mr. collins, a question about the timing.i understand it, after your son's death, you were consumed with the trial, making sure that his killer was brought to justice. after that, you set up a foundation to preserve his legacy. all of that took time. is that why now, five years later, you're coming back to this issue of his burial? rick: yes, geoff. this has been an ongoing, i guess you could say, ordeal for my wife and i and all of our families since this occurred. as i'm sure you can imagine, the shock of something so horrific happening to your own child, your only son. and to later find out through the course of trial and listening to law enforcement explain to you how the individual that stole his life s involved in actions or groups with ideology based on domestic terror. and we find it quite striking that this would happen. geoff: and what's been the response so far from the defense department, from the department of veterans affairs, from arlington national? rick: we spent quite a bit of time in reaching out to the vet

collins. >> one second, mr. chairman. almost finished. >> megan, the doctor did tell him that the woman survived. but this republican lawmaker is from pickens county, south carolina, where trump received the highest percentage of votes in 2020. and i think when you put that together with what's happening here, the reddest state in the nation, is the heart of the debate in many ways what we're seeing now? where is that line? how specifically do we need to draw it and at what point do you take medical decisions away from a doctor? >> exactly. i think that's really what we're seeing, especially republican lawmakers at the state level, grapple with. i mean, before roe was overturned, not that it was easy to be pro life, but i've had some republican lawmakers say that -- you know, who describe themselves as pro life say it was a pretty easy position to take. you didn't have to deal with these thorny questions over how many weeks, do you want exceptions or not, what does it mean to protect the life of the pregnant person, to pr

mr. fenton: thank you. this concludes our program today. have a great weekend. >> tonight, joe manchin and susan collins explain proposed changes to the electoral count act. they want to update the law to clarify the role of the vice president and clarify future elections. watch it at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. at least six presidents recorded conversations while in office. here many during season two of presidential recordings. >> the nixon tapes, part private conversations, part deliberations and 100% unfiltered. >> the main thing is that we will pass, and my heart goes out to those people, as i'm sure you know of, and i will tell you, if i could have spent a little more time being a politician last year and this time being president, i would have kicked to their butts out right i do not know what they were doing. >> find it on c-span2, the c-span mobile app, or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> middle and high school students, it is your time to shine. you are invited to participate in this year's studentcam documentary competition. in light of the upcoming midterm election, pi

mr. cardin: with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. ms. collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the following senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled votes -- senator collins for up to ten minutes, senator graham for up to five minutes, senator blunt for up to five minutes, senator romney up to five minutes, senator risch up to five minutes, senator paul up to ten minutes, senator sullivan for up to a minute, and senator menendez for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that heidi zizzleman, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges through august 4, 2022. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise in strong support of the accession of finland and sweden into the nato alliance. in may, i visited helsinki and stockholm as part of the senate delegation to encourage the finnish and swedish efforts to join the

mr. java. donna, arte slot. i'm federal, doctor john got to thinking we will protest and will block roads. if collin is arrested, i pass this message for your channel. people will come on roads and sit in protests will happen on roads until this imported government quite open at s. got nicky, do any attempt to arrest him? will be a cowardly act. when the arguments had done, then he's the palace with power at the present, he could crush him. that oppression can't stay long. that b r u b. c o, a senior member of enron counts part. he said the size of the rallies testifies to the continued level of support, the politician and former cricket star enjoys in the citation country. public has been somewhat charge. if you see, says the 9th of free for the public is behind it behind him. wrong and last night was me. one of us that on we would when toward that it is an i out. it is a case again, it's been registered against him on a 3rd of them charges. so the public reactive. so the entire country is if you see in the hall county log everyone in focused on, you can see the large amount of people coming out on

collins. will, you have told us previously in the coverage how there were these shocking breakthrough moments, bad moments for mr. jones. walk us through the news tonight, part one of the multimillion dollars punishment. >> sure, exactly. as you said, the jury came back today and said alex jones has to pay them $4.1 million in compensatory damages. that's sort of the direct economic response there. and then tomorrow they're going start the punitive phase, and that's when we find out -- you saw the attorney for the plaintiffs saying he's hoping for a nine-figure settlement. it's my understanding that texas has some caps on that, so it perhaps won't be that high. excuse me, damages, yes. now that's the phase we're entering into, so presumably more money to come. >> ben, what does it mean in the field of misinformation to have this punished at all, which began today? and then part two, given your coverage, what do you expect? what do we know about the punishment phase tomorrow? >> yeah, so in the field of misinformation, this is pretty ground breaking. bringing this man to trial at all is pretty ground breaking in

i don't want to speak for senator collins and senator manchin but i have run it by them as well. i want to get to a question. that is to mr. bauer. i want to thank you and your colleague jack goldsmith and the other law professors for your help in drafting the ecra. one of the things we wrestled with the most was determining the role the federal courts might have in resolving a disputed election. some of the commentary out there frankly is off-base and one of the reasons i think professor muller's corrections make sense. if we could go through a letting round -- a lightning round, does the ecra create a new cause of action? mr. muller: no it is not. sen. warner: does expand the jurisdiction of -- the jurisdiction of federal courts? mr. muller: no it only provides for expedited reviews. sen. warner: does the ecra diminish the power of state courts? mr. muller: no, it does not. sen. warner: you said the ecra clarifies the role of federal courts under existing federal law. we spent a lot of time going back and forth on this and have lots of good work. can you describe that role of the federal courts in this process? mr. mull

i don't want to speak for senator collins and senator manchin but i have run it by them as well. i want to get to a question. that is to mr. bauer. i want to thank you and your colleague jack goldsmith and the other law professors for your help in drafting the ecra. one of the things we wrestled with the most was determining the role the federal courts might have in resolving a disputed election. some of the commentary out there frankly is off-base and one of the reasons i think professor muller's corrections make sense. if we could go through a letting round -- a lightning round, does the ecra create a new cause of action? mr. muller: no it is not. sen. warner: does expand the jurisdiction of -- the jurisdiction of federal courts? mr. muller: no it only provides for expedited reviews. sen. warner: does the ecra diminish the power of state courts? mr. muller: no, it does not. sen. warner: you said the ecra clarifies the role of federal courts under existing federal law. we spent a lot of time going back and forth on this and have lots of good work. can you describe that role of the federal courts in this process? mr. mull

mr bond. sit down, please. a mintjulep. traditional, but satisfying. michael collins was the voice of goldfinger.d said, "winnie, winnie, winnie. he was like totally angry. and then his face just burst into a big smile and laughed. and from that point onwards, we became closer and closer. that wasn't the end of pete story. he ran the apple boutique for the beatles, owned a restaurant in southsea, and founded the fatty arbuckle restaurant chain in the '805. ido i do remember when we did the interview with the person who launched it, we broke the website. it gets people talking. we were just talking just now, you went back and had a look on the bbc rewind site. is really worth doing, i went back on, and somebody mentioned it to me. my on, and somebody mentioned it to me. my grandfather was on there from 1976, an interview that he did with the bbc news about potatoes, obviously! it was a report about early crops where i was raised, the place hasn't changed at all, he looks exactly the same as i remember him. he is honestly not worth us any more. it was quite emotional, it was really quite emotional

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from maine, ms. collins, moves to commit the bill --. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the motion be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, the underlying bill provides billions of dollars to the irs to hire 87,000 additional auditors, yet more than 50% of the current irs employees have yet to return to their offices or work sites. here are the consequences. four out of five phone calls from taxpayers go unanswered. 21 million returns have not been processed. refunds are taking six months or more. my motion would simply prohibit the irs from using these billions of dollars to add 87,000 new employees prior to bringing 90% of their workforce back to the office. mr. president, i would note that that 87,000 number is more t

collins, motion to commit. senator scott 5389 marshal, 5383 capito. and 5431 grassley. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from montana. mr. tester: madam president, i call up amendment number 5480 and i ask no it be reported by number. the clerk: mr. tester proposes amendment numbered 5480 to amendment number 5194. mr. tester: madam president, this amendment is actually quite simple. it is to make sure that we have a comprehensive plan in place before title 42 is lifted. very frat forward. this is not whether title 42 should ever be lifted or not. rather, it is about making sure we are doing the right thing at the right time, which i believe is when the covid-19 national emergency is lifted. and when we have a plan in place. and i would urge an aye vote. mr. lankford: madam president? the presiding officer: the junior senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: well, i anticipate there'll be a few people that are going to vote for it before they voted against it in this case. what this is is this is actually my title 42 bill except with one little tweak in it. it takes it out of byrd compliance. so this allows any individual to