grassley, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. paul, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. ms. collins, aye. clerk: mr. bo. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez, masto, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. t

i'm not saying grassley but thinking grassley could -- >> will have a problem because they don't likeink cory would or -- pete: she doesn't care. carley: ties between biden and attorney general reportedly going from distant to frigid deep freeze as hunter investigations swirl and great mark levin joins us next on that. (announcer) are you frustrated with your weight and health? before taking drastic measures, talk to your doctor about a natural solution with golo. (amber) i was on the verge of getting gastric bypass surgery, and i saw the golo commercial, and it was the last thing i tried 'cause it worked. golo's changed my life in so many ways. before, i was over 300 pounds. now, i literally have the ability to take a shirt off and go out in the sun. i just don't have to worry about the weight coming back anymore. (announcer) on golo, you take one release supplement with each balanced meal to take control of your hunger and sugar cravings and increase metabolic efficiency. after i got married, i really struggled to lose weight. nothing seemed to work. i've lost 75 pounds with golo, a

senator grassley?> before i go to my statement i should probably make clear because my statement might sound like i have great disagreement with you. but everything you said about legal immigration i want to say i associate myself with your remarks. the only thing is, what keeps us from getting there is more of a political issue that i think i want to address. >> you, i particular centigram have been heavily involved in judiciary work for many years. i agree there thank you please go ahead. >> over the august break i completed my annual tour of iowa for the 33rd straight year i held at least one queue and a meeting in each of iowa's 99 counties. these meetings allow me too hear directly from my fellow islands about what is on their minds and as an example i listen to people what is on their mind the father of mr. laurens van beek as a witness came to my columbus junction meeting about two or three years ago and talked about the very same issue that i presume he will speak to us about today. although it

but charles grassley six years from now at age 96. and that can change. i think most people would say that 96 years old is too old to be in a top, important job in the u.s. government. that is what the conversation is about. and we have had nikki haley talking about having competence tests for all sorts of people who are in the government over age 75. not sure that will fly but there are going to be ideas about this because people have been concerned. those concerns are just going to increase as it becomes an issue in the presidential election next year. >> it has already become an issue in the presidential election and one of the reasons you see polling showing 3/4 of folks think president biden might be too old for another term. he would be 86 at the end of a second term. turning 81 this november. so we have a lot of people who lived long careers serving public office and sadly losing one today. >> bill: byron york. our coverage continues. want to bring in transportation secretary pete buttigieg for the first i guess we could say ad

. >> steve: going on 70 years, grassley family, thank you for opening your home. >> steve: hour three starts with this fox news alert. hunter biden, son of president joe biden, suing irs claiming the two whistleblowers who went before congress is violated hunter biden's privacy. >> ainsley: a quote from the lawsuit, irs and agents conducteds themselves that rights that apply to other citizens do not apply to hunter biden. >> brian: alleged tax crimes found when reviewing his finances. i wonder about bringing more -- he didn't pay. it is 20 million now. he has a problem with the whistleblowers who had lack of investigative motivation. >> lawrence: tried to embarrass him via public statement and disclosed private information about private citizen tax matters. do whistleblowers have private protection? >> brian: they have lawyers. >> lawrence: they were not listening to them. >> that was the key and remember, we had heard members of congress on the republican side talk about whistleblowers that say such-and-such. those whistleblowers, i don't think had whistleblower protection at that po

that is why i partnered with ranking member grassley on this investigation. that's why our staffs continue to work together on other investigations. so senator grassley, thank you again for bringing this matter to the committee. thank you for your passionate pursuit of this issue. i share your commitment to leaving no stone unturned. and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to highlight an historic moment which will help millions of older americans and families access affordable prescription drugs. for too long u.s. families have paid the highest prices compared to other countries, often leading to millions of americans to leave their pharmacy counter empty-handed. with the passage and implementation of the inflation reduction act under president biden's leadership, de

grassley, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. hoeven,, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. boozman, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. moran, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the presiding officer: mr. sande rs, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mrs. capito, no. vote: mr. romney no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. r- the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. scott of, florida, no. the clerk: mr. president manchin, no -- mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. stabeno

grassley, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. mullin, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. lee, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. 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 action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 on the nomination of executive calendar number 37, rita f. lin of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call

because a senator grassley has asked every president since ronald reagan, so hostile, what was the lower them in the rose garden and none the ever has. so we are just, i did that, you know what? we don't need to wait for any president where we've got our own roses. they're plastic, but we have our own grosses and we're going to take them with us and we can stand outside the white house and we're going to host our own ceremony. we have children joining us this year. of the whistle blowers because we've spent some time this year focusing on was the blowing is a family issue. um, as you probably know, especially when they're minor children in the house, their, their home, when the home is rated, they're watching their parents struggle. they're, they're learning how to be afraid. they're being told don't answer the phone, don't answer the door, don't go out. we always need to know where each other is. and so we, we see this intergenerational transmission of trauma. they might not fully understand what they are experiencing, but um, you know, you have done yearly who's the founder of the inte

grassley, no. ms.ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. young, no. ms. -- the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. budd, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 46. 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. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the und

republican senator chuck grassley and i have a commonsense bipartisan bill. met me give you the idea behind the bill. some may call it radical, socialerrism. we would require big pharma to end the secrecy about the drugsment. disclose the price up front. incidentally you in 2020 xarelto's manufacturer johnson & johnson spent $22 million on marketing xarelto. how much did they spend on research for drugs in the new year? $12 billion. $22 billion versus $12 billion. similarly, bristol-myers squibb and pfizer spent more than $1 billion on ads for eliquis. and troubled the price to $529 -- and doubled the price to $529. here is a lot of information on this chart. there are several things i'll point out just to make clear what we're up against. xarelto, medicare spent $6 billion. the average estimated expenditure for ads, $107 million a year for six years. the cost -- the overall revenue for xarelto was $7.4 billion. medicare paid $6 billion of it. we are the biggest consumers of these drugs that are being advertised on television whose prices are going up and up

grassley: i ask -- i guess we're not in a quorum call. i come to discuss with my colleagues the plight of our local pharmacists, which is always difficult, particularly in small towns, but it's going to be particularly difficult come january 1 and through next year. i've heard firstshand from rural -- i've heard firsthand from rural pharmacists about the looming cap looming -- the looming cashflow challenges they face. these are a direct result of the powerful pharmacy benefit managers and the managers' behavior in rens to federal regulations. -- in response to to federal regulations. this is the situation. you see is pharmacies are going to face direct and indirect remuneration clawback fees or what we call dir's for calendar number year 2023 just after january 1, 2024. and, at the same time, pharmacies are also facing lower post--point-of-sale from pbm's starting january 1 next year. so it is a double whammy against cashflow problems of small rural pharmacies. for over a decade, these powerful pbm's have gouged rural pharmacies by clawi

that was your response, attorney general, to senator grassley's question on march 1, 2023. you just referenced it when mr. bishop was questioning you. he had already been turned down by the u.s. attorney in the district of columbia mr. graves. he didn't have full authority. >> i had an extended conversation with senator grassley at the time. we briefly touched on the section 515 question and how that process went. i have never been suggested. >> you said he had complete authority but he had already been turned down. he wanted to bring an action in the district of columbia and u.s. attorney there said you can't. you tell the united states senate he has complete authority under oath. >> no one had the authority to turn him down. they could refuse to partner with him, they could not -- >> refuse to partner is turning down. >> it's not the same under a well-known justice department practice. >> here is why statute of limitations question is important and mr. bishop was getting at a few minutes ago. here is why it's important. you let the statute of limitations lapse for 2014, 2

>> i had an extended conversation with senator grassley at the time.briefly touched on the section 515 question and how that process went. i've never been suggest -- >> my point is very simple, mr. garland. you said he had complete authority, but he had been turned down and the u.s. attorney said no, you can't and you go tell the united states senate that he has complete authority. >> i will say again that no one had the authority to turn him down and they could refuse to partner with him. >> you can use whatever language refuse to partner is turning down. >> it's not the same under a well-known justice department practice. >> here's why the statute of limitations question is important that mr. bishop was getting at just a few minutes ago. here's why it's important. you let the statute of limitations lapse for 2014-2015. those were the years with the felony tax charges where hunter biden was getting income from barris ma. he made a lot of money and got paid a lot of money over those years and he wasn't qualified. fact number two, he wasn't qualified to

there was legislation that senator grassley brought to the floor back in 2020.had the support of mark warner, ranking democrat on the intelligence committee, feinstein and other democrats. senator menendez used his power to object to unanimous consent and blocked the passage of the bill. at the time he said that his reasoning was that there needed to be more thought given to what reforms should happen to this law. he said he personally was in favor of strengthening the law but wasn't ready at that time. now obviously, his actions are viewed in a different light knowing that according to the fbi and the justice department, he was engaged at that moment in a bribery scheme in which he was allegedly secretly aiding the government of egypt. >> i have some additional reporting from our end to add to your reporting. in separate legislation that was co-sponsored by then congressman tom malinowski of new jersey, a previous human rights advocate and previous human rights state department appointee, an assistants secretary of state, and he has always been suspicious and n

. >> ainsley: but, first, senator chuck grassley has been in politics for 66 years.him ahead of his 90th birthday to talk marriage and farming and his role that his state plays in or the role his state, i should say, plays in our republic. >> the importance of iowa. the voters here. the caucus. first in the country. >> we are proud of it. we want everybody to come to iowa and test their political mettle here. ♪ ♪ ♪ mom! mom! every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com that new neighbor is hot! that's m

grassley: mr. president, i'm committed to lowering health care costs, expanding access to high-quality care, and supporting research and innovation. the health care system in the united states needs more reform and accountability. however, we shouldn't ruin it by turning it into a government-run health care system. whether you want to call it government-run health care system, medicare for all, or single payer, or even socialized medicine, a government-run health care system is one-size-fits-all approach, it results in longer wait times, delayed care, and do-it-yourself health care because you cannot access a doctor. in february, "the wall street journal" highlighted the failure of the united kingdom's national health service, nhs for short. they wrote, quote, now the state-funded service is falling apart. people who suffer heart attacks or strokes wait more than one and one half-hours on average for an ambulance. hospitals are so full that they're turning patients away. a record 7.1 million people

>> i had an extended conversation with senator grassley at the time. we briefly touched on the section 515 question and how that process went. i have never been suggested -- >> my point's real simple, you said he had complete authority, but he had already been turned down: he wanted to bring an action in the district of columbia and the u.s. attorney there said no, you can't and you go tell the united states senate under oath that he has complete authority. >> i'm going to say again that no one had the authority to turn him down: they could refuse to partner with him. they could not -- >> you can use whatever language, refuse to partner is turning down. >> it's not the same under a well-known justice department practices. >> here's why the statute of limitations question is important that mr. bishop was getting at a few minutes ago. you let the statute of limitations lapse for 2014, 2015. those were the years with the felony tax charges where hunter biden was getting income from burisma. hunter biden was put on the board, made a lot of money. got paid

grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr.ven. 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. the clerk: 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 -- blumenthal, coons, grassley, kaine, lujan, murphy, peters, welch, and wicker. mr. warner, aye. no senator voted in the negative. mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, a

grassley, aye. mr. warnock, no. mr. warner, no. mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. daines -- the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. r -- the clerk: mr. lee, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 46. two-thirds of the senators voting having not voted in the affirmative, the resolution, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the president's veto. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the veto message with respect to s.j. res. 2-a, which the clerk will report. the clerk: veto message to accompany s.j. res. 24, a joint resolution that would dills approve the final rule, entitled endangered and threatened wildlife and plants endang

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just looking at my agened where i am, if i knew i was going to be like chuck grassley and vigorous and dynamic in my 90's, i might have reached a different decision but you never know. i do thinking the times we're living in really demand the next generation to step up and express their point of view and to make the decisions that will shape our american politics over the coming century and just having a bunch of guys who were around the baby boomers who were around in the postwar era, we're not the right ones to be making decisions of tomorrow. reporter: can you speak to where the republican party is now, when you look the a the republican party, particularly where the house of representatives is, do you feel like this is a republican party beholden to support president donald trump? senator romney: no question the republican party is in the shadow of donald trump and he's the leader of the greatest portion of the republican party. it's a populist, demagogue portion of the party. i represent a small wing of the republican party, i call it the wise wing of the republican party and don'

i am justow looking at my age ad where i am if i knew i was going to be like chuck grassley and bevigorous and dynamic into my 90s might have reached a different decision but you never know. the times we are living in demand the next generation to step up. and express their point off vie. and to make the decisions that w will shape american politics over the coming century. just having a bunch of guys around the baby boomers who are around of the postwar era these are the ones making the decisions for tomorrow. [inaudible] >> speak to the republican party is great we look at the republican party you feel like this is a republican party with donald trump questioner. >> is no question the republican party today is in the shadow pudonald trump. he is the leader of the greatest portion of the republican party. it is a populace i believe a demagogue portion of the party. i represent a small ring of the party i called the wise wing of the party. i don't believe were goingwi aw. i don't think we'll see a resurgence. talks about policy and a difference inli the lives of the american people. the tr

let me tell you, senator grassley would pass that in a heartbeat.hat man is not slowing down one inch. i was trying to keep up with them all day. why wouldn't we want them to take it? these are easy tests. name four words that start with the same letter. what town we boarded? how many -- what town were you born in? how may grandchildren do you have? host: she was referring to chuck grassley, 89 years old. his birthday was this month. back to your phone calls. alan has been waiting in brooklyn. what are your thoughts? caller: a number of points. first of all, even though modern communication allows presidents to function without being everywhere at once, the political demands of campaigning have kept politicians required to go through the physical exertion of flying from city to city just to create the feeling of closeness to voters so the demands of office could be counteracted with the benefits of modern communication and put a premium on the physical fitness for presidents for things earlier generations do not need to worry about before the age of

i yield. >> thank you, senator grassley. senator grassley has asked that several documents be entered into the record. with unanimous consent, without objection, that will happen. i also ask unanimous consent to be entered into the letter of february 13th of 2012 signed by members of the senate including three senate members. myself, senator whitehouse, and senator blumenthal. a white house of course addressed to chief justice john roberts an issue of the code of conduct and ethics for the supreme court. that date, again, february 13th 2012. i'm going to recognize as a member seeking recognition and then we will move to amendments. senator kennedy is on the list. senator, you are next. >> thank you, mister chairman. it would not be difficult, i, think to sit here and pick apart this legislature. i thank my democratic colleagues, i think they know that. there is not a dummy among them. there is not a dummy among this judiciary committee. but you don't have to be all over wendell scalia to figure out that this legislation is m

>> i had an extended conversation with senator grassley at the time. we briefly touched on the section 515 question and how that process went. i have never been suggested -- >> my point is simple. you said he had complete authority but he had already been turned down, he wanted to bring an action in the district of columbia and the u.s. attorney there said, no, you can't, and you tell the united states senate that he has complete authority. >> i'm going to say that no one had the authority to turn him down. they could refuse to partner with him -- >> and so that's where this is sort of going around in circles. in the end, what garland is saying is true. the justice department rules, if you in delaware, the u.s. attorney, wants to bring charges in d.c. or in l.a., they can ask to partner with those u.s. attorneys. they can't be blocked, right? he can't be blocked by the u.s. attorneys, and so there's this sort of misunderstanding of the way things work that works for jim jordan and the political point he's trying to make, but the attorney general i thin

chairman grassley got kelly known as a federal judge in the fourth month of the trump presidency. his confirmation sailed through the judiciary committee with a unanimous vote and got enough votes on the senate floor. judge kelly had to know that if donald trump were to win the next presidential election, judge kelly would have absolutely no chance of being elevated by donald trump to the supreme court or the court of appeals, after issuing a 22 year sentence to the leader of donald trump's army. no future republican president is likely to reward judge kelly with a promotion. and sell, in a sense, judge kelly also sentenced himself today to a career it's a federal district judge who will probably never be promoted. in fact, most federal district charges are never promoted. there are simply aren't enough appeals openings to allow for that. and very few federal judges ever have to make a decision that they know will and even the theoretical possibility of being promoted. judge kelly did that today. you can spend a lifetime in the federal courts and never see that happen. but this is

will: ainsley will join us later with that full exclusive interview with senator grassley.ll. doctors say vaping is the blame for a florida teen's collapsed lung. 19-year-old mason middleton started vaping in high school and soon became hooked. here to react -- >> when it started out, it was very subtle chest pain. i was driving home from my grandpa's house. by the time i got to my house, i was barely able to get out of my truck and walk. and by the time i got into my house, i could barely move. i had terrible time breathing, it was very hard to breathe. i ended up going to urgent care, getting an x-ray done, and they showed me that my left lung was partially collapsed. carley: here to react is dr. ahmed. doctor, this is such a sad story, and it sounds like an extreme case, but do we even know a lot about the long-term effects of vaping? >> great idea. it's marketed by the industry as a safe, but these are clearly not benign and not safe. before 2020 there were 3,000 injuries related to the lung from vaping, 668 deaths -- 68 deaths. we actually stopped counting them because

. >> pete: or chuck grassley he is 89. >> ainsley: turning 90 on the 17th, next sunday. >> brian: ron desantis shut everything down, excuse me he did great on the pandemic. re-purposed defense funds. >> pete: everyone tried to fight him. >> pete: i want to know how ainsley knows chuck grassley's birthday it's next week on the 17th. >> ainsley: when we went out to iowa we had a conversation with him. we are going to talk about it this weekend and you will be talking about it on your show on sunday. >> pete: she also knows what is on my show on sunday. >> ainsley: longest serving republican senator ever. >> brian: where is he going to dinner tonight? >> ainsley: del friscos. he likes the cheeseburger and you drink corona lite. >> brian: not yet, later. >> ainsley: last night. hand it over to carley. >> carley: a bomb threat shutting down a major bridge that spans the ohio river between cincinnati, ohio and covington, kentucky. police say an anonymous man called in the threat around 5:30 this morning demanding $400,000. the caller told the dispatcher if he doesn't get the money he, quote

investigation, our committee became aware through whistleblower disclosures provided to senator chuck grassley that the fbi had an unclassified record that details and extortion and bribery scheme involving then vice president biden and a burisma executive. this record was generated by a confidential human source that the fbi has used over a decade. it -- with a burisma executive complaint that he paid joe biden $5 million in exchange for certain actions. the burisma executive told the confidential human source that he didn't pay the, quote, big guy, and quote. directly, but that he used so many black accounts that it would take ten years to unravel. now that sounds an awful lot like how the biden family conducts business, using multiple bank accounts to hide the source in total amount of the money. today, we have to brave incredible whistleblowers who have risked their careers to come forward and provide testimony. thank you all for being here today. i know it was not an easy decision. their testimony about the doj, the fbi, and irs investigation of hunter biden confirms the committee's findi

next slide please, and then senator grassley. grassley says what we all know out loud, we aren't interested in whether or not the accusations against vice president biden are accurate, we all know you are not interested in the truth. and then donald trump, he's giving it all away, we know he likes to show his cards. he says i think had they not done it to me perhaps you wouldn't have it done to them, and this is going to happen with indictments, too. so, you know, donald trump, the tough guy, right, what is he saying? teaching the lesson where he all teach our kids, right. if they do it to you, go do it back. so look, you know, look, we are all appearing now in the world's worst acted tv drama, picked up for a second season, the real house republicans of oversight, you know, perhaps the material is so bad due to the writer strike. how many republicans, freedom caucus members, part of the chaos caucus have said there's no evidence to impeach joe biden. and of course we know it's not about the evidence. why? a list of all the artic

james comer, jason smith, jim jordan and chuck grassley. chuck grassley was way ahead on this before anyone else was. so i think between those members leaning in so hard plus the irs teony, and garland testifying next week, and doj is trying to compel weiss to answer questions as well, i think this is just the beginning. >> john: and one of the pieces of thread that congressional investigators are pulling on is this idea that i think it was october of 22 -- yeah, october of '22, a meeting in which david weiss said i was prevented from bringing charges against hunter biden. who prevented him from bringing charges? and of course the doj and the white house are saying no, no, no, that's not true, even show shapley and other colleagues were saying it. and now an fbi investigator corroborating what shapley said, weiss did say i can't bring charges against hunter biden. so, how deep does that go? >> something is not adding up, and why it's important for the american people to hear directly from merrick garland and david weiss. and the 2020 meetin

host: this is a statement that has been put out by chuck grassley, grassley and durbin introduced designatings the year of democracy. senators wrestling and durbin are the former and current chair of the senate judiciary committee. this is a quote by senator grassley, our founders had a tremendous foresight in building a government that champions idealistic differences while uniting us under common principles. in doing so, theyass the baton to future generations, taxing every american with preserving the foundation they laid. this serves as a reminder that we should constantly be working together to maintain our democratic values in ways to get and small. we must never take our democracy for granted. " by senator durbin, our democracy is only as strong as our commitment to relentlessly pursue its ideals of liberty and justice for all. what your thoughts are and how optimistic or pessimistic you are. pat in texas. caller: good morning. it is the previous lady from the hill still there? host: i am sorry, it is just me. caller: it is fine, you are great. grassley wanted to substitute himself in

and the senator grassley awhile back, not with respect to this impeachment proceeding, but he actually said we have no interest in finding out what the truth is. so they have already called many witnesses. this. they have reviewed more than $12000.00 pages of documents, including financial records that the buttons involuntarily transferred over that they didn't have to. uh, and they have not come up with a single thing they can point to. right. so if they're not interested in finding out what the truth is, what do you think they really want to do? this is a political grab standing. it is a power play. it is another example of the way in which very tragically the republican party has moved away from being a responsible party participating in governance to a party that is interested in retaining power at all costs and promoting. and authoritarian leader in the form of the former president. um, it is also, i think, intended to distract the american people from uh, some very important news, both about the legal troubles of the former president and his indicted co conspirators. now that the

senator grassley. sen. grassley: mr. speaker, i am going to submit questions for answers and give my -- use my time to make a few points on this subject. first and foremost, the notion that this is a "book ban" is misleading and not truthful. this has nothing to do with restricting books to the general public. these books can still be purchased through various retailers if parents want their children to have access to these materials. the issue is protecting parental rights and their ability to raise their children. as a father of five, i can confidently say no one knows what is best for a child more than their own parents. as such, i believe the first principle in education is that parents have a fundamental right and responsibility to guide their children's up bringing. this means parents ought to have the greatest say in determining what is best for their children. the constitution gives this function to the states. decisions on education need to be made at the state local levels. these levels of education are closest

they're actually making these water water color paper roses that we're going to take up to senator grassley. and that we're going to take to the white house with us. very exciting. that is to have them join us this year. that's right. to. yeah, to do these kinds of projects and bring community together is really important. it is indeed here for, for a 2nd. i thought maybe i was missing out on something because no president has ever invited me to the white house to celebrate whistle blower protection day. so i guess i'm not. i'm not sure if that's right. does was a pollution america or so that's right. we'll just do it ourselves. does was a blurs of america partner with other organizations i'm thinking about, for example, the national width of lower center, which is here in washington. the government account ability project and the like. i'm also interested in hearing about your areas of real expertise and specialties. what does whistle blowers of america do best in your estimation? so we believe you. i think that's what we do best. yeah. you don't need to improve anything to us. there's a l