mr. warner. we will be working with the on these brutal hospital issues. senator bourassa, i will vote here next -- senator crepe us back. i appreciate all my colleagues cooperation on the hectic morning. censorate -- >> mister chair, mister secretary, thank you. i want to follow up on something senator -- terms of the department of health and human services implementing several emergency waivers for the medicare and medicare programs in response to the covid-19 situation. some of the waivers have granted patience more flexibility, and handsome access to telehealth. others have ensured that providers can do their jobs with less rib tape and more financial certainty. all those things are positive. the world is very different than it was when the virus first hit. cases, deaths, hospitalizations are right now much closer to pandemic lows. this is why in wyoming, and most of america, life has returned to normal. i think that's why we must plan for the end of the work -- ensure that providers and patients, don't unexpectedly have the rug pulled out from under t

mr. lol, or that you're global ceo, warner loony, recently stated and i quote. that bp is literally, he says literally a cash machine when oil prices are at this level. and so i do want to ask you this, mr. law all, or do you think that bp should be receiving any tax, tax payments from the american people as long as the company is making such great profits right now? i know that you are injecting that there is going to be a big profit in the first quarter. >> thank you. yeah, appreciate the question. i think if you look at the whole context of those comments. what we were really focus on, on those comments, is that at these prices, it would be very helpful for the energy transition. so we've talked about it, it is very expensive to not only bring on resilient hydrocarbons but the massive investment that's going to be needed to effectually the energy transition. cannot be understated. and i will give you a couple of quick examples. so in the gulf of mexico, i mentioned that my opening statement. were installing this platform called argo's. that cost nine billion d

mr. chairman. >> next is senator daines then senator warner. senator: i think about montana reducing these unfair barriers of trades are important for ranchers and physicist. -- businesses. with the engagement in those markets is critical for montana, u.s. jobs, economic growth. especially given china's economic and geopolitical influence in asia pacific around the world. regarding china, despite growth in export for some commodities, they are not meeting their agricultural commitments or intellectual property governments in the phase one agreement. i was in beijing working to get the phase one agreement finalized, we want to hold both sides accountable to make sure we live up we agreed to. is there -- what is the latest on negotiations with the chinese partners on the phase one deal? ambassator tai: i know that your experience with respect to china runs very deep. you understand both the opportunities and significant challenges that we have coexisting with china in the global economy. we, as the biden administration, thought it was very import

warner also said no supreme court justices should be threatened. >> i think anyone will your supreme court justice under threat of whether you're the people, senators who voted for impeachment of mrump whose lives are put in threats, i think that action is outrageous. >> more protest taking place tonight near justices homes. nonprofits called it pulling. anita: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. catholic churches across the country are bracing for the possibility of pro-choice protests at mother's day services tomorrow in response to the draft opinion to overturn roe v. wade. a church in colorado was vandalized earlier this week. electric mcadams is live with more on this. what are we expecting tomorrow? >> we are waiting to find out how many people could show up on mother's day and protest. right now across the country and new york, preparing for protest. nypd expected to have more officers in front of the cathedral tomorrow morning. this all comes as activists : americans to protest potential and to abortion rights. this weekend protest topping out across the country, chicago, houston, d.c. and austin had large crowds after someone leaked a draft the supreme court opinion th

also warner brothers ceo david zaslav will be joining us on set. >> mr. hollywood that's going to be good. >>let get a check on the markets today. yesterday, a strong day, the dow was up even though you saw a big drop from walmart, it was down by 11%. that's the biggest decline since 1987 in a single day the s&p was up by 2% and the nasdaq was up by 2.75% the dow indicated off by 20, the s&p off by #, the nasdaq down by 4. and treasury yields started picking up yesterday jay was talking about how the fed is going to do anything and everything to make sure it counter inflation. a lot more talk about how inflation could be more stubborn because of what's happening in ukraine. you're looking at the ten-year this morning at 2.9% 30 years at 3.14%. again, something we'll be watching very closely. andrew. >>> meantime, you can't go anywhere without people talking about elon musk. he was active early this morning. this is elon responding to a sweet linking -- i should say liking a news week article that said half of joe biden's twitter followers are fake musk re

mr. warner: mr. president, i think we have an incredible nominee in mr. wainstein. he has served our government in the justice department, at the f.b.i., at virtually every level. i think if my colleague, the senator from kentucky, is concerned about this, we ought to have somebody who is confirmed in this role, and i would acknowledge that there are members who share his concerns about first amendment rights, including one of the members of our committee who has worked through mr. wainstein and was part of the group that unanimously moved -- voted to move his forward. i'm disappointed by the objection, and, unfortunately, both the security of our country and candidly the protection of those first amendment rights is undermined by not having this nominee in place. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: best for this country and that's for the people who serve under you and i want to thank you for that . talking about the area of decommissioning. div

mr. coons: map. -- madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. the chair appoints the following conferees, which the clerk will report. the clerk: senators cantwell, menendez, wyden, peters, murray, brown, warner, kelly, warnock, hickenlooper, tester, heinrich, baldwin, wicker, crapo, rich, burr, portman, grassley, shelby, toomey, barrasso, capito, cornyn, young, and moran. mr. coons: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior start from delaware. mr. coons: : i ask unanimous consent that we consider nomination calendar 58 , james t. rodriguez to be assistant labor is -- that the senate sproat on the nomination, without ints veeng -- without interveeng action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, any statement related to the nomination printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified, and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of labor, james d. rodriguez of texas to be an assistant secretary. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the eyes have it. the -- the