micha micha michael bennet.s elected in 2008 and has done a lot of work in his home state and very well liked at home but not that well-known nationwide, there was some recent chatter that michael bennet might make a run for president in 2020. this is how "the hill" newspaper wrote that up. quote, benne it is a soft-spoken moderate with a lower profile than other senators. perhaps fitting with his mild mannered quiet confidence thing that this was michael bennet's response that he might run for president. quote, i don't have anything to say about that today. so all of this to say is that senator michael bennet is not a loud mouth. he's not known to be much of a chatter box at all. he is an effective senator and a respected senator, but he is almost never the loudest voice in the room. so this happened today. >> so the only thing that is necessary to pass a clean bill paying the salaries of every man and woman in the coast guard is for the democratic senators to withdraw their objection, is that correct? >> that

i think there will be a breaking point where michael bennet will not be the only one. there will be others that jump out and say enough it is enough because the institutions is crumbling. these people are part of these institutions. why do you want to see the senate and the house get dismantled by this president. >> they care about bipartisan. if you are republican you care about bipartisanship. that's not good for the institution, john. >> right. well, in my commentary last year, we published a piece called congress is weak because the members want it to be weak. the incentive structure for members of congress has changed in the last 10 and 15 years. it is better to be an obstructionist than a deal maker. it is better for fundraising and public appearances. better to win reelection. people did well in congress when they were the sorts of people that could take credit for getting things done. and now you have a lot of credit for being an impediment to getting things done because so many people don't want the things done that bipartisan agreement will lead to. and until

in case you don't know, he's democratic senator michael bennet.e was elected in 2008 and has done a lot of work in his home state and very well liked at home but not that well-known nationwide, there was some recent chatter that michael bennett migbe bennet might make a run for 2020. he's a soft spoken moderate perhaps fitting with his mild words and he might run for president, his the full quote is that. all of this to say senator michael bennet is not much of a chatter box and an effective senator but he's in the room. this happened today. >> so the only thing that is necessary to pass a clean bill paying the salaries of every man and woman in the coast guard is for the democratic senators to withdraw their objection, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> thank you. >> madam president. >> senator from colorado. >> i seldom rise on this floor to contradict somebody on the other side. i work very hard over the years to work in a bipartisan way with the presiding officer, with my republican colleagues but these crocodile tears that the senator fro

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mayors are here today and i would recommend every person here, if you haven't seen it, my senator, michael bennet, spoke on the floor of the senate and he was visably frustrated about the state of our government right now and the inability of the senate to get anything done. i would urge every person to watch that because he was expressing the frustration and i and as well are my mayor, the mayor, mayor jones, to talk about what they are experiencing. mayor hancock first. >> thank you congresswoman neguse. every one of us up here following our election took an oath to serve and protect the citizens we have been protected to serve. when you allow for air traffic controllers, the f.a.a. to be overstressed, overworked and unpaid, you have taken the safest aviation system in the world and imperiled. mr. president, we need to open up this government. when you don't allow project managers to sign off on transportation programs, you have now put every citizen who are trying to move about in our transit system in peril. mr. president, we need to open up this depoft. when people are going to have their sn

please note this exchange between republican ted cruz and democrat michael bennet. >> the democrats are fond of using the phrase "hostage taking." they are quite literally holding the men and women of the coast guard hostage because they want to win a political victory against the president. their objective here is have the president back down and have not a single mile of border wall built. >> these crocodile tears that the senator from texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take. they're too hard for me to take because when you -- when the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded! it was under water! people were killed! people's houses were destroyed! their small businesses were ruined forever! how ludicrous it is that this government is shut down over a promise the president of the united states couldn't keep! >> the trump administration is coming under fire, not just for the shutdown but what many see as an appalling and obvious lack of empathy for the hundreds of thousands of federal workers not being paid. and a failure to und

colorado senator michael bennet took the floor after him to express his anger at the shutdown and specifically senator cruz. >> the democrats are fond of using the phrase hostage taking. they are quite literally holding the men and women of the coast guard hostage because they want to win a political victory against the president. their objective here is to have the president back down and have not a single mile of border wall built. >> these crocodile tears that the senator from texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take. they are too hard for me to take. because when you, when the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded. it was under water. people were killed. people's houses were destroyed. businesses were ruined forever. and because of the senator from texas, this government was shutdown for politics. >> wow. senator bennet will be a guest coming up later this morning on "morning joe". you don't want to miss that. >>> joining us on set reporter for "the washington post" eugene scott. good to see you in person. >> thanks for coming up

and that comment on the floor follows a very enthusiastic colorado democratic senator, michael bennetaised his voice multiple times expressing his disgust with comments made by republican senator ted cruz. >> how ludicrous it is that this government is shut down over a promise the president of the united states couldn't keep! and then america is not interested in having him keep! >> peter: about two hours before these boats were supposed to begin, which should be imminent, the majority leader mitch mcconnell called all senators to the floor. he told the sergeant of arms go round up anybody that did not show up, and that has essentially been the temperature level inside of the upper chamber for the last two hours or so. keep in mind, just outside the upper chamber, mike pence is here holding meetings with senior lawmakers trying to figure out if there is some other way. but as the house moves -- house minority leader mentioned, even if something passes and it's noo out of the senate, they can't send it over to the house for a vote because everybody is at the airport right now, reagan a

in an impassioned speech that lasted over 20 minutes, colorado democratic senator michael bennet blalasted senator ted crz and other republicans for supporting the shutdown, but laid blame for the crisis at the feet of president trump. >> this idea that he is going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of texas, take it from the farmers and ranchers , isn't true.re that is why we are here. because he is nowow saying the taxpayers hahave to pay for r i. amy: a republican-crafted bill with funding for trump's border wall also faileded thursday. that reportedly prompted republican lawmakers to angrily confront mitch mcconnell in a closed-door meeting over the shutdown and set off a flurry of negotiations on capitol hill. house democratic leadeders are floating proposasals to end the shutdown that would provide billions of dollars in new funding to pay for more border patrol agents, drones, surveillance equipment, and other measures along the u.s.-mexico border. democratic house majority whip jim clyburn has suggested offering trump $5.7 billion to build a so-called smart wall in

this is what democratic senator michael bennet from colorado was talking about last week in the veryver delivered on the senate floor on this subject. >> if a president said he was going to use eminent domain to erect a barrier across the state of colorado, across the rocky mountains of colorado, he was going to steal the property of our farmers and ranchers to build his medieval wall, there wouldn't be an elected leader from our state that would support that idea. >> nbc news correspondent cal perry has done years of reporting from the southern border and has visited la lomita chapel. he joins us next on his reporting on the church versus the wall. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family.

this is what democratic senator micha michael bennet from colorado was talking about last week in thever delivered on the senate floor on this subject. >> if a president said he was going to use eminent domain to erect a barrier across the state of colorado, across the rocky mountains of colorado, he was going to steal the property of our farmers and ranchers to build his medieval wall, there wouldn't be an elected leader from our state that would support that idea. >> nbc news correspondent cal perry has done years of reporting from the southern border and has visited la lomita chapel. he joins us next on his reporting on the church versus the wall. church versus the wall ng old, ng old, and saying, "really?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere in 5 minutes. seriously, 5 minutes... this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? each day justin at wor

. >> the gang of eight said you need to lead with border security michael bennet was very impassioned to put up here, the 2013 bill had this. it doubled the number of border patrol agents, 350 miles of new fencing, universal e-verify nd system, new electronic visa tracking system and the deal was the border security measures go in immediately the adjustment to immigration status for various groups would be phased in. didn't you guys have the model is this deal worth taking off the shelf and making some minor adjustments? >> i think there's elements of it that we can the problem was it was done in one big piece of legislation the more stuff you put in a bill, the more reasons someone can find to be against it. >> some argue the other way, senator. make the bill bigger and, yes, okay, there will be things you don't like, but that's the only way to get some things you like. >> well, i mean, that was the theory that was pitched to me as to why we needed to do one big comprehensive plan so we did. and as you saw, it didn't work one of the arguments was border security will never happen but

center michael bennet from colorado has over 400 breweries.ting businesses in the state thousands of dollars while they wait for things like labels to be approved to get the go-ahead on new expansion plans for breweries and they are concerned that some beer they party made, innovative seasonal beer could spoil while they're waiting for them to process all of these applications. dominic ingle tells me where consumers are going to really see the effect is when it comes time for the new seasonal brews to hit the shelf at grocery stores because grocery stores planned several months now. that is how they plan their buying. it may be too late by the time they get the approval to get the new beer on the shelf and grocery stores across the country. neil: thank you, hillary very, very much. in the meantime, kamala harris is pushing medicare for all, which means private health insurance for none. the implications after this. could the right voice - the right set of words - bring us all just a little closer, get us to open up, even push us further? it co

members who in typical senate fashion are not here yet, senator ben sasse of nebraska and senator michael bennet of colorado. they are both great additions and i look forward to working with them and with you to fulfill the committee's critical oversight mandates. before i go to my formal remarks, i want to extend my condolences of this committee to general ashley and his workforce at the defense intelligence agency as well as general nokasoni. on january 16th a dia employee and a naval chief krip tolling technician were killed in northern syria alongside two other americans. this is a stark and sobering reminder of the dangerous work that the men and women of the intelligence community do around the world on crap of the country every single day, often with no public acknowledgment. we thank you for your leadership of this community and more importantly for what your officers do and the sacrifices they make on behalf of our nation. this committee has met in open forum to discuss the security threats facing the united states since 1995. the nature, scale and scope of those threats have evolved gr

quickly, and you had on the senate floor that got a lot of attention of back and forth between michael bennetwho's usually pretty mild-mannered, and ted cruz over the shutdown. you had headlines yesterday about major airport delays. just a lot of frustration this week in this deal. let that dissipate for now. host: is there anything that's going to change in the next three weeks? do democrats -- they have been adamant about their desire not to give a single penny for a border will between the u.s. and mexico, is there anything that's going to change about that in the next three weeks that you see coming? senators andeard house members being optimistic, hoping that they can reopen the government and maybe that would give them breathing room to come up with some sort of deal where everyone could be happy with fencing instead of the wall. obviously getting that sort of agreement is a lot easier said than done. you have the white house saying we will get the wall, while president saying trump is moving forward with building a wall but without democrats. maybe not the note you want to start off ne

here's michael bennet, democratic senator from colorad colorado.s against it ted cruz. >> these crocodile tears that the senator from texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take. when the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my estate was flooded. it was underwater. people were killed. >> i don't believe that i have ever bellowed or yelled at one of my colleagues on the senate floor, and i hope that in my time before me, i never do that. >> bill: what is your reaction? >> i'm disappointed in everybody. everybody is to blame for this. think about this. i am a business guy. you don't walk away from negotiations. you don't go home." nancy pelosi has sent house members on. you don't do that. chuck schumer shut down funding of the coast guard. bring about our borders, things like that. don't do that. you stick around, you stay here, and you get something done. how difficult it might be, you do it. if i was the president, i would be so frustrated right now. he is thinking about using his emergency power. when i was g