chair scott: senator mccormick? senator mccormick: thank you, chair scott. good to see you again. in the last five years alone, federal debt spending has increased by 50%. our true debt obligation has tripled in the last 15 years, reaching nearly 20 trillion. it's now at 20% gdp. runaway spending contributed to an aggressive tax on all americans. in the past five years, the cost-of-living has skyrocketed for those working in pennsylvania, especially as you and i discussed when we talked about who relies on fixed income. the compounded effect of inflation hasn't been offset by a commensurate rise in inflation -- and wages for many pennsylvanians. i've heard from many who have canceled family trips and tightened their belts. as we discussed these heady issues, let's not lose sight of the human costs of the decisions made by those in this room. given that, i would like to ask you about the national debt and the costs of financing it. we now spend more to service the debt annually than we do on national defense. how concerned are you about the accelerating pace of government borrowing

ok, captain mccormick, my question for you today. do veterans receive due process before the va reports them to nicks? >> absolutely not. >> and what roadblocks do veterans experience in the appeals process? >> multiple. it's a timely and it's a costly process that, you know, you're asking a veteran to go and fight to re-secure the very rights that they serve to defend and protect. so you're stripping them of a constitutional right. that's a fact. and then you're asking them, well, you've got an opportunity, you can go and fight for it. well, i guess we could pull you over, arrest you for something, and say, well, you can always fight. to get your right of freedom back, and i think that's the issue is the level of fairness and the lack of due process as far as the judicial process. it's just ultimately unfair. does it erode trust in the va for veterans? >> 100%, 100% erodes trust in the va. >> ok, thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> yes, ma'am. thank you, ms. may. ms. dexter, you recognized for 5 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chai

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mccormick knows, the fed moves the short end up and down for the two-year is the most responsive for the 10 year note yield incorporates talks about the possibilities of default, of inflation, all the things that could go wrong over a ten-year period. as the chair put it that influences the term premium. this has contributed to a higher a long end rate. the fed can't do anything about that, he said. we watch it and see what happens. >> in terms of anything related to politics he tried to stay away from it saying the president removing fed governors isn't allowed. he did talk about housing. he said putting housing finance back in the private sector has some appeal over the longer run, but i believe that with you in congress. did he overstep? michael: probably not. i do not think people would disagree with the idea that in a free-market society the housing finance business should be in the private sector. there have been efforts to bring it back for some time. the issue is how you do that and whether or not the housing market can collapse. there are a lot of people who supported presid

republican pennsylvania senator dave mccormick was there for all of it and joins us now. from pennsylvania. you were there. as a candidate even i believe you were at that butler meeting, dave. >> yeah, thank you, dana. great to be here. what a joy to see marc fogel celebrating last night. we had a chance to meet with president trump and i did as well with marc fogel's mom. she is 95 years old at the butler rally. and president trump made a promise that if he was elected he would try to bring him home. i made the same promise, 22 days into the president's term and marc is home. such a joy. this just shows what leadership and focus can do. this is what america first looks like. focusing on american citizens and marc was overjoyed. his family is overjoyed and we're so proud of him and proud of the president for making it all happen. >> dana: let's show a little bit of his mother on america reports on tuesday. >> i woke up -- when he called this morning, it was just a total shock, first of all, because of the time he called, and with the news. so it's just, you know, an unbel

chair scott: senator mccormick. sen. mccormick: thank you chair scott. in the past five years alone, the national debt has exploded, federal spending and the debt have increased by more than 50%. debt held by the public or true debt obligations has more than tripled over the past 15 years, meeting -- reaching more than $20 trillion. it is now over 120% of our gdp. runaway spending contribute it to a regressive tax on all americans. in the past five years the cost of living has skyrocketed for working-class pennsylvanians, especially as you and i discussed when you visited, those relying on fixed incomes and unfortunately, that compounded effective inflation has not been offset by a rise in wages for many pennsylvanians. i've heard from countless pennsylvanians who have to count their dollars at the gas pump, cancel family trips and tighten their belts at the dinner table because of inflation. while we discuss these heady issues, let's not lose sight of the real human cost of the decisions made by people sitting in this room. given that cost, i would like

let's speak to dr michael mccormick, who's an associate professor and programme coordinator in air traffic riddle aeronautical. i wonderfirst of i wonder first of some comment from yourself regarding the crash in philadelphia?- from yourself regarding the crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked _ crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked as _ crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked as an - crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked as an air- actually worked as an air traffic control in philadelphia for ten years. and i am heartbroken to have watched the video of that leo going straight down into the ground, a young child, her mother, and the air crew on board.— the air crew on board. let's 'ust the air crew on board. let's just return _ the air crew on board. let's just return to _ the air crew on board. let's just return to the _ the air crew on board. let's just return to the ongoing l just return to the ongoing investigations following the crash in washington, dc, so many questions now about what could have caused it, and a lot of attention on air traffic control, so

with that bring in republican pennsylvania senator dave mccormick. fogel family, have you been working on this for a while. >> great day. something to celebrate in western pennsylvania. and, you know, i first met malphin in butler the same day president trump met her the day he was shot. during that visit, president trump promised her that if he was elected, he would do everything he could to bring her son home. i promised i would do everything i could. and since then there has been a huge amount of focus when secretary rubio came through the foreign relations committee i asked him as a first question about this. he and the president and the national security adviser have focused on it and this is what america first means. president trump got out there 22 days and we have pennsylvania and american coming home from being wrongfully detained it's a great day. a lot of people asking what was the other side of the deal. what was the u.s. part of the deal? and president trump in the oval office was asked that today. take a listen. >> anything in return? >

elizabeth mccormick thank you so much. i know this is impacting so many, not just the families. i mean, obviously the families of the three crew members and not just them, but the entire military community. one big family. thank you so much. president trump says that there could be a disruption to the prices that you're paying at the stores, as the tariffs he is imposing on goods from mexico and canada go into effect. how leaders of those countries are vowing to. respond kobe didn't want to be one of the all time greats. >> he wanted to be the best. >> he may. >> be the one to. self-sabotage everything he's. >> ever. >> wanted. >> that's when the black mamba was born. >> kobe the making of a legend. tonight at nine on cnn. >> introducing new lara cohen gel. >> the first fda cleared. >> ed treatment. available without a prescription. a roxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes, so you and your partner can experience the heights of intimacy. new arachnid treatment gel. >> introducing two new baja chipotle subs featuring our world famous baja chipotle sauce. listen.

i want to bring in former army blackhawk helicopter pilot elizabeth mccormick elizabeth. i want to begin with these frankly stunning videos that have been obtained by cnn that show two new angles of this collision. this video shows the helicopter flying at rapid speed over the potomac river, as the american airlines flight is seen flying, of course, toward the airport. then that collision happens. and then in another surveillance video that was shot from the airport grounds, it shows the plane's descent as the blackhawk continues to fly over the river, and they continue to fly toward one another, but at a low altitude. tell me what your critical eye is seeing. >> well. >> the biggest thing is they should have seen each other, right? or at least. well, let me clarify. the blackhawk should have seen the jet, so. which makes me wonder, because they had already thought they were deconflicted, that they had that mean. so air traffic control, when they asked, do you have visual on the crash? previously? and they told them to go behind? i still think they were looking at the oth

we start tonight with congresswoman sheila cheerfulness mccormick, democrat from florida. congresswoman, thank you for joining us tonight. let's start with everything we've seen this week from elon musk and his so-called department of government efficiency, which is not a real cabinet level department that would require congressional approval. this temporary organization was supposed to be rooting out waste and abuse. is that what we've been seeing this week? >> no. >> we've really been. >> seeing a hostile. >> takeover where. they're actually. >> pushing the bounds of their authority and even infringing. >> upon congress's authority. congress is. >> actually the body that funds and actually looks at the budget for these agencies, and. >> they're coming. >> in stopping work. stopping the actual federal workers from working and really putting everything to a halt. not even taking into consideration the implications of it worldwide or even on our constituents and american people. >> we're seeing complete. >> violations of our privacy and our data when it. >> comes. >> to the

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mccormick, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr.zman, aye. mr. schatz, no. mr. marshall, aye. mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ms. ernst, aye. ms. collins, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. merkley, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotkin, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. reed, no. mr. markey, no. ms. warren, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk

for example, pennsylvania, if bob casey beat mccormick, a race determined by .2%, this would be an entirely different ballgame. i think this is showing the grip on the trump white house is strong, but the margins in these two chambers is the ballgame. host: we talked about the fear of being primary to have lawmakers mentioned a fear of physical violence against them or their families? guest: i have not heard that. there's always a concern about violence against lawmakers and we've seen unfortunately a countless number of examples of lawmakers being the victims of these attacks, the main one being nancy pelosi's husband, so there's always the concern on capitol hill, but i'm not sure that they are leaking it when it has to do with legislation. host: nicole, republican, shaken. -- michigan. caller: good morning. mine is more of a comment or suggestion. we are talking about trump and the gop's budgets, but we have not gotten to the bottom of what we are finding we can get rid of and what is being misused. the disclosure and the audits happening, and then a republican called and recently and sa

democratic governor, senator john fetterman who has gone further to the right certainly ever since dave mccormicksenator bob casey, who is kind of a legend anyway in pennsylvania. how do you do that? how do you find a democrat that can win pennsylvania statewide? rep. boyle: it is a 50/50 state. to your point, democratic governor but the other four statewide republican row officers, as they call them, are republican. also one of the few states where you have a split senate delegation. democratic senator and republican senator. it is a state that again the last three presidential elections has been decided by no more than 1.5 percent. extremely small margins. i think the reason why is, if you look at all 50 states, the state that comes closest to mirroring the national demographics is pennsylvania. urban areas, rural areas, suburban areas, racially, ethnically pretty similar to the nation as a whole. then the fact finally that pennsylvania's size, for big estate in the union, for the most electoral college votes. all of that lends itself to pennsylvania being really the keystone to unlocking 1600

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they saw dave mccormick who spent time with the family and the campaign trail and they were there ready to come on stage and the mom was right as the shot happened the resident is expected to walk inside i know you will cover it on special report. the only hot spot and this was a question i asked secretary rubio the person i worried the most -- the china -- country i worried him most about is china which has been resistant and putting more tariffs on america and president trump had a new policy of what he called reciprocal tariffs. how do you see the situation playing out and being confronted by their navy but i do think china seems less inclined than russia or ukraine or any of these other countries in terms of what we discussed in getting along with donald trump as of this point i don't know what's going on behind the scenes. >> asked about china specifically if he had stalked to the chinese president and i asked if since the inauguration and he said yes. he said he gets along with him. >> greg: brett we will get back to you but here's the president. >> i feel like the wealthiest man

mccormick be allowed to participate in today's hearing. without objection, so ordered. i recognize your opening statement. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this committee, my name is max primerak, senior research fellow at heritage foundation and served at u.s. agency for -- >> have mercy. >> restore -- [cheering] -- [yelling] -- restore aids funding, save lives. restore aids funding now, save lives. [chanting] -- >> i guess these guys don't watch news, the funding was restored, give them a link to maybe fox news or something like that. resume opening statement. >> mr. chairman, i previously served at u.s. agency for international development and u.s. department of state and dedicated 35 years to international relations work. views i express today are my own. president trump's decision to shutter usaid reflects agency loss and trust of american people. it exposes bureaucracy that went off theide logical rails and no longer reflect the will or values of the american people. what should be and must be an effective tool of u.s. foreign polic

. >> brian: senator mccormick. >> steve: some of us wondering what was going on behind the scenes. >> emily: to your point the memory behind that gesture memory recall. all of this because the president is the president of the people. when you contrast that with a prior two presidents, you know, president biden, hoax changed the merchant of death for an nba star headlines questioned at the time was this the right call? where is here it is oncology throw vertable this was absolutely the right call. this is bringing an american home for not cutting off our arm to do so. might portend openings in the ukraine war. the point is we hold the power. again, under the obama administration, how long it took to pass the magnus ski act as if the presidential figure totally insulated not able to talk to totally separate from the american people. president who is intimate and says i see you, i won't forget you. 10 hostages in three weeks. that's extraordinary. >> steve: unbelievable. >> brian: i would love to get the details as best we can with that three hour conversation with putin and witkoff. >>

senators, feeterman and mccormick, our congressional delegations in everyones, boyer and scanlan, everylature who is present here, neilson, bellman in particular, along with state senator picozzi, commissioners and the mexican consulate is here, we want to thank you so very much. your assistance in working with our medical technicians and scientists, it has been extremely helpful and we are grateful for your partnership. what you witness here on today is everyone standing up together and it is the standard operating procedure for how we will address this issue in the city of philadelphia. the checks thing we received, a number of questions about and it's important that we listen carefully here. shelter, there is a shelter at samuel felleds high school located at 5500 langdon street here in northeast philadelphia. it is being operated by our office of emergency management and the american red cross southeastern pennsylvania and it is operating 24/7. the red cross disaster workers, they are there to assist anyone who's been displaced by this tragedy. yes, people have already begun using t

the night ended with the president of the united states sitting there with marco rubio and senator mccormicknd the speaker of the house as well as steve witkoff, who engineered this whole thing after meeting three-plus hours with vladimir putin, he leaves with a teacher, who was in a penal clone, who had bad back problems, was suffering from all types of debilitating illnesses throughout his time in prison. and he comes home. the president greets him. they walk into the white house. and then we get the details on the drama and impromptu feelings, emotional feelings of fogel as he comes home to see his family in pennsylvania. >> lawrence: it's extraordinary you see this president working all times of the day. morning, night, he is being briefed on things. then you got steve witkoff who is already having to deal with a deal when it comes to hamas and israel and now he's focused on this deal? i mean, i just wonder why this wasn't already done, especially since this guy was imprisoned before brittney griner for a similar charge. >> brian: microcosmic medical marijuana. >> lawrence: just incredib

cherfilus-mccormick: i ask to speak of the detrimental effects on haiti who is dealing with massive gang violence that killed thousands and displaced millions. it's a country on the verge of famine. the world food program projects it will run out of food assistance to haiti in march due to this freeze. this will fuel the gangs to recruit starving children to join them, worsening an already dire crisis and causing thousands more to flee the nation, meaning mass migration to the united states. make no mistake, gutting usaid means gutting regional security and will directly harm my constituents. the port of palm beach alone exports $160 million in food to the caribbean alone and much of it is distributed by the usaid and their partners. my dockworkers will lose on all critical businesses. i urge my colleagues to stand for usaid, the backbone of our national security. either we feed them now or end up fighting them later. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent t

. >> and apparently senator mccormick was helping him. >> get it on. my sincere apologies to senator schmidt. macklin went to missouri, so i was trying to put two and two together. i couldn't see the back of the head. am i down a rabbit hole here? yes, i am, but that's why i have david chalian here to fact check me. stick with us. we're continuing to wait for the final votes to come in for tulsi gabbard's nomination to be director of national intelligence. >> have i got news for you is back for another season. roy wood jr, amber ruffin and michael ian black are finding the funny in the week's biggest stories. >> we're going to give you all. >> four years of something to talk about. >> if we alive. >> have i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn sore throat. >> got your tongue? >> mucinex. sore throat, medicated drops uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. >> that's my baby. >> try our new sugar free cough drop to soothe. >> ontario, canada. stable and secure. when the world around us isn't, you can rely on us for energy to power

when i come, when i show up, they didn't really have a meteorologist at that time, pat mccormick. pat was. remember, if you guys remember pat, but i'm a meteorologist and they couldn't script me. and that used to drive dennis nuts because it was like, what are you going to say? because because dennis was buttoned down. like when there would be a story i just told mark, they'd have something like the explosion, the pipeline explosion up in. >> san bruno. >> san bruno? yeah. yeah, that thing happens. we're all sitting here, and dennis is going. i'm not going on the air until i got three sources. exactly. because we thought it might have been an airplane wreck or whatever. and dennis was like the guy going, no, we're going three source journalism always. and he stuck to that. and it impacted the entire newsroom, including the weather department, because he set the tone for what it was. and it was just like, you guys played ball. you know, you get somebody on the team who's just going 110%. he's setting the tone and you have to play. and dennis didn't make us, but inspired us to all p

senators federman and mccormick, thank you so much. all hands on deck, they want to make sure any and everything that we needed from the federal government, those supports and services are available. congressman evans, boyle and scanlon our congressional delegation, a special thank you to each of you for your support. i also need to affirm that locally here, a senator, represent nielsen and more were present. if there was ever a time where we needed to affirm what the one philly philosophy means the time is now and i'm very proud about how our federal, state and all of our local partners are working hard to deal with this tragedy. i now want to turned over to our governor and to say thank you governor for your support and being here with us this evening. >> thank you mayor. >> she talks about a unified approach to governing every day. what you were seeing here is a unified response to an awful aviation disaster. as awful as the aviation disaster was, tonight we also saw the best of philadelphia. we saw a neighbor helping neighbor, we s

mccormick, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. sheehy, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. . the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. ms. smith, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. kim, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mr. lee, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr. booker, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. padilla, no. is led by this. we wish to be everywhere all times. with allies and partners and encouraged everyone to invest have they represent but it requires realistic nominees. a lot of to the media anyone suggests abandonment a

i agree, i didn't have the other numbers, but i think and you're seeing, you know, dave mccormick there, pennsylvania senator who, who worked hard and spent time with the family on the campaign trail. in fact, just going back to that, the butler, pennsylvania, you know, where the assassination attempt happens. the vocals were there, getting ready to come on stage. the mom was right, right as that shot happened. so this is a big moment. and i think there's going to be other big moments. according to adam boehler. >> yeah. i mean, and we'll be reporting on that just for people's awareness. the president is expected to walk back inside the, the, the white house and go to the microphone. and i believe make an introduction to mark fogel. i would imagine steve witkoff will be a part of that. and then we're going to have more details on what's happening tomorrow. i know you'll be covering all of it on special report. bret, you know, the only hotspot. and this was a question i asked secretary rubio in the world that i worry the most about would be china. and that is the only country that has be

you know i think peter galbo loves mccormick.ink that's that kind of plays into a little bit to the value option. but beyond that, within packaged food, it's been relatively scarce. we do like bellring brands, which kind of straddles food and beverages because it's its protein content at a relatively good price point. but it really is skewed us more to beverages over food. >> that's so interesting, brian, thanks for joining us. we'll check back in soon. brian splaine with b of a and that's it for us. thanks for watching the exchange. i'll join brian sullivan for power lunch right sullivan for power lunch right after this quick check in time is 3:00 it's 2:55. i know. is this what he's doing now? as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. no games. no fun. yes, coach. (♪♪) meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, try one you have all to yourself. templeton. we've been a firm in motion for over 75 years, always innovating. today we are

senators fetterman and mccormick. thank you so very much. all hands on deck.wanted to make sure any and everything that we needed from the federal government, those supports and services are available. congressman evans boyle and scanlon, our congressional delegation, a special thank you to each of you for your support. i also need to affirm that locally here, senator joe picozzi, rep solomon reps. nielsen doherty, who represents this area and belman our commissioner deeley and council member driscoll, was present. if there was ever a time when we needed to affirm what the one philly philosophy means, the time is now, and i'm very proud about how our federal, state and all of our local partners are working hard to deal with this tragedy. i now want to turn it over to our governor and to say thank you, governor, for your support and being here with us this evening. >> thank you mayor. >> thank you. mayor preaches about one philly. she talks about a unified approach to governing every day. what you're seeing here is a unified response to an awful aviation disast

mccormick be allowed to sit and participate in today's hearing? hearing no objection, so ordered. i recognize mr. primorac for your opening statement. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this committee. my name is max primorac, a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation. >> pep far-- pepfar saves lives! restore funding now. pepfar saves lives, restore funding now. pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now! pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now! pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now. pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now! pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now. >> i guess these guys don't watch the news, pepfar was seen to to save lives so funding. they should watch fox news or something. >> from the department of u.s. department of state and dedicated 35 years to international work. the views i express my own, the agency's loss of bipartisan support in congress and the trust of the american people. it exposes a bureaucracy that went off the ideological rails, and no longer reflects the will or the values of the am

former blackhawk pilot elizabeth mccormick says she was highly qualified, despite president trump's suggestionration >> in order for any female pilot to get through flight school, we have to be exceptional. they are looking for any reason, whether it is conscious by his or by his or her unconscious bias, looking for any reason to put us out. >> deborah: this was the scene yesterday. the skating club of boston, six of the 28 lost from the skating community, had ties to the skating club and on sunday, skaters were on the ice for the first time since the tragedy in washington, dressed in black, they performed a synchronized routine in tribute to their friends who are lost. other news today, the players and one of the ugliest hollywood disputes in recent memory faced off in a new york city courtroom with the first hearing in me "it ends with us" dueling lawsuits between the stars blake lively and justin baldoni. over the weekend, baldoni launched a website of texts and emails that he says supports his defamation case, and her team is trying to pull the plug on it. ann mercogliano is at the courtho

and susan collins and lisa murkowski and todd young and mitch mcconnell and all these people, dave mccormick the united states and kill americans and undermine our way of life. i'm curious, are they really going to vote for somebody who has promised retribution, who has promised to be part of this purge that's going on right now inside the fbi? >> yeah. i mean, one of the things that's been curious about this whole, you know, attack on the fbi in the last few days is the timing doing it before the vote for kash patel means you cannot tell yourself that. well, actually, kash patel will be a perfectly normal fbi director who will be fine. you know, he'll make some reforms, but it won't be the bloodletting that people had feared. you know, the leftists are just, you know, caterwauling. we can we can just ignore that because it's just them complaining. well, no, i mean, they've been very clear in the last few days exactly what kash patel's mission will be when he takes over, because they're already out to do it right now. and i think that it raises the stakes for his confirmation. you're right.

for example, pennsylvania, if bob casey beat mccormick, a race determined by .2%, this would be an entirelyifferent ballgame. i think this is showing the grip on the trump white house is strong, but the margins in these two chambers is the ballgame. host: we talked about the fear of being primary to have lawmakers mentioned a fear of physical violence against them or their families? guest: i have not heard that. there's always a concern about violence against lawmakers and we've seen unfortunately a countless number of examples of lawmakers being the victims of these attacks, the main one being nancy pelosi's husband, so there's always the concern on capitol hill, but i'm not sure that they are leaking it when it has to do with legislation. host: nicole, republican, shaken. -- michigan. caller: good morning. mine is more of a comment or suggestion. we are talking about trump and the gop's budgets, but we have not gotten to the bottom of what we are finding we can get rid of and what is being misused. the disclosure and the audits happening, and then a republican called and recently and said

mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the ske is is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of russell vought of virginia to be director. office of management and budget shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the esteemed committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. let me begin by thanking my girls who

mccormick. mr. merkley. presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is towered during a vote. is permitted during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mrs. hoody. -- mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate issinged during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. ossoff. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. padilla. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the clerk: mr. paul. mr. peters. the presiding officer: pursuant to too rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote e the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. reed. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the clerk: ricketts. mr. risch. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. the presiding officer: no debate is permit during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. the pr

mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy.mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. plan is to help the wealthy get wealthier tax giveaways families paying the bill. how massive giveaways going to be paid for? slashing services to families and families try to get on their feet so they can thrive and get to the middle-class. great betrayal. today we will consider russell the office of management and the budget really the place for this campaign is coordinated. we will hear very different ideas have to take our country forward. from my friends across the aisle will hear we need to continue to give massive tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans and we will hear how nonpartisan expertise that makes our country run smoothly should be replaced by those with political loyalty and how programs that assist the environment or unions organizing working people should be replaced by programs that ser

i think of dave mccormick, who served roger wicker, these many of, these are public servants who've beenl of those republican senators are going to be making their way back here to the senate offices. and i was messaging with some colleagues last night in the immediate aftermath of those comments from the president, that today is going to be quite something, because running through these halls the last couple of days, talking to republican senators from john cornyn to thom tillis, individuals that were sometimes openly skeptical of the president's use of executive power, they said that they didn't mind the influence that elon musk had across the departments and agencies. and as thom tillis, i said, have you gone to the white house with any concerns about elon musk and doj's access to the treasury payment system, for instance? and he goes, why would i call up the white house if i don't have any concerns? and i think that that is where the comments last night, mika, were so stunning because by and large, he has not faced any republican dissent. but this, this is this goes beyond the pale o

dr michael mccormick is an associate professor and program coordinator in air traffic management at embryal — he told me air traffic control will be one area investigators focus on. certainly air traffic control needs to be looked at in detail. communication, procedures, technology and staffing are all procedures, technology and staffing