mr. president, i yield the floor. ms. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. ms. hyde-smith: i understand there is a bill at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 2258, a bill to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistle-blowers. ms. hyde-smith: i ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. ms. hyde-smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. resolution 283, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 283, expressing the support for 2019 as the international year of the periodic table of chemical elements. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. hyde-smith: i furt

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president, i am pleased to join my colleagues in commemorating the 50th anniversary of american astronauts becoming the first humans to walk on the moon. 50 years ago the united states met one of the biggest challenges it had ever set for itself. through determination, hard work, invention, and innovation, the united states fulfilled president kennedy's vision to reach the moon before the end of the 1960's. i remember that time very well. july 16, 1969, was my dad's 37th birthday. we were vacationing in florida at the spyglass inn on the beach. we were so excited to be close to merit island, florida, where apollo 11 was being launched. we were in our hotel room watching the television. that is one vacation i will never forget. i remember as a young girl watching those first astronauts step foot on the moon. it was with great awe that i watched the apollo 11 lift off from the earth and the lunar module land safely on the surface of the moon. with a lot of amazement, i watched neil arms

mr. hyde, do you feel with the reporting that we get back from 311, and with the structure we have in place of what we expect to see from these scooter companies in terms of not blocking the sidewalk and being locked appropriately, people not riding on the sidewalk. if we were to come into a situation where as they expanded they get more numbers, and we start seeing bad behavior, multiply, do you feel under this proposal you have the tools that you need to then ratchet down on the companies who are not meeting our standards? >> absolutely. we are issuing permits that are valid for no longer than one year. that is one thing to consider, these will have to be renewed on an annual basis. it's not like we are just handing over permits forever. acknowledging that the technology is constantly changing and this mobility space is rapidly evolving. in terms of whether or not we could potentially revoke permits. we definitely reserve the right to revoke permits if users are consistently not complying wi

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jekyll and mr. hyde situation for one of the biggest names on the street. the bullish call on stocks by goldman sachs that's giving some investors, and we here at "countdown," a little whiplash because it comes barely a week after goldman warned of no new gains for the s&p in the second half of the year. which one should you believe when it comes to your portfolio? we are going to take that question to the floor of the new york stock exchange and the cme. >>> calling up china. trade negotiations have officially restarted in shanghai but here at home, president trump warning china's leader that trying to wait out a second trump term win in the hopes maybe of getting a better deal from one of his 2020 rivals, will be quote, a big mistake. those same rivals taping up their gloves as they prepare to enter the debate ring for another two-night matchup, from trade to the economy to medicare for all, it's a steel cage death match that's putting dem versus dem so let's bring in democratic adviser and fund-raising guru robert wolf. he is here on who stands the best

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hereby appoint the honorable cindy hyde-smith, a senator from the state of mississippi, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today we expect the house of representatives will pass the two-year government funding agreement that the trump administration and speaker pelosi announced earlier this week. i stand with the president who has publicly expressed his support for the agreement on several occasions, and i'm grateful to the members of his administration who led the negotiations -- secretary mnuchin, acting chief of staff mulvaney and acting o.m.b. director vought. consider the circumstances is of divided government. this is a good deal. after the house approves it today with bipartisan support, i expect the senate to do the same next week. here's why it's a good deal -- because it achieves the number one goal of the republican side of the aisle, providing for the common defense. continuing our progress and rebuilding the armed forces of the united states and modernizing them so they can continue to keep americans safe

mr. acosta in the cabinet. he defended it yesterday but reminded me of scott pruitt who he kept in the job for a while, until finally, he was defended then dumped. >> jim vanden hydeting in axios, there's not a ton of goodwill for alex acosta, not because of this, it's important to say, but because of the way he's done his job as labor secretary. >> yeah, i think it's bad news for acosta when you have so many people in the white house leaking how they weren't really happy with him. they claim he hasn't moved fast enough on the fronts they want him to move on. they made it known that mick mulvaney thinks this is going to be problematic. the problem is, it goes back to the media. there's more and more evidence of what evidence did acosta have then making that decision. it's going to be revisited again. it's going to continue to be a big story. trump has no loyalty, if he thinks it's problematic, he'll dump him. that's why acosta got on twitter yesterday. he's being today, you got to defend yourself. you'll look stupid here. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," the poor treatment of migrant treatment isn't just contained to texas. nbc news has new reporting about kids i

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mrs. hyde-smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hyde-smith: in my maiden speech floor i spoke of mississippians suffering from flooding in the south mississippi delta. today i rise to speak on behalf of the thousands of mississippians who are still suffering from catastrophic flooding which started in january and continues to disrupt the lives of residents in the mississippi delta in my state overall. flood waters must recede before damages can be fully assessed, but we already know that more than 600 households have suffered severe damage. nearly 400 families have been displaced since february and agricultural losses will likely exceed $800 million. much of the necessary infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and drainage culverts are beyond repair. in june latamala ta

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president, i am pleased to join my colleagues in commemorating the 50th anniversary of american astronauts becoming the first humans to walk on the moon. 50 years ago the united states met one of the biggest challenges it had ever set for itself. through determination, hard work, invention, and innovation, the united states fulfilled president kennedy's vision to reach the moon before the end of the 1960's. i remember that time very well. july 16, 1969, was my dad's 37th birthday. we were vacationing in florida at the spyglass inn on the beach. we were so excited to be close to merit island, florida, where apollo 11 was being launched. we were in our hotel room watching the television. that is one vacation i will never forget. i remember as a young girl watching those first astronauts step foot on the moon. it was with great awe that i watched the apollo 11 lift off from the earth and the lunar module land safely on the surface of the moon. with a lot of amazement, i watched neil arms

mrs. hyde-smith: i'm asking unanimous consent to call off the quorum call, please. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. by unanimous consent -- 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 close debate on the nomination of peter joseph phipps of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of peter joseph phipps of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 53, the nays are 40. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: m