mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mrs. warner, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. coons, eye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 95, the

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. 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.

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. 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.

mr. booker, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. 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 47. and the nomination is confirmed. 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 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 close debate on the nomination of executive calendars number 3310, brandy r. m{l1}c{l0}million of -- brandy r. mcmillion. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of br

mr. booker, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. braun, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. 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: 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 on the nomination of executive calendar number 377, shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, it the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that deba

mr. booker, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye.the presiding officer:ed yeas are 49. the nays are 46. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, margaret m. garnett of new york to be united states district judge for the southern district of new york. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate ♪♪ ♪♪ one of the best internet providers we are just getting started building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those need it most. >> charter communications support sees him as a public service along with these other television providers front row seat to democracy. >> friday december 1, watch he stands 2024 campaign trail the teaspoons campaign coverage to discover whether candidates are traveling across the country and what they are think the voters along with accounts from political

mr. booker, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye.rk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. sullivan, no. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 49. the nomination is confirmed. 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 go do hereby move to bring to a close debate executive calendar number 373, charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, th

mr. booker, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. ms. hassan, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. marshall, vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hyde-smith, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. testing. vote: the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk:

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays 46, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table, and the president will immediately be 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 on the nomination of executive calendar number 117, jose javier rodriguez of florida to be an assistant secretary of labor signed by 17 senators. of. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of jose javier rodriguez of florida to be an assistant secretary of labor shall be brought to a close. the yeas an

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr.anders, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, 9 nays are 42, the motion is disagreed to. -- is agreed to. cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume executive session to consider the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. ana de alba of california to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. test. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: thank you very much madam president. recently i had the opportunity to meet with a group of religious leaders from ukraine. they represented multiple christian denominations, plus isl

mr. booker. quorum call: the clerk: mr. boozman. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is is heard. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. vance: inaudible] the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call: mr. cruz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call: mrs. blackburn: mr. president, i ask that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you. the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call: quorum call: the clerk: mr. braun. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. the clerk: mrs. britt. quorum call: [inaudible conversations] theme and thank you all for coming this morning and thank you for rearranging your schedules. unfortunately i'm not able to -- but i still wanted to have the o

mr. booker, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. -- ms. smith, aye. , mr. hagerty, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. brown aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. vote: the presiding officer: is the yeas are 47, the nays are 42. the motion is agreed to. the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection.

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. plaza murray, aye. -- plaza murray, aye. the clerk: ms. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are 43, and the nomination is confirmed. 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 actions. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the following nominations be returned to the judiciary committee, calendars 405 and 406. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the sena

mr. booker mr. madea, mr. welsh, mr. butler, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. gornick, mr. lee, mr. cruz, mr. holly, mr. cotton, mr. kennedy, mr. tillis, mrs. blackburn. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor picked up next to sarah russell nominated u.s. district court for the district of connecticut. does anyone seek recognition? senator lee? >> mr. chairman i have got some concerns with this nominee. made some statements that i think are incompatible with someone wanting to serve as a life tenured article three federal judge. during the height of covid, one of my many concerns relates to a letter that she signed on to. a letter that reflects a certain betrayal in term reflecting a lack of judicial temperament. the letter that she signed onto his captioned, urgent action needed to protect individuals and connecticut's prisons and jails from coronavirus 19. we call that on the governor on the state of connecticut and all connecticut jurisdictions to number one immediately released to the maximum extent possible, this is a quote, people incarcerated pretrial and p

mr. booker, aye. vote: the presiding officer: mr. bennet the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 11. the 60-vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. under the previous order, the clerk lays before the senate the following message from the house of representatives. the clerk: resolved that the house disagreed to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 entitled an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes and ask a conference with the senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. mr. reed:mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i ask that we authorize con forees. i know of no further debate and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there further debate? the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. benn

mr. booker generosity is not hises strong suit. that's a big question mark.ept onve payroll for several months. i took that time to sort of decompress and sort it saw how things were unraveling on capitol hill, knowing full well that if i were called to testify under subpoena or voluntarily, i wanted to be forthcoming with the committee. whatever committee have been formed. but, so when it actually was subpoenaed to testify, i started this mad search for an attorney because i in my mind i had been in trump world, which was an advantage and disadvantage but i know that accepting something like an attorney from trump world at that juncture, i had worked for at that .10 months to sort separate myself very slowly from the world so that wasn't a target on my back. so i wouldn't appear disloyal. but in accepting something like that is a form of currency. you owe more than just what they expect you to say. all that being said, i was served, i did have the trump appointed counsel and he did receive counsel from that attorney. but also accepted it i accept responsibil

booker: thank you, mr. chairman. i would love to pick up exactly where my friend left off by reaffirming the agreement -- the bipartisan agreement. there is no one in this community that believes that children should have access to materials that are inappropriate for their age. there is no one that believes that children should have access to inappropriate, pornographic materials. this, to me, is about something deeper that is going on in the american culture right now that is really troubling. that is why i want to pick up where he talked about what is going on in our schools. i actually agree with ranking member graham that i do not see much that congress can do. we will make no laws addressing this. i do think it is important we hold a committee like this to talk to these larger issues. we have a country right now that is based in the ideals of a commitment to one another. we were not founded on sameness, on same religion, same ethnicity. we were founded on big principles of democratic ideals in a diverse democra

booker? >> thank you, mr. chairman.the child exploitation our country we have seen reported his standing and shameful and truly extraordinary when you think of the united states and american eighth-grader killed on a cleaning shift on a poultry plant in mississippi a 14-year-old hospitalized in alabama after being overworked and a chicken operation at 7-year-old in ohio had his leg torn off at the knee monthly processing facility. an addict child lost his hand and a meat grinder in the michigan operation. a 14-year-old named working an overnight shift in our country. this should horrify everyone. but given what we know it should not surprise us. i am glad we are discussing this strength faithful for this hearing as a whole range of things we could be doing to better serve immigrant children but i want to say this clearly. employers have a responsibility to abide by federal labor law and the moral standards of our nation. within their companies on plant floors and their contracts they should follow the rules of law and t

booker: thank you mr. chairman.is a difficult issue for me because i live in newark, new jersey. i am the only senator that lives in an urban community, i live in a community below the poverty line. and i have had experiences with gun violence that will chill me for the rest of my life. one of the things that frustrates me is often the racial tinge this has, that we often talk about this as an urban problem. it infuriates me because i think it makes it harder for us to come together and realize this is an american problem affecting all american communities. just so we can be factual, from 2016 to 2020, 13 of the 20 counties with the most gun homicides per capita were rural communities. it is very frustrating that the talk about chicago that i have heard so demonizes a city that does not have the highest murders per capita of american cities, or even in american counties. and it really obscures the strategies to do something about this. what urban communities like might have, which frustrates me, and i think this was

booker. reporter: how concerned are you about a government shutdown. mr. jeffries: the american people should be very concerned that the maga republicans have tried to shut down the government. this notion of a so-called latter c.r. like the novelty thy -- being delicate with my words here -- the novelty of how they come up with language that disguise their intentions, translation, they want to shut the government down. many of my republican colleagues do not believe in a functional federal government which is designed to meet the health, the safety and the economic well-being of the american people. they are not interested in a functional federal government. how do we know that? because for the last 25-plus years, republicans largely led in the house have repeatedly shut the government down. it was my hope that under new management, there would be a different approach and that remains to be seen what will happen in advance of november 17. but let's be clear. the only way forward is in a bipartisan way to pass a continuing resolution at the fiscal 2023 lev

thank you, yes, very well, booker, we just uh have uh, we're hosting the iraki prime minister um mr. sudani here in the islamic republic, and he's a regional tour, the iran being one of the stops and one of the things that was said, and uh, the iranian president also said that, and also overall iran stands, is the fact that the us is asking for, i guess for countries or... the resistance factions overall to which includes to not partake in this in this war and not to interfere and it says the reason why it says that is because it doesn't want the the war to spread out regionally or for it to expand. now the question is, how could the us make such demand, first of all from regional countries when israel is killing palestinians on the ground, called the genocide, of which the us is assisting it militarily, and at the at the same time make a request uh that it doesn't want the war to be expanded regionally, and it has sent messages to iran to that effect, that just that just doesn't makes... when it comes to the logic of it, thank you very much, and maybe we should try to understand why

booker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the the existential nature of where we are right now. mr. o'brien is something that can't be understated if we do not rise to meet this moment in the united states of america . from china to iran, people are watching the resolve of this nation to protect the democratic ally. failure in this moment could have a catastrophic costs not only to russia's continued territorial ambitions, which they've made clear and laid plane, but also china and iran as well. i want to thank the the biden administration for putting penny pritzker in charge of really focusing on reconstruction. i think we have a little bit of historical amnesia about how critical that is to preserving democracy. years before the end of world war ii, years before, we began work on the marshall plan, and we saw after world war ii that countries that have been devastated war are very susceptible to the winds of the extremism, whether it's fascism or communism that undermine the ability for governments to sustain themselves. i think we are at that moment right now, we are discussing r

booker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's difficult for me because i'm in new york new jersey.n violence that is for the rest of my life but also the racial tinge that this has that we often talked about this as an urban problem it infuriates me because i think it makes it harder from 2016 to 2020, 13 of the 20 counties with the most gun homicides per capita were rural communities. it's very frustrating that they will talk about chicago that i've heard so demonizes a city that doesn't have the highest murders per capita of american cities or even american counties and it obscures the strategy to do something about this. with the urban communities like mine have that frustrates me and i think this was said by others is there's a whole bunch of other problems that are correlated with violence. high lead poisoning levels. high poverty levels. i could go on and on of issues thatsu i've heard people on the conservative side of the aisle to the conservative side of the country to understand we are not often getting at n the root problems that create environments where violence prolif

booker. reporter: funding runs out in two weeks from today. how concerned are you about a government shutdown? mr. jeffries: the american people should be very concerned that the extreme maga republicans have made a decision once again to try to shut down the governm this notion of a so-calle flatter c.r. >> the novelty -- i'm being delicate with my words here, the novelty of my friends on the other side of the aisle in terms of how they come up with language that disguise their intentions, translation, they want to shut the government dow because many of my republican colleagues fundamentally do not believe in a functional federal government, which is designed t meet the health, safety, and th economic well-being of the american people. they are not interested in a functional federal government. how do we know that? because for the last years, republicans largely led in the house, have repeatedly shut the government down. it was my hope that under new management there would be a different approach, and that remains to be seen. what will happen in advance of november 1 let's be clear. the only wa

mr. washington, i have my hands full. they set up a time to meet and booker t.hington, this nine-year-old born a slave, ends up being one of the key advisors to teddy roosevelt throughout his 7.5 years as president. their friendship lasted beyond that and he became a member of the tuskegee board. host: i want you to tell our viewers more about booker t. washington. before we get there, i want to remind our viewers they can take part in this conversation. we will open up regional lines. that means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, you can call (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is going to be (202) 748-8001. once again, eastern and central, it is (202) 748-8000. mountain and pacific, it is (202) 748-8001. keep in mind, you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. and we are always on social media on at c-span wj -- on x at c-span wj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. for some people who might not know who booker t. washington is, can you tell us more about him before we get into their relationship? you m

mr. washington, i have my hands full. they set up a time to meet and booker t.hington, this nine-year-old born a slave, ends up being one of the key advisors to teddy roosevelt throughout his 7.5 years as president. their friendship lasted beyond that and he became a member of the tuskegee board. host: i want you to tell our viewers more about booker t. washington. before we get there, i want to remind our viewers they can take part in this conversation. we will open up regional lines. that means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, you can call (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is going to be (202) 748-8001. once again, eastern and central, it is (202) 748-8000. mountain and pacific, it is (202) 748-8001. keep in mind, you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. and we are always on social media on at c-span wj -- on x at c-span wj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. for some people who might not know who booker t. washington is, can you tell us more about him before we get into their relationship? you m

mr. huma and others who are here to treat athletes more fairly and nobody has been a stronger advocate than senator booker. i'm pleased to on him. he genuinely would have benefited from nil had it existed when he was playing football at stanford. we often joke, i was a college swimmer and there is no way anybody would have offered me a contract to do anything in nil, but he was a genuine star . >> and i respond --. you make a very valid point. i'm not denigrating anybody's efforts here. i'm just suggesting that we do need to be careful. once congress decides to get involved, it really gets involved. i don't want to have congress in the business of trying to establish concussion calls for each school. because that's where it can lead to. that's all i'm saying. >> thank you for that point. senator booker? >> chairman, thank you very much you have been an extraordinary partner in this area and i'm grateful to have you involved. senator moran has been extraordinary as have other colleagues who have worked over the decade. i want to thank maria cantwell who is in the chairman committee wasn't an extraordinary