the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. 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. 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. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. s

the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. schmitt, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms.ye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ■x the clerk: ms. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no.lash. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. xaerp, aye. -- mr. carper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 53, the noes are 42, and the nominees is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. lankford: madam president. the presiding officer: t

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. to move graduates quickly to on-the-job training. and we've initiated year-round hiring for experienced controllers on the military or from private industry. during my first three months as administrator i met with controllers in boston, philadelphia, dallas and here in d.c. in the tower. in those conversations controlled fatigue came up with repeatedly as a top concern. caused a large pot by shifting schedules and challenging over time requirement. increasing our control rights won't mitigate risk associated with control fatigue. additionally we have set up a panel of fatigue experts to review the latest science on the needs and how that can be applied to work requirements and scheduling. we expect received the panels report later this spring. the third priority is to continuously improve our safety processes and procedures. for example, our air traffic safety oversight department that reports directly to me this is me unfiltered candid feedback on this date and quality of the organi

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: carried out another deadly attack on the houses of u.s. personnel in syria. the houthis continued to threaten the uss international shipping in the red sea. three days after president biden directed strikes in response to the killing of three u.s. soldiers in jordan, iran and its proxies for demonstrating their particular calculus changed. the person said on friday there our adversaries should know quote a few arm had -- harm an american we will respond. either actions are adversaries are turning the president's words around. they are essentially saying we will attack america at times and places of our choosing. iran and the expendable traces for american blood are demonstrably undeterred and they are hardly beyond one. for three years america's adversaries have luxuriated in a world that no longer takes us at our word. an embarrassing retreat from afghanistan spawning climate diplomacy with their strategic competitor. failure to take food seriously until it was too late

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quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: four years ago, as a candidate for the democratic nomination, president biden promised his base functionally open borders. quote, i would in fact make sure that we immediately surge to the border all those people who are seeking asylum. that was president biden as he took office. three years ago, as people surged to the border, they insisted that the president had told them to come. and by his actions, we know they were exactly right. the biden administration invited a crisis at our southwest b border. in the tradition of washington democrats dating back decades, they chose an issue over its solution. and then it made it worse. the president of the united states threw out essential border security tools like remain in mexico, froze new funds for commonsense measur

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. young, no. mr. tuberville, no. ms. hassan, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. kennedy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. plumen that will -- mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye u. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the . the clerk: mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. kennedy, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cornyn: no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. s the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 466, the dpsh 46 -- 46, the motion is agreed to. the clerk: nomination, office of special counsel, hampton y. dell dellinger, of north carolina, to be special counsel. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, we have the means and just enough time this week to avoid a shutdown and to make serious headway on our annual appropriations. but as always, the task at hand will require that everyone rose in the same direction towards clean appropriations and away from poiso

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. test. test. test. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed from the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nomination. calendar 516, aprille joy ericsson to be assistant secretary of defense. that the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: department of defense, aprille joy ericsson, of new york, to be an assistant secretary. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations

the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. 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. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. m

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: be able to do care and own community in a manner that is best for them with people they trust. i urge you to listen to the stories they told today by the people who provide an access abortion care. i hope these stories help you understand abortion care is not an isolated political issue and to see a profamily restriction on abortion care access harm all of us and the people that we love. thank you for having me. >> thank you very much, doctor. mrs. phillips, please proceed. >> chairman whitehouse, ranking member grassley, members of the senate budget committee thank you for inviting me here today. my name is allie phillips and 11 clarksville tennessee. my husband brian works for forklift company and i run is what they care of our home. together we raising my six-year-old daughter. we're not a wealthy family. we work hard to pay our bills on time each month. i spent the first over years of her life as a single mom working three jobs while also finishing up my bachelors deg

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. cardin, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, cotton, daines, fischer, lee, mullin, scott of south carolina. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. ricketts, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. ms. murkowski, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: m

ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. moran, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. thune, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. lee, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. cassidy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 50. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to reconsider the vote whereby cloture was not invoked on the motion t

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. >> i focus on politics and congress but not necessarily day-to-day. more in-depth longer race and stories that have an impact and that are longer and like that was a good story. >> watch out for this week, can you remind people about the lines when it comes to partial government funding and what congress has to do with it? the mark for the first time march 1 so they are not passing any of those bills. it's not going to work out will be in those bills. we are supposed yesterday. senator chuck schumer named pastor publicans so my job push back on that same schumer has pushed back on. conservative policy writers attached to government funding and only half of one branch of government so that is what's going on right now. when they come back on wednesday, otherwise it will be a sore shutdown. >> they have other plans the work? >> the main plan right now would be the three, four bills wrapped up in one. on the individual appropriations bill and the timeframe and it is another short-term on

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. national security challenges with serious legislation starts with recognizing some pretty basic realities with how the world works. first, america has global interest in global responsibilities. to the extent the president has neglected them, the senate ignores them, that is that the nation's peril. second, partnerships are essential to our interests. they ignore the cost of keeping the peace, reduce in reference to america and facilitate the commerce and draws our economy. but this relies on american leadership and american credibility. and, finally, there is a role of adversaries to wish us harm. it is growing evidence that they are working together and there is no doubt that they are emboldened by american weakness. the observable facts out of history. denying does a disservice to the american people. it is impossible to engage productivity on decisions about u.s. national security without acknowledging them. the right number of our colleagues have worked for aggressi

the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. schumer: mr. president. presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: mr. president, i'll be brief. yesterday the senate cleared the first major procedural hurdle to passing the national security supplemental. it was a good and very important first step. we now resume postcloture debate on the motion to proceed. if we don't reach a time agreement, we will hold the next vote on the motion to proceed at approximately 7:00 p.m. tonight. but i hope our republican colleagues can work with us to reach an agreement on amendments so we can move this process along. democrats are willing to consider reasonable and fair amendments here on the floor, as we've shown on many occasions in the past three years. nevertheless, the senate will keep working on this bill until the job is done. i yield the floor. i thought as good idea get out of iraq in 2011. i issued a statement about our withdrawal in 2011. i said i was respect to disagree with present obama to all we work for for sacrifice for his very mu

the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. 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. 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. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. hopefully everyone else got it. we will come back to the question. we have high interest rates and the forecast by projections and we did in the previous budget projection and that has a big impact on net interest outlays so an increase in net interest outlays you can think of that is two-thirds resulting from a higher rate of a one third resulting from the large amount of debt and there's a lengthy footnote in the report that goes through that calculation of the two-thirds, one third. we can find it. if you look at our economic chapter in chapter 2 are hopefully is very handy for everyone by the numbers document you can see we do not get paid by the for this but i hope everyone including our viewers on c-span will download it and look at it. it's very handy i hope the very handy document. you can see we do have higher rates. the profile at the beginning of this year was at 4-2 and rises throughout the year. earlier today was around 4.1. the forecast we made in the beginning of december it's not exactly perfect but

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: macroeconomic director and thank . >> various positions looking at the economy, how would you describe it? >> the labor market is quite strong unemployment has been below 4% for two years. two quarters solid growth, 4%. again pretty remarkable given how far along. this is a huge challenge and receive his countries over the last three years in the last six or seven months come down to close to the feds target. markets are anticipating when the vegetable moved to a less restrictive date between march and the summer all and all the economy in a solid place given the challenges of the last three years. >> riesling about the growth 3.3% in the last quarter when the u.s. economy, your take on what the economy looks like considering the numbers. >> recent headline numbers have been good and the question is the underlying parts of the headlines and people are so concerned about the direction of the economy and people say the country is on track and also headline inflation is cool

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. # mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, for the information of senators, the senate will gavel back into session tomorrow, sunday, february 11, at noon. at around 1:00 we will hold a cloture vote on the substitute amendment which has the text of the supplemental. we still hope our republican colleagues can work with us to reach an agreement on a reasonable list of amendments so we can speed this process up. and again, as i have already made clear, we will keep working on this bill until the job is done. now, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 12:00 noon on sunday, february 11. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning busin

the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr.. 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. 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. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester

hutchinson, all of alec baldwin been involved in the killing of ms hutchins, whether he's found criminally liable or not. that's for a jury to decide. that's going to be the key issue for the defense. in fact, the defense had already made whispers of this and made motions about looking at whether or not ms gutierrez reed could even have a fair trial? in this proceeding in this venue. so they've already looked at obviously, the jury pool, knowing how difficult is going to be to actually pick a jury. >> and we know also the la times is reporting that the judge in this case has said that they will allow these text messages from hannah gutierrez reed allegedly indicated eating the night before that deadly shooting. she was using drugs. how significant is that and how strong do you think the prosecutors cases here? >> well, josh said exactly right. because when you look at the armor, they have to be in the right presence of mind and they're loading, they're supposed to loaded with these dummy blanks inch of the prop gun and if already the safety concerns were so extreme that just a few hours be

justin's father was present for the moment ms crumbley was found guilty.our goal the whole time and it's not really about winning or losing, it's about making an apparent that murder is not in our society. live now to charlie langton, he's a legal analyst for fox 2 detroit. he's also an attorney and was in the courtroom for today's verdict. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. this is first time a parent has been convicted in relation to a school shooting carried out by their trials. talk to us about how the mother was held up and culpable for this charge of involuntary manslaughter?— this charge of involuntary manslau~hter? . ., manslaughter? the prosecutor had basically — manslaughter? the prosecutor had basically two _ manslaughter? the prosecutor had basically two theories, - had basically two theories, one, they had to show that the mother was grossly negligent in doing certain acts and grossly negligent in not doing certain acts. i think what thejewry acts. i think what the jewry was hung acts. i think what thejewry was hung on acts. i think what the

the clerk: ms. baldwin mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. er

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: there's a certain introspection that accompanies the grieving process. perhaps it is gods way of reminding you of your own life journey to reprioritize the impact of the world that we will all inevitably leave behind. i turned 82 last week. the end of my contributions are closer than i would prefer. my career in the united states senate began amidst the reagan revolution. the truth is when i got here i was just happy anybody remembered my name. president reagan called me mitch o'donnell. close enough, i thought. my wife, my wife elaine and i got married on president reagan's birthday, february 6. six. is probably not the most romantic thing to admit, but reagan meant a lot to both of us. for 31 years elaine elaine has been the love of my life, and i am eternally grateful to have her by my side. i think back to my first days in the senate with deep appreciation for the time that helped shape my view of the world. i am i'm conflicted about the good within our country and ir

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: a senator: the gettysburg address -- as i rise as the super bowl is about to begin, i realize that most people are looking for a view of taylor swift and not listening to us. m discussion a national security bill that would assist israel and resist the efforts of putin and the chinese communist party. mr. cassidy: but this issue has been entwined with u.s. border security. now, as the way things work and we all know this in the chamber but just to specify, if any bill is is going to be signed into law, it's because you have good policy, you have good politics, and it has good process. and if you don't have those three things on a big bill, then something is not going through. and i'd like to talk about that policy-politics-process dynamic here and how the process is being used to defeat the passage of good policy. it is that process which confuses folks. but i'll get to the that. let me first discuss a little bit of the policy. i'm speak as a conservative republican and i