mr. scott: i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from florida there scott moves to refer the bill h.r. 4366 to the committee on appropriation, of the senate with instructions to report the same back to the senate in one day not counting any day on which the senate is not in session with changes that remove all community project funding and congressionally directed spending. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes fordivided. mr. scott: madam president, since -- the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: since joe biden took office inflation has exploded 17.9%. prices on everything especially groceries, are sky-high and hardworking americans aren't able to keep up. unless we see significant deflation which will only happen ifspending there won't be relief for the massive damage the biden inflation has caused. one of the best ways to cut reckless spending is to stop earmarks and this bill has -- the presiding officer: be quiet in the senate please. mr. scott: this bill has more than

mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith.■ ms.tabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. fir senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, budd, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, lee, mullin, ricketts, romney, rounds, schmitt, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, butler, cardin, carper, casey, coons, d, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, schumer, smith, tester, mr.■q■1 lankford, aye. mr. ■apaulay the clerk: mr. bennet, no. ms. sinema, no. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. ms. murkowski, no. mr. jon, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. ms. stabenow, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. brown, no.0á the clerk:

mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms.tabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. 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. un the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. a senator: thank you. in order to consider my simple and reasonable amendment,t'stal democrats blocking amendment out of the way in order to move forward with my amendment. mr. hagerty: let me caught through the procedural languagea very simple question. do you support american taxpaye illegal immigrants from countries like venezuela and haiti into america to be settled in cities and towns near you? if so, then vote against me. vote no preserve this practice of using taxpayer dollars to charter planes that move and import thousands of illegal aliens into your states. make no mistake here, president biden has been secretly

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 of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on th

mr. scott of south carolina no. ms. lummis no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: risch, no. mr. cardin aye. mr. carper the clerk: mr. rounds no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. lankford no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. warner aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. combraun, aye. -- mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. moran, no. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. welch aye. ms. collins, aye.zv the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr.l, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. bennet aye. ms. klobuc

mr. scottfor opening remarks he'd like to make. mr. scott: thank you, chairman. ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of today's hearing discuss the influence that china has on american agriculture p. but unfortunately, some ofhe rhetoric surrounding this topic may derail us from tackling issy contribute, hopefully not, but may contribute to violence against asian americans. i want all americans to know that we on the agriculture committee condemn all bigotry including race, motivated threats, and acts of violence. this is not people policy. i himself want us to keep in mind that china is an important trading partner to the united states, and we need a thorough and policyeavy conversation so that we can help the american farmers and our agriculture assistants navigate this challenging and somewhat thorny issue. and iyone here today will engage in a serious, fact-minded, fact-based conv avoid fear mongering and alarmism. though i'm told that this isn't the topic of this hearing, i am also pleased th

schumer, aye.■/ the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr. han 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 leg

mr. scottor opening remarks he'd like to make. mr. scott: thank you, chairman. ladies aening is to discuss the influence that china has on american agriculture p. butsome of the rhetoric surrounding this top■ic may derail us from tackling the real issues at hand and may contribute, hopefully not, but may contribute to violence against asian americans. i want all americans to know that we on the agriculture committee condemn all bigotry including race, motivated threats, and acts of violence. this is about agriculture policy, not people policy. i himself want us to keep in mind that china is an important trading partner to the united states, and we need a thorough and policy heavy conversation so that we can help the american■a farmers and our agriculture assistants navigate this challenging and hope everyone hy will engage in a serious, fact-minded, conversation and avoid fear mongering and alarmism. though i'm told that this isn't the topic ofhi i am also pleased that the recently enacted agri

mr. krishnamoorthi in a mooter think. and austin scott and congresswoma slotkin. mr. eason it is so important for us to be5/ aggressive with china on the ag issue is that this is a basic necessity. we aren't talking about toys but chemicals it takes for our food supply and the technology in our seed supply. and u.s. companies less than 10 years ago where 80% of the seed apply and today, 30% of the global seed supply. when you allow countries like china through companies like one of the largest seed suppliers in the world and chemical supplier in the world i might add, then you are putting one of your basic daily needs at suppl. and i want to commend you for being aggressive with that. it is way past time to be with china. they are not an economic competitor anymore. they are an adversary and we have acknowledged and if tariffs are what it takes to bring manufacturing back not just to the united states and to part of what it's going to take to have self control over our basic necessities. we here during the last farm bill, one of the big discussions that we have asked f

mr. scott of , no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. daines, no. the erk:d the clerk: mr.lerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hawley, no./] the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nay are 48, and the nomination is confirmed. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: under the reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: io proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask the

mr. scott: they had this greatgn are created equal. those words. all men are created equal, certain inalienable rights. the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of■k we believed them. our people heard those words, saw the hypocrites saying it, but we said, we're going to make this come to fruition. and that is the fight that we continue to fight and that is your obligation that you must continue to fight with right now. we and more. it is time for us to continue to do this fight, make sure that we amplify and align ourselves with the people who share our values. not with the entertainment foolishness. not machismo foolishness. but with the people that actually care about the same things that we care about. i'm going to close with this. pe are stupid sometimes. they always vote democrat. ■wh do they vote democrat? we're not asking for them to do something for us. we're voting against the people who might do something to us. we just got common sense. [applause] we just got common sense. we know -- they're not -- they think we're we vot

[applause] mr. scott: you know when everybody leaves, it's about to get bad. [laughter] all eyes on me. my name's not tupac. good afternoon, brothers. it is an honor to be here. i am overwhelmed for the honor of being here today with brothers from all over the country and brothers from all of the members of the divine nine. i never take the opportunity to speak before anybody, but especially my brother, i never take it lightly. because i know that we're living in some dangerous times right now. there are those who may have forgotten where we've come from. i'm 59 years old, i know i look good for my age. [laughter] but i'm 59 years old. i was born in march of 1965. march 5 to be exact. anybody know what happened on march 7, 1965? bloody sunday. selma, alabama. crossing the edmund pettus bridge. so i know we sometimes get a little high ha a lotten, we're in this nice hotel, but we forget, we've only been living this so-called democracy for 59 years. shortly thereafter was when the voting rights act was signed, in august of 1965. so it's appropriate now that we c

mr. scottn, i want to thank you for letting democratic witness go first. we are proud to hear from a farmer on this issue. and thankting my democratic colleague go first. and i want to rm -- you said the world is watching us today on this strategic national security issue. and i thank you for that statement. and indeed they are. i have learned so much from so many of my colleagues but none more than congressman mcgovern on this whole food issue. he's a national world leader on food security and hunger. and i'm telling you, this is a national issue. and i hope if there's one thing that goes hearing, it's that we are putting this issue at the front of the list. there are people all over the world are watching us with the most powerful nation in the world, yet as mr. mcgovern has said over and over, we have beds of hunger. our children, our veterans, people going hungry needing food. and then we have these threats. i am not putting any sugar coating on it. i believe there are foreign interests out

mr. scott: chairman, i want to thank you for letting democratic witness go first. we are proud to hear from a farmer on this issue. and thank you letting my democratic colleague go first. and i want to rm -- you said the world is watching us today on this very strategic national security issue. and i thank you for that statement. and indeed they are. i have learned so much from so many of my colleagues but none more than congressman mcgovern on this whole food issue. he's a national world leader on food security and hunger. and i'm telling you this is a national issue. and i hope if there's one thing that goes from this hearing it's that we are putting this issue at the front of the list. there are people a are watching us with the most powerful nation in the world, yet as mr. mcgovern has said over and over, we have beds of hunger. our children, our veterans, people going hungry needing food. and then we have these threats. i am not putting any sugar coating on it. i believe there are foreign

mr. scott of south carolina no. mr. blumenthal, aye.7m the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. warren aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. van hollen aye. the clerk: mr. cotton no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet aye. ms. murkowski, no. mr. cramer no. mr. markey aye. mr. warner aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no.dd the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, no the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. e clerk: mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. %[q% the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. ff2govev pllll fhahadel an

mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no.$■o the e. mr. no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. grassley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. 9>■ the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. fó■n the clerk: mr. paul, no ms. luis mr. brown, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.■6 the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. dn the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ■#m the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms.nema, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no.■( the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mrs. capito, no. ■r. peters, ay the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. murkowski, no. jí3p5 the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mrs. . braun, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ■b the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. ■o■ the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the c

mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr.g, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. lummis, no. ms. inema, aye. no. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. . 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 be notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent tive session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions, s. res. 595, s. res. 596, s. res. 597 597. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the resolutions en bloc. mr. schumer: furthe

mr. scotts one of the primary threats posed by china giving that china seems unwilling to adhere to w.t.o. rules. what in your opinion concrete steps that we in congress can take to protect u.s. agriculture >> thank you for that question. there have been major steps. we heard of the example of potential theft on data systems. they use more data whether con sphelings satellites to rhythms to the seeding, they have been compromised and stolen. and intellectual property. biggest advantages they have ever had. the chinese have that intellectual property in the past have it now. we will see increased competition because of u.s. innovation and increases in china of 10% on corn displacing commodity sales and probably the same in soybeans. the concrete steps we need are deeper. we need to be asking today. we need to bring in the best professionals that and cybersecy threats. if we don't, they will outcame need to invest in research and development and protect those resources. they spendlú>■ billion a y

mr. scott of south carolina, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. e. "he clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mmurray, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. coons, aye. gabennett. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. coons, no. kelly, no. the clerk: mr.npkennedy, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. ú[ mr. padilla, aye. mr. carper, no.t , aye. mr. shaheen, no. -- mrs. shaheen, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock no. the clerk: mr. the clerk: ms. mr. mcconnell, aye.♪ the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. hkenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the presiding 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

mr. scott of no. the clerk:hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. mr. the clerk: mr.k: mr. hoeven, no. ■■qwx the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: ■h ■w the clerk: mr.bennet, aye. ■] the clerk:■9 the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 38, the motion is agreed toj mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. wh■o■pehouse: mr. es am back again with the old battered time to wakup graphic here -- wakup here. the smithsonian can't have it quite yet. this time to wakeup climate report starts with the unfortunate proposition that we are in terrible danger on climate. a critical part and an essential explanation of the danger is that the republican y turned by fossil fuel industry dark money into little more than the political wing of the fossil fuel jmn the fossil fuel polluters to fill up its super pacs and parroting th objnoxious lies, but all that happens in the political worl n the physical world. and a recent study suggests that we have perhaps already blown through the 1.5 degrees of world heating s

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 gua

mr. scott, five minutes for questioning. >> thank you, mr.ical in this but the reason that it is so important for us to be aggressive with china on the ag issue is that this is a basic necessity. we are not talking about toys but chemicals it takes for the supply and technology for our seed supply in u.s. companies 80% of the global supply and today 30% of the global seed supply and so when you allow countries like china through companies like singena t supplier in the world and the largest chemical supplier in the world i might add, then you arey needs at risk which is your food supply and so governor i want to commend you for being aggresse with that. i think that it is way past time we be aggressive with china. they are not -- they are not an economic competitor anymore. they are an -- and, you know, we have to acknowledge that if tariffs is what it takes to manufacturing back not just to the united states and western hemisphere that's what it's going to take for us to have necessities. you were here during the last farm bill, one of the b

mr. scott of florida, aye. ígej mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.e clerk: ms. ■collins, aye. the clerk: mr. ■kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mrs. rcapito, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. vance, aye./i■ the clerk: mr. saendz, aye. -- mr. sanders, aye.■v ÷a mr. wyden aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye.zb the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. menendez, aye.l# the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. can. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mrs. ehyde-smith, ay. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. young, aye.■#÷< the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye.■4 the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. paul,

mr. scott of south carolina, nob the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr.ye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no.■ñ mr. budd, no. mr. paul, no. mr. lankford, no.■> the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. king, aye. mr.■ schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye.qx■r the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. lummis, 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 offic

question, what do you say to the people of baltimore in particular how are you expectin- [inaudible] mr. scott: the governor hit the nail on the head, keith. this is a priority for all of us but we have to ask our residents to be patient because we not only have to do it quickly but do it the right way so every t is crossed and every i is dotted and we make sure that we are building our infrastructure to be stronger and the most quickest and fastest way. we all understand the importance and we'll thereby to support our residents but have to do to the right way. [inaudible question] governor moore: there's nothing we won't do to be able to speed up and make sure we have a swift and proper conclusion and make sure we're getting a complete -- and make sure we're doing it safely and making sure we're also doing it in a coordinated fashion. the thing is it you look the a the precedence on this, we understand this is daunting, this is complicated. it's complicated because of so many of the variables that have been laid out before and we mentioned before about the vessel and the container ship and th

the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ■b the clerk: ms. clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. boozman, no.la the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hoeven, no.j/■u5vuá■ the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.conn. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 52. the nays are 46. and the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of s. 3853 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 336, s. 3853, a bill to extend the period for filing claims under the radiation exposure compensation act and so forth.e the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: we're not in a quorum call. okay. yes, thank you. mr. president, i hours before p biden's state of the union address to discuss the reality of the past three years and curre■w circumstances of our nation. together, my colleagues and i are here to speak on behalf of the american people who have bee

mr. scottou are going to tell a story please tell the whole story when it is 10 million folks coming into the countrnd on crime and americans living in the poorest parts of america face on a daily basis. mr. powell: i said over time. i was standing away from the current political context. and it's not appropriate for us. we are independent and like to remain that. and we stay out of political issues that we really aren't assigned. so the kind of issues you are talking about are very real but not for us. mr. scott: the fed does not the costs associated nor do they consider the impact on states like new york, carn the devastation of crime has an impact? we don't take that into consideration? >> we do try to estimate population and the effect immigration legal or illegal on the size of the work force or g.d.p. we don't have a way -- we do look at the finances in the aggregate in state and local government. that's og we look at but we wouldn't do an assess meant like that. senator brown: senator me

according to the officially now mrs. sullen. scott? yes, that's how you pronounce her name. it's not zalinski cuz she's the wife, female, whatever. anyway, they say that when she heard that mrs. not volley pronounced noble maya was also invited. she said, well, that i'm not going, i'm not going if she's going. and apparently she's not going. her reason look and it's kind of complicated, but apparently it has to do with crimea. but despair you a headache, i'll save you the explanation for some other time and perhaps some other show. then there's missus newland thinks he can wait ukraine out and he thinks he can wait out all of us. we need to prove him wrong. that was under secretary of state victoria new live last month discussing tactics to stop russian president. what am i putting on the 2nd anniversary of the ukraine war? now just weeks later, the career diplomat to turn top political appointee is retiring. there you go, secretary of state and then he blinked and has announced that his under secretary victoria newland. i guess there's number 2 or number 3, or whatever is st

mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms.tabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville.llen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, cornyn, crapo, daines duckworth graham grassley hassan heinrich manchin, merkley, ossoff reed ricketts schatz sinemane and tillis. mr. tuberville voted in the negative. ms. collins, aye. when whitehouse, aye. -- mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. casey, aye.dé the clerk: mr. rubio aye. mr. smith aye mr. wyden aye, mr.clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. vance, mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. lujan, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. mr. lee, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. carper, aye. ms. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr

i'll turn to mr. scott for his opening comments. >> verso want to thank senator warren and her subcommittee and thank you for caring about this issue and for taking this job so seriously.suchis an important topic. tbi is one of the most common injury sustained by american servicemembers. in 2022 more than 20,000 military personnel were diagnosed with tbi. think about that for a second. in 2022 there were more than 20,000 members of the military diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. the vast majority you are 84% were classified as mild which is more commonly known as a concussion. many of those who have raised kids and they have a concussion that scares the living daylights out of you. servicemembers are forgot exposed to low-level blast that typically result in a clinically diagnosed concussion but but this is concerning because repeat exposure to low-level blast me cause similar symptoms. low-level blast exposure from firing heavy weapons may cause a variety of symptoms including concentration memory pr

wagner, along with the support of my colleagues, mr. scott and mr. nickel.unds through closed-end funds, investment vehicles with comprehensive protections under the 1940 investment act. these rules include the mandator be managed by an invest adviser who is required to conduct due diligence on a fund's investments, answer to independent directives, and to adhere to ex tensive disclosure and reporting -- extensive is amendment also makes clear that investors should be given access to the growth opportunities provided in the private markets, so long as they have prope;vr disclosures and rk mitigation. so, i'm happy to sponsor this bipartisan amendment primarily s opportunities and increases access for people who have been left out in the past while ensuring that robust rules of the road are followed. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from missouri -- the gentlewoman from missouri reserves. mrs. wagner: i'm also prepared to close if the gentlelady is -- ms. waters: i continue to reserve the balan

mr. johnson: thank you, scott perry. and we're also victimized by the tradition developed in congress.lwe're working hard to bend that backwards. you can't turn an aircraft carrier overnight. we broke the omnibus fever. we put it in a laddered c.r. approach that scott perry and others helped invent to make that work. we had to move the deadline a little bit because it takes a long time to get it done. that is a process, it is overdue. we are very happy now that we're finally to the point we can move beyond get f.y.2024 done and turn our attention to f.y. 2025 and continue to push this back into the mode and manner and regular order and procedure this is supposed to work. i think that's good by american taxpayers. we look forward to moving that forward. reporter: what are you looking for next year what is -- [inaudible] mr. johnson: we're happy with the results last night. the race is set now. it'll be a rematch. we like that rematch. from my perspective, i think president trump, what his message is resonating with the am

mr. james matthews, from scott, news, america is placing more pressure on israel than it has done thus far. why do you see this draft resolution as ophelia rather than as progress to be supported? you know, as i said, you know, the, the deity and invest. so the spoke very closely about a lot of positions. so therefore there is no need for redundancy. to reiterate what he said, the plus others who spoke. and here i want to highlight the very strong and convincing statement of very presentable going on in which she gave the following by following the reasons why she did not support that. the addition, we the support tab position and we see head position is more of an explanation of both of voting. no, not ups tensions. so instead of repeating these points, i advise you to reiterate, and maybe you can use the argument by invest that amount from other julia and invest. so daughter katelyn from louisiana that we share their views with them in terms of reasoning. yes ma'am. just kind of quick with us here. arabic, i will ask in english and, and arabic. and you can choose which to answer. um, so

." >> byron: tonight, scott peterson fighting for a new trial. >> mr.are son, can you both see and hear the proceedings? >> yes, your honor, i can, thank you. >> byron: back in court, his first appearance as the l.a. innocence project took on his case, hoping to exonerate him. >> mr. peterson has been waiting 20 years to find some of these police reports and audio recordings and video recordings that should have been provided. >> byron: two decades after he was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn child. >> any of these hearings are a small victory for scott peterson. >> byron: could this small piece of fabric break over the case? >>> air scares. growing safety scrutiny for boeing. just as millions of flyers make plans for spring break. and the death of a boeing whistle-blower just days after his lawyer says he was deposed. >>> after the fall. >> i'm going to miss all of you. >> byron: "black-ish" actress jenifer lewis revealing her harrowing experience in africa. >> i had fallen ten feet into a dry ravine full of boulders and stones and

mr. hecht: thank you. there are two ways of looking at this. one is the cost and efficiency side. senator scott spoke to this, the fact that 1% of claims are accounting for 30% of the payouts. something that clearly needs to be addressed. sen. tester: how would you address that? mr. hecht: you'll have programs that say if you are a repetitive -- at some point you don't qualify for new payouts. you need to be remediated and you can't build there any longer. there has to be a recognition of being smart about this program, going forward. sen. tester: let's put this in plain talk. you are saying if you have an event that is expensive, unless you do some pretty significant mitigation, you are not going to be eligible for the policy anymore. mr. hecht: i would say there is a subtlety to that because we have to define what is the appropriate definition of repetitive. if you have one event, you should not be taken out of the program. i can't say what the exact level should be, but there should be some point after two or three events that if you have not mitigated or reduced exposure on your own and you

is the mayor of baltimore, brandon scott, mr. mayor, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we did just hear that divers are back in the water. what are you hearing from the recovery efforts? >> well, listen, that's the focus is to recover those who are in the water that we lost in this unthinkable tragedy right before getting a few, i got to update from my fire chief and they had just broke the meeting with the divers as they went back out to do their incredible work. and as we've been noted already this morning that work is already dangerous, but will be even more so today, what the expected rain, the choppy waters, and we all know about the bri and other things that there'll be dealing with. so we also have to live those first responders up who are putting their own lives at risk to be able to bring home. those who we lost to have some sort of closure for those families. >> is there still a state of emergency in baltimore this morning? >> yes. there's still a state of emergency. we will have that for the foreseeable

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator peters. senator scott chuck schumer singhn right now. the majority leader on the is calling for a new israeli government. this is coercion. it's dangerous, it'sif chuck sce netanyahu, it doesn't matter. we should respect the israeli government should be respected by the americantand strong with israel's elected leadership, not threatening it as a fight terrorism. i personally hope, i hope iael destroys, kills every hamas terrorist there is. first of all thanks to both of you for your service. somewhat to see if you think the four as a couple your nationalsd interest means the military must be made to focus on the cold hard facts and not only what our adversaries are doing but what they're capable of doing. the violence and unrest in haiti is heartbreaking. it is a symptom of political unrest that is only continues t. baudouin has the biden administration taken an active role in destabilizing the region by appeasing cuba, venezuela nicaragua that it appears white do with the consequences of the political un

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mr. chairman. and thankember scott and thank you to our witnesses for your time and indulgence with our schedule today. i'll go ahead and dive right in. ranking member's written testimony stated that agricultural technology is a prime target of intellectual property theft because american technology and farming are the best and most productive in the world. ambassador tom, can you elaborate on specific examples that you're awar of -- aware of where recent -- of recent intellectual property theft attempts or successes by china in the agricultural sector? mr. tom: certainly. i think in the world we live in today, whether it's your banking, whether it's your amazon account or whatever it may be, we've constantly got to be altering and modifying and improving our systems to protect our data. and our intellectual property. when i look at -- i'll give you an example. as i stated in my opening testimony. we've had seeds stolen. they will continue to find out new ways to do it. i think we need to get more creative in trying to understand how they're doing th-fpt but when i look at what -- doing this. but when

the next court hearing on whether convicted killer scott peterson should receive a new trialc as april mrhonor. >> peterson, who is currently at mule creek state prison appeared via zoom at a hearing yesterday in san mateo county court. the los angeles innocence project took his case up and told the judge that peterson's defense lawyers were never given key evidence. during his first trial. >> mr. peterson has been waiting 20 years to find some of these police reports and audio recordings and have been provid, ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says peterson's previous lawyers raised concerns about juror misconduct and constitutional violations. >> but peterson's defense is going with a new strategy this time. >> this is digging into the evidence. what did the police do? did they look at all the evidence? did they turn away from something that perchance was exculpatory? >> peterson was originally sentenced to death after he was found guilty of killing his pregnant wife, laci, and their unborn baby. the california supreme court set aside the sentencing after finding potential jurors were i

we're now joined by political commentator scott bennett who's joining us from uh san francisco. mr. bennett, welcome to the program. i'm sure you've seen the footage of the two unarmed palestinians being murdered by the child killer regime. does this video make you sick to your stomach? well, of course it does. it it it's such demonstration of of evil, of moral abandonment and betrayal. it's it's just astounding. and we're seeing many of these such videos coming out. we're seeing four young men for example, walking along the path to see their their homes that have been destroyed in israel. bombs and kills them with drones, blowing them up into tiny pieces and then we have this incident of shooting them while they wave white flags and surrender, they're they're waving flags asking for mercy, asking for the ability to not be killed, and what does israel do, it murders them, so this is not war, this is murder, this is pure and simple genocide, the world has acknowledged it, the international courts are acknowledging it, i'm just waiting to see when the muslim world will rise up and eje

which reached a new low yesterday and with that i deter or yield to chairman scott perry from pennsylvania. >> thank you, mr. chairman i thank my colleagues and i thank all of you. it's march, right, march madness. while some people in washington d.c. are misspelling their favorite team on brackets the rest of the country is watching their country in march in the madness burn down in washington d.c. and at their southern border. as a person who was honored to wear the uniform for decades, i watched those service members, uniformed service members at the border. what were they supposed to do, right? they're put there, somebody put them there to invasion. how are they going to stop it? what are their rules of engagement? and mind you, ladies and gentlemen, the people that ran over them that ran right over them ran to border patrol, ran to border patrol to come into this country. border patrol taking orders from joe biden and secretary mayorkas. that's the march madness that's happening at our country, and what is the democrats, what are they going to run on when they pass this bill? 22,000 border agents 41,50