steve: mr. kaine. >> one more thing i would say eye opener revelation if not surprising.e fact these were classes in best of luck budgets. classes in fiscal policy. there is no subject matter safe from social justice and systemic chris who is great on this state sponsored racism. this is what is making its way into mathatics. it's in every subject. i don't know if this is surprising everyone at home should for this. wow math and social justice. brian: will, do you know what's eye opening for pete when we tell him the guest list because he usually has no idea who is come up jedediah on your show. jason chaffetz, tammy bruce, steve doocy. jack nicklaus, mike huckabee, lawrence jones. pete: i study deed this morning and a performance by mercy me. brian: good job. ainsley: i guess i will watch now. [laughter] thanks, guys. brian: steve wasn't enough for you? steve: ainsley sees me every day of the week. ainsley: i watch every weekend. brian: janice dean live at churchill downs with the trainer who is favored to win this year's race. >> there is discomfort. we try to sooth it

kaine. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, ambassador. the question we are grappling within in this committee and other committees is not whether the u.s. will seek being a partner with afghanistan. obviously we will continue security assistance, we will continue diplomatic assistance, we will continue development assistance, humanitarian assistance, trade would be my hope, to work with regional partners, but the question that we are grappling with is whether we should start a third decade of combat operations in afghanistan with u.s. troops. there are a lot of different possibilities for when the u.s. seeks to stop military operations in afghanistan. and all have some legitimate chance of coming to pass. some believe the taliban will take over afghanistan. some believe afghans having seen 20 years of improved life expectancy, electricity deployment, public health, education will decide they want to fight to maintain that. some believe it could continue to be sort of a frozen conflict without a clear winner. there could be a peace negotia

mr. kaineadam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kaine: madam president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. kaine: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kaine: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs be discharged from further consideration of s. 321 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 321, a bill to award a congression

mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise because it is a historic day. it's a historic day because the house is scheduled to pass h.r. 51, the washington, d.c. admissions act and my original intent was to speak about that. but before i do, i want to honor my colleagues who have worked very hard on the hate crimes legislation that we will tackle later today. i want to thank senators hirono and duckworth and senator collins for working with them. i want to thank senators blumenthal and moran and all of the senators who have worked to get us at the threshold where we will do something bipartisan that will send comfort to people around the country who are worried about being targeted because of who they are. and in honor of my colleagues who've worked hard, i just want to tell you a story about heather heyer, for whom the act was partially named. she was culled 32 -- killed, 32 years old. i went to heather's funeral. and let me tell you this amazing story about heather heyer. heather was a waitress and she saw an ad in the newspaper to apply to be a paralega