merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: as united states senators, our decisions build the foundation for future generations. i want those generations to know that i stood here on the floor of this chamber fighting for equal justice under law. i stood here to defend our senate's responsibility to provide a fair trial with witnesses and documents. i stood here to say that when our president invites and pressures a foreign government to smear a political opponent an

merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: as united states senators, our decisions build the foundation for future generations. i want those generations to know that i stood here on the floor of this chamber fighting for equal justice under law. i stood here to defend our senate's responsibility to provide a fair trial with witnesses and documents. i stood here to say that when our president invites and pressures a foreign government to smear a political opponent and corrupt the integrity of our 2020 presidential election, he must be removed from office. as a number of my republican colleagues have confessed, the house managers have proven their case. president trump did sanction a corrupt conspiracy to smear a political opponent, former vice president joe biden. president trump assigned rudy giuliani, his personal lawyer, to accomplish that goal by arranging sham investigations by the government of ukraine. president trump advanced this corrupt scheme by instructing the three amigos, ambassador volker, secretary of

mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally, not guilty. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran, not guilty. ms. markowski, not guilty. mr. murphy, mr. murphy, guilty. missus murray, guilty. mr. paul, not guilty. mr. purdue, not guilty. mr. peters, guilty. mr. foreman, portman not guilty. mr. reid, guilty. not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney, guilty. mr. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. seth, not guilty. mr. shots, guilty. mr. schumer, guilty. mr. scott of florida, not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. mr. shaheen, shaheen, guilty. mr. shelley, not guilty. ms. sinema, coming delta, ms. smith, guilty. ms. kavanaugh, stabenow, guilty. mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. chester, guilty. mr. spoon, not guilty, mr. jiles, not guilty. mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udo, udall guilty. mr. van holland, guilty. mr. warner, guilty. guilty.en, mr. white house, guilty. mr. wicker, not guilty. mr. wyden, guilty. mr. young, not guilty. >> in this article ofimpeachmene pronounced donald trump, president of the unite

mr. merkley? mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran? mr. moran not guilty, miss murkowski? ms. murkowski, not guilty. mr. murphy? mr. murphy, guilty. mrs. murray, guilty. mr. paul? mr. paul, not guilty. mr. purdue? mr. purdue not guilty. mr. peters? mr. peters guilty. mr. portland? mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reed? mr. reed, guilty. mr. risch? mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts? mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney? mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen? ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio? mr. rubio not guilty. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, guilty. mr. sass? mr. sass, not guilty. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, guilty? mr. scott of florida? mr. scott of florida, not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina? mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. mr. shaheen? mrs. shaheen, guilty. mr. shelby? mr. shall be not guilty. ms. cinema? ms. cinema, guilty. ms. smith? ms. smith, guilty. misstep now, guilty. esther sullivan? mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. tester? mr. tester, guilty. mr. thune? not guilty. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, not guilty. mr. toomey? not guilty. mr. udall? guilt

quorum call: mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i'm proud today to rise in support of s.j. resolution 68 -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. merkley: could we lift that quorum call, please. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you very much. mr. president, i'm proud today to rise in support of s.j. resolution 68, the kaine-lee resolution to remove the united states armed forces from hostilities from the islamic republic of iran or any part of its government or military. this resolution is crucial at a momentous moment in our nation's history. as united states senators, we're no strangers to tough decisions. when this institution is functioning properly, we make such decisions all the time, tough questions and tough decisions on which programs to fund or who sits in judgment over their fellow citizens on the federal bench or issues of civil rights or equality or fairness. but without doubt, the most difficult decision any senator will ever face is whether to authorize

mr. merkley. mr. amerimerkley, not guilty. and mr. moran, guilty. and ms. murray, guilty. mr. paul. mr. paul not guilty. mr. purdue. mr. perdue, not guilty. mr. peters. mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reade, guilty. mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney. mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. sass. mr. sass, not guilty. mr. schatz, not guilty. mr. scott of florida not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. ms. shaheen, guilty. mr. shelby. mr. shelby, not guilty. ms. zinema, guilty. ms. smith, guilty. ms. stabenow. ms. stabenow, guilty. mr. sullivan. mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. tester. mr. tester, guilty. mr. thune. mr. thune not guilty. mr. tillis. mr. tillis, not guilty. mr. toomey. mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udall. mr. udall, guilty. mr. von holland. mr. van hollen, guilty. mr. warner, not guilty. ms. warren, guilty. mr. whitehouse. mr. whitehouse, guilty. mr. wicker, not guilty. mr. wyden, not guilty

mr. merkley? guilty. mr. miran? not guilty. ms. murkowski, not guilty. mr. murphy. guilty. mrs. murray, guilty. mr. paul? >> not guilty. >> not guilty. mr. perdue? not guilty. mr. peters? guilty. mr. portman? not guilty. mr. reed? guilty. mr. rish? not guilty. mr. roberts. not guilty. mr. romney? not guilty. ms. rosen? guilty. mr. rounds? not guilty. mr. rubio? not guilty. mr. sanders? guilty. mr. sass. not guilty. mr. shots? guilty. mr. schumer? guilty. mr. scott of florida? not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina? not guilty. mrs. shaheen? guilty. mr. shelby. not guilty. ms. cinema? guilty. ms. smith? guilty. ms. stabinow? guilty. mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. tester? guilty. mr. thune. not guilty. mr. tillis, not guilty. mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udal? guilty. mr. van hallen? guilty. mr. warner? guilty. ms. warren? guilty. mr. whitehouse? guilty. mr. wicker? not guilty. mr. widen? guilty. mr. young? not guilty. >> on this article of impeachment, 47 senators have declared donald john trump, president of the united states, guilty as charged. 53 senators have pronounced him no

mr best, necklace three. mr merkley, napa three. mr moran, t. ms. mccloskey, watching him at the second impeachment of 35 not guilty which means it for the second article of impeachment, the president has been mr perdue, not guilty. mr peters, three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, number three. three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, numberthree. mr three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, number three. mr risch, three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, numberthree. mr risch, not guilty. mr roberts, not guilty, mr romney, negative. ms. resin, guilty, mr brown's, negative. mr rubio, negative. mr sanders, napa three. mr south, not guilty. the shots, guilty. mr schumer, three. mr scott florida, not guilty. mr scott of south carolina, negative. mr shaheen, three. mr shelby, three. three. ms. smith, three. ms. spano, number three. mr sullivan, not guilty. mr tester, three. number three. mr sullivan, not guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mr telus, guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mrtester, th

mr merkley. merkley guilty mr moran mr maroon not guilty miss murkowski which murkowski not guilty mr murphy mr murphy guilty mrs marne mrs murray guilty mr pole mr pawle not guilty mr producer. mr perdue not guilty mr peters so he passed a certain $934.00 not guilty cast for president trump so he is for me acquitted about 1st charge of abuse of power let's bring in heidi jocasta. struve you know that's right and that was the definitive vote from senator jerry moran of kansas now this is obviously not a surprise given that you need that 2 thirds bar to vote guilty on any article of impeachment and there's also it's also not surprising because the context of all of this morning is that this was so much worse than just a question of whether or not president trump is guilty of these charges in fact we just heard mitt romney that soul republican who voted guilty on the use of power the calculation though for senator romney's republican colleagues wasn't just that if democrats proved their case back t

mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: as united states senators, our decisions build the foundation for future generations. i want those generations to know that i stood here on the floor of this chamber fighting for equal justice under law. i stood here to defend our senate's responsibility to provide a fair trial with witnesses and documents. i stood here to say that when our president invites and pressures a foreign government to smear a political opponent and corrupt the integrity of our 2020 presidential election, he must be removed from office. as a number of my republican colleagues have confessed, the house managers have proven their case. president trump did sanction a corrupt conspiracy to smear a political opponent, former vice president joe biden. president trump assigned rudy giuliani, his personal lawyer, to accomplish that goal by arranging sham investigations by the government of ukraine. president trump advanced this corrupt scheme by instructing the three amigos, ambassador volker, secretary of

senator merkley. senator merkley: thank you, mr. chairman. secretary., mr. he administration has proposed a rule that was the flores agreement that sets humanitarian standards for the treatment of refugee children. those changes instead of requiring 72 hours to move a least restricted setting would allow the indefinite detention of a child. it indefinite imprisonment of a child a human rights abuse. senator, i ar: so appreciate your concern there. hat would be a d.h.s. regulation. i h.h.s. flores regulation believe largely tracks our requirement under the flores settlement agreement. that.speak to i can't really speak to the d.h.s. regulation. senator merkley: well, ok. then.leave that there i'll follow up with you. i want to switch to -- my team going your team, i was to ask you a situation where a or cus --been trapped in custody for six years now. originally it was approved for go live with her aunt in 2014. he finally after six years signed an agreement to be deported without ever being family, that her extended family was still waiting and happy to acco

senator alexander: thank you, senator merkley. mr. secretary, senator blunt has indicated we should go ahead and wrap up the hearing at this point, which i will do. in just a moment. but i want to ask you a question and make a couple comments and then we'll conclude the hearing. you're familiar with the lowered health care cost bill that passed this committee 20-3, and i think you're very well aware that the house energy and commerce committee and this committee worked on an agreement. we pretty well came together between the house and the senate committees on a version of that bill which includes ending surprised billing and about 40 more provisions that would lower health care costs, focusing on competition, transparency, and prescription drug costs. the house education and workforce committee, chaired by bobby scott, with virginia foxx, the ranking member, came up with basically a similar proposal and now the ways and means committee in the house has also come up with a version that's a little different on ending surprised billing.

mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty. mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty. miss rosen. ms. rosen, guilty . mister rounds. mister rounds, not guilty. mister rubio, not guilty. mistersanders . mister sanders, guilty. mister sasse. mister sasse, not guilty. mister schatz. mister schatz, guilty. mister schumer. mister schumer, guilty. mister scott of florida. mister scott of florida, not guilty. mister scott of south carolina. mister scottof south carolina, not guilty. mrs. shaheen . mrs.shaheen, guilty. mister shelby . mister shelby , not guilty. miss sinema. miss sinema, guilty.miss smith. miss stabenow. miss stabenow, guil

mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty. mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty. miss rosen. ms. rosen, guilty . mister rounds. mister rounds, not guilty. mister rubio, not guilty. mistersanders . mister sanders, guilty. mister sasse. mister sasse, not guilty. mister schatz. mister schatz, guilty. mister schumer. mister schumer, guilty. mister scott of florida. mister scott of florida, not guilty. mister scott of south carolina. mister scottof south carolina, not guilty. mrs. shaheen . mrs.shaheen, guilty. mister shelby . mister shelby , not guilty. miss sinema. miss sinema, guilty.miss smith. miss stabenow. miss stabenow, guil