dick durbin as minority whip and patty murray also as assistant minority leader. that's just what to expect as far as leadership, the ones that will be making in setting the temple for activities of the 116th congress. the 20th amendment to amendment to the constitution directs that congress convenes at noon on january the and odd-numbered year. that date can change from time to time. legislation makes it able do so. one of the activities we'll see, expect to see a vice president named by the constitution as the president of the senate presiding over the senate as it first convenes. after that we should her prayer from the senate chapln

>> senator alexander who was here early, he and patty murray have a series of hearings to set up, what are ways, what are the challenges, what's the diagnosis of problems in our system? and the idea is next year we will get the prescriptions and then there are other prescriptions on the table from republican proposals that senator sanders proposed. but senator bennett and i really believe that we take seriously what we have heard over the last year and if we takes seriously what we have heard from people, we want more options we want lower cost, then we think we have the plan that is most likely together support. maybe not immediately, but if we really get into problem- solving mode, we feel good about this proposal. >> read between the lines on medicare x and, you said it's politically significance because it's built on existing laws rather than to tear down the law being offered by senator bernie sanders. as you listen to the 2020s conversation among democrats are you worried about how healthcare you're getting on healthcare issues? >> i'm not particularly worried let me read, i read

the majority but we could not get the 60 votes in the senate so it was never taken up and out patty murray is a cosponsor -- the lead sponsor in the senate on that that is equal pay for equal work. yesterday was the 10th anniversary. april 2 is equal pay day. that is the day in which women start to get paid for their work for the year as opposed to what men make for the year so we hope this bill would be signed into law by that day. it's all a part of the for the people agenda for bigger paychecks, lower health care costs, more integrity in government. any questions? we've got the blue sign today. >> we match. during the shutdown, we heard president trump and his offering to provide three years of protection for it daca recipients. in the current negotiations, is that being discussed or our jailers getting lost in all of this questio? >> let me clarify what the president did. the dreamers art twice the number of the daca recipients. in his comments come he said he wanted to protect the daca but what he did was he took away the protections daca had, he took away the protection of tps which

in the summer of 2015, president obama invited senator patty murray the democratic senator from washington. i'm the chairman of the senate education committee. it's to fix the wall called no child left behind. if you think that resolving the impasse on border security is difficult, try dealing with kindergarten through 12th grade education policies. try setting federal policy for 100,000 public schools in this country. it's like 100,000 spectators the university of tennessee football games all of whom are sure they are expert coaches and no play to call they all have a little football when they were kids and so they know which way to call into thand they know how to fixe schools. the teachers unions and issues of federalism, civil rights, over testing and common core and we had a divided government in 2015. a democratic president barack obama and republican majority of congress. it was in that environment we were trying to fix no child left behind the president asked us to meet with him privately in the oval office. i told the president if he wouldn't oppose the bill as it made its way thr

the summer of 2015 president obama invited senator patty murray, the democratic senator from washington state and i down -- and me down to the white house for a meeting with him in the oval office. i'm chairman of the senate education committee. senator murray is the ranking democratic member. what the president wanted to talk about was our work in congress on trying to fix the law called no child left behind. now, if you think that that resolving an impasse on border security is difficult, try dealing with kindergarten through the 12th grade education policy. try setting federal policy for 100,000 public schools in this country. it's like 100,000 spectators at university of tennessee football game, all of whom are sure they are the expert coaches that know exactly what play to call on the next play. they all had a little football when they were kids so they know what play to call. all of us have a little education so we know how to fix the schools. add to that the opinion of governors, the opinion of teachers' unions, the issues of federalism, of civil rights, of overtesting and common

this is from washington senator patty murray, a democrat. she wrote, the only thing the american people learned tonight is that president trump is willing to say and do anything in order to justify spending taxpayer money on its -- on his wasteful border wall. the shutdown is reckless and wrong. after this friday, it will be the longest shut down in u.s. history. during the 1995 clinton administration in a showdown with house speaker newt gingrich. saturday would make it the longest, if it extends to saturday. mitchell joins us from texas, the democrats' line. go ahead, mitchell. in houston,o jack texas, independent line, good evening. as someone in the middle, it appears both parties are interested in protecting the border. we know the president's position with the wall, and from the address given by senator chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, it seems democrats have repeatedly shown they are willing to fund various border security measures, just not a wall. maybe that is the correct course, and maybe that is the wrong course. either way i supp

was it patty murray, amy klobuchar or bernie sanders? that's doocy. steve: patty murray, a.n 2010 who received a million for fruit research station. robert byrd, dick durbin, harry reid. steve: what year? >> 2010, two million for fruit research station. doocy? steve: dick durbin. >> let's go to the video. exciting video of the king of pork. [buzzer] ainsley: i should have guessed that. i was going with him. >> you were going to. ainsley: too nervous to push the button. i didn't trust myself. >> here we go in 2017, 2017, who secured $900,000 for and a aquatic plant control program? was it rand paul, john kasich, or chuck schumer. brian? >> i want to say schumer, tom. >> you are going to say schumer. is he right. go to exciting video of chuck schumer. [bell ringing] ainsley: you're doing well today. connell: nothing like seeing video of people. but to the listening to them. >> was part of a larger 9 million allocation for aquatic plant control. final question. in 2005, who secured over 200 million for a bridge to nowhere which would be abandoned before completion 10 years late

and i'm ready to dive in, spoon mid-air, and the only other woman at the table, senator patty murrayand dressing and you're about to eat it." ( laughter ) and i said to her, "that's what we do in minnesota, we eat the thousand island dressing." ( laughter and applause ) so, that. and i would say-- >> stephen: there it is. >> my other piece of advice to anyone in politics, whether you're on the city council or school board, student council, is to respect other people, to be willing to find the common ground, to understand that courage isn't just standing in the corner of the boxing ring, throwing insults, that courage is whether or not you're willing to stand next to someone you don't always agree with for the betterment of the country. and that you go where it's uncomfortable, not just where it is comfortable, and that's how we're going to win the midwest. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you for being here, senator. >> thank you. >> stephen: senator amy klobuchar, everybody! we'll be right back. ( band playing ) woman: it's not my first time bartending so... man: it's a sau

eric: let's bring in dave brown, former senior adviser and committee counseling to senator patty murrayshington state. and brad blakeman is here, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and a noted republican himself. brad, let me start with you. she's one of the biggest names, seems to be the first out of the gate. the caucus is february 3rd next year. a lot of time. how does senator warren break out of the pack? >> well, so far she really hasn't had a breakout moment even with her announcement of an exploratory committee. peter doocy just told you about a fox news poll which shows her amongst her own peers in massachusetts, 62% of the people think she would be a terrible president. the people who know you best are the people you're supposed to be serving. by the way, she's not serving them if she's in iowa. the first question i would ask as an iowan to her is when is a farm bill not a farm bill, and when is it a loaded-up food stamp bill? eric: i show two polls, this is the first one. they asked constituents in the states which candidate they think would be the best presid

and senator patty murray saying why this is important not just for me but for the eeoc.ut the eeoc will continue to operate, you know? in terms of taking in charges and trying to help people as soon as the government reopens. and that is one important thing. we started a conversation. i feel so proud that i was able to work with my republican colleagues and we have worked well in a bipartisan manner for nine years. and we started a conversation, and we started an effort. i don't plan to leave this field, you know? i had an offer to go back to teach and i told him i would let him know by january 14. [ laughter ] and yesterday i sent him an email saying thanks so much, i'm not coming back because i just want to stay part of this process. i want to be out there helping employers actually put this in effect. >> and with that [ applause ] we do need to wrap up. but let me first of all just thank vicki and chai today we are so privileged to have you and to be part of this effort and thank you for your leadership on this effort as well. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> toda

floor to describe a person that i did not recognize even though it was supposedly me, and senator patty murray of saint this is important not just for me but for the eeoc. .. we started a conversation. we started an effort. i don't plan to leave this field. you know, i had an offer to go back to teach in law school. i told the dean i'd let him know by january 14th and yesterday, i sent him an e-mail saying thanks so much, i'm not coming back because i just want to stay part of this process. i want to be out there helping employers actually put this in practice. >> and with that, we do need to wrap up. [applause] >> but let me, first of all, just thank vicky chai for joining us today and we were privileged for us to have you and for you to be a part of this effort and thank you for your leadership on this effort as well. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] >> here is a look at our live coverage wednesday. on c-span, the house returns for legislative business at noon eastern. on the agenda is a bill providing additional aid to areas affected by natural disasters in 2018. on c-span2, t

floor to describe a person that i did not recognize, even though it was supposedly me and senator patty murray sort of saying why this was important, not just for me, but for the eeoc. i think the important thing is, the eeoc will continue to operate in terms of taking in charges, in terms of trying to help people as soon as the government reopens, they'll be able to. and that's the important thing. i mean, we started a conversation. i feel so proud that i was able to work with my republican colleague, and we have worked well on a bipartisan manner for nine years. and we started a conversation. and we started an effort. and i don't plan to leave this field. you know? i mean, i just -- i had an offer to go back to teach at law school. i told the dean i would let him know by january 14th. and yesterday i sent him an e-mail saying thanks so much, i'm not coming back, because i just want to stay part of this process. i want to be out there helping employers actually put this in practice. >> and with that, we really do need to wrap-up. [ applause ] but let me first of all just thank vicki and hai f

the summer of 2015 president obama invited senator patty murray, the democratic senator from washington state and i down -- and me down to the white house for a meeting with him in the oval office. i'm chairman of the senate education committee. senator murray is the ranking democratic member. what the president wanted to talk about was our work in congress on trying to fix the law called no child left behind. now, if you think that that resolving an impasse on border security is difficult, try dealing with kindergarten through the 12th grade education policy. try setting federal policy for 100,000 public schools in this country. it's like 100,000 spectators at university of tennessee football game, all of whom are sure they are the expert coaches that know exactly what play to call on the next play. they all had a little football when they were kids so they know what play to call. all of us have a little education so we know how to fix the schools. add to that the opinion of governors, the opinion of teachers' unions, the issues of federalism, of civil rights, of overtesting and common