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this is a dark day for the united states senate. to not give a trial to make a decision before you -- before you hear all of the evidence if democrats wanted to make a -- a quote after they heard all of the evidence. that would be one thing. to stay this wasn't worthy of to share the trial and have both sides make their case i think it is a really dark day. i think this is going to have major election ramifications. this is just something that -- that we don't expect the united states of america. we lose going through the process, and it's very depressing to me and i give a lot of kudos to senator lee said this afternoon. >> and ray did you watch all about three hours of the proceedings on the impeachment and then the two and a half hours of -- of that colloquy among senator lee and his colleagues? >> yes i did i tuned in 2:00 and watched right through the end. i -- couple go in the other room to get a soft drink on something like that i just befunded by the fact they wouldn't allow this. they kept asking can we at least talk and ta
this is a dark day for the united states senate. to not give a trial to make a decision before you -- before you hear all of the evidence if democrats wanted to make a -- a quote after they heard all of the evidence. that would be one thing. to stay this wasn't worthy of to share the trial and have both sides make their case i think it is a really dark day. i think this is going to have major election ramifications. this is just something that -- that we don't expect the united states of...
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certainly weakens the ability of the united states senate. to push back on abuses by and within a coordinate branch of government. james mattis expressed in the federalist papers among other places and federalist 51 that government is an experiment. it is an exhibit it is a display of human nature. they are and other federal papers he explains things like he continued and federalist 51 we as human beings were in angels event access to angels to run our government we would not need these rules. got pretty responsible we have access to angels madison because we are not angels we don't have access. we set up each branch to guard against abuses of power i've wondered over time as i've seen the united states senate gradually very steadily over many decades voluntarily relinquish power. much of it started with our work on the legislative calendar starting in earnest in the 1930s and continuing until the present day gradually, steadily been outsourced unelected unaccountable bureaucrats. it has all sorts of laws and saying essentially we shall have
certainly weakens the ability of the united states senate. to push back on abuses by and within a coordinate branch of government. james mattis expressed in the federalist papers among other places and federalist 51 that government is an experiment. it is an exhibit it is a display of human nature. they are and other federal papers he explains things like he continued and federalist 51 we as human beings were in angels event access to angels to run our government we would not need these rules....
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a united states senator. just tell me the truth. he can't say the truth. he can't tell you the truth. to my democratic colleagues, have you read the heartbreaking stories of innocent americans who have been murdered by illegal aliens? are you concerned? are you concerned about the safety of your spouses, your kids, your nieces, never fews? did -- nephews? does it worry that hundreds of terrorists are flooding our country? does that bother you at all? do you know somebody who has died of fentanyl which was trafficked, by the way by cartels of other countries? this isn't about politics, folks. our national security and our country's further is at stake. americans deserve to know the truth about how secretary mayorkas has intentionally failed to secure the border. i will be voting to hold mayorkas accountable. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. lee: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, we have a job to do. that job is not optional. it's assigned to us by the united states constitution, a document to which we'
a united states senator. just tell me the truth. he can't say the truth. he can't tell you the truth. to my democratic colleagues, have you read the heartbreaking stories of innocent americans who have been murdered by illegal aliens? are you concerned? are you concerned about the safety of your spouses, your kids, your nieces, never fews? did -- nephews? does it worry that hundreds of terrorists are flooding our country? does that bother you at all? do you know somebody who has died of...
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the good and the constitution a time-honored duty in the united states senate to do this. they are nuking a provision of the constitution. separate and apart from how you feel about secretary mallorca's and his performance of his duties, anyone who fancies him or self institutional someone concerned about the senate as an institution for that reason alone be willing to stand up to this form of legislative tyranny and say we have an obligation to do this. now on the merits of the thing i would ask a series of questions, questions that one way or another regardless of where he stands on secretary mayorkas need to be answered. so for example if you think secretary mayorkas has not willfully defiantly refused to enforce all the laws then let's hold a trial. you can disagree that he has allowed over at 30,000 unaccompanied minor children in recent months into the united states. then let's hold the trial but if you think it has a dangerously the restrictions and efforts to vet people entering our country from china including a whole lot of military men crossing our border then l
the good and the constitution a time-honored duty in the united states senate to do this. they are nuking a provision of the constitution. separate and apart from how you feel about secretary mallorca's and his performance of his duties, anyone who fancies him or self institutional someone concerned about the senate as an institution for that reason alone be willing to stand up to this form of legislative tyranny and say we have an obligation to do this. now on the merits of the thing i would...
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how is that an opinion in the united states senate. how have they fallen so far from its base saying no, we will not provide humanitarian aid unless we certify it won't go to terrorists who are holding hostages is not an okay position to take, okay position to even vote on? the eight americans held hostage by hamas have been held in captivity for 200 days. we believe five are still alive and three are dead and hamas is holding their bodies and robbing their families of the ability to bury their loved ones even when we know they're dead, hamas holds their bodies. do we see president biden or senior members of his administration and democrats in washington talking about that every day? absolutely not. what we do see from democrats is they continue to attack israel, call for the ousting of a democracy elected government. they call for the ousting of its democratically elected government. and allow the abandonment of our ally at the united nations. they abandon our ally, israel, at the united nations and on the world stage. and it is disgu
how is that an opinion in the united states senate. how have they fallen so far from its base saying no, we will not provide humanitarian aid unless we certify it won't go to terrorists who are holding hostages is not an okay position to take, okay position to even vote on? the eight americans held hostage by hamas have been held in captivity for 200 days. we believe five are still alive and three are dead and hamas is holding their bodies and robbing their families of the ability to bury their...
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to the governor's mansion to the halls of the united states senate. our prayers are with his family and his loved ones. mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. con. res. 33. the presiding officer: the clerk will record. the clerk: s. con. res. 33, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the capitol and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: >> serious as four heart attacks and a stroke. the first one is systemic refusal to comply with the law. not negligence. willful and systemic refusal to comply with the la
to the governor's mansion to the halls of the united states senate. our prayers are with his family and his loved ones. mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. con. res. 33. the presiding officer: the clerk will record. the clerk: s. con. res. 33, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the capitol and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the...
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the united states senate has the right and the responsibility to hold this trial. yet, senate democrats want to ignore our chamber's history and forfeit our constitutional authority by tabling or dismissing these charges without even considering the evidence. without even considering the evidence. americans need to hear what i'm about to say, even if my democratic colleagues won't listen. let me say it again. a majority of the duly elected members of the united states house of representatives who represent all of the communities across america spent months investigating the allegations against secretary mayorkas. they spent months drafting the articles of impeachment. and a majority of the house then voted yes to bring two very serious charges. the senate democrats are now treating those charges, those articles of impeachment, like spam that landed in their in box. americans, however, are not nearly so sanguine about the border crisis that has brought death, drugs, violence, chaos, criminals, and mayhem into their neighborhoods. the biden administration's border cr
the united states senate has the right and the responsibility to hold this trial. yet, senate democrats want to ignore our chamber's history and forfeit our constitutional authority by tabling or dismissing these charges without even considering the evidence. without even considering the evidence. americans need to hear what i'm about to say, even if my democratic colleagues won't listen. let me say it again. a majority of the duly elected members of the united states house of representatives...
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it's simply not a valid reason for us the united states and the united states senate to rush to enact laws that are deeply flawed and detrimental to americans civil liberties as this one. all i'm asking for mr. president is a vote on amendment. we have a reasonable list of amendments offered by a bipartisan group of senators reflecting almost every point along the ideological continuum. chairman warner and senator schumer would just stop blocking those votes we could finish consideration the fisa today. we could wrap this up today. the problem is they know the american people, a lot of these are really popular. they agree with performing this program warrant was surveillance of the american people. and so certain members have been the united states senate are somehow afraid that these votes must not be considered or passed because they are afraid of what would happen if and when they did pass. think about that for a minute. they don't want us to cast votes on something not in spite of their lack of popularity but because of their popularity. that should concern us all. so to that end
it's simply not a valid reason for us the united states and the united states senate to rush to enact laws that are deeply flawed and detrimental to americans civil liberties as this one. all i'm asking for mr. president is a vote on amendment. we have a reasonable list of amendments offered by a bipartisan group of senators reflecting almost every point along the ideological continuum. chairman warner and senator schumer would just stop blocking those votes we could finish consideration the...
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senator schumer won't allow united states senators to offer ideas unless he knows they will fail. and so to my republican and democrat colleagues, colleagues who may be watching on tv, or their staff, it doesn't need to be that way. this is perhaps one of the most obstructive measures that the majority leader employs. and i don't pretend it's just him. i think one of the things that all of us have to look in the mirror about is whether or not that's what we want this place to be. if we think that, mr. president, you and i, we have a, we've come together on an issue that affects both of our states. we should be allowed to offer those things up. we don't get a chance to do that. appropriations bill, i know that the senate appropriators have worked hard on individual bills. chuck schumer didn't allow those bills to be debated on the floor. never happened. we ended up with a few minibuses. that would be a great reform. and how about instead of every hour, maybe you show up, what if we sat in our seats and actually voted on this stuff for four or five hours. we could get through a lot.
senator schumer won't allow united states senators to offer ideas unless he knows they will fail. and so to my republican and democrat colleagues, colleagues who may be watching on tv, or their staff, it doesn't need to be that way. this is perhaps one of the most obstructive measures that the majority leader employs. and i don't pretend it's just him. i think one of the things that all of us have to look in the mirror about is whether or not that's what we want this place to be. if we think...
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states senate. under article one section seven the same bill has to pass both houses before it can be presented to the president for acquiescence. recess as amended by the amendment would allow the government with a huge range of ordinary u.s. businesses and individuals and other organizations exempting only honest workman of entities including hotels, library's and restaurants to assist in the united states government and spying on american citizens. currently the government conducts pfizer 702 surveillance with the compelled assistance of electronic communication service providers or ecs p, historically the definition of an ecs p is included those entities with direct access to americans communication. thank for example google or microsoft, verizon, et cetera. the new provision would allow the government to compel surveillance assistance from any provider of any service that has access to equipment on which communications are recorded and then stored, this would report a huge number of u.s. busine
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in the united states senate, we have 53 cosponsors of legislation. the last time i checked, the majority of the senate is 51 so we have a majority of the senate , every single democrat, we have senator murkowski and senator mcallen's as bipartisan. we have that support. we want to get that past. i want to thank senator durbin. senator durbin held the first hearing last year and it gave us the opportunity to establish the record, the clear record about why the bill resolution that i have introduced should be passed we then had a bow, thank you, senator schumer, for scheduling a boat on the floor the united states senate. the majority of the senators voted in favor of moving forward to pass that legislation. senator schumer took steps that we can reconsider at an egg time so we can reconsider that. we can have more votes this year on this issue. but, because of the use of the filibuster in the senate, and i know that there are some areas that you may think it is important to slow down legislation, ideal, but for 100 years this has gone on for too long.
in the united states senate, we have 53 cosponsors of legislation. the last time i checked, the majority of the senate is 51 so we have a majority of the senate , every single democrat, we have senator murkowski and senator mcallen's as bipartisan. we have that support. we want to get that past. i want to thank senator durbin. senator durbin held the first hearing last year and it gave us the opportunity to establish the record, the clear record about why the bill resolution that i have...
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repeat, never been considered here in the united states senate. but members of the senate are now being told the same thing that came up in the house. nothing to see here. it's technical, and it's all classified so stop asking questions. now, i have spoken to number of colleagues here and i urged them to just read the plain language of the provision. when they do so they will see for themselves that this is actually a very substantial and dangerous expansion of warrantless surveillance authorities. under the provision that would be virtually no limits to who can be forced into spying for the government. any company that installed,, maintained repairs wi-fi or other communication systems in any american business or home, for example, could be dragged into this. so can any of the company that provides the service that gives its employees access to any communications equipment, which would include a server, a wire, cable box a router or a phone or computer. lots of examples here, , try to get every office building in america has data cables running t
repeat, never been considered here in the united states senate. but members of the senate are now being told the same thing that came up in the house. nothing to see here. it's technical, and it's all classified so stop asking questions. now, i have spoken to number of colleagues here and i urged them to just read the plain language of the provision. when they do so they will see for themselves that this is actually a very substantial and dangerous expansion of warrantless surveillance...
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states senate. i yield the floor, mr. president. : # # mr. cornyn: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. the clerk: ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawl
states senate. i yield the floor, mr. president. : # # mr. cornyn: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the...
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white of michigan to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. president biden and first ladym. build biden didn't prime minister c-span.org spent now motivating up. watch the white house dinner wednesday c-span network. ♪♪ unfiltered view of government. we are just getting started. building 100 thousand miles of newton for
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that's the united states senate today. people overwhelmingly are in opposition to more u.s. aid, we cannot discuss this issue and have a vote. mr. president, why are the american people, as opposed as they are to more aid for the military in israel? well, among other things, it may have something to do with what some of the israeli leaders are saying and, in fact, who they are. and i think the american people are catching on that what we have today in israel is not the israel of golda meir, it is a government now significantly controlled not only by right-wing extremists, but by religious zealots. mr. president, today what we are seeing is a situation where netanyahu himself has never favored a two-state solution and he has made that very clear and has worked to systematically to undermine the prospects for a deal. i might mention a two-state solution is the policy of the united states government. netanyahu's party founding charter says quote, that between the sea and the jordan river there will only be israeli sovereignty. end quote. for many years before october 7, netanya
that's the united states senate today. people overwhelmingly are in opposition to more u.s. aid, we cannot discuss this issue and have a vote. mr. president, why are the american people, as opposed as they are to more aid for the military in israel? well, among other things, it may have something to do with what some of the israeli leaders are saying and, in fact, who they are. and i think the american people are catching on that what we have today in israel is not the israel of golda meir, it...
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because of what happened in newtown and what has happened throughout the united states. and i'm grateful for that. i'm grateful for daniel mazzer's dad, tom, who i saw again this week, having the good fortune to speak with him many times over the years. if you were alive today, daniel, his son, would be 40 this year. and to this day -- and yesterday, i think it was, maybe the day before -- when he comes to congress, tom wears the same sneakers that daniel had on the day he was killed at columbine. and tom has never, never given up. he's fought tirelessly to build safer schools, to argue for stronger gun laws, to raise awareness around gun violence protection, just like the families from newtown who sat up in that balcony over there and saw the catastrophic failure on this floor that night, just like the kids from parkland who came to congress over and over again so that -- in an effort to say, we don't want one more kid in this country to be killed this way, we don't want one more life cut short, we're tired of living in a country that doesn't seem to care for us, we're
because of what happened in newtown and what has happened throughout the united states. and i'm grateful for that. i'm grateful for daniel mazzer's dad, tom, who i saw again this week, having the good fortune to speak with him many times over the years. if you were alive today, daniel, his son, would be 40 this year. and to this day -- and yesterday, i think it was, maybe the day before -- when he comes to congress, tom wears the same sneakers that daniel had on the day he was killed at...
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the clerk: senate resolution 638 calling for the immediate release of -- united states citizen -- [no audio]. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, today i am very proud that the senate just passed leader mcconnell and my resolution calling for ryan corbett's immediate and unconditional relies. -- release. by passing this resolution today, the senate sends a resounding message that it is time to bring ryan home. this weekend is ryan's birthday. we are all thinking about him because it has now been 609 days since ryan, a new york native, was unjustly detained by the taliban in afghanistan during a routine business trip. i met with ryan's beautiful family this week, and i told them the senate is standing with them and has their back. and i promis
the clerk: senate resolution 638 calling for the immediate release of -- united states citizen -- [no audio]. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president,...
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i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, april 18, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable laphonza r. butler, a senator from the state of california, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 7888, which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 365, a h h.r. 7888, an act to reform the foreign intelligence foreign intelligence >> the intelligence of the that's not president biden. those are the words of former president of the united states. and you're going to trust him with russia? >> i sort
i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, april 18, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable laphonza r. butler, a senator from the state of california, to perform the...
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alexakis of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i'd like to begin today by saying a few things about the protests at columbia university. smashing windows with hammers and taking over university buildings is not free speech. it is lawlessness. and those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not merely a slap on the wrist. free speech, discussion, and even strong disagreement are fundamental american values and campuses should be places where those values are cherished. campuses cannot be places of learning and argument and discussion when protests veer into criminality, and those who commit such acts are doing nothing to convince others that their cause is just. it is also unacceptable when jewish students are targeted for being jewish, when protests exhibit verbal abuse, systemic intimidation, or glorification of the murderous and hateful hamas or the violence of october 7. as i said in my speech here on the floor la
alexakis of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i'd like to begin today by saying a few things about the protests at columbia university. smashing windows with hammers and taking over university buildings is not free speech. it is lawlessness. and those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not merely a slap on the wrist. free...