leahy: thank you. i tried a of cases of the state court, -- aederal lot of cases at the state court and federal court. able togant should be look at the judge or judges sitting there and assume they are going to be treated fairly irrespective of political background. would you agree? absolutely. mr. cain: yes. mr. leichty: yes, they should know that. mr. ranjan: yes. leahy: a friend of mine although we disagreed often, he argued that they go protection clause does not extend to women. the equal protection clause does not extend to women. the constitution permit discrimination against women? if that is your question, yes. mr. boulee: do you agree -- >> do you agree with justice scalia's statement? mr. boulee: i am not familiar, but as a judicial nominee, i would confirm the president of the supreme court of the ully.d states faithf i do not believe that the cost of titian permits discrimination against women -- i do not believe the constitution permits dissemination against women. i do not know the comm

but clearly, my time has expi expired. >> senator leahy has one short question. why don't i gift you another five minutes after leahy's done. >> one thing is this no, ma'min would surely talk to you anytime you want to talk to him in private as well. >> my question, is a legal one. you said role of judges to as you reference marbury versus madison. every one of us in law school has marbury if not in the first month of law school, certainly by the second month. but whitaker said that marbury versus madison was a bad ruling. do you agree? >> i don't get consistent with the cannons of judicial conduct. it's outside of my ability to comment. >> you say marbury versus madison was a bad ruling. >> it is a landmark decision that is pres den shl from the supreme court and it would be replied by me faithfully if i was honored. >> and do you believe that the federal judiciary is one of the coindependent coequal branches of government. >> the pins principrinciple of independence of the united states court should be unquestioneded. that is a system that is created under arti

>> [inaudible conversations] chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and colleagues thanks for being here on a cold wet morning to allow me to voice my support for the louisiana native james came who's been nominated to be united states district judge for the western district of louisiana. a junior at the university of texas and a freshman at smu. he attended the state university in lakstate universityin lake cl scholarship where i think this is the most interesting thing he was roommates with future star james dumars. after getting his degree in finance he went on to attend law school at baton rouge where he graduated. he's had an outstanding week in career and clerked for the judge in the third circuit court of appeals and received valuable experience and she's been admitted to practice before the supreme court in the fifth circuit court of appeals as well as the eastern, middle and federal circuit court of louisiana. he has extensive experience including product label to become a commercial workers comp and healthcare his exemplary work is preeminent by martindale hubbell and the

. >> let me thank senator leahy for his leadership on this resolution at a time when many are coming together around an issue of enormous concern and also one of the leaders in the other 17 cosponsors of this resolution. mr. president, in a half-hour or so are we going to be casting one of the most important foreign-policy votes that we have cast in recent years? is a vote to demand that the humanitarian crisis in yemen be addressed. it's a vote that will tell the dictatorship in saudi arabia that we will no longer be part of the destructive military adventurism and a vote senator of the just mentioned that says the senate respects the constitution of the united states and understands the issue of homemaking putting our young men and women's lives at stake is something determined by the u.s. congress, not the president of the united states. it is a congressional decision, not a presidential decision. whether that president is a democrat or republican. in march of 2015 under the leadership of th that of the thi defense minister and now the rcrown prince of saudi arabia ae the arab emi

leahy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent that my remarks begin at this moment and not at minute or so ago. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, we have -- we all know we have a constitutional obligation as u.s. senators to provide advice and consent to a president's nominee. it's not advice and rubber stamp. it's advice and informed consent. i do my best to scrutinize each nominee on the merits regardless of party, decide whether they deserve a lifetime appointment to a federal bench. and during my 44 years in the senate, i've actually voted for more republican-nominated judges than almost all but one or two republican senators in this body today. the simple fact, though, if you you've that standard, you must give informed consent, you run into a situation with thomas farr. given mr. farr's track record of working to systematica

they discussed why it is needed and debated senator leahy who proposed the bill. >> i'm proud to join the senator from arizona on the word today in calling for action on a bipartisan bill that has been crafted to protect the institution and safeguard the rule of law in the country and not just right now but for future congress and administration. today we will be asking our colleagueshe to give the special counsel the consideration here on the floor of the senate but it deserves. it will do something simple powerful to preventul the removl of a special counsel without good cause that might seem like a small detail but it's important. to do his or her job and find the facts and the bipartisan bill would put the restriction in statute and give the council a legal remedy. without cause the special counsel would have a ten day. covered to take the case to the panel for the expedited consideration if the council doesn't wish to contest his removal that would precede without interference and to both republicans andre democrats recognize removal without a valid basis would be a significant o

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, this friday, november 30, at noon, vermonters will be gathering to see a large crane carefully hoist a carved statue of the god he is of agriculture atop the newly gilded dome of the vermont statehouse in montpelier. i was born in montpelier, and i am proud of this because it is going to be a great moment for our state, for everyone involved in the project which has captured not only the attention of vermonters but those who have been following the project from great distances with the help of social media. the new version of this statue replaces the original statue that was removed last april after too many severe vermont weather took a toll on the wood figure. since that time, vermont artists jerry williams and chris miller have been hard at work creating the new siris. they chiseled th

leahy: i want to commend the senior senator from florida. throughout my career i've been so impressed and so grateful for his strong voice on the environment. he's the only member of this body who's seen earth from space. and, mr. president, i thank my dear friend, the senior senator, senator grassley who is going to speak so that i could go ahead and i will. i will be brief, mr. president. i just want to say in the 44 years i've served the united states senate, i've never been so concerned about the state of press freedom around the world, including i deeply regret to say in our own country. i was brought up in a family that owned a weekly newspaper, owned a printing business, spoke of the first amendment as being the most important part of our constitution because it promised freedom of speech, promised diversity of religion, and that promise is a democracy. but the premeditated murder and dismemberment of jamal khashoggi by saudi authorities and then their ridiculous, ridiculous, transparent attempt to cover it up has shocked the conscien

it was midseason, you drop a superstar into a club, leahy has ever played in, players he has never played going to work right away or at least that is everybody expected. you have a corner at the end of the game. they need three points of this match, one point will not do it. but to take a loss in this situation would be gunning. check them i said —— has saying this is it. clementjohnson is running on it. he is one of the players that other players dislike off the pitch. but for fans you can imagine how we feel about him. our defences up in the box. will they take it away from us? with this be it? then i see this streak going across the field. i was thinking that is great our defence can go back now. you just think that at least it is done. then all of a sudden it is served up field. he lashes this 40 yard crossfield ball right on the head of a 5—3 attack. i think his header gets lost for the get up so high and the given squirrel it was a great header. it was a big moment to go from following and win the game and then we could make the playoffs. that's a type of moment you don't need to h

senate including dick durbin, mike finestein, patrick leahy and ben cardin. frank donatelli is executive vice president and director of affairs from some acquire woods consulting and in mcguire uncil woods. during the 2008 presidential campaign, he serve

i was working with senator leahy. is left over money from 2002. and it was the remaining portion of the $3.9 billion that were handed out or approved back in 2002. this is money that we knew in many of the secretaries were putting our congressional delegation to try to move as quickly as possible. most of us did not receive our money until june. and we had been focused on things that we can do. many states, including my own. we had added a new voting system that is fully ada compliant. in which we came out with a very good report that said we were a mature system. we hope to use some of that money going forward probably from 2020 or 2022. with the national inspection. how many people different voting systems are in use across all 50 states. in all of the jurisdictions. it all varies. here in vermont has the same system throughout the state. other states they leave it up to the jurisdiction. it varies. there is a lot of different equipment out there. i believeui that every state in every locality in every county is working hard to make sure that ev

i was working with senator leahy to try to get the money released. that was left over hanging chad money from 2002. it was the remaining portion of the $3.9 billion that were handed out or approved in 2002. this was money already approved. it needed to be appropriated. many secretaries were pushing our congressional delegation to try to move that as quickly as possible. most of us to not receive our money until june. we have been focused on things we can do. for instance, many states including my own have put in multifactor authentication for anyone that accesses our system. we also have added a new acceptable voting system that is fully compliant. we have done a penetration test fairly recently in which we came out with a very good report that said we were a mature, well defended system. those are things we have been doing with it. we hope to use some of that money going forward to purchase new vote tabulators in the future, probably for 2020 or 2022. host: we mentioned your work as the president of the national association for secretaries of state.

twonch >> my colleague jennifer shut was talking yet with pat leahy, the democrat from vermont who ist on the appropriations committee in the senate. he said they're looking like something like $720 million in emergency aid for the wivf wild and some other natural disasters. probab with kevin mcar mcthy i think california is probably going to be getting the aid that it needs. >> and some support as well. >>> while the nation took time to celebrate veterans and their sacrifices yesterday, president trump was inside the white house. his staff announced the so-called travel lid at 10:00 a.m. monday morning, meaning he was not expected to hold any public events for the entire day. trump was also absent for the tradition of commander in chief attending a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. other senior members of trump's campaign including john kelly went in his stead. the president used the holiday to fire off nine tweets. he weighed in on the florida recount, claiming that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere. many of the ballots he referenced are in f

some of the conversations i have with senator leahy and senator feinstein. you know their position on those weapons. if i could follow-up on you with that and give you a backstory, thank you. >> thank you, sir. amy mccolloch with air force magazine. i wanted to go back to the space force question. right now all the services do something in space, so it's -- how much of the cost of the space force is going to be realivatireal oicating the resources? it's a safe assumption the budget will take a huge hit. how do you make sure it doesn't impact other areas of readiness by pulling that money out? >> yeah, don't let amy -- don't take her microphone. maybe just let's go back to the they're going to take a huge hit. why do you think they're going to take a huge hit? >> it doesn't seem like it would be a one for one exchange. like we're going to take space operators and move it from the air force over to this new service. it doesn't seem like the cost would be a one for one. >> so let's -- back to those buckets, you've got space command, you know, where general raym

walk you through how we went about that decision and some of the conversations i had with senator leahy, senator feinstein because and you know their position on those weapons. i think if i could follow up with you on that, we can give you kind of the back story. okay? thank you. >> thank you, sir. i wanted to go back to the space force question. right now all of the services do something in space, so it's how much of the cost of the space force is going to be reallocating those resources and how much of it is going to be new money that you need to find? and then to follow up on that, right now the aires force is doing about 80 -- air force is doing about 80% of the national security space portfolio so it is probably a safe assumption that that budget is going to take a huge hit. how do you make sure that it doesn't impact other areas of readiness by pulling that money out? >> don't let amy -- don't take her microphone. maybe just let's go back to they are going to take a huge hit. why do you think they are going to take a huge hit? >> it just doesn't seem like it would be a one for one

they discussed why it is needed and debated senator leahy who proposed the bill. >> i'm proud to join the senator from arizona on the word today in calling for action on a bipartisan bill that has been crafted to protect the institution and safeguard the rule of law in the country and not just right now but for future congress and administration. today we will be asking our colleagueshe to give the special

and lay his line of questioning in regard to kevin not receiving a confidential letters of senator leahy's and stolen e-mails and covenantal letters, i question kavanaugh's integrity based on that line of questioning and of course voted in support of corporate interest rate back to the -- why would you push for impeachment with clinton? >> host: kathleen, we have your question. >> guest: kaplan, what i did do was what the statute under which i was appointed required me to do. the statute that comes fast under which i was appointed byat three judges required the independent counsel to report to the house of representatives aswhen any quote, substantial ad credible information came to the independent counsel's attention. so, i simply obeyed the statue. the investigation itself was not understood by the american people and i lay this out in my book and my memoir called contempt.. that part of the investigation was authorized by bill clinton's own attorney general. to review the evidence we had of possible perjury on the part of the president and possibly other crimes and she then decided, she

senator leahy from vermont has issued one of the most bluntly critical statements on a us ally that iremember. essentially likening saudi arabia and the royal family to a criminal enterprise. so that begins to describe the level of anger shared across the aisle with in congress and the desire for a very strong reaction to hold saudi arabia accountable for what's taking place. on the other hand the administration has been far less clear . in fact, their responses have been wildly inconsistent. when saudi arabia finally acknowledged that khashoggi had died, president trump originally called the story credible. in the last couple of days is referred to deception and lies to characterize the saudi position area it seemed the only two recurring themes in the reaction are one, that president trump does not want to suspend arms sales which he views as an important source of jobs for the american economy and two, there doesn't appear to be any real desire to hold solomont accountable. for the actions, even if evidence emerges as has been widely suspected that he directed thisoperation . you s

judiciary chairs leahy and ranking member grassley abided by the blue ship process and no hearings were ever held for these two obama nominees. at same time both of my colleagues from north carolina persisted in their desire to confirm mr. farr to the federal bench. of course now returning of a blue ship is no longer a barrier of purr -- of pushing nominees through the judiciary committee. on the recommendation of my colleagues from north carolina, donald trump nominated mr. farr yet again to the seat that had been kept open in the eastern district of north carolina. in fact, when mr. farr's nomination was returned at the end of a session of congress last year, the white house decided to renominate him this year. this history regarding this judicial vacancy and mr. farr is key to understanding why i, and so many of my colleagues, will vote no today. we will be accused of obstruction and of wanting to deprive the people of north carolina of a judge in the eastern district. we will hear how this is the longest open vacancy on the entire federal bench, but, in fact, this vacancy has remain

infrastructure spending while a quarter said the trade agreements meantime on the fed about the 60% said they leahy like for does next year two hikes. a little more than 40% three a notable shift op the stock market morp half said they think the dow falls below 23,000 last quarter the marmt were unsure some of the confidence certainly ee radio roding. on treasuries nearly all cfo think the 10-year yields will be over three%. rising rates within falling stocks and trade policies keeping the cfos up at night, guys >> jackie thank you very much for that we'll certainly keep an eye on oil markets again after the big selloff today. that does it for "closing bell." >> thanks, mike. >> all right. >> see you tomorrow. "fast money" starts right now. >>> "fast money" starts right now. live from the nasdaq market site over looking new york city's time square. traders are the pete najarian. dan nathan and guy adami tonight on fast a sea of reed as the mechanic heads back to the october lows which names survive? the top technician tells us the two names he says are a screaming buy right now. plus morgan stanley

seat, democrats respected senator burr's decision not to return a blue slip and then chairman pat leahy chose not to hold a judiciary committee hearing. then in 2016 president obama nominated patricia timmons goodson, the first african american woman on the north carolina supreme court to the same seat. if confirmed, either of these trail blazing women would have become the first african american to serve in the eastern district of north carolina, a district that is 27% african american. yet neither senator burr nor tillis returned tillis and thus chairman grassley did not act on her nomination. yet today president trump's nominees are being confirmed despite objections from home state senators. paul matey, a nominee from new jersey, will likely become more example. neither myself nor senator booker were meaningfully consulted by the white house regarding new jersey's open seat on the third circuit. and for several reasons we haven't returned blue slips. yet they moved ahead with a hearing. so it's been eviscerated -- totally. and it's gone little by little. first, if one of the 0 two s

senate including dick durbin, mike finestein, patrick leahy and ben cardin. frank donatelli is executive vice president and director of affairs from some acquire woods consulting and in mcguire uncil woods. during the 2008 presidential campaign, he served as deputy chairman of the national and he was with us to discuss that election. ackie combs is a white house editor in the los angeles bureau of the los angeles times. previously she covered national white s, congress, the house, and presidential campaigns for more than 30 years. "new york ly at the times" and for 19 years before that at the "washington journal." leonard stein horn is a professor of communications and affiliate professor of history american university. his expertise includes american politics, culture and media, the presidency and presidential elections, political strategy and communication. a warm e join me in welcome for our panelists and enjoy the program. [applause] thank you, ruth, i want to welcome you all and i want to welcome c-span. like to do the panels or give the talks at the smi

. >> this is something that senator grassley and leahy and i have introduced on the senate side. this is about prescription drugs and trying to get more competition going and we believe the legislation could help put a stop to some of the anti-competitive practices and ? senator grassley and i have our pay for delay bill that i know we will pass if we can get a vote and the ftc and all of you have been involved in this issue . do you want to comment further on that? >> sure. these are very important issues for consumers. commissioner wilson talked about rems abuse and we are looking for opportunities to enforce, and i know the legislation that's out there would make it a lot harder for the bad practices to happen, and easier for us to enforce them. >> i will ask you something in writing, because my time has ended. it is time for me to end my questions. thank you very much for your time, and your good work and commitment to making the ftc as bipartisan as it has been for so long, even though you probably do not agree on every single thing. >> please recognize chairman thin. -- cha

. >> chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and senate colleagues, thanks for being here on a cold,et monday morning to allow me to voice my support for louis

the only reason it tilts that way is because when you weigh the weight —— watch leahy campaigns up andill be trying to make sure that if it is success it is down to me. and look at the states where he has campaigned, if you look at west virginia, if you look at michigan, the states he held — and he is making this in large measure by saying i am not on the ballot, but he is in the ballot and he is looking at the senate rather than the house. try to explain this for viewers around the world. we have religiously told that donald trump is not on the ballot. he is president for two years. and then donald trump says i am on the ballot. it was the same thing with barack obama in 2010. barack obama saidi barack obama in 2010. barack obama said i am not on the ballot and then he went out and said i am on the ballot. i have to disagree with my friend here and say it is absolutely not at all like 2010 in this case. and to a degree that is much larger than anything barack obama ever did, donald trump has to be the baby at every christening, the brighter every christening, the brighter every weddin

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, we have a -- excuse me, mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent that my remarks begin at this moment and not at minute or so ago. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, we have -- we all know we have a constitutional obligation as u.s. senators

chairman frelinghuysen and nita lowey of new york, then on the senate side, shelby of alabama and leahy, democrat of vermont. they and their staffs are the ones working out the final legislative language on some of these more in the weeds policy focused items. the main congressional leadership are trying to work out border walls. there's a bit of a dual effort happening there. host: as far as democrats and republicans are concerned, what are their views and what about the white house? guest: we don't necessarily know how a potential shut dunn next week could impact the parties. i was speaking with congressman tom cole a senior house republican, this morning and he said that they've seen from the priest shutdown, when you're this far out from the 2020 election, that they won't really have a negative impact on either party and he also said he does not expect a final resolution to get into legislative text and signed into law before that december 7 deadline. the ominous quote he gave me is he expects to still be here leading into christmas. host: that means longer hours for you as well. be