mr. hawley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: mr.resident, the senator from illinois says that congress hasn't acted in two decades. that's true. i haven't been here for two decades. he has. there is no excuse to not take action now. there is no excuse to not act on this problem when we know what the solution is. so listen, if the senator is saying today, if he's committing today to holding hearings and marking up a bill to toughen the child pornography laws, to make mandatory the sentencing guidelines, that's fantastic. i'll take him at his word. i look forward to seeing those hearings noticed and to seeing that markup noticed, and i hope it will be fortcoming. i'm here to make a predicts, we'll be waiting a very long time. let's not forget what his father and the sentencing commission, stacked with members of his party, have been recommending. it's not been to make child pornography sentences tougher. they wanted to make them weaker. what the sentencing commission has recommended with its liberal members for years now is to make th

mr. hawley, no. mr. cotton. mr. kennedy, mr. till is. mrs. blackburn, no. 11 yeas and 11 nays. tie vote. senator durbin: there is a tie vote to be an associate justice. pursuant to section 3 of senate resolution, i'll transmit >> c-span's washington , everyday we are taking you through issues that impact you. we will talk about the change in pandemic order rules with glenn grothman, then the biden administration's decision with a senior institute fellow. then, we talk about the post to established a supreme court code of ethics. watch washington journal tuesday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone also. >> on tuesday, lloyd austin and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff testify on the defense budget request. liven 9:30 amcs on c-span3, or on the free video at c-span now. >> spring has sprung, and it's time for the spring sale. now through tuesday at c-span shop.org. save on accessories, there is something for every fan. scan the code. >> with increased gas prices, the house energy and commerce committee hears testimony

mr. hawley, no. mr. cotton. mr. kennedy, mr. till is. mrs. blackburn, no. 11 yeas and 11 nays. tie vote. senator durbin: there is a tie vote to be an associate justice. pursuant to section 3 of senate resolution, i'll transmit to the secretary of the senate a notice of this tie vote. we will vote on judge stephanie davis to the court of appeals. [roll call] >> 12 votes, 10 nays. senator durbin: we will consider the nomination of robert howy to be the u.s. district court for the southern district of california. please excuse me. previous roll call would the. >> 13 yeas, 9 nays. next vote no, ma'am nailted to the third circuit. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] >> 11 yeas, 11 nays. senator durbin: there is a tie vote to the u.s. circuit judge. the senate resolution i will transmit to the secretary of the senate a notice of the tie vote. next we vote on the nomination of robert howy, does anyone seek recognition? [roll call] the clerk: the votes are 12 yeas and 10 yeas and one pass. -- 11 nays, 5 nays and one pass. senator durbin: 11-10. senator durbin: we will now vote on

mr. hawley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: the senator asked a question do you agree with this question, do you agree to deny migs to the ukrainians? mr. schatz: is there an objection? the presiding officer: the senator doesn't want to interrogate any questions. mr. schatz: is there an objection? does he object or not? the presiding officer: the regular order has been called. is there objection? mr. hawley: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the senator from missouri is recognized. mr. hawley: thank you, mr. president. thank you for finally giving me an option to speak. it's interesting the senator will come to the floor but he doesn't want to engage in a colloquy or answer questions. but let's talk about the disastrous foreign policy that is he supporting. this is the white house's latest talking points that their failure in ukraine is due to a logistics problem at the department of defense and they're not responsible for it. they're not responsible for anything, they're not responsible for what h

mr. hawley? >> no. >> senator heinrichs? >> no. >> senator hickenlooper? >> ay. >> senator hirono? >> ay. >> senator highsmith? -- senator johnson? >> no. >> senator kaine? >> ay. >> senator kennedy? >> no. >> senator kennedy? -- senator king? >> no. senator lankford? >> no. >> centre leh keen? >> no. >> senator lee? >> no. >> senator loomis? >> no. >> senator manchin? >> ay. >> senator markey? >> centre o'connell? -- senator mcconnell? >> no. >> senator menendez? >> ay. >> senator merkley? senator moran voted in the negative. >> senator murkowski? >> ay. >> senator murray? >> ay. >> center asked self? senator padilla? >> ay. >> senator paul? senator peters? >> ay. >> mr. reed? >> ay. >> mr. rich? no. mr. romney? mr. romney, no. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, ay. mr. schatz? mr. schatz, ay. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, ay. mr. scott of florida? no. mr. scott of south carolina? no. mr. shaheen? ay. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. mr. cinema -- ms. sinema? ay. misstep now? ms. stabenow, ay. mr. chester? mr. thune? no. mr. tillis? mr. tillis,

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mr. hawley, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. hoven, no. mrs.mr. kennedy, no. mr. king, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. langford, no. mr. leahy, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. luhan, aye. ms. lumis, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. moran voted in the negative. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. paul. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman, no. mr. reid, aye. mr. rich, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. sasse, no. mr. schotz, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. stabbenau, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. young, no. mr. graham, no

mr. hawley, no. mr. hickenlooper? >> aye. >> mr. hickenlooper, aye. >> ms. hyde-smith, no. >> mr.. kaine, aye. >> mr. kelly? >> aye. >> mr. kelly, aye. >> mr. kennedy? >> no. >> mr. kennedy, no. >> mr. king? >> aye. >> mr. king, aye. >> ms. klobuchar? >> aye. >> ms. klobuchar, aye. >> mr. leahy? >> aye. >> mr. leahy, aye. >> mr. lee? >> no. >> mr. lee, no. >> mr. lujan? >> aye. >> mr. lujan, aye. >> ms. lum m. >> no. >> mr. manchin? >> aye. >> manchin, aye. mr. markey? >> mr. marshall? >> no. >> mr. mcconnell? >> no. >> mr. mcconnell, no. >> mr. ma mendez? >> aye. >> mr. merkley? >> aye. >> mr. merkley, aye. >> mr. moran. mr. moran voted in the negative. >> ms. murkowski? >> aye. >> ms. murray? >> ms. murray, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. padilla? >> aye. >> mr. padilla, aye. mr. paul? mr. peters? >> aye. >> mr. peters, aye. mr. courtman? >> no. >> mr. portman, no. mr. reed. >> romney? >> aye. >> mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen? >> ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds? >> no. >> mr. rounds, no. >> mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, aye. mr. sass, no. mr. shots? mr. shots, aye. mr. s

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator hirono. senator hawley. sen. hawley: i enjoyed the opportunity to meet with judge jackson in person several weeks ago. i found our exchanges here on the committee after almost an hour of questioning to be very substantive and thorough, and based on the answers i heard from her then and in response to my other colleagues, i can say definitively that i like her. i think she is a good person. but i cannot support her, and i want to say a word or two as to why. she told me when we sat down together in our meeting, and she said it again under oath, that she has no particular judicial philosophy. she said in response to questions that she has no view on whether or not people have natural rights. curious. she told senator blackburn she cannot define what a woman is. but the one thing she seemed to be very covered will say and quite definitively is that she thinks the u.s. federal sentencing guidelines for criminals are too harsh. she said it repeatedly under oath. we have talked about it at length. her record reflects i

hawley. senator rosen, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank generals richardson and vanherck for testifying today and your service to our country. thank you. i want to speak a little bit about iran's presence, and during your confirmation hearing we discussed iran's presence, and it's involvement in the tri-border region. over a year ago brazilian authorities extradited a leading his financier to paraguay. just a little over two months ago an iranian official was wanted by interpol for his role as leader of the revolutionary guard corps in the bombing in argentina. to hold iran accountable and his boll la'sctiity for the work that we do partnering with our partner nations is so important to the security cooperation of the hezbollah. >> they look for coaching, teaching and mentoring, and this is how we make them stronger to handle their own issues internally as we work together to counter the threats. they want to partner with us. they look for help, assistance, coaching, teaching, mentoring. they want to come to our schoo

hawley. senator rosen, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank generals richardson and vanherck for testifying today and your service to our country. thank you. i want to speak a little bit about iran's presence, and during your confirmation hearing we discussed iran's presence, and it's involvement in the triregion. we do not often singe same resort demanding it activities from other countries in the region. and just a little over two months ago iranian officials then, mostly - for his roll as a leader of the radiance revolutionary in 1994, jewish community center bombing in argentina animated appearance of the inauguration of nicaraguans and daniel ortega in nicaragua read delta limit accountable for their activities and in latin american, we produced this law as latin america accountability act as a general, good to see the updates of the committee on house recent activity in latin america are we effectively disrupting their agenda and to knowledge, continuing to exchange arms for oil with men's venezuela to my think you

hawley is selling january 6th merchandise on his website. he is monetizing treason. we need to get people together. we don't need to be fatalistic, i completely agree with mr.kristol. we need to fight. >> and if anything, americans know how to do, we have patriotism. we fight for our country. bill kristol and don winslow, thank you so much for joining me this sunday. >> again, don's book, you can go pick it up, city on fire. next, breaking news from ukraine. we're waiting for u.s. officials to a high-level visit in kyiv, four supported by ukraine's president. and later, what would across america could face that the supreme court laws eliminated this summer? but first, to richard louis, with other big news that we are watching here on msnbc. >> very good evening to you. some early protections showing that french president emmanuel macron will serve another term defeating marine le pen. his far-right opponent in her concession speech, le pen, told her supporters quote, we must continue to fight. longtime republican senator oren hatch has died, we're told, he passed away in salt lake city surrounded by his family. hatch is the longest serving u.s. senator in u

mr. chairman, the senator just invoked me. has the senator read the 2,000-plus pages? >> senator hawleyur time is expired. >> do you have any interest in it? do you doubt what i'm quoting. are you saying that i'm misquoting this evidence? before the senator impugns my integrity in an open session i would like him to give me the courtesy of reading the material i'm quoting and engage with it. >> i would be glad to do so. >> senator sullivan, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, i want to also reiterate what many have said here, thank you for your service. exceptional service to our nation. i know facing retirement and probably one of the things you're most happy about, you don't have to testify in front of this committee again. we really appreciate all you've done for our nation. i wanted to follow up on the important questions senator warren had asked about civilian casualties. nobody wants civilian casualties, of course. one question that wasn't asked that i think is important, we don't target civilians ever -- our military, do we? general mackenzie, general townsend? >> we d

mr. chairman, the senator insoaked me. has the senator read the 2,000-plus pages. >> senator hawley, your time is expired. >> do you have any interest night senator hawley, your time is expired. >> do you doubt what i am saying? are you saying i am misquoting this evidence. before the senator impugned my integrity in an open session i would like him to do me the courtesy of reading the quoted material and engage with it. >> i would be happy to do so. >> senator sellers. >> thank you. gentleman, i want to reiterate what many have said. thank you for your service, kpegal service to our nation. i know you are facing retirement and probably one of the things you are most happy about is you don't have to testify in front of this committee again. but we really appreciate all you have done for this nation. i wanted to follow up the important questions senator warren asked about civilian casualties. nobody wants civilian casualties, of course. one question that wasn't asked thank is important. we don't target civilians, ever, our military, do we, general mckenzie, general town send? >> senator, we do not target civilians. >> genera

mr. hawley. mr. hawley, no. mr. heinrich. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. hickenlooper. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. hirono. ms. hirono, aye. mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven, no. this is hyde-smith. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. inhofe. mr. inhofe, no. mr. johnson. mr. johnson, no. mr. cain. mr. kaine cain, aye. mr. kelly. mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy, no. mr. king. mr. king, aye. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. lankford. mr. lankford no. mr. leahy. mr. leahy, aye. mr. lee. mr. lee, no. mr. lujan. mr. lujan, aye. ms. lummis. ms. lummis, no. mr. manchin. mr. manchin, aye. mr. markey read mr. markey, aye. mr. marshall. mr. marshall, no. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. menendez. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley. mr. merkley, aye. mr. moran. mr. moran voted in the negative. mrs. murkowski. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. murphy. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. murray. mrs. murray, aye. mr. ossoff. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. padilla. mr. padilla, aye. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman. mr. portman, no. mr. reed. mr. reed, aye. mr. risch. mr. risch, no. mr. romney. mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen. ms. r

mr. hawley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: mr.dent, the senator from illinois says that congress hasn't acted in two decades. that's true. i haven't been here for two decades. he has. there is no excuse to not take action now. there is no excuse to not act on this problem when we know what the solution is. so listen, if the senator is saying today, if he's committing today to holding hearings and marking up a bill to toughen the child pornography laws, to make mandatory the sentencing guidelines, that's fantastic. i'll take him at his word. i look forward to seeing those hearings noticed and to seeing that markup noticed, and i hope it will be fortcoming. i'm here to make a predicts, we'll be waiting a very long time. let's not forget what his father and the sentencing commission, stacked with members of his party, have been recommending. it's not been to make child pornography sentences tougher. they wanted to make them weaker. what the sentencing commission has recommended with its liberal members for years now is to make them w

mr. hawley, no. mr. cotton. mr. kennedy, mr. till is. mrs. blackburn, no. 11 yeas and 11 nays. tie vote. senator durbin: there is a tie vote to be an associate justice. pursuant to section 3 of senate resolution, i'll transmit >> senate judiciary committee party lines in the supreme court nomination of judge jackson. before senate voted to send her an omission from the committee to the four 53-47. her confirmation vote is expected by the end of the week. >> middle and high school students participated in c-span's student documentary. where we ask the question how does the federal government impact your lives. our second prize middle school winners are in maryland where c-span is available from comcast. >> our country was in a very different place than it was today in how we understand people who were lgbt. lgbt q right advanced dramatically. in these spaces, religious institutions, it is back in the 1950's. >> as lgbtq public schools, it does not protect everyone as a shed. >> these schools for their religion at the heart of their educational programs and fully believe in the m