mr. cardin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, let me just thank senator schatz for his comments here. the points that he's making i hope that every senator will follow because i think they're critically important. first and foremost, we're talking about the appropriate power of the legislative branch of government. we have the power to appropriate. we're the article 1 branch of government. we have appropriated money for border security. we have appropriated money for military construction. congress clearly intended the moneys that we proposed for military construction to go to our military installations and our military families. we made that conscientious decision. now the president is transferring funds from military construction to help our service personnel to the border wall. and i say that because it is an unconstitutional grasp of power. it compromises the checks and balances that are in our constitution. it's an abuse of power. but it's also affecting the quality of life of the men and women who have voluntaril

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mr. cardin: mr. president, i join with many of my colleagues to make a pretty simple request. and that is, the issue of gun violence in this country requires us to take action. and the senate needs to do what it is historically the place to do. the presiding officer is in his first term. i'm in the third term but the united states is the place where we debate on the issues. it's the greatest deliberative body in the world. that's what i thought i was running for. it's time for leader mcconnell to bring up -- well past time to bring up gun safety legislation, for us to act, to do something about gun violence in this country. and, yes, we would hope that the president would lead, would provide that leadership that we hear after every one of these mass shootings that the president is engaged. well, we need his leadership to bring us together on sensible gun safety legislation. but if we don't, we still have the responsibility here in this body to act, and we call upon leader mcconnell to bring forward sensible gun safety legislation. the united states is an outliar on gun violenc

mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. earlier this month, i went to joint base an andrew -- base andrews. it is where the president boards air force one. the mission at joint base andrews is broad. they do an incredible job and service to our country. i went there to take a look at the child development center. the child development center that i visited was first constructed in 1941, not as a child care center, but for other purposes. it has had serious challenges as the air force put in their request to put a new child care center, a new child development center. you see, i visited classrooms that had to be closed because of a sewage backup that happens regularly and flows into the kitchen area of this particular facility. i saw the results of a roof that had collapsed during a heavy snowstorm that now has been replaced but the use of that part of the building is compromised. i saw the concerns -- expressed the concerns about pest control, about an hva system that does not work. and not able to deal with the needs of ou

cardinals fan or anything. do we have time for this last -- can we just take a quick peek? this is tom hanks unveiling his role as mr. i loved mr. rogers. like, where is that today? we need some good, old-fashioned the like mr. rogers -- tv like mr. rogers. >> absolutely. it's already getting great reviews, people coming out and saying that this is the performance of a lifetime from an actor that's already one of the greatest of his generation. a good reminored of what we need more of -- reminder of what we need more of. trish: have a great night, see you tomorrow. kennedy: all right, look out, joe biden. with just three days until the next debate, liz warren is surging in the polls. you go, girl. but she may have made a very costly mistake, and that could mean the election according to a new cbs news tracking poll. voters in 18 early voting states, warren now leads the crowded field with 26%. that's one point higher than sleepy joe. yes, in this poll he has fallen to second place. bernie's in third, camilla, she's done, fourth place, 8%. not good. liz warren has seen herself rise in recent weeks. she continues to r

mr. cardin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the dwoark be dispensed with. the presiding officer: -- that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: madam president, in february of this year, the house of representatives passed what's known as the universal background check in regards to gun sales. since that time, the senate has had no action whatsoever on gun safety issues. leader mcconnell could bring this bill to the floor, and i am confident that we have the support to pass it. i do hear from many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that we're waiting for the president, and unless the president signs off on a bill, they are not interested in bringing it up. well, the last time i checked the constitution of the united states, the first article of the constitution provides for the legislative branch of government, and that's us, and we make the laws, not the president of the united states. it's up to us to