time for republicans to stand up in both houses and support this president. that said, that is the correction i still expect a lot more both senators and the republican party on capitol hill in both houses. let's turn to the radical left on the san francisco board of particular.in the board passed a resolution, declaring the national rifle association to be a domestic terrorist organization. this come weeks after the supervisor passed a resolution rebranding convicted felons as justice and ball persons. in october 2015, 2 months after kate stanley was combining legal immigrant, the supervisors voted unanimously to keep the cent

>> of course, senator. much of what we will see, the true litmus test is if the prototypes are the ones we want and we want to scale them. how the decisions will be made from the futures command, at the seniormost level, when we slap the table on a next gen claimant vehicle, lift platform. making those trades up top. we are not out of the woods yet. great progress in the way they have gone about the requirements process. >> and i'm sure you are going to stay on. ms. barrett, a couple of comments. you and i talked yesterday about the importance of maintenance. i think we should be doing a much better job of readiness, in terms of our fleet of airplanes. getting them, maintaining them, having maintainers. we not only have a pilot shortage, we have a maintainer shortage. also, i hope when you do the acquisition process, and this goes for both services, that in this day and age, we should buy along with the platform, the institutional property rights to all the parts of that platform, so we can 3-d print our ow

norms be what you would say keep the senate -- personal attacks out of the senate. but now army almost a place where almost entirely political. the president makes eight nomination and it's always been a he is majority control in the senate the nomination will be confirmed but if not, the situation is where amateurs a new supreme court nominee can be confirmed if the other party controls the senate. in other words, president trump were reelected so we talk hypothetical here but if president trump is reelected and the democrats have control of the senate my guess is it would not confirm another trump nominee. >> guest: looking at the people on his list, i think that's true. fun fact on the court there's only one member who has been confirmed by the senate of the opposing party. clarence thomas. that will show you a little bit of the change because even at the level of controversy there is still a democrats who voted for him and rub against voted against but i think the challenges how do we get past that and justice scalia we quote him injustice on trial talk about it

schatz and senator casey and senator brown, senator van hollen and so many who have joined us. we have a few more that will come down later in the evening. but i want to take a moment to put a statement on this issue. there are 100 americans who are killed every day by guns, majority of these are suicides, but many are homicides, many are accidental shootings, domestic homicides. shootings in this country happen at a rate ten times that of any other high income nation. this is a uniquely american epidemic and senator schatz very aptally pointed out it can can't be because of mental health because we have no more mental illness in this country than any other nation does. it can't be because of lack of law enforcement resources. we spend just as much money, if not more, on law enforcement than any other country in the world. it's not because we put less money into treatment for mental illness. we put more money on a per capita basis than other nations do. to explain our abnormally high rate of gun violence, ten times that of other high income nations, you have to tell a story of

>> yes, senator. according to the study, which i'm not more familiar with, yes. >> in other words, are you aware, either one of you aware of specific trends on your platforms to explain the amount of gun violence in the united states? >> no. i think your study reflects our view, about 80% of our users are outside the united states. so i think your image speaks for itself. >> thank you. >> mr. selim, you brought up the role that video games can play in online hate and harass. . i disagree any dissemination can be used. if a connection between video games and gun violence exists, you would think that the widespread use of video games in japan and south korea would reflect that connection, correct? i think there is something to be said for the availability of guns in the u.s. if you look, the amount of time the folks in japan and south korea spend on video games is far greater than tpheurlgs. we're third. if you look at gun violence and gun death in 2017, here's the u.s. we're not the biggest users of vi

even republican senators like senator lindsey graham, one of the president's top allies, warned that you should not be doing this. we found out the office of management and budget has lifted their hold on that fund. the backlash was so intense that senators felt it prudent to improve -- there was a debate yesterday during the senate appropriations committee, senator durbin wanted an amendment to ensure the administration no longer tried to free up eight to ukraine. the house continuing resolution also includes a provision preventing the president from holding up further aid to the ukraine. this has become such a bipartisan swell that lawmakers in both the house and the senate on both sides want to put restrictions gold has been -- >> give us one of the key players you're watching as the spending debate continues. caitlin: the focus is on the senate appropriations chairman, house appropriations chairwoman nina. they will be the key. the house and senate has to negotiate on spending bills that will provide updated spending levels for the federal government. there needs to be some kind

those won't be taken up in the senate. the senate is talking possibilities. we've seen some reporting from the new york times and politico about the ideas floating around the white house that might be possibilities. but talking to people on capitol hill, it seems very unknown. and it's all going to come from the white house. when we get a more clear view of things, as to where republicans are in the senate, it should be interesting. >> we have been here before with the gun debate. is this any different? >> i thought it was interesting that jb didn't promise democrats in these districts were going to run on gun control. in these races, i think arizona is going to big one because mark kelly, it is a big story of his story, his biography. but there is reticence among liberal-minded democratic strategists about whether aggressive gun control can play in these battleground states. that is what is on trump's mind and the white house is wary of measures being proposed. steve: agree or disagree? >> it will be interesting if the senate takes action how that will go in

it has strong bipartisan support, 68 senators signed a letter to senate leadership that senator jeanne shaheen and i authored advocating for this program. i'm pleased to report to you that just last week, the senate health committee on which i serve, approved a five-year authorization of the special diabetes program. that's the longest authorization ever. so that's really good news. finally, let me just say that i am very concerned about the spiraling cost of insulin. the cost of managing diabetes is growing at an alarming rate. between 2012 and 2016, average insulin spending for patients with type 1 diabetes nearly doubled. and last year a father from maine testified that he turneded to drug importation from canada after the price of a 90-day supply of insulin for his son with type 1 tripled to $900. so, i am going to put the rest of my statement in the record so that we can expedite the hearing. but let me just end by telling you two things. first, until last fall, i had no personal connection at all with type 1 diabetes. so i feel like i'm now officially part of the jdrf family. and

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. braun: i rise today to honor those who lost their lives tragically 18 years ago and to make sure we never forget what happened then. i vividly remember that morning in my own office in jasper, indiana. i didn't have a tv. somebody there brought it up on the internet. that second plane flew into the building. i will never forget that image because we didn't know what happened with the first one. we knew what happened with the second. senator rick scott and i recently over the summer break took a trip to israel. all of that that went into preparedness, the evil that lurks around the world, i see it again up close to where it always makes you wonder how can you live like that, how can you be prepared when you know there are always individuals, countries out there just like in 1941, just like in 2001? imagine living in a country where your entire border is surrounded by a fence or wall to keep people out. and the really tough places, there is another barrier, and in the really tough place

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senator, i would work with the senate. if confirmed, it is so important for the air force to work well with the communities. this is the contaminant that was used in good faith not knowing of the injury that it caused. it is clear that this contamination is clear of air force activity. if confirmed, i will be happy to work we put congress to resolve it. >> i'm glad you brought up the health standard. that is an important issue in michigan and other states are now taking steps to establish enforceable drinking water and various cleanup standards set and we need federal standards. i like to better understand circumstances in which the air force will recognize and meet environmental standards that are established by the individual state where you are operating. the air force has thus far committed to considering both of state laws will qualify as a political or appropriate requirements. in this circle of clear process but respectively, for communities that feel they been waiting with two long, which they feel this way near th

i'm thinking of calling you senator murray but thank you senator murphy. do you have any other comments or questions? >> mister chairman, i think you are several members that want to come back with additional questions but were unable to come back so i know they would have questions all submit for the record. i will as well on a number of topics that i want to get additional information from the nominee. i would really seriously hope that we get those back in a timely fashion so that we can have the information needed so thank you again and thank you mr. scalia for being here and thank you so very large family for being here for a very long time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you senator murray and i want to thank my colleagues for conducting a confirmation hearing that included vigorous questioning of the nominee which as respect from someone who has been nominated by any president of the secretary of labor under no set of issues that has a more different opinion politically than on labor issues that we are treating the nominee with the kind of respect t

people say, okay, the senators were bad. the senate process broke down. and there is truth in that. there was, after the thomas hearings, a procedure set in place precisely to avoid things like this, an actual way that if you have an allegation to make against a presidential nominee, it can be handle9 discreetly and for reasons that are not entirely clear, senator dianne feinstein circumvented that process and went the route she chose to go. or the way the first round of hearings went with outbursts from various senators. and i understand people being upset about that. there is frustration in how the media handles some of these allegations and how they reported on this story. but it's also a case of the court itself which is as the court has become more political in its decision making when, you know, when it makes, when it makes law rather than interpreting the law as it is written, that creates a very political situation, and it's not altogether surprising that it becomes, that the process itself becomes more political. so there is some role for the court itself to tamp down some

brown of ohio. >> senator from ohio. >> we are joined by senator casey of pennsylvania who has been a leader as senator murphy has and we look to every day in this body because he saw this tragedy up close in this most vivid awful way and we appreciate how he has represented victims and people who might end up victims. if we do this right they won't end of victims and his leadership matters. i first -- i ask unanimous consent that the fellow for the minority staff on banking and housing and urban affairs be granted permission until tuesday, december 31st, and to recognize through martinoh and abigail duncan and shim arey figures. >> without objection. >> six weeks ago on sunday morning, connie and i woke up, checked our iphones and immediately called out to each other and said look what happened in dayton, 1:00 in the morning, that first sunday night, saturday night in august, 1:00 sunday morning, a man, local man with an assault weapon walked into the oregon district in dayton. as people were out having fun that night and opened fire he killed his sister, he killed eight others. he

the clerk: senate resolution 330, senate resolution 331, senate resolution 332, senate resolution 333, senate resolution 334, senate resolution 335, and senate resolution 336. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. i ask consent that the senate recess from 2:30 to 3:30 today for a briefing. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, i have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. alexander: mr. president, if a few minutes, i want to speak about president trump's nomination of eugene scalia to be the secretary of labor, but first i want to introduce two speeches that i made in tennessee into the record. i notice the room nearly cleared when i observed i was about to make some speeches, but at least there are some people watching. the first speech was on august 26 of this year in clinton, tennessee. it had to do with the clinton 12. these were 12 stud

a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. a senator: thank you. i want to recognize my friend and colleague for continueious -- continuously demanding that all of us do better, all of us do more to address what is an epidemic of gun violence. and we're here tonight and through the night to call on leader mcconnell to do a very simple thing which is to bring background check legislation and other gun safety legislation to the senate floor for a vote. mr. schatz: 40,000 americans had their lives cut short by guns last year, 40,000 americans died. it's unthinkable that we would allow mass violence to occur in our country with this type of frequency. and what's shocking is that not only do we accept this as part of the american way of life as though it's enshrined in the constitution that we must have this amount of violence in order to have our second amendment rights but that we have allowed the question of what to do to keep our people safe to turn into a partisan question. the democrats are out here on the floor saying why don't we figure out what

cinema, the junior senator, the senior senator serving alongside senator mc sally. a first in california, progressive lawmakers and donald trump committed to wiping out the same problem, homelessness. as the crisis explodes california officials and donald trump are at odds over possible solutions and who's to blame for the root causes. trace gallagher is on the case from the west coast bureau is the president of the swing through california. >> two days in california donald trump is attending fundraisers in beverly hills, palo alto and san diego. the mayor of los angeles took a swipe at the president saying he should also leave a little something. >> appreciate your coming to take money, hope next time you will bring tax dollars and bring some money to angelenos. time for us to make sure we don't just address homelessness but end it, not just through punitive measures. >> reporter: the la mayor believes the answer to the state's exploding homeless problem lies partly with the federal government, donald trump is known for putting that shoe on the other foot and did s

senate, mitch mcconnell. which means that if she has been using her public position to boost the fortunes of her family business, well, her family's fortune has been in an immediate sense turned right around and parse ld out to her and her husband while she has been doing that. elijah cummings and the oversight committee are now demanding documents and communications from the transportation department and from elaine chao and because she is a member of the trump administration, presumably, the transportation department and elaine chao refuse entirely to hand anything over then we'll start another big long legal saga on this scandal, too. oh, and state prosecutors in new york have just issued subpoenas to obtain eight years of federal and state tax returns for the president and for his business. starting in 2011 and through to this year. this will open the one gazillionth new legal fight for the president's tax returns but as a point of interest on this one, these are the same prosecutors who within the past f

>> yes, senator. >> will those witnesses be protected from reprisal from the testimony and briefing? >> yes, senator. >> do you agree it confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee? >> yes, senator. >> and do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms communication in a timely manner when requested by a duly constitutional committee or to consult with the committee regarding the basis for many good faith into late or denial in providing such documents? >> yes, senator. >> lastly, have you assumed a duty spider taken any actions which would appear to -- the outcome of the confirmation process? >> no, senator. >> as was often said, i really believe were in the most dangerous situation we've been in in this world, in my lifetime, and even if i ever thought i would say i thought back wistfully of the dates of the cold war, i would think would have have a really bad. so do have a serious problem with the president and we've a national defense strategy -- brin

they went over to the senate. the senate didn't take them and we went back and forth. there's been no back and forth. we did our work. and although you disagreed with the numbers, publicly, privately very frankly a lot of your members still admit the numbers were pretty good numbers and they liked them. including defense. and we passed a defense bill with a substantial increase for our troops and for our readiness, , and for operations and for training. and i say that, mr. whip, not to criticize you, that you simply say all this verbiage about the nice to get together and do things, the regular order is we pass bills. the senate passes bills. and then you have a conference. unfortunately, we've gotten away from that which i think is very bad for the house, the senate, and for the american people. and we cannot go to conference if the senate doesn't even pass a bill, doesn't even introduced a bill, waiting on the president of the united states to say, simon says. we can't get a bill supported by 90% of the american people. conference of background checks which 90%, a ma

senator shaheen? >> well, thank you both very much and thank you for your great work as part of the study committee and for the leadership that you've provided after. it took a very long time to get the report under way so it is satisfying to see the actual product and to hear you all talk about the recommendations and the report. one of those recommendations, i am pleased to see, we are hopefully in the process of actually accomplishing. there's language in the defense authorization bill for an isis detainee coordinator which is something that's recommended in the report and hopefully that will get through without any trouble and i think it is sorely needed. last year when senator graham and i visited, we -- syria, we went to several isis detention facilities and asaka, anissa and manbidge and actually it was kabani and at that time it was estimated between 500 and 1,000 foreign fighters in the camps and today the number has jumped to over 2,000 and that doesn't include all of those folks who are in