i want to thank chairman barrasso, ranking member carper, senators inhofe and cardin for all of their hard work to advance the america's water infrastructure act of 2018 to the senate floor so we can make much-needed improvements to our nation's water infrastructure. i would also like to express my appreciation to the hardworking staff of the environment and public works committee who spent literally countless hours working on this important water infrastructure legislation. the path to getting this bill to the senate floor has not been easy and it would not have happened without the strong bipartisanship shown by e.p.w. leaders. this bill gets us back on track to authorize a critical water infrastructure projects across the country every two years, assuring our economic vitality and competitiveness. america's water infrastructure act is in lock step with president trump's vision for infrastructure by growing our economy, cutting red tape, protecting our citizens and their economy and improving transparency all the while being fiscally responsible. i'm particularly pleased this bill a

be inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, amid all this, the unfounded, uncorroborated accusation and attacks on a fine jurist, i think it's important for us to remember that other things are happening here at the same time. for one thing, i would only make one comment about the comments of the previous speaker, and that is that the program that was somewhat accurately described actually started not in the trump administration but the obama administration. but what i want to say is that something really significant is about to happen, and that is something we have been waiting for for a long time. if you're not on the commerce committee, you're not dealing with this issue or actually -- of course, there are three committees dealing with it. you wouldn't be aware of how significant the vote coming up really is. we're going to be voting to reauthorize the f.a.a. this is something we have been trying to do now for many years, and this is actually a five-year reauthorization. now, that's significant. it's been -- last

inhofe: would the senator yield. a senator: i would. mr. inhofe: i ask that i be recognized for as much time as i should consume after the senator from missouri. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blunt: mr. president, i want to talk a little bit. my good friend talked about being judged by history. what i want to talk about is the history of this system and others who have served. i read several times in the last 30 days particularly that democrats feel they can do anything because of the way merrick garland was treated. i don't think there's any comparison between the way merrick garland was treated and the way that judge kavanaugh has been treated. the only comparison i can think of is they are both on the d.c. court of appeals and they both said very kind things about each other, but there's no comparison. merrick garland was nominated in the last year of a presidency. the last time someone was put on the supreme court that was nominated in the last year of a presidency was 1932 -- 1932 was the last time that happened. the la

inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isaac con. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> plaintiff jones. >> no. >> mr. kain. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >>. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> miss klobuchar >> no. >> mr. kyle. >> aye. >> mr. langford. >> aye. mr. leahy. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> aye. mr. manchin. >> aye. >> aye. shac >> shame, shame -- >> clerk will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [ protesters screaming ] >> clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. mr. mccon on he winelconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. nelson. mr. paul. mr. perdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reed. mr. rish. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. sasse. mr. scoh hch ochl schotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. st ms. st mr. thune. mr. tester. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. uhe ddall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines who is walking his daughte

inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isaacson. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> mr. jones. mr. kaine. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyle. >> aye. >> mr. langford? >> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. marquee. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. murkily. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. >> no. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reed. mr. rich. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. mr. sasse. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. >> no. >> ms. stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassid

inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isakson. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> mr. jones. >> no. >> mr. kaine. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. langford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. manchin. >> aye. >> shame, shame, shame! >> the clerk will suspend. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> [yelling] >> clerk may continue. >> mr. markey. >> no. >> mrs. mccaskill. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. mcconnell. >> a aye. >> mr. menendez. >> no. >> mr. murkly. >> no. >> mr. moran. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. murkowski. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. murphy. mrs. murray. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. purdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reid. >> no. >> mr. risch. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. >> no. >> mr. sass. >>

inhofe. mr. isakson. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. >> aye. >> mr. lankford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. markey. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, boozman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, rker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ruz, daines, insee, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, even, heitsmith, inhofe, isakson, kennedy, kyl, lankford, mcconnell, moran, ul, pe

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all about her latest stories i've run off join my colleague david chewed on the latest global news inhofe announced time. and. join me every week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get a world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you then. and. your union. rational. desire for all of the fear. that the new. zuma. should slow. the. fortune for the. more than an election. zia's says holland kentucky. we've moved the boys to sleep it was very funny to. me. a co money city with almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal was said i'd. love to see these people the survivors of a world disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happened it's happened to. start the fall it really was very european in his approach he would be very well suited is an m.e.p. in brussels for example the stuff doesn't represent america is america for better or worse and i think what we're trying to do here is to let the

decision follows a bruising election in the state of hester where her conservative saw their vast result inhofe a century. no real reason for a press conference at the cd you had quarters very good confirmation of that decision meanwhile talking about the has another party which had a very bruising election campaign and result in the state of has a was the governing coalition partner of the c.d.u. the left of center s.p.d. tarty i'm going to join another political correspondent simon young who's been following the s.p.d. and the results now first of all some how is the news about merkel lackey to go down with the s.p.d. who are in coalition with. the national level. well the s.p.d. leader and renault as has been speaking this morning she was asked directly that question and first of all she said. she wasn't going to comment on it she was going to leave it for c.t.v. politicians to comment on their internal wranglings but it looks rather like been taken aback as the rest of us have somewhat been as well by this clearly. these sort of tectonic movements within the c.d.u. will have consequences fo

, cruz, enzi, ernst, fischer, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, hyde-smith, inhofe, isak son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. >>> senators voting in the negative -- bald within, benet, blumenthal, casey, coons, cortez masto, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, fine sign, gillibrand, harris, has san, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, kaine, king, klobuchar, lakie, menendez, merkley, murray, nelson, peters, reed, sanders, schatz, schumer, shaheen smith stabenow, tester udall, van hollen, warner, warren, whitehouse, wyden. >>> mr. murphy. mr. murphy, no. >>> and we have been watching -- and we are still watching a dramatic, historic moment in the united states and of course on the floor of the united states senate. you saw senators until just a minute ago sitting in their desks, standing to announce how they're going to vote on brett kavanaugh, whether he should or should not be confirmed to the united states supreme co

todd inhofe is the executive vice president for heritage auctions. >> neil armstrong and his family haditems in their possession for decades. they were great stewards of those they very generously donated and loaned certain items to various museums over the years. and now his sons have decided that the time has come to share these items and sell them to the space collecting community. >> the 3,000-item auction includes one of armstrong's project gemini space suits and a gold pin on his first voyage into space. also up for bidding are items that accompanied armstrong on the apollo mission. a sen ten shl flag from purdue university. and fragments of the wing and propeller from the wright brothers first successful airplane personal items like this crayon drawing armstrong created as a first grader in 1936. and his boy scout cap. >> everyone is in agreement. we'd like you to command. >> so we don't fail up there. >> i think the film and renewed interest in neil armstrong's days as an astronaut could very well spur more interest in his my digestive system used to make me feel sluggish but no

ernst fisher flake gardner graham grassley hatch heller hovind hyde smith inhofe isaacson johnson kennedyyle langford levy mansion mcconnell and paul purdue portman rich roberts rounds rubio sass scott shelby sullivan soon chillis to me with her young senators voting in the negative. baldwin bennett blumenthal booker brown can't carden casey coons cortez masto donnelly duckworth durbin feinstein jila brain and harris has heinrich hate kim hirono jones came king clover leahy markey mccaskill is merkley murray nelson peters re sanders shots schumer shaheen smith stabenow chester utah van hollen warner warren whitehouse wyden mr murphy mr murphy no. watching proceedings here at the u.s. senate for the confirmation in this the final vote for the confirmation of krakow for not to the u.s. supreme court it's been a dramatic hour also there with protesters interrupting the confirmation vote and just when the roll call was taking place and that was delayed several times but here we have after a number of weeks of protests and hearings are sexual assault allegations that were brought by christine

again, thank you, chairman inhofe for this opportunity. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general abrams. admiral faller? >> chairman imhofe, ranking member reed, members of the committee, i'm humbled to testify before you today. i want to personally thank the president, secretary mattis, and chairmanth dunford for supporti my nomination. i'm a honored to testify alongse general abrams and i, too, want to recognize the legacy and service of senator mccain. my desire to serve began at home with the support and encan you remember the -- encouragement of my mom and dad and i know my moe would be proud if she was here today and still with us. my dad, himself an army vet, is here. thank you, dad. we alsonn have a family connectn to latin america. my wife's father, lionel, is from brazil, now a proud u.s. citizen, he raised a family of six here in the u.s., earned a master's in chemistry and at 90 is still as passionate about life as ever. he could not be here today..es i especially want to recognize my wife, martha, who's been --

inhofe? >> aye. >> mr. isaacson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? [inaudible] >> mr. jones? cane? >>> mr. kennedy? >> aye. >> mr. king? >> [inaudible] awed. >> miss klobuchar? >> no. >> mr. kyl? >> aye. >> mr. lankford? >> aye. >> mr. leahy? >> mr. lee? >> mr. manchin? >> mr. markky? >> no. >> mrs. mccaskill? >> mr. mcconnell? >> mr. menendez? >> mr. merkley? >> no. >> mr. moran? >> miss murkowski? >> mr. murphy? >> mrs. murray? >> mr. nelson? >> mr. paul? >> aye. >> mr. purdue? >> aye. >> mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. portman? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> mr. risch? >> aye. >> mr. roberts? >> aye. >> mr. rounds? >> aye. >> mr. rubio? >> aye. >> mr. sanders? >> mr. salve. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> mr. scott? >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen? >> mr. shelby? >> ms. smith? >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr. tester? >> mr. thune? >> aye. >> mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey? >> aye. >> mr. udall? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> mr. warner? >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. white house? >> mr. wicker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> aye. stuart: th

i also wanted to just -- i'm sorry that senator inhofe has left, because i wanted to respond to his comment about the last eight years of president obama. and i think one of the biggest challenges of the last years has been sequestration. and i raise it because if we don't make a change, we're locking at that coming again. so et we can't just suggest it's been about leadership. it's been about our failure to provide the funding that our armed services has needed because we're looking at it coming down the pike again. so us would urge us all to think about how we're going to address that because these readiness challenges really got critical during the years when sequestration was in effect. so with that, i want to begin by thanking you and the air force for your very positive response to the contamination that's been at the air force base. you sent up john henderson, who is the assistant sec tir of the air force for installations environment and energy. he was very effective in meet ing with resident decembers of the community affected is and reassuring about the effort to address this issu

dana: senator james inhofe.tly viewing gallery is halfway full from crew working that part. i have to think some people in part are protestors. dana: just like we did at the initial hearing if you remember that. all right, tensions still high on capitol hill, you are seeing it here. protestors being arrested as the senate gears up for final vote on judge brett kavanaugh. senator susan collins saying the time for talk is over. >> we've heard a lot of charges and counter charges about judge kavanaugh. but as those who have known him best have attested, he has been an exemplary public servant, judge, teacher, coach, husband and father. nothing says fall like a homecoming football game, so let's promote our fall travel deal on choicehotels.com like this. touchdown. earn a free night when you stay just twice this fall. or, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majo

inhofe: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the time for the majority has expired. mr. inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that i be acknowledged for ten minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. inhofe: thank you, mr. president. i don't think that was necessary because i think i was scheduled to do that anyway. but what we're going to be addressing here in just a few minutes is a very sig p can't -- significant piece of legislation. we do a lot of things around here that some people think are important, but this is something that really is important. it has a long history behind it, america's water infrastructure or known as the wrda bill. that was about 20 years ago. we started this and we made a commitment at that time that we would actually have a wrda bill every two years, and we didn't do that. up until 2014 -- 2014, we had gone since 2007 -- since when we had one, and this needs to be done to keep our water infrastructure going, the things that we're supposed to be doin

senator inhofe and i worked to provide legislation to create a pilot program within the f.a.a. through which grants would be authorized to support technical education and career development. the grants would encourage collaboration between businesses, schools, and local governments and these entities would develop innovative work programs to help close the skill gap in the aerospace industry. the f.a.a. reauthorization act reduces the regulatory barriers for educational use of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles or systems. last, congress i was colead on this legislation with senator peters of michigan to reduce the barriers for the use of small u.a.s.'s at institution, of higher education. this bill accelerates the safe integration of innovative u.a.s. technology, another significant development. this legislation strengthens the federal contract tower program. kansas is home to eight air traffic control towers that participate in f.a.a.'s f.c.t. program which provides important safety services at small airports nationwide in a cost effective manner that saves the taxpayers $200 m