mr. schumer: mr.he presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, it's been a day, a long week, a very long few months, but tonight we have funded the government with significant investments for parents and kids and small businesses and health care workers, military families, and so much more. it's no small feat to get apack divided government. these passed few month -- these past few months have shown yet again that when bipartisanship has room toork, we can get the job done. a deep and sincere you this to all of my -- sincere thank you to all of my colleagues. thank you, chair murray. thank you, vice chair collins, all the appropriations and their staff and thank you to my incredible staff, too. this was not easy, but outer efforts have paid -- but our efforts have paid off with a strong funding bill that now goes to the president. and finally, mr. president, many of us have signed condolence book to senator collins on the loss of her mother. it was even more difficult for her t

mr. schumer: ten minutes, 30 seconds. let's beat ten minutes now. stay in the chamber. this is the next-to-lastvote. mr. hagerty: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. hagerty: thank you, madam president.nts simple. it requires that the census determine -- the presiding officer: senator, do you wish to call up your amendment? mr. hagerty: sorry. concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4366 with my amendment number 1634. the presiding officer: clerk will report. the clerk: senator from tennessee, mr. hagerty, moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 43 6 withn numbered 1634. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided. senator from hatching hagerty thank you, madam president. -- mr. hagerty: thank you, madam president. . my amendment is simple. it requires that the census determine basic population statistics like the number of citizens noncitizens, and yeasting that -- illegal aliens that live in this country and require only u.s. citizens be mining the

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. n of all senators, we are going to try to skip the recap. that'll save a lot of time. that meansn his or her seat. don't go to the front and answer. just be in your seat and answer yes or no. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: mr. president, i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2882 with further amendment 1804. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment h.r. 2882, with further amendnt 1804. the presiding officer: there are two minutes of debate on this amendment equally divided. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: mr. president, right now israel is facing the worst war in 50 years. on october 7, more than 1200 israelis were murdered by terrorists. more than 40 americans were murdered by hamas terrorists. hamas was funded by iran. hezbollah is funded by iran. th biden administration has flowed more than $100 billion to iran, has

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. to occur. no, i rescind that. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion, mr. president, i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. 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 motion to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment h.r. 4366, an act making appropriations for military construction, and so forth and for other purposes. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: move to concur in the house amendment with an amendment 1618 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator fromewr, concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with an amendment numbered 1618. mr. schumer: i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: w

mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.tors voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, durbin, hassan, king, klobuchar, menendez, murphy, padilla, peters, sinema, smith, stabenow, warnock. senators voting in the negative -- britt, budd, cassidy, collins, cornyn, crapo, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, moran, ul, ricketts, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, thune, tillis, vance,■á ms. lummis, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. warren, aye. ■8■■ the clerk:blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no.: mr. welch, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. schatz, aye. wy the presiding officer: ms. cortez-masto, aye. ■■l the clerk: mr. coast

house did say mr schumer is entitled to his opinions.e said does not represent the administration's position on israel. nomia iqbal, thank you, live on capitol hill. the chaos was extensive. around three quarters of a million passengers were affected by last august bank holiday's air traffic control meltdown. flights into and out of british airports were badly hit, leaving people stranded all over the world. now a report from the civil aviation authority says the problems were made worse because engineers were on call — but not on site to deal with the mess. here's katy austin. it was the major meltdown that triggered flight chaos on the busy august bank holiday monday, causing misery for nearly 750,000 passengers. we've booked to take the kids to dublin for the day, and just got here and told it's been cancelled. had to fork out nearly £1000 for a hotel for the next four nights. here's how it unfolded. just after 8:30am that morning, nats' automatic system became confused by a flight plan and responded by shutting down. staff now had th

mr. schumer: if there it is no further business to come before order.te, i ask that it stand the presiding officer: the senate stands a the times especially these past few months have been anything but normal. people value strength9= talk soi will put it to you straight. we've had a rough couple of months. time again.n tested time and we have some pretty serious stuff to talk about. in late october a gunman took the lives of 18 innocent civilian citizens from ages 14 to 76 and injured many more physically and act ofenss and unconscionable violence that demonstrated. the worst mass shooting in history and tenth worst in the nation's history then in december another traumatic event hit and heavy rain and powerful wind massive flooding and destroyed roads and bridges into four people lost their lives. and iné

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. e only motionsemendments in order to the house message to accompany h.r. 2882 be the following -- paul which is at t. motion to concur with cruz 1804. motion to concur with tuberville 1781. motion to concur with lee 1722. motion to concur with schmitt with johnson 1706. motion to concur with lankford 1713. motion to ccur with lankford 1718. blackburn motion to refer which is at the desk. further, the senate vote in relation to the above motions and amendments in the order lists, that upon the disposition of the blackburn motion to refer, senator budd be recognized to make a motion to table number 1794 and if that motion is not agreed to, senator hagerty be recognized to make a motion to table 1793. and if that motion is not agreed to senator budd be recognized to make a motion to table the motion to refer with the amendment further, that if tabling the tabling votes are not agreed to, the cloture motions with respect to the house message be withdrawn, the pending amendments and motions

mr. schumer: mr. presiden leader. mr. schumer: thank you. we had three bishops here three pastors. now we just have one but one is very god is in this chamber. anyway mr. president, today leadercconnell and i will be honored to welcome andre duda, the president of poland, to the senate. president duda arrives critical moment for american leadership and a critical moment for the war in ukraine. it has been nearly a month since the senate passed a bipartisan national security supplemental with 70 votes in support. this supplemental package is a survival. the only package on the table with enough resources to stop russia's advance and help ukraine reclaim offensive. according to a cnn report yesterday, right now russia is producing three times -- three times -- more artillery shells than the u.s. and europe and in a very real sense the war will turn on who can produce more munition munitions. i thank president duda for his visit and for being a defender of the ukrainian war effort. the war in ukraine has stakes that extend far beyond ukraine's borders. a little less than a month ago, i

mr. schumer: finally, mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it00 a.m. on wednesday, march 20 that following the prayer and pledge the morning hour be deemed expired expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date the time for the two leaders be resever r served for their use later in the day and morning be closed. upon the conclusion of morning business the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the kyling nomination. further, that the cloture motions with respect to the kyling and lee nominations ripen at 12:00 noon and that following the cloture vote vote on the kielg nomination the senate recess at 2:15 to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. if cloture is invoked on the kiel nomination all time be expired. all time be considered at 5:15. t nominations are confirmed during wednesday's session, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be no5ified of the senate's actions. the presid

mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. ms. collins, aye.mmis, no. mr. barrasso, no o -- no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no.÷ vote: th the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. 0 the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. vote: ■m ■t the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ■s the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr.booker, aye. ul vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 29. the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm here■ú to ta about a provision in the appropriations bills that were un yesterday. i thank my colleagues for their work on these bills. it's been incredible, and the bipartisan effort in the senate and the house, and i know how tough these negotiations can be. and there are so many good things in it that i'm sure i'll be talking about myself over the weeks

mr. schumer: mr.he majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations. calendar 532, 533. that there be two minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form on each nomination, that upon the use or yielding back of time, the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order listed, that if confirmed the motions to reconsider be considered made on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. further, that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc. calendars 360, 280, 361, 359, 258, 259, 118, 119, n the nominations, en bloc, without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate t

mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina no. the clerk: mr. paul, no the clerk: mr. ricketts the clerk: mr. no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.:b the clerk: ms. hirono aye. mr. murphy aye. mr. vance, no« the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or vote? if not the yeas are 50 the nays are 49. 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: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions

mr schumer, a democrat and america's highest—ranking jewish elected official, said the us should use leverage to persuade mr netanyahu to change course. while the us remains israel's closest ally and biggest provider of military aid, concerns have been mounting within the biden administration over israel's conduct in gaza as the humanitarian crisis there worsens. now, president biden�*s top ally on capitol hill is calling for israel to make "course corrections". i have known prime minister netanyahu for a very long time and while we have vehemently disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield as a younger man. i believe in his heart he has his highest priority as — is the security of israel. however, i also believe prime minister netanyahu has lost his way. senior israeli figures, including the ambassador to the us, michael herzog, and mr netanyahu's chief political rival, benny gantz, criticised mr schumer�*s intervention, calling it unhelpful, counterproductive, and unacceptable. mr schumer�*s comments come as the biden

chuck schumer said israel should hold new elections — and suggested mr netanyahu risked making his country republicans have already hit back at his words. schumer is one of america's highest ranking jewish politicians — and a close ally of president biden. here's some of what he had to say in the senate. the fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers smotrich and ben—gvir and the settlers in the west bank. the state department has responded to chuck schumer�*s comments, stressing they are not a reflection of president biden�*s position. obviously, congress is an independent branch of government. i think the government of israel understands quite well how the us government works. they interact frequently, notjust with members of the executive branch, but with members of congress, including senator schumer, who has travelled to israel a number of times over the years. and i'm sure they fully understand that he speaks for himself. he's obviously someone we are in close contact with,

mr. schumer: mr. president, i'll makebit later, but i want to acknowledge and thank my good friend the reverend adolphus lacey of the famous bethany baptist church not too far from where i live in brooklyn for leading us in this morning's prayer. it's great to see you here. you are a leader in bringing of the lord down here to all of us but also of doing many good works here on earth. you do both as the prophet micah woted you to do. and i have a great relationship with bethany baptist church. bill jones, when i ran for congress there was sort of p me. and the reverend bill jones, who was a disciple of dr. king me and help me win. so the relationship with bethany baptist goes way back but it has even blossomed further under the great leadership of pastor lacey. i'm so proud he's here so all of the nation can why we in brooklyn love pastor adolphus lacey. i yield the floor. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: i also want to recognize revere

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i rise to speak today about what i believe can and should be the path forward to secure mutual lr israelis and palestinians. i speak for myself, but i also jewish americans, a silent majority whose nuanced views on the matter have never been represented in this country's discussions with the war in gaza. my last name is schumer, which derives from the hebrew world shalmer, or guardian. of course, my first responsibility is to america and to new york, but as the first jewish majority leader of the united states senate and the highest-ranking jewish elected official in america ever, i also feel very keenly my responsibility as a guardian of the people of israel. throughout jewish history, been plenty who are far greater than the claim to be. but nonetheless, this is find m now, at a time of great difficulty for the state of israel, for the jewish people, and for non-jewish friends of israel e israel. so i feel an immense obligation to speak and to act. i speak as community of

mr. chuck schumer raised , he announced before i said these things , i talked to mr. biden and mr.en said that you are saying very good things, and it is interesting that this gap that is now in the american government against the zionist regime. this has come up since a long time ago, in fact, it was raised after the second month. why? when netanya came, he made a series of promises, including that he should destroy hamas , assassinate the leaders, and on the other hand, come and release the prisoners , well, this has not been implemented after 162 days , so wait, now, now, the united states united america is carrying out a special process because we are getting closer to the american elections day by day, so november 15, 1403 is the election day of the united states of america . i announced that we cannot give much time to mr. netanyahu, netanyahu bought time, but he could not implement the policies of the american government on the israeli government . for example, mr. shamar's words are also very interesting. now, i want to read the same article. he announced that netanyahu's p

mr. schumer, no. mr. schumer, aye.■/ the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr.than two years ago, and inflation was out of crushing 9% today it has cooled to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic. that means over the past year the prices of things like milk, eggs, appliances, car rentals and airfare have all come down. across the country, manufacturing and all -- job creation is surging. surgeries long overlooked especially in places like upstate new york are getting a second chance. it did not happen on its own. it's the result of the democratic agenda legislation le american rescue plan. which i was happy to champion. specific and data tells only part of the story. i am honored to welcome five inspired new yorkers and one brave ukrainian soldier as my guest for the state of the union better than any statistic how america is made stronger by the policies of the biden administration and the democratic senate. you can look at the example of andre the 25-year-old ukrainian soldier who has risked his life and lived on the battlefield. after losing his le

that was benjamin netanyahu there in response to what senator schumer said. there in response to what senator schumersaid. mrgoing to push away the pressures but a risk of pushing away an ally? well, i think these _ pushing away an ally? well, i think these comments - pushing away an ally? well, i think these comments from | think these comments from senator schumer was absolutely key, it's difficult overstate just how scathing, just how critical they were and i think this could be a watershed moment in us — israeli relations and it could open the floodgates to even more public criticism of the israelis, senator schumer, he's had a 50 year career and during that time, has been a staunch ally of israel, is the highest—ranking jewish politician so for him to make comments like this, we had some of them there, netanyahu has lost his way, israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. he was careful to say that it was hamas who triggered the conflict nevertheless, these were scathingly critical comments and in terms of the reaction here, many democrats were absolutely delighted to hear chuck schumer make this spe

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. r: if republicans and democrats keep working together in good faith to government, i hope we're just days away from completing the appropriations process. the job's not done, but we're very close. a few days ago congressional leaders announced an agreement on the last six funding bills. these bills will make significant investments for our national defense, for well-being of our servicemembers, for keeping the u.s. competitive against the chinese communist party, and so much more.tk working on the legislative text, and despite the tight deadline, they continue to make very good progress. they're very diligent. they work through the night, and we salute them on both sides of the aisle. susan collins staff, and leader mcconnell's staff for trying to get this done, as well as all yet know precisely when the house will act. but as soon as they send us the funding package, i will put it on the senate floor, and from there, ase know, it will take cooperation to get the bill, to get on the bi

chuck schumer says mr. netanyahu has lost his way and urged israel to hold new elections. mr. democrat in america's highest ranking jewish official said it would be a grave mistake to reject a two-state solution to the conflict with the palestinians and added if mr. netanyahu continues to pursue dangerous and inflammatory policies the u.s. will use leverage to persuade him to change course. chuck schumer: i have known president netanyahu for a long time and while we have disagreed on many occasions i will always respect his bravery on the battlefield as a younger man. i believe in his heart and he has the security of israel as his highest priority, however, i also believe prime minister netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interest of israel. >> a senior israeli figure including the ambassador the u.s. and mr. netanyahu's chief rival criticized chuck schumer's intervention: get unhelpful, counterproductive, and unacceptable. the comments come as the biden administration pressures mr. netanyahu not to launch a ground offe

mr schumer, a democrat and america's highest—ranking jewish elected official, said the us should userse. while the us remains israel's closest ally and biggest provider of military aid, concerns have been mounting within the biden administration over israel's conduct in gaza as the humanitarian crisis there worsens. now, president biden�*s top ally on capitol hill is calling for israel to make "course corrections".

mr schumer, a democrat and america's highest—ranking jewish elected official, said the us should uset provider of military aid, concerns have been mounting within the biden administration over israel's conduct in gaza as the humanitarian crisis there worsens. now president biden�*s top ally on capitol hill is calling for israel to make "course corrections".

mr. schumer have no intention of stopping this, the more that come over the more they are happy. if they wanted to solve the problem they would've changed the bill. 5000 a day is not stopping the crisis. the more money they are asking for is for more people to process them and all that is just keeping the numbers coming through and with amnesty they can get citizenship. they do not want to stop the crisis. if they went back to what prompted it and make them stay in mexico and if they are asylum seekers they can be checked out and vetted. host: do you want to see more officials at the border screening for asylum? caller: their goal in doing that is to bring more into the u.s.. i am all for that but in a controlled manner. host: but president biden is asking for the funding so they can process asylum seekers? caller: how do we know who these people are coming over? we don't. that is why we have officers being beat up and young women killed and raped. you need to go back to a controlled system to where we know who and why you are coming to the u.s., what your purposes. host: let's t

been, you mean legend, yahoo, a and mr schumer saying that need to know is actually part of the problem. and that was that here of the reactions here where really widely was to uh in the media. we said you could, that's a problem. instability munition, you almost partridge as saying that is relevant, independent and pro democracy with an elected a prime minister and not a banana republic as they put it. but again, i don't think it will reflect, you know, in the, in the change, of course, in that sense, it is a wide support for the board goes about what the seeing is, a drop in popularity, a dramatic drop. you have to say for a problem in a step in a sense of job. and that has been a government protest picking up in the past weeks, also reflected in opinion polls saying that most of these varies want to see an election rather sooner than later. now the us is traditionally regarded as israel's strongest, most reliable backer. but given what we just heard from the senate majority leader, can we still say that's the case? but i think we've seen a lot of back and forth now between the 2 coun

mr. schumer, aye. mr. hkenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye.residing officer: the yeas are 70. the nays are 25. the joint resolution is passed. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session to consider the following nomination, which the clerk will read -- will report. the clerk: nomination judiciary. leon schydlower of texas to be united states district judge for the western district of texas. ms. butler: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted for the balance of the day for my interns, mr. daniel s some of the ria, site and phoebe perkins. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. butler: thank you, mr. president. ms. butler: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: mr. president, today i rise -- i'm sorry. i askrum call be vitiated. the presiding o

mr. schumer. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin.shington, center -- senator from michigan. the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar. the senator from the senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. the senator from west virginia, mrs. capitola. and the senator from iowa. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. ■[ >> the dean of the diplomatic court. [applause] u? >> the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] ■é ■f■+ ■i [indistinct ■í [indistinct chatter] ■x [applause] [gavel banging] cabinet. [applause] [applause] [indistinct chatter] ot■0s

mr. schumer: if there is no further business the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the the senate gambling out after passing government funding gislation to avert a partial shut down at midnight. the measure is a six and built spending package would fund the federal agencies until septembes week. and now heads to present by for his signature. next partial government shutdown deadline is march 22 members of both chambers of congress will be working on the spending bills like in the coming weeks live coach of the senate when members return here on >> to mexico democraticen aboutd deployment its access and funding during the policy summit in washington d.c. [background noises] [inaudible conversations] friend, a tremendous policymaker, someone who provides leadership on all of the issues that we care about. we cannot have a better friend. new mexico, beautiful state. a welcome box i appreciate everyone, it is good to see you all. i was complementing chip the incredible lineup tha they had today. not just for ever

israel, they should pressure hamas, which doesn't really make sense unless mr netanyahu and i think mr schumerrately seeking a confrontation with the biden administration, as ever in the united states, this has led to polarisation. republicans have attacked chuck schumer, and they, i think, are showing a pretty wilful disregard , hard pretty wilful disregard, hard for the degree of controversy that now surrounds netanyahu in israel. do you want to speak to that point, please , you broke up that point, please, you broke up to disregard for what, michael, the republicans in criticising schumer are showing a wilful disregard for the truth of the extent of controversy in israel about netanyahu's premiership . about netanyahu's premiership. >> okay. well, there are two things here. first of all, the republicans, ever since october seventh have refrained from attacking biden for a very sinister and quite, predictable political reason. they have seen that his support, his unwavering support for israel, is actually costing him politically. he's haemorrhaging votes in, in several swaths of the, america

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. rise to speak today about what i believe can and should be the path forward to secure mutual peace and lasting prosperity for israelis and palestinians. i speak for myself, but i also speak for so many mainstream jewish americans, a silent majority whose nuanced views on the matter have never been represented in this country's discussions with the war in gaza. my last name is schumer, which derives from the hebrew world shalmer, or guardian. of course, my first responsibility is to america and to new york, but as the first jewish majority leader of the united states senate and the highest-ranking jewish elected official in america ever, i also feel very keenly my as a guardi the people of israel. throughout jewish history, there have been many guardians and plenty who are far greater than the claim to be. buthe position in which i find myself now, at a time of great difficulty for the state of israel, for the jewish people, and for non-jewh friends of israel e israel. so i feel an imm

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr mr.t of the united states comes before congress to deliver his state of the union address to the american people.e for the comma in chief to tell the story of where our country stands today, to hear about the sacrifices we have made as a country, about the challenges we have overcome, and about the kind of future we can achieve if we work together. america has suffered immense challenge in recent years. when president biden took office over 3,000 americans were dying of covid a y. 18 million americ on unemployment. our democracy was wounded and damaged and battered after january 6. suffocating heights. but today, president biden will make clear that after so much adversitymerica's economy is growing, inflation is slowing, and democrats' agenda is delivering. our economy has added a record+ 15 million new jobs, 15 million new jobs since president biden took office, the gracest turn -- greatest president. last year alone, commit created more jobs than any year of the trump administration. l

mr schumer found sympathisers in saturday's protests.ding to what chuck schumer said this week in the american parliament, about how benjamin netanyahu is leading us to catastrophe and we must have an election as soon as possible otherwise we are all going to be in a bad situation. talks aimed at securing a ceasefire and the release of hostages could resume sunday in qatar, as fears remain over the prospect of a large—scale invasion of rafah. egyptian officials said hamas has presented a new proposal for a three—stage plan to end the fighting. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the proposal unrealistic, but agreed to send israeli negotiators to qatar. meanwhile, a humanitarian aid shipment carrying 200 tons of food from cyprus has been unloaded onto gaza's shore. it's the first time in two decades that the sea route has been used. it's unclear though how the food will be distributed. the us charity world central kitchen is carrying out the mission in co—operation with the united arab emirates. the charity says a second

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and mr. schumer saying that need to know is actually part of the problem. and that was that here of the reactions here were really widely in the media. we said recruit, that's a problem to submit an immunization y'all's party as saying that is rarely as an independent and pro democracy with an elected a prime minister, not a banana republic as they put it. but again, i don't think it will reflect, you know, in the, in the change, of course, in that sense, there's a wide support for the board guys about what the scene has a drop in popularity, a dramatic drop. you have to say for a private and step in every sense. and that has been a government protest picking up and past weeks, also reflected in opinion polls saying that most of it varies one to see an election. rather sooner than later. does his health run. i'm us run health ministry says the dozens of palestinians have been killed in many more injured by his really forces while waiting for aid. israel has denied allegations that it's attacking aid centers in the territory un this morning. the guys is on t

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mr. schumer said in the ha the senate.e for president biden as well is anyone else, becauseacce secretary of state, biden has been wrong on every major foreign policy issue ever. i guess he is consistent on that. as far as israel goes, we must support them. they are not the villains here, hamas is the villains. nes that committed genocide against the israeli people. they have the right to defend themselves. as far as the democrats saying about supporting democracy, must defend it, i get that, because they have a duly elected government. pedro, thanks for having me on. host: alana, new york state. democrats line. hello, pedro. when it is 7:00 in the morning and i turn on my tv i want to listen to "washington journalsao john, good morning to mimi, good america, and good morning to you and me. i want to win at c-span bingo, and i'm sorry if i yell at you, pedro. i don'te in idaho say why all te mexicans have to go. from trump, to biden, to>a hunt, china balloons doing spying, obama, commie bots this countr', god help us every

mr. schumer's recent rebuke of benjamin netanyahu who schumer said should be replaced in new elections. >> why do the democrats hate bibi netanyahu? >> i actually think they hate israel. >> reporter: mr. trump saying democrats are being swayed by protests over president biden's policy on gaza. >> even i'm amazed at how many people are in those marchs. and guys like schumer see that. and for him it's votes. i think it is votes more than anything else. any jewish person that votes for democrats hates their religion. they hate everything about israel and they should be ashamed of themselves because israel will be destroyed. >> reporter: the remarks quickly condemned by the antidefamation league whose ceo called them defamatory and false. the biden campaign saying quote the only person who should be ashamed here is donald trump. >> yeah. no arguments here. simone, trump has a history of comments like this. calling jews who vote democratic disloyal. he knows the reaction they get and he clearly doesn't care. what message is he sending to the electorate? even calling immigrants animals as he di

the president said he thought that mr schumer had expressed concerns shared by many americans. comments around senator schumer's speech on israel yesterday? senator schumer contacted my staff, my senior staff, he was going to make that speech. and he... i'm not going to elaborate on the speech, he made a good speech and i think he expressed a serious concern shared notjust by him but by many americans. let's turn to what is happening in gaza. that aid ship who spent two days arriving to gaza has got there. i spoke to one of the groups responsible for the relief, where i was told more about the progress of this mission. they distributed in the moment. logistically, how can because it has this mission been? of course, getting together a bus—load of aid is one part of the mission but being able to land it anyway, was first of the many challenges, wasn't it? yes, actually, this is the tricky part. and i think that is why this corridor wasn't open so far. i mean, it was open since november, if i'm not mistaken. but this is the first ship arriving there. and it is because the waters a