barry nelson with the golden state salmon association. i'll stick around to speak later in the agenda, but just a couple of big framing comments where we are today. as peter mentioned, the trump administration finalized all the necessary steps to begin implementation of the new biological opinions, and i just wanted to start by -- by making sure that it was clear how astonishingly radical those biological opinions are. those -- and i'll only mention one example. there are many, many, many examples. as peter mentions, the draft biological opinion was withdrawn. dozens of federal scientists were reassigned, the trump administration having fired the scientists, got the conclusion they wanted. instead of the conclusion driven by scientists, which is what you're proposing would threaten extinction of multiple species, they got a rubber stamp of what you're proposing is fine. i'll just give you an example of one of the opinions. salmon depend on the cold water flowing out of shasta dam to keep those fish alive. if it doesn't, those fish are coo

barry nelson with the golden state salmon association. i'll stick around to speak later in the agenda, but just a couple of big framing comments where we are today. as peter mentioned, the trump administration finalized all the necessary steps to begin implementation of the new biological opinions, and i just wanted to start by -- by making sure that it was clear how astonishingly radical those biological opinions are. those -- and i'll only mention one example. there are many, many, many examples. as peter mentions, the draft biological opinion was withdrawn. dozens of federal scientists were reassigned, the trump administration having fired the scientists, got the conclusion they wanted. instead of the conclusion driven by scientists, which is what you're proposing would threaten extinction of multiple species, they got a rubber stamp of what you're proposing is fine. i'll just give you an example of one of the opinions. salmon depend on the cold water flowing out of shasta dam to keep those fish alive. if it doesn't, those fish are coo

barry goldwater, mr. conservative republican, versus nelson rockefeller, new york, establishment. they lost to a guy with a write-in and i think that was cause people were upset with the choices and people who may not have had a particular party affiliation decided they were going to do that. 68 certainly was an anti-war vote. and 72 an anti-war vote. i think you get people going on one side or the other as a result of that, and i think trump is $64 million question. just what has trump's been effect on the electorate? he's got the republican party in his pocket. but there are a lot of undeclareds upset with trump, going to go into the democratic primary. to vote for one of those people, hoping they can beat trump. or are they going to go in the republican field and go for -- it's pretty much governor weld is the only one running on that side. he think he's going to do better than i think. i think the republicans will go for trump. the trump people. and a lot of undeclareds are going to go democratic because they want to pick somebody who they think is the best chance of beating t

barry goldwater, mr. conservative republican, versus nelson rockefeller, new york eastern establishment, they lost to a guya write-in, and i think that was because people were upset with the choices, and people who may have not had a particular party affiliation decided they were going to do that. and 1968 certainly was an antiwar vote and 1972 an antiwar vote. you have people going on one side or another as a result of that. and i think trump is the $64 million question. right? just what has been trump's effect been on the electorate? he has the republican party in his pocket, but are a lot of undeclareds upset with trump going to go into the democratic primary to vote for one of those people, hoping they can beat trump? or are they going to go in a republican field and go for -- it is pretty much governor weld, the only one running on that side. he thinks he is going to do better than i think he is going to do. i think the republicans are going to go for trump, the trump people. and a lot of undeclareds are going to go democratic because they want to pick somebody who they think has the best chance of be

emilyy simons, suzanne grooms, krista boyd, norman eisen, barry burke, joshua maps, dead letter, sarah estelle, ashley spn, terry mccullough, dick nelson, and wendy parker. some of those staff including some singled out in this chamber, have been made to endure the most vicious false attacks that they feel their lives been put at risk. the attacks on them degrade our institution and all who serve in it. you have asked me why i hired certain of my staff and i will tell you, because they are brilliant. hard-working, patriotic, and the best people for the job. and they deserve better than the attacks they have been forced to suffer. members of the senate, mr. chief justice, i want to close this portion of our statement with words from our dear friend and former colleague in the house of the late elijah cummings who said this on the dayrm the speed speaker announced the beginning of the impeachment inquiry. as representatives of the american people we speak not only for those who are here with us now, but for generations unborn. our voices today are messages to a future we may never see. when the history books are written about this tumult