mr. smith was started with you. well, i think that the 1st talking about the economy and talking about social is talking about the 2 sides of the same calling unpublished t. i think we have to mobilize, we have an objective of reducing poverty by 15000000, and we have really to give people the right opportunities. reducing poverty is obviously helping them, but specially giving them good opportunities, job opportunities. and this is fundamental. now on the uh, the other issue, it is important that people are skilled. i think investing in people is key because you cannot have improvement of job. if people are not scaled and jump, the jump market is shaday changing extremely rapidly. so these together makes a better economy, but also a better living center. thank you mr. smith. and the same question goes to you is that i'm in audit to be economically successful and competitive in the future. we have to break the so called contradiction between climate and economy. we need to really push for the p

the honorable mr. smith and misses spears. the honorable gale smith and mr. mr. brad smith and ms. carolyn ann brown. shaw. we honorable mr. john bellinger and miss don belanger. the honorable benjamin cardin and miss cardin. the honorable william jefferson clinton, or the second president and the honorable hillary clinton, 67 secretary of the united states. >> thank you. >> the honorable cory booker and miss caroline booker. >> this is when we show them how sexy we are. [laughter] >> i'm with the greatest woman in the world, my mother. >> is this your first state dinner? >> thank you, thank you everybody. everybody. honorable kamala harris vice president of the united states and mr. douglas emhoff. ms. belinda french gates and mr. honorable dr. elizabeth sherwood randall and dr. jeffrey randall. mr. alex soros. ms. samar ariya. mr. david and me campbell. the honorable bill burns, director of central intelligence agency and miss elizabeth burns. the honorable jon bascom, undersecretary of affairs. the honorable ryan montoya, director of scheduling and miss joel perry. the honorable

before i moved here, mr. smith, i just want to check mr. buyers, did you need to pull the cards or was it by? i did i did. you did. okay, so i go 1st to mr. smith and then i come to you, mr. schmidt. well, i hear all the time, this figure is how much we spend and how is it? that's the russians. but you have to look what happens every night.

before i moved here, mr. smith, i just want to check mr. buyers. did you mean to pull the cards or was it by? i did i did. you did. okay, so i go 1st to mr. smith and then i come to you, mr. schmidt. well, i hear all the time. this fee goes, how much we spend, and how is it? that's the russians. but you have to look what happens every night in the sky. if you grade, well, i'm being chosen bomb being hospital bomb being civil institution houses. you have a good find on housing. they are just drawing every day. how is this india great? and if we are not supporting ukraine boldly, well, we know that the russians would be directly at the board. does they have transformed the economy into a war economy as it goes into defense? now, on a piece? yes. everybody would like to have peace, but on which conditions on put is good. they should say. what is mine is i, i was made yours, is the ghost about that style him, we cannot enter into such a deed times of assessment. thank you very much. this is a bio. i want to see a safe solver in ukraine would say for th

mr. goes, you are left with one, mr. smith with to and miss on the line with one martin over to think at least democracy and leadership. something really important for the future of this continent. and for the future of this confidence youth is even more important. so let's talk to one of their represent this year join is from cypress. he's another 1st time order on our panel, his 18 currently doing his mandatory military service. of course not now. and he is with us here in the european problem and you're on his police. go ahead. can you spare a good evening? we are going through a period characterized by great challenges. we've was your political tension and the economic crisis combined with intensifying any quality wave. so from the gratian rise of the far right, as i mentioned before, and of course, the climate crisis. so my question, these are the card and the speech fusions of the you able to deal with such a complex mix of challenges. thank you. got it. thank you and the best question goes to this is the bank just kindl

mrs. hyde-smith. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr.nedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- cantwell, hassan, hickenlooper, kelly, sinema. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, cassidy, collins, daines, ernst, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, marshall, scott of florida. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. cleri

mr. smith: we're prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recogni. thompson:. speaker. again, i'd like to thank mr. st, mr. lamalfa, chairman smith and all of our colleagu on ways and means who worked so hard to bring this bill to fruition not once, not twice, but now three times and our friend from know how difficult that is in your state in aa, what a devastating fire that was and i your constituents and thank your for being on the floor today. mr. speaker, florida, texas, south carolina, louisiana, kentucky, oregon, new york, california and over a dozen other states have been devastated by disasters. ther ng a single colleague in this house who should have to go through a disaster to know how bad it is. this devtaple's lives, it disrupts communities, it disrupts people's lives. people are kled, businesses are lost, homes and h are lost and destroyed. the least that we can doo come to the aid of our constituents, our fellow americans, in times ofis and in times of great need and that's what we're doing today. this is commendable by the ways and means committee

smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: mr. president, i rise today to voice my support for the world prosperity and food security act, which is the strong bipartisan farm bill proposal that has been put forward by our colleague from michigan, senator stabenow, chair of the agriculture committee. chair stabenow's framework reflects more than two years of work and outreach and contains more than 100 bipartisan bills, and it puts the 2024 farm bill back on track for being signed into law this year. as chair stabenow says, this farm bill is designed to keep farmers farming, families fed, and rural communities strong. you know, the farm bill touches nearly every aspect of life, touching the life of every american. it is a big, complicated piece of legislation. but at its core, it does three things. the first is that it governs how nutrition assistance like snap works. for 42 million americans, including 2.5 million rural residents. so the second thing is that it sets the rules for how farm and forestry programs work, including cons

thank you very much, mr. smith. then we that's we conclude this thing. yes, the thank you doesn't go to you, mrs. read only about to all of you, and we have come to the end. it's been a real pleasure debating europe's future with all of you before the election that comes up at a crucial time in our history. thank you very much for joining us here in brussels and across the you. thank you to everyone who puts in questions from all over europe and thank you to, to the 1st voters present here. and last but not least, of course, thank you to the candidates for taking part in this debates. the parliament takes place between the 6th and the 9th of june. so go out and vote the future of your is in your hands. and we hope that this debates offered some food for phillips, at least. thank you very much. and from all of us here. good bye bye. and you with the news that was the final debate, the last face off of leading candidates before voters, go to the polls in 2 weeks and elect a new european parliament. we have analysis in real time, our e u correspond, it was t

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i would once again just commend the great work and advocacy that mr. steube, mr. lamalfa, mr. thompson -- i can tell you, they've been advocating since i've been chairman that this is an important piece of legislation to get across the finish line and let's hope that the united states senate does the same thing. with that, i urge all members to support this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 5863, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? mr. smith: mr. speaker, on that i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. p

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. young, aye. vote: # the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. # mr. murphy, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 60, the nays are 38, the resolution is adopted. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session do consider the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, camela c. theeler, of south dakota, to be united states district judge for the district of south dakota. the presiding officer: there will be two minutes of debate equally divided. mr. thune: i rise today along with my colleague from south dakota, senator rounds, in support of judge camela c. theeler who has been nominated to fill th

mrs. hyde-smith, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. rubio, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. hoeven, vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61. the nays are 33. and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. the clerk: mr. schumer mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. 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. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, capito, cardin, cramer, crapo, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, klobuchar, lankford, lummis, marshall, murray, schatz, schumer, sinema. mr. coons, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, fischer, hyde-smith, johnson, rounds, schmitt, tuberville, vance. mr.

would you support h.r. 7921 and work with mr. smith to the floor? law law sure, any legislation that we can bring forward to combatanty semitism is critical. and i think ms. manning and mr. smith have done a great job working to bring a piece of legislation forward. i have introduced a number, this is but one of them. the objective is to clearly define antisemitism and force accountability on these administrators and make sure that the department of education has the teeth to enforce the 1964 civil rights act. mr. cohen: i appreciate your support for that. i think it's important and more inclusive bill and prodder bill and takes in the problems not just at the universities but takes in problems in the community at large. there has been antisemitism for over 2,000 years. the jews have a homeland and before they had a homeland, they didn't have that sense of security any place where they were. it has been threatened so many times and so many places over the years and should not be taken from them. i was concerned and mr. nadler made the point that in

mr. schmitt, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. cramer, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. marshall, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. lummis, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the

we now recognize mr. smith for five minutes and then we will recess for 10 minu tes on the floor. >> thank you. last friday i chaired my fourth congressional hearing. this within the year on the u.n. relief agency. it's decade-long complicity in the most vicious forms of anti- semitic hate with the focus on the so-called independent u.n. review. i have read the report very carefully. our witnesses including e former general counsel james lindsay, he was the general counsel and he admonished us in do not give them money. he used to be that guy. now he is not. the executive director of you and said the colonial review was not independent. the verdict was determined in advance and pointed out all the conflicts of interest ayers. it was very narrowly focused just on october 7. even there it whitewashed. about the only thing to come out of it that to say that it does not fit employee connections or sympathies with s hama islamic jihad. 21 years ago?x in 2003 i offered an amendment that money away to other entities t

i this, mr. smith said a math problem and i don't like math. i didn't understand what he says are reached over to my friend. what are you seeing now understand what he told us to do? he said, vivian, there you go again. and i'm like, no, i just don't understand what you're saying. you always get smart. you always talk is something you always doing is. i grew up in time, a call from furnished me. right. and i was like, no, you just don't make sense to me. i don't understand that actually, no, i got a smart mouth, but i wasn't trying to be smart. i just did not understand. and then night on that day i was really tired. and he was like, i got something for you and he pulled off the title because we used to be able to get a paddle. and i was like, not today. yeah, i don't know what i went through last night. i ran from a brother all night. i'm not. nobody's touching me. nobody hit me. not this. i mean i had to raise me around the whole classroom. and so he got hired and he said, i'm tired. you me, there's definitely a social worker caught me and so

lawyers can tell me what mr. smith is. mr. horowitz -- >> it's the f.e.c. >> bradley smith. excuse me. the witness that did not appear because -- as an expert witness he could not address the law and the judge didn't want him to address the law, understandably. bove says this is the kind of context we were seeking to provide to the jury. lisa rubin is giving us the context. the defense wants an instruction that the phrase for the purpose of influencing an election means spending clearly and unambiguously related to the election. so daniel horowitz, why was that so significant? >> i think this goes right to the heart of the prosecution's theory about what the whole point of falsifying these records were. what they're struggling with in layperson's terms, which is honestly i think at the end of the day these instructions are complicated. it's hard for any layperson let alone a juror to sort of understand. but what they're really trying to struggle with is did this in some way, this conduct, did this in some way help the trump campaign by making this payment a

mr. smith's prior criminal history, as well as his prior teaching history. >> the sheriff's office says smithut on bail. mill valley school district put him on administrative leave. >> pro-palestinian protests are continuing at bay area universities despite arrests at other campuses around the country. and while there have not been mass arrests reported locally, students at stanford say the university is threatening discipline in a vague way. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes is following the story. >> stanford is warning of discipline for student protesters who break campus policy as a gaza solidarity encampment enters its fifth day, protest organizers are demanding that stanford separates itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel-hamas war. >> our messaging, obviously, as with all the other campuses across the nation, is divestment is transparency. >> white plaza is the campus space for free expression. the university allows tabling from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m, but said it has policies that include no overnight camping. organizers say they're aware of i

>> mr. smith. if that is you asking, yes. if it does not, no you may not. all right. mr. smith moves to suspend the rules to go to the vpotus nomination before the at-large nominations and election. guys. are you aware of what we are about to vote on? it is not debatable. i needed everybody to read the motion on the screen and to lower your voices. lower your voices. last talking. all right. i need to know what we are going to do next. if you want to move to suspend the rules to go to vpotus nominations after potus is concluded before the at-large nominations and elections, please say aye. all those opposed. all right. not two thirds so we will do one standing vote and we will figure it out and move forward. all those who are in favor of suspending the rules to go to the vpotus nominations before at-large, vpotus next, stand. stay standing while we check you. please be seated. all those opposed, if you are opposed, stand up. the motion passes. >> appeal ruling of the chair. >> madam chair. >> second. >> call for division. >> division. >> division. >> we have 20. >> do we h

but we are in a gramscian style trench by trench in, which mr. smithould be decapitate hated instantly. you know, the poor -- wouldn't stand a chance. and so rather than harking with a sense of nostalgia. of how things ought to be or lamenting that those are, that is not way that it is today. we have to fight in a better way. and so much of my time, the last few years for the year that i had to write this book and jonathan negotiated a great contract for me, he got you got me a whole year to write the book. they wanted to turn it around in like three months. you. i originally like publishers. i ask how much time some of the books of some of these books turn around in three months. it's like, i can't do this in three months. that seems impossible. get it as much time you can, you know. but a lot of the time that i spent was writing this book. i think probably my habit, i guess, was get in the at eight jumble around on for like 90 minutes, take a phone call, maybe write the book and then do other stuff. and at the end of the afternoon. but as i was writi

then starts speaking and he says, mr. smith, who is the potential so campaign finance expert, campaign election law expert says, mr. smith's may not testify about the interpretation and application of federal campaign finance laws explained to us what this debate is about why they want to bring an election law expert. >> sure. and you should understand all of this. was really litigated months ago by the prosecution and defense. there were a series fraser pre-taught trial motions that were filed specifically about can we bring this expert in and what can this expert testify about generally, an expert is bringing admissible information if he's giving information that isn't commonly known and understood and you can give a better understanding to it clearly, finance law, expert an election law expert would be really helpful to the jury here for that very purpose to explain to them what some of these terms mean technically. and then an application to the whole case the thing is though that once you get the witness on the stand, you

mr. smith, do you accept your nomination? >> i do. >> have you also turned in your nomination papers? >> i have. >> fantastic. thank you both very much. microphone one. >> good morning, madam chair. my name is nathan and i am from pennsylvania. >> i am hector from florida. >> we would like to nominate robert f. kennedy jr. the single most important anti-two party candidate we have seen in our lifetime. >> one moment. settle down. settle down. settle down. i am sorry, sir. hector, could you repeat -- >> nathan. >> madam secretary, did you have that? one more time. >> nathan romig. >> thank you. pennsylvania, correct? >> correct. >> and hector is from florida. they have nominated robert f. kennedy jr. and he is a member of the libertarian party? >> madam chair, as the credentials committee chair i can confirm that is he is a basic sustaining member. >> he is a basic sustaining member and it's my understanding that he did turn in nomination papers that had the required amount of signatures on them. does he accept the nomination?

mr. ricketts, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye.lerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. and humane. this week, republicans will have an opportunity to join us in taking action. moments ago i for cloture on the motion to proceed to the bipartisan border act, , the sae bill we negotiated three months ago by the bipartisan group with senators murphy, sinema and linker. the citizen will vote on thursday. last night the president called both leader mcconnell and speaker johnson and urged him to go forward with our bill. all those who say we need to act on the border will get a chance this week to show they're serious about fixing the problem. unlike h.r. two, bipartisan border act was written explicitly to win support from both parties with input, significant input from both sides. border act is an e

mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 49, the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved -- 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. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 571. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is approved. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. dina coggins of california. the presiding officer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer:

the motion of the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5863. as amended. on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 5863, a bill to provide tax relief with respect to certain federal disasters. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 382, and the nays are 7 recorded as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, this bill passes and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentl

mrs. hyde-smith: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mrs. hyde-smith: madam president, the biden administration continues to fail the american people with its consistent attacks on our nation's energy supply and production. these attacks are happening as americans continue to suffer through the burden of a record inflation caused by this administration. energy is the lifeblood of civilization, lighting our homes, fueling our transportation, pouring innovation and for those of us in rural america, heating our poultry houses, much like the area where you and i come from madam president. energy of all forms from oil and gas to nuclear to wind to solar not only powers our world but it protects our world. to threaten any energy source is to threaten the vitality of our nation and its communities. but from day one, president biden did just that. it started with the barrage of excessive executive orders aimed at american energy production, including the cancellation of the keystone xl pipeline and only got worse from there. agencies under this admin

good morning, mr. smith. good morning, chair ronen. good morning, supervisor walton.nk you, supervisor peskin, president peskin, for sponsoring this ordinance. we're all very excited about it, as you said, i'm jeremy spitz with the sfpuc presenting on behalf of several departments and the sponsor. so as you know, departments often enter into agreements with other government entities such as caltrans, ucsf, bart, the national park service, tsa, and on and on. as you can see on this slide, these agreements are generally for noncommercial purposes, such as mutual aid, regulatory requirements, or to support critical health or education services that only another government entity can provide. these other government entities are generally not willing to abide by all of the city's contracting requirements, or have their own governing law in the subject matter department s are required to obtain several waivers for each of these agreements, each of which takes significant staff time and resources. so the ordinance before you today proposes changes to the administrative code,

[applause] ambassador smith: thank you very much, mr. secretary. and mr. l, the floor is now yours. thank you. [applause] secretary general stoltenberg: secretary blinken, tony; ambassador smith, julie, thank you so much for hosting us all here tonight. ministers, ambassadors, dear friends, it's great to be here at the truman hall next to president harry s. truman -- at least, a statue of him -- and together with the grandson of harry s. truman. so this is really a truman evening. and it is in particular great to be here as the secretary general of nato, because i'm not able to think about any individual person that has played a more important role for this alliance than president truman, because we have to try to imagine how the world looked like at the end of the second world war. because then the plan was of course to get the troops, the forces back home. that was the case for everyone, but especially for the united states, who sent people across the atlantic and to europe to help end the second world war. the united states left europe after the first wo

verykeouch gramscian style trench by trenc in, which mr. smith would beinstantly. you know, the poor -- wouldn' chance. and so rather than harking with a sense oftalgia. of how things ought to be or lamentin is not way that it is today. we have to fight in a better way. and last few years for the year that i nathan negotiated a great contract for me, he got you got me a wholethey wanted to turn it around in like three months. you. publishers. i ask how much time some of theit's like, i can't do this in three months. that seems impossible. get it time you can, you know. but a lot of the time that i spent was writing this book. i think, i guess, was get in the at eight jumble aund on for like 90 minutes, take a phone call stuff. and at the end of the afternoon. but as i was writi book, thinking about these ideas looking at these tactics, i was also adapting some of them in some of these very public that i've been engaged in the previous few starting every year, there's like a theme kind of how i've stumbled20, 21 was the fight against end of 2020, but theory. if beli

mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. booker, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. as cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. pppp. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 56, the nays are 39, the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mr. padilla: mr. president, when i was a kid growing up, the last thing i thought i'd do when i grew up was to be involved with government and politics. but when i returned home from college, i came home to california to find hateful tv ads warning of an in

. >> i don't see the point of calling mr. smith if he can't really testify to anything. what he talked about with you, he's not going to be allowed. that would be pointless. costello is a problem for them and a gift to the prosecution. it opens the door to him allegedly trying to prevent michael cohen from flipping, his relationship with julianne. that is a pandora's box. he can't be on direct. he's going to be cross examined by the prosecution. >> why is keith schiller not being called? >> that's on the prosecution. why aren't they calling him? >> do you think the defense -- >> the prosecution would get to cross-examination him. the defense is best not calling any witnesses. they don't have to prove a thing. and the prosecution cannot comment at all in their summation about why didn't they call this person and that person. >> the judge is back. they're going to have the charging conference where they decide how to instruct the jury tomorrow afternoon. that is still subject to change. he mentions he's not crazy about going down for a week, but that's just the calendar, a

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. barasso, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. kaine, no. choip m -- the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. - the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr.

mr. kendall martin. the brad smith and miss carolyn and brown. dr. shaw and misses shaw. we honorableand miss don belanger. the honorable cardin. the honorable jefferson clinton, or the second honorable hillary 67 secretary of the united states. thank you. >> honorable miss caroline booker. >> this isem how sexy we are. [laughter] i'm with the greatest woman is this your first state dinner? thank you, >> theorable vice president harris and mr. gates and mr. rory gates. mrs.d reverend henry. the honorable dr. elizabeth deputy security advisor and dr. jeffrey randall. mr. soros and misses aberdeen. miss miss naroji. david and miss krystle campthe honorable bill director of central intelligence agency and miss elizabeth burns. the honorable jon of affairs. the honorable ryan montoya director of scheduling and miss joel perry. the honorable deb and miss naomi jermaine. the honorable communications director and mr. dean lieberman. townsend and mr. sean townsend. the honorablen. miss dallas lethe honorable and racquel richmond. dr. francis draper and m chatter] >> the honorable

mr. moran, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. ms. rosen, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. stab

mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. vance, no.he clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. young, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52. the nays are 40. 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and resume consideration of h.r. 3935 which the clerk will report. the c

. >> mr. smith is recognized. >> thank you, chairman and thank you, commissioner, for being here today. my office continues to receive input from constituents they are not getting their questions answered from the irs. you are touting an 85% efficiency level and everything is just amazing at the irs. i continue to have concerns that the $80 billion in ira funding is not giving us the results perhaps that were promised. also there is certainly a lack of candor i believe from the administration on how the funds are utilized. the administration continues to implement policies across numerous agencies regardless of whether it is a legislative authority or not. student loan forgiveness and the recent changes to the 1090 9k requirement from arpa are examples of this executive overreach. the e-file system appears to fit that description. while ira, the bill, so-called inflation reduction act provided $50 million to conduct a study of direct e-file and enumerated the parameters it provided funding for only

coz: mrs. smith goes to the beauty parlor, talks to her girlfriends.ld go, "ugh," and have to read all about it. we were missy smith in kansas city. i guess i'm a little nosy. we were missy smith in yonkers. they can't print something in there that's not true. we were missy smith everywhere. i just enjoy the headlines. she was our boss. she could make or break us. ♪ ♪ coz: missy smith has had a long week at work. she gets her "national enquirer." she goes home. she has a bath. she has a glass of wine, and she sits down and enjoys herself. i feel a great sadness that i will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next 2 1/2 years. wright: the "enquirer" was a nice window to look through, a pleasant place to go after the harsher news in the real world. ♪ reporter: guns, ammunition, explosives and at least one pipe bomb. [ siren wailing ] brenna: i don't think pope wanted the outside world to spill over into the "enquirer." our philosophy, i guess you'd call it, is basically that, in all the other media, the people

mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 89. the nays are 10. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i rise to talk about the faa reauthorization bill that's pending before the senate now. i want to begin by thanking the chair of commerce, senator cantwell and ranking member senator cruz for doing something very important. it is critical that this faa reauthorization bill happen. and as i look at the bill, i see many provisions that i strongly support, and i applaud the committee for their work. in particular, the committee has addressed the critical shortage in air traffic control that is incredibly important to the safety of our skies. and second, the committee dealt with a challenging issue surrounding pilot training hours and i think came up with