to confirm lorvez-deremer for labor secretary and then to begine on the bill to permanently classified fentanyl penalties.ighest control and it's tempora classification is set to expire at the end of this month. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate onn2 and all of our congral coverage is available o our free video app c-span now app and our website c-span.org. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded these television companies and more including charter communications. >> chart is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers, and we're just getting started building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communication supports c-span is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy.

so let's start with the confirmation of lori chavez-deremer as labor secretary.e said that the teamsters were largely influential in president trump's selection of her. why is she the right choice to serve as labor secretary right now? sean o'brien, general president, teamsters: well, she's definitely the right choice. i mean, she's always been pro-worker. she's a daughter of a retired teamster. and she was the right choice, and she was the only choice. we lobbied president trump right after the election very hard, saying that stating our case that he made a lot of promises and commitments, and he lived up to his commitment as far as making certain that working people, especially union people, were taken care of and that we have a seat at the table. and as a result of secretary deremer's confirmation, we certainly do have a seat at that table. geoff: so, beyond having a seat at the table, how can she effectively champion what you would see as pro-union policy in an administration that has taken anti-worker stances, as many people see it? sean: right. well, i mean

they did not even give us a motel voucher william: deremer -- helene damaged thousands of homes.ions for many in this rural stretch of the state. residents complain of a bill will during amount of red -- but will during amount of red tape. >> fema has been a disaster. william: it has been a target of president trump who pushed to reform or even eliminate the agency. >> i would like to see the states take care of disasters. let the states take care of tornadoes and hurricanes and all of the other things that happen. >> there was an expectation among people in the community that fema would do more. william: this local lawyer in black mountain, north carolina, has been helping residents apply for assistance. she has heard plenty of anger toward fema, but she says because helene delivered a devastating blow, it was difficult to reach people in need. >> we have 2000 landslides in western north carolina. we were cut off by the interstate on all sides. we had no rail. for a short time we had no access to even our airport, because there were no communications. given the challenges they w

lori chavez-deremer of oregon to be secretary. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to legislative session and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 331, which the clerk will report. the presiding officer: motion to proceed to calendar number 18, s. 331, a bill to amend the controlled substances act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances and for other purposes. the presiding officer: 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 the motion to proceed to calendar number 18, s. 33 1, a bill to amend the controlled substances act and so forth and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed to s. 331, a bill to amend the con

to first confirm lori chavez -deremer as the labor secretary, and then wo on legislation to make fentanylo its highest classification on penalties. watch the house on c-span, the senate on c-span 2. all of it is available on c-span now and our website, c-span.org. >> looking to contact your members of congress? c-span is making it easy for you with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials, all in one place. this compact, spiral-bound guide contains bio and contact information for every house and senate member of the 119th congress. contact information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies, and state governors. it costs $32 not five cents, plus shipping and handling, and every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. scan the code on the right, or go to c-spanshop.org to preorder your copy today. >> nearly 3500 students purchase paid in this year's c-span studentcam documentary, edition, where we asked students to craft a message to the president, explore issues and point to them or their comm

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mostly fell in line with, and it looks like they will do the same tonight for the vote for lori chavez-deremer going on now. but this is the first time he needs lawmakers to get through his agenda. everything else has been through executive action, executive authority? how do you look at that? tamara: there was another bill of house needed to pass to take a first step on the reconciliation -- we are getting into the weeds, but there was a bill and there was question if republicans would support it, and they fell in line. we are seeing again and again that republicans are falling in line with president trump. betting against that is not the best bet. amy: there is only a one seat margin, but there is also the opportunity for deals to be cut in the next bill that republicans need to pass, which is this reconciliation, this tax and immigration bill, in which you can see whether it's the president or leaders on the republican side going to recalcitrant members saying, i know you are worried about the spending. we want more cuts in spending. we will get that in this other bill. i know you are worri

nomine chavez-deremer nominated for secretary of labor. ms. chavez-deremer is a former congresswoman from oregon, she's been a mayor and city councillor. she and her husband spent 30 years building a small business. from her first job packing peaches at a california farm, she's known the value of a hard day's work. in her public service, she's put in the work to seek differing perspectives and to find common ground. mr. president, ms. chavez-deremer's mother would always tell her, i quote, when you know better, you do better, end quote. we need the labor department to do better than what we saw from the biden administration. over the last four years, the labor department pushed out many mandates that were the very opposite of pro-worker. americans lost their jobs because of the biden covid vaccine mandate. many workers found the independent contractor status threatened by a biden administration rule. then there was the labor department's attempt to allow 150 million americans' retirement savings to be invested based on climate factors, rather

chavez-deremer. who said that she. >> wasn't sure that.s were. >> enforceable by law. so this. >> is just a whole cadre of. >> unqualified individuals. >> which is. >> what makes it so. outrageous that this. >> administration has attacked. >> and this huge witch. hunt against civil. >> servants. >> the federal. >> employees who. >> are actually qualified. >> to do their jobs. >> it's just outrageous. >> and by the way, what he said was actually the truth of the way a lot of the senate confirmation process used to work, which is the nominee is there. they are qualified to whatever degree. but what you always knew is they're going to go into a department with career staff who do have the answer to everything. and so if this nominee doesn't know everything, the career staff will help that nominee get through the actual job. but those, as i said, are exactly the people they're trying to fire. >> yeah. >> but you know what? >> that's true. >> and it. >> is. disqualifying to. >> apply for a. job to lead the. >> department of. >> labor and to. >>

and the senate confirmed former oregon representative lori chavez-deremer as labor secretary. >> twohips caught fire today after crashing in the north sea. it happened off the eastern coast of england. a tanker carrying jet fuel for the u.s. military was anchored when it was hit by a portuguese container ship. the crash caused a number of explosions, and both crews were forced to abandon ship. you can see why britain's coast guard says 36 people were safely brought to shore. one person was taken to the hospital. one person aboard the container ship is believed to still be missing. the cause of this collision is under investigation. >> it will be in due course. there will be an inquest into what's happened, how it's happened, why it's happened. because to be honest, with all the technology that all these vessels have, there's no way it should have happened. >> crews also say it's unclear how much fuel leaked from the ship. >> rail and bus passengers in santa clara county will have to find another way to get around again tomorrow. today, some 1500 valley transportation agency workers w

after the senate votes to confirm former oregon congresswoman laura chavez-deremer as the new labor secretary. her nomination passed in 67-32 vote with three republicans voting know. rand paul and mitch mcconnell along with north korea senator ted budd. today is texas tuesday, my friends. and "fox & friends" viewers are, of course, joining in on the fun. take a look at this, margaret sending a photo of her grandson caden down at the rodeo in denton, texas. and viewer dale sent us this adorable picture of his granddaughter and her best cowboy hat. look how cute she is. even sean hannity's family getting none the fun. his niece's daughter taking this photo in their cowboy boots. so cute. so we want to see more of how y'all are celebrating at home. email us your best texas tuesday photos. friends@foxnews.com. just include your name and where you are from in the email. so funny how i said y'all and you said i'm from new jersey. i met dolly parton once, when i was an assistant. she saw me and she goes good morning, cow girl, knew i'm from new jersey i'm going to be a cow girl in this moment. y'all

to confirm lori chavez-deremer for laborecretary and then to begin d on the billo probably classifiednyl with the highest control and penalties. it's temporary cication is set to expire at the of this month. watch live coverage of the h and c-span, the seine on c-span2 and all of our congressional covera available on our free video app c-span now app and on our website c-span.org. >> looking to contact your members of congress? c-span is making it easy for you with our 2025 congressional directory. get the center contact information for government officials all in one place. this compact spiral-bound guide contains bio and contact information for every house and senate member of the one that are 19th congress. contact information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. the directory costs $32.95 plus shipping and handling and of your purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. scan the code or go to c-spanshop.org to preorder

eastern lawmakers are expected to vote to confirm lori chavez-deremer for labor secretary. live coverage of the sin is here on c-span2. -- of the senate is here on c-span2. senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will open the senate with prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, you are the ancient of days, yet the ever-new god. thank you for your mercy and faithfulness. as the dew refreshes the earth, so you restore us each day to newness of life. sustain our lawmakers in their work. give them guidance and inspiration to focus on issues that truly matter. provide them the wisdom to meet needs, solve problems, and lift burdens. may the talents possessed by the members of this legislative body help in the awesome task of making our nation and world better. lord, to those who are given the responsibility of seeking the ways of peace, empower them with creative stamina equal to this difficult task. we pray in your amazing name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of th

and following the confirmation of lori chavez-deremer last night the senate has confirmed 21 of president's well-qualified cabinet level nominees, far outpacing the previous administration. and looking ahead, tomorrow, the president will welcome leticia me home martin of ireland for the annual white house shamrock. and thursday president trump will welcome the nate oates secretary general for a working meeting and much peered on the economy, february job reports with good news for america. particularly our manufacturing sector. 10,000 new jobs in just one month under president trump. this rebound was led by the automobile sector where we saw a 9,000 new auto jobs created already. the most auto jobs added to the economy in 15 months, this was a complete turnaround from the biden administration where we were losing an average of 9,000 manufacturing jobs per month last year. reuters is out with a report that a number of companies are now looking at expanding their presence or bringing their businesses into america because of president trump's policies, and just moments ago, before coming out

chavez-deremer, who said that she wasn't sure that collective bargaining agreements were enforceabled individuals, which is what makes it so outrageous that this administration has attacked and this huge witch hunt against civil servants, the federal employees who are actually qualified to do their jobs. it's just outrageous. >> and by the way, what he said was actually the truth of the way a lot of the senate confirmation process used to work, which is the nominee is there. they are qualified to whatever degree. but what you always knew is they're going to into a department with career staff who do have the answer to everything. and so if this nominee doesn't know everything, the career staff will help that nominee get through the actual job. but those, as i said, are exactly the people they're trying to fire. >> yeah. >> but you know what? that's true. and it is disqualifying to apply for a job to lead the department of labor and to not know basics such as collective bargaining agreements. but this is what we're facing. you know, we saw the same with rfk jr. who couldn't tell us th

with the democratic leader on monday, march 10, and that following the cloture vote on the chavez-deremernomination, the senate proceed to legislative session and resume the motion to proceed to calendar number 18, s. 331, and the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed. finally, that if any nominations are confirmed during thursday's session, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. barasso for the information of all -- mr. barrasso: for the information of all senators, senators should expect one vote at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow and three votes at 1:45 p.m. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: under the previous order, and pursuant to s. res. 115, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, march 6, and does so as a further mark of respect to the late david lyle boren, the late david lyle boren, 's translation the con

eastern lawmakers are expected to vote to confirm lori chavez-deremer for labor secretary.verage of the sin is here on c-span2. -- of the senate is here on c-span2. senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will open the senate with prayer.

confirm lorvez-deremer for labor secretary and then to begine on the bill to permanently classified fentanyl penalties.ighest control and it's tempora classification is set to expire at the end of this month. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate onn2 and all of our congral coverage is available o our free video app c-span now app and our website c-span.org. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded these television companies and more including charter communications. >> chart is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers, and we're just getting started building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communication supports c-span is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> up next the conversation on civil rights, civil liberties and the rule of law. maryland congressman jamie raskin and others weigh in on the trump administration's domestic policies, dei of the u.s. constitution. this event is hosted by politics and prose bookstore in washington,

the clerk: nomination, department of labor, laurie chavez-deremer of oregon to be secretary. mr. thune: mr. president, i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate request on the nomination of laurie chavez-deremer of oregon to be secretary of labor, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. thune: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. thune: i move to proceed to calendar number 18, s. 331. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 18, s. 331, a bill to amend the controlled substances act with respect to the sc