senator leahy? senator leahy: secretary, thank you for being here and welcome. you are no stranger to the congress. i know that you know this committee has had long bipartisan support for the state department. we have done this whether republicans or democrats have been in charge. senator graham and i have swapped seats on this over the years. we have always worked together. in this last week the committee , unanimously reported the fiscal year 2019 state foreign operations bill is hard to get a unanimous conclusion that the sun rises in the east, but we did it. we rejected cuts proposed and so many americans have sacrificed over these decades and generations. it means we have to lead by example. we have do stand up for our values and principles. we have to pay our fair share. we have to protect our interest. we have to support policies and programs and enhance our reputation and credibility. i will put my whole statement in the record, but i will close with this, i think we have two choices. one is

senator grassley: senator leahy. senator leahy: interesting hearing. the irony doesn't begin to describe president trump and his allies exploiting this report for partisan gain. rom mr. strzok's messages were inappropriate. front page of every newspapers leading up to the election, every single misstp by the f.b.i., helped donald trump. all f.b.i. personnel, including mr. strzok kept quiet about the russian investigation as they should. the same can't be said about the clinton investigation. rudy guliani and devin nunes received leaks from the new york field office may have contributed to director comey's decision to send the october 28 letter, likely impacted the election. last year i asked director comey about leaks to mr. guliani. he acknowledged for the first time that an internal investigation was ongoing. director wray, was mr. comey telling the truth in that? he said here there was an internal investigation about the leaks to mr. guliani. was he correct? mr. wray: i can't speak to what director comey -- senator leahy: was he correct there is an

leahy: thank you. the iran nuclear agreement was signed, the prime minister netanyahu said it was and weeks or months away that is why many supported the agreement being weeks away from having an agreement. you recently give a speech and listed 12 conditions iran must meet in order for the trump administration to agree to it, a new deal. iran immediately rejected the 12 conditions. the european union forcing policy chief -- foreign policy chief said there was no earlierive to the agreement. if president netanyahu, in the next three or six months, iran resumed full speed ahead for nuclear weapons, what do we do? they rejected the a ministration's request for a new agreement -- the administration's request for a what do we doread now -- agreement. what do we do now? sec. pompeo: i will describe the path forward as we see it. you refer to the 12 structural changes we helped the iranian undertake.hope to the think anything we asked belgium and others. sen. leahy: i don't dispute that mr. secretary. but the

leahy: i thank the chair. unfortunately we were not able to reach agreement to get a vote on the amendment or have it included in the managers' package, but chairman shelby and i remain committed to solving this problem in conference. if we don't do so, we jeopardize the health care and well-being of the men and women who faithfully served our country and relied on the promises made by our country, and i'm not willing to accept going back on our country's promise to them. i want to thank chairman shelby. i thank the republican chairs, the democratic ranking members of each subcommittee for their hard, and as long as i've been serving as a member of this body, i think we provided a road map for the rest of the appropriation bills, going back to the way we have done it under republican and democratic leadership and where the country is better off. mr. president, along with a letter that i asked about, i will also submit for the record a list of key staff members who worked on -- on this whole process. the presid

vice chairman leahy as honored this deal. our subcommittee chairman and ranking members have horned this deal and the result -- have honored this deal and the results, madam president, speak for themselves. last week, for example, the interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations bill passed unanimously out of the committee. madam president, you would have to go back nearly ten years to find the last time the interior bill garnered such strong bipartisan support. i recognize that today we're still early in the game here and that many contentious issues lie ahead, but i believe that we've established a framework for success in returning to regular order. it is now time to translate this success to the senate floor. through their discipline in adhering to this framework, members of the appropriations committee, including the presiding officer, have demonstrateed that their perennial calls for a return to regular order were not hallow. today we'll begin to discover whether the full senate is equally sincere in its r

. >> senator leahy. leahy: irony does not even begin to describe president trump and his allies exploiting this report for partisan gain. text messages are inappropriate. thefbi are trying to throw election to hillary clinton and could not have done a worse job. the front page of every news people are leading up to the election, every single misstep hillarybi damaged clinton, helped donald trump. all fbi personnel including mr. stark kept quiet about the russian investigation, as they should. the same cannot be said about the clinton investigation. rudy giuliani, james carlstrom, devon north, received highly sensitive leaks. that contributed to director comey's decision to send the now infamous october 28 letter. could not have come at a worse time and likely impacted the election. last year, i asked director comey specifically about leaks to mr. giuliani. he acknowledged for the first time that an internal investigation was ongoing. mr. comeyay, was telling the truth in that? there was anthat internal i

leahy: thank you. before the iran nuclear agreement was signed, prime minister netanyahu noticed iran was weeks or months away from building an atomic bomb. that is why many supported the agreement. they were a few weeks away from having one. on recently gave a speech iran policy and listed 12 conditions iran must meet for the trump administration to agree to a new deal. iran immediately rejected 12 conditions. the european union's foreign policy said there was no alternative to the earlier agreement. if prime minister netanyahu is telling the truth, in the next three to six months iran resumes full speed ahead to build a nuclear weapon, what do they do? they rejected the administration to request for a new agreement. mr. and and yahoo! say they are a few weeks -- mr. tha netanyaho say they are few weeks away from building a nuclear weapon. what do we do? sec. pompeo: refer to the 12 structural changes we hope the iranian leadership will undertake. a fair reading of any of those would be nothing more t

senator leahy. >> thank you. your no stranger to the congress. i know you know that this committee has had long bipartisan support from the democratic. whether the republicans are in charge or democrats. whether it's a republican administration or democratic administration. senator graham and i have swapped seats on this over the years. we've always worked together. in this last week the committee unanimously, new hampshirely reported the fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill. hard to get a unanimous conclusions sunrise in the east but we did it. we rejected the cuts proposed by omb. our goal was to make sure the united states remains a global leader that so many americans have sacrificed for over the decades, over the generations. we have to lead by example. we have to stand up for our values and principles and pay our fair share to support international organization alliances to protect our interest, support policies and programs and enhance our reputation and our creditability. i'll put my alcohol statement on

leahy thank you for being here today. trink has been a model for commuter rail in terms of ptc, and i can't think of anyone better toask for the big challenges that you faced and also the advice you have after going through this process. >> thank you senator. it was a very difficult process. we started on it early on, but it was new technology, it was be developed real time with us with the contractors. we had to do a great deal of troubleshooting and training and retesting and validating. it took a great deal of time. i think my recognition -- recommendation is to start as soon as possible because you will confront unique challenges. i am pleased -- we would help any railroad in the country by sharing her experiences and bring our people to bear on them. we have been involved in the train association doing that and will continue to do it. >> part of getting started immediately is being aware at this funding available, i would presume, that is a key factor that might not be decisive, but without that, the availability of

senator leahy. >> good day, mr. chairman. thank you, senator stabenow. you worked together in a bipartisan way to draft this 2018 farm bill. it's actually an example of what the senate can achieve when we cast aside ranker and rhetoric and focus on the real challenges we face. and this committee has a long and well-deserved reputation for that. mr. chairman, i think of your predecessor dear friend of both of us bob dole when he was here. i err remember him working closely with hubert humphrey. you have two people who are poles apart philosophically and they would work together and come up with good agriculture legislation. enjoyed it. and you have done the same and senator stabenow have. i know in our state, vermont farmers and families rely on the support and guidance in the farm bill so that our farms both large and small are productive, their children are nourished, their air, land and water protected, and this bill makes important improvements in all of these. rural communities across vermont and every corner of america represented in every single st

leahy: have you seen evidence of millions of noncitizens voting? mr. hickey: i have not in my portfolio, sir. sen. leahy: if millions of wouldn't theoted, department of justice being investigating and bringing prosecutions? it is easy to say there are millions, but if there were millions, at least a few hundred thousand would be prosecuted. we have not had a few thousand, a few hundred, a thousand, four, two, or one. so, this is where we are with the 5 million. appear everything we have had from the intelligence community, mr. masterson, a threat to foreign interference in our elections, the election assistance commission has 2 commissioners vacant.pots until recently you are a commissioner recommended by the former republican house speaker john boehner. you are highly regarded by state officials, certainly the secretary of state of vermont for both democratic and republican governors praises you as professional and nonpartisan. your seat remains vacant at a time when the security of our voting system is facing unprecedented challenges. how does the el

i would offer that on behalf of senator leahy and ask for support. >> all those in favor of the leahy amendment please signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> all opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. senator thune. >> mr. chairman, the -- this is thune number 9. this emdamendment provides seve improvements to crp and is supported by ducks unlimited, if he is ants forever and the national farmers union. very simply it would increase acreage, the base or the crp acreage today capped at 24 million acres, the base bill has it at 25. this would increase that to 26 and a quarter million acres and at the same time provide much needed gradesing flexibility by allowing one-third of a contract holder's acres to be hayed or grazed each year on a rotational basis. this bill lowers the rental rate to 85% of rates on general crp contracts but keeps it at 88.5% for all continuous crp contracts. i worked closely with both production agriculture and conservation wildlife organizations to craft these changes that improve crp without damaging its conservation and wildlife habitat potenti

thank you very much. >> senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to both of you for being here. i want to point out one clarifying matter at the outset. the report did, in fact, find bias so insofar as anyone is suggesting there was no bias found here, that's just not true. there was, in fact, bias found. what was not found was any smoking gun indicating that that bias translated to and was admitted to or translated to how anybody did their job. but the absence of evidence on that point is not the same as evidence of absence and so i think we need to keep that in mind as we have this discussion. mr. wray, i'd like to start with you on this point. let's assume for a minute that these text messages between strock and page, let's assume that these came about earlier in the discussion and that you just swap out the name trump for hillary as such that the text messages said, well, she's not ever going to become president, is she? no. no. we'll stop it. what if that had been the exchange occurring earlier in the midway investigation? in that circu

tomorrow, senators shelby and leahy will officially kick off our appropriations process. senator feinstein, my colleague on the energy and water appropriations subcommittee with whom i have worked for several years, will make her remarks. so will the other senators for the other two subcommittees. and then we will begin to vote on amendments. our plan is to begin voting on amendments tomorrow. we have a number of amendments already proposed that are bipartisan. of course it's up to the republican leader and the democratic leader how we proceed, but i have talked with them. i have talked with other colleagues. our hope is to have a couple of amendments to vote on just before lunch, two more amendments to vote on right after lunch, other amendments to vote on tomorrow afternoon. i would say to senators and to staff, that all six of us senators involved in the three subcommittees, plus senator shell bids and senator leahy, hope that senators will file their amendments tonight and tomorrow. we want to finish the bill this week. that's what senator mcconnell has asked us to do

to go back to an issue that was raised by senator lee 80. -- leahy. she says that it should be known that i am a student. this is theeen: first time i stayed up and i think extensively about how i would bet in a situation such as a school shooting. i at 16 years old should not have an intimate relationship with the idea of shootings but i do. so does everyone of my friends, so to my parents. so does my nine-year-old brother and so does the rest of the country. ones a problem that is unique to the united atesst school shootings in the u.s. occur at a scale far beyond any other major industrialized nation. 57ce 2009, the u.s. has had times more school shootings than the rest of the g7 countries combined. school shootings in the u.s. compared with two each in canada and france. one in germany and known in japan, italy or the united kingdom. the question that i have for you and -- are you going to be looking at this? what are these other countries doing to protect their schools from shootings? did he have fewer mentally ill people? are they arming their t

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our side and certainly i know this has been a passion for senator jill a brand and certain senator leahy and i appreciate you working together with us. in addition to the $1.1 billion be secured in the bipartisan budget act and i have to say thank you to senator leahy for his incredible leadership. replace the margin protection program with risk coverage and invested in a to portability and flexibility and while it is true we face a tight budget we were still able to work together to protect one of the most important part of the farm bill and continue to expand the coalition engaged in our food and farm system. new sport for veterans in addition to permanent investment for beginning farmers and associate disadvantage producers. it helps the bench the next generation of agriculture for years to come. permanent mandatory funding for both international trade and investment in farmer markets and local food systems help producers sell their products both at home and abroad. incentives for healthy food mean more nutritious food families and higher sales for local farmers, investments in cuttin

. >> if you push the rewind, listen t what senator leahy asked18-year-olds should be able to purchase15s. >> but we wound up in the same place. >> she said it's not my job. >> it is senator leahy. >> it shows the commission isn't set one the integrity it should have been. especially if you're going to of it up as solution. there's a lot of common ground when it comes to making the schools safer. if we're going to hide from the entire issue of gun violence by looking at school shootings when they're only 1.5% of the problem, you should take it seriously. >> i would say take a look at sandy hook promise. out of newtown. but our government should be in the lead. not hiding. >> last piece of sound. our former president clinton made af wf the wrong kind by saying he wouldn't do anything different where monica lewinsky was involved. changed his disposition.y - stephen colbert gave a redo. >> here's what i want to say. it wasn't my finest hour. the important thing is, that was a very painful thing that happened 20 years ago. and i apologized to my family, to monica lewinsky and her family, t

. >> director wray, my colleague senator leahy and others have raised the question about the new york field office and leaks in that field office and the quotes in the report relative to mr. comey's concern that new york field office would leak information and that's one of the reasons why he made certain decisions. as senator leahy said, former major guliani has bragged publicly a about information that he received from that office. what are we to make hoff this? is this being investigated? is there a problem that is knowledge that is acknowledged and accepted. >> no. leaks affect us from retaining relationships, damage the privacy of individuals. i could go on and on. i have a very strong view about it and we're doing a number of things -- >> that's what i want to get into. what are we doing about it? >> i can't comment on any specific investigation. as i mentioned earlier, we have a dedicated you any specifically focused on unique investigations. we have a policy that makes the rule crystal clear so there's no ambiguity for any employees in any office about what their obligations a

as senator leahy said, former mayor giuliani has bragged publicly about information that he's received from that office. what are we to make of this? is this being investigated? is this a problem that's acknowledged and accepted? >> senator, i think leaks are unacceptable. i think they have a pernicious effect on our ability to conduct investigations to protect sources and methods, to retain our foreign liaison partner relationships. they damage the privacy of individuals under investigation. i could go on and on. so i have a very strong view about it and we're doing a number of things to try to make sure we crack down on it. >> what are we doing about it? >> i can't comment on any specific investigation, but we have, as i think i mentioned earlier, we have a dedicated unit specifically focused on leak investigations. that's new. we have a policy that we issued in november that makes the rules crystal clear so that there can't be any ambiguity for any of our employees in any office what their obligations are, and when there is conduct found, we will report them to the appropriate offic

patrick leahy, democratic senator from vermont, joined by joni ernst, republican senator from iowa.f them have just sent a rare as hen's teeth bipartisan request to secretary mattis at the defense department asking him to change his decision. "we are deeply troubled by the department's decision to send active and reserve j.a.g.s to the border on temporary orders to prosecute immigration cases." they're asking basically for the defense department to undo this decision that they've made. "pulling 21 trial counsel from military courtrooms to prosecute immigration cases is an inappropriate misapplication of military personnel. we urge you to maintain these resources within the military justice system." i'm singling out this response because there are so few bipartisan requests in american lawmaking right now, let alone on something that has as red hot a partisan lens on it as this story. but again kristen gillibrand, patrick leahy joined by joany ernst, republican senator from iowa tonight, in asking the defense department to undo this decision to have military lawyers prosecute these c

leahy: this is for addiction. mrs. devos: we are very focused on this problem. we have $43 million to identify and encourage replication of prevention programs. essentially -- senator leahy: that is on for the fund you have come from our students. mrs. devos: this is on flexible funds. we will look at students weather problems are more prevalent. we encourage the states to take that flexibility and apply it. >> madam secretary, welcome. senator alexander: under our new every student seeds at, replacing no child left behind, every state submitted plan to you for approval in order to receive $18 billion of federal funding for titles 1, 2 and four. i have questions on that. it has been suggested by some, not me that you are not following the law and approving those plans. how many state plans have been approved so? mrs. devos: 46 estate plans. -- state plans. >> do you believe it is a requirement of the law? should they use data on all students at each subgroup of students? mrs. devos: yes. >> do they propose to look at data from all students and each subgroup of s

but senator leahy said that he will give up his time in return for us getting to questions quicker and so we are glad to do that, secretary if you want to make your opening statement, we would be pleased to hear that. >> thank you. chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the president's fiscal year 2019 budget request for the department of education. this budget sharpens and holds the focus of our mission. serving students by meeting their needs. when the department was created, it was charged to prohibit federal control of education. i take that charge seriously. accordingly, president trump is committed to limited government, fiscal discipline, and reducing the federal footprint in education. the president's fiscal year 2019 budget would reduce overall funding for department programs by 3.7 billion, or 5.6 from fiscal year 2017 enacted levels. and 7.6 billion, or 10.8% below the fiscal year 2018 enacted level. this budget was prepared prior to the two-year field and the omnibus for that matter. administration submitted an

senator leahy? >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary devos, welcome back to the subcommittee. >> thank you. >> i regret we're discussing a budget proposal that doesn't support all students. learning education system, i won't repeat what senator murray said but i totally agree with her statement. let me ask -- go into another area. you're the chair of the president's school safety commission. that was formed after the school shooting in florida. left 17 students and educators dead. our country's now averaging a school shooting each week. in fact, one day after the commission met last month another ten students and teachers were killed in santa fe, texas. i understand your commission tends to relowe's its recommendations by the end of the year. will your commission look at the role of firearms as it relates to gun violence in our schools? >> thanks, senator, for that question. and it is an honor to serve and to lead this commission. we are focused on the 20-some different provisions -- >> will you be looking -- i know. i underst

i asked patrick leahy, who is signalingppropriator, the democrats will definitely be pushing back. said mexico was going to pay for it. if we, as appropriators, fund the wall, then we say he is lying. and we don't want to say that. i think the democrats are going to push back. that is a good question. will they be willing to make a deal ahead of elections when immigration is such a hot button issue right now? i don't know. >> thank you very much. this is still unfolding. thank you for being on newsmakers this week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> watch american history tv this week and on c-span 3, including saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, the constitution, and secession. .pm, lectures in history, popular culture in the 1840's, and sunday, salute to the canadian army appeared then white house -- canadian army. then white house art. watch american history tv on -- c-span 3.oming >> coming up, the communic

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devos' comments led to a tense exchange with senator patrick leahy. >> will your commission look at theof firearms as it relates to gun violence in our schools? >> that's not part of the commission's charge, per se. >> you are studying gun violence, but not considering the role of guns? >> we're studying school safety and ensuring our students are safe. >> there have been five deadly school shootings reported since parkland, including ten killed in santa fe, texas, just about two weeks ago. >>> next tonight, harvey weinstein was arraigned today on sex assault charges here in new york city. wine stooe appearing to limp into court this morning. he pleaded not guilty. he's accused of cktw won2004 and 201 nearly 100 accusers have now come forward in the last seven months. weinstein denies all allegations. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the urgent manhunt at this hour. police now releasing new surveillance of a suspect accused in a fatal hatchet attack on his former boss. >>> also tonight, the doctor under investigation for dancing in the operating r

the senior members and the patrick leahy. how long had they been in the 70s or 80s. some people think he may have been there. he was in favor of a government so strong that it struck some americans looked like monarchy. may they rein may they rain long over us. some people were so sure that washington was can be the precedent that we know. in the draft speechesay in one of his inaugural questions. we need two-point out that we have no children. it was a british war veteran. is still english blood. and hamilton was curious that he got accused of this and he was particularly one thing that he said. this is a bad tendency. stop calling it a monarchy. it's not. the way to produce is to have people lose faith. will either head a king or anarchy. imagine he is rather like the president we have today. hamilton envisioned the president like this. it was not yet available. he would write up ads. he would write his own stuff. i would need some copy. he shows up at nine or 10:00. and they would sit down and hamilton would just look up. he would just start talking. he would stop

i thank chairman -- senator daines and chairman shelby and vice chairman leahy. i yield back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: . the senator from virginia. contains contains i -- mr. kaine: yesterday we passed the defense authorizing act. i want to highlight a couple of the items as a member of the armed services committee that i worked on and am proud of but i think also illustrates how we can work in a bipartisan fashion. the three items were heavily bipartisan, and they also give some illustration of the breadth of the defense authorizing act, this tact that we pass -- this act that we pass every year which is hundreds of billions of dollars and helps the melt and has -- military and has so many different provisions to help defend the nation and protect those who serve it. after i say a word about our chairman, senator mccain, talk about military families, shipbuilding, and talk about smart power. let me first give a shoutout to senator mccain. he was missed during the month of may when we were doing crunchtime in the committee around this bill. it was bitte

senator leahy, we need his vote you double be a critical vote coming up in the confirmation hearing.ood candidate and they are all on the screen. david bruno, thank you for a match. >> have a great day. gerri: u2. truth or president trump attend the groundbreaking ceremony in wisconsin. the company that makes iphone scrapple will be sending $10 billion over four years. the factories expect you to create about 13,000 jobs in wisconsin. fox business will bring you that live at 1:25 p.m. eastern. join us for that. >> the bush justice department given the green light to buy the fox entertainment assets for more than $71 billion. the doj says they must first sell 22 regional sports no perks are justice officials conclude the deal that would drive up fuel prices for programs. gerri: meanwhile, "the wall street journal" reports that comcast competing with disney is taking additional cash for the bidding war against disney. shares of 21st century fox are up 38%. disney shares are down 3%. amazon wants to help you start your own delivery business. >> tracee carrasco joins us with more on that

here is how it went with patrick leahy of vermont. >> that is not part of the commission's charge per so you aredying gu violence but not considering the roles of guns. >> we are studying school safety. >> you might recall only a few days ago, a child asked press secretary sarah sanders a question about guns at school and she shaken up. >> we recently had a lock down drill. the worry about the fact that we or or friends could get shot at school. specifically, can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless tragedy. >> i think as a kid and ce a parent, nothing more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. i'm sorry that you feel that way. this administration takes it seriously and the school safety commission that the president is con vying. and how we can do everything in our p kids in our schools. >> just repeat what she said there. the commission is meeting to discuss the best way forward. s douglas shooting and i spoke to him. when you hear gun violence is not part of this commission's arge, what is going through your mind? >>

not for a laboratory in you leahy marcus bona searches for traces which the two types of farming leave an animal for the vegetables and grain one crucial difference is the use of fertilizer organic farming opts for organic plant remains in conventional farming the mineral fertilizer. mineral fertilizer consists of nitrogen which plants need but mineral fertilizer has a totally different isotopes signature from bio for allies or for instance if we can determine this with our measuring techniques and thus ascertain the origin of organic or conventional farming ultimately this bio product also goes into fodder so an egg from a hen that has been eco reared and given bio fodder must also reveal this nitrogen isotope as long as the nitrogen isotopes have not been broken down marcus bona is able to determine the origin escape little some products like milk pose a problem a cow is nothing other than a large bio reactor in other words we can no longer detect mineral fertiliser because the animal repeatedly changes these isotopes not these used to be malise. but with many other foodstuffs his me

the leahy law has us thoroughly veto makeure s the american taxpayer is not subsidizing brutality. >> right. thank you. we had a question as well about the role of cve in war torn places like syria and iraq particularly in the context of the counter isis coalition. what role does cve play in places where governances fail, war on terrorism has come to those areas? what role is your office playing in those areas? >> well, it's certainly, you know, certainly one of the importantbjectives. the most immediate oective, th most tactical need is to roll back the false caliphate. the physical occupation of cities, of countrysides, of oil fields, of entire swaths of land that isis once held and we are grateful has been largely liberated. but after the military gains have been achieved, it doesn't mean the fight is over, it's just shifting into a new phase. and in order to achieve an enduring defeat of isis, we need to use, in addition to the military assets that have achieved so much, we also need to use civilian tools to make these military gains durable and sustainable. so things like, we tal

. >> going to recognize the vice chairman of the full committee, senator leahy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and it is interesting, the comment at the last hearing i was at, going on with the appropriations committee, senator shelby and i are trying to make the committee work, and we have a whole lot of committee meetings going on at once. so i apologize for coming in late. but chairman pai, i did want to come here, because i disagree with many of the decisions you've made at the fcc. i also am concerned about the tone you've adopted. i think you've shown contempt for the public through your decisions. you ignored the overwhelming public support. i mean, i've never seen such overwhelming public support for net neutrality. you've gone against the will of congress by seeking to undermine media ownership rules. you've engaged in blatantly partisan activity. you've mocked those who disagree with you, and what i think are ill advised attempts which you may think is humor. too many people in the administration sometimes forget they serve all americans, not just one person. and perha

senators so i used to be the only member of congress, now i have to share my senate seat with senator leahy but that's okay, i took the promotion and i will try for a third term in november. [applause] let me begin by thanking all of you in the book industry for the work you do. in the world that i live in, we communicate by weeks. via instagram and when we really get verbal, we do a whole book post . so i think you for reminding all of us that in a complicated world, sometimes it takes more than 248 characters or whatever it is to make a point and your work supports serious writers dealing with serious issues in a serious time so thank you very much for what you do. [applause] the book that i am writing, don't tell a sure, i'm a little bit behind. please, but we are making progress and as i indicated, the multiple is not complicated. when i ran or president in 2016, what i call for was not just getting elected and obviously i tried to do that when i call for was a political revolution. and what i said then and what i say now is that real change never comes from the top down. it really is n

. >> could he see some could you show leahy. >> we can all. >> got 90s party music cued up. >> oh mow brother, hey. >> d.s.t. step. . >> yo. yo. >> listen this may look like we set this up for the tv show. but we didn't. believe me, greeks just started showing up across all generations wanting to rep their organization. the only black greek who didn't show up is the basketball player. we were going to tape three groups and we keep trying to wrap for lunch and they keep bringing more people. >> i got a feeling this isn't how it goes down at harvard. even this truck couldn't stop the party. it's all just part of the chaos. anybody else? here you go. here we o. you help me up. >> oh, my god. can't believe it. >> here we go. here you go. ♪ . >> yeah. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. you did it. you held it down by yourself. thanks, ma'am. appreciate it. thank you, brother. thanks. see you end of my new show american he is best stepping and hopping with kamau bell. catch phrase is we out. and i walk off like this. [ doorbell rings ] janice, mom told me you bought a house. okay. [

. >>> here's how senator patrick leahy brought that up with the inspector general in his testimony today but there's nothing in the report that says it exonerates the president from any question of collusion with the russians? it says nothing one way or the other, is that correct? >> we did not look into collusion questions. >> such a polite way of calling the president a liar. donald trump's fbi director christopher wray testified at that same hearing today. remember donald trump chose christopher wray to be the director of the fbi after donald trump fired james comey so he is in every sense donald trump's fbi director. here's what christopher wray said about the president's constant tweets that robert mueller's investigation is a witch hunt. >> i do not believe special counsel robert mueller is on a witch hunt. >> and some republican senators were pretending to be shocked and outraged that some fbi agents' texts revealed that those fbi agents were strongly opposed to donald trump's candidacy for president. how dare an fbi agent be against donald trump. here is lindsey graham in full ou

chairman shelby and senator leahy have ative relationship moving forward with that. we think we have a good chance of passing a number of appropriation bills. in order to do that and deal with this nominations backlog, it's necessary for us to be here in august and do our work. in a short term, no, we're going to turn to defense authorization bill and farm bill before the one week around judge 4. in addition to that, we're trying to get time agreements on the faa bill, on the water infrastructure bill, all of we need to process between now and the july recess. that's the schedule the next few months. >> congress hasdhe defense authorization bill. one of the most important provisions in this legislation herain and the g the resources equipment that our military needs in order to p b we've asked them tdo, to prevent china from stealing or otherwise cir our laws to acquire cutting edge technology that gives the united states a decided advantage when it comes to defending our country and keeping the peace. cornyn.: that's senator john he was speaking after mitch mcconnel

now i have to share my senate seat with senator leahy, but that's okay.ook the promotion, and we're g to try for a third term in november. [applause] let me begin by thanking all of you in the book industry for the work you do. in the world that i live in, we communicate by tweets -- [laughter] via instagram, and when we really get verbose, we do a whole facebook post. [laughter] so i thank you for reminding all of us that in a complicated world sometimes it takes more than 248 characters or whatever it is to make the point. and your work supports serious writers. wee dealing with serious issues in a serious time. so thank you all very much for what you do. [applause] the book that i am writing -- don't tell the publisher, i'm a little bit behind, please -- [laughter] but we're making progress. and as ed indicated, the theme of the book is, is not complicated. when i ran for in 2016 -- when i ran for president in 2016, what i called for was not just getting elected. obviously, i tried to do that. but what i called for was a political revolution. and what