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empty terrorist warehouses in syria or who the -- the radar systems in yemen. proxies precisely because they consider them expele killing these proxies or targeting iranian forces and interests themselves tells that its strategy is actually working. president biden owes it to the explain how exactly he intends to compel iran and its proxies to actually change their behavior. he owes it to the nation to start stakes of conflict in middle east ripple across the word how the challenges we face in the red sea, ukraine, and the indo-pacific are all connected. and how the cost of failing to meet them compounds.

unfortunately, the biden administration is not alone in its this responsibility seriously. this afternoon the senate must take it upon ourselves to reject and attempt to have degrade our nation's credibility even furtr. brought forward by senator sanders is more than per formative -- per formative left-wing is not about authorizing a report off aid to israel. it's not even about human rights. it's about tying the hands of a close ally locked in a necessary battle against savage terrorists. it's a gift to left-wing anti-israel activists. so mr. president, colleagues who share concern about the plig oe in gaza should set their attention on hamas terrorists who orchestrated their suffering. the terrorists who take

hostages steal humanitarian aid, and use their own citizens as human shields. the terrorists who go to lonesome extremes to imperil innocent human lives, ally israel takes extraordinary risk to minimize civilianalties. hamas, palestinian islamic jihad, and iran's other proxies across the region go to extraordinary lengths todeath. we must not confuse one for the nction here is clear and boldfaced. any colleague considering a vote for the sanders resolution ought to consider what message they'd allies and partners facing shared threats aroun the world. and to send our adversaries who doubt our resolve. israel deserves america's firm support as it roots

terrorist killers and restores its security.ave an opportunity to make necessary investments in our capacity to support israel and other threatened partners from ukraine to taiwan or the philippines. as the threats to our interests grow so do the costs of defending them. in just the time the senate has been working on national security supplemental operational costs for u.s. forces in the middle east have risen. i've warned for weeks, using million dollar missiles to defend against thousand dollar drones strange and already insufficient inventory of long-range capabilities the supplemental is our chance expand our capacity to meet the national security challenges we face. leaders who are willing to take these challenges seriously.

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were lost candidates from another candidateo people looking at goals especially entrance they makeecision. the washington post highlighting a couple of questions asked. one question date of a crime would you consider it to be president? 72% of those who supported mr.

trump said yes we'donsider him to be fit only 10% saying no and also being asked if you consider yourself part of the model whose but for the only 8% of those who supported him say yes to that question versus 25% say no. let's hear from democrat line. >> thank you pedro i'd like to say something because are great. i believe everything you tell me and i don't believe anything you don't tell me. i think that's w are right now. many politicianshose who have thac. belief they will believe anything you tell them and if you don't tell them

something whatever anyone else tells you you won'te you only want to hear from the person you believe. when we look back at present of our nation and he would not stay in washington d.c. to see his successor step up and thi leadership of our nation, how can you accept that individual to take over our nation's leadership again? >> tony inld only add getting this right amongst me and my colleagues, i would invite you to the res can consider and learn about the comes to national political presidential election but thanks for calling.

>> thank you pedro. trump one or 2% of the delegate and we need to president like trump to lead us back into leadership in the faith-based community conservative and gen z not able to take careuo of that. unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, when is enough? at the start of 204, we find our sophisticates in start of 204, we find our sophisticates at the start of another presidential cycle. we can expect political tensions to rise. as the new year begins a rise in politicalns to overshadow the traditional presidential process. across the country at every

level of government we're experiencing a surge in violent threats against public officials and government workers. some officials have been victims of swatting incidents in which false 911 calls lead to law enforcement swarming the homes of targeted individuals. in other cases, officials have received death threats or bomb threats where they live or work. and in some tragic incidents -- instances, violentted into violent acts. it should go without saying but it is worth repeating, political violence in furtherance of any cause -- any but it is undeniablet the recent speak in violent acts has one major source -- the grievances of of former president trump. just over three years after the after president trump called his supporters to washington, d.c. and directed them to thiscapitol building where

they staged a violent insurrection his calls for retribution against his perceived enemies continue on an almost daily basis. recent victims have included the secretary of state in the state of maine, the former speaker of the arizona house of representatives, the employees of the georgia secretary of state's office, all of whom were targeted of swatting and violent thats. these individuals were targeted for their roles in upholding the lawful resultf the 2020 presidential election or for their involvement in the upcoming election. many election workers at lower levels have also been threatened especially women and people of color. just this morning "politico" fears and concerns of local conspiracy theories andts that they face. threats deter americans

from engaging in civic life or ublic office. the recent rise in political violence has not just affected those who run for office or help to run our elections. judges, jurors and officers of the court have also faced threats. just last week justice arthur engoron, the judge presiding over the civil fraud trial, had his home swarmed by police after someone called in a fake bomb threat. this occurred hours trump took to his social media platform, truth social, and. in called on the heels of swatting on the homes of jack smith andchutkan, the special prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against the interference and the judge overseeing the case. the former president has repeated lid attacked both of these public servants by name.

last august j received a voice mail saying, and i quote, if trump doesn't get electeded in 2024 we're coming to kill you. so tread lightly. on christmas eve, trump called special counsel smith and i quote, deranged and claimed h one of president biden's, quote, misfits and thugs. the very next day, counsel's home was targeted with a swatting call. the justices of the state courts of colorado and wisconsin along with staff, jurors and prosecutors, have also faced threats due to their in the former president's legal cases. all of these individuals have beenar t sim to fulfill their duties to uphold the law. all the while, former president trump has refused to condemn the acts of his supporters and at times he and yet we rarely hear any of our criticize their de facto leader for his public threats of violence or his encouragement of his most extreme supporters.

threats of violence and violee e anti-net cal to our -- antithetical to our democracy, whatever theirolital source. in a fry country, there are countless ways for people to peacefully react and respond to political events and outcomes with which they disagree. people can vote a choose. they can encourage their fellow citizens to do likeweiss. they can knock on doors, or post on social media. they can peaceably assemble and protest public officials and policies they pursue. in the united states, these kinds of political are not merely tolerated, they are encouraged.and they are protected by the but we cannot as a nation tolerate let alone encourage, threats of political violence by anyone including the former president of the united states. the recent rise in political violence marks a renewed attempt to use violence andof violence to intimidate public officials, election workers, and our fellow american voters.

sadly, the specter of political violence is not new. in 1968 another presidential election year, one marched by heinous acts of violence robert kennedy gave remarks the day after martin luther king jr. was assassinate add. he spoke about the mindless menace of violence in america and he quote abraham lincoln, who more than a century before wrote, amonghere can be no successful appeal. and those who take such an appeal are sure to pay the cost. today i am calling on my colleagues to publicly condemn the state of violence which is dominating in thi we have it as commonplace. shame on us in that regard. if this true democracy is to succeed, we all have to speak out against violence on both sides of the equation. we must stand together in opposing violence and threats of violence. our democracy is strong but it is only as strong as the people who participate in it protect

it and who serve it. i yield the floor. i suggest the absequorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.ú5wv

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas.us consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, we're all returning to a washington d.c.,

but it never ceases to when i come back to the nation's capital from home in texas the disconnect between what people are focussed on back home -- mainly their jobs their well football -- that didn't turn out so well for us this weekend. but the mainstream media and of course social media, which amplifies what people are talking about or the message that they want to convey the so-called influencers that are really in some instances nothing more than prop -- prop and goists dash -- propagandists. and some try to con washington, d.c. on a variety of issues including the terrorist attack that occurred in israel on october 7 of last year.

yesterday marked 100 days since hamas terrorists than 1,200 israelis and took about 240 hostages. i traveled to israel with several of my senate colleagues on the senate intelligence committee last week and we witnessed the grief and the fear that has gripped the israeli people over the last few months. it was a familiar because it seemed very much like where the american people were three months after the9/11 2001 when al qaeda willed 3,000 in tel aviv photos of the hostages who are still being held captive by hamas lined the walk way. the photo of a held hostage literally stopped me in my tracks wondering who son would take a 9-month-old baby and hold it hostage. and in the face of every person

i spoke with from families of hostages to senior government there was understandably a deep sense of shock, mourning and anger. again, it reminded me of how we felt after 9/11. we were grieving. we were shocked. we were angry. and we were absolutely committed to those responsible accountable. our shared sense of purpose extended far beyond the borders of the united states. our friends and allies around the world said we have america's back and they supported our mission to destroy the al qaeda well that's exactly the kind of response you would expect when a terrorist group viciously attacks a friend -- solidarity. sadly, israel has not received the overwhelming support that our country did in the wake of 9/11. and the more than 100 days since this war began,

criticized for defending itself. it has been villainized for going after the terrorist group that murdered raped, and kidnapped its people.ust held by a few people. antiisraelihetoric has spread like wildfire across social media. it's taken root at elite college campuses and even here in the halls of congress. this past weekend w the latest chapter in blaming the victim as thousands of protesters gathe i to demand a cease-fire in gaza. i would say a cease-fire would be great, but there's no guarantee hamas won't continue to kill innocentcí children so it's just not protesters chanted cease-fire now, end the war in gaza. they carried signs that said free palestine and let gaza live. they accused israel of being an apartheid government and outrageously said the united states was supportin genocide.

again, this was not a small protest. thousands of people lined the streets of our nation's capital and countless others protestednd the world as part of a global day of resistance it was lled deeply disturbing to see this view shared by so many because it's completely divorced from realty. these protesters have the entire problembackward. hamas is not a victim. hamas is the in every possible sense along with its state sponsor, iran. while we wereisrael my colleagues and i were shown footage of the attack which was captured by hamas terrorists. in other words, they were taking video of themselves killing innocent men, women, and children. they intentionally filmed all these atrocities they committed so the entire world could see. but what we saw affirms that

these not victims in any sense. hamas, that is. they are murderers. they're rapists, they're kidnappers and they are terrorist. hamas carried ohe most gruesome atrocities i've ever seen and i hope to never seeose again. but we cannot under any set of circumstances allow them to be viewed as a victim in this war. this is not only israeli blood on the hand of hamas is also responsible for immense suffering by gaza. hamas raises vast amounts of money from the palestinian people and outside donors but that money does next to nothing to support a bette life for palestinians. it is not invested schools, hospitals, or housing. instead it's used to arm hamas's wartime . this terrorist amounts of money the streets of gaza some 500 kilometers.

it's a virtual city under a city. it allows it to hoard weapons, and we literally saw manufacturing facilities for weapons and tunnels. and of course it's used to and fuel and shield themselves from the violence above ground. unfortunately, these tunnels are also used to hide the hostages more than 100 of whom are still in hamas captivity. hamas builds these tunnels beneath hospitals and schools and other vulnerable locations in order to give credence to hamas' lie that it is a victim not the aggressor. mr. president, here in the united states we're thousands of miles away from this war. hamas didn't invade our neighborhoods. they didn't murder and kidnap friends. and they aren't launching rockets that threaten us each night.

but just because we aren't living with the daily realities of this war doesn't mean that we ca divorced from it. war is not just a battle of brute force. it's also a contest for public opinion. hamas goes the narrative and build sympathy. it's not a new ]strategy but deeply disappointing to see how many hamas sympathizers are found on american soil. it's disheartening the scores of americans are lapping up hamas's lies by claiming that israel is the aggressor, they are playing directly into these orist's hands. we know war is ugly it's tragic it hurts innocent people and punishes the most vulnerable. william tekumsah sherman, civil war general said you can't

quantify war. war is cruelty and you cannot refine it the realities of this war are nothing short of devastation and i understand the desire for the violence to end, and i hope and pray that it will soon. but we must remember they can only happen when the hamas threat is defeated. the ultimate goal of hamas, along with its state sponsor of iran is to end wipe israel off the map. that's the only risk of genocide in this war. we have a responsibility to call out and correct the mischaracterizations that are spreading in our own country. we have the responsibility to do our best to inform the american people about the facts and to make sure they understand who i aggressor and who is the victim. and in the end we have ay stand with our ally israel as it does what is

needed to root out the terrorist threats in its own country. mr. president, i yield t the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i rise today to commemorate religious freedom day recognized by presidential proclamation since 1993. the day is time to honor the passage of virginia statute for religious on january 16 1786. this statute became the basis of first amendment's protection of religious freedom for all americans. i was inspired to offer these thoughts byress on anti-semitism delivered in this chamber by majority leader chuck schumereeks ago. his powerful comments addressed the fears felt today by so many jewish americans. the connection between those fears and the tragic global history of anti-semitism and how americans can come reject religious bigotry against

jews. as a person who takes my own catholic faith seriously, it's important to listen to those who feel discriminated against due to the history, catholics have often been targeted by groups like the ku klux klan. i'm fortunate to say that i've never faced anti-catholic bigotry. but those who haven't faced religious discrimination need to be sensitive to the real fears of thosevery day. all of us are god's children brothers and sisters meant the final part of senator schumer's addresswe can do as american to reject anti-semitism or any discrimination based on religious beliefs reminded me of the principles embedded in the ia religious freedom. and i'm convinced that part of the solution to the rise in anti-semitism is to go back to first principles and remind ourselves of the values that we have long procla the virginia statute was first

drafted by thompson jefferson in 1776. its purpose was simple and powerful to declare that a person could freely choose whether and how to worship and would nei preferred nor punished for that choice. this was at with prevailing english practice in which the church of england was the state-sponsored church and other christian sects were outlawed. official discrimination against jews in english law persisted well into the 18th century, well into the 19th century, and life in the american colonies of england before the revolutionary war showed the continuation of this preferential treatment for certain religious practices over others. therginia statute is as follows -- no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever nor shall enforced restrained molested or burdened in his body

or goods nor shall suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief. but that all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain their opinions in mattersre same shall in no way diminish in large or effect their civil capacities. we complain that things move slowly in the united states senate. this is not a new complaint about legislative bodies. it took nineor the virginia general assembly to take up and passjefferson's statute. and the state legislative leader who finally gained passage of the measure was james madison. madison witnessed discrimination against baptist ministers in virginia by those associated with the church of england, deeply that religious liberty needed protection. the virginia general assembly passed the statute on january 16 1876 in a building at the corner of 14th a east cary

streets in downtown richmond a few blocks from where i live. today that site small museum the first freedom center highlighting the idea of religious freedom and how it became a bedrock principle of american law. madison was with drafting the bill of rights to the american constitution. he used the the basis for the religious protections of the first amendment. congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting thethereof. the statute also informed article 6, clause of the constitution no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the united states. these demonstrate a powerful intent to form an america where all wiporshe without fear. the meaning of these clauses was well understood at the time. early in his first term as president, george washington corresponded with the jewish

community of newport, rhode island. in his beautiful letter from august 17 been president a little over a year. he described an america not merely tolerant of -- here's what he wrote. all possess a like liberty of conscientious, liberty of conscience and immunity of citizenship. it is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it was by the one class of people while the other enjoyed the exercise of inherent natural rights. happily, the government of the united states which gives to bigotry no sanction to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good an concluded with a wish specifically directed at american jews. may the children of the stock of

abraham who dwell continue to merit and enjoy the goodwill of the inhabitants while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid. and there shall be none to make him birthright as americans. those of us who take an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states have pledged to act in a way to make these words real. we have to guard, protect, and celebrate, not meerl toll -- merely tolerate a society where people of differe live in the same neighborhoods, attend the same schools, work side by side and do so as friends. and when we live up to this promise, it's not only for the benefit of those living here in the world where this protection of religious freedom is nonexistent, barely possible to even imagine. and, yet, of -- if people around

the world can see america as a place where people of different faiths live togethernd respect equality and friendship they can at least leave in a possibility for their own societies. we need a recommittal to the first freedom, religious liberty of while comprehensive statistic statisticsn religiously motivated harassment is not complete there is a spike of in anti-semitism and harassment directed at muslims or people of arab descent who are targeted. we have seen jewish students harassed oncampuses following upon horrific violence directed against jews in shar -- charlottesville, we have seen the murder of a 6-year-old muslim boy and the heartless shooting of three palestinian college students in burlington mr. presidenhe represent, just in the last few

months. one troubling form ofs targeting americans for eventsn the world. in williamsburg virginiaago, a jewish group was denied the ability to menorah at a local festival because organizers didn't want to make it seem like they were choosing a side in the ongoing war ingaza. american jews celebrating hanukkah here suld not be blocked from a celebration of the season because of a war thousands of miles away. and arab and muslim americans have long faced fear and discrimination because of ignorant assumption that the horrific actions of extremists in the middle east margins of society somehow reflect the views of an entire faith or community. that we have strong and diverse views about events happening around the world is natural. middle east have long caused heartbreak and the current warisrael gaza is

tragic but events elsewhere give no cause for bigotry or violence against fellow zationson hate have seen spikes on attacks on jews and muslim americans since the attack on israel on october 7. at the very time when we should show the world that there is a different way that religious pluralism can actually work we are seeing tears in the social fabric we have worked so hard long to stitch together. while religious bigotry can affect any group, statistics indicate that the most frequent targets in america today are jews. jews make up 2.4% of the american population but statistics show that the overwhelming majority of hate crimes committed out of religious animus nearly 60% are driven by anti-semitism. instances of anti-semitism since

october 7 increas by 360% over the same period a year ago. we also see rising anti-semitism around the world and increasing anti-semitism is often an early warning sn of the fragility of a democracy. my conversations in recentmo friends and acquaintance have been saddening. some are worried about their own safety and more painfully the safety of their children and grandchildren. some even need to leave this country one day just as jews have been forced out ofime due to bigotry. one expressed to me the powerful feeling of wanting to belong to the american family, to be truly welcomed and safe history of global anti-semitism but now feeling pushed he recounted standing up for so many secluded groups over the course of his life but sadly wondered why more are not standing up for jews now. another friend recal household with

a jewish father who would oftensay, the world has always hated jews and you think you're accepted here you will learn different one day. she said that she and her siblings would roll their eyeshen he would say this when they were kids and now she says for the first time in ife i to understand. a third friend told me something that shocked me some are desire to remom a -- remove an mazuza it is placed on the door of the home and sometimes on interior doors to provide a blessing and protection to those within. my friend told me it's an sign it's a jewish household, while it dates back uries, people are tempted to avoid it out of the fear that the presence of it may lead them to be targeted for discrimination. i researched this and fnd tha

friend's fear was well founded, many are facing harassment merely because of their mazuza, jewish students at the university of indiana mazuza's were being. senator schumer laid out the prevalence of anti-semitism throughout global history. we've never been immune from it here even as we profess the to worship as they choose. so how should we deal with this blight on our values and recommit to respecting the religious briefs of -- beliefs of each person? first, let's take pride in our religioure celebrate it today and every day. by being authentic are, we can katrina each -- educate each other and grow deeper in our spiritual understanding. i'm a better christian because

of things from jewish hindo -- hi and others and those who have other religious grounding, i hope that living my own christianity will have a positive spiritual beliefs. let's get better at t we passed the heather hire no hate act. heather hire was the very very remarkable young woman who was killed by neo-nazis in charlottesville in august. with it will provide training to help law enforcement agencies to respond to hate crimes. this will solve gaps in 80% of law enforcement agencies participating in national crime databases reported no hate crimes between 1996 and 2020. this is likely a serious underreporting problem rather

than an indication that hate crimes don happen. better measurement will not solve problems but the failure to look at this renders improvement difficult. third, let's commit to increasing education about religious discrimination the reason why america embraced religious that virginia has made education about the holocaust an important part of our social studies curriculum. in a recent hearing on anti-semitism before the help dpakt that -- fact that emerged is how poorlyrm topic. the plethora of misinformation spread by social media platforms make the need for better education more urgent. counted on the criminal justice system to deal with this topic, we will he never be we need a curiosity about spirtality and a love for

pluralism for young people. this is not about indoctrination it's about respect. let's have a whole of government to anti-semitism by working to -- working to counter anti-semitism announced by the biden administration in june this comprehensive approach is built around education, safety ti the normalization of anti-semitic words and actions and building solidarity. it can be a model for similar work at state and local levels we can do more in congress and communities across america to make this strategy visible and finally, there are acts that we can eachuals to show we respect the religious beliefs of all. there have beenerful examples throughout history of actions of solidarity against anti-semitism. i'm pleased to with my republican colleague, senator bill hagerty, of tennessee, to

recognize forgotten heroes of the holocaust. these were diplomats from two dozen countries who helped jews escaped nazi-occupied europe. it shows the power of an individual to be a light in the darkness to say i'm not jewish but i see what's happening to jews and i will do what i can toen students at the university of indiana confronted anti-semitism on campus in up with a novel solution. noting that the discretion of mezuzah' campus organization mezuzah's to jewish and nonjewish students alike, they realized this would send a message of solidarity and render it less likely that a student --ould fear for being targeted for bigotry. i will follow the creative indiana students by installing an mezuzah at my

door. i won't put a hebrew scripture inside o because i don't feel as a catholic i should appropriate i will put these words on a small message inside none shall be afraid. letter george washington wrote more than 230 years ago. thh] message not just to american jews but to all who seek to harmony with others of diverse spiritual views. i encourage others to follow the inspiration of these young people find appear mezuzah and install ir of your home place in it a message of hope and exception, washington's or another message meaningful to you or take other steps to demonstrate that you celebratefreedom. stand together with those of a traditions against forces that would divide or harm us and by doing closer to the ideal that america professed at our founding.

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very much. >> the former governor speaks governor desantis' beach and governor haley speech with the vivek ramaswamy pulling out of the race. you can see those overall the results of yesterday's iowa caucuses asking to tell us your thoughts going out of iowa as a hond. we will hear from alabama on the republican line on the results of yesterday, anita. >> good morning thank you for taking my call and i appreciate what you do. i am thrilled trump was the winner and second of all i need desperatelyh to make a comment about the guy that called in about evangelicals. i think he doesn't understand what that means. he is treading very close to blasphemy because i am charged

by and i believe what the church of believes and i do believe in world leadership and the idea not repeat do not worship devils and hate is treading on very dangerous ground making those kinds of comments. >> call or let me ask you this with your experience and what you said about your religious beliefs we get calls on the program all the time saying how cane vote for what would your answer be? >> my answer is h no abortion unless it's deadly for the mother. we do not believe in that is murderous. i don't care whose says it isn't murder. his stands for america first. he may not be a churchgoer or so-called christian but. he is child like all of us are. don't like so many things that come out of we pay for

that man. we for that man every sunday. we for everyone that's in leadership. we for congress. we for theenate and we for the whole system. >> okay that's juanita and alabama by way the polls at the "washington post" have been highlighting, one of the questions that was asked was if they issue mattered in these as 52%. quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined today, senator sanders be recognized to make a motion to discharge s. res. 504 and that if theade and upon the use or yielding back of time the senate vote in discharge. further, that the cloture motion with respect to the motion to2872 ripen upon disposition the motion to discharge.,! the presidin the information

of the senate senator sanders has a flight delay and isti expected to make the motion to discharge. his resolution and speak prior to this evening's vote. senators should expect votes to start at approximately 6:45 p.m. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. # # # are you talki the general election are picking the president as their top choice? >> well if they do keep this steamroller going they will have, they will be such aout just

like the last time. we had 67% of the possible electorate tt broke a record coming up last time. i believe there were not some folks counted. i'd leave it might have been 10 million. all the cheating was done by the people and i'll be trying to was done by people. maricopa county arizona he lost 360 more votes than he had. the people voting in pennsylvania and i believe north carolina were all voters. >> okay vete let's hear from washington state on the republican line we will hear from doug. go ahead. >> good morning. what i think happened was all the jim: red voters that were f the day and voteik trump i think at the last minute they came to their senses and they realized they didn't want biden again and they went for trump. definitely the last caller on

glad to hear the democrats say there was fraud in the last election. glad to hear >> when it comes to democrats and how they participated yesterday in "the wall street journal" they picked up their process when it comes to iowa saying republican hopefuls stayed ahead of the leadoff caucuses and coming to terms with their new normal. the party last year took iowa from its rolls with the leadoff caucuses which for five decades have helped influence on the national stage and lavished attention on the voters and local politicians.n to say iowa democrats only conduct party business. the democratic calendar will start with a south carolina primary on their 43rd after an unsanctioned democratic primary in new hampshire on january 23 iowa process with the caucus votes by mail. that's how democrats

participated and to make their votes cast and e results from yesterday. we have shown you 1% going to former president donald trump and let's hear from her independent lin in new jersey. hello. o'donnell and my friend mary at the "washington[ ire voters love to create mischief. anything can happen with new hampshire. the congressman from minnesota can defeat biden and haley and desantis can win and if they don't make up their minds until the last minute. anything can happen. i ran for 38 years as a candidate. anything canpe >> okay the courier of north carolina said former haley taking her projected third-place showing to iowa directly in new hampshire for a rally tonight. governor ron desantis will be

in greensville this afternoon to hope to claim some the limelight ew hampshire in the late afternoon. and longtime donald trump supporter lindsey graham has called the race to be a done deal first place win in the iowa gop caucus quote it's me now morel be the republican nominee and will eventually be the 47th president of united states he said on social media adding the republican party is fortunate to good candidates for all practical purposes this primary is over. looking forward to seeing present hea. and that some of the reaction from yesterday and we are getting your reaction as well. such is from darryl and george all the democrats line. >> yes the evangelical church nowadays a nothiut meeting ground for meetings is all it is. >> hold on what you think about the results of yesterday specifically?

>> it was just a farce. you look at this thingi want to hold on you said it was a farce. what do you mean by that? >> they want nothing but forecome again all the way and that's what it is. that's why i'm glad they had a low turnout anmy thing is six electoral college votes in iowa. >> actually think there's 20. go ahead. >> know there are 20. i looked it up pedro. there are 20 electoral and six electoral college does the state of iowa. they only have 30 million people in the whole state pedro how can be 20? >> let's go to dave david in north carolina on the republican line. >> i'm so glad to hear that trump on last night and they'll tell you trump i gua

we'll have two clean that plan there i will tell you that. >> that's according to the "associated press" when it com of delegates the nominating convention getting 20 delegates run desantis gaining six and nikki haley getting seven delegates and before he pulled delegates. iowa dug up six votess the caller said, my mistake the caller was correct. again as we go on he can talk about those results and like the previous caller talked about and you can make your thoughts known at (202)748-8000 for democrats 202-74-8001 for republicans. lisa and texas on the republican line you were next up with the

results yesterday. hello. i'm happy that donald trump one. great lengths to make sure that we were a republican not a democracy. >> you think ite- >> absolutely. there's no doubt. >> why is that?oting them back in office. he is a strong president and he will continue what he started in 2021 and 2016. >> mail is in jamestown new york. hi. >> hello pedro. i'm about ready to become a republican if ron desantis stays in the race. i am impressed with him because what he says he florida is in great shape. i appreciate how he will handle the issue of immigration closing down the border. actually i feel like you would do better than donald trump. now i will vote for donald

trump. still ron desantis i kind of conservative we need when it comes to spending, as well as taxes. it really frustrated me to hear donald trump attack ron desantis because there've ron desantis' position taxation whereby he would get rid of the irs and replace it with a national sales tax. which makes a lot more sense. >> mail in new york giving his thoughts from yesterday t's hear from governor desantis after his speech in iowa yesterday. here he is speaking about that decision. >> they threw everything they almost $50 million attacking us.s that much. the media was against us and they were writing our bit jury months ago.

e vote. but they were just so excited about the fact that they were predicting that wet punched out of iowa but i can tell you because of your support in sp of all that they threw at us, everyone aga ite us, we have our ticket punched out of iowa. [cheers and applause] and what i ledng around iowa is that this country has a basic decency. we have hard-working people, fearing and patriotic people. we just don't see it every day because of all the nonsense that is out there byhis other stuff. people want to have a vote for this country's future and that's who we represent. we represent a chance to reverse the madness that we have seen in this country to reverse the

decline of this country and this country a new birth of freedom and a restoration of sanity. [applause] we have our marching orders. our marching orders are to do all we canú@ to preserve what george washington called the sacred fire of liberty. the same fire that burned in philadelphia in 1776 when our founding fathers signed the declaration of independence. the same sacred fire of liberty that burned in the cemetery at gettysburg when our f abraham lincoln led our nation to a new birth of freedom the same sacred fire of liberty that was on the beaches of normandy in 1944 when our band of brothers brothers stormed though sure is to help free the world. the same sacred fire of liberty thatall in 1987 when ronald reagan stood there and said this is our responsibility to carry this torch and to preserve the sacred fire of liberty. don't run away from this

responsibility. we w [cheers and applause] >> again although speech is available on our web site and information about those events that will take place in new hampshire now that former president trump expected at 5:00 today for rally in new hamp.vernor haley former governor haley will be in new hampshire in bretton woods at 6:00 if you want to catch those and find out more information about those events as it becomes the focus of the nominating process. go to our web site at -- our web site at c-span.org and when it comes to the former president before he writes in iowa one of the things we'll be doing today is to be back in court. this will be from the "associated press" is expected in court to face another legal challenge to determine how much more he owes to e. jean carroll for denying he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and accusing her of lying about the

claim today at a federal court the afternoon. it wasn't me that a different jury awarded carol after claiming trump abused her in a department store in the spring of 1996 and -- revealed publicly ink the memoir she had proven that trump and occurred by an issue that wasn't decided and trump owed for comments he made about carol westview is still president. again that's part of the process that plays out after nominating contest began state-by-state with iowa finishing up yesterday. philadelphia pennsylvaniaerday. >> very good thinking for taking my the results yesterday were to will prevail as the republican without a doubt. it's evident. he's so strong going forward on the issues of the border the economy.

when he was in office we didn't have those problems. joe biden comes and the economy that of control homelessness and gas prices in crime. it's your grandchildren and children that will be affectedlarify you are calling under democrats line in your support donald trump? >> trump. we made a mistake and i'm not going to say the election was rigged and i'm not one of those people. i'm just saying you had to realize you ma m half to believe that it's going to be great for country. this country isn't not the democratic party her parents once belonged to but it's sad because mr. graham: i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. the presiding offi without south carolina. mr. graham: thank yopresident. i want to speak a few minutes on the -- before the senate senate resolution 504 will be taken up in about an hour or sohis resolution basically requires that the

secretary of state send a report to the phone committee regarding human rights practices and violations against the state of israel regarding their operations in gaza. can only image how -- imagine how this is middle east i can imagine the joy that terrorist groups throughout the world have that we're even talking about such a proposal. the question i think for me what was october 7? was it just a continuation of a tit for tat by hamas or was it an effort to kill innocent civiate we haven't seen since the holocaust. i just got back. i would urge everybody in the body to go over there and take sotomayor time to -- and take some time to visit the kibbutz. the kibbutz is in

hamas took over kibbutzes, slaughtered people in the front of their parents and children committed atrocities on par with thenazis, if not beyond and recorded them. so the response is the united states senate is going to ask for a report about how israel is conducting military operations. wow. again, to the terrorists who are emboldened maybe by this discussion this is going to go down in flames. the senate is going to reject this big time. and here's why. i think most people at least on my side see october pearl harbor on steroids. what would happen after pearl harbor some senatorething like

this to america? did anybody in america believe that the response after pearl harbor was anything but total war? the japanese empire and the nazi in league with muse leany -- with musaleni and italy to destroy it. the actions of pearl harbor in december of 1941 awakened this country and we0c on a crusade that president eisenhower described in destroying the nazi regime and emrepeal japan. repeal japan. nobody -- imperial japan. nobody during those times would have thought anything like this because the only way to destroy these regimes is to destroy the

infrastructure around the regimes. the problem i have with this empower the the most tone-deaf thing in the history of the senate is it ignores the fact that hamas has tunnels under hospitals, under schools, they usens as human shields. they routinely violate the law of war, and there's nothing in here about i can say is that the senate will reject this idea. left what are you thinking? to the people who try to interrupt cancer treatments in new york at a cancer hospital what are you thinking? a cease-fire with hamas only allows hamas to regroup. do you not for who it is? it is a terrorist organization. it's religious nazis. they're not taking up the cause

of the palestinian people. they're abusing the people probably greater than anybody. a hamas spokesperson said a few weeks ago, there will be another october 7 and another october 7, and another october 7. probably the biggest mistake israel made was withdrawal from gaza because that's when hamas taxes over. so we're dealing with the most barbaric organizations in the history of the world who are nt on destroying the jewish people who are calling for attacks on the united states and we have aol front of us asking the secretary of state to investigate the government of israel for war crimes. you talk about upside down and just having been back from israel i can assure you idf is spending more time trying to

protect innocent palestinians than hamas. what's odd about this whole thing is is doing everything they can to expose military action and israel is trying i think in a reasonable way, to lessen the exposure. what do you call people that build tunnels under hospitals and hav infrastructure under a hospital? do you -- you call them blood-thirsty terrorists who are trying to prey on the rules that under the war of law. by being underneath schools and firing rockets from apartment buildings, they have militarized those locations. here is what i would tell our in israel. this effort to have you inve united states senate. keep doing what you need do to

make sure there's no more october 7's. make sure that hamas as we know is destroyed. do the best you can to protect civilians who are in rm's way. a little bit about gaza. from the time you're born you're taught to kill the most radicalized population on the planet is gaza be the west bank. when germany and japan were destroyed by military force, it took a generation to change the cultureure. so the prime minister of israel says his goal is to d the way you demilitarize is destroy hamas as a military power. they have i think 32 brigades. if we end this with their military capability still standing we'll have m mistake. the idea of anything but

unconditional surrender in world war ii was laughable. we used two nuclear bombs, and to get japan to surrender. so when you look back in history, the that was being planned could have resulted in up to one million casualties of american forces. we brought that war to conclusion by using two atomic bombs that eventually allowed unconditional anything less than unconditional surrender in world war ii would have been a mistake. anything short of destroying hamas militarily would be a ages. if hamas is still standingttack of october 7, we will all pay a heavy price. the world is watching. to the world -- if you see israel as the bad guy he you're missing a lot. there is no moral in

play. hamas goes out of its way to make sure civilians are killed in large numbers. that's part of their strategy is to requireael to use military force in a way to heighten the likelihood of death by integrating their military infrastructure with civilian infrastructure. so we'll have a vote here soon. this resolution will but the idea behind this resolution is scary t me. you need to go to israel and get briefed about what happened on october 7. what happened to the women what happened to the children and what'sstag go and have that briefing the only response -- and if you believe anything less than total war to destroy hamas is required i'd be surprised. what would to us? what would we do to

terrorist group or government that brought about such atrocities against the american people? we would hunt them down we would make sure they could never do thiagain. that's exactly what israel has to do. it will be a long time before the populations of gaza and the west bank are going to be capable, i living in true peace with israel because i time you're life to hate somebody to learn math by the following, if you had ten jews and you kill six, how many would you have left? it's going to be a tall ordero that population. but here's the good news. we've seen from germany and japan it can change. it's going to take a lot of effort. i am willing to help the people and the west ban and gaza wants once hamas has been destroyed. hopeful we can do a deal with saudi arabia and israel

normalizing and effectively end to the arab-israeli conflict. i believe iran is the root of all evil here and this attack was partly due to stop the normalization eorts saudi arabia and israel which i've been supporting t effortsofiden administration and i want to publicly thank them for continuing to push. i will do all i can as a republican to help president biden bring about normalization . that would isolate iran. it would effectively end the arab-israeli conflict and one of the benefits of that deal would be to give the palestinian people a better future. but this resolution is notf base it's dangerous. it's doing harm. it sends absolutely the wrong signal at the the people who believe this is a good idea for the united states to launch an investigation of israel as a after october 7, you have learned very

little from/z history. the proper response by israel is to destroy hamas. the problem israel has in that task is hamas is trying to make suresrael kills as many innocent people as possible. therein lies thedilemma. so this is a horribly bad idea and to the american people put yourself in the shoes of israel. an attack bare -- barbaric in nature that's designed to destroy you, hamas' goal is not to liberate the palestinian people. it's to kill the jews. hamas 'em' -- hamas' goal is n for the palestinian people but to destroy the lives of the jewish people. they are religious nazis. if you don't believe me listen to them. they will not hide their agenda. they celebrate it

dss tried to hide their war crimes. they tried to rebury bodies and destroy the concentration camps but they were unable to hide their crimes. hamas filmed their crimes. they you to see what they were willing to do to babies to women. and the question for the world is what is the right response? the right response ladies and gentlemen, is when you see evilront it. when you deal with people who are willing to destroy children rape daughters in front of the mother and father you need tothem. so not only will this resolutionfail i believe the united states senate will ensure that israel has the lat tutd it -- latitude it needs to destroy not

only an enemy of the israeli people ha of mankind itself. so i look forward voting this resolution down and i will be coming up with one of my own to try to correct the record. with that i yield ande of a quorum. the presiding officer:. the clerk: will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

the government will rent out a funding genuine 19th just to be days away so today the senate will take the first boat to move foard clean cr and put the senate on a path togood faith i'm hopeful we can wrap up work on the cr no later than thursday. the key to finishing our work this week with bipartisan corporation. you can paswithout support from republicans and democrats both in the house and the senate. and passing a clean see her this week is important for two main reasons. first, passing the cr will avert a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown. side democrat or republican wants a government shutdown. both sides recognize the government shutdown would be crushing delays to veterans programs new church in pgrams for women infants and children delay benefits for military and

second passing the cr will give our appropriators time to finish drafting all 12 bills to reflect our bipartisan agreement or congressional leaders have already agre number that will protect critical priorities like housingns benefits health care nutrition programs and more. we want to move forward as quickly as we can to turn this toplinnumber into legislation that everyone knows we need more while most democrats and republicans want to avoid a shutdown a of far right extremists seem dead set on making to shut down a reality with little leverage to actually enact their agenda. these extremists have tried again and again to bully the speaker, bully their own republican colleagues in bully the country into accepting their hard rightiews. that said, the only tactic the hard right has in the playbook is to bully everyone else into submission. just like donald trump does. the reason is simple to most

senators and most congressman democrat and republican do not accept that their draconian cuts will be good for america so the only thing they can do is bully who they can't win over people by argument so bullying seems to be there way to go. even now the hard right amazingly is demanding that the speaker walk away from agreement that the four corners made on the appropriations topline. that's simply that even many republicans recognize and it goes to show you how unserious and how hard work. if the hard right's tactics in the house h thing it's a bullying almost never works and it ain't working for them. bullying didn't work during previous shutdownertainly not going to work now. i don't think both sides canith the cr quickly to prevent a government shutdown before the friday deadline. >> on an entirely different

matter the house and senate negotiators worked hard to reach an agreement on the current fiscal year. work continues to deliver full-year appropriations through regular order. shutting down the government in being part of it would interrupt thiss. that's why today the senate will begin the process of passing a short-term extension for government funding to allow this work to i'm grateful that the speaker of the house was able to serious rollbacks on spending, but it remains to be seen by the joe biden of can get serious on its responsibilities to provide for the common defense. president has turned in budget request with real dollar cuts to funding america's armed forces.

even a quick glance around the world shows how little we can afford to shortchange the men and women passed with defending the united states and our interests. we need to take this responsibility seriously. 51% going for donald trump making him the winner of the iowa caucuses, the republican caucuses in t polling put into their place particular the iowa poll you saw or heard about from "the des moines register," .2% of votes going to him and nikki haley gaining 19.1% of votes from yesterday.

coming in fourth at 7.7% vivek ramaswamy announcing yesterday wing his campaign, his presidential campaign and putting hisarow trump. the end result of the contest yesterday. there were entrance polls going into yesterday'soing into where they would go as far as who they would vote for an bracket down by various categories this from the "washington post." when it comes to gender it was 49% of men and 53% of women in yesterday's contes their support for former president trump versus2x 21% of men for desantis and 22% of women for him. 19% of men say they would vote for nikki haley going into the caucuses yesterday. 20% from women. when it comes to agen a 17-20

category representing 9% of overall voters 22% of those categories in that age put their boat for former president donald trump. desantis, 25% for nikki haley and 21% for vivek rama go up the support for the former president in at 45 to 64 category, their support to former president trump 55 and over, 58% giving support to the education levels again these are going into the caucuses yesterday people registering their comments and where they would cast their votes also when asked about education 57% with some college or l put their support for former president donald trump and 87% who hold college degrees for the former presence of that separate him from yesterday we will show you more as the morning comes along can send your thoughts about the caucuses yesterday

what you think about the results and what you think it means as we go to new hampshire and other states as the nominating process begins (202)748-8000 for democrats 2-027-488-0014 republicans (202)748-8002 for independents. you can post on facebook and -- on thursday after the iowa caucuses talking about those results in georgia this is alice on the democrats line, alice good morning but you are first up and what did you think of yesterday's results? >> i think it was ludicrous. one of the reasons i say this is because i was listening to former president trump donald trump and i was listening to him. some of the things that he outrageous licuini said mexico was going to pay for the wall. did they do that? no. they are going to pay for a

wall. someone needs to tell these people that it's raining outside and they are looking out the window and they know it's sunshine and they are stillbelieving because trump said it. on question and let me ask you one thing sir, one thing. let me ask one question, what will they say if president obama had all these crimes and a the stuff happening against him? >> let's go to joe in georgia republican line about the results of the caucuses yesterday. go ahead. >> i'm so fired up. i think we wil best economy the best stock market in history but i think trump is the best leader in is going to be the biggest landslide page or you've ever seen.

i'm soed up and telling everybody i know to vote for donald trump. he's the best present for t stock market and economy. pedro he's a superstar. we have got to get him elected and he will be elected in -- >> that's a victory in one state. what makes you t will propel him into other states without support? what makes you think he will continue? >> pedro i'm getting people from all over the country saying joe we support donald trump 100%. i'll tell you what pedro the -- a businessman and he knows how to run the economy more than anybody. i think the stark -- stock market will break every record. >> one thing to factor into yesterday's results is how many out to participate in the iowa caucuses "the wall street journal" picked "wall street journal" picked up his points in the caucuses were a

4% of the approximately 752,000 register republicans that showed up in the subzero temperatus and an estate that donald trump was highly expected to wind up by historical standards i was much watched caucuses didn't draw much participation. in thet in 216,187,000 people cast ballots a record high and 29% of register almo out in 2008 according to the "associated press." again you can factor that in as the results came in and again we showed you ath former president trump getting 51% of those votes from those in iowa participating in the caucuses yesterday. 21.2% for ron desantis 19.1% for nikki haley and the results of yesterd ames, iowa on the democrats we hear from joe trade show,

hello go ahead. >> hey top of the morning to you. m iowa these evangelicals in iowa. years ago i was invited to go to an evangelical church in north dakota and the person at invited me saying i'd experience things that i'd never experienced before in a week or so later afterir eyes saw a double. these people are the. they just proved it by voting for the antichrist donald trump. >> that's joan ames iowa and the "washington pt"t white white evangelical who participated yesterday. 53% of those in that category giving their support to the former president and when it comes to 27% support for ron desantis and 13% support for nikki category of religious people and all that there's 49% giving their support to former president trump. you can factor that in to the

discussion. yesterday that's just on some of the breakdowns of those people heading to the iowa caucuses and i want to hear your thoughts fromay (202)748-8000 fo democrats 202748800014 republicans. jim in beverly hills you are up on yesterday's caucuses in iowa. go ahead. >> yes, thank you. -watching this "washington journal" for decades and i think you do an incredible job and my friends in iowa are terrified back this extreme polarity that's going on in this country and the possibility that trump will get back in office so i just wanted to say that i think you again for the tremendous job that you do. >> is where's you concerned it's only one state that started the nominating process yesterday. do you think theformer president will continue? >> yeah i do although i'm not

knowledgeable state-by-state but it's very very worrisome. jim in beverly hills. let's hear from former president trump yesterday thanking his supporters and you can find the complete speech on line at c-span.org and these phone -- c-span now. >> that the safest port in history and the greatest economy in our history ande had a great nation three years ago and now we are a nation in decline.d it will happen so fast we will drill and we will have great wealth and we will drill and use the money to lower your taxes even further. we gave you the biggest tax c and we will pay off the national debt. it's about time. [applause] >> it's about time. it's now up to new hampshire a great place. we won it last time and both times and we love it or are great but you know the truth as the people in our country are all

great. they only want to see one thing. they want their country to come back. they are embarrassed by what's goingn. our country is left out at all over the world they are laughing at us and we our country they want us to be great again. it's very simple. maga, make america great again. and america first america first is a very important part of it. [applause] [chanting] we are going to put america person we are going to make america great again. iowa we love you. you just out and buy larger tractors and more land. don't worry about it.gc and to all the people standing behind me and all the people in this room so many great politicians and great dignitaries and friends i just want to thank you will. this is a very special night. this is the first because the

big night is going to be in november. when we take back our country. truly we will make our country great again. thank you very much everybody. great honor thank you verych. the former president's speech governor desantis speech and nikki haley speech and vivek ramaswamy pulling out the race and his speech as well available on our web site at c-span.org and you can see the speeches on our app at c-span now. overall part ofults of yesterday's iowa caucuses where asking you to tell us your thoughts going out of iowa as the kontos heads to new hampshire and beyond. we will hear from juanita next 10 alabama republican line on the results of yesterday. hello juanita. >> at morning. thank you for taking my call and i appreciate what you i am thrilled that donald trump was the winner and second of all i need desperately to make a comment about the guy that called and about evangelicals.

i think he doesn't understand what that means. he is treading very close to blasphemy because i am the church of. i believe and i do believe in the way we worship. we do not ever repeat do not worship the and he is treading on veryose kinds of comments. >> call or let me ask you this given your experience and what you said about your religious beliefs we get calls on the time saying how can religious people vote for the former president what would your answer be? >> my answer is p. stands for no abortion unlesthe mother. okay we do not believe in abortion. says it's, it's murder. he stands for america first. he may not be a churchgoer or

so-called c but. he is chi are. i don't like some of the things that come out of his but we for that man. we for that man every sunday we for him. we for everyone in their leadership. we for the senate and we for the whole system. >> that's in alabama and by the way the pulse of the "washingtonn highlighting one of the questions that was asked was which of the four issues matter support today and these were entrance polls from yesterday 52% of of those who voted for president from saint economy topped that issue that they their t t issue coming in second only to immigration at 4% issue in 25% saying abortion was their top issue in voting for the former president and the issues of

foreign-policy 36% those registering. at the "washington post" based on those entrance polls leading up t caucuses yester democrats line. good morning go ahead. >> pedro. you you do a great job there.e away were 110,000 voters, less 110,0 votes to win and it's not going to happen. there will be such a turnt. this is like almost for the presidential hopefuls of the republican party is not the whole republican party itself. there will be such a turnout to and this just shows it right here that in t there were who came out to vote. >> are you only talking about the general election or other states picking republicans in the former president as their top choice?

>> well if they do keep this trump steamroller going t a turnout just like the last time. we had 67% of the possible electorate like a record come out last time and i believe there were not some votes counted and i believe biden won by 10 million. "/all theing was done by the trump people and all the -- was done by trump people. then they added recount he lost by more60 and the people voting for their dead parents in pennsylvania and i believe even more in north carolina for all trump voters. that drawer in north carolina and let's hear from washington statelican line we will hear from doug. go ahead. >> good mor hey what i think happened was all the democrat voters that were supposed to sign up for the day for nikki haley and to

render for donald trump i think at the last minute theyn't want biden again and they went for trump. secondly the last caller i'm glad to hear that democrats actually say there was broad and last election. i'm glad to hear that. >> when itpated yesterday "the wall street journal" picks up their process when it comes to iowa saying as republican presidential hopeful the head of the leadoff caucuses democrats were coming to terms with their new normal. the party last year stripped iowa patrol hosting leadoff caucuses that for five decades had given t the national stage to lavish attention on voters and local politicians to on this piece pc goes on to say i would democrats conducted party business unrelated to presidential prospects in calendar will start on february 23 after an unsanctioned democratic primary in new hampshire on january 23

under the new iowa process. will caucus by mail and the results will be released march 5. that's how democrats persisted republicans largely in places made their votes cast in you saw the result from yesterday. we have shown you throughout the morning 51% going to former president donald trump. let's hear from her independent line in new jersey. hello. >> hey hey ed o'donnell my friend mary mcgrory of the washington journalist years ago said new hampshire voters love to mischief. anything can happen in new hampshire. the congressman from minnesota can defeat biden and haley and desantis can win and if they don't make utheir minds until the last minute anything can happen. i ran for 38 years as a third-party candidate. anything can happen.

>> okay. the courier north carolina same nikki haley iowa directly in new hampshire for a rally governor ronsa greenville, southarolina this -- and looking to claim -- claim some of limelight before he appears in late afternoon in new hampshire longtime donald trump supporter u.s. senator called the race to be done deal after trump's overwhelming first-place win and in the iowa gop caucus quote it's clear to me now more than ever that trump will be the republican nominee and will eventually be the 47th president of the united states use of social adding the republican party is fortunate to have so many good candidates forsm is primary is over looking forward to see president trump and south carolina. again reaction as well. such as from darryl and george line. >> yes, the white e

church nowadays ain't nothing but a meeting ground for the. >> what do you think about the results of yesterday specifically? >> it was just a farce. you look at this thing. >> hold on he said it was a farce. what do you mean by that? >> these want nothing but for this country to become white again all the way white and that's why i'm glad they got a low turnout. my thing is why? only six electoral college is in iowa. >> actually think there's 20. go ahead. >> no it's not 20 but i looked it up pedro. only 20 electoral college votes in only six elect for a college votes in the state of we only have 3 million people in whole the whole state pedro. how could it be 20?

>> okay. let's go to david in north carolina on the republican line. >> hey i'm so glad to hear that trump one this and trump i guarantee [inaudible] >> according to the "associated press" when it comes to the votes of delegates to the nominate convention donald trump getting 20 delegates and ron desantis gaining eight delegates from the nominating convention nikki haley getting seven delegates out vivek ramaswamy getting three delegates there. i would does have six votese caller said my dad my mistake. the caller was correct. those results and like the previous caller talked and your thoughts

known at 202-748-8000 for democrats 202-748-8001 for republicans and independents 202-748-8002. theresa in texas on the republican line you are next up with the results from yesterday. hello. >> hello. i'm happy that donald trump one. our founding fathers went to great lengths to ensure that we were a republican that is democracy. i'm just happy that he won. continue as we go state-by-state? >> absolutely doubt. >> ways that? >> we need him back in office. he was a strong president and he will continue what he started back when he won in 2016. s theresa mail in jamestown new york on the independent line hi. >> hello pedro. i'm about ready to become a republican if ron desantis stays in the race. i am impressed with him does.

florida is in great shape. i appreciate how he will handle the issue of closing down the border. actually i feel like he would do better than donald trump. i will vote for donald trump. still ron desantis i feel is the kind of conservative we need when it comes to spending as well as taxes. it really frustrated me to hear donald trump attack ron desantis because of ron desantis' position on taxation whereby he would get rid of the irs and replace it with a national sales tax which makes a lot more >> in new york male giving us his thoughts and let's hear from governor desantis from iowa yesterday. here he is speaking about that position.

>> they threw everything but the kitchen sink at us. they have almost $50 million attacking us. no one spendsowa. the media was against us and they were riding our own obituary months ago. they even called the election before people got a chance to vote. but they were just so excited about the fact that they were predictingt be able to get her ticket punched her in iowa but i can tell you because of your support in spite of all of that they threw at us everyone against us, we got our out of iowa. [applause] [cheers and applause] and what i learned by going around iowa is that this country has a basic decency.rking people,

fearing and patriotic people. you just don't see it every day gets out there by the media by social media and all this other stuff. people want to have hope for this country's future and that's what we represent. we represent a chance to reverse the madness that we have seen in country to reverse the decline of this country and to give ts country a new birth of freedom and the restoration of sanity. that's who we are going to do. [applause] we have our marching orders. our marching orders are to do all we can to preserve what george washington called the sacred fire of liberty. the same fire that burned in philadelphia in 1776 when ourof independence. the same sacred fire of liberty. burned the cemetery in gettysburg when our first republican president abraham lincoln pledged our nation to a new birth of freedom. the same sacred fire of liberty

that was on the beaches of normandy i our band of brothers stormed the shores and helped free the world. the samere of liberty that was at the berlin wall in 1987 when ronald reagan stood there and said mr. gorbachev tear down this wall. this is our responsibilityorch and to preserve the sacred fire of liberty. don't run away from this responsibility. we welcome this responsibility. [applause] >> again although speech is available at our web site and all the information about those even is over over president trump expected at 5:00 today for a rally in new hampshire. governor haley former governor haley will be in new hampshire at bretton woods at 6:00. if you want to catch those and find out more permission about those events as new hampshire becomes the focus of the nominating process. go to our web site and stay

close to that at c-span.org. when it comes to the former president iowa one of the things he will be doing today is to be back in court. this will be, this is from the "associated press" is expected in court for another legal challenge and how much more he owes to writer e. jean carroll for he he sexually assaulted her and accusing her of lying about the claims beginning a federal court in manhattan in opening arguments could take place by the afternoon. it was inawarded carol $5 billion after saying that donald trump raped current defamed her in 2020 claimed she made it up after she a publicly that she had proven that trump my current one issue that wasn't decided with comments -- determining the dollar amount will be the new jury's job. again that's part of the process that plays out as the nominating

contest began state-by-state as iowa finished up yesterday. philadelphia pennsylvania on the democrats lined perry talking about the results from yesterday. perry, go ahead. >> very good and thank you for taking my call.terday were to be expected. i firmly believe mr. trump will prevail as the republican without a doubt. he's so strong going forward the border the economy hom gas prices. when he was in office wouldn't have those problems. joe biden comes along and economies have control homelessness gas prices and realize it's your grandchildren and her children. >> just to clarify you were calling in on the democrats lined in your supporting donald trump? >> democrats for donald trump. we made a mistake. i'm not going to say the election was rigged and i'm not one of those people. i'm saying you had to

realize you made a mistake and you have it's going to be great for the country and this country is notem parents once belonged to. it's sad because they are going too far to the left. the schools are starting to. >> for the matter at hand you're saying should it come down to the cnt president or the former president you'll vote for the former president? >> without a dou and i will call democrats and pennsylvania who are going that route. the polls in pennsylvania are going to donald trump saver. >> lauren and ohio republican line hello. >> hi pedro. i called on independent line. no big deal. finnegan is a big deal because we have people that call in on the line that best represents them so i invite you to call back and try to get back in on independent line. that m at home democrats

202-748-8000 and republicans 202-748-8001 and independent 202-748-8002. pick a line that best represents you to make your voice heard in ohio on the democrat line this is joe when you are up next. >> good morning pedro. i'm sorry who is he competing against, trump?to this guy. who -- there's no competition. there's no conversation being had. if you agree with him and going to bat for him. >> even if there are two republican candidates who opposed him? >> that's what i'm saying but he's a republican and they bow down to trump on issues. christie was the only one that said hey wait a minute here at the sky is as good as you thought he was. as a matter of fact he is pretty

terrible as president. also ethicallyrom being right, okay? and this idea that we'd can communicate like i'm going to do this and i'm going to do this all by itself in a vacuum it's we can have conversations about presidential orders but it's not reality pfleiderer ship getting things done in the united states. >> do you think the former president is a threat to the current president? >> no. no i don't.e only thing killing biden is his age at this point in time. i think a lot of democrats are like wow these 81 years old. if you look at trump at 79 not in great shape eitheres as well going forward. it would be great to have someone of youth and some better

priorities i think for the united states of ameri. >> joeif you go to the page or find it on line on their web site they give the results of a hypothetical matchup between current president joe biden former president donald trump. just published two hours ago saying it's president biden trailing former president trump in a head-to-head rematch in and a poll of registered voters that shows the republicans with 45% to 37% lead over democratic incumbents in the poll showed 20% of georgians from iowa from president trump's dominant ng cycle of 2024 election cycle. this during adding mr. biden was hurt on soft support on democratic and many were crucial to his 2020 victory over camp in georgia including 10% of black voters who say they don't plan

to vote in the white house race at all that some of the results from that hypothetical poll pay area taking a look at the matchup between the former and current present at the "atlanta journal-constitution." bernie, bernie and new york democrats lined the results of the iowa caucuses good morning go ahead. >> good morning.donald trump -- he got 50% of the vote in the primary. that means 40% of this party doesn't want him to be president or a 40% don't want him. they voted for someone else. if he was -- he would have gotten one of%. what joe biden had to do is dye

his hair blonde. how many people at 70 years had their hair their original hair is blonde or whatever. >> that's bernie and new york 51% according to the polling of all 99 counties from yesterday. those are the breakdowns that only five percentages by the number of votes by the candidates involved. lawrence is up next. go ahead. to say it's very clear donald trump is the republican nominee. that train ain't going to stop. you can't stop it in south carolina and he can't new hampshire. at this point in time th3( republicans coalesce around a particular candidate. i'm an independent. the general election says it's going to be donald trump and good right now with

the hamas and israeli conflict in the ukraine conflict. it's a bad recipe for biden to win this election with donald trump. >> as an independent how do you go about choosing candidates you support? this usually i wait until election day and i gather all the evidence i can particularly towards the presidential race is last two cycles i wait until election night because q frankly i'm not sure who i'm going to vote for predicted the bird donald trump at 2016 in voted for biden in 2020. i'm looking at trump gettingt so the way the country setting up and who will be the best leader for the moment in time that's going on and to me it looks like donald trump. >> lauren sankey for calling back on the right line. do appreciate the effort you made. >> basically it was the wrong

>> for calling. this is donald i the republican line you are next up. >> hello pedro. can you hear me okay? >> you are on, go ahead. >> i was early on going to vote for ronu desantis. i guess it was in missouri telling us he was opposed to social security. i'm on social security and i only make $18,000 a year. i'm 68.y doesn't get enough information regarding the candidates. the system needs to be changed. in order to run when need to about where they stand on all the issues. i was for ron destis until the trump us and these people who say they tried for a flat tax that's the most

regressive thing that possibly could happen. there's a lot of baby bombe d social security and we cannot be doing a flat tax. biden already has the inflation up where people can afford to buy at the store. i want to tell my ll they call in maybe our baby boomer fathers and mothers were a bit righteous but all that went away and we are not white supremacists and not putting you back into. >> that's donald in missouri in the previous lawrence had mentioned the 2016. one of the analysis done by the "washington post" was taking a look at the pocket of support for ted cruz one and 2016 when he ran the iowa caucuses and people look at where the pockets led to his or her support for

donald trump. they add mr. trump captured about 70% cruz is voting bloc which is dominated by evangelicals and conservatives back in 2016. he also lost little support from 2016 to two other candidates including marco rubio and other candidates who support goes for donald trump that 51% level of support that we saw last night from last night's again that's just some of the comparisons that is being done in people taking a look at the polls and especially entrance polls with people going in before they make their final decision to the "washington post" highlighting couple of questions from those pls. some of those questions if donald trump were to be convicted of a crime which you consider him to be present for the iowa to wait yesterday 72% of those who supported mr. trump is considered to be fit in only 10% say no.

also they are being asked to consider yourself part of the maga movement and 78% of those supporting president tom said yes to that question and 25% saying no.tony. tony and arizona on the democrats lined. >> hi. thank you pedro. pedro like to just say something to you and your team because you are great. for you i'm going to say pedro i believe everything you tell me. i don't believe anything you don't tell me. i think that's where we are right now. politicians. those who have that belief that they will believe anything you tell them and if you don't tell them something whatever anyone else tells you if you don'tlieve them because you only

want to hear it from the person you believe. so when we look back and we have an individual who is president of our nation and he would not stay in washington d.c. to see his successor step up and take of leadership of our nation how can you ask so that individual to take over our nation's leadership again? >> that's tony and arizona thanks for the call. we're in a quorum call. mr. sanders: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: under section 502-b, i move to discharge the committee on further consideration of 504. madam president -- the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. mr. sanders: i ask unanimous

consent -- the clerk: motion to discharge s. res. 504, resolution requesting information on israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502-bc of the foreign assistance act of the 1961 from the committee on foreign relations. mr. sanders:nsent that the following senators be permitted to speak prior to the vote -- senator sanders for up to 25 minutes, senator merkley up to five minutes senator cardin up to five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. thank you, madam president. let me apologize to my colleagues for beginning rate. turns o not a great day to travel by plane, and i thank the leadership for delaying the vote as well.president, we will soon be voting requesting information on israel's human rights practices under section 502-bc of the

foreign assistance act. there has been some confusion as to what this resolution does and does not do. so i'd like to say a few words about why it is this resolution come to the floor, why it's imperative that this resolution be passed imperative that we have thi recorded vote and why congress must have the information requested in this resolution. madam president, very sensibly the foreign assistance act ofended requires that any security assistance or military equipment provided by to any country must be used in line with internationally recognized human rights. this is not a radical idea and something i hope that we all agree with.

this act prints assistance -- prohibits assistance to any government that engages in a consistent pattern of human rights violation. this is established over 50 years ago, not a new idea. the act also provides congress with several oversight tools to ensure that this law is followed. one such tool is sectionñ which allows congress to direct the state department to provide information on record of any country -- any country -- receiving u.s. military assistance. madam president, that is what this resolution does in line wi6?ld existing law. it directs the state department to provide any credible information it may have on potential violations of internationally recognized human rights by israeln milit

gaza a it focuses on the right to lightest denied by indiscriminate or disproportionate military operations as well as by restrictions on humanitarian access. it also asks for information on steps the u.s. has taken to limit civilian risk in this war, a certification that the leahy laws are being a summary of the arms and munitions israel since october 7. this is a simple request for information. that is all this resolution is about. it does not alter aid to israel in any way. it simply requests a report on how u.s. aid is being used. this is a very modest,

commonsense proposal and it is frankly hard for me to understand why anyone would oppose it. so mr. president, we will sbe voting on a very simple question -- do we support asking the state department for information on whether human rights violations may have occurred using u.s. as israel's military campaign? that's it. that's what this resolution is about. it is noncontroversial and it passed in large numbers.

this is not the case have the information. the state department will a report the information requested in this resolution is straightforward -- to provide not hard for the state department, and it's critical to congressional oversight. the state department should have it readily available as required under current u.s. law and policy. further, in the highly unlike lay event the 30-day deadline is not met by the state department the law allows congress to pass a measure continuing aid. after the report is received congress may then consider any chan necessary to secure the assistance to the country in question. any such resolution must pass both houses of congress and be president. but, again, what we are voting on today is simply a request for information. and, mr. president, let me say a few words as to why this

resolution is necessary. and these rather horrific photographs behind me i think say it all. first, it is necessary the scale of destruction in gaza the indiscriminate nature of the military campaign the humanitarian catastrophe that is now occuits on humanitarian access -- food, medical supplies, and fuel. second because of the extensive use of u.s. weapons in attacks that have thousands of civilians. much of the destruction in gaza has been done with u.s. weapons. and, thirdly, i am concerned about the implications that some of the very extreme statements and unclear intentionsf the netanyahu

government. mr. president, it has been more than 100 days since this war hamas terrorist attack which killed 1,men, 200me innoct children in israel and which took more than 200 hostages, over 100 of whom are still cruelly being held inf and while there is no question in my mind thatsrael has the right to defend itself and go to war against hamas, who started this terrible situation israel does not have the right to go to war against the entire palestinian people and end innocent men, women, and children in gaza. and tragically that is what we are seeing right now. as we all the right-wing netanyahu government

has led to massive destruction and widespread civilian harm. this has been far and away the most incentive bombing -- intensive bombing campaign of the 21st century. an repeatedly and the press and human rights monitors have ex-haustively documented this bombardment has been largely indiscriminate. mr. president, the results bombing has been catastrophic and i underline the word catastrophic. since october 7, the start war over 24,000 palestinians have been killed by israeli bombs, and over 60,000 have been injured and wounded.

and, mr. president 70% of these and children. and it is believed that thousands more victims lie under the rubble of buildings in gaza. since the beginning of this war 1.9 million palestinian men, women, and child have been driven from their h 85% -- 85% of the total population of gaza has been forced out of their homes. where are they going? they've been driven here they've been driven there, they do not even know today whether they are ever going able to to return to their homes. these are impoverished people who have no idea as tr future is or will be. despite the sharing of

coordinates with israeli forces 40)u united nations facilitie sustained direct hits 61 u.n. installations have suffered collateral damage and 150 u.n. workers have been killed. 150 u.n. workers have been killed. mr. president, the united nations reports that 234,000 housing units have been damaged, and more than 46,000 homes completely destroyed in gaza amounting to nearly 70 -- 70% -- of the housing stock, agure confirmed by academic analysis of satellite, radar -- satellite radar data. that means -- and this is a rather incredible reality. that means that the destruction of gaza after 100 days has surpassed the destruction of dresden during world war ii

where half the homes in that city were destroyed. and it is beyond the damage in dozens of other german cities subjected to years of bombing during world war ii today, mr. president not only are the vast majority of people in gaza homeless but they lack food water, medical supplies, and fuel.ent u.n. report indicates that half of the population of about 2.2 million people are at risk of starvation and 90% say they regularly go withoay. parentses there go out of their way to make sure t the chief economist at the world food programme said that the humanitarian disaster in gaza was among the worst he had ever seen. aid groups say that in the

coming population of gaza could face famine. mr. president, let us be clear. the reason as to why this resolution must be passed today is that right now -- right now as we speak -- hundreds of thousands of cldren in children, are starving right before our eyes. we cannot turn away. we must act. tragically despite the efforts of the u.n. and others despite the growing humanitarian crisis we are seeing the situation has actually gotten worse i getting aid to the people in need to these children. aid groups say the humanitarian access actually deteriorated in

january trucks are crossing the border much too slowly much too few, but even these trucks can't go beyond the immediate border area because theen won't let them proceed in a way that is safe. that is the situation as it stands today. humanitarian workers who have spent decades serving in war this catastrophe goes beyond anything theyever seen. and, mr. president, let me repeat this is not some tragedy taking place in asia, africa -- god knows there are enough tragedies all over the world -- but this is a tragedy in which we the united states of

america, are complicit. much of what is happening, much of the bombardment and the other actions that we are seeing now, is right now with u.s. arms and equipment. in other words, whether we like it or not, the united states in the nightmare that millions of palestinians are now experiencing. mr. president "the wall street journal" reported on december 1 that the u.s. had provided at least 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells to israel including more than huge 2,000-pound bombs that can flatten entire neighborhoods. "the washington post" reported that in just six weeks after october israel dropped more than 22,000 american-supplied bombs on gaza. 22,000 bombs. cnn reported that nearly half of

these bombs were unguided so-called dumb bombs. so mr. president that is where we ourselves at this moment. 24,000 palestinians in gaza are dead. 70% of women and children -- 70% are women and children, and 60,000 have been wounded. 70% of the housing stock has been damaged or destroyed, and almost two million people are tryingve with inadequate supplies of food water, medicine, or fuel. and the humanitarian situation is getting worse by the minute. hundreds ofhousands of beautiful children are facing starvation. mr. president, given the scale of the destruction and the extensive american arms, military equipment in this

campaign congress must act. and that is why we must pass this 502b resolution. we must ensure that u.s. aid is being used in accordance with international rights and our own laws. mr. es this resolution is simply to request more information on a tragic situation that the american people care about. go back h colleagues -- red state, blue state, state. this issue, this suffering, is on the mind of the american people. and that's all this resolution does. now, a vote against this resolution which i have a hard time really understanding, it says quote, i don't want more information. i'm going to vote against this resolution. i don't want a report from the state department. i don't know i don't want to know how u.s. military aid in israel is being used. i don't wanto know what

responsibility the united states may have for this humanitarian disaster. i want to keep my head in the sand. i don't want to see what's going on. and, matter what your view on this terrible war may be you agree with me you don't agree with me we cannot bury our eyes in the sand. the truth is that since that terrible day on october 7, hamas attacked israel the senate has had little meaningfulte the horrific toll and the deep concerns of many americans. we have passed symbolic resolutions, but we have not considered a single measure that grapples with the unprecedented dest crisis use of american weapons in a military campaign that has left so many dead wounded, and displaced.

no matter vote i know that this will not be thend edebate. it is just the beginning. and finally, mr. president, i would like to say a word about this resolution's broader t we are focussing on israel as we should given the situation in gaza. but in general, what this provision does is extremely sensible. it demand accountability as to how u.s. military aid is used and whether the recipients of that aid abide by international law and our own human rights standards. this is true for israeludi arabia and for any country that receives u.s. military aid. frankly, i hope this vote is the first of many as we take a hard look at how our military aid therefore, mr. president, pursuant to 22usc-2304 in accordance with the provisions of section 601-b of

international security and arms export control act of 19 # 6, i move to discharge the committee on foreign relations -- relations of further consideration of s. res. solution requesting information on israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502bc of the foreign assistance act of 1961. the presiding officer: the senator's request is already penning. mr. sanders: i deserve the balance of my the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: on october 7 israel suffered ahamas. it echoed very much the impact that we felt here in america on 9/11 when we suffered a horrific terrorist attack and it connected ourrts to the hearts of israelis in a powerful way, and i completely

supported and support now the cause of israel to go after hamas to stop this terrorist threat. i support the grief they feel with the hostages who remain and their desire their tos free and i know that the u.s. has been incredibly working in partnership with israel toward thatjective. tonight we are further into that campaign and we have before us a request for a report from the administration through the exercise of502bc on any potential internationally recognized human rights that may have occurred in this conflict a request for a report that would be due in 30 days. and i'm here tonigting strongly israel's right to go after hamas, but also saying that we have a responsibility to ask hard questions about how a war is

conducted. everywhere and -- every war, human rights all around the wor and i cochair a commission that looks into china's abuses of human rights and all kinds of dimensions from tibet to the slavery of the uighur population. so why is this request this information important? there are t reasons, and they all relate to the validity of targeting hamas, but the invalidity potentialinvalidity of a strategy that also targets the palestinian people in gaza. and understanding this dimension, understanding it in terms of humanitarian aid, understanding it in terms of the huge toll on civilians that the bombingtaken, understanding

it in terms of the dimension of displacement where so many so many have been displaced, driven towards the south, crowded rafah along the border with egypt. i'm going to shortly address, briefly address each of those. i was one of the first members of this chamber to call for immediate cease-fire because of the enormous calamity that is occurring in gaza with the strategy that israel is using of mass bombing and artillery shells. one aspect of this isarian aid in to assist those civilians who have been so profoundly impacted. so earlier this month senator van hollen and i went to the rafah crossing on the border gaza.

we talked to the governments. we talked to the international aid workers that work through united nations, alphabet soup of organizations. we talked to the seasoned seasoned individuals who have worked in w conflict zones around this globe, and they all said that getti humanitarian aid in is extraordinarily difficult for two reasons, and the first of those reasons was it's very hard to get preclearance for the aid. trucks fdille medical supplies were lined up for miles in the desert granted entry into gaza. a truck driver can wait more than a week even when items are preapproved to get through the inspection. the inspection purpose of stopping dual-use items. that is legitimate. but if itak desperately needed that means people are greatly shorted food clean water, and medical

supplies. and even when inspected preclear they could be rejected and when an item is rejected the entire truck is rejected. and we saw a warehouse filled with rejected items including things like solar powers, refrigerators for medical uses and water decontamination supplies. then if trucks are cleared to get in it's very hard for them get in unless there's deconfliction. if there isn't deconfliction the drivers risk dying when a bomb or military shells drops in their paths. in fact so many aid workers have been killed and truck drivers have been killed. and we know that before the war, 500 trucks a day were able to get into gaza and now just last week it was less than an average of 150 trucks when people are absolutely desperate. so there is the possibility and u.s. working intensely with israel to

dramatically change the situation and get those trucks in to gaza. but there is also the value of having a report from our understanding to which degree they have already worked with israel -- i ask to complete the bal remarks. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. merkley: thank you. so second -- a senator: mr. president, can we have an estimate of how much longer you're going to be? mr. merkley: an estimate of five minutes. object to five minutes. mr. merkley: thank you. our government should work to solve this proshgs but we've been working to solve t. having a report analysis by our rn what degree these strategies of a dysfunctional and dysfunctional deconfliction process are a part of a deliberate strategy to create and intensify the shortage of food and water and medical assistance. the second concern is about the bombing and artillery shells which our president has

described indiscriminate campaign of bombing. we all understand we all understand that this terrible attack from hamas, that hamas is the enemy. but the palestis who live in gaza and are not part of hamas, they did not attack israel. they are not and, thus it's essential that netanyahu's war strategy targets against hamas targets hamas and not innocent palestinians. it's estimated that two-thirds of the people killed two-thirds killed have been women and children. that's some 8,000 children 8,000 women. it's a massive toll. so a report under 502bc would be valuable in understanding this strategy. and we are closely tied to it which is another reason we should want this information. we have supplied over 10,000 tons of military equipment since october 7. we've included 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells.

it would be useful to have our own government analyze this and understand why we are supplying the very weapons that our government has said israel should quit using and do a more targeted campaign. that's the goal of 502bc, to get a report to getan my third concern is the displacement. the widespread bombing has produced some 85% of the people displaced in gaza. a leaked intelligence ministry paper, israeli intelligence ministry paper shade there are options, and option c is a preferred option involving an air campaign in the north them into the sinai. that has a spooky similarity to the facts on the ground. and of course such a out by some ministers of the israeli government one of them calling for that strategy saying we want a gaza that people will not be able to

return. so we have the government paper. we have the testimony by ministry officials that that was goal. is that their goal? the government of israel has now that is useful to have arguments best understanding because we should never be complicit in a s going on. so at conditions around the world, and normally it's folks we have little relationship with. although sometimes we have a relationship with but it's an on situation we have with saudi arabia. in this situation, it is our nd partner that we've worked so closely with. and it may feel awkward and difficult to say we need to take a close look. but when there's been this level of casualties and we are this closely tied to it it is the right thing to do, get theome through this request. i encourage my colleagues to support it.

the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i have a great deal of respect for my two colleagues. i think every one of us are concerned about what we see in regards to the crisis in gaza whashg wen -- what we see in regards to the need for humanitarian assistance for innocent gazans being caught in this battle. but the resolution that's being presented here today is the wrong vehicle to deal with this issue. so let me start by saying that the resolution does a lot more than requesting information. for you see, the information from those partners that get security assistance from the united states the state department today must pde f their compliance with our laws.

that already required for all recipient of security aid. what this resolution requires a report within 30 on specific issues concerning conduct in gaza. and it very the state department must provide. i'll just give you one example, and there are many many other examples here. they have to certify that no unit of the israel security forces that receive assistance since january 1, 20ights. they've got to do that within 30 days or aid is suspended. once it triggers privilege resolutions on this floor to cut off aid to israel israel. and i strongly disagree with my colleagues. 502b(c) was never intended to be used against an ally during a war. it's never been used purpose. that's not the right vehicle to

deal with this. mr. president, 102nd day since hamas' brutal attack against israel. 102 days that hostages have been held. our thoughts are prayers are with the hostages and we all agree that isrl has the right to defend but challenges are made much more difficult because they're going against an enemy that has sworn to destroy the nation, israel and they still believe that still conducting themselves with the threat to israel's sovereignty and safety. missiles are still available to be shot into israel. they're still there, in gaza. we no he what the -- we know what the houthis doing in the red sea. we know what iran issing to in iraq. we know the problem inl's northern border by hezbollah, over 80,000 israelis have had to evacuate their homes in northern

israel. 100,000 in the southern part. there's a war going on and it's made much more difficult bec hamas, sworn to destroy israel embeds its operations within the civilian population has a tunneling network to try to protect its military assets making it very difficult for israel to be able to eliminate the me we know how much military might was in gaza on october 7. we're supposed to have had bord security to make sure that didn't get intogaza. there are supposed to be inspections. didn't work. i understand why the israelis are concerned by the way in which the supplies get into is a concern of dual use in supplying the terrorists in their efforts to destroy israel. these are all very challengeing issues that we have to deal with. now, this resolution as i said before is much more than just requesting information. it's passage -- its passage would be a gift to hamas, a give

to iran. it a division between israel and the united states. it's an mistake about it. it makes it more challenging with sensitive negotiations taking place as we are here on additional hostages being released. it makesre difficult for us to deal with preventing the escalation of the conflict. ifieves that the united states is not with israel believe me it makes it more likely we're going to see additional attacks there that region. the biden administration is seeking to contain this conflict and not trol. it is pressing for a shift to a more targe campaign against hamas military infrastructure and the perpetrators of the attacks. it's pressing to get more humanitarian assistance into gaza. and yes, we can and should continue to israel towards a targeted prosecution of the war againsthome and gaza. but passingion does not do that. in fact i would say it is counterproductive to it.

make no mistake, our passing the resolution triggers this. this is not a resolution that goes to the signed by the president. if we pass this the process is triggered to cut off aid to israelwar. for those reasons, mr. president, i move to table the motion to discharge s. res. 50 and ask for the yeas and nays. mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: is there aufficient second? there appears to be. mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. sanders: i ask consent for one minute. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president,alestinians are dead. 70% of the whom are women and children. the housing stock has been damaged or destroyed, and almost two million people are trying to survive with inadequate supplies of food water, medicalr fuel. as we speak, hundreds of thousands of children face

starvation. the time is now for the u.s. senate to act. thank you. i ask for a no vote on the table amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to table. the yeas and nays have previously been ordered. the clerk will call the roll. 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. mr. cardin.

óp mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy.

ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto.0 mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman.

mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine.

mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski.

mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen.

mr. rounds mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina.haheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester.

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

the presiding officer: senators voting in the booker cardin, cornyn ms. cortez masto: graham johnson -- the clerk: lankford lee, ricketts scott of florida, shaheen, smith, thune. senators voting in the negative heinrich paul sanders, van hollen. mr. risch, aye. mr. marshall, aye.

vote: the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye.

the clerk: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.

the clerk: mr. reed, aye.

the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. cruz,

aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. butler, no. mr. markey, no. mr. crapo, aye.

the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, aye.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no.

the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.

e clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. budd, aye. mcconnell, aye.

the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. cotton, aye. murphy, aye. stabenow,

aye.

the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. cramer, aye.

vote:

vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. . #

the clerk: ms. rosen, aye.

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye.

the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. brown, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye.

the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. tillis, aye.

ms. murkowski, aye. mr. kaine, aye. &y

the clerk: mrs.britt, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no.

the clerk: mr. llin, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye.

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. te:

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye.

the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. padilla, aye.

mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye. s@kb

the clerk: mr. welch, no. warren, no.

ms. lummis, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. braun, aye.

the clerk: mr. menendez, aye.

vote:

the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 72, the n the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a cse debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 243 h.r. 2872 an act to amend the permanent electronic duck stamp act of 2013 to allow the secretary of interior to issue electronic stampeds under

such purposes signed by 17 senators. e presiding officer: the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed to h.r. 2872, an act to amend the permanent electronic duck stamp act of 2013, to allow the secretary of the interior to issue stamps under such act and for other purposes shall be brought to a colleagues close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso.

mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

the clerk: 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. 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. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. ho. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney.

ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner.rnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

e clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal brown, butler cantwell carper, casey, collins cornyn, cortez masto, cotton cramer duckworth, fetterman, fischer, graham, heinrich, hirono, kaine,ers kelly, king lankford, lujan, m mcconnell menendez merkley moran, mullin murkowski, murphy, murray ossoff, padilla peters reed rosen, sanders, schumer, shaheen, sinema stabenow tester thune, tillis, van hollen warner, warren welch, whitehouse, wyden, and la mr. -- mr. are issue, aye. senators voting in the negative -- braun, crapo, risch, scott of south carolina,and vance.

mr. johnson, no. the clerk: m paul, no. mr. lee, no. mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. scott of florida, no.vd

vote:

vote:

mc

the presiding officer: ms. smith, aye. mr. booker, aye.

the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 68 the nays are 13. three-fifths of the senators duly voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. ms. smith: mrnlg. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 11:00n wednesday, january

17 that following the prayer and pledge the proceedings be approved to date the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in the day and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. postcloture. further, that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the meetings. further, that all time recess -- during adjournment, recess morning business and leader remarks counttue motion to proceed. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. ms. smith: if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.

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