mr. murphy. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer, is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, i rise to welcome my dear friend and true leader, dr. marl lynn monroe harris, and thank her for delivering today's invocation. dr. harris is the fifth pastor and first female pastors of the first faptist church in teaneck, new jersey. she's joined by her niece and fellow pastors and colleagues from the foreign mission. lele her lifelong civil servant, founder of the christian women's alliance, allowing clergywomen to grow together. a recipient of new jersey's naacp award for pastoral excellence and leadership. she's preached across the globe from spain to south after cafment she also supports our first responders back home, serving as the first female african-american chaplain of

mr. murphy? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. hook, the reason that senator udall is requesting you giuliani's out request on behalf of zarrab, i twofold.s one, we're very concerned that policys a shadow foreign operation that exists, being conducted by the president's a sonal lawyer, representative of his political interests. e know that because we have transcripts of phone calls in which the president tells foreign leaders not to call your secretary pompeo, if they want to deal with the united states but to call giuliani. but we're also concerned about this particular case because it it's evidence that the president's personal lawyer isshadow secretary of state, working to undermine american sanctions against iran. you ery sanctions that testified to us that are economy.g their and so let me ask senator udall's question a different way. spoken to rudy giuliani bout u.s. sanctions policy towards his client, zarrab? this meeting was a couple of years ago. i was in listening mode, as i said, judge mukasey asked for the meeting, an

she went from door to door over the following weeks to warn the residents yeah mr murphy. actually the entire construction site must be completely sealed off it is for the lead molecules must be prevented from getting into the environment during the construction work you don't continue to load until knees are worried about the neighborhood children meanwhile the city has cleaned the courtyards of schools and daycares they say. claude and denise are devout catholics and believe that god has personally protected not freedom from collapse until now through the fall there was a protecting hand that's how i see it i said yes and off for all not going to happen to the virgin birth child there was debris everywhere and she didn't even have a scratch not even a scratch and that's a surprise is ceci is supper still on the thinking. load and the knees are quite sure that they're not true down will stand here as splendidly as before and they hope they will live to see it. if you're swimming in the mediterranean and you feel something to clean your feet it's more likely to be a plasti

mrs. m murphy, for five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. five minutes. davis: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor an active and member who unity passed away unexpectedly last 47.h at the age of tom grew up in ivesdale, illinois, and after graduating from high school he went on to ttend southern of illinois at carbondale and earned his m.b.a. from eastern illinois university. he spent over two decades working in the banking industry before accepting role of president and c.e.o. of farm in illinois in 2015. in this position, he led an 220 full -time employees and a multibillion ollar portfolio for farm owners. those that knew him described om as an extraordinary executive with a kind heart. outside of work, tom showed up andwould be met and learned how to get involved in his community to make it better. om gave generously to parkland community college. he gave generously to local served on the board for kirby hospital in monticello. tom lived his ebb tire -- entire ife in humble service

mr. murphy, you might be talking to this guy soon.us-- >> can you show that picture? >> stephen: we might have to blur this picture. you're right. that is you. ( applause ) what year is this? what year is this? >> i don't know. >> stephen: a long time ago. >> i have no idea. >> stephen: people have been clamoring for you to go do stup again. i understand one of them was barack obama. >> obama, yeah, i got this mark twaib prize, when i saw him in the white house, the first thing he asked me was, "when are you going to do stup again?" ( laughter ) maybe it's time to do stup again. >> stephen: did you do your obama-- ( cheers and applause ) did you do your obama for obama? >> oh, no. i don't really know if i do a good obama. you know what we talked about? he talked about my hair. he was like, "how come your hair--" he said, "what kind of rinse are you using?" you don't have any gray hairs. i'm about two, three months older than obama. he was like, "that doesn't make me feel any better." it's a great picture i have of me talking to him in

mr. sullivan: i don't know. senator murphy: have you made any attempt to find out? mr. sullivan: since i learned of it in september i have not. senator murphy: that's curious if people are operating outside of your specific instructions. i think it's curious would you not try to find out. let me ask a few more quick questions. is it currently the policy of the united states that ukraine must conduct investigations into crowd strike? mr. sullivan: no. senator murphy: why not? this was the policy over the summer, why not now? mr. sullivan: i had accepted as a hypothetical that was our policy. i don't know that. it is not ourpolicy. our policy has been to encourage any corruption reform generally in ukraine. that's something i have worked on for over two years. but never with resmect to a particular -- respect to a particular investigation or company or individual. senator murphy: is rudy giuliani currently carrying out any diplomatic business on behalf of the united states? mr. sullivan: not to my knowledge. senator murphy: i have a great deal of respect for the work you h

mr. murphy. the chair: the gentleman from recognized.na is mr. murphy: thank you, mr. chairman. davis.ou, mr. it's an honor to serve beside you. truly an honor. with my , i rise today adament s on -- opposition to the shield act. this bill is misleading at best effectively more monikered as the first amendment suppression act. an extension of house democrats' efforts to federalize the election process way from the states by substantially restricting free speech through governmental overreach. furthermore, it does not actually do anything further to secure our elections from interference. in the buildup to the 2016 operatives ssian broke many existing u.s. laws in heir attempt to spread misinformation. nothing in shield would provide additional resources to law officials to pursue these foreign actors. additionally, this bill will chilling effect on free speech by punishing organizations that have nothing politics and it mandates federal overreach on a substantial scale. the shield act even gives the federal government the duty of etermining what qualifies as a legitimate news so

senator murphy: mr. hook, the reason senator udall is asking about rudy giuliani's request on behalf of the turkish businessman, it is twofold. number one, we are very concerned there is a shadow foreign policy operation that exists, being conducted by the president's personal lawyer, a representative of his political interests. we know that because we have transcripts of phone calls in which the president tells foreign leaders not to call your boss, secretary of palm -- secretary pompeo, but to call rudy giuliani. but we are concerned about this case because it seems as if it is evidence that the president's personal lawyer, his shadow secretary of state, is working to undermine american sanctions against iran, the very sanctions you testify to us are crippling their economy. udall'ssk senator question in a different way. have you spoken to rudy giuliani about u.s. sanctions policy zarab. his client, reza mr. hook: the meeting was a couple of years ago. i was listening. as i said, judge mukasey organize

mr. sullivan: i did not. sen. murphy: did secretary pompeo order these individuals to request these investigations? mr. sullivan: not to my knowledge. senator murphy: did john bolton order these individuals to coordinate with rudy giuliani in pressing for these investigations? mr. sullivan: i don't have basis to answer. i don't believe so. i don't know that he did. i have no reason to think he did. i don't have a factual basis to provide a definitive answer. senator murphy: clearly if these are people under your supervision, you didn't ask them to undertake these activities. i would imagine you would want to get to the bottom of that. so what is your understanding as to where the instructions were coming from if they weren't coming from you or the secretary of state? mr. sullivan: they are getting their instructions, ambassador taylor is getting instructions from the secretary, from me, and from our undersecretary -- senator murphy: you testified neither you nor the secretary asked them to request these specific investig

mr. murphy al and the legendary eddie murphy sitting down.. the white house is calling it a smear campaign, but the president's top diplomat in ukraine has told congress there was indeed a quid pro quo in the president's dealings with that country. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with the story. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning, there is new fallout this morning after that bomb shell testimony by bill taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine. taylor testified tuesday he was told the release of ukraine aid was dependent on a public declaration by ukraine's president of an investigation into the bidens in the 2016 election president trump has consistently denied a quid pro quo. reaction pouring in overnight with some democrats calling the testimony disturbing and even damning. in a statement, the white house fired back saying there was no quid pro quo and calling the impeachment inquiry nonsense and a coordinated smear campaign from far left lawmakers. meanwhile, the president sparking a new

the chair appoints the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. murphy, to preside over the ommittee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 823, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas and conservation areas in the state of colorado and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time. general debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments specified in the first section of the house resolution, 656, and shall not exceed one hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority members of the committee on natural resources. the gentleman from colorado, mr. neguse, and the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. neguse: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is rec

mr. murphy: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, the most sacred, the most important, the most profound responsibility that a president of the united states has is to keep americans safe. everything else that we care about, the citizens of this great nation, the best nation on the planet, it matters very little if our physical safety and the physical safety of our families, of our loved ones aren't assured. that's job number one for the president of the united states. now, mr. president, i believe that the president has likely committed offenses that are worthy of impeachment. i think it's likely that information is going to emerge from the house's inquiry that will present republicans with clear evidence that the president's abuse of office has been serious. now, obviously, we need to wait for the articles of impeachment to arrive in the senate, if they do arrive, before any of us decide our vote on revolve, but the publicly stipulated facts already surrounding the president's shadow foreign policy designed not to advanc

mr. immediate: so you hope to see a revival of the trade ageneral dafment senator murphy: i would. that may not make me super popular with my progressive friends but i think there's a way to do bet for the different framework. mr. immediate: i want to ask you about climate di-- mr. meade: i want to ask you about cly -- mr. mead: i want to ask you about climate diplomacy. it's one of the thingus focus on. going back to the pariscally mat accords frevpb the standpoint of most people in the green movement would be a first step. what do you think american climate policy should look like. senator murphy: i think that's my worry, that there's a lot of folks that'll cheer lead when we sign back up for paris and not understand that that still is a nonbinding commitment on nations, we are not alone amongst the nations who signed it that aren't following through on it. mr. mead: how many are? it's a small number? senator murphy: it's very small numbers. it is a -- this is a much bigger, longer discussion. i think president obama had it right, he was vale -- elevating this issue in our-by-late

mr. murphy?i would still look for boeing, if boeing is down in the mid 330 range, i think it's a great company to buy. look for it to get back up close to 400. stuart: you bought it yesterday? >> yes. stuart: buy on the dip. >> yes, sir. stuart: murphy, thank you very much for being with us. always good stuff. good luck in the marathon which you are going to run on november what is it? the 3rd. >> i don't think i will win but i'm looking forward to it. stuart: can you run five hours? >> i think i can. that's kind of the number. stuart: well done, in advance. all right. check the big board. kind of going nowhere despite all these earnings reports and some very good profit reports. we are down 14 points. >>> elizabeth warren wants to get rid of very successful charter schools. this is to appeal to the teachers union. it's all part of her new $800 billion spending plan for education. that's the focus of my take which will come your way at 11:00 this morning. >>> new yorkers taking trains into new je

mr. foster, murphy, y, stephanie steve chabot, the entrepreneur caucus, and we're trying to find out -- we asked g.a.o. why are we not having more public companies at smaller sizes? to you, my friend from california and iowa, it's ecause we have raised the cost of being public too high. this is another burden, and i think we should think long and we add burden. materiality is a way to bring back, and i reserve. members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. ms. waters: i yield the balance of my time. the chair: does the gentleman yield back? mr. hill: no, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: does the gentleman have any more speakers? don't, madam chair. i have time i will use so i will use that time to close. he chair: i reserve the right to close. -- ms. waters: i reserve the right to close. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. hill: let me close by saying to lower the cobbs of being public. we want to remove barriers from being public. we do that by carefully balancing the

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that members of the committee have worked on, including house resolution 3529 by congresswoman murphy, mr. deutch, myself to have greater connectivity prior to any intrusion, or we might be marking up the legislation by mr. ratcliffe, mr. himes, joined by mr. collins and mr. khanna, 3238, that would create greater consequence for those that engage in election interferes. that's not what this is about. this is about smearing the president of the united states and validating the corrupt people who have been involved in delegitimatizing his historic election. we know that because just moments ago the chairman said that peter strzok was acting in the highest traditions of government service. mr. gaetz: mr. floris i believe you held a job he once held. is engaging in an extramarital affair with a co-working acting in the highest traditions -- ms. floris: i'm not going to comment. mr. gaetz: are you aware of any regulations against it? ms. floris: i'm not going to hold it. mr. gaetz: are you saying you don't know whether or not it's against f.b.i. policy to have an extramarital affair with a co

mr. speaker, greg murphy was unable to join us this evening. on his behalf i ask that congressman murphy's statement be placed into the congressional ecord. mr. speaker, friends, colleagues and distinguished guests in the gallery, i thank you for your participation in my special order. as a beirut veteran, i am deeply moved by your remarks and i know your words will comfort the gold star families across this nation. today on the 36th anniversary of this horrific attack, and every day, we must strive to ensure that all are remembered and all are honored. we remember their loyalty, their selflessness and their courage and we are humbled by their tremendous sacrifice. we must hold them closely in our hearts and hometowns. we must live in gratitude for the precious gift they have given to us here today. most of all, we must uphold our promise to honor our fallen. we must remain always faithful. mr. speaker, i will always remain faithful. god bless america. semper fi. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields

murphy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. hook, the reason that senator udall is asking you questions about rudy giuliani's requests on behalf of reza zarrab is two-fold. we're very concerned that there is a shadow policy operation that exists being represented by the president's personal lawyer, a political interest. we know that because we have transcripts of phone calls in which the president tells foreign leaders not to call your boss, secretary pompeo, if they want to deal with the united states, but to call rudy giuliani. but we're also concerned about this particular case because it seems as if it is evidence that the president's personal lawyer, his shadow secretary of state, is working to undermine american sanctions against iran, the very sanctions you testified to us that are crippling their economy. and so let me ask -- let me ask senator udall's question a different way. have you spoken to rudy giuliani about u.s. sanctions policy towards his client, reza zchlts arrab? >> this meeting was a couple of years ago. i

senator murphy: mr.hook, the reason senator udall is asking about rudy giuliani's request on behalf of the turkish businessman, it is twofold. number one, we are very concerned there is a shadow foreign policy operation that exists, being conducted by the president's personal lawyer, a representative of his political interests. we know that because we have transcripts of phone calls in which the president tells foreign leaders not to call your boss, secretary of palm -- secretary pompeo, but to call rudy giuliani. but we are concerned about this case because it seems as if it is evidence that the president's personal lawyer, his shadow secretary of state, is working to undermine american sanctions against iran, the very sanctions you testify to us are crippling their economy. udall'ssk senator question in a different way. have you spoken to rudy giuliani about u.s. sanctions policy zarab. his client, reza mr. hook: the meeting was a couple of years ago. i was listening. as i said, judge mukasey organize

by the congresswoman murphy, mr. deutsch, myself to have greater connectivity prior to any intrusion or we might be marking up the legislation joined by mr. colin's and 3238 would create greater consequence for those that engage in election interference but that isn't what this is about. it's about smearing the president of the united states, aninvalidating the people who he been involved in delegitimizing a historical election and we know that because moments ago the chairman said that he was acting in the highest traditions of government service and i believe you hold the job engaging in an extramarital affair and the fbi with a coworker acting in the highest tradition of government service. >> i'm not going to comment on the. >> are there regulations against it but you are aware of? >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> are you saying you don't know if it is extramarital affair with a coworker asked >> i hold a slightly different job and he held over the intelligence branch. he was over the operational branch. i

also from the senate floor today connecticut democratic senator chris murphy spoke about the trump administration's foreign policy. >> mrpresident, the most sacred the most important the most profound responsibility that a president of the united states has is to keep americans safe. t,everything else that we care about citizens of this great nation, the best nation on the planet, it matters very little if our physical safety and the physical safety of our families and our loved ones aren't assured. that's job number one for the president of the united states. mr. president, i believe the president is likely committed offenses that are worthy of impeachment. i think it's likely that information is going to emerge from the houses inquiry that will present republicans with clear evidence that the president's abusive office has rbeen serious. obviously we need to wait for the articles of impeachment to arrive in the lisenate if they arrive before any of us decide our vote on removal but the publicly stipulated facts already surrounding the president's shadow foreign policy designed not to advance national interest but pers

that members of the committee have worked on including the house resolution 3529 by congresswoman murphy, mr. deutsch, ms. powell, myself to have greater connectivity prior to any intrusion or we might be marking up the legislation by mr. ratcliffe and mr. hines joined by mr. collins and mr. qana 3238 that would create greater consequence. that's not what this is about and this is about smearing the president of the united states and delegitimizing this historic election. just moments ago the chairman said peter strzok was acting in the highest tradition of government service. i believe you are holding a job once he held, and aki is havingr with a coworker, on. >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> are there regulations on that? >> you hold mr. strzok's job. are you saying you don't know if it's against fbi policy to have an extra marital affair with a co-worker. i hold a slightly different job. i'm the d.a.d. branch and not that we're held to a different standard and i'm not going to comment on whether or not peter strzok's behavior was out of conduct. >> is it at the highest service of t

. >> reporter: yes, she did, said prosecutor matt murphy, she lied, trying to help dan get away with murder. >> everything that mrdina just said about daniel wozniak is accurate. he is a pathological liar. he is a monster. but he's her little monster, she knows him. and all of this stuff goes on right under her nose. >> reporter: the jury took five hours to reach a verdict. >> we the jury in the above entitled actions find the defendant rachel may buffett, guilty. >> and when you heard the sounds of the clicks of the cuffs, to me, it was a sweet sound because her arrogance and her lies are now caught up with her. >> reporter: sam and julie's parents spoke at rachel's sentencing. >> as part of my son's body lie dead and dismembered in the attic of a los alamitos theater, rachel buffett was spreading lies. as julie kibuishi was lying in my son's apartment, rachel buffett was deliberately deceiving the police, attempting to throw them off the trail of her lover, dan wozniak. >> to me, you and that monster are two peas in a pod. you're both self-centered and truly heartless. i hope you'll live every day regretting yo

murphy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. we have such amazing respect for the work that you have done throughout your career and in particular the job that you have taken on most recently. that's why i think some of the most stunning testimony we have heard today came in answer to senator menendez's early questioning when he asked whether you had been consulted prior to this momentous decision being made. i don't really know why we have someone with the title special representative for syrian engagement and special envoy to the global coalition to defeat isis if they are not consulted before the president takes the most significant single action affecting u.s. interest in syria and the future of isis during his presidency. i think it speekts to the utter chaos of american foreign policy today that you were not consulted or talked to about this decision prior to it being made. i had a recently retired general who commanded or oversaw american troops in syria in my office last night. he was distraught. in part because he tells

murphy: you don't think our forces were a deterrent? mr. jeffrey: absolutely not. i will cite ash carter sunday on them i think it was with stephanopoulos when he was asked that and he said the last administration never told the kurds we would defend the militarily against turkey. this was followed up by a general on face the nation who said the same thing. sen. murphy: i think our soldiers on the ground related to believe something fundamentally different. query as to how are soldiers who were carrying out the mission felt they were betraying the kurds, if ultimately part of the reason for being there wasn't to protect them against the very nation on their border that was seeking to destroy them. >> thank you. produced trump retreat vivid pictures of u.s. troops pelted by stones and rotting vegetables as they walked away from their kurdish battlefield allies. the consequences of the trump retreat are at least the following. empowering turkey, iran, russia, and the regime of assad. turkey is a very complicated ally that is no sliding towards adversary. iran is an a

mr. roker is going to sit down with one of the biggest names in hollywood comedy, eddie murphy.get right to the news at 8:00, the president is urging republicans to do more to fight the house impeachment inquiry over his dealings with ukraine, and a key figure in that controversy is scheduled to testify today on capitol hill. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has got the latest on it. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you, president trump is defiant, and demanding republicans get tougher in their defense of him this morning as he braces for one of the key figures in the ukraine controversy to take the hot seat in just a few hours from now. bill taylor is the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine. he will meet with lawmakers behind closed doors. taylor's text messages will likely be front and center today, and one, taylor wrote to the eu ambassador, gordon sondland, it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with the campaign. now, someone denied there was a quid pro quo happening but recently testified he didn't know why security ass

murphy. senator johnson, welcome back to "meet the press", sir. >> good morning, chuck. >> let me start with something you told "the wall street journal" late last week. you had said when mred to imply that the frozen military aid was connected to a promise by zelensky for investigations, you said at that suggestion i winced. my reaction was, in combined. why did you wince? >> it was typically very unbiased. let me first, before i start answering all the detailed questions, let me talk about why i'm sympathetic what president trump has gone through. i'm 63 years old. i have never seen a president, not having some measure of well wishes from his opponents. i have never seen a president -- administration be sabotaged the day after an election. i have seen no measure of honeymoon whatsoever. so what president trump had to endure, a false accusation. by the way, you have john brennan on. ask director brennan what did peter strzok men when he texted lisa page in 2016. >> senator, can we -- >> chuck, let me finish. ukraine scorned -- >> what does this have to do with ukraine? >> it has everything to do with ukraine. listen. our sisters leaking like mad. scorned. they are kickin

mr. trump said the president's legal counsel was not involved in acting chief of -- the reaction from capitol hill, senator chris murphying this is an extraordinary briefing, a dare to congress to stop the integration to trump's political and financial interest into our foreign policy and let's follow up with those republican members who went on the tv and said there was no quid pro quo now that mulvaney has admitted it. what is the new talking point? curtis and marilyn, independent. your stop -- your top story from this week. caller: good morning. i am first time caller and i am so glad to get through with you guys. i have been listening to you guys for forever and this is my first time calling. i am so disappointed in this when we as awhole the corruptionw of this government going on putt now to be point-blank in our face and no one is doing anything and it seems no one has any authority or power to take any type of action and congress, for lost with them because me, it looks like they have no authority whatsoever to allow this person in this white house with all of these -- i don't know what to call them he has unde

murphy. thank god dave chappelle came up there. this guy said to me with a straight face i'm going to do a black version of mr. rogers.uckwheat. neil: it would be very tough to do that today. >> that's why i can't wait for him to come out with his netflix special because i'm tired of it. i'm tired of it. i was on the show, i shouldn't say this on fox business but i was joking around, we were playing barry white and i always wanted to sound like barry white. hello, how are you, man? hey, baby. people are going to go oh, that's racist. no, i want to sound like barry white, baby. neil: one guy here who sounds like that is shepard smith. great voice. gary -- >> you want me to say something? neil: yes, i do. tell me about these performances in orlando again. >> magnificent. i expected comedy, then he started singing, he did sinatra. his impersonations, wow. i am sitting next to this man, just letting you know. neil: years ago, you were hosting a boy scout event. my son was there. my sons were there. >> they were there. you got a charity, i stay late. neil: the boy scouts didn't quite know what they were getting into. one t

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you and now i recognize congressman cox for five minutes of questioning. >> i want to thank chairman murphy, for allowing me to waive on to this very important hearing. as you've pointed out, the recent cdc effort show that at least 500 people have experienced vaping lung related injuries and at least eight people have died. i represent the central valley of california. in one of the most recent deaths was from one of my communities. i'm troubled to hear that we have another crisis on our hands and this was one a special threat to tour families. we need to know why that has happened. we need to understand what your agency is doing to combat this epidemic, and certainly we need solutions to prevent this from happening again so not one more american dies needlessly. i understand coordination efforts are under way. last week we called to the public health department to the find out more about what happened to this individual. they didn't have much information to share with us. they sent the vaping device to the public health department for further analysis. i'm concerned about the collection e

mr. murphy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following treaty, which the clerk will report. the clerk: clard number five, treaty dock 16 -- 1, protocol to the north atlantic treaty of 1949 on the accession of the republic of north macedonia. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: i want to tell you a quick story about a woman from atlanta. her name is dawn jones. dawn bought what is commonly referred to in the insurance industry as a short-term health insurance plan. she bought it from the golden rule insurance company, which is united health. she needed it because she needed some coverage in between jobs. she was then diagnosed with breast cancer, and she went through a heartbreaking experience trying to get her insurance company to cover her for her 400,0