energy and passion that i have brought to this office each and every day. thank you. god bless you and all the people of iowa. >> here is what's ahead. coming up next, we'll continue showing you this year's state of the state addresses. idaho' butch odder is next. and then andrew cuomo talks about his state. today, the bipartisan task force will hold a hearing focusing on synthetic opioids. live coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. u.s. senate is back today for a week's worth of debate and votes

on president trump's cabinet nominees. education secretary nominee betsy devos is first. lawmakers resume her nomination hearing at noon. a final vote is scheduled for tomorrow. nominations on the agenda after that, jeff sessions for attorney general, tom price for hhs and for treasury secretary, steven mnuchin. they'll continue working on those throughout the week and watch the senate live on our companion network, c-span2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 199, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> in case you missed it, here are a few programs c-span viewers saw last week. secretary of state rex tillerson at the state department's welcome ceremony. >> when i wake up each morning,

the very first thing i ask myself is are all of our people safe? the safety of every single member of our state department family, regardless of where he or she is posted is not just a priority for me. it's a core value. and it will become a core value of this department. >> from the senate floor, senator brian schotts, a democrat from hawaii on the recent executive order on immigration. >> it's not even as though we are trading liberty for security. we are getting no additional security. this is all about being cruel to muslims because it's good politics for some people. >> white house press secretary sean spicer on media coverage of president trump. >> the entire headlines on one network today that talked about how we're pulling up the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and downgrading them. that is just -- the it's wrong. it's insulting. the idea of calling it journalism is pathetic. >> british prime minister theresa may on immigration

policy. >> first of all, on the policy that president trump has introduced, this government is clear that that policy is wrong. >> national security adviser michael flynn on iran at a white house briefing. >> president trump has severely criticized the various agreements reached between iran, the obama administration as well as the united nations as being weak and ineffective. the instead of being thankful to the united states in these agreements, iran is now feeling emboldened. as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. >> senator charles schumer debates the supreme court nominee process. >> and if the nominee cannot gain the 60 votes, cannot garner bipartisan support of some significance, then the answer is not to change the rules. the answer is to change the nominee. >> republican representative jason chaffitz and democratic representative steven lynch at the house oversight committee investigating russian hacking.

>> if you want me to start issuing subpoenas on the dcc c, i'm probably not going to do it. but go ahead and suggest it. i just think it's -- >> how about some of the -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> you asked me a question. do i get to respond. >> no, i did not. i did not ask -- the gentleman is out of order. >> will the chairman yield. i think we need to come down here a little bit. >> all c-span programs are available at c-span.org, either on our home page or by searching the video library. >> idaho republican governor butch otter delivered his annual state of the state address recently in the state capital of boise. the governor said the state is steadily improving and pointed to a number of investments in education in the recent years. he made positive iraqis on the new administration, saying he hoped the trump administration would work with western states on environmental regulation and conservation.