senator lummis, maybe too soon.ave you seen or heard about the new so-called clean continuing resolution? >> we just heard about it from your reporter while we were listening and waiting. so that's our first exposure to it. it actually sounds pretty good, to me p. larry: yeah. so i'll ask you a follow-up just quickly. it's been -- hillary vaughn's a great reporter, by the way, so i'm sure she's got the scoop before everybody. but here's the thing, why do you all want to suspend or end pay-go? if in other words, you're spending on one side, nobody knows how much, by the way. nobody knows what the first bill cost, nobody knows what this bill costs which i think the itself is a great disservice to taxpayers. but pay-go, remember that? in -- if we're going to increase on one side, we're going to cut it out of the other, because the idea was, senator lummis -- and i'm going to get to senator cramer in a minute -- the idea was we spend too much money, differently, joe biden spent too much money creating inflation. i'm goi

thank you. >> thank you very much, senator lummis. and senator mullen has offered to enter his statement for the record. and is there any objection hearing? none so ordered. we're now going to turn to our experts to actually get some insights here and we're going to start with dr. brander. dr. brander: thank you, chairman merkley and padilla and ranking members, senator lummis and mullen for the opportunity to testify today on the potential for microplastics and drinking and wastewater to have repercussions for environmental and human health. i'm an associate professor at oregon state university and have been conducting research on microplastics and plastic pollution for nearly a decade and on endocrine disrupting chemicals for over a decade. the issue of plastic pollution is a great environmental challenge, as has been mentioned, it is also an expensive problem. estimated at about 13 billion annually. fragmentation of plastic products and waste into microplastics is of substantial concern to the nation's water treatment sector where

senator lummis, come on, i am counts on you, a good wyoming contract conservative talk sense to north dakota guy. all at once. >> well, you are taking the jason smith, house ways and means committee notion. there yes, yes. >> of course and constitution was designed so the house would act first on taxes. >> yes. >> so, you might get your wish, if the house moves to the designs. >> i'm saying, i can't speak for the president, he will speak for it when he is ready, i will say, sources close to him say, he would like one big beautiful bill. that is something, if he puts his foot down it can be done. it can be done. it is just timing don't wait, never take second best. you know. >> larry, president trump is only one who won all 6 swing states and popular vote. who survived two assassination attempts. who survived all of bogus lawsuit. if anyone has earned right to say what he wants in this space, it is president trump. believe me, he will be call offi calls the shots. >> would be better if he speaks sooner. larry: he will. when time comes, i'm not speaking for him. i'm telling what you sou

we're also joined by wyoming senator cynthia lummis. i served with cynthia lummis in the house of representatives. she's now the senator in wyoming. senator, you've seen this on both sides, the house and the senate. as i was mentioning with chad, this is sort of standard operating procedure. why is it like this? why why do we keep doing this? i mean, this process seems totally broken. >> the process is broken. jason, you and i were both there when chad mentioned we were in session on christmas eve. you and i were both there when we were in session at midnight on new year's eve. this is a process that is designed to buy leadership, to get people to agree to things they wouldn't otherwise agree to, because they force it to the last hours before christmas when everybody wants to get home. this bill that passed the senate or excuse me, the house this afternoon is actually in pretty good shape. normally, leadership stuffs these bills full of things for their states or their districts. that's not really the case this time. this bill is pretty

larry: joining me now wyoming senator cynthia lummis. welcome back. do you agree that all of mr.'s cabinet noms will get through? >> i do. larry. you are hearing a lot of media chatter about certain of them, you named all of those that seem to get the most media questions. robert f. kennedy, tulsi gabbard, and pete hegseth. but, i don't hear that chatter from senators, i hear it from the press. i think that there will be a solid effort to confirm all of this president's nominees, do you know that over the last 20 or some years, only two nominees have been voted against the by members of their own party. and it was only one person in each case. it is traditional that the president get the support of their party. and in u.s. senate, i see that happening this time. closing around -- ranks behind president trump and his nominees. larry: a lot of smearing there. from the left, senator, i have to -- let's see, pete hegseth was on hannity last night, a bit of a quote, take a listen. >> this is why i give so much credit to president trump, he has a backbone of steel. he never backs down.

larry: joining me from wyoming and the other greatest story told, senator cynthia lummis.show. may have heard that spirited dialogue and agree with mr. simon and mr. concha that all the cabinet nomination wills get through? >> i do, larry. you're hear ago lot of media chatter about certain ones of them. you named all the ones that seem to get the most media questions. robert f kennedy, tulsi gabbard and defense secretary nominee pete hegseth. i don't hear that chatter coming from senators. i hear it coming from the press. so i think that there's going to be a solid effort to confirm all of the president's nominees. do you know that over the last 20 or some years, only two nominees have been voted against by members of their own party? it was only one person in each case. in the u.s. senate, i see that happening this time and president trump closing in opt nominees and allegations that are truly allegation withs no backing. larry: yeah a lot of smearing going on from the left. senator, i have to >> president trump has a backbone of steal and never backs down, return the pen

senators rand paul, cynthia lummis, and at the very dear risk of damaging their careers, chris murphy, bryan schatz and patty murray. it has been an honor to work with these incredible senators. one of the first things i learned, senator jim risch told me this, you don't have to agree on everything, you just have to agree on some things. it's not worth getting angry about the things with which you disagree, it's better to focus on those areas where you can agree. so over these past six years i've been grateful to embrace the diversity of opinions in this body, to find solutions that reflect the complexity of our country and our democracy and to deliver meaningful, measurable results, to bring divides between tribes and federal stakeholders, to did heing nature -- did hes iing nature land, and safeguarding arizona families and making sure all that of us throughout this country can grow and thrive for generations to come. we've worked together and cleared the way for historic settlements, land transfer deals, water deals, economic senator, all by listening to one another, not to debate

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. a mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mr. paul voted in the affirmative. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, cantwell, cassidy, collins, fischer, graham, hyde-smith, king, markey, padilla, rounds, schatz, schumer, sinema, tillis, and it'll be the amendment and going for that. mr. president, i yield the floor. when social security trust fund becomes solvent, the fairies don't come back and replenish the social security trust fund. we don't have trust fund fairies. we have a debt that is alr

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. >> it's not entirely clear yet how and when congress will conclude its end-of-the-year business but when the senate does adjourn, i will just about marked the end of my tenure as a republican leader . i've made it this clear this year that our colleagues haven't seen the last of me . i still fully intend to keep frustrating my critics in the years ahead. but while i still command this particular podium, i thought i might make afew observations i've picked up along the way . folks come to washington to do one of two things. either to make a point or to make a difference. to make a point or to make a difference. it's usually not that hard to tell who is doing which. especially in situations like the one we are in right now. the people who are here to make a difference recognize pretty quickly you never get everything you want but often you can get quite a lot. and the folks who prefer to make a point have a funny habit of reminding us out loud how poorly they understand t

. >> cynthia lummis supports vision 5% of the world's gold so it should hold 5% of the world's bitcoiny the reserve would not serve a national security purpose volatile losing taxpayer dollars. loomis hopes to make the asset easy to earn. >> we want to make sure bitcoin is available in individual wallets to be held by individual americans that cannot be touched by government surveillance. so, this is a freedom asset, and president trump has embraced that. >> president-elect trump gave the crypto world two beacons of hope. one his artificial intelligence and crypto czar david sacks the other his security and exchange chairman pick paul atkins. atkins is a big ad advocate for the industry and saks partner high tech venture fund has a lot of crypto holding, back to you, bret. >> bret: edward, thanks. president-elect trump calling for the end of the practice switching your clocks twice a year. he wants to get rid of daylight savings time. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us why. >> master clock. >> political sands of time may be shifting in washington. president-elect

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. n.l. the clerk: mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- coons, gillibrand, manchin, rosen, shaheen, tester, warner, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- capito, cotton, fischer, lankford, lummis, marshall, paul, ricketts, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and young. >> it seems fitting to end with someone whose retirement is a departure not from just from the senate but from a long and honorable career on the national political stage. on the bingo cards of american polit

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, butler, cantwell, cardin, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, heinrich, helmy, hirono, kaine, murphy, murray, ossoff, reed, rosen, sanders, tester, warner, warren, welch and whitehouse. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran -- senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, braun, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cramer, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hawley, hyde-

federal government. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, the bitcoin act from republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming would establish a federal reserve at bitcoin. it's truly one of the most audacious schemes i have seen in congress. rich folks who own a lot of crypto have a problem. cryptocurrency, bitcoin is a valuable asset. worth over 100 grand. very, very wealthy people own hundreds of millions or billions of dollars. david sacks has a lot of crypto. it's not liquid like cash that you can spend or invest or use. it has no practical use outside of a few gimmicks and it's useful for criminal cartels. so if you are an investor you are sit on this speculative asset. you can't do anything with it. it's worth a lot of money. what's more, if you try to sell it off to get rid of it, the hoards of bitcoin on the exchanges, that's going to flood the market and tank the price. so what's the solution? they are gonna sell to the u.s. government. >> over five years, the united states will assemble 1 million bitcoin, 5% of the world's supply. and it will be held for a minimum of 20 years and can be

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, heinrich, helmy, kaine, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, padilla, reed, rosen, schatz, shaheen, smith, van hollen, and welch. mr. murphy, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, braun, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cruz, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murko

i want to read what cynthia cynthia lummis said after the meeting. she called the accusations that hegseth is facing all of these other issues are side issues. and then she also said this. they're throwing disparaging remarks at someone who has earned a great deal of credibility our are our soldiers, sometimes wild child. yeah, that can happen. but it is very clear that this guy is the guy who at a time when americans are losing confidence in their own military and our ability to project strength around the world, that pete hegseth is the answer to that concern, christine. >> well, there is so much wrong with her statement. >> first of all, it just reeks of well, boys will be boys. >> one why do we believe men are so bad? hold them to such a low standard. two why do we not want to protect women in general in the military, but make the military in every workplace a place that is free of sexual harassment, sexual assault, god knows, and a fair, safe place. >> that's not. that's not that is not a woke statement. it's just being it's just being not haras

even when you take them seriously, they turn out to be inaccurate and republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming telling reporters, quote, they're throwing disparaging remarks at someone who has earned a great deal of credibility. >> she says are soldiers sometimes wild childs? yeah, that can happen. but it is very clear that this guy is the guy who, at a time when americans are losing confidence in their own military and our ability to project strength around the world that pete hegseth, she says is the answer to that concern, end quote. cnn's manu raju joins us now up on capitol hill manu. what else are you hearing? >> yeah, this is very much an exercise by the trump team to try to get republican senators in line. they're not even trying to reach out to democrats because next year, remember they have to get someone confirmed along straight party lines. they really need a simple majority of republican senators that means losing no more than three on any party line vote. so they are getting those folks in the republican conference in line but there are still a number of republicans wh

i do want to ask you about a comment from wyoming senator cynthia lummis. she told reporters, quote at a time when americans are losing confidence in their own military and our ability to project strength around the world that pete hegseth is the answer to that concern. now, polls do show that confidence in the military has hit its lowest point in two decades. i wonder why you think that is and why there's a belief among some that someone like hegseth can buck that trend and turn it around. >> look, i was part of serving in our our two longest wars in our country's history. i served in iraq, and i think there's an important distinction between respect and appreciation for our troops. and those in harm's way who are following the orders that they're given versus some of the senior leadership whether appointed or or, you know up senior military officers there's good reason to have healthy skepticism about our failures and shortcomings in those two wars. but it's been so infuriating to me, frankly, to see the politicization of our military especially by presid

you have cynthia lummis, who on monday said that she was 100% in favor of hegseth. and then after the new revelations came out she has taken a 180. you have murkowski, you have collins, you have shelley moore capito. you also have men. now. i mean, i think yesterday was a really poignant moment because senator lindsey graham, who is a big trump supporter and also has major influence with the senate he said he had many concerns and now tonight it's being reported that mitch mcconnell has concerns so, you know, it only takes three for this to not happen if every democrat votes no, it takes three republicans. and so i'm not sure that these interviews are going to make any difference one complaint that i've heard from some people in the trump side is that the allegations against him are anonymous, that that there are not names attached to people who are saying, well, he did this or he did that when we worked together. >> one of them, obviously the kind of started this whole process when it came to his confirmation, was a woman who accused him of sexual assault, somethin

when you hear a republican senator like cynthia lummis from wyoming trying to dismiss this and say that sometimes soldiers are quote, wild childs what is your reaction to that well look, these are tough reports and obviously he's on the path to having a confirmation hearing sometime in in early january and first of all, that's bad news for any nominee, right? >> whether it's a republican or democrat, the longer you're out there exposed, the more that opposition will dig at you, the more the media will dig at you. >> and so you don't know in the next 4 or 5 weeks what else might come out but look, i this is part of the senate advice and consent process. that's why i think it's an important constitutional tool to to give a good scrub of the president's nominees. i think, look, president trump has picked him because he has confidence in him, but he's going to have to go through that process like everyone else. and we'll see what happens on the back end. >> what do you think about him hearing these things well, i mean, the reports are not good. >> they're troubling. but look, i like his bac

wyoming senator cynthia lummis reportedly dismissed concerns over alleged misconduct saying that soldiers can be, quote wild childs but senators on both sides of the aisle have indicated they'd like to question hegseth about the allegation. and that was before two new pieces of reporting from over the long holiday weekend raised further questions. the headline, the new york times pete hegseth mother accused her son of mistreating women for years. and in the new yorker, pete hegseth secret history a whistleblower report and other documents suggest that trump's nominee to run the pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial management, sexist behavior and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job. the author of that piece in the new yorker, jane mayer, joins me now it's a fascinating article and incredibly well researched. can you just walk us through, i mean, sort of the crux of it. for example, you report on an email you say was sent to hegseth successor at concerned veterans for america and it reads in part, quote, among the staff that discussed for pete was prett

you also have shelley moore capito and you have susan collins, lisa murkowski you have now cynthia lummis changing her mind on this. and yesterday you had senator lindsey graham, who had concerns about this as well. so in my mind, this is not about blowing up the pentagon. there are plenty of other people that can do that. and we've named a couple on this show today, ron desantis, joni ernst yeah, jasmine trump is reportedly considering ron desantis as gretchen just alluded to, as a backup. >> the two, of course, were bitter rivals during the republican presidential primaries. do you think that this is legit, or is this like when he invited mitt romney to dinner that time to kind of i guess, the belief was that he was they were trying to humiliate romney as he was auditioning to be secretary of state over that steak. >> right yeah. well, i think what is true is that we know that ron desantis team has expressed interest to trump's transition team about being available for that position, as has other people. but when i've talked to people within the transition team, they want to see senator

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sexually pursuing female staffers and on senators rick scott, brad mike lee, ted cruz and cynthia lummis have all said that they didn't discuss any of this in their meetings with pete hegseth and they they support him. does that strike you as concerning that they haven't asked questions about what these allegations say. >> no. i think the new yorker and this particular journalist in particular, has a long reputation of running hit pieces on republicans. this is the same reporter who said that the russians stole the 2016 election and swung the 2016 election for donald trump. i don't think this this report has any credibility with republicans. it's not. and it's all it's all people who are anonymous people who most of these republicans know personally, who worked with pete hegseth say it's not true. >> well, if that's true, i don't have any confirmation of that reputation you talk about. but if that's true, simply a question of look let's just talk about it. let me get it out of the way. they're saying this, this and this about you what's your response? i'm not saying anything at all i'm s

lummis, no. mr. schiff, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. kaine, aye. it is important to start here is it is on this supporting syrian risk. before moses. it's like. ... and so here we are working to build up and build out that unified approach. that was based on my conversation today here in jordan, i'll continue those conversation with president erdogan and the foreign minister in turkey as we head there going forward. we're also going to be very focused on preventing any actor inside or outside the country from putting their self-interest in the interest of the syrian people, especially in this delicate moment. that includes of course isis which no doubt will seek to regroup and i think has demonstrated the united states is determined to keep the property. we want to make sure we're doing everything possible to support those people, those organizations that are working to find the thousands of disappeared people, children, women and men during the assad regime. that includes of course the american journalist austin tice, we're determined to find them

senators rand paul, cynthia lummis, and at the very dear risk of damaging their careers, chris murphy, bryan schatz and patty murray. it has been an honor to work with these incredible senators. one of the first things i learned, senator jim risch told me this, you don't have to agree on everything, you just have to agree on some things. it's not worth getting angry about the things with which you disagree, it's better to focus on those areas where you can agree. so over these past six years i've been grateful to embrace the diversity of opinions in this body, to find solutions that reflect the complexity of our country and our democracy and to deliver meaningful, measurable results, to bring divides between tribes and federal stakeholders, to did heing nature -- did hes iing nature land, and safeguarding arizona families and making sure all that of us throughout this country can grow and thrive for generations to come. we've worked together and cleared the way for historic settlements, land transfer deals, water deals, economic senator, all by listening to one another, not to debate

lummis. see an ability they have right now to get loans from the bank and lenders to put their crops in the ground, to put the seats in the ground in the spring cilia to take care of that and we did. we are excited about this outcome tonight. we are grateful that everyone stuck together to do the right thing the last orderll of busins for the year is done and we are set up for a big and important new start in january. we can't wait to get to that point. we encourage swift passage in the senate now but they need to do their job is the house just in and we will all go home. i want to wish everybody a merry christmas and happy hanukkah and happy holidays and a happy new year and we will see you when we get back. so we, i was in constant contact with president trump throughout this process and spoke with him most recently 45 minutes ago. he knew exactly what we were doing and why and this is a good outcome for the country. i think he's certainly happy about the outcome is well-paid elon musk and

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. the clerk: mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, heinrich, lujan, manchin, merkley, murphy, rosen, schatz, smith, welch. senators voting in the negative -- budd, cornyn, cruz, hagerty, hawley, kennedy, lummis, mcconnell, murkowski, tillis, wi we are being the development with what's happening on the ground and it is ironclad and we are committed to that. >> the great concern, is it the perspective of the united states? >> it is a fluid situation, i'm not going to ju

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin.murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker, cantwell, hassan, klobuchar, lujan, murray, ossoff, stabenow, warren, warren. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, cornyn, cotton, crapo, hagerty, hyde-smith, lankford, lee, rubio, schmitt, wicker. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mrs. fischer, no. right young will. they tend to be bold and patriotic. i have the best of them on my team be

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. marshall. the economy is strong overall and has made significant progress toward our goals over the past two years. the labor market has cooled from if its formerly overheated state and remains solid. inflation hasmr moved much closr to our 2% longer-run goal. we're committed to the maintaining our economy's strength by supporting maximum employment and returning inflation to our 2% goal. the that end today, the federal open market committee decided to take another step in reducing the degree of policy restraint by lowering our policy interest rate by a quarter percentage point. we also decided to continue to reduce our security holdings. i'll have more to say about monetary policy after briefly reviewing economic developments. recent indicators suggest that that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. gdp rose at an annual rate of 2.8% in the third quarter, about the same pace as in the second quarter. growth of consumer spending has remained resilient and investment in equi

his ally in the senate, cynthia lummis of wyoming, wants to buy a million bitcoin to add to that , andarily seem to be a lot of people jumping on that bandwagon. there is no cosponsors of her bill to do that currently. there is any number of reasons to believe that there would be some resistance to that. but i think that is the big tension heading into 25, what exactly what we do with this bitcoin reserve. will the government buy more to add to it or hold onto the tokens it already owns? it boils down to the fundamentals of supply and demand we know what the supply is, almost 200 million bitcoin in circulation. there's only about one million left to be mined the next century or so. the supply really comes from are there any big whales selling or not. the demand -- we clearly saw a surprising amount to many people of demand unlocked from the etf's from the beginning of the year. that is what took bitcoin above that record back in march. in the optimism about trump is what took it further. i think what is interesting lately is you have sort of that macro influence reinserting itself. bot

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: swearingen here. [inaudible] >> okay. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i have taken it. >> okay. raise your right hand. will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and,hi domestic. you will take this obligation freely without any mental reservation you will well and faithfully upon which you are about to enter so help you god. congratulations. family members here. >> we have to properly mee

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis, mr. tuberville. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. houseboats the quickest, simplest spike we can make sure and deliver the threat of a shut them behind us the government open provide emerges supporters of doctors farmers. only way to get done this bipartisan. during the negotiation the government for accomplishing from the front of shutting down the government the government down about publish the goal they wanted to accomplish. get ready the government down a

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moraran.tates hundred thousand five last year of overdoses many fentanyl. call this death of despair that implies little done to reverse the trend. overdose deaths appear to be slightly but doesn't mean addition and part drug use itself has as it continues unprecedented prevention on top any fractured billing and accounting dealing with aftermath cigarettes cigarette companies to compensate medical expenses the difference this discussion will have settlement funding will go directly to go and governments. the city that suffers it's also true reference little to no difference. a journalist following disbursement. her goal is to ride what might be most effective for local governments frontline of prevention andt treatment. science driven reform was the. thirty-five years of talking 2,092,010 no moderate staff station the federal department of education staff district of columbia the council similar to my right over here. he spent most of her career you will foundation governments are dissenting

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. risch. >> welcome, i'm suzanne spaulding here at the center for strategic and international studies where i lead the democratic institution's project, and we are so honored today the to have such a dedicated public servant, our former secretary of defense, leon panetta, here for an important conversation about a recent survey that the panetta the institute conducted about the state of our democracy and what can be done to engage young people to be the engaged citizens that we need to preserve our democracy going forward. secretary panetta really hardly needs anit introduction, but i'm going to quickly recap his amazing career. as you all know, he served under several administrations. he served as secretary of defense but also before that director of the central intelligence agency, he was white house chief of staff, he was director of the office of management a

lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker, butler, durbin, heinrich, hickenlooper, ossoff, stabenow, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, braun, collins, kennedy, romney, >> working hard to set the stage for unified republican government next year. first, when we go through our swearing in and then the inauguration. americans can expect significant results if from a pro-growth and pro-family policy. that's going to be the focus that we have.

so in bringing this bill to the floor we want to applaud the efforts of senators clopture, lummis, mullin and smith, as well as representatives fin staid and craig. i urge the house to pass this legislation to designate the bald eagle as the national bird, as we say in philadelphia, go birds, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. fry: i reserve and i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. ms. scanlon: i am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. scanlon: i urge all members to pass this legislation and send it to the president's desk. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. fry: i echo the sentiments of my colleague across the aisle and urge my colleagues to support senate bill 4610. the speaker pro tempore: the question ising will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 4610. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspende