mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, every year americans make nearly three billion trips to the drugstore -- to pharmacies, convenience stores -- to pick up over-the-counter products such as allergy medicines, children's cough syrup or simple pain medicines, aspirin. as the senate health committee was working on the 21st century cures act, i asked the director of the center for drug evaluation at the food and drug administration, i asked, are there any changes that really need to be made in the f.d.a.'s law? so this is a train that's likely to get to the station. if you've got something that really needs to be done for the benefit of american consumers that you haven't been able to get done, tell us what it is and we'll put it on the train. well, ms. woodcock, who's been at the f.d.a. for a while, came back to me and said, the over-the-counter monogramm. these are the rules that govern how all drugs other than prescription are approved. the's a lettering medicine, the cough syrup, the simple pain medicines. t

mr. alexander: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i want to thank the democratic leader for his courtesy and support on this. he and senator mcconnell made it possible for us to do this. i will limit my remarks for a couple of minutes and then to senator murray and then senator scott, senator coons, senator jones is here, and we'll finish by 10:50. madam president, it's hard to think of a piece of legislation that would have a more lasting impact on minority students in america than the bill that the senate just passed. i believe in doing so we have improved the provision in the house bill that was sent to us, that's what we did. we amended a house bill that we're now sending back to them. we've been working with leaders in the house to make sure that our bill is something that the house can accept and pass. we hope that will happen. we hope that will happen in the next couple of weeks. and here is the result of it happening. number one, a big step for historically black colleges and minority institutions, permanent funding

mr. alexander. fortalk is about slowing the u.s. economy, but not depressing.views on business investment -- that is one place we need to see a turnaround, and embrace of the idea that the bad news is behind us. >> we think it is going to remain well the tivoli -- relatively weak in the first half of the year. the u.s.-china trade deal is a potential benefit in that regard , but as you suggested, it is not done. moreover, i would add the election as another source of uncertainty. we obviously don't know what the outcome is, that i would argue the democratic party has shifted away from what i might describe as market-friendly policy, and i think that is going to weigh on investing. we are a little more optimistic as you get into 2021, but i do not expect a quick rebound. shery: how economic with this phase one trade deal be, from everything we have heard so far, if it is not followed by phases two and three? lewis: one thing i would stress is we don't know much right now. the fact they got to a reduction in not only the suspension of the december 15 tariff is im

mr. alexander: madam president, i -- i'll bet senator isakson is a little bit surprised that his -- at -- that his farewell address would develop such an eruption of bipartisan speeches, both in the luncheon we just had for nearly 100 senators, almost everybody was there, democrats and republicans, and then the 50 or so senators that are going to speak on the floor. as i listened carefully to senator isakson's own remarks about partisanship, it kinded reminded me of the preacher on -- on sunday talking to the congregation saying, i'm not so worried about what you do with this one hour during church, it's your behavior between now and next sunday. i think what johnny isakson is saying is that the speeches about bipartisanship are admiral and good, but what he'd like to suggest to us is what we need to do is have a little better behavior, follow those speeches a little better between now and the next time we have a group of speeches. johnny learned a long time ago that if you -- if all you want to do is take a position or make a speech, that you don't need to go to all the trouble to come t

. >> my name is alexander porter butterfield. >> mr.utterfield, are you aware of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> it was a bombshell. >> the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. >> he fought subpoena after subpoena. >> i have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, disturbed reporting. >> even as he tried to convince the american people that watergate was a press creation. >> what is it about television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? >> don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. one can only be angry with those he respects. >> mr. president! >> finally a drastic step. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> our offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> a mass firing of the men pursuing the tapes. the saturday night massacre. >> the news calls the sensation in the white house press room and sent reporters scrambling for their telephones. >> a grave and profound crisis in which t

mr. taylor. professor turley. the subject alexander hamilton was concerned out when it comes to impeachment. advocating for the constitution federal statements laid out the reasons madison and hamilton thought impeachable clauses was necessary, he also flagged concerns. in many cases of impeachment, it will connect itself and enlist all their animosities, partialities and influence ans interests on one side. in such cases, there will always be the greater danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. professor turley, do you think hamilton predicted a real danger of hyper party and impeachmentmeimpeachments? >> that's proven to be the case. the two impeachments we have seen. it is important to note that we often think our times are unique. this provision was not just written for times like ours. it was written in times like ours. these are people that even more severe than the rhetoric today. jefferson referred to the administration of the federalists, the reigning of the witches. this is not a pe

there's direct evidence from alexander vindman, ms. williams, mr. borison. asking a foreign leader to corrupt our elections. he made it public. october 3rd and october 4th. invited another foreign power, china, to interfere in the election. the chief of staff acknowledged the president directed him to put this unexplained hold on aid to ukraine. the president directed the vice president not to attend the inauguration of president zelensky because he hadn't yet got what he was demanding, a public announcement intended to damage his political opponent. ambassador sondland testified that the ukrainians were told, and i quote, the resumption of u.s. aid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks. and then he testified he spoke with president trump and while the president claimed there was no quid pro quo, he made it clear that president zelensky must publicly announce the two investigations that president trump discussed on july 25th in the call in order for this security assistan

mr. mccarthy: this morning i listened to speaker pelosi give us historical references. the one that she skipped was alexander hamilton when he wrote, there will always be the greatest danger that the decision to use the impeachment power would be driven by partisan animosity instead of real demonstrations of incense or guilt. today is the day that hamilton warned us. today with the speaker announcement she has weakened this nation. it was not new news. they always had this prewritten timeline from the day they got sworn in. let's go through their timeline. after winning the majority they had to decide who would become the chairs of their committees. impeachment committee, judiciary, had a campaign for it. nadler campaigned on the theme that he would be the best for impeachment, and he won the position. on the very first day of swearing-in by their new freshmen that got them the majority, after holding their hand up and swearing to the constitution in celebration that night, congresswoman talib said, we are going to impeach the mother. that was their goal from the beginning. or in may of 2019 of this year, al

mr. mccarthy: good morning. this morning i listened to speaker pelosi give us historical references. the one she skipped was alexander hamilton when he wrote, there will always be the greatest danger that the decision to use impeachment power would be driven by partisan animosity instead of real demonstrations of real innocence or guilt. today is the day hamilton warned us. today with the speaker

alexander porter butterfield. >> what were your duties at the white house, mr. butterfield?and ultimate supervision of the office of special files. >> mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any devices, listening devices, in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> on whose authority were they installed, mr. butterfield? >> on the president's authority for posterity. >> all right. mr. butterfield, as far as you know from your own personal knowledge, all of the president's conversations were recorded? as far as you know. >> that's correct. >> mr. butterfield, if one were to reconstruct the conversations, what would be the best way to reconstruct those conversations? >> well, in the obvious manner, mr. dash, to obtain the tape and play it. >> thank you very much, sir. >> a startling development. >> certainly critical in regard to dean's testimony and in essence the case against the president of the united states. >> ron, can you tell us how the president was informed about mr. butterfield's testimony and what his reacti

that he challenged him to push ups how was biden and alice and alexander and on top of that a lot of people have that question but c.n.n. and mrs b. c. they will never ask that question an ordinary citizen a pensioner asked that question that millions of people have keep going it's a huge story exactly and he wanted to know what was going on how is biden going to react during the debate when trump brings this up over and over and over again there is no chance that biden is going to be able to take on trump the democrats have nobody at this moment and peter we saw hillary clinton on howard stern and what did we hear again her hinting that she's going to run and then a lot of open and a lot of coughing and a lot of coughing not a lot of coughing and that would be another disaster to be a train wreck on top of a train wreck that's why we have this impeachment hoax going on. well it's interesting that we've heard it from the mainstream media during the last at least one month. by then and his son did go do an inappropriate in ukraine i think are sort of down also we're going to leave the mainstream media and really really after eve

strength people thought that you know mr whitman was the right person i would have elected him back in but i didn't and just finally about election interference alexander downer for a foreign minister a controversial figure being attacked by one of the old drums full of foreign policy advisers george problems in the united states he is warning the british people of a corbin government in the united kingdom the interference from a former australian foreign minister. you know if you want to listen closely to alexander downer and i bet you've had a straw poll of 100 people in the streets of piccadilly i'll be very surprised if more than 5 of them knew who alexander downer was i don't say that is interference for what everybody has to thank you you're welcome thank you very much after the break with mainstream media coverage of politics ahead of thursday's u.k. general election down for bias could know him chomsky the author of manufacturing consent about power and propaganda actually been wrong not about propaganda but about linguistics we talked to professor mark mass then about the cradle of humanity all this is. well coming up about 2 and going undergr

mr. taylor. >> professor turley, i'd like to turn to the subject of partisanship. it's a subject alexander hamilton was concerned about. he wrote some words advocating for the ratification of the constitution, the federalist papers laid out the reasons madison and principally hamilton thought the impeachment clause was necessary, but he also flagged concerns. he said in many cases of impeachment, it will connect itself with the preexisting factions and will enlist all their animosities, partialities, influence and interest on one side. where in the other in such cases there always will be the greater danger that the decision will be made more pi tby the strength o parties than by innocence or guilt. do you think hamilton predicted a real danger here? >> certainly that has proven to be the case certainly of the two impeachments we have seen. it's also important to note that we often think our times are unique. this provision wasn't just written for times like ours. it was written in times like ours. these are people that were even more severe than the rhetoric today. jefferson referred to t

will turn it over to my counsel mr tyler professor turley i like to turn to the subject of partisanship as the founders feared it and as it exists today is the subject alexander hamilton was very concerned about when it came to impeachment he wrote some pression words in federalist paper number 65. in advocating for the ratification of the constitution the federalist papers laid out the reasons madison and principally hamilton thought the pietschmann clause was necessary but he also flagged concerns he said in many cases of impeachment it will connect itself with the preexisting factions and will enlist all their animosities partialities influence in interest on one side or on the other in such cases there will always be the greater danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties and by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt chris or turley do you think hamilton predicted a real danger here of hyper partisan impeachments. well certainly that has proven to be the case certainly of the 2 impeachments that we have seen i it's also important to note by the way that we often think that our times are unique you know thi

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alexander hamilton. >> james madison's copy actually has annotations by james madison. >> it says right here, mr.'s essays, federalist number 10, addresses the dangers of what he called factions and is often cited by people on both sides of the campaign finance debate. >> okay. thanks. >> federalist number 10? he is leaving us alone with the federalist papers. >> among the advantages promised by a well-construct ed union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. faction can be read as what? >> special interest groups. >> so this is basically talking about money and influence and large organizations? >> there are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction, the one by removing its causes, the other by controlling its effects. by removing its causes, how do you do that? you can't remove the causes of -- >> human nature. >> human nature or faction. right. >> i think you can control its effects. >> yeah. >> today the men and women entrusted with controlling the effects of money in politics are our elected leaders. we didn't have

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mr pompeo says washington will not deviate from its campaign of targeting iran's economy through sanctions russian official has dismissed reports of russian attacks on civilians in syria's italy province as falls special envoy alexander lavender m.t.f. spoke to our to 0 sum up intervene in kazakhstan where the latest round of syrian peace talks are being held. all of it completely it's fake news no proof to it because when our. is making from fulfilling some military task you know it is checked all the locations of all of the fighters of the headquarters and so on it's checked triple times so that in order not to make any mistake and another not for the civilians to cause any damage is among the civilians so i am 100 percent sure that these are and it's a pity that the the position of the listen to it and they correspond this to the. among the international community you know this this is a 1st not good but at the same time i should tell you that. we tell the opposition take everything into your hands. and it will be says fire completely if there is no provocation from their side we will guarantee that there will be no. attacks from or from the governmental troops. commuters in paris have suffered another day of huge

mr. chairman. just a couple of things i want to clear up right off the bat. i feel compelled to say that lieutenant alexander vindman is a hero because he received the purple heart for sustaining injuries in iraq. and i am extremely proud of him for his courage on and off the battlefield. secondly, we can say this one more time. the intelligence committee did not subpoena the phone records of any member of congress or any member of the press. abuse of power has been defined as official misconduct. commission of an unlawful act done in an official capacity which affects the performance of official duties. president trump sought an announcement of political investigations in return for performing two official acts. number one, he conditioned release of vital military assistance in ukraine on president zelensky's public announcement of the investigations. now imagine if there was a mayor who withheld critical dollars from a police chief to fight terrorism until that chief went to a microphone and simply announced an investigation of the mayor's political opponent. i do not believe any community anywhere would a

mr. taylor. >> professor turley, i would like to turn to partisanship as the founders feared it and how it exists today. a subject alexander hamilton was very concerned about when it came to impeachment. he wilt some impression words in federalist papers 65. and advocating for the federal constitution, they laid out the reasons madison and principally hamilton thought that the impeachment clause was necessary, but also flag concerns. he said in many cases of impeachment it will connect itself with the pre-existing factions and will enlist all of their animosities, personalities, influence influence and interest on one side where on the other and in such cases there will always be the greater danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. professor turley, do you think hamilton predicted a real danger of hyperpartisan impeachments? >> that is proven to be the case, the two impeachments that we have seen, it is also to note that we often think that our times are unique. this provision was not just written for times like ours. it wa

alexander hamilton says impeachment is designed to deal -- >> young lady, your time is expired. >> we must impeach donald trump. >> gentleman from georgia. >> i yield a minute and a half to mr. mitchell. members and all americans must recognize that impeachment was a safety valve, rare to use and only when the president acted immoral or threatening the bases of our republic. as we cast votes on these articles, the future tone of this house and politics in this nation must be carefully considered. whether we agree with our like the president's rhetoric or use of twitter or policy choices or political rallies, one of our founders, alexander hamilton warned that the risk of impeachment becoming solely partisan act. this impeachment inquiry do not heed that warning. these proceedings are weaponizing the impeachment, making it another tool. it is clear president trump's actions described in these articl articles do not constitute bribery or high crimes of misdemeanors. he simply does not like it. i will be voting no on these articles and hope some day we return to serving the needs of the american people. with that, i yield wiback. >> gentleman from new york. i yield two-minutes

mr. meadows. >> gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. today as we sit here debating impeachment, they all want to talk about it's the constitution. it's alexander hamilton. the last 30 days, i have heard more about hamilton for my democratic colleagues and until then the closest they ever came from hamilton was a $10 bill. i mean, you know all of a sudden what we have are these strict constitutionalists on the other side of the aisle. listen, this has nothing to do with the constitution. it has nothing to do with anything but raw politics. there's only one person on the other side of the aisle. they've got seven pinocchios for not telling the truth. nobody on the other side of the aisle got that, madam speaker. and the american people need to understand two key facts, the democrats in control set their own rules of evidence. they said what we need to do for impeachment is to have compelling evidence and bipartisan support. well, they don't have either of those two things. they failed the rules that they made up themselves. we've got president zelensky from ukraine saying there was no pressure. we've got the number two guy in ukraine saying ther

mr. meadows: thank you, madam speaker. you know, today, as we sit here debating impeachment, you know, they all want to talk about it's the constitution, it's alexander hamilton. you know, the last 30 days i've heard more about hamilton from my democrat colleagues, and until then the closest they had -- they came to hamilton was a $10 bill. all of a sudden what we have is these strict constitutionalists on the other side of the aisle. listen, this has nothing to do with the constitution, it has nothing to do with anything but raw politics. . there's only one person on the other side of the aisle who got seven by folk yows for not telling the truth. no one on this side got that during this impeachment process. the american people need to understand two key facts. the democrats in control set their own rules of evidence. they said what we need to do for impeachment is to have compelling evidence and bipartisan support. they don't have either of those two things. they failed the rules that they made up themselves. we've got president zelensky of ukraine saying there was no pressure. we've got the number two guy in ukraine saying there was no pressure. w

mr. mcalester. >> not waiting any time, are you, tracy? >> you know what they say about the early bird. >> yeah, i do. >> "election" is the second movie of alexanderion in omaha. reese witherspoon's tracy flick, she is someone you almost want to root for because of her passion and her drive. yet also she has a little bit too much ambition. >> they know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. >> what's brilliant about "election" is you're getting voiceover from three or four different perspectives? >> who knew how high she would climb in life, how many people would suffer because of her? i had to stop her. >> alexander payne made a very american movie, and the performances in "election" of math r matthew broderick and reese witherspoon are terrific. >> looks like you could use a cupcake. >> it's a remarkable film. >> who are you? >> "boys don't cry" is based on a true story about brandon tina, a young man who was a trans man living in a small community. ♪ he fell in love with a woman. they had a relationship, and other people discovered that this was a trans man an

mr. casten: it's not just going back to 19 13678 our founders got that point as well. alexander hamilton in federalist 32 said an uncontrollable authority to raise funds is a problem. the house is not in -- is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. please take your conversations off the froor. the gentleman is recognized. mr. casten: what hamilton sunday certain services, like roads, schools, library are better and more efficiently provided by local authorities. when we double taxation we create a fight between federal and local authorities to the detriment of those critical local services. the repeal of the state and local tax deduction, the tax cut and job act -- i urge my colleagues to vote yes and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserve the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. >> i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. >> madam speaker, i recognize -- i yield one minute to the gentleman from minnesota, congressman phillips. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise

alexander hamilton would be ashamed. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this partisan impeachment sham and i yield back. >> gentleman from california. >> madam speaker, i now yield one minute to mr. crow, the gentleman from colorado. >> gentleman's recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. years ago, i took my first oath to the country. went to war and fought alongside our nation's finest men and women. some of them gave their lives for our nation. not a day has passed that i don't reflect on those sacrifices. i learned during that time that our nation is built on sacrifice. we have overcome challenging times because people have decided to put aside their personal interests, their livelihoods, and yes, even give their lives to do what is best for our nation. our founders created a system to ensure we would have no kings or dictators. a system that vested power in the people. to ensure that no man or woman is above the law. generation after generation, this system has survived because people have fought for it. today, it is our turn. the president's abuse of power and scorn for our constitutional checks and balances is unprecedented. unless we stand up against these

alexander hamilton said impeachment was designed to build -- a violation of public trust. >> gentle lady's times expired. >> who speaks recognition? >> -- donal donald j. trump. >> is my pleasure to gilded minute and a half to mr. mitchell. >> today the house of representatives votes on two articles of impeachment for president trump. members and all americans must recognize that impeachment was intended to be a safety valve. rarely used and only when the president acts in such an immoral and blatantly unlawful manner as they threaten the very basis of our republic. as we cast a vote on these articles, the future tone of this house and politics in this nation must be carefully considered. the issue is not whether we agree with or like the president's rhetoric, political tactics, use of twitter, policy choices or his clinical valleys. one of our founders alexander hamilton warned that the risks of impeachment becoming a solely partisan act in "the federalist" papers. this impeachment inquiry in these articles clearly do not heed that warning. these proceedings are weaponizing impeachment making another election tool. and that's -- they do not constitute treason, or high crimes and misdemeanors. you simply don't

mr. simpson: thank you for allowing us to testify today on the nrnl and water appropriations bill. i'd like to thank chairman kaptur and our colleagues in the senate, chairman alexander and senator feinstein for another cooperative and successful conference process. i'd like to recognize chairwoman lowey and ranking member granger of the full committee for their leadership and support in of this effort. there are a -- there are a lot of members who wish to testify today so i'll be brief. the bill fully funds the maintenance and modernization of our nuclear weapons systems. it cleeds the -- exceeds the annual target for harbor maintenance trust fund, and enhances a new nuclear reactor programming commercializing the next generation of carbon-free nuclear technologies here and around the globe. i'm pleased to support this bill and agree with the remarks of chairwoman kaptur and yield back. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. visclosky. mr. visclosky: thank you for allowing us the opportunity. i want to thank my good friend and partner, mr. calvert. the assembly of this bill was bipartisan. there's a large am of money in the defense appropriations bill, we're $4 ppt 6 billion

mr. scott, for the work of his committee. college board and national college access network who have worked with me for months and senators murray and alexander for moving this through the senate. too many students find the current application for federal student assistance so complicated and the difficulty of getting all of the financial information required so demanding that they never complete the application. i was in san antonio this past weekend. the completion rate there is a mere 35%. so $2.6 billion in free money available for student financial assistance goes unclaimed each year. this bill will eliminate up to 22 fafsa questions and require the department of squeags and i.r.s. to do some of the heavy lifting for the students by sharing taxpayer information for fafsa completion. increase in access to pell grants and other educational opportunities especially for first five i'm students whose parents may work at multiple jobs and the provisions included from the bill that we introduced earlier this year will eliminate problems -- about 7 million students who have graduated have faced in the annual certification process for income-driv

mr. meadows. >> the gentleman is rick and ice for 3 minutes. thank you madam speaker, today, as we sit here debating impeachment, you know, they all want to talk about it is the constitution. it is alexandern. you know, the last 30 days, i've heard more about hamilton from my democratic colleagues and until then, the closest they ever came was a $10 bill. you know, all of a sudden, what we have is the strict constitutionalists on the other side of the aisle. listen, this has nothing to do with the constitution. it has nothing to do with anything but real politics. you know, there is only one person on the other side of the aisle. they have seven pinocchio's for not telling the truth. no one on this side of the aisle got that during this impeachment process madam speaker, and the american people need to understand two key facts: the democrats in control will set their own rules of evidence. they said what we need to do for impeachment is to have compelling evidence and by partisan support. they don't have either to a of those things. they failed the roots that they made up themselves. we've got president zelensky of ukraine saying there was no pressure. we have the number two guy in ukrain

mr. meadows: thank you, madam speaker. you know, today, as we sit here debating impeachment, you know, they all want to talk about it's the constitution, it's alexander hamilton. you know, the last 30 days i've heard more about hamilton from my democrat colleagues, and until then the closest they had -- they came to hamilton was a $10 bill. all of a sudden what we have is these strict constitutionalists on the other side of the aisle. listen, this has nothing to do with the constitution, it has nothing to do with anything but raw politics. . there's only one person on the other side of the aisle who got seven by folk yows for not telling the truth. no one on this side got that during this impeachment process. the american people need to understand two key facts. the democrats in control set their own rules of evidence. they said what we need to do for impeachment is to have compelling evidence and bipartisan support. they don't have either of those two things. they failed the rules that they made up themselves. we've got president zelensky of ukraine saying there was no pressure. we've got the number two guy in ukraine saying there was no pressure. w

mr. roker, thank you. >>> democrats in the house are closing ranks as they prepare for the historic vote on the impeachment of president trump nbc white house correspondent peter alexanderatch today. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning to you first up, that growing list of house democrats from highly competitive districts now saying they will vote in favor of impeaching president trump a vote that could make them politically vulnerable back home but it all but guarantees that tomorrow donald trump will become only the third president to be impeached. that would set up a trial in the senate early next year when chuck schumer is renewing his call for former trump administration officials to testify, officials that had been blocked by the white house from participating in the house proceedings. also overnight, the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani just back from another trip to ukraine as we have reported trying to dig up dirt on the bidens, revealed new details about his role in that so-called smear campaign and the ousting of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, a woman by the name of marie yovanovitch, a widely respected career diploma

mr. taylor. >> professor turley, i'd like to turn to the subject of partisanship as the founders feared it and as it is today. it is a situation that alexander hamilton was concerned about, and he wrote prescient words in page 65 in the ratification of the federalist papers in the constitution being ratified that principally hamilton and also said that it will pre-exist in the factions and enlist all of their animosities, partialities and interests on one side where on t on the other in suchcations the danger is relating to the compare zif strengcom comparative strength of the parties. and so professor turley, do you think that hamilton represented a high partisan nature of impeachments? >> that is the case in the two impeachments that we have seen. it is important to note that we think that our times are unique. this provision was not just written for times like ours, but it was written in times like ours, and in that these are the people who are even more severe than the rhetoric today. i mean, you have to keep in mind that jefferson referred to the administration of the federalist as the rein of the witches, and this is a period when they

alexander hamilton would be ashamed. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this partisan impeachment sham and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. schiff: i yield one minute to the gentleman from colorado. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. years ago i took my first oath to the country, went to war, fought alongside our nation's finest men and women. some of them gave their lives for our nation. not a day has passed that i don't reflect on those sacrifices. i learned during that time that our nation is built on sacrifice. we have overcome challenging times because people have decided to put aside their personal interests, their livelihoods, and yes, even give their lives to do what is best for our nation. mr. crow: our founders created a system to ensure we would have no kings or dictator a system that vests power in the people to ensure that no man or woman is above the law. generation after generation this system has survived because people have fought for it. today, it is our turn. the president's abuse of power and scorn for our constitutional checks and balance

marsha blackburn, our senator, alexander, also senator om tillis from north carolina, representatives phil roe, mark have all nd tom call helped us. without further ado, mr. prompt i urge consideration and support of my bill. mr. speaker, i yield back. westerman: i'd like to commend the gentleman from tennessee for his hard work on this bill. he trail of tears actually passes through my district in arkansas and, again, this is a and i urge bill passage of it in the house and urge our friends in the senate the bill up and pass it as well. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas yields of his time.nce the gentlewoman from new mexico is recognized. i alsoland: mr. speaker, wholeheartedly support this legislation and i urge my it as ues to support well. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new mexico balance of her time. the question is will the house rules and pass the bill h.r. 453, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed

mr. taylor. >> professor turley, i'd like to turn to the subject of partisanship as the founders feared it and as it is today. it is a situation that alexander hamilton was concerned about, and he wrote prescient words in page 65 in the ratification of the federalist papers in the constitution being ratified that principally hamilton and also said that it will pre-exist in the factions and enlist all of their animosities, partialities and interests on one side where on t on the other in suchcations the danger is relating to the compare zif strengcom comparative strength of the parties. and so professor turley, do you think that hamilton represented a high partisan nature of impeachments? >> that is the case in the two impeachments that we have seen. it is important to note that we think that our times are unique. this provision was not just written for times like ours, but it was written in times like ours, and in that these are the people who are even more severe than the rhetoric today. i mean, you have to keep in mind that jefferson referred to the administration of the federalist as the rein of the witches, and this is a period when they

alexander hamilton would be ashamed. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this partisan impeachment sham and i yield back. >> gentleman from california. >> i now yield one minute to mr ago i took my first oath to the country, went to war and fought alongside our nation's finest men and women. some of them gave their lives for our nation. not a day has passed that i don't reflect on those sacrifices. i learned during that time that our nation is built on sacrifice. we have overcome challenging times because people have decided to put aside personal interests, their livelihood and yes even give lives to do what is best for our nation. our founders created a system to ensure we would have no kings or dictators. a system that vested power in the people to ensure that no man or woman is above the law. generation after generation this system has survived because people have fought for it. today it is our turn. the president's abuse of power and scorn for our constitutional checks and balances is unprecedented. unless we stand up against the abuses we'll set the country on a dangerous new course. my oath, my love of our country and my duty to honor the sacrifices would cam

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, within a few minutes we'll be voting on the president's nomination for dan brouillette to become the new united states secretary of energy. i'm here to offer my support for mr. brouillette and to say i hope my colleagues will vote for him. i'm confident that with his leadership, we'll continue to build on the progress that we made under secretary rick perry. secretary perry has been a very effective secretary of energy during his time here. he's used his executive and political skills which are considerable having been governor of texas longer than anybody and having been involved in politics for a while to take charge of this very important department and lead it in a very strong way. for example, one of the best kept secrets in washington, d.c. is that over the last five years we've had a record level of funding for super computing allowing the united states to be fir

mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent there be two minutes of debate equally divided between the senator from washington and myself, that there be two minutes divided between the two leaders prior to the following vote. i further ask that the remaining votes in the series be ten minutes in length. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from -- the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. senators, please take your conversations off the floor. the senate will be in order. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the food and drug administration really plays an important part in our family's every day lives. when people across the country do anything from using a medical device or getting a prescription filled or sitting down together to eat, they rely on the food and drug administration to keep them safe and healthy. there's a lot at stake for our families and we need to know tha