president, the -- kyle duncan being -- the kyle duncan being described by some of my colleagues. and i say this with all due respect. i think some of my colleagues, in criticizing mr. duncan, are confusing the role of the lawyer and the client. i used to practice law, mr. president. when a client came to me and said, canada, i -- canada, i -- kennedy, i need you to represent me. if his position was lawful, i would say, okay, tell me what your problem is and what your arguments are and i will look at it from my standpoint and maybe apply some additional arguments under the law. but when my client described to me his problem and his analysis of it, i can't remember a single time when i said, oh, jeez, i don't agree with you. i don't like your publics. i just -- politics. i just don't agree with your position. but that's not my role as a lawyer. my role as a lawyer, so long as my client is legal, it is to represent my client. and my role is not to substitute my judgment for his. i listened to my colleagues' scrivment of mr. duncan -- criticism of mr. duncan. they said in this case he

stuart kyle duncan is one of those nominees. mr.ing it up can has spent his career -- mr. duncan has spent his career working to restrict, not expand but to restrict civil rights in the united states over and over again. he sought to tilt the scales of justice against women, against lgbtq americans, against people of color and others. mr. duncan's record of supporting discrimination and injustice is quite lengthy, so i'll focus on just a few of the most disturbing examples. let's start with his record on women's rights. mr. duncan has worked to make it harder for women to access contraceptive coverage and abortion services. he was the lead attorney to the arts and crafts company, hobby lobby, in the supreme court case hobby lobby v. burwell. in that case, he argued that business owners should be allowed to refuse to provide female employees access to contraceptive care based on those employers' religious views. mr. duncan also filed briefs in many other supreme court cases, petitioning the court to restrict women's access to birth control and abortion services, ignoring the

take you live down to the use senate continuing the consideration of kyle duncan to serve on the fifth circuit appeals court. it's possible the senate could vote on a confirmation on his nomination today. and tomorrow a joint meeting of the house and senate where they will hear from the president of france who is visiting the u.s. later in the week expecting the senate to take up the nomination of the cia director mike pompeo to be the next secretary of state. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal lord, marvelous is your name. we celebrate the works of your hands: the sky and sea, the songs of birds, the hues of flowers, and the precision of the planets. bless the people of our beloved republic, amid all differences may they be one in spirit, purpose, and faith. lord, continue to sustain our senators. keep them living, laboring, and loving for the good of all. make them instruments of your will for the healing of our nation and world. keep them conscious of your presenc

mcconnell: this week we confirmed yet another well-qualified nominee to the federal bench, now kyle duncan of louisiana, to get to work serving on the fifth circuit court of appeals. his qualifications are truly impressive but his sterling reputation among colleagues and peers was an even greater testament to mr. duncan's fitness. i'm glad the fifth circuit will benefit from his expertise. speaking of well-qualified nominees the president will vote today on the president's choice for secretary of state. we'll consider an outstanding nominee. fortunately we have the votes. and later today we'll confirm mike pompeo as our nation's 70th secretary of state. we've been discussing director pompeo's abundant qualifications all week. in a little over the year the senate has had two opportunities to assess his considerable qualifications. last january a bipartisan supermajority of us saw fit to confirm him as c.i.a. director, and his performance in that role, exemplary by all accounts, has given us even more compelling cause to confirm him as our chief diplomat. he's earned the trust and the confid

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in the senate today debate on the nomination of kyle duncan to be a judge on the fifth circuit court which covers texas, louisiana and mississippi. about to advance the nomination is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. eastern. e senate will come to o. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. our father in heaven, you clothe yourself with light, as wi a

take you live down to the use senate continuing the consideration of kyle duncan to serve on the fifthday. and tomorrow a joint meeting of the house and senate where they will hear from the president of france who is visiting the u.s. later in the week expecting the senate to take up the nomination of the cia director mike pompeo to be the next secretary of state. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray.

returns to continue debate on the nomination of kyle duncan to be a judge for the fifth circuit court of appeals. on c-span three, more of the french president visit to the u.s. with the news conference with president trump. in the afternoon, we take you to capitol hill for a budget hearing on foreign aid and development. at 6:30 p.m. eastern, live coverage of president trump and the first lady as they go to their first estate dinner for the print president and his wife. -- french president and his wife. next, a discussion on the impact of james comey's book. this is just under an hour. before we get into the book, congressman, what are your overall impressions of james comey and his public service? >> let's start with james comey the man, because that was interesting to me. i never met him and i don't know him. in the book, he comes off as someone who is very boy scout like in terms of his respect for rules and the rule of law. the first several chapters involve his hatred of bullies and how he was bullied as a kid. he wasn't big, he wasn't tall until he got out of high school. you c

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, stuart kyle duncan of louisiana to be united states circuit judge for the fifth circuit. the presiding officer: mr. mcconnell: i senate a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on stuart kyle duncan of louisiana signed by 17 senators as follows: mr. mcconnell: i ask that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you very much. it's very exciting to have maile pearl with us on the floor just moments ago. certainly the first time i have seen a littl

the senate continues debate on the nomination of kyle duncan to be the judge for the point -- fifth circuit of appeals. a news conference with president trump. in the afternoon, we take you to capitol hill for a budget hearing on foreign aid and development. starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern, live coverage of president trump and the first lady as they host for their first state dinner for the french president and his wife. >> next monday on landmark cases, new york times v. the united states, that are known as the pentagon papers case. in 1971, the new york times and washington post fought the next administration to publish classified history of u.s. military activity in vietnam. the supreme court's decision restricted the government's power over the press and brought a journalist first amendment protections. floyd abrams, one of the nations top first amendment and medium litigators. he represented the new york times. and ted olson, the former u.s. solicitor general. watch landmark cases next monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span and joint the conversation -- join the conversation and follow us. we

at 10:00 a.m., the senate returns to continue debate on the nomination of kyle duncan as judge for the fifth circuit court of appeals. on c-span3, more of the french president's visit to the u.s. with a news conference with president trump. in the afternoon, we take you to capitol hill for a budget hearing on foreign aid and development carried starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern, live coverage of president trump and the first lady as they host their first state dinner for the french president and his wife. next monday on landmark cases, new york times the united states, better known as the pentagon papers case. the new york times and washington post thought the nixon administration to publish a classified history of military activity in vietnam. the decision restricted the government's power over the press and brought -- broadened first amendment protections for journalists. lloyd abrams, one of the nation's top first amendment and media litigators. he represented "the new york times" and ted olsen. watch landmark cases next monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span and join the conversation. #landm

capitol hill today the senate will be gaveling in at 3:00 eastern time to debate the domination of kyle duncan on the court in texas, louisiana and mississippi am vote has been scheduled for 5:30. we'll have live coverage of the senate on c-span 2. on wednesday senators join members of the house for a joint meeting to hear from the french president, emanuel mac macron and on the nomination of mike pompeo, joe manchin tweeted he is supporting mike pompeo's nomination. voting will be at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> facebook isn't just a -- just ah handing over things you like when you click on like and also aggregating an enormous amount of information. if even if you start typing a status update and change your mind, facebook collects those and analyzes those. the deal we think we're making is a fairly limit amount ovation. the reality of is that the machine collects and tracks you across the web, across devices, buys information about you from third parties, collectses and i then uses that to target you. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> tonight, on landma

at 10:00 a.m., the senate returns to continue debate on the nomination of kyle duncan to be a judge forcuit court of appeals. on c-span three, more of the french president visit to the u.s. with the news conference with president trump. in the afternoon, we take you to capitol hill for a budget hearing on foreign aid and development. at 6:30 p.m. eastern, live coverage of president trump and the first lady as they go to their first estate dinner for the print president and his wife. -- french president and his wife. next, a discussion on the impact of james comey's book. this is just under an hour.

at 10:00 a.m., the senate returns to continue debate on the nomination of kyle duncan to be a judge forthe fifth circuit court of appeals. and on c-span3, more of the french president's visit to the u.s. with a news conference with president trump. then in the afternoon, we take you to capitol hill for a budget hearing on foreign aid and development. starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern, live coverage of president trump and the first lady as they host their first state dinner for the french president and his wife. >>> connect with c-span to personalize the information you get from us. just go to c-span.org/connect, and sign up for the e-mail. the program guide is a daily e-mail with the most updated prime time schedule, and upcoming live coverage. word for word gives you the most interesting daily video highlight in their own words, with no commentary. the book tv newsletter sent weekly is an insider's look at upcoming authors and book festivals. and the american history tv weekly newsletter gives you the upcoming programming exploring our nation's past. visit c-span.org/connect, and sign up t

the senate is done for the day after approving the nomination of kyle duncan to be u.s. circuit court judge for the fifth circuit. live for the house floor for votes here on c-span. wl be tak foowing order. suspending the rules and agreeing to h.con.res. 111, suspending the rules and passing h.r. 5086, and agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal if ordered. first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 111 as amended on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: concurrent resolution 11, recognizing the efforts of the united bid committee to fifa world 26 fed cup competition to canada, mexico and the united states. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended? members will record their votes b

at 10:00 a.m., the senate returns to continue the debate on the nomination of kyle duncan to be a judge for the fifth circuit court of appeals. on c-span3, more on the french president's visit with a news conference with president trump. and then, a budget hearing on foreign aid and development. at 6:30 a.m. eastern, live coverage of the president trump and first lady asked the host their states and are for the french president and his wife -- host their state dinner for the french president and his wife. >> coming up, kenneth weinstein on challenges facing the current cia director mike pompeo as he seeks to become the next secretary of state. at 8:30, our guest is joshua geltzer. will talk about tomorrow supreme court argument on president trump's traveled. at 9:00 a.m., tom sancton on french president emmanuel macron's state visit. ♪ >> lots of activity at the white house today as the ranch president meets with the french -- as the french president meets with president trump. a joint news conference will be at 11:45 and c-span's coverage of the president's first state dinner at 6:30 t

the website but i can tell you the scotland's duncan scott has won the gold, chasing down the likes of south africa and chandler close and australia's kyleourth gold medal at these games while le clos and charmer is tied for silver. me and steve, we fought for the race. their we re steve, we fought for the race. their were certain things we wanted to work, building through the race and bringing it home. anyone from line one could have taken that. just trying different things out in training and, you know, nor better stage to try new things than in the commonwealth games. yes, i am just absolutely buzzing, trying my best in every single event i am doing, and so far, so good. earlier this morning northern ireland won their first medal of the games and it was gold for 18—year—old rhys mcclenaghan. he beat england's olympic champion max whitlock to victory in the pommel horse. the two finished with identical scores but took gold thanks to his better execution. i honestly have no words andi execution. i honestly have no words and i know that that is very cliched to say. their sensational feeling and i know that that is very cliched to say. th

duncan scott to won gold in the men's100 metres freestyle swimming, chasing down the likes of south africa's chad luke coulson and south africa's chad luke coulson and south africa —— australia's kylend steve spoke before the race about things we wanted to try to work on, building the race through the first 50, then doing what i do best and bringing it home. i think anyone from line one could have won that. i would like to give a hand to them first. i tried things out in training, and no better stage to try new things than the commonwealth games, so, yes, i new things than the commonwealth games, so, yes, lam absolutely buzzing, trying to swim my best in every single event i am doing, and so every single event i am doing, and so far, so good anyway. a little earlier northern ireland won their first medal of the games and it was called for 18—year—old rhys mcclenaghan, who beat england's 0lympic mcclenaghan, who beat england's olympic champion max whitlock in the pommel horse. the two finished with identical scores but it was who was given the gold by the judges. i honestly have no words and i know that that is very cliched to say. that i have no words. the sensationalfeeling i have

they will be continuing consideration of the nomination of kyle duncan to serve on the federal appeals court that is based in new orleans. confirmation vote on his nomination is scheduled for 3:0e senate returns will have live coverage for you here on c-span2. until then here's the senate floor speech from earlier today on another nominee, micah pompeo who said president trump has nominated to be secretary of state. >> as president pro tem but of the united states senate i asked my colleagues to join us in voting swiftly and unanimously for his vote of mike failed to serve as the secretary of state. frankly, i am embarrassed by the naked partisanship that was on display during his confirmation hearing. the director deserves better than this and that his nomination was nearly sent to the floor without recommendation is an utter disgrace. this is a graduate of west point and the man who served our nation honorably in the united states army. this is a talented litigator who graduated near harvard law school where he served as editor of the law review. this is an accomplished businessman a

though we've worked for state attorneys general of different political stripes, we all agree that kyle duncan has the personal and professional qualities which should typify the federal judiciary. on the federal judiciary, awarded mr. duncan its highest rating of well qualified. i would urge every one of our colleagues to take his credentials, experience and bipartisan support into account. let's vote to advance the duncan nomination this afternoon. on another matter, for the last several weeks we've focused on the contrast between the economic policies that my democratic colleagues favor and the policies this republican president and republican congress have put into effect. under nearly a decade of democratic leadership, the american people saw slow and insufficient growth. for most workers and most industries, significant wage growth was nearly nonexistent and new opportunities were few and far between. the new prosperity that was created was spread unevenly across the country. metropolitan areas with more than a million residents did okay under democratic policies. big cities captured nea

president, i come to the floor to speak in opposition of stuart kyle duncan nomination. i find his nomination troubling. i find many of the president's nominations troubling, because they want to roll back rights. mr. duncan has, in many cases, tried to take away these very important reproductive rights. from 2012 to 2014 he was the lead counsel on the hoppy lobby -- hobby lobby case. that flawed decision allowed closely held corporations to deny f.d.a. contraceptive coverage if the company owners were against it. more than half the women in washington state get their health govern through their employers. they earn it through hard-worked wages and their employers should not be able to cherry pick what benefits they get because their owners have a self-professed religious objection. he tried to go after birth control access, and thanks to washington pharmacist jennifer erickson, washington state has a law on the books that all lawfully prescribed drugs be permitted. in 2016 he filed a brief urging the supreme court to take up a challenge to the washington state pharmacy l

duncan. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. cassidy: thank you. kyle has been nominated to be on the fifth circuit court of appeals. let me talk to his qualifications as to why i think we should support his nomination and vote yes. first i have a little bit of pride in this. he is a graduate of l.s.u., my alma tatter and graduated from l.'s law school. graduated on the order of the coif and got a master's law degree from columbia university. he hayes the institution knowledge to be a successful judge. i have discussed his academic. let's speak about his experience. his breadth of experience makes him a great choice. he was certified as well-qualified by the american bar association. he has extensive courtroom experience on the 10th and 5th circuit court of appeals, the d.c. circuit court of appeals, the texas and louisiana supreme courts and he's twice argued in the united states supreme court. he has experience working in the public sector, private, and in academia. he pulls from diverse legal backgrounds ranging from criminal, maritime, american disa