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

bob served 27 years in the senate. elizabeth former senate herself serving in north carolina from 2003 to 2009. the late senator's daughter, robin dole, also paid her respects there. we heard from democratic and republican leaders in the senate, their words about the life and service of bob dole. notable to hear president joe biden krilti citing dole's longe to his country as a lawmaker, a wounded soldier in world war ii, but also his bipartisanship. he said the only way forward for democracy is unity, perhaps counter to some of the animus we see in politics. mitch mcconnell said bob dole knew exactly where he came from, depression-era roots, serving in world war ii, rootings as a boy in kansas, but focused on the future. mitch mcconnell said of bob dole, he helped millions of americans during his service in office. >> absolutely. that was certainly a theme we heard about how, as you point out, mitch mcconnell said he never forgot where he came from, that he was also -- that he never lost his roots, senator schumer say

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

so that's why we're on the floor today, myself, senator blume blume -- senator blumenthal and senator durbin to ask our colleagues to pass into law a bipartisan piece of legislation that has already passed the house of representatives. this is a bill that would expand background checks to all sales in this country, with certain exceptions for transfers between immediately family members. this is a bill, as i mentioned, that is supported by the vast majority of americans, one of the most popular policy proposals that exists in this country today, and it will save lives. i mentioned the shooting in texas because one of the critiques of this proposal often is, well, it wouldn't have stopped the last mass shooting. i don't claim that this proposal nor any other proposal to change the nation's gun laws will have an effect on every single shooting, but the data is the data. these are the statistics. this proposal is the most impactful when a state takes it. universal background checks save lives, decreases gun violence, decreases violent crime. the loss of life when it's a shooting on the s

house in 1960 in the senate in 1968. he resigned as senate majority leader in 1996 to focus on his presidential campaign. he gave his farewell speech june 11, 1996. >> majority leader. you are recognized. >> i appreciate very much the resolution just past. neon or -- [laughter] can have anyan political advertising audit but -- [laughter] t the name in the next few monts might be enough. [laughter] i want to thank all of my colleagues and i want to go back 136 years ago, the committee arrived in springfield illinois. formally notify the republican party nominated him to run for president. history report in his formal reply, the news was just two sentences long. he surveyed the crowd as i survey the crowd here in the gallery and on the floor. they gathered outside his home and set i will no longer divert the pleasure of taking each of you by the hand. so i guess we can from 136 years ago, they're leaving this year end i am only one. i know we have the same thoughts and emotions. if we could go all shake hands of all the pe

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

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

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

senate becoming the longest serving senator in the state's history. senator reid played a key role in getting president obama's affordable care act passed and signed into law. prior to becoming a senator, he was a member of the u.s. house of representatives from 1983 to 1987. he was 82 years old. >> and new guidance from the cdc about the isolation period for those infected or were in close contact with the virus. live at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or on our free c-span now video app. >> both the house and senate have adjourned for the holiday recess that will return in early january for the start of the second session of the 117th congress. the senate will take up the president's climate and social spending plan known as build back better, just bet senator manchin announcing his opposition to the bill. there's also a february 18 deadline for both chambers to pass additional federal spending ledge -- legislation to avert a government shutdown. you can watch our full coverage on c-span now are mute -- our new mobile video app. or s

dole took leave of the senate. it is even harder to believe he passed away this past weekend. not become as a shock to say goodbye to an older statesman at age 98 because her colleague was still so energetic, so involved and so forward-looking right through to his final months. if you did not know bob dole, if you just read a summary of his impressive t senate career, his leadership tenure, has presidential campaign he might sound like a man of contrast. on one hand our friend from kansas to preach conservative values, personal responsibility and fiscal ordiscipline was also a laser focus on caring for the most vulnerable from food insecurities to the rights of the disabled americans. on the one hand senator dole and a republican party, rose to key roles that were necessarily somewhat partisan, first linear senate republican conference for many years, and then leading a presidential ticket. who is also a consensus finding legislature, with deep friendships and working relationships that spanned the aisle. her colle

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

senator lee: accu senator klobuchar. senator durbin. senator durbin: the most profound evidence of government intervention in the marketplace in my lifetime that destroyed a monopoly and created innovation and entrepreneurship to a level that was unimaginable was at&t almost 40 years ago. it busted up into regional companies and spun off in many different directions. the mothership kept the production of telephones in western electric which was an important part of the economy in chicago but now, it's virtually nonexistent. innovation raced past that at&t model that we accepted as being virtually a public utility for so long in the united states. it really gets down to a question which i'm still hanging onto and that is -- what is your m mission as an entrepreneur and innovator? is it to be acquired at some early point in the process and to make out like a and that and look to invest in others doing the same? or is it to build the next iphone or some variation which will take a lot of time and patience and investment to happen. the numb

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

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

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

senators who are democratic. you have the governor who is republican and secretary of state who is a democrat and we have the closest margins in the state legislature in the last 60 years. there is this republican instinct to jerry bander the lines even though we have a redistricting committee. a morning we saw them try to create maps with the congressional delegation to be 6-3 in favor of republicans when right now that majority is held 5-4. >> what about the state legislature, the redistricting maps in the state legislature? >> the senate, there is a one-vote margin for the republicans and also in the house there is a one-vote margin. you know, we've seen a little better progress. i recently testified in front of the independent redistricting committee and there we saw literally a state senator decide to create a map to create himself a state district and gave that to a mayor. the mayor gave that to a commissioner and that somehow became the map and drawing line. so there is a lot at stake primary because we kn

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

there will be a vote in the senate. this is beyond the senate. i want to show a photo of what happened in the state of new jersey omma in -- new jersey, this is reporters trying to get into the general assembly blocked by police officers because there is a new rule in the statehouse there that you must have proof of vaccinati or ape -- a negative covid test to get in. the speaker of the state assembly has been pushing that, but republicans pushed back. republicans entered the chamber against that rule, tested whether the police would stop them. there were potential confrontations, some chaos in the new jersey state house over this issue and i think we will see this across the country and different forms. it will be in the u.s. capitol week. judy: lisa, thank you very much. for more on where all this stands, we turn to someone in senate leadership. senator dick durbin of illinois is the second highest ranking democrat, and he jns me now. senator, thank you very much for joining us. we heard lisa reporting it looks like a deal has taken place? is t

the president spoke with senator manchin many times. senator manchin is blaming the white house. he is referring to, made by staff or action taken by the president's staff. do you think there was a misstep ? reporter: [indiscernible] sec. psaki: i can't speak for senator manchin about what upset him. i will let him speak to that himself if he chooses to. he may or may not choose to. that is his prerogative and all i convey -- can convey is we will continue to focus on how we will get this done. the door remains open. the president considers him a longtime friend. someone he has worked with over the last several years. that is where we are coming at this from. >> the president's speech about life with covid, the president talked about ending covid what experts seem to say that covid may be here to stay much longer than that. does the president share those views? sec. psaki: we are still finalizing the speech so i can really only give you a preview of what we know today. that is what i have outlined here. that is a question out there. we will continue to consult with our medical ex

the senator from oklahoma there. josh, a lot of these people have served for a long time together but there are new senators and there is a new feeling and vibe in the senate, even maybe since you have left the chamber. any final reactions on that? >> everybody has a story about bob dole. he was an omnipresent figure. he visited with new staff and senators from kansas all the tips and more. as karl mentioned this is somebody who never lost touch where he was from in russell, kansas and never lost touch of where he worked in the united states senate. so i think there is great reverence for him there today. >> bill: i thought the story chad pergram gave us a moment ago, karl, was quite touching. the fact that he worked so hard for that memorial for the second world war and would go down there. >> dana: what a legacy. >> bill: without cameras, just go there and wait for veterans across the country to arrive at a monument that clearly shaped the lives of these men and women for a lifetime. >> i went there one saturday at

>> look, senate rules are what 50 senators want them to be. you know, there's myth of tradition that it likes to wrap itself up in as an institution. but really what it is, over 200 years of history of people sort of doing what was politically convenient at the time, then shrouding it in these grand myths of tradition. so it is absolutely true that if you were making an exception to the filibuster on the debt ceiling because it's politically advantageous to mitch mcconnell, he doesn't want to have this fight because he's worried if he filibustered the debt ceiling the democrats would go through with the nuclear option and change the rules, so he's making this exception. senator warren is right, there's no principled reason why if you're going to make an exception here you couldn't make it on other things, such as voting rights. hopefully -- it's a weird thing that's happening but hopefully this is at least a modest step forward towards rules reform. it is things like this, it's the small steps, it's things like senator cotton just driving sena

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

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

senate for 20 eight years. this is about 48 >> senator dole of kansas is recognized. [applause] >> i appreciate the resolution just past. -- passed. [laughter] i know it can't have any political advertising on it. [laughter]

commerce member ilhan omar tweeted -- senate majority leader chuck schumer has just announced senators will vote "very early in the new year" on build back better and vowed to keep trying to find a way forward. covid-19 surges have been reported in more countries as the omicron variant continues its rapid spread. here in the u.s., an average of 1300 people are still dying every day, with delta remaining the dominant variant for now. across the country, long lines formed at testing sites amid a wave of new infections and as people prepare for holiday travel and gatherings. meanwhile, a federal appeals court reinstated the biden friday administration vaccine-or-testing mandate for companies with 100 or more workers. in medical news, moderna said lab tests showed its booster increases the level of omicron-fighting antibodies by around 37-fold. health officials are asking vaccinated people to get boosted as soon as possible in hopes of curbing the winter surge. this is dr. anthony fauci. >> we are going to see breakthrough infections. no doubt about that. the difference between vaccinated

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

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

. >> senate committee on banking, n banking, housing, and urban >> senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. today we are pursuing as we have in the past, the hybrid format. our witnesses are in person but members have the option to appear either in person or virtually, and as mr. chopra probably knows, many witnesses, i mean, many members will be here. most of them have checked in remote, and will be here, most of them, i think in person. a couple reminders when you start speaking there will be a slight delay before it's displayed on the screen. every senator knows how this works. the speaking order will be as usual by seniority, the members who have checked in by now before the gavel came down, either in person or virtually, and seniority, members arriving later, alternating between democrats and republicans. our welcome director is the newly confirmed director, you're stepping in to a vital role for the american people. it's your job as director of the consumer financial protection bureau to stand up for the hundreds of millions of americans who don't

president. >> senator from wisconsin. >> i now invite the senate to a moment of silence in memory of and to recognize those killed, injured and forever impacted by the attack on the waukesha christmas parade on november 21st, 2021. [moment of silence] [moment of silence] >> mr. president, in the absence of a quorum. >> c-span offers a variety of podcasts that have something for every listener. weekdays washington today gives you the latest from the nation's capital. and there are interviews with writers about their latest work and audio from the immense archives to look at how issues of the days developed over years and our occasional series talking with features extensive conversations with historians about their work. and some available on podcasts on the span mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> we take you live now to the u.s. senate which is considering the defense programs bill today and at noon eastern the senate will vote on the nominee to be undersecretary of treasury for financial crimes. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the ch

senator wicker? >> thank you, senator cantwell. mister administrator, let me start off with safety management systems you mentioned. you mentioned voluntary adoption of these. who is -- can you give us the manufacturers who are engaged in making progress in volunteering sms? >> we have currently among the transport category air framers and engines we have -- we have boeing, pratt whitney and general electric. and we have gulfstream, i believe, in there as well. then there are a number of others. >> a number of others? >> a number of other manufacturers. six in the pipeline that we have not fully accepted. >> okay. well, then supply us with those names on the record. >> they are supposed to be a notice of proposed rulemaking with regard to the mandatory smss. when will that notice be issued? >> senator, we are making good progress on the sms rulemaking and i anticipate that it will be the -- the nprm will be next fall, less than a year from now, we will have it out for public comment. and proceed on from there. >> why that long? >>

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

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

senator blunt. >> thank you senator klobuchar. mr. bolton we had our last hearing with you i think it was pointed out that most of the recommendations you had made up until that time would be done, the majority could be done without the police board being involved or without any even additional funds. how many of your, i think now around 104 recommendations have been implemented? >> out of 104 we have 30. >> 30. >> yes, sir. >> and are you getting significant pushback on the remaining 74? >> not at this time. we haven't gotten any pushback. there may be some of the recommendations that we'll have to sit down with the chief and with the board to hash out the very nature of what ear looking for to make the changes and what they feel also what's comfortable for them. >> and your first set, your first recommendations were available to them when? >> our first flash report i believe some time in mar. >> that's what i was thinking. >> march. and that was the series, intelligence and operational planning. flash report. which they have as far

senate that spanned three decades. he held for years a really, really job that nobody outside the senate has heard of. he was democratic senate secretary, which basically means he was the floor manager of the senate for the democratic side, he became both the go-to guy for new senators who were learning the basics of house of representatives the chamber works, how do you get votes and he also became an adviser to the democratic leadership. as one said, he'd be deciding what comes to the floor, what gets off the floor and what gets amended or not. he was so good at what he did, he was scooped up to serve as the senate liaison. they knew they needed somebody seasoned to help navigate their priorities through congress and everybody agreed in a marty paone knew the senate rules better than anyone on earth. so it makes sense that marty paone would be the guy who senate democrats called on today for advice and perspective as they decide a way forward on who isably -- possibly changing the senate rules in order to get voting

senate. but this is beyond the u.s. senate. judy, i want to show a photo of what happened today in the state of new jersey in trenton, in the u.s. capitol. this is a sight of reporters trying to get into the general assembly, being blocked by police officers, because there is a new rule in the state house there that you must have proof of vaccination or a negative covid test to get in. and the state-- the speaker of the state assembly there has been pushing that, but republicans pushed back, and republicans entered the chamber against that rule, tested whether the police would stop them or not. there were some potential confrontations there, some chaos in the new jersey state house, over this exact issue. and i think we're going to see this kroops the country in different forms, and it will be in the u.s. capitol again next week. >> woodruff: along partisan lines. >> yes. >> woodruff: lisa desjardins, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: and for more on where all this stands, we turn to someone in senate leaders

video, then senator hickenlooper and then senator lee. so senator young. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. mr. davidson, when negotiating the bipartisan infrastructure framework, one of the final sticking points was whether or not ntia or fcc would oversee the $42.5 billion state broadband program. candidly, as i discussed with you in our meeting i believe it should've been the fcc, and i fought against the ntia implementing this record-breaking tens of billions of broadband of dollars. with that said, that didn't win the day for a number of reasons. and if confirmed you will be the one overseeing and administering this important program. that's how legislation works sometimes and i'm confident that you understand the weight of this responsible and have the best of intentions. however, intention and effort are metrics as you know and we need to be able to measure the effect of use of taxpayer dollars. so can you just pray briefly because i have a number of questions, and a few sentences tell me what you would do to ensure that this massive

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

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

over the past few weeks several of our senate colleagues and i, including senator o, senator bozeman, senator merkley and others have joined us in engaging with a host of stakeholders. what that concept looks like in practice across a multitude of industries and levels of government. what we heard was in part sobering. but also i am happy to report it was encouraging. we heard from waste workers about the challenges they face with contaminated recycling streams and the impact of china's national policy on their ability to effectively manage domestic waste, especially plastic. we heard about the need for brighter product design -- better product design so companies can have products returned to them in good condition to be reused. and we heard about the devastating impact of the fashion industry on our environment. did you know that every second almost a dump truck's worth of textiles goes into our landfills? the fashion industry is responsible for some 10% of global emissions, more than the aviation sector and the maritime shipping sector combined. i did not know those things. my gues

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

we are continuing to press to get back at her through the senate -- build back better through the senate. >> he also amassed -- i also wanted to ask about ukraine. if russia forays into ukraine, he suggested there were retaliations in the works. sec. psaki: as our national security advisor has touched on, there are a number of nato partner countries in eastern europe. if you look at what happened post when he 14, a lot of these countries were looking for reassurance. there were looking to bring more presence there. certainly that is on the table should russia decide to invade ukraine. >> there is another aspect to this. we are waiting on the problem and terry and decision but there are members of the democratic party saying ignore that. sec. psaki: the process that we are in now which you are very familiar with is we are awaiting -- the proletarian is doing her work and we are reviewing a number of components in the package. we have to wait for that to complete itself. you can't put a bill on the lore until that process is complete. >> who might run in 2024 -- there are quotes from other

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

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

, as you're telling us senator sinema did, is a pretty strange piece of senate behavior. you heard joe biden today saying voting rights is now the number one issue. he said that with a clarity that he hasn't had before. >> well, that is a shift from last week. that's a shift from last month. naacp and the civil rights community, we are clear. we cannot advance public policy if we're not protecting the right of voters to participate. but more importantly, after the first of the year, legislative bodies will be convening all across the country, but particularly in the south with the majority of african americans live, and they will be considering a redistricting plan. this will be the first time since 1960 that we won't have a federal standard to ensure that racial gerrymandering, political gerrymandering is not the primary use or tool used to draw political boundary lines. so we must adopt voting right protections to ensure that voters can elect candidates of that you are choice and that we can have a true representative democracy. >> the senate is a narrow one-lane road,