we had live now to use senate lawmakers are considering president trump's cabinet nominees, scott turner and russell vought. first vote is scheduled for 11:30 eastern. life now to the senate on c-span2. amen. prouflt prouflt every every ever fsh every the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. our

vote on trump's nominatns including scott turner as housing and urban development secretary. and bgedirector station. house oversight committee to review federal spending streaming live on c-span now and c-span.org. ♪ >> democracy, it's a process. shaped by leaders elected and entrusted to guard basic principles. debates unfold, decisions are made. democracy in real time, this is your government at work, this is c-span giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> up next jonathan wilkinson canadian minister of energy talks about bilateral energy collaboration. from the atlantic council. mr. wilkinson: -- >> good afternoon everyone. i am a resident senior fellow at the atlanta council. thank you for joining us in person and virtually. we are honored to be joined by jonathan wilkinson minister of energy and natural resources in canada. to talk about tariffs and energy. you may hear of -- seems extreme market reaction because the u.s. and canada probably have one of the most integrated energy systems in the world. in 20 23 about 198 billion dollars of trade. two way trade. we get 60

at 2:00 o'cloc voting on a couple o president trump's nominations including scott turner to serve as housing and urba development secretary and later russell boat nominatn to be white house budget director. on c-span three at 10:00 a.m eastern a house oversight committee hearing looks at ways to increase gernment efficiency and reduce federal spending. these events also stream live on the free c-span now video app and online. at c-span.org. >> democracy. it is not just an idea, it is a process shaped by

my good friend scott turner has a remarkable life story -- tremendous life story. scott is a native texan who has had an exceptional journey from professional athlete to public servant. scott came from humble beginnings, but he never let those circumstances define who he is. actually scott in high school, i believe it was worked in a ba mr. babar -- in a barbecue shop he conceded that the south carolina barbecue is better than texas. i'm glad he doesn't have a microphone right now. he went on to have a successful career in the nfl. nine seasons as a cornerback playing for the denver broncos and the san diego chargers and yes the washington redskins and i note he did not play for america's team, the dallas cowboys. everybody, nobody can be perfect. mr. scott: after hanging up his cleats scott served two terms in the texas legislature. as executive director of the white house opportunity and revitalization council, he helped to create the initiative i created, directing over $50 billion in private sector capital into hard-hit typically majority-minority communities br

it's a big job, but scott turner has the grit, the determination, and passion to get it done. i look forward to working with him on this important mission. mr. president, i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. [inaudible conversations] we are meeting today to consider nomination of robert f kennedy junior. we are still waiting to get our members here and will proceed with statements and we will rotate one side to the other prepare for the vote to confirm, the opportunity to deliver change to our nation's healthcare system. he spent his career letting the epidemic and advocate for transparency. mr. kennedy responded to questions during the process and in the course of 900 questions by the committee. mr. is going beyond what's required. i will vote in favor of his nomination and i strongly encourage both sides. >> i'll have a brief statement and several colleagues are going to make statements. we are going to vote on kennedy's nation to serve as our chief healthcare of

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scott turner, hud secretary holding up the hud secretary? for attorney general for attorney general of the united states. federal law and order, criminal investigations and prosecutions. massive responsibility to say this is a former chief of staff there and they are holding her up. they are holding her up. what else? they got into the floor, democrats won't agree to an up or down vote now they have to gather hours and hours of this cloture process. we don't need to get into the weeds and what it is but to get around a potential filibuster in the chris wright, the energy secretary. doug collins the va secretary to be. so, they have to deal with that and get a procedural vote and overcome with that? now if final confirmation votes and finally occurred for rubio, ratcliffe, ratcliff had to get to the process the filibuster process. hegseth they tried to knock out, kristi noem, scott bissett had to go to the same process. sean duffy, he had to go to the same process. lee zeldin didn't he had to go to this same process. and doug burgum had to go

he also supported kristi noem and scott turner for homeland security and hud so, yes, he is willing.urple state of pennsylvania to work with trump and the administration. and he is being considered a potential candidate for 2028. stuart: he's come a long way. he is the common sense democrat. that's what he is. thanks, lauren. coming up, if you want to own an iconic piece of sports memorabilia like patrick mahomes signed rookie card or helmet eli manning wore in the super bowl, you're in luck. ken goldin has all that and more. he's in the studio and clutching the hell mitt as we speak -- helmet as we speak. come on over here, young man. that's the super bowl helmet; right? ♪ ♪ empower ♪ hey, i got her a little something. a little something, dad? oh, umm. hi. walt rolled his 401k accounts into an empower ira and it's grown nicely. so i say, let a gramps be a gramps. okay, just promise me it doesn't make a lot of noise. (engine roars) (♪) go, baby! go! (♪) thanks, grandpa! get good at money. so you can be a little bad. empower. what do a neurosurgeon, a country artist, and a television

where they think about why a person like scott turner is not being mentioned.from an america first policy institute, my brother do so much in the community, then he gets confirmed that hoda. i am just saying this brother needs to be recognized black history month. the nfl did not do a better job recognizing their players. that is the thing i want to talk about. >> kevin: 10 seconds left. chiefs or eagles? jack? >> playing for angie red it so i can't go against them so i'm hoping he pulls it off again it. >> kevin: how about you. >> going for the best quarterback to play the game that is going to go down as the greatest quarterback the effort. i'm going for particular homes with the kansas city chiefs. not just because i'm with kansas city state. >> kevin: a former wildcat i knew that about you. thank you so much i appreciate you guys tonight. >> u2. >> kevin: coming up how democrats in one state are trying to limit children in public schools. plus, moms across america speaking out and support of rfk jr. make america healthy again movement. that is next. 7 milli

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scott. >> turner for the. housing and urban.evelopment office. >> earlier in. >> that same day, he was at the supreme court doing doug collins for the veterans administration. >> last week, he did. >> sean duffy for department of transportation. and as you focused on kristi noem at his own. >> house on. >> january 25th. >> and what jeff zeleny found out when we started putting together this. pattern was. >> that. >> donald trump specifically. asked for justice thomas. >> to be handling. >> these oath ceremonies. and the reason it's, you know, it gets our attention is because. ginni thomas especially wants to. be has wanted to. >> be part of a trump administration. well, and give us just a little bit of the background with ginni thomas. yes. not just a conservative. >> during during the. >> first administration, she was. >> regularly in contact with top white house officials. >> and then. >> we know in 2020. when donald trump. lost that election to joe biden, she. >> was somebody. >> imploring mark meadows, then. >> the chief of

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