. >> senator inhofe. in light of your commitment as chairman of the armed services committee and this issue of scheduling. >> thank you. >> i thank both of you for giving me this opportunity. we had a reason we can't be here for i don't need your opening statement. i know exactly what you're doing. i know the successes we've had. i know the eda has performed well. it's followed the lines as the chairman just said that we have the opportunity to use matching funds to show that the support at home. in my state of oklahoma as you well know and others know here i'm sure, that we had a devastating flood this past year and it was one, one of these 100 year things that happens every year you always hear about. this was really bad. and our levee in tulsa, we call it the west tulsa levee was built in the middle'40s. well past its lifetime. and when this flood came in, we were actually we had people with fingers in the dike down there literally and getting we were very fortunate that we didn't have a major disaster

senator inhofe talked about floods in oklahoma now occur every year. we have ellicott city, maryland, they got two 2,000-year floods within a year and a half of each other. in houston they had two 2,000-year floods within 18 months of each other. something is happening here. eda is a tool in our toolbox to make sure we're building more climate-resilient communities. regardless of changes in technology and automation, we have to make certain we support communities and workers in that transition. let me say that again. our country's economy is undergoing historic changes. regardless of changes in technology, automation, or to address climate change, we have to make sure we support communities and workers in that transition. the golden rule, treat other people the way we want to be treated. it was the coal miners in west virginia who are losing work, other places around the country, the jobs that provided a living for people forever are slowly going away. we need to treat those people as if they were our neighbors. as we make changes in national energy po

inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, the -- i think that president trump's decision to take out general soleimani was the bonus defense decision of his policy to date. the president defended american lives and showed iran that terrorism and, most importantly, spilling american blood is something that will come at a price. unlike something

connell: senator from oklahoma, james inhofe with us.more from washington, steps away from the house chamber where the speech will be given later on. melissa: no shortage of news anywhere. aftermath of the iowa caucus after a night of no results due to faulty app or whatever the most recent excuse is, the democrats are planning to release the majority of the outcome of caucuses within the next hour. we'll see. ♪. ahh no, come on. i saw you eating poop earlier. my focus is on the road, and that's saving me cash with drivewise. ♪. connell: come in behind me. this conversation is happening, elizabeth warren supporter, a viable candidate is trying to convince another voter to come over to her camp. i think we can hear this. let's listen in. >> all the supplies, medical equipment. somebody is getting profit for everyone of those pieces along the way. connell: that was my night last night in iowa. craziness. we still don't know who won the caucuses. what we understand we're under hour away from the iowa democratic party coming out, releasing w

mister inhofe, not guilty. mister johnson, not guilty. mister jones. mister jones, guilty. mister kaine. esther kaine, guilty. mister kennedy. mister kennedy, not guilty. mister king. mister king, guilty. miss klobuchar. miss klobuchar, guilty. mister lankford. mister lankford, not guilty. mister leahy. mister leahy, guilty.mister lee. mister lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mister manchin, guilty. mister markey. mister marquis, guilty. mister mcconnell. mister mcconnell, not guilty. miss sally. miss sally, not guilty. mister menendez. mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty. mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty.

mister inhofe, not guilty. mister johnson, not guilty. mister jones. mister jones, guilty. mister kaine. esther kaine, guilty. mister kennedy. mister kennedy, not guilty. mister king. mister king, guilty. miss klobuchar. miss klobuchar, guilty. mister lankford. mister lankford, not guilty. mister leahy. mister leahy, guilty.mister lee. mister lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mister manchin, guilty. mister markey. mister marquis, guilty. mister mcconnell. mister mcconnell, not guilty. miss sally. miss sally, not guilty. mister menendez. mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty. mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty.

chairman inhofe: our hearing will come to order. we meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. we have quite a few more. this is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. and general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. as stated many times before, the armed services committee's top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the national defense strategy. we have that. yeah. we have -- it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. -- with that from the very beginning. it means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. this is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his

inhofe, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. jones. mr. jones guilty. mr. kaine. mr. kaine, guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy, not guilty. mr. king. mr. king, guilty. mrs. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar, guilty. mr. lankford. mr. lankford, not guilty. mr. leahy. mr. leahy, guilty. mr. lee. mr. lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mr. markey, not guilty. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally. ms. mcsally, not guilty. mr. menendez. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley. mr. amerimerkley, not guilty. and mr. moran, guilty. and ms. murray, guilty. mr. paul. mr. paul not guilty. mr. purdue. mr. perdue, not guilty. mr. peters. mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reade, guilty. mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney. mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. sass. mr. sass, not guilty. mr. schatz, not guilty. mr. scott of florida not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. ms. shaheen, guilty. mr

inhofe, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. jim, most skinny guilty. this again. guilty. mr. kennedy. not guilty. mr. king, guilty. ms. clover chart, guilty. langford. not guilty mr. lee heath, guilty. mr. lee, not guilty. not guilty. mr. manchin, guilty. mr. markey,mi guilty. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally, nott guilty. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran, not guilty. ms. markowski, not guilty. mr. murphy, guilty. missus murray, guilty. guilty., not mr. purdue, not guilty. mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reed, mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney, not guilty. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. brown's, not guilty. mr. rubio, plus guilty. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. seth, not guilty. mr. schatz, guilty. mr. schumer, guilty. mr. scott of florida, not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. mr. sheen, guilty. mr. shelby, not guilty. ms. sinema, guilty. ms. smith, guilty. ms. stabenow, guilty. mr. solomon, not guilty. sullivan was not guilty. mr. thune, not guilty. mr. tellis, not guilty. mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udall

inhofe:

inhofe: thank you.i ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak as if in morning business for whatever time i shall consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: thank you. mr. president, nearly 20 years ago i was here in this exact spot, i remember it so well, deliberating the guilt and innocence of a president. it happened at that time it was president clinton from your state of arkansas. at that time i said that i thought it would probably be the most important vote i'd cast as a united states senator, but i was wrong because i think my vote on wednesday, the day after tomorrow, to acquit president trump will be the most important vote of my career. i really believe that. over the past few weeks we considered impeachment. there's been a lot made of the fact that i was willing to vote to convict president clinton 20 years ago and yet to vote the other way about -- in the current process that we're under right now. now, putting morality question aside, this supposed debate highlights

inhofe: thank you. mr. president, nearly 20 years ago i was here in this exact spot, i remember it so well, deliberating the guilt and innocence of a president. it happened at that time it was president clinton from your state of arkansas. at that time i said that i thought it would probably be the most important vote i'd cast as a united states senator, but i was wrong because i think my vote on wednesday, the day after tomorrow, to acquit president trump will be the most important vote of my career. i really believe that. over the past few weeks we considered impeachment. there's been a lot made of the fact that i was willing to vote to convict president clinton 20 years ago and yet to vote the other way about -- in the current process that we're under right now. now, putting morality question aside, this supposed debate highlights the central point of the differences in the impeachment process and why president trump should not be impeached. before clinton was even -- was even impeached, he admitted to t

there was no way to stop it the fires were raging in so many parts of the city where you can flush inhofe to stop and plant because of its water. this footage was shot by a british air crew entire sections of the city were in flames. the fires tore through older densely built up housing blocks finding a way out was next to impossible. thus is. these are cut those people had one option and that was to find some way to escape this living hell. a huge notifier had fallen on the city and there was hardly any way for people to get out of it. and its homes you must but suppose you were sick and had asthma or young children with you but as or if you were elderly or disabled. here chances of survival were pretty slim. very unfriendly it. these again had simmons family records. show that he was baptized in the fountain now both the church and his parents' home are fine. there were flames everywhere. and there was so much smoke in the cellar that we could hardly breathe couldn't come lot with windows there was a barrel of water. it had been sitting there since 1939 so you can imagine what the water

inhofe? not guilty. mr. johnson? not guilty. mr. jones? guilty. mr. cane? guilty. mr. kennedy? not guilty. mr. keem? guilty. ms. klobuchar? guilty. mr. lankford, not guilty. mr. leahy, guilty. mr. lee? >> not guilty. >> mrs. lefler? not guilty. mr. mansion? guilty. mr. marquee, guilty. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally? not guilty. mr. mendez? guilty. mr. merkley? guilty. mr. miran? not guilty. ms. murkowski, not guilty. mr. murphy. guilty. mrs. murray, guilty. mr. paul? >> not guilty. >> not guilty. mr. perdue? not guilty. mr. peters? guilty. mr. portman? not guilty. mr. reed? guilty. mr. rish? not guilty. mr. roberts. not guilty. mr. romney? not guilty. ms. rosen? guilty. mr. rounds? not guilty. mr. rubio? not guilty. mr. sanders? guilty. mr. sass. not guilty. mr. shots? guilty. mr. schumer? guilty. mr. scott of florida? not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina? not guilty. mrs. shaheen? guilty. mr. shelby. not guilty. ms. cinema? guilty. ms. smith? guilty. ms. stabinow? guilty. mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. tester? guilty. mr. thune. not guilty. mr. tillis, not guilty. m

>> chairman inhofe, ranking member reed, senators, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i'm honored to be here with my ship mate and good friend general steve townsend. we also thank you for the stedfast support you provide to our men and women every day at southcom and it's i'm truly grateful for the honor and opportunity to lead them. i'm with ambassador maines, our civilian deputy commander former u.s. ambassador to el salvador and sergeant major for southcom, truly the eyes and ears of our command. the western hemisphere is our shared home, it's our neighborhood. we're connected to the nations there in every domain, sea, air, space, land, cyber, and most importantly culturally and with values. over the last year i've had the opportunity to visit our partners and see firsthand the opportunities and challenges that directly impact the security of our hemisphere. i've come to describe the challenges of vicious circle of threats that deliberately erodes the security and stability of this recently and the united states of america. this vicious circle is framed by systemic

mr inhofe, not guilty. mrjohnson, not guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mrjones, guilty.y. mr kane, guilty. mr kennedy, t. mr king. guilty. ms. char, guilty. mr lang four, negative. mr lahey, number three. mr lee, negative. ms. leffler, not guilty. mr mansion, guilty. mr markey, guilty. mr mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcfarland, not guilty. mr best, necklace three. mr merkley, napa three. mr moran, t. ms. mccloskey, watching him at the second impeachment of 35 not guilty which means it for the second article of impeachment, the president has been mr perdue, not guilty. mr peters, three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, number three. three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, numberthree. mr three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, number three. mr risch, three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, numberthree. mr risch, not guilty. mr roberts, not guilty, mr romney, negative. ms. resin, guilty, mr brown's, negative. mr rubio, negative. mr sanders, napa three. mr south, not guilty. the shots, guilty. mr schumer, three. mr scott florida, not guilty. mr scott of so

. >> chairman inhofe, ranking member reed and distinguished members of the committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. it's a privilege to be a part of and to lead america's finest men and women at u.s. africa command. an exceptional team dedicated to protecting america and advancing her interests on the african continent. i would like to take a moment to honor the memories of three exceptional americans, u.s. army specialist henry mayfield jr. mr. bruce triplett. and mr. dustin harrison who lost their lives in the service of our nation on january 5th in kenya. to their families, our thoughts and prayers are with you. your loved ones died while protecting the american people from the very real threat of al qaeda and al shabaab terrorist groups. i'm here this morning with my battle buddy, shipmate and friend, admiral craig fawler, to discuss shared challenges and opportunities in both our areas of responsibility while we further joint readiness of the joint force and our ability to fight across the globe. africom is critical to maintaining this

chairman inhofe: our hearing will come to order.meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. we have quite a few more.

inhofe: first let me comment. the senator from ohio is right on target. know when we did the authorization bills, we actually have language now that we put in to try to encourage people while they're still in high school to find what they want to do with their lives. one of the problems you have right now is we've got great -- we have a great economy, the best economy than we've had in my lifetime. the bad side of that is there's a lot of competition out there, and we want to make sure that people are directed into areas where they really can enjoy life and where the market will work in their favor. and so we were very much concerned about that. there are two bills we've done so far that we have the new language in there to encourage people to use pilot programs in high school to know what direction they want to go with their lives. mr. president, this week we voted on two very important bills. the pain-capable unborn child protection act and the born-alive abortion survivors protection act. unfortunately my colleagues on the democratic side voted to bloc

some senators are skeptical, like jim inhofe, a republican of oklahoma. >> normally people would sayt solves all the problems. i don't think it does. so it needs a lot of attention but not necessarily more funding. >> alabama senator richard selby it turns the probations committee. the panel charged with any of the money. he told me last night, "this is no ordinary crisis coming up. i would call this a dire emergency." shelby raised concern to me about the dollar figure, and the reason is because it's always easier to pass one big spending bill rather than two. >> money should not be an object. some people believe this is a lowball number here. i don't know. but i'd like to hear from you on this, because this is not the time to try and shortchange the american people. >> there are 12 annual spending bills which fund the federal government. a supplemental bill is essentially a 13th bill, and extra spending bill here. it's usually used for terrorism, war, and natural disasters. dick durbin, the wood from illinois, wants to know what prompted the administration to act now. >> i'm just w

we have members of congress from both sides of the aisle, senator inhofe will join us, the senator fromklahoma, also congressman greg meeks from new york is among our guest. we will check in with chad pergram who always brings an historical perspective on a night like this. all that, plus this market rally and earnings from ford and more at the top of the hour. melissa will be in new york, i will be here in d.c. should be another busy "after the bell." liz: chipotle and i mean, the names, tesla stock. crazy. connell, thank you. connell: how about tesla? liz: we are literally, connell, we have been looking at it every two to four minutes. it's been a fascinating climb. just real momentum. stay with fox business and connell tonight for special coverage of the state of the union address. what we are going to do, we will begin that coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. of course neil cavuto, the star of the business world, will be running our show. you do not want to miss it because we look at it through a different lens, the business and your money lens. in just a few minutes also, we will t

do you think that this trial this acquittal will change future potential impeachment not guilty mr inhofe i think the answer to that is yes this could be the death knell of an huntsman as a viable power bestowed by the constitutional the congress. these charges against president trump were more serious than any that it ever been brought before i mean for just compare it with the charges against president clinton was close for his inappropriate wrongful dalliance with an underling turn that was enough to do it. not to convict this was so much more serious i mean really what could be more serious than the president for his own political purposes involving a beleaguered ally fighting the russians and withholding desperately needed support mark that the congress had already voted if that's not enough. it's what could be you know short of blatant treason so i think there's a problem no matter is from an impeachment in the white house this has been written out of the constitution. i don't barn for the time being thank you much less listening again to the critical point to where they're going to

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tomorrow and with the last 40 minutes equally divided under the control of senators risch, inhofe, menendez and kaine. finally, upon the use or yielding back of that time, the joint resolution be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution as amended if amended with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cramer: i ask unanimous consent that the amendments listed be called up by number en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the amendments by number en bloc. the clerk: the senator from north dakota mr. cramer proposes four other senators' amendments numbered 1319, 1301, 1322, 1305, 1314, 1320, and 1319. mr. cramer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cramer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 343, s. 490. the presiding officer: the clerk will r

chairman inhofe: our hearing will come to order. we meet today to continue receiving >> our hearing will come to order. we meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. we have quite a few more. this is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. and general stephen

both sides of the aisle, legislators who rarely agreed on anything, including harry reid and jim inhofe, opposed the ban, recognizing this was a separation of powers issue that would weaken the legislative branch and strengthen the executive. they were right. legislators understand the needs of their districts and their states oftentimes better than bureaucrats and appointees and the ability of legislators to deliver on those needs is not an obscene abuse of power. it is a constitutional obligation and a constituent expectation. the earmark ban was not only bad policy but the justifications for it were off the mark. one reason for the earmark ban was the false claim that earmarking led to exploding deficits. it did not. earmarking did not grow the size of the federal spending pie. it simply influenced the size of the slices. an earmarking system can be implemented with strict adherence they can't chairman's mark and with other rules that ensure that overall spending does not increase. the bipartisan policy center for instance has proposed effective safeguards to protect the integrity of

chairman inhofe: our hearing will come to order. we meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. we have quite a few more. this is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. and general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. as stated many times before, the armed services committee's top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the national defense strategy. we have that. yeah. we have -- it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. -- with that from the very beginning. it means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. this is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his

inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, the -- i think that president trump's decision to take out general soleimani was the bonus defense decision of his policy to date. the president defended american lives and showed iran that terrorism and, most importantly, spilling american blood is something that will come at a price. unlike something we by the predecessor, we're in the best negotiating position with iran since 1979 and iran's escalation, which includes attacks on tankers, saudi arabian oil facilities and the killing of an american citizen. at least for now. yet some democrats would have you believe a vote for a war powers resolution, pretending as though the president is rushing to war. that's just not happening. but the facts are not there. there is no war with iran. an air strike is not a war. punishing iran for killing an american citizen is is not a war. nor has -- it just hasn't happened. it's been three weeks since the democrats first tried to vote on this resolution and during those t

inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, the -- i think that president trump's decision to take out general soleimani was the bonus defense decision of his policy to date. the president defended american lives and showed iran that terrorism and, most importantly, spilling american blood is something that will come at a price. unlike something we by the predecessor, we're in the best negotiating position with iran since 1979 and iran's escalation, which includes attacks on tankers, saudi arabian oil facilities and the killing of an american citizen. at least for now. yet some democrats would have you believe a vote for a war powers resolution, pretending as though the president is rushing to war. that's just not happening. but the facts are not there. there is no war with iran. an air strike is not a war. punishing iran for killing an american citizen is is not a war. nor has -- it just hasn't happened. it's been three weeks since the democrats first tried to vote on this resolution and during those t