it is our responsibility here in the united states senate, in the united states congress, to change this law. women and children have had their most basic rights stripped from them and have been let down by our judicial system, and, frankly, up to now by congress in their search for justice. with these latest calls to action from judicial rulings in this recent letter from 50 attorneys general, any future injustice in the legal system because of the communications decency act falls on congress. it falls on the shoulders of those here in the united states senate and the house. it's not just the attorneys general around the country who have supported this. the district attorneys sent a letter supporting it. again, other law enforcement across the board. and through this legislation, we have the opportunity to right this wrong, to make a real difference therefore in the lives of vulnerable women and children who have been victims of trafficking. justice cannot be seen, but its absence can be felt. and those who have been trafficked by backpage only to see the company prosper and escape lega

i firmly believe that it is the united states senate, the united states congress' authority -- the constitutional responsibility -- to declare w war. i worry that the resolution that's before us only eliminates the current resolutions, only eliminates the current authority. what's missing is the follow-up. and i just heard my colleague from connecticut indicate that he will work vigorously to see that we have the opportunity then to vote for a resolution authorizing force. but in some ways we have the cart ahead of the horse. i will be one who will always argue that it is our responsibility, it is congress' responsibility to make these decisions, as determined by the united states constitution. it gives us that authority and that responsibility. the question, in my mind, is it prudent to eliminate the authorizations today before we have a new authorization in place? and i don't know the answer to that question. and while i have heard my colleagues say, we'll work to accomplish that, i worry, having experienced the united states senate now for the last seven years, that a six-month opportunity wil

and i will fight for you in the united states senate. will fight for the people of the state end of this nation who want to bring our country back to its greatness. and we can't. and we will. and thank you very much for your support. [applause] judge moore: this is a time for victory. it is time to remember the struggles we have gone through. it is also time to rededicate our lives to god and to the constitution and to our country. to our families. let's go again and make america great. thank you and may god bless you. thank you. ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. him and up wednesday morning, the latest on house tax reform efforts with republican congressman from virginia. house foreign affairs committee democratic congressman from virginia talks about the standoff with north korea over its nuclear program. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> president trump posted spanish prime minister at the white

liberal judges who usurped their authority in the constitution and i will fight you in the united states senatei will fight for the people of the state and this nation who want to bring our country back to its greatness and we can and we will. thank you very much for your support. [applause] judge moore: this is a time for victory. it is time to remember the struggle with gone through. it is also time to rededicate our lives to god and to the our country,and to to our families, let's go again and make america great. thank you and may god bless you. thank you. ♪ today on c-span washington journal, we are like that with your phone calls. the fbi director and acting department of homeland security secretary big then we will be live with the u.s. house with disaster relief and the faa. coming up in about 30 minutes the latest on the tax reform efforts. we will talk to the republican andressman from virginia the democratic representative from virginia talking about the standoff with north korea. c-span washington journal is life now. host: good morning. at three will be in :00 p.m. -- 3:00 p.m. we w

it got 68 votes in the united states senate and bipartisan fashion. you also have the president of the united states who did two things today. he rejected the idea of president obama's executive order as being a presidential overreach. i think he was right to do that. but he expressly gave us six months. the reason i think it will get done now is because the leadership of the republican party, including the president, realizes it's good for the country economically and otherwise to give these kids the certainty they need in their lives. reporter: are you concerned that the administration seem to be suggesting today that the administration wouldn't sign just a clean daca fix and that they wanted what they called a responsible immigration reform? mr. graham: all i can say is that the process of taking care of the kids will be a negotiated process. the comprehensive gang of eight bill was negotiation. there are a lot of people who believe a good marriage would be border security and dream act. i know this. there's not much of an appetite for 2,200-mile w

it got 68 votes in the united states senate. you also have a president who did two things today, he rejected the idea of resident obama's executive order is being a presidential overreach, and i think he was right to do that. he expressly give us six months. the reason i think it will get done now, is because that leadership of the republican party, including the president realizes it is good for the country, economically and otherwise, to give these kids the certainty. >> that they need in their lives senator? >> are you concerned that the administration seems to be suggesting that the restoration would -- that they wanted what they called a responsible immigration reform? >> well, all i can say is that the process of taking care of the kids, will be a negotiated process. eightompany is a gang of bill was a negotiation, and there are a lot of people who believe that the border security and dream act is a good marriage. i know that there's not a lot of appetite for a 2200 mile wall to read and that is what you mean by border sec

i was lucky enough to serve in the united states senate when we had a new president and a time when we can appoint conservative judges to the supreme court, and a time where we could really make a difference. i have been blessed and i want to thank the citizens for have the highest honor. all across the state, i want to say thank you to you and to my campaign team. they are here and they have worked their you know what's off. and i want to thank them. it is not for lack of a good campaign team. it comes down to the person running it. i take full responsibility for success and failure. i wanted to responsibility for that. and i do that. i want to thank my office staff and everybody who works for me in washington. if you would raise your hand, i would like for you to give them a hand. [applause] sen. strange: they worked, they worked tirelessly for the citizens of alabama and they do it because they love our state and they will do it for the remaining time i am in the senate. they are magnificent public servants. i want to thank them. kevin turner, my chief of staff. he needs special rec

i was never prouder to be in the united states senate than that early morning after a long session when john came in and, in my view, saved the senate and put us on a path towards regular order. do not blow that up. we have a chance to do things in a bipartisan way, to restore the dignity of this institution. but what we are fixing to do next week will take us in a very, very dark direction. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: the gentleman, before he leaves the floor, i just want to probe the gentleman for a moment on this question of process, because this is an affront to the united states senate, a bill that reorders one-fifth of the u.s. economy being delivered to us days or weeks before we're to vote on it. but you may have covered this, and if you did just reiterate it for me. my understanding is there is not going to be a c.b.o. score before this bill is before us, and for folks that don't know what that means, that means that everyone who votes on this bill will have no clue how many people lose insuranc

part of that is clearly about restoring the right of the united states senate to hammer out legislation in a bipartisan way, to stick to a process that allows tons of input from senators and he clearly doesn't think that that is what this process has been about. she having none of it. >> all right. i will bring in david axelrod. i wanted to get your reaction to lindsay gram. he predicts at least two democrats would vote for this bill. could you imagine a scenario or is that wishful thinking in your view? >> the democrats held firm against the previous bills. this is not more desirable than the other bills. it would be hard to understand how democrats would shift their position based on a bill that most of the analysts and disease groups, medical groups say is worse in some ways than the previous bills. look, i'm not there and lindsay gram is having conversations. a lot of people thought lindsay gram would deliver john mccain and that hasn't happened. now they will have to fish in that other pond if they have any hope of beating this september 30th -- this september 30th deadline. one th

pelosi: i thank all our colleagues, distinguished visitors from the united states senate, to my colleagues in the housement we did pass in the house the dream act in 2010 under the leadership of the congressional hispanic caucus. today again under the leadership of congresswoman lujan grisham, the caucus is taking the lead. but they are working with our asian pacific american caucus and the leadership of judy chew -- chu and congressional black caucus. and i do know one theng in the senate they passed comprehensive immigration reform. we passed the dream act. one couldn't -- we couldn't pass each other's. now is the time long overdue to get it done. i know if our whip steny hoyer -- where's steny? steny hoyer has his way, we will have 100% of the house democrats voting for this. thank you for that. thank you-all very much. [applause]

[cheering and applause] we have a great lineup of members in the united states senate who are here with us and we will go in order, in order of seniority after restart. we will hear from senator schumer, senator wyden, summoner and senator step now. i will get started. first of all i want to thank everyone who is here today and are here yesterday and the day before and the week before and the month before and several months before. so many people have been working to try to stop what has been a series of bills that have been proposed for many months now. the fight is not over. we have made great progress. we know that the republicans in the senate are still trying to round up some both. they are having what i will call discussions and i won't say more than that. we're not sure what they are saying but what i hope they are saying is that medicaid is a very important program that people with disabilities and we aim to protect it. that is what i hope they are saying in the republican caucus but i can't guarantee you that so because we don't have any guarantee that they will be focused on m

along the way i had a colleague of mine in the united states senate named barack obama, my junior senator. and he was a cosponsor of my dream act. and, of course, he went on to bigger and better things and became the president of the united states. i'm very proud of him for his achievement. but i didn't waste my time after he was elected president calling him saying help me. we've got to do something to help these young people. wrote him a letter, cosigned by republican senator dick lugar of indiana asking him to think of a way that he might be able to protect the dreamers from being deported until we pass the law. i didn't get a response. a year passed. a year. i sent a second letter. this time with 23 senators signing it urging president obama to do something and he did. he created the daca program. and the daca program was basically an opportunity for young people to come forward, to register with the government, to pay a filing fee, submit themselves to a criminal background check, and then see if they qualified for a two-year protection from deportation and a two-year opportunity to

here is a guy who started in the mail room in the united states senate and rose to one of the most top positions in all of congress. it's an incredible rise. to put beyond being the chief of staff. here, it certain takes a deep, deep, deep commitment to public 25 years h it takes a willingness to be in the arena and take everything that comes with that. it takes passing over endless great opportunities even as you watch people around you move on. and most of all, it takes the love and support of a beautiful family. stacey, thank you for being ere. i tell you, none of us would be here without the sacrifices that our loved ones make so we can serve and do good. nadeem, i just want you to know from this side of the aisle you will leave here with the respect of your colleagues. you will leave here with respect to the members. and what's most impressive is you will leave here even with respect from the media. so on behalf of the whole house i want to congratulate you and thank you for your 25 years to the congress. you devoted yourself to making this institution, this country better. thank

united states. and so it was 9/11, 2001, when this united states senate was faced with the awesome responsibility of voting to go to war. o there were two votes. the first was on the invasion of iraq. there were 23 of us, 22 democrats and one republican who voted against the authorization for the use of force in the invasion of iraq. i continue to believe that whenm it comes to foreign policy, it's the most important vote i have v ever cast, 23 of us voted no. the second vote was on the invasion of afghanistan and a different though completely. we just got through 9/11, 3000 innocent americans have been killed. the images are still in my mind and will be until i die. of what i saw as a result of that heinous attack, that atrocious attack by terrorists on the world trade center, on the pentagon, and, of course, would happen in the fields of pennsylvania.es and so the vote came to then floor of the basically said when it comes the invasion of afghanistan we are going after the people responsible for 9/11. i joined every other united states senator of both political parties in voting yes. we had to mak

this is a debate worthy of the united states senate. i think what bernie is doing is going to destroy quality over time and make it unsustainable for future generations and we will become, we are trying to be generous with money but insisted people have the innovation they will never have better healthcare. my value is to leave behind when i'm gone better healthcare that your grandkids can afford, give you someone who's in charge who will listen to you because you vote for them. that's why value. >> quick single-payer system. if you want to see what it looks like, go to the va system. see how good we have found that to be. that's the path that bernie sanders is leading us down. in terms of medicaid, here are some rough numbers. we are saving about $12 billion, spending close to 3 trillion. we are just barely beginning to expand the growth rate. people on medicaid, the disabled, children, they are concerned about what medicaid expansion will do in terms of threatening core medicaid. that was directed toward working age, childless able-bo

i joined every other united states senator of both parties and voting yes. we had to make it clear to terrorists around the united j states when you strike the united states you will pay a we will hunt to down, we will find you, we will bring you to justice and i voted for it and i know is writing to do. that's what i was sent here to do. little did i realize, having cast that vote 15 or 16 years ago i wasn't as voting to go after the terrorists responsible for 911, i was voting for the longest war in the history of the united states of america. a war that continues to this day in afghanistan that i don't think there's a singlee member of the senate, either party on the floor who would've believed that's what we are voting for. it happened. to date we've lost almost 2400 american lives, tens of thousands have been injured o in afghanistan, billions of dollars have been spent and there is no end in sight. now who's responsible for that.rote i the constitution and the people who wrote it made it clear that we have the responsibility to declare war. it's a respo

i know you are the richest man in the united states senate. does the trump tax plan help or hurt you? sen. warner: i think it probably helps me more than it needs to that part where nobody on the high end was going to benefit and this was going to benefit middle-class folks. >> so that is fake news? sen. warner: that would not fall into fact checkable news. >> let's get into the serious things you have been investigating. some of the platforms we love, arebook, twitter, google all wrapped up into the intelligence committee coming in. do you feel these platforms are undermining our democracy? sen. warner: i know this feels like it's a story that never ends, but let's look at what we know. what 99.9% of everyone in washington believes, democrat or republican with the exception of maybe one individual at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. we know that russia, using its intervened byvely hacking into both political parties and releasing information that helped one candidate, mr. trump, at the detriment to hillary clinton. -- needs mores investigation, but

i will fight for you, the united states senate. will fight for the people of this state and of this nation who want to bring our country back to its greatness and we can and we will and thank you very much for your support. [applause] a -- this is a time for victory. it is time to remember the struggles with going through in time to read dedicate our lives to the constitution and to our country, to our families and less go again to make -- and let us go to make america great. may god bless you. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> that was at the scene in montgomery. senatorngham, where lugar string conceded the republican primary to his opponent, former supreme court justice roy moore. >> thank you all for being here. thank you, thank you. say thank yout to to each and everyone of you who is here. it is not the result we wanted but i congratulate judge moore and i wish him the best. we are republicans and terror brou

where he set the record as the nation's longest serving republican leader in the united states senate. he has seen -- he's seen as a political statesman who reached across the aisle for the good of the country. to this day, senator dole continues to serve his country and fellow man by fighting for our veterans and working to help curb child hunger and poverty. senator dole's passion, dedication and service to our country is a testament to his character and a great blessing to the state of kansas and our nation. he's not only an american hero, but a role model, mentor and a dear friend of mine. there is no person i would rather see be honored with the congressional gold medal than senator bob dole. please join me in supporting this legislation to honor senator dole for his unwavering service to our country. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. hultgren: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. ms. waters: i continue to reserve my ti

tuesday we are going to send a real fighter and a real good guy from alabama to the united states senaten a permanent basis. we have another great person in our audience tonight, richard. shelby: . where is are yo -- where is ric? stand up so they can see you richard. fantastic, thank you, richard. respected man. he's respected and loved in the senate. he has only been there 34 years but he loves the people of alabama, too. like all of you luter strange knows the true source of america's strength, it's god, family and country. and luther is going to be taking over for a man you all love, what's his name -- senator jeff sessions. you love jeff sessions. he's doing a good job. he's doing a good job. we have him very busy, watching the borders. a lot of things are happening. luther is taking over for jeff, hopefully. and you will be so impressed with what we are going to do in washington. before we begin i want to send our thoughts and prayers to the people of texas, florida georgia, puerto rico and the virgin islands and all the communities that have recently been ravaged by storms and flo

that bill is dead on arrival in the united states senate.the members of the house of representatives understand that. it is not responsible governing. it is irresponsible politicking. at the end of the day, donald trump is willing to be a responsible partner with senate democrats and house democrats then we can arrive at a reasonable solution to deal with our immigration problem in america. heather: senator sanders introduced the medicare for all though. anyone and everyone thinking of running for president as a democrat said democratic leaders have not endorsed the idea and it was not included in a better deal, a general outfit you are a part of. where does the party go on health care? is this a litmus test for you next year? how do frontrunners run with this bill that it might be hard to sell in their districts and might be hard to support? rep. jeffries: a better deal economic agenda for the american people focused on better jobs and better future. dealing with higher pay and lower cost tools for the 21st century economy. under the lower-

most important thing i believe i will ever be involved in as a member of the united states senate. what awaits our country if we fail. the consolidation of health care in the hands of the federal unlimited,-- unsustainable spending that rex the federal budget. there's two approaches we can take care. we deal with medicaid, a reasonable fashion, more flexibility more control, slowing the growth of medicaid down. nothing, in 2027, medicaid will be over $650 billion in spending -- spending 549 billion today on the military. what me say that again. to do nothing means that we will spend the more -- more next decade on medicaid then we can to defend our country. this bill changes that. 40% of the money under obamacare goes to four states. out here spending 10 everyfrom now, 2020, state and its basically the same contributions. -- and the the risk tol is by 2026, to make sure see a contribution from a federal government. most americans believe that there. build levels out in an equity and funding, it allows flexibility that obamacare would never embrace. give patients a place in health c

united states over 4,240 jobs. mexico, honduras, the sewing plants were closed president trump had a right to say you do not get rid of a lobbyist by sitting in the united states senate. this is pure hypocrisy in this race. recently this debate was supposed to be held at the eye and we discover that the president coincidentally happened to be the senate leadership fund that were making the bad ads about me. ben lee found out the board did not know anything about it. so politely behind-the-scenes told them we were not coming to get out by saving face because something was rigged. and they came back to say it does not give a reason. and then at the end the campaign for another debate. what is you water the more afraid of? if they listen to their concerns from elected office? those eight of 12 forearms -- forums that is eight and out of 12 that is why we canceled the debate and i will tell you that is why this was set up so you can understand the qualifications of the office >> this is the only forum that the would agree to because lincoln and douglas talks about the issues over what he has accomplished about the difference between the candidates for somebody new compla

the united states senate is not a buddy system. people have to represent their states and work in their state's best interest regardless of what the vote may be. part of it was processed. there's no cbo score. part of it was policy. the question about preexisting conditions which was very difficult for republicans to answer. the question about block which was difficult for republicans to answer. again, republicans have struggled with health care for years abdomnd years now. we spent six months working specifically on a replacement bill. we'll get his reaction as senator john mccain putting it on the brink. we'll be right back. ♪ one look at you and i can't disguise ♪ ♪ i've got hungry eyes ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's m

the president of the united states even met with the republican senators and congress people to discuss and debate the legislation, and it was aired on c-span. this showed the best of who we are, that when we come together as a body and go through a process, good legislation -- not perfect legislation, but good legislation could advance us towards our principles. and those principles were principles that were discussed during the last presidential campaign by both candidates. donald trump himself, our president, said time and time again, i want us to have an insurance health system in which everyone is covered, in which everyone has affordable and quality health care. these values are not debatable, and i'm disappointed. i am frustrated, i am angry that we are here again while the bipartisan process is going on, and we're having as a great new jerseyian once said -- yogi berra -- we're having deja vu all over again. here we are now coming back this week, and we're hearing about another republican bill that has not gone through regular order, that has not had hearings, that has not had a

support of the statement from my colleague he knows as i know our responsibilities as the united states senator include important votes. certainly any vote involving sending america into war is a vote we will never forget at least not this senator and many of the votes i cast for the years in the house and the senate created sleepless nights before the vote because you understand even under the best of circumstances, people will die as the result of your vote, not just the enemy tha but evenf own risk their lives and died in defense of the united states and so it was 9/11, 2001 when the senate was faced with the responsibility of voting to go to war. first was on the invasion of iraq. there were 23 of us. 22 democrats and one republican voted against the authorization of use of force. i continue to believe when it comes to the policy of the most important vote i ever cast.y. second is on the invasion in afghanistaofafghanistan in a die completely. 3,000 innocent americans had been killed. the images are still in my mind and will be until i die. on the world trade center, the pentagon, and of co

. >> a me believe of the united states senate with voting rights. they don't have that. they rely on the kindness of united states senators who take an interest in it which is almost random. new york senators historically taken a stronger interest than others but to get the voices heard in washington is not easy. >> no. it's interesting. where there are concentrations of puerto rican population, in the united states, starting to see local officials like where i live in western massachusetts, puerto rican communities throughout and local initial officials and state officials in massachusetts taking an issue and governor of new york taking an interest and large number of puerto ricans living in new york. it's a hopscotch thing depending on where they are in this country. but in terms of the u.s. federal response to taking care of this problem, we're really far into this for there to be 40% of households with running water and 0% power. that's -- this response is -- something is not working here. >> and the whole world is watching. and puerto rico historically has had an ima

they rely on the kindness of united states senators who take an interest in it which is almost randomyork senators historically taken a stronger interest than others but to get the voices heard in washington is not easy. >> no. it's interesting. where there are concen

roy moore wins this republican runoff for the united states senate against the candidate that donald trump endorsed. the candidate donald trump was in alabama last friday, on stage with this candidate saying hey, republicans, i need this guy in the senate. well, donald trump's candidate luther strange, he has come up short decisively in this thing, as you say. look, one thing down the stretch that roy moore and his campaign capitalized on wasn't just that bannon and a lot of these trump supporters from the beginning were behind moore. certainly that helped them with the republican base. but donald trump himself, when he was campaigning for luther strange last friday, he is on the stage. strange is about 10 feet away. and he muses to the crowd, talking about endorsing strange, he said maybe i made a mistake here. and that became a last-minute ad that the moore campaign ran. i think a devastating one. because it sounded to trump's base potentially like trump was kind of winking at them and saying you know what, guy, i got to do this, but i really want you to be on the other side of this

it's only in the united states. >> senator, senator cardin -- >> you've been all about this -- >> shh! you're not helping! [ indistinct comments from audience ] >> please don't use that language. thank you. >> we are all americans, please treat each other more kindly. [ applause ] >> senator cardin, i applaud your efforts to advance health care, and i am not going to rebut them point by point because i feel that the public/private option proposals you have articulated in your bill are bound to fail and i won't address them. what i would like to address is the issue of leadership. you are our senator. we have elected you. and we, the people here, i believe, would probably unanimously like to have a single-payer health care system for reasons you articulated. please, if you are for medicare for all or a single-payer system, please raise your hand so you would send a message to the senator. thank you. the other issue i would like to address is this. while you may not be able to get universal single-payer health care through this congress and through this administration, we're looking for

. >> the political question is two united states senators spirited primary challenges from a state representative send simmons decd candidacy and denounced the retirement friday. will the white house back the challengers? [inaudible] the sanctions resolution is not a big deal? >> it is a small step in part of the process but i think that the ultimate goal is a denuclearized korean peninsula. we are going to continue taking small steps but at the same time and we continue to hope that they will. is he comfortable with his son testifying publicly? is the president comfortable with his son testifying publicly about capitol hill senator feinstein indicated she would like to see that happen. >> this administration has been very clear we are going to be transparent and cooperative in the process we know nothing improper took place and we are ready to see this come to its full conclusion. being fully transparent and cooperating in the process as we've done every day it started and will continue as we move forward. was he stepping aside earlier in the administration? he said it would be premature to dete

legislation is an opportunity for us to reverse that trend and restore regular order in the united states senate. the need for this legislation is self apparent to anyone paying attention to today's world. global terrorist networks, increasing great competition with russia and china, maligned irene influence spreading across the middle east, a north korean dictator racing to acquire missiles and hit the united states with nuclear weapons, the threats to our national security have not been more complex or daunting than at any time in tho past seven decades. we must also remember that we are a nation of brave young men and women deployed in afghanistan, iraq and around the world. th ndaa is a legislation that will deliver our armed forces resources, equipment and training they need to meet the increasingly complex challenges of today's world. and will begin the process of rebuilding our military after years of devastating defense cuts now, let me point out what happens as a result of these mindless defense cuts, whichsc every military leader has described as devastating to our ability to defend th

if we get that done we will have done our job in the united states senate. mr. president, i yield the floor and suggest-- >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'm going to talk first about the devastating fires that are pounding my state and then i'm going to talk about the new legislation introduced earlier by our colleague senator graham, senator cassidy and senator heller. with respect to the fires, i spent much of last weekend essentially going from one base camp to another visiting six counties, to get updates at fire camps and emergency operations are? . in these travels, i saw major fires burning in oregon from our northern border with washington state to our southern border with california. two of these fires were so large they cover more than one county by-- i believe it was important to visit both their eastern and their western fronts. doing so in each case took almost two hours driving from just one side of the fire to the other. of the 1.5 million acres burning in the west last weekend almost 500,000 were burning in my home state alon

if the united states senate had done its job and got beyond silly partisanship and ideology and did the job the constitution requires that there is no question they would reject betsy devoss. you should not be in this business. they have put of gotten through it at the epa scott has been one of the climate deniers of our age and would have rejected him because it would be absurd to put him in a position it doesn't matter if you are a conservative or liberal or a democrat or republican there should be a baseline of competence and respect for the agency that you are in charge of. if you want to shut it agency down or dismantle the should be elected to congress or elected president and work on dismantling but if you're given the responsibility to making sure that we are prepared to deal with hurricanes which hit major cities and leave the fourth largest city of the united states under water and this current science on climate change and with bad infrastructure so that you don't end up and scott pruitt was not prepared and should not have been pledged in that position. i hope i've made myse

so the treaty failed and the united states senate in november of 1919. then again in march 1920. soon after the second ratification vote with the one in march he declared himself openly available to the republican presidential nomination. despite his work with the wilson administration overhead always been with on by the republicans -- especially progressive republicans with a lot of sympathy and favor. wilsonh disfavor with theid to say the least democrats on course to lose and i can find. hoover saw the republicans as his best shot at the white house. this further estranged him from woodrow wilson. for himself tong run for a third term even though he had suffered a massive stroke in late 1919. hoover's bid for the presidency lostpsed in may when he the california primary. he stayed active in the campaign. doing all that he could to steer the republican party and its eventual nominee warren harding to a commitment to approve u.s. membership with reservations after the election. his big concern was that the republican party and especially harding may drift away from the league al

recovery was important to the united states, he linked europe's economic recovery with america's own economic well-being. demandedtely, wilson that the united states senate ratify the treaty without any as theyor reservations were called in the time. , the republicans wanted reservations, they wouldn't pass the treaty unless reservations were attached. especially on the league of nations. clear, hoover urged wilson to accept reservations in order to get the treaty ratified and save europe from ruin. wasn't the only person urging wilson to do this, other advisors were telling wilson the same thing because wilson did not have the votes, the republicans had a majority in the united states senate and the peace treaty that he ratified needed it -- needed a two thirds vote. they would do essentially whenever wilson ordered them to do. he didn't have the votes among the republicans to get the treaty through with no reservation. in the unitedled states senate in november of 1919. and again in march of 1920. soon after the second ratification vote, the one in march, hoover declared himself openly available for the republican presidential nomination. despite his w

as i mentioned this committee includes 23 united states senators, nearly one quarter of the members of the senate. it includes senators with the widest divergence of views. it has a republican majority of only one. yet working together during the last two years we have been able to agree on big steps, on big issues about which we have big differences of opinion. such as fixing no child left behind, which president obama called the christmas miracle. 21st century cures which senator mcconnell the majority leader says was the most important piece of legislation that passed congress last year. the first overhaul of mental health laws in a decade. and in early august after two careers of work, and i want to thank the staff for that two years of work, especially, we passed new agreements to help speed safe drugs and devices into medicine cabinets and provide $9 billion for funding for the food and drug administration. i congratulate senator murray and democratic as well as republican members of the committee for those accomplishments. this is the way americans expect the united states senat

he will not only be great, he will be the tallest senator in the history of the united states.ht? not so bad, shelby is tall too. he will be great to see us up on crime, tough on borders -- [cheers and applause] don't even think about it. do you know who i have your tonight? general john kelly, who headed , and whatd security the job he did on the borders. where is general?where is he ? general, come up here really quick! come up here! come, come, come, come, come. what a great man this is. do you know the expression? no game is being played. four-star marine. very few. four-star general. [cheers and applause] work.t wants to a great job. four-star marine. that is good. what he did on the borders -- and this is without the walls, by the way, the wall is happening folks. believe me. the wall is happening. youact, you probably saw -- know, we have a wall up there now and we are renovating its already. it is being made chris the, perfect, -- it is being made -- prestine, perfect, good as new. it has to be a through wall. i didn't know it except for -- until about a year ago. if yo

senate. [applause] your vote onge: tuesday i would greatly appreciate. your vote will send a message to the world. it will send a message to the united statesnd the establishment in washington that alabama stands behind its president. let us send that message on tuesday. [applause] senator strange: thank you for this wonderful reception and being so gracious to me and my family. thank you for keeping me in your prayers. it is my honor and privilege to introduce the president of united states and a friend of mine. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] [♪ sweet home alabama ♪] pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: thank you everybody. i love this place. we broke every record in alabama. thank you very much. [crowd chants: "usa!"] pres. trump: i am thrilled to be here with the really great person i have gotten to know, luther strange. and with the hard-working, patriotic citizens of this great state. you have some football games tomorrow, it will be a lot of fun. you're going to win at football tomorrow. i love this state and the people of the state. they have been really good to me

alabama, your next united states senator, judge roy moore. [cheers and applause] ♪ judge moore: thank you. thank you. you all are a good-looking crowd. thank you very much. this is a wonderful evening. glad to get this passed us. we got four more days. then tuesday, i hope everybody is going to vote. tuesday -- we haven't won. but thank you very much for coming out tonight. i'm humbled by the speakers. i am not the speaker that they are. i'm not near as pretty as she is. but thank you all for coming. remember, you know, this is a very important election. i don't know if other people realize that, but everybody in washington, as i said tonight, is watching this election. i don't have their vision of how it will affect america. but they are watching for the 2018 senatorial elections coming up. and they see that this could bring a change in our direction of the country. so this is a very important election, and i appreciate you all being here tonight very much. you know, when we started this, we never imagined what we would have to go through. b