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lawmakers are scheduled to continue debate on the nomination of graham steel to be assistant secretarytreasury for financial institutions with a vote later in the day to advance the nominee. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2 or online at c-span.org and our congressional coverage is available on your phone with c-span now, our new video app. >> what impact will the texas abortion law have on communities and families? the house judiciary committee asks both pro-choice and pro-life advocates that question recently. watch tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or watch full coverage on c-span now, our new video app. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> health officials testified on the biden administration's coronavirus response before the senate h.e.l.p. committee answering questions about natural immunity, pfizer's covid-19's vaccine for children, , vaccine mandates and preparing for future pandemics. this is three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

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to continue debate on the nomination of graham steele to be assistant treasury secretary for institutionsand comment on his nomination and for farm production and conservation. later the senate is expected to begin work on the defense programs and policy bill. watch for live coverage on c-span2. >> today homeland security secretary mayorkas testifies on border policies before the judiciary committee. watch on c-span 3, on-line or on c-span now, our new video app. >> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. vermont senator patrick leahy announced he'll rely from the senate after eight terms. first elected in

lawmakers are scheduled to continue debate on the nomination of graham steel to be assistant secretary of the treasury for financial institutions with a vote later in the day to advance the nomination. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span two, or, online at c-span.org. congressional coverage is available on your phone with c-span now our new video app. >> political analysts of the virginia and new jersey governors races talk about their impact on the 2022 midterm elections and the biden ministration agenda. the brookings institution hosted this one-hour event. -- the biden administration agenda. the brookings institution hosted this one-hour event. >> good evening. i am the executive director of the institute of politics. we are pleased to welcome you to a discussion regarding a breakdown of this year's election results and a preview of the 2022 midterm elections. before one of our students introduces our guest, i want to introduce events we have. we are going strong into the end of the quarter. tomorrow, thursday, november 11, eric rcr, a journalist and author -- eric

lawmakers are scheduled to continue debate on the nomination of graham steele to be assistant secretary of the treasury for financial institutions with a vote later in the day to advance the nominee. watch the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two, are online at c-span.org and our congressional coverage is available on your phone with c-span now, our new video app. >> jane's kit field, why did you write this book? >> as you know, i have covered these boards as a correspondent going on 20 years for national journal. i covered it from a strategic perspective, talking to generals and senior leaders about what their plans were and where they were working. i was always incredibly impressed by the young men and women in uniform i contacted. at the tip of the sphere, i wanted some way to tell their stories. my coverage of these two wars, the longest in american history, and the navy department reached out to me for an exclusive interview with the most recent medal of honor recipient who was a navy seal, and in doing that interview, it was just -- i was struck by how profound his experience

lawmakers are scheduled to continue debate on the nomination of graham steel to be assisted secretaryinancial institutions with a vote later on to advance the nominee. watch the house on c-span, the senate on c-span2, online at c-span.org or on your phone with c-span now, our new video app. announcer: a conversation on the 2022 midterm elections including the elections in virginia and new jersey and congressional redistricting hosted by the american enterprise institute. this is

lawmakers are scheduled to continue debate on the nomination of graham steele to be assistant secretaryasury for financial institutions with a vote later in the day to advance the nominee. watch the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two, are online at c-span.org and our congressional coverage is available on your phone with c-span now, our new video app. >> jane's kit field, why did you write this book? >> as you know, i have covered these boards as a correspondent going on 20 years for national journal. i covered it from a strategic perspective, talking to generals and senior leaders about what their plans were wh

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lawmakers are scheduled to continue debate on the nomination of graham steel to be assistant secretarythe treasury for financial institutions with a vote later in the day to advance the nominee. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2, or online at c-span.org and our congressional coverage is available on your phone with c-span now, our new video app. ♪ announcer: downloads c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the day's biggest political events from live streams of the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings, to white house events and oral arguments, even our interactive program washington journal where he hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. ♪ announcer: coming up next, a hearing on windstorms and resiliency and preparedness efforts. those from the national science foundation and fema testified at this hearing. >> without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. today the committee is meeting virtually. just a couple of reminders to members about t

on the nomination of graham steele to be assistant treasury secretary for financial institutions. later, senators vote on his confirmation as well as robert bonny to be undersecretary of agriculture. later in the week the senate's expected to begin work on the 2022 defense programs and policy bill. watch live coverage of the senate on c-span2. >> today homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas testifies on the administration's border and immigration policies before the senate judiciary committee. watch live starting at 10 a.m. eastern starting on c-span3, online at c-span.org or watch full coverage on k span now, our new -- c-span now, our new video app. >> a conversation now with ajit pai about separation of powers and political polarization. this is from the federal society 2021 national lawyers' convention. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. we're going to get started. if someone could grab the doors, that would be great. thank you. welcome to the afternoon breakout session. my name is elbert lin are. i, in my day job, am the of appeals pr

graham scott steele of california to be an assistant secretary. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 401, graham scott steele of california to be an assistant secretary of the treasury, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 345. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the aye

next up for debate is graham steele, the assistant secretary for financial institutions at the treasury department. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span two, or follow congress with c-span now, our new video app. sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with professors randy barnett and evan wernick, on their book, "the original meaning of the 14th amendment," which they claim has been misinterpreted by many judges, liberal and conservative. >> the seeds were planted in the declaration of independence and eventually harvested, but the rest of our constitutional history is about the story of those seeds blossoming into a movement. >> professors randy barnett and evan burnick, on sunday nights "q&a." ♪ o welcome to the program a professor and dean at the boston university school of public health. the author of this new book, the contagion next time. guest: number one, there's no question we will have another pandemic, it is not if,

>> patrick: yeah, oh yeah. [ thumping ] >> anthony: pat graham is the foreman at the pay car mine in kimball. >> anthony: so this is for steelthe united states. that's pretty phenomenal. it's easy to see why people in mcdowell county want mining jobs. ♪ >> anthony: i'm staying in a town nearby, welch. there's no bar. >> miner: most of us just go get the beer, and head back on top of the ridge and drink it. >> anthony: wow. >> miner 2: in the name of the father, we'd like to gather here to thank you for this opportunity to support our families. please watch after us, keep us safe while we're underground working. amen. >> group: amen. >> patrick: what do you got? >> man 3: bear meat and chicken. >> anthony: oh, damn. >> patrick: i may just put my sandwich back here if you got bear meat. >> anthony: that's delicious. do you think the country as a whole, do you think they understand the coal business at all? what coal mining is about? >> richard: no. >> anthony: they don't understand at all. >> patrick: when you travel from new york to here, whether you're on a boat, plane, train, or in the sky or driving on a car, it's because

steele used by the fbi as substance for their warrants turning into a full-blown investigation against president trump. this is a fascinating development in this story. in moments senator lindsey graham who helped expose all of this when he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. first griff jenkins live outside of the courthouse in virginia. what is going on in there? >> good afternoon. well, we know that 43-year-old russian native danchenko is schedule this hour in the federal courthouse behind me. arrested this morning by the fbi. a 39 page indictment. he is facing 5 count of making false statements some pertaining to company reports which were sources of information that danchenko provided to christopher steele. the former british intelligence official paid by democrats paid to visiting connections between donald trump and russia. it was used to secure government surveillance warrants against carter page. another focuses on false statements about a phone call that danchenko had with an alleged u.s. citizen who was a russian-american chamber of commerce president. the indictment partly reads. that during the phone call the person informed him in part about information that

graham declassified those documents in 2020. here is the senator. >> the russian sub source was on the payroll of christopher steele and had a workinghip with the brookings institute and we have learned from the memo that we declassified that the russian sub source who was american-based not russian-based told christopher steele, here is what i've got, far talk, rumor, it's not really reliable and what did christopher steele do with that? he turned into a novel and sold it to the fbi, and they sold to the pfizer court to get a warrant against carter page and on january 2017 when they found the russian sub-source who was in the united states he disavowed the dossier as being reliable. the fbi knew it and did a 40-page memo but the fbi continued to lie to the court getting new warrants based on the dossier in april and june of 2017 after they knew it was a bunch of garbage they continued to use it anyway. somebody needs to go to jail. maria: so the question becomes what does john durham do next as i reported the dossier was funded by the hillary clinton campaign and her law firm during the 2016 presidential election. it was used by th

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[applause] >> the senate continues debate on the nomination of graham steele to be assistant treasury secretary for financial institutions. later, senators vote on his confirmation as well as robert bonny to be undersecretary of agriculture. later in the week the senate's expected to begin work on the 2022 defense programs and policy bill. watch live coverage of the senate on c-span2. >> today homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas testifies on the administration's border and immigration policies before the senate judiciary committee. watch live starting at 10 a.m. eastern starting on c-span3, online at c-span.org or watch full coverage on k span now, our new -- c-span now, our new video app. >> a conversation now with ajit pai about separation of powers and political

i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting graham steele. he will serve admirably, i can think-no person -- i can think of no person who can serve in this role at this qoangsal point -- consequential point in time. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 42. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 345, robert farrell bonnie of virginia to be under secretary of agriculture for farm production a

the clerk: nomination, department of treasury, graham scott steele of california to be an assistant secretary. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: earlier today our with distinguished president pro tempore, the senior senator from vermont, announced he will conclude his incredible run of senate service. senator leahy plans to retire at the end of next year at the conclusion of his eighth term. senator leahy has served vermonters in the senate for longer than anyone in the state's history. of course he's also become a senate institution in his own right. i think particularly of the opportunities i had to work with senator leahy when we were sharing leadership of the appropriations subcommittee for state and foreign operations. so it's hard to imagine the senate without pat and his lovely wife marcelle. for now i want to salute our colleague on the occasion of his announcement and add my congratulations on his remarkable career thus far. now on an entirely different matter, last week even more economic data continued to confirm that infla