mr. smith: mr.r, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. the tax relief for american families and workers act is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-american. the legislation locks in $600 billion in pro-growth tax policies by restoring three key provisions from president trump's successful 2017 tax reform that have a proven record of creating millions of jobs, raising workers' wages, and sparking more investment and economic growth right here at home. this bill restores full r&d expensing, interest deductibility and 100% expensing. each of these policies will help american businesses grow, create jobs and sharpen their competitive advantage against china. this will create over $70 billio

mr. smith recognition? mr. smith: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 969, i call up the bill h.r. 6918, the supporting pregnant and parenting women and families act, and ask for its immediate considat the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 285, h.r. 6918, a bill to health and human services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution -- house resolution 969, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute reck menned by the committee on ways and means printed in the bill and an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the rules committee printed on 118-20 is adopted and the bill a amended is considered read. the bill as amended shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by ranki- ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means or mr. smith, and the gentlewoman from california will each control 30 minutes.

mr. smith: mr. speaker i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. the legislation before us today the privacy protection act takes an important step to protect the privacy of all americans especially our veterans and service members returning from overseas. it requires customs and border protection to remove identifiable information from any shipping manifest before the manifest information available to the public. under current law customs and border protection is required to make certain shipping manifest information available for public disclosure. unfortunately there's no these manifests do not contain americans' personal information. instead, u.s. citizens returning home from military postings or job opportunities abroad are expected to navigate a complicated and bureaucratic system that often experiences significant delays, i might add any personal information be removed from manifests, to protect theirs a

mr. smith for quite a while. they were recruited by our office to take on this case. we've been arguing for a long time that alabama should suspend executions in light of the multiple failed executions that have taken place over the last two years. mr. smith was taken to the chamber in 2022, strapped to a gurney for four hours, and the state could not complete the execution because they could not access his veins. we thought it was barbaric and torturous. based on that, he should not be subjected to a sent execution, period. the state changed the method tonig tonito nitrogen, untested method, and now they're going to experiment on him, someone already traumatized by the torturous attempt in 2022. >> we heard some information and sound from those who are standing by him. a minister who, he has said, that he is extremely concerned that he will die from choking on his own spit or his own vomit in this particular case, and that his wife will be there to see that. are those some of the arguments tha

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i think mr smith is going, based on the — case? that the l based on the question that the postmaster at the time was at balance each and every week and each and every month sol balance each and every week and each and every month so i think that mr smith has made the decision where that, you know, there was no issues showing, no data would show any loss. ., ., , ., showing, no data would show any loss. ., ., ~ ., . loss. how would you know that? because the _ loss. how would you know that? because the data _ loss. how would you know that? because the data has _ loss. how would you know that? because the data has got - loss. how would you know that? because the data has got the . because the data has got the transactions, if you've got the data it would show all the transactions that were taken in so what payments you made and if it's balancing, everything is balanced out, the left and right is an equilibrium. flan everything is balanced out, the left and right is an equilibrium. can you see any issue _ and right is an equilibrium.

it's only alabama that mr. smith could face the education that the elected judge overruled life and sentenced him to death, there's not another state in the country where he would have been facing execution. so if we care about the jury's perspective on what should happen, he would have never been in this situation, and i think the eighth amendment questions are important because the integrity of the death penalty, for every 9 people we've executed, we've identified one innocent person on death row who is innocent. it would not be accepted by food safety administration's or airline safety, we wouldn't tolerate that common era but we continue to tolerate that with the death penalty. is disproportionately applied to poor people and people of color, so that raises the bar we start asking questions about, is this punishment meeting cruel and unusual punishment, and i think subjecting someone to a process that extends over 14 months and began on november 22, 2022, and doesn't end until january 25th, 2024 with a lot of ang

applied with the constitution and the carrying out of this process, mr. smith was given due process through the courts to have his arguments heard, we prevailed and justice occurred for that family last night. [ inaudible ] >> personally, i haven't. i was able to see the remarks of commissioner hamm last night. i commend his team for the process that they operated under for the professional manner in which they carried out this execution. and pleased with how they were able to handle it. [ inaudible ] >> all i've seen are their remarks. and, again, remarkable grace and humility they showed last night. i think they were also very clear, delivering the justice for the horrific death. and one thing we cannot lose sight of, majority of the questions we added today have dealt with mr. smith. we cannot lose sight of the fact that a woman was brutally murdered, taken from her family, and that's the reason why the state of alabama had to act last night. let's remember her legacy and her life as much as we remember the person who took her away from us. [ inaudible ] >>

the supreme court sided with mr. smith.hat role does that play in your assessment of if this should go forward? >> it is a great question. it does not play any role and the reason is he's requesting something amid a set of horrific options. he is, of course, facing the ultimate sentence of death. and alabama has given him this option of an experimental type of death that we have absolutely no idea how it will go. we know that this method is untested and not allowed to be used on animals. so he might experience an excruciating death and unlawful under international human rights law. >> from what i've read, this deprives the brain of oxygen so he'll essentially die by suffocation. i said that this has never been used in the u.s. the u.s. is in the minority of countries still executing prisoners. has this method been used anywhere in the world to execute prisoners? >> so there are multiple kinds of uses of different protocols around the world. this is unique. and our fear is that he will be in excruciating pain and that he wil

mr smith's spiritual advisor, reverend jeff hood, will be in attendance in the chamber

i'm very concerned about the witness reports that indicate, that mr. smithbly. arriving in team, struggling, breathing heavily. showing signs of distress that witnesses are reporting is not consistent with a execution method that meets the requirements for avoiding cruel and unusual punishment, even without that i don't believe that the state of alabama should been a permitted to attempt a second execution, we have to remember that 14 months ago kevin smith was told that he was going to die on a certain day at a certain time he was then strapped to a gurney for four hours, waiting for them to kill him they began stabbing him with the needles trying to find a vein, at one time they put him in a stress position lifted and vertically so his arms were spread out, and they were jabbing the needle into his neck. they finally stopped the execution when the warrant expired. that was traumatizing, that was horrific. we don't think that the state should subjects someone in that condition to a second education without something radically different happening, and that d

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. 4 ms. klobuchar. mr.ankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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, carper, casey, durbin, gillibrand, hickenlooper, king, rosen, sinema, smith, warren, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, cornyn, graham, grassley, johnson, lankford, lummis, manchin, mcconnell, mullin, romney, rubio, scott of south carolina, thune, wicker. ms. hirono, ay

it's the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher�*s wife in a hired killing. here's the announcement by prison officials earlier. by by order of the alabama supreme court at 7:53 central time alabama executed mr kennison smith at the correctional facility. it was exhibited for the i988 facility. it was exhibited for the 1988 capital murder of elizabeth dorling sennett in culver county. after the execution, a number of witnesses addressed the media and described what happened. once the execution began within a couple of minutes, kenny began to violently push against the straps. his head began to move back and forth violently. this was the fifth execution i witnessed in alabama and i've never seen such a violent reaction to execution. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: mr smith's legal team also came out with a statement: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death our correspondent, tom bateman, was in alabama and visited the facility where the execution took place. hejoins us live. tom, what more do w

[applause] mr. smith: thank you. mr. green blatt, you're recognized. >> thank you, chairman smith and ranking member neal for inviting me to kef today. thank you to my friend, congressman schneider, and so many members on both sides of the aisle for your commitment to fighting anti-semitism. on october 7, the terrorist group hamas committed mass atrocities in israel, murdering more than 1,200 individuals and kidnap, seizing, over 200 babies children, the elderly, the disabled and more. in the wake of this massacre, the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust, the a.d.l. has tracked a sownch anti-semitism around the world. and right here in america. in public spaces, in workplace, and indeed on our college campuses. even in k-12 schools. it's getting worse. in the months since october 7, ample d.l. tracked 832 anti-jewish acts in the u.s. that's almost 30 a day. reports of ince do denses this year versus last year, 316% higher. we know that campuses, college campuses are a microcosm of what the trends we're

and mrs. smith. s bye. ♪♪ >>> good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. making it in the bay takes center stage tonight in concorde where leaders are expected to vote on a plan to boost tenant protections. tenant rights groups have been seeking those changes for close to a decade. council members will vote on capping rent increases at 3% per year also bumping up costs of relocation assistance. supporters plan to gather outside city hall ahead of tonight's meeting. >>> let's get a look at the weather. >> it's another warm day with highs in the low 70s for parts of the south bay, upper 60s from san francisco to the north bay over toward the east bay. much cooler tomorrow with rain coming in and highs in the low 60s. we are going to see a slight chance of showers late tonight. overall the heavier rain moves from north to south as we go late tomorrow morning into the afternoon. we'll continue to see waves of rain in the forecast and the impacts adding up as we go toward the end of the week into the weeke

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms.. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. mullin, aye. ■> the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, a the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. barasso, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. cr

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor nebraska third district pilot farmer, soil conservation, and centenarian, eddie harms. an extraordinary pillar of consistency in his southeast nebraska community. he turned 100 years on december 22, 2023. eddie and his wife raised two children and he worked as a farmer and soil conservationist for more than 830. only recently selling his long used bulldozer. he's known by neighbors for his dogged work ethic. willingness to lend a hand. growing up with his 12 siblings on the family farm near adams, nebraska, he said from an early age we learn what we needed to do. demonstrate love for family, community, and the land throughout his life, eddie exemplifies nebraska values of stewardship, neighborliness, and conservation. today he lives in syracuse, nebraska, and continues to visit family and friends around the community. his daughter attests that he loves taking care of the land and being busy in doing things. his character and contributions to his community are out

mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. hassan, ayly vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 51, the nays are 48 and the nominee is compelled. mr. schumer: -

it's the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher�*s wife in a hired killing. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this is data from the non—profit death penalty information centre. with me is the bbc�*s david willis. thank you forjoining. what more do we know about the execution now? in more do we know about the execution now?— more do we know about the execution now? in the last few minutes the — execution now? in the last few minutes the governor - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of the i minutes the governor of the state of alabama has issued a statement confirming the execution of smith by nitrogen gas. that is after the united states supreme court rejected various appeals by kenneth smith's lawyers for

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president, i rise to tell you the story of one of my constituents named hannah. when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she chose life for her baby. despite coming from a long line of single mothers, hannah was able to overcome her circumstances and create a better life for herself and her daughter. at 18 years old, hannah learned she was pregnant. her child's father drained her savings and spent it on drug abuse. disgus hopeless just weeks into her pregnancy, hannah went to her local pregnancy center women's resource center in gulfport mississippi where she began to receive weekly parenting classes. in november 2014 hannah gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named ava, a name which means life. as a single mother bringing a child into her and hannah struggled to overcome severe postpartum depression in the early months after the birth of her daughter. when she turned 21 hannah got a job at a casino an answer to her prayers. this job gave her a sense of pride and indepen

it will be the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1988 of murdering a preacher�*s wife, in a hired killing. mr smith's spiritual advisor, reverend jeff hood, will be in attendance in the chamber and says the execution will be a "horrififc moment" for the country. it isa it is a death days. and execution day. it is just horrible. every time one of these executions happens it is horrible. it is important to point out this is a day nobody wants. it is a sad, awful day for everyone, no matter what your perspective is. alabama's governor kay ivey gave the bbc this statement. she says: "this method has been thoroughly vetted and both "the alabama department of corrections "and the attorney general�*s office have indicated "it is ready to go." governor ivey also said, "the legislature passed this law in 2018, and it is ourjob "to implement it. " alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all

mr. lankford, no. ms. smith, e.fe the clerk: mr. éihagerty, no. the clerk: mr.d. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 311, karoline mehalchick of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, theas been w. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of karoline mehalchick oftes district judger the middle district of pennsylvania shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.ll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr.

with other un special procedure mandate holders absolute condemnation of the execution of mr kenneth eugene smith cause suffering, intense suffering, in animals and, in fact, the use by the alabama department of corrections of mr kevin's using smith back of kenneth eugene smith as a guinea pig actually to test this new method amount in one hand to unethical human experimentation and was nothing short of state sanctioned torture. hence, we are calling for a band to the use of nitrogen hypoxia is a method of execution in alabama and other states and the horrific death suffered by mr smith last thursday evening actually is a stark reminder of the barbaric nature of the death penalty and a very, very potent call to step up efforts to abolish the death penalty in the united states and the world over. oklahoma and mississippi have also authorised nitrogen gas. other states may follow suit. the biden administration already has a moratorium on federal executions but do you believe that the white house should go further? absolutely. i mean, should go further? absolutely. i mean. this — should go further?

mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. lee, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. carper, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. & mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. warnock, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. 7 the clerk: mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 68, the nays are

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. boozman. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. rounds, aye. t

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king.■x ms. klobuchar. mr.. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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. 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 a blumenthal, boozman, brown, butler, capito, cassidy, cortez-masto, daines, ernst, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, manchin, markey, mcconnell, merkley, moran, mullin, murkowski, murray, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubi■@o, schatz, sinema smith, sullivan, tester, tillis, welch, and wicker. mrs. gillibrand, aye. senators voting in the negative crapo, cruz

nitrogen hypoxia is a method of execution alabama and other states, and the horrific death suffered by mr smithdeath penalty, and a very, very potent call to step up efforts to abolish the death penalty in the united states and the world over. oklahoma and mississippi have also authorised nitrogen gas. other states may follow suit. biden administration already has a moratorium on federal executions, but do you believe that the white house would go further? ~ , ,., , that the white house would go further? ~ , a, , ., further? absolutely. i mean, this case _ further? absolutely. i mean, this case is — further? absolutely. i mean, this case is absolutely - this case is absolutely shameful on a country which regards itself as a beacon of human rights. this was clearly also a violation not only of the eighth amendment of the united states constitution, but of its obligations under international law, in particular the international covenant on civil and political rights, which the united states actually signed in 1992 and has since been supreme law of the country. article seven of the international c

in 2022, mr. smith was taken to a cell, chained to a couch and they spent 4 hours trying to get the needle into the vein to administer the injection to complete the execution. it was torture and barbarity. despite the fact that the district court overturned that execution. 2 minutes before its formal start, the team of executioners donned a multi-colored robe. he repeated, the condemned man refused, now after death they make him guilty again, they say, he persisted and resisted. smith held his breath as long as he could, of course he struggled a little, there were involuntary movements and agonizing breathing, but... in general, all this was expected, and then the side effects that we saw with nitrogen hypoxia, so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary that we expected. where such confidence? is unclear, because even the company that produced the mask that was used for the execution asked to cover the brand name with tape just in case , however, the manufacturers, who have already been called merchants

mr. smith lawyers argue he may vomit which could prolong suffering and death. >> why are states looking for alternate methods? >> it began several years ago. when pharmaceutical companies discovered their drugs were being used in executions, they responded by withdrawing or refusing to sell to prisons in that led states to do a variety of rings. some began compounding drugs, experimenting with different combinations and what we saw then was a series of boxed executions. gruesome spectacles of people who were in a lot of pain. now, states have turned to identifying alternate methods. some have gone back to old methods like electrocution, alabama will be the first to use nitrogen gas. john: how do states approach new techniques? >> part of the problem is we don't have all the details. transparency and accountability are principles of good governance. what we don't have is an understanding and i think that is what is prompting concerns. >> only five states carried out capital punishment last year

amy: reverend hood, this was the second -- well, there was a failed attempt at an execution of mr. smithveral years ago, is that right? it was november 22. the executioners frantically sought a vein to deliver the deadly cocktail, at one point subjecting smith strapped to a gurney to an inverted crucifixion position as one team on the team repeatedly and painfully jabbed a needle under his collarbone. even alabama's ultraconservative governor kay ivey said there had to be alternative means of execution. the reason states are moving toward gassing prisoners to death is european companies that provided the chemical, right, for an injection, have set it can't be used execute people because it harkens back to the holocaust. >> right. i can tell you if these attorney general's around the country saw what i saw last week -- like i said, this is absolutely horrific. i am thankful lethal injection has slowed down. i am thankful for european companies that have pushed back sending these drugs to the united states. but i will also say it is very clear that what we are witnessing is -- again, a mor

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye.lerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. warnock, aye. . vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: on this vote, the yeas are 87 it the nays are 6, and this nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to consider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a cl

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, _ calderwood, mr smith, professor leitch, ken thomson, leslie evans, professor— leitch, ken thomson and former— minister of wales mark drakeford and former deputy first minister of northern— former deputy first minister of northern ireland michelle o'neill. is northern ireland michelle o'neill. is that _ northern ireland michelle o'neill. is that correct?— northern ireland michelle o'neill. is that correct? yes. you produce no messaues is that correct? yes. you produce no messages with _ is that correct? 13:3 you produce no messages with these individuals is that correct? 133 you produce no messages with these individuals in your first _ messages with these individuals in your first statement, is that correct _ your first statement, is that correct chris neal yes, but i said in the _ correct chris neal yes, but i said in the statement, those messages would _ in the statement, those messages would have been extremely limited. if i would have been extremely limited. if i take _ would have been extremely limited. if i take john swinney for example, if i takejohn swinney for example, it

mr. smith, mr. nixon. kennedy looks cool, confident, presidential.rica. nixon looks nervous, looks anxious. his eyes are darting about. he keeps looking at kennedy. "what's kennedy up to?" 'he's sweating. he's uneasy.' it's the exact opposite of the image he's supposed to project. the things that senator kennedy has said, many of us can agree with. and again and again, the vice president would say, "i agree with senator kennedy" and i subscribe completely to the spirit that senator kennedy has expressed tonight. and it made him look like, basically, second fiddle. and the fact is television sees it all. [evan thomas] 'nixon's supporters are cringing 'and kennedy's aides are gloating.' mayor daley of chicago says that nixon looks embalmed. mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? i have no comment. reporter joe alsop says that nixon looks like a suspect in a statutory rape case. nixon's own running mate, henry cabot lodge, says, "we've lost." tv polls show kennedy wins the debate, but radio listeners side with nixon. [police siren wails

>> he banged the gavel but, he looked like jimmy see art at the end of mr. smith washington. >> mccarthy did not have much time to settle. >> the first challenge is debt ceiling crisis, republicans want him to cut spending to 2022 levels. >> democrats wanted no conditions, after several face-to-face meetings with president, a deal of the struck and crisis averted. >> he did that thing that speakers do, he compromised. you know what freedom caucus they don't like that. >> the next thing that he is facing is the calls to impeach president biden. >> kevin mccarthy was hot and cold about that, say i don't like optics. >> then few months later government faced pro prospect of a government shut down. >> he promised moon and son sun. >> they demand kevin mccarthy hold 12 separate votes on 12 several spending bills, they were not afraid of a government shut down. >> you never knew what someone was going to drop an f bomb on c-span. >> he kicked can down the road so government will be funded until november. >> he got thereby negotiating with democrats that was it for the f

mr. hoeven. hyde-smith. the clerk: mr. mawly, mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven.ey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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.■h mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina.$1 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. vote: ■6 senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, braun, brown, cassidy, collins, duckworth, grassley, hassan, hyde-smith, kelly, merkley, murray, padilla, paul, reed, rounds, smith, tester, tuberville, welch. no senator voted in the negative. mr. peters, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. kennedy, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ■rux mr. kaine, aye. # mr. herty, aye

plastic bag, they will fill it with nitrogen, take out the oxygen, and since there is no oxygen, mr. smithll die. first, cells, the most sensitive cells will be the brain. they begin to die about four minutes after the cessation of oxygen. but eventually all of his cells will die without oxygen. host: supporters of this method have said that it is fast and painless, but the u.n. humans rights office said it could torture and could be in violation of human rights treaties, treaties the u.s. has signed to. what is your view? dr. keller: my view is it is an experiment. alabama can say it is painless, but they don't know because it has not been done before. i think it is particularly apparent that it is not going to be painless. if someone told me they would put a bag over my head and kill me, i would feel a lot of anxiety and fear. i would have the release of a lot of stress hormones. that would get worse and worse until the moment i became unconscious. and from the moment that mask is placed on his face, until he becomes unconscious, i suspect that he will be feeling a lot of psychic pain, a

it's the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacherials earlier.

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in the case of mr smith and this execution which has been authorised using nitrogen gas, what are yourare your specific opposition cor? s you are your specific opposition cor? sis you know, we oppose every execution. death itself is torture and with what has been happening in alabama, kenneth smith and others have been put in the death chamber for hours while they try to establish an ivy so they can use these drugs to kill them and so he has already been through that for hours. —— iv. what people need to understand now, if kenny was on trial today, they couldn't sentence him to death because his jury was couldn't sentence him to death because hisjury was not couldn't sentence him to death because his jury was not unanimous. in alabama, they used to have it so a judge could overturn a jury recommendation but that was outlawed in 2017. now, we are executing a guy that has all been tortured, now they are torturing him again, all wiki has been throwing up and having trouble being calm and now they are going to try again with an experimental system that has never been used before, there is

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but we heard, didn't we, from some of the eyewitnesses to deny�*s execution who told of a mr smith twistingning on the gurney, gasping for breath, and spending several minutes alive before this lethal dose of nitrogen gas had overpowered him. there will be a lot of questions, obviously, of how successful or otherwise, if one can put it that way, this method turned out to be and currently, of course, all we have is the word of those small number of people who were admitted into the execution chamber in alabama tonight's to witness what happened. qm. witness what happened. 0k, david willis, _ witness what happened. 0k, david willis, thank _ witness what happened. 0k, david willis, thank you very much indeed stop thank you. could israel be forced into agreeing a gaza ceasefire in the coming hours? the un's highest court delivers its initial ruling later on a genocide case against israel. if the judges believe there is a case to answer, they could demand israel call a ceasefire in gaza and allow in more un humanitarian aid. israel has challenged the accusation at the court in the hague, but wha

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smith: mr.ident, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 11:00n wednesday, january 17 that following the prayer and pledge the proceedings be approved to date the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in the day and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. postcloture. further, that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the meetings. further, that all time recess -- during adjournment, recess morning business and leader remarks counttue motion to proceed. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. ms. smith: if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. e. now video app or on-line. >> this week watch c-span campaign 2024 coverage, we're on the ground in new hampshire