duckworth: mr. president.it makes no sense to say that we're not getting answers so we're not going to confirm anybody to this position of deputy director of o.m.b. we only just confirmed the director last week. it's like saying i'm going to the emergency room because i have an emergency, and there are no doctors working there to solve my problem, so we're not going to let any more doctors in to work there. it makes no sense. i'm deeply disappointed the republicans are objecting to the swift confirmation of the honorablenani a. coloretti to be the deputy director. she came through committee, was reported out of committee. any questions should have been asked in committee. we're holding up the nomination of someone to lead the agency where you say they're not answers your questions, but there's no leadership there to get those questions answered. in is -- this is a circular logic. ms. coloretti is eminently qualified to hold this position. like many members of our nation's diverse native american, asian hawaiia

senator tammy duckworth is a democrat on illinois. she is also an iraq war veteran and purple heart recipient. she joins me now. senator, very good to have you, and some of the rhetoric i've heard out of elected officials and washington seems to forget all of this, the decades built-up of the logic of the cold war which, again, is its own grim terrible logic that led to all sorts of one horrible things. it is what it is. do you and your colleagues understand with what you are dealing with here, is what i want to start by asking. >> i certainly understand it, and not the least of which because when i joined the army, we were still training to fight the soviets and to defend the folded gap. and in fact, the illinois national guard was some of the last former u.s. personnel helping train ukrainian troops. california and illinois national guards have been the two states providing training to ukrainians. they have acquitted themselves so incredibly well. but you've got this absolutely right, chris. we cannot risk going into a hot war with

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senator duckworth. no? senator, you're recognized. >> i'd like to begin by asking consent to enter three documents into the hearing record. one is an academic study published in the proceedings of the national academy of science called environmental outcomes of the u.s. renewable fuel standard. the second is a study by the university of georgia called analyzing the downstream impacts of u.s. biofuel policies. the third is an article entitled u.s. bread and donut makers urge biden to roll back biofuel requirements. >> is there objection? hearing none. >> thank you very much. we've already heard testimony that the rfs mandate is adding about 28 to 30 cents a gallon to the wholesale cost of gas on average and of course at a time when fuel prices are extremely high and inflation is extremely high. it works a hardship on consumers. i believe we should look at every avenue to provide relief to consumers. when i'm in cheyenne on the ranch i grew up in, in the house i grew up in, i lived right next door to a small

senator duckworth, have you joined us on webex? >> yes, i u have. >> all right, you are recognized, thank you. >> thank you. some of the comments made today demonstrates no end to the list proponents of the program on american biofuels. critics appear to blame fuel rising prices, allie largely determined by oil prices and basic supply and demand. could you address the claim that these prices and biofuel productiony are somehow responsible for increasing retail gas prices? >> thank you and yes, false claims. the price has no bearing on the price of fuel at the pump, those are entirely separate markets. the dominant factor driving the prices is the price of crude oil in addition to supply and demand, affirmed by government agencies modeling and what is really important to understand is the role ofnt biofuel bring down the price of fuel for consumers and the evidence is the price of efficiency consumers of 31 states safely can go to the pump put in a standard 87, 10% blend, some could choose 88, 15% blend may have a little more ethano

duckworth. mr. must sinema. ms. rosen. mr. lujan. mr. hickenlooper. mr. warnock. mr. wicker. mr.. mr. blunt. mr. cruz. missus fischer. mr. manahan. mr. sullivan. mrs. blackburn. mr. young. mr. lee. mr. johnson. mrs. capito. mr. scott. ms. lummis. ms. cantwell. dominate will be reported out of the committee. i now turn to senator wicker for a motion for. >> madam chair i move we end 15 toy the nomination of the district of columbia to be assistant secretary of commerce and director general of the united states and foreign commercial service. the nomination of virginia big assistant secretary of government affairs of transportation. grantee harris of california to the assistant secretary for industry analysis department of commerce. in 1540 the nomination of new york to be assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere the nomination of christopher of georgia to be assistant secretary of transportation. and the nomination of maryland the under secretary of for standards and technology and the nomination of to be assistant secretary of transportation of aviation be favora

and illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth says the package should also include weapons to help nearby poland so that they could be ready to respond as the first major in the line of defense against russia. right now, top u.s. officials warned russian aggression will escalate in coming days and warned hundreds if not thousands have already been killed in the conflict. that is not a war. >> it's a genocide. he's coming to the city of kiev. ukrainian native republican congresswoman victoria spartz is urging congress and the president to do more now. he has some cons and will fight saturday. the president agreed to send an additional 350 million dollars in military aid to ukraine. this afternoon, president biden will hold a rare cabinet meeting at the white house to discuss further action. >> for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> well, in the south bay, there is a push in san jose to suspend the sister city relationship with russia's 4th largest city. sister cities are linked usually for the purposes of cultural exchange. but san jose council member sylvia arenas is

. >> senator duckworth please. >> thank you, mr.chairman, and thank you to both generals for joining us today. as we near the milestone of one month into the invasion of ukraine we're hitting a critical moment in our pledge to support ukraine and our nato allies what were once seen as ad hoc efforts together and distribute aid to the preeningai heroes combating russian aggression will now become or has become a new normal. what was onceor an emergent situation will not test our commitment and our resilience as the fatigue of warfare sets in. this new reality will stretch our own logistic networks as we have to reinforce our delivery mechanisms into ukraine inn ordr to deter russian interdiction. and it will challenge our industry partners to reopen or accelerate manufacturing lights to incorporate into the next aid package and to replenish our own stockpiles. so i'd like to start off by discussing the status of our inner theater capabilities which work we'rel to the doing in europe and will be just as critical if ever needed for con

. >> reporter: illinois democrat tammy duckworth and john corning says they hope this lays down a markerers that died by suicide. >> i think it's entirely appropriate with the law enforcement officials be covered. >> reporter: and for police families nationwide. the two senators introduced legislation to allow for line of duty death designations when police officers take their own lives. more than 50 officers have died by suicide since 2017. >> the military has made this pivot, understanding that injuries to the brain, to the psyche is just as important as an injury to the body. >> reporter: erin smith is advocating for bill. what do you think jeff would say about this issue? >> i believe he would be proud of me right now. i'm fighting for my husband, but i'm also fighting for everyone else who has gone through this, as well. and it deserves the recognition. >> reporter: if the legislation passes for officers who died by suicide after january 1, 2019, there would be eligibility for line of duty benefits. the d.c. police dep and the dif report, but as for ensm she she nug rsel to w tellin

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. >>> and joining me now is democratic senator, tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran and member of thes committee. her book "every day is a gift" came out about a year ago in hard cover. available in paper back today. >> great to be here. >> wonderful to finally see you face to face after this long two-year plus break. tell me about, first, your reaction to the january 6th investigation with the seven and a half hour gap. we did report there were several hours. but seven and a half hours of phone call records not being turned over the committee is pretty extreme. >> you have the presidential records act and to think someone could be -- first, we need to know whether it's a misplacement or if someone was out there purposefully erasing and destroying records because that's a violation of the records act, in which case anyone who participated in eliminating or erasing the records needs to be held accountable. and on the other hand, this whole thing with the subpoenas, we have this tension and really the justice department does need to do their job and back up congress when they hold the p

center tammy duckworth and others were angry president biden had failed to name a single person of asiancent to his cabinet and this role was created. your nearly one role -- when you're in. what has been the hardest part and what does success look like? >> the hardest part is to recognize the fact that a lot of the animating structural problems that give rise to the violence and the hatred that has continued on -- continued unabated for the last couple of years, to see how deeply entrenched that is. success is to be able to do several things at the same time in an inclusive way that make sure it is impactful and it is sustainable because once this crisis is over, we need to be resilient to withstand the next crisis as well. >> that is the deputy assistant to the president and the asian-american and pacific islander senior liaison at the white house. thank you for your time. judy: tomorrow, the national book critics circle will present the black poetry group with the inaugural toni morrison achievement award saying no institution has played such a definitive role in showed thing -- in sh

. >> senator duckworth and brad smith i thought were very elegant about what's happening here this morning. we have two problems when it sometimes to trust in our institutions, one is the external attack, we have a former kgb operator running a country dedicating a loft resource to see dividing american and see making them distrust institutions, we've been under attack by the russians in this way for some time and it's been an incredibly effective covert operation, it's not really covert about t it's understood that's what they're doing. we're amplifying the defenses themselves in the united states, president biden, i read in forbes, if he is elected his greatest challenge is convincing half of americans the other half are not evil. we have a large fraction of americans right now who don't trust democracy because they don't it working, in part this is being done by ourselves and in part from people outside the united states for direct purpose of dividing us and tearing down our institutions and sadly as these numbers show, it's working. >> agree with everything that's been said, especially

>> senator duckworth and brad smith, i, thought they were very eloquent about this here this morning. okay? we have two problems when it comes to our institutions. one is we are under external attack. we have a former kgb operator running a country which is dedicating a lot of resources to dividing americans and making them distrust their institutions. we have been under attack by the russians in this way for sometime. and expanding it's been incredibly effective, there's no doubt about that. it's well understood what they are doing. we are amplifying that ourselves to a large extent in the united states. i wrote a piece for forbes before i came in that said, look, president biden, if elected, his greatest challenge is going to be convincing half of americans that the other half are not evil and rooting for the destruction of america. we have a large fraction of americans right now who do not trust democracy because they do not see it working. we are doing this in part to ourselves. and it's being done in part by people outside the united states, who are doing it for the direct purpos

senators stabenow, king, blume thowl, duckworth. representative don baker cosponsoring a companion bill in the house. in conclusion, in 1997, russian president boris yell sin offered the baw -- baltic states guarantees if they were to join nato. they refused. they were determined to become their own sovereign states, their own democracy, and they have succeeded. kurt volker, former u.s. ambassador to nato, former u.s. special representative to ukraine said that far from being a burden on nato, the admission of latvia, lithuania and estonia reinvigorated the alliance. in his words the baltic states turned out to be quo -- quote, the ones most committed to support the u.s. and other forum. they sent troops on costly u.s. missions and their troops fought and died in iraq and afghanistan. by securing the partnerships with the baltics, our bill will he help vladimir putin from extending his war into nato territory. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: mr. president, thank you. i rise to urge my coll

i'm pleased to report that my colleague, senator tammy duckworth, and i worked to include $210 million in funding for illinois projects in this bill, and i'll be ready to stand up and defend every single one of them piece by piece, project by project, as a good investment in the future of my state and our nation. this funding is going to help build localities in illinois launch important infrastructure, access to health care, environmental conservation, strengthening community violence prevention initiatives, supporting nonprofits doing important work throughout our state, and much more. we also do something that i've worked on personally from the last several months, and particularly proud of. we're going to reauthorize the violence against women act, known as vawa. for months i've worked on this proposal with some amazing people in the united states senate. on my side of the aisle, senator dianne feinstein, who really was one of the founders of this effort. on the republican side of the aisle, two women senators who have just been amazing -- lisa murkowski of alaska and joni ernst of

where you had gillibrand, senators duckworth and blumenthal and harris all declaring judge kavanaugh guilty before any evidence was laid out. the rest of the hearing has become legend. >> that's right. this is really infused with politics even though it is about how our law, the most important highest court in the country, how our law will play out over not only the years but the decades. but the process is a very political one. and it has become very hyper political since the 1990s. and if there is a political basis to try to stop a nominee, they basically close ranks in a very partisan way and we just don't have confirmation hearings like we once did where the only important thing was the intellect, the competence and character of the nominee. now it's mainly about political affiliation. >> dana: jonathan, what do you look for in a hearing like this as our viewers have been shown a great interest in supreme court nominations. they understand the importance of the role that the supreme court plays in america. and so when we all sit down to watch these from your expertise and point o

later democrat senator tammy duckworth talks about the russian invasion of ukraine. >> and a second appearance on capitol hill, federal reserve chair powell told the senate banking committee the u.s. will move carefully with a possible interest rate hike later this month pretty also said the u.s. will continue to monitor international economic conditions following russia's invasion of ukraine. >> senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. today's hearing again is in a hybrid format or witnesses in person, thank you chair powell paired members of the option to appear either in person or virtually. i want to start by acknowledging as we sit here this morning, ukrainians are showing such courage and resolve fighting russian invaders in their homeland, ukrainian families of fleeing and indiscriminate bombings are taking refuge in subway tunnels, something europe is not seen since the siege of london seven decades ago. i express my support for the brave men and women and ukraine fighting for democracy. i do my colleagues on this committee of both parties join me in t

duckworth: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. that's not right. that's not fair. our budget continuesthe minimum tax because of that. 20 percent minimum tax that applies only to the top 100 of one percent . 100 of one percent of americans willpay this tax . the billionaire minimum tax is fair and raises $64 billionthat can be used for lower cost for families and cut the budget . as i said it ensures corporations pay their fair share. in 2020 where 50 fortune 500 companies made $40 billion in profits but didn't pay a single solitary sent in federal taxes. my budget raises the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, far lower than the rate was between world war ii and 2017. last year, i rallied more than 100, some of you were overseas. 130 countries to create a global minimum tax for corporations doing business in their countries. to put an end to the rewards multinational incorporation. for shipping jobs and profits overseas and avoiding taxes at home. it's my congress and ask thi

duckworth: mr. president, i join the senior senator from illinois' affection for tom balanoff. mr.sident, i rise today to speak on ukraine. with russian troops firing outside, one ukrainian woman was rushed outside and down out of the hospital by hospital staff. she was reportedly forced to give birth in a makeshift i.c.u. in the hospital's basement with the sound of shellings around her and russian troops closing in on the area. elsewhere in eastern ukraine mothers and their newborns are being hurried from neonatal intensive care units to makeshift bomb shelters. with blankets swaddling their babies the only armor they have protecting them from the missiles crisscrossing the skies above them. all across ukraine, little girls and boys are being born in subway car shelters where some of the first words they hear are the cries of older children asking their own parents mommy, will we die here? this is the everyday, every waking moment nightmare for those who call ukraine home right now. this is the new normal for new moms struggling to learn how to breast feed their newborns, the new

bennett, booker, collins, duckworth, hickenlooper, cain, mernendez, scott of florida, and warren. >> mr. rounds eye, mr. cruise. senators voting in negative, cassidy, cruz, johnson, tubberville. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. whitehouse, aye. mr. schatz, no. >> didn't forget to vote. >> ms. shaheen, aye. build blumethal, aye. is hyde-smith no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. portman, aye. >> mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. >> ms. stabenow, aye. >> ms. cantwell, aye. mr. lanford, no. >> mr. young no. >> mr. warnock, aye. >> mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. >> mr. leahy, aye. ing. >> mr. heinrich, aye, mr. scatz, aye. >> mr. cotton, aye. >> ms. feinstein, aye. >> mr. chester, aye. mr. kasey, aye. mr. graham, aye. >> mr. moran, aye. >> mr. durbin, aye. >> ms. smith, aye. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 69, the nays are 30, and 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 actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture