fischer, mr. gallego. ready? please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear they will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic? that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same period that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god? >> we do. >> congratulations senator. congratulations. congratulations. [applause] the clerk will call the names of the next group. mr. holick, mr. heinrich, ms. sharon oh. raise your right hand placed you solemnly swear your support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic? you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion? you will well and faithfully discharge the duty so help you god. congratulations senators. [applause] the clerk will call the names of

fischer, mr. gallego. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. congratulations. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, ms. hirono. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the d

fischer: thank you and welcome to you and your family. thank you for the meeting that we talked about a number of things. first and foremost was that nuclear weapons are foundational to our national defense and having a safe, effective, credible nuclear deterrent underpins our alliances and deters our adversaries. nuclear deterrence has been and you and i agreed on this, must continue to be unequivocally the highest priority mission of the department of defense. deterrence only works if our adversaries believe our nuclear forces are effective and credible. all three legs of our triad are undergoing that program. we cannot afford any more delays in those programs. do you believe and agree with president trump's 2018 nuclear posture review that preventing adversary nuclear attacks is the highest priority of the united states? mr. hegseth: yes i do. sen. fischer: do you commit to supporting all three legs of the nuclear triad and using every tool available to deliver these systems on schedule? mr. hegseth: yes i do. ultimately our deterrence

fischer. [ ♪♪ ] rage ladies and gentlemen, the vice-president of the united states, the honorable j.dce, accompanied by mrs. vance. [ applause ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, escorting the president of the united states, the chairwoman of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, the honorable amy klobuchar and mr. bessler. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, the honorable donald john trump and mrs. trump. [ applause ] [ ♪♪ ] >> i have a feeling people are very hungry so i'm going to get this started. mr. president and madam first lady, mr. vice-president and madam second lady, my colleague, senator fischer, distinguished guests including the speaker, leader jefferies and thune and schumer, on behalf of the united states congress, welcome to this 60 inaugural lunch. big surprise, we are featuring nebraska beef and minnesota apples for dessert. we are here in statuary hall where these lunchons have taken place since president regan's inauguration in 1981 and where the house of representatives met over 150 years ago probably before you were b

fischer.y the honorable robert dunkin. ♪ announcer: ladies, the president of the united states, the honorable joseph r biden junior and vice president of the united states, the honorable kamala harris. ♪ [applause] ♪ announcer: ladies and gentlemen, escorting the executive director for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies store michael wagoner. senate deputy sergeant at arms jason bell and house deputy sergeant at arms mr. sean keating. ♪ announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the vice president elect of the united states, the honorable jd vance. [applause] ♪ announcer: is and gentlemen, escorting the president elect, the staff director for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, the house sergeant at arm's, senate sergeant at arms and doorkeeper. senate majority leader and the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, house democratic leader the honorable hakeem jeffries, house majority leader the honorable steve scalise. speaker of the house of

let's go right to jerusalem where jenna fischer is standing by for us. good to see you.ned the prime minister released a statement. take us through a little bit more of what he has been saying. >> there has been reaction from all around the world as this deal was coming through that we had president trump trying to claim responsibility from it almost immediately after news of the deal came through words of encouragement from the british prime minister as well. this is a three-part deal and i think it should be stressed at this point that only the first phase of it has actually then agreed between the two sides so it is a carefully phased out agreement which involves the release of 33 hostages over the period of six weeks. in return, dozens of palestinian prisoners will be released in return for each of those israeli hostages or indeed the remains of israeli hostages because we believe that some of those 33 may in fact be dead and there were also become as you mentioned, a withdrawal of israeli troops from the most populated parts of gaza mostly into a buffer area along t

vice president of the united states, ranking number of the joint congressional, the honorable deb fischer, the honorable hakeem jeffries, and the honorable robert duncan. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, the honorable joseph r biden jr. , and vice president of the united states, the honorable kamala harris. [applause] [hail to the chief plays] ladies and gentlemen, escorting the vice president-elect, the executive director for the joint congressional verbal ceremonies, mr. michael wagoner, doorkeeper jason bell, and sergeant in arms, sean keating. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the vice president-elect of the united states, the honorable jd vance. ♪ speaker of the house of representatives, mike johnson, senate democratic leader, the honorable charles schumer, ranking of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, the honorable deb fischer, and chairwoman of the joint congressional verbal ceremonies, the honorable amy klobuchar. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president elect of the united states, the honorable donald john trump. ♪ [applause] ladies and ge

fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. plaza hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. p the clerk: ms. klobuchar mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, budd, cornyn, crapo, daines, graham, hassan, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, kim, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell,

joining me nebraska senator deb fischer, great job at inauguration. >> thank you it was a very, veryy was you will be part of howard lutnick's confirmation hearing tell us your expectations for howard lutnick the rest of these nominees, do you think they will al get past the finish line. >> it is so very important, that we do get these nominees confirmed, that we do it quickly, of course, as you are well aware, maria, the democrats slow walking everything, republicans have shown that we will stay late we will stay over the weekends in order to get this done we need to make sure that we have, good solid hearings armed services, i am on that committee we did have a ed hearing with pete hegseth, i am sure that with mr. lutnick going to have another good hearing, with him hp he is well qualified, i have met in my office with him great conversation, looking forward to a good hearing. of course, it is important that the president and the american people have positions filled as soon as possible. >> yes, for sure. i mean national security threats that we talk about everyday, the president n

so you're going to be a very busy senator in this upcoming term, senator fischer.f all, let's talk about the hegseth nomination. he was even described by the vice president as 90% dead early in the confirmation process, but he squeaked across the line with a tie-breaking vote by the vice president. give us your assessment. >> well, obviously the secretary of defense is an extremely important position in any administration. you know, this is one that should have been filled right away, and instead the democrats were doing smear campaign, trying to delay it as much as possible. so i was really, really happy that we were able to get pete across the line last night. i was honored to attend his swearing-in earlier this morning at the executive office a building where he had his family. and a number of us from the armed services committee were there for that. he's going to do a great job. he showed that during his hearing. he had a good, solid hearing. i've had numerous conversations with him. i reviewed the materials that were out there, and this is the guy for the job

deb fischer, hakeem jeffries and senate majority secretary the honorable robert duncan. ♪ >> ladies andt of the united states, the honorable joseph r. biden junior and vice president of the united states, the honorable kamala harris. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, escorting the vice president elect the executive director for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies mr. michael wagner, senate deputy sergeant-at-arms and door keeper jason bell, and house deputy sergeant-at-arms mr. sean keating. ♪ >> the honorable j.d. vance, the vice president elect of the united states. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, escorting the president-elect, the staff director for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies elizabeth farah and william mcfarland, honorable jennifer hemingway. senate majority leader john thune and the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies house democratic leader the honorable hakeem jeffries, house majority leaders steve scalise. speaker of the house of the representatives the honorable mike johnson. senate democratic lead

fischer: thank you. can you also talk a little bit about what opportunities you view that are out there so we can expand certain export markets over the next four years under this administration? mr. lutnick: i think our farmers, ranchers, and fishermen are treated with disrespect. sen. fischer: always the fish. mr. lutnick: you have to include them. how often do we eat seafood? come on. they are treated with disrespect around the world. they are. our farmers, ranchers, and fishermen are treated with disrespect. the countries take advantage of american kindness, american gratitude to rebuild the world after the world wars and after the korean war and vietnam war. we need that disrespect to end. and i think tariffs are a way to create reciprocity, to be treated fairly, to be treated appropriately. i think it will help our farmers, ranchers, and fishermen to flourish. and that is what i expect this administration is going to drive, and that is why i am honored to serve president trump in his pursuit of tha

senator fischer. >> madam president, their certificate of the electoral vote of the state of alabamams to be regular in form and authentic. it appears there that donald j. trump of the state of florida received nine votes for president. j.d. vance of the state of ohio received nine votes for vice president. [applause] >> john: again, this will continue alphabetically through all of the states. some of which donald trump will be declared the winner. others in which kamala harris will be declared the winner. overall, trump has a 270 votes necessary in order to take this. we don't think that there is going to be any change in that. >> this will be state-by-state. they will go through this process and electorally, he is going to surpass the needed number, three quarters of the way through. this is the final certification. this sets up the inauguration. it is also a moment that you obviously reflect back to what happened four years ago. we know that the president-elect soon to be president again has pledged to pardon or offer some relief to some of the jan january 6th rioters. there's que

chair cruz: senator fischer? sen. fischer: i would like to follow up on the ports and where we are on that. in 2021 hutchinson was awarded those two ports, port balboa and port cristobal in a no-bid award process. did you tell me, does the united states have any authority or recourse with the panama canal authority under our current agreement with panama to rebid those terminal concession contracts and perhaps mr. kontorovich, that is more your purview. mr. sola: both of those ports were redone for 25 years until 2047. they have to pay $7 million is what the rate is for the port of houston and the port of miami sized concessions. sen. fisher: can it can't be rebid until after that date? mr. sola: i believe that is what the comptroller's office is auditing, both of those ports and that contract and that was done under the previous panamanian administration. a new administration came in and called for an audit for that immediately. sen. fisher: but you are talking about how to incentivize companies from the united state

[applause] >> thank you senator fischer.behalf of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies i'd like to present the president and misses trump and the vice president and misses vance with these crystal phases. you can see them over here for the tenth consecutive inauguration glenn x has provided the official inaugural gift, the hand cut etched bases displaying the white house for the president and the u.s. capital for the vice president because i know that he is going to enjoy not only being the vice president but also, the president of the united states senate and no better job than that. these gifts symbolize are equal branches of government as well as our enduring democracy. there they are. [applause] i will now invite speaker of the house mike johnson of louisiana to give the toast to the vice president. [applause] >> thank you. it is my great honour to offer a toast to our new vice president mr. j.d. vance. you wrote something very poignant in your memoir, many things but let me quote you. what separates

. >> jenna fischer reporting. found workers in chinese factories making loathing of the fast fashion giant shein are laboring over 75 hours per week despite labor laws. the working hours are not unusual in this southern city with the findings add to questions about work conditions in the factories. our china respondent has more. >> few stop to eat during the breakfast rush. for those who work in this war and of over 5000 clothing factories, the clock competes. at a job market, workers check the stitching they will be expected to do. they get paid per piece, so their skill and speed determine how much they make. >> it depends on how difficult the item is. something simple like a t-shirt is one to two yen per piece. i can make about a dozen in an hour. the cost of living is so high. >>'s travel thousands of miles this city to earn money to send back to their families. shein is a major employer. >> i think shein will become better. they pay suppliers on time. it is efficient and reliable. >> how many people work for

ranking member of the joint congressional committee on an overall ceremony, deb fischer and chairwomanl witness peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. [applause] the past year, i've shared the inaugural ceremony which includes leadership of congress from both parties. we thank the committee and law enforcement who worked so hard over the last year and especially the last three days. you've done a beautiful job and have shown great under pressure. [applause] our theme this year is enduring democracy. the presence of so many presidents and vice presidents here today is truly a testament to that and doris. we welcome president biden and doctor biden. we welcome vice president harris and doug imhoff. president obama, president clinton and secretary clinton. president bush and laura bush vice president pence, vice president quail and maryland quail the justices of the united states supreme court with us and of course the trump and vance family. this ceremony marks what will soon be 250 years of our democracy. it is the moment when leaders, elevated by the will of the peop

[applause] >> thank you, senator fischer.he president of the united states senate. there is no better job than that. these gifts symbolize our equal branches of government as well as our enduring democracy. there they are. i will now invite speaker of the house mike johnson of louisiana to give the toast to the vice president. >> thank you so much. it's my great honor to offer a toast to our new vice president, mr. j.d. vance. j.d., you wrote something very poignant in your memoir. let me quote you. "what separates the successful from the unsuccessful are the expectations they had for their own lives." that's really meaningful. that expectation is a powerful thing. we remember that the people in our lives who provided that to us, we all need that. everybody needs hope and encouragement. they need a greater expectation. many people in our lives who will make us look farther and reach higher. j.d. has written a lot about the people in his life that have done that. he has written about, we know the great story of your grandparen

fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barasso, blackburn, budd, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall,

vice president of the united states, ranking member of the joint committee and the honorable deb fischerof the united states, the honorable joseph r. biden jordy and vice president of the united stateses the honorable kamala davie harris. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, escorting the vice president elect, the executive director for the joint congressional committee on inaugural service connected missouris, senate deputy sergeant in arms jason bell and house deputy sergeant in arms mr. sean catting. sean keeting. [ trumpets playing ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president elect of the united states, the honorable jd vance. [ cheering and applause ] [ band playing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, escorting the president elect, the staff director for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, elizabeth farrah, house sergeant in arms, honorable william, and honorable jennifer a. hemingway and honorable john thune and the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, house democratic leader, honorable hakeem jeffries, house majority leader, honorable steve scalise, sp

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inauguration platform and sat down with democratic senator amy klobuchar and republican senator deb fischerembers of the inauguration committee. >> it's kind of an unbelievable thing how many people come to this. there's people that have not missed one for, you know, ever. they keep coming back. >> norah: and this is where the president's platform -- >> as the president will stand here and make his inaugural address, this is what he'll see, except filled and filled with people. >> norah: so with less than a week out, what are you excited about? what are you fearful about? >> this has been long time in the making. this started before we knew who was going to win the presidency. we are going to see another peaceful transfer of power, which is what is so important to our country. you see former presidents of both political parties here, who may disagree with each other, obviously. this is a great democracy, and no matter if your party wins or loses, we respect that democracy. that's what this ceremony is about. >> it's just been fun to see this come together. this platform is constructed brand

fischer: and he would like to get this issue settled as well. i thought maybe we would continue to push for that. what we've seen over the last four years and what i've heard has been a lot of disappointment from nebraskans about the lack of any kind of trade agenda from the biden administration, in fact for the first time in decades, we had an agricultural trade deficit, and as you said earlier, it's projected to hit a record-breaking $45 billion. i understand there can be a variety of factors that impact a trade deficit, but i am concerned that part of this stems from their being really any kind of clear agricultural trade agenda from the last administration. we cannot see that happen again. can you talk about how you would both hold our current trading partners accountable and the role that you would want to see usda play in developing these new export markets? mrs. rollins: that 45 billion dollars, what is remarkable is that 42% of that was just in the last year. the wheels are falling off and it is very important that the wheels get put bac

may god bless you all. >> thank you, senator fischer.ow, on behalf of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, i'd like to present the president and mrs. trump and the vice president and mrs. vance with these crystal lenox bases. see them over here for the 10th consecutive inauguration, lenox has provided the official inaugural gift. the hand-cut, etched bases display the white house for the president and the us capitol for the vice president, because i know that he is going to enjoy not only being the vice president, but also, as senator thune and schumer know, the president of the united states senate. and there is no better job than that. these gifts symbolize our equal branches of government, as well as our enduring democracy. there they are. i will now invite speaker of the house mike johnson of louisiana to give the toast to the vice president. >> thank you so much. it is my great honor to offer a toast to our new vice president, mr. jd vance. jd, you wrote something very poignant in your memoir. actually, many th

. >> i want to commend you for your answers to senator fischer's questions about nuclear deterrence. i also appreciate the fact that you emphasize reputational deterrence because deterrence is not a weapon system. it is an attitude and you project an attitude of deterrence. thank you. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator king. >> thank you. mr. hegseth, welcome to the committee. you have made several references to your religion today. i share that devotion to christianity. i must say i have been reminded somewhat of saul on his way to damascus. you seem to have been converted in the last several weeks and months. you wrote in your book just last evident if we are going to send our boys to fight, and it should be boys, we need to unleash them >> we are going to leave this here. you can continue watching on c-span3. more on the c-span now video app. now we take to you the house of representatives as it gavels in this morning. live here on c-span. . the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with

received a 2024 best book award for librarians a associatn and simon & schuster in which won the 2015th fischer book award for excellence in food writing. one of "people magazine"'s top books with asian-americanhe writers and the san francisco chronicle. ava chin is a fulbright scholar program new york foundation for the arts in new york institute for the humanities and mcdowell she is a professor creative nonfiction and had so many accolades. and the head of the centers of american studies program. tanisha ford is a writer researcher and culture critic working at the intersection of politics and culture. >> she's towards an international reputation for her groundbreaking research on thebr history of style and fashion and social movements. she was honored as one of them 100 mostri influential african-americans. she is currently a professor at the graduate center or she teaches courses on african-american and diaspora history the geopolitics of fashion. her most recent book is their secret society the glamor of money and power behind the supports moved up adapting to both enter one of the night

jeffrey fischer made similar arguments. potentially curtailing the freedom of expression for the 170 million users that use the app. the justices are signaling they are skeptical to that argument. they have brought out the specifics of the text of the bill saying this is not an outright ban. the app could still operate. it is a choice and the app has to divest to maintain its platform. this text was originally introduced by the china select committee on a bipartisan basis over national security concerns. we heard chief justice john roberts say congress is not concerned about what is on the platform but what the federal government calls a adversary holding. caroline: what is also intriguing is president-elect trump and where he feels a delay should come in. tyler: exactly. a lawyer for trump filed a friend of the court brief requesting there be a delay and citing trump's negotiating skills and saying he could reach an agreement between the parties to get this done and address national security concerns. if the ban is put in

management and budget director pick ross vought after a freeze on trillions of dollars, i spoke deb fischer yesterday watch this. >> you feel like your colleagues on the left have been stalling these hearings? >> most definitely, you know. you especially saw it arms services committee democrat members wanted to have another round of questions, they wanted to postpone the vote they just wand to drag it out. >> is there any way to -- to get your colleagues on the left to understand people are on to this we want the political games to end we want progress for america? >> i think the american people have been clear about that. i would encourage american people especially those that live in blue states, be vocal about it we have work to do we need to get it done, stop with the tricks. stop with all this stalling, let's get to work for the more than a people. maria: jea a senator steve gains had same sentiment a federal funding freeze order temporarily blocked, by u.s. district judge minutes before taking effect avenue lawsuit was filed karoline leavitt asked about this yesterday. >> i am not nam

office deputies started looking into the case after the suspect identified as 31 year-old justin fischert chemicals known for using and making bombs. fisher had been arrested in 2019 and was eventually convicted on bomb and weapon related charges in the city of albany. police say they found this loaded firearm in a replica bb gun after they arrested for shoplifting suspects including 2 teens. police say the theft was reported around 8.30 wednesday night. police tracked those suspects and down through their car and then recovered stolen merchandise. the teens were cited and then sent home. a graduate. >> san francisco has a new fire. chief mayor daniel lurie, tapping battalion chief dean chris penn to take over the role. crisman is a san francisco native with 34 years of service. his appointment comes as the city grapples with an expected budget deficit of nearly 900 million dollars over the next 2 years. >> i'm acutely aware of the potential budget shortfalls we face. work collaboratively with other departments in the mayor's office to tackle these issues head-on. >> crispin will spend t

move forward and put progress forth for the american people why are you obstructing things, even deb fischeryesterday watch this. >> do you feel like your colleagues on the laughter stalling these hearings. >> most definitely you saw it on armed services committee with the democrat matters he wanted to have another round of questions and they wanted to postpone the vote they wanted to drag it out. maria: is there any way to get your colleagues on the left to understand that people are on to this we want the political games to india we want progress for america. >> i think the american people have been clear about that and i would encourage the american people especially those that live in blue states be vocal about it. we have work to do and we need to get it done, stop with the tricks and the stalling and let's get to work for the american people. maria: we have five cabinet members with a reason for, it's five that have been confirmed and is in office more than a week, what's the problem. >> the democrats are obstructing because they never gave up the platform of folk ideology di degree ne

, ing the speaker, senator fischer, distinguished guests, including the speaker, leader jeffries and inauguration in 1981, and where the house of representatives once met over 150 years ago. that would be before you were born, mr. speaker. in 1864, after the new house wing of the capitol was built and in the midst of the civil war, congress dedicated this chamber to host statues chosen by every state. walking into the hall, we all passed under the arch holding the marble car of history clock. the statue shows chloe, the greek muse of f history,olding the book to record events as they happen, as you can see, she's heard a lot of stuff. as she rides her chariot forward into the future, she looks behind her to remember the past. she remains here as she has for hundreds of years, a reminder that history will remember the events of the present, and it is on us to write that history right now. speaking of art, the painting right here before you, i chose this painting for this lunch this summer, and it's titled, "american horizon." it's by jane wilson, who grew up on her family farm in seym

reacted to the senator, to the vice president of the united states on friday when she swore in deb fischer of nebraska. it appears that the husband of this united states senator will not even shake hands with the vice president of the united states and i think what that shows, congressman, is that there is not an equal reverence for our democracy in both of these two parties. and democrats lose an election they certify the election. when republicans lose an election they lie about the results, claiming they didn't lose at all, either litigate or literally ransack the capitol to try to force the loser to be the winner. they do not accept or believe in democracy, and now, as a party, on the day after the insurrection, during the day of the insurrection, mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham all acknowledged what they saw. they all wiped the memories clean and are pretending it didn't happen, sir. how can we say we have a democracy when only one party believes in the people peaceful transfer of power? it's only people when republicans win. >> well that's so unfortunate. our democrac

during the senate swearing in ceremony on friday, the husband of republican senator deb fischer appeared to refuse to shake hands with vice president kamala harris. can't say i'm susurprised. look at that guy. looks like the bad guy in every oscar-winning movie about the south. [ laughter ] at an event over the weekend, celebrating the signing of the social security fairness act, president biden appeared to forget the name of an attendee while leaving the room and singing "happy birthday." [ laughter ] and he's definitely getting old, 'cause it was jill. [ laughter and applause ] president biden was interviewed over the weekend by "usa today," which is set to be published tomorrow. so if you want to read it, you only have a few minutes left to check into a la quinta [ laughter ] a federal judge held rudy giuliani in contempt of court yesterday for failing to provide financial documents to poll workers he defamed after the 2020 election. also holding giuliani in contempt? the sketch artist. president-elect trump reportedly hosted a christmas eve event last month at his mar-a-lago club tha

senator fischer and i both liked the painting because the artist is from america's heartland, but thepresident. i will also note, it is the first time in history we are featuring the work of a woman artist at this lunch, and we thank the art institute of chicago for their assistance. looking at the vast open landscape of this painting we are drawn to the bottom of the frame where the land or the water, depending on where you're from, meets the sky, and the horizon endures. the enduring horizon is meaningful for us today as we mark our enduring democracy as we approach its 250th anniversary. a a reminder that what is over the horizon is our next chapter and it is my prayer that the people in this room can write that chapter together. i would now like to ask the senate chaplain dr. barry black, and we thank god he is back with us and in good health, to deliver the invocation after which lunch will be served. thank you. >> let us pray. king of kings and lord of lords, whose kingdom is above all earthly kingdoms, and who judges all lesser sovereignties, look with favor upon president dona

fischer, wang, don, three student leaders. jimmy made t-shirts featuring each of sold them at the giordano shops and sent the proceeds to up to the students in beijing along with tents and other material obviously things ended badly. jimmy, rather than retreating, decided he'd go into he started apple daily for his next next magazine in 1990 apple daily in 95. i met him in 93 and he told me about his crazy to start a newspaper. anyway, i was wrong. he was right. it became an overnight success. there's chris, last governor of hong kong martin lee reading apple daily and you can see these beautiful, you know, big, bold use of color graphics, color printing. he was the first guy to bring color to hong kong newspapers. oh, of course. he everybody knew 1997 was coming. apple and next kept fighting. this is 2003 when 500,000 people came out in the streets against. article 23, national security, that's cover of next magazine, blown up to be a poster that is tung china, the first chief executive of hong kong with a pie smashed in his