mr. tuberville? >> no. >> mr. tuberville, no. >> mr. van hollins? >> aye. >> mr. val hollen, aye. mr. warner? >> aye. >> mr. warnock? >> aye. >> miss warren? >> aye. >> mr. white house? mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker? >> no. mr. widen? >> aye. mr. young? >> mr. young, no. >> all right, everyone, we've taken a listen to the ayes and the noes, and it's gone very, very much along party lines, as we bring back in nbc's garrett haake. garrett, i listened john manchin got the aye. when murkowski came along there was a bit of a pause, what is she going to do? she voted no. i know there was a lot of pressure, right, a lot of pressure on her to keep with the coalition -- to keep the coalition together. by the way, did you hear the final tally vote? i think my audio was cut. did you hear it? >> no, i don't think it's been called yet. sometimes they leave these things open. it is possible we have a senator who wasn't in the room as they started so we may still be waiting for a final vote to be gaveled in here. you know, the murkowski vote is a little bit surprising. she towards the end of this

mr. tuberville: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i ask unanimous consent to delete the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tuberville: madam president, i rise today to speak on the senate floor for the first time as a united states senator from the great state of alabama. i want to share some thoughts on how we can work together as a team to improve the lives of our constituents and to provide more opportunity for the next generation of americans. but before i begin, i want to take a moment to thank the people of alabama. for the last two years i have traveled the state from mobile to muscleshoals, from wiregrass to lake gunesville, i talked to folks from all walks of life. mostly i listened, which is something we can all do better. i listened to people's hopes and listened to their concerns. i heard what they thought was going right in our country and state and what they thought was going wrong. even after being a football coach my entire career, working day and night running for the senate was sti

mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president. last week, i spoke about a deeply flawed and misguided piece of legislation passed by the house, house bill h.r. 1. and now senate bill s. 1. today i'm going to talk about yet another bill from our colleagues in the house that would be a -- that would be terrible for my state of alabama and for our country. it's called the protecting the right to organize act or better known as the p.r.o. act. like h.r. 1, the p.r.o. act represents a massive power grab by the democrats. here in washington, d.c. to override the will of the voters and state legislators in a majority of the states in this country. democrats want to force their idea on states that refuse to adopt their progressive failed policies. federal power grabs like these are unconstitutional and go against our entire system of government. the p.r.o. act would overrule the right-to-work laws across the country and force tens of millions of employees to join a union. currently, 27 states have the right to work laws on their books, in

mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president. today i'm going to talk about the growing crisis on our southern border and how we need urgent action to address the degrading situation there. but before i begin, i want to say a quick word about the reconciliation bill we passed last week. the massive $1.9 trillion bill was not covid relief. it was liberal relief. everybody and everyone needs to understand what this was. it was not a rescue plan. it was a heist of taxpayers' money. we don't have $1.9 trillion to be spending. when we have to borrow this much money, we're digging our country deeper into debt, and with this massive spinning bill and -- spending bill, we are borrowing our grandkids' funds and are going to owe more and more countries, like china. to keep up the money supply, we have to increase at such a rapid rate, it would potentially spark inflation. that means we could see the value of americans' hard-earned dollars plummet. to further underscore that point, that means your money doesn't go very far. for the items th

mr. tuberville: madam president, i rise today to discuss a piece of legislation we may soon consider in this body called h.r. 1. h.r. 1 does not solve the problems currently facing our election system. it makes the problems worse. democrats have labeled the bill the for the people act, but it really should be called for the democrats act. this partisan bill represents the largest federal power grab in decades, and that's saying a lot after democrats rammed through a partisan $1.9 trillion stimulus bill just two weeks ago. the american people elected 50 republican senators, but the democrats are happy to cut out half the chamber and the millions of americans we represent to get what they want. h.r. 1 would completely rewrite our election laws. hijacking power from the states and giving it to the federal government to dictate how our elections are run. this type of top-down approach is the opposite of our founding principles of self-government. article 1, section 4 of the constitution grants states the authority to manage their federal election processes. h.r. 1 would take that away. the chang

mr. chairman. sen. reed: senator tuberville, please? senator tuberville: thank you, mr. chairman.ave the best for last, i guess. thank you for your efforts. thank you for the miracle you all pulled off. i know we've heard some rhetoric today that is a little strong, but it is not against you. you've got a whole lot done. i was campaigning last year over alabama and i was telling people, everyone is asking, what do you think about this virus? i said i don't know, but i will tell you this. china is not going to come up with the answer, russia, europe. the united states of america is going to come up with the answer and you did. you worked hard at it. most of you haven't slept much last year. thank you for what you've done. some are saying it has been a disaster. a lot of them in this building 20 years ago offloaded manufacturing to china. what do they expect? we need medical supplies made in this country and quit putting the blame off on other people. i hope you would agree with that, because we've all gone through that. i'm proud of alabama. we are making in huntsville, alabama, re

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator tuberville. senator pedis, please. >> thank you for the work you've done on this report. i want to address the civic piece you've addressed here. a lot of school districts are dropping civics education as well, and folks aren't getting exposed to that. we all know that a strong democracy requires an informed, educated electorate who understands how government works, what the opportunities are, what the limitations are and how the active involvement of a citizen requires more than just voting. voting is incredibly important, but it involves a whole lot more than that. my sense is that with civics classes that it doesn't connect in ways that we would like that to connect at a high school, and if it is a required course, it's like a required course that they have to punch a ticket and get out of there as quickly as they can. so in your research, as you've looked at all of this, are there some programs that really jumped out as very effective to do it, more hands-on, especially with the fact that tod

tuberville: thank you, mr. chairman. new on the job, but glad to be here. military brat. i'm going to do my due diligence on this committee but i want to thank both of you for your service. i grew up in team sports and you know a lot about the other teams when you play and we've talked about korea and russia and china and we've got to national security and we should know all that. i've had a buddies that have died in the military. i barely missed the vietnam war. we have to take care of ourselves here. if we don't have a military here that's organized, well-trained, well-funded, we are going to be in trouble. over the years, i've seen political correctness to take over. i've talked to generals who say coach, we spend more money on gender equity than we do coverings for 35 million dollar airplanes. we have to have our priorities right. this country that pays taxpayer money, the money for our military, needs not just a military because we are in trouble, we need a killing machine. we need people that are well trained that are going to attack, that when we are attacked or ha

tuberville. >> thank you,3g/■ mr. chairman. thank you for being here today.ost of them have asked most of my questions. i'll try to make it short. i've been in education for 40 years. i've seen a lot of words put into protecting our kids from drugs, opioids, marijuana, all those. and we don't seem to do a lot about it. and i'm glad dr. murthy i heard you say something about education. and after 40 years of experience, that's what has got to be done. we've got to put money behind education. and it's getting worse and worse. now that we've opened our borders it's going to get even worse. and i feel for our kids. i really do. they're looking for something else, something different. again, dealing with 17 to 24-year-olds for 40 years, it's different every day, but we got to find an answer. we got to find a solution because it's not going to get any better by just saying it'll go away on its own. we're losing 50 to 60,000 kids a year down of overdose. we talk about covid, and it's our biggest problem now. but we have to do something. i live in alabama. we've lost

mr. tuberville proposes an amendment numbered 1386 to amendment numbered 891. mr. tuberville: madam president, i ask unanimous consent for two minutes evenly divided. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tuberville: madam president, i started my career coaching high school football girls and boys basketball 45 years ago. just a few years after title 9 was enacted, it ensured young women had the same opportunities as young men and the same access to funding, facilities, and athletic scholarships. title 9 has given women the long denied platform that has always been afforded to men. today america's female athletes are routinely the best performing on the world stage. my amendment cosponsored by senators graham and marshall recognize its roll in protecting women in education and sports. under this amendment, educational institutions would prohibit from receiving funding if by logical males are allowed to compete in women's athletics. this amendment safeguards fairness for equality for women. this amendment will ensure that education, funding in the bill is pro