mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. & mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock.

mr. patel: i don't. sen. booker: i am told they are affiliated with spacex and elon musk and he had influence and who will be placed around u.s. political appointees. mr. patel, did you see the president of the united states declassify documents found at mar-a-lago? mr. patel: i witnessed the president of united states which -- issue a declassification order for document. sen. booker: that did not answer my question. did you or did you not see the president of united states declassify the documents he was holding, the classified documents at mar-a-lago? mr. patel: i don't know the answer to that question because the justice department hasn't made that public. sen. booker: you claimed publicly you saw president trump declassify documents, is that correct? mr. patel: that is correct. sen. booker: so you did indeed see president trump declassify the documents that were found at mar-a-lago that he refused to turn over, is that correct? mr. patel: what i said is i heard and witnessed the president issue a declassificatio

mr. patel, for returning on time. senator booker. sen. booker: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm struggling with a bit of the flu. chair grassley: everybody's got flu. sen. booker: yeah, it's pretty rough, but i appreciate the time. mr. patel, if i can jump right in, 12 career prosecutors were involved in the investigation prosecuting cases against president trump and were recently fired. some of those that were involved were involved in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. do you know who brecht reynolds is? mr. patel: maybe, but it doesn't ring a bell at this point. sen. booker: you are under oath, you have no record action of who reynolds is? mr. patel: if you could provide me with more context i could possibly remember. sen. booker: are you aware of any plans or discussions to punish in any way including termination fbi agent or personnel associated with trump investigations? mr. patel: senator, just to be clear, i did not participate -- sen. booker: that is a yes or no question, are you are aware of any plans to punish in any way including termination fbi agent or pe

mr. booker served as a member of the construction department. welcome you and recognize you for your opening statement. mr. booker: my name is brent booker, general president of the laborers international union in north america. my union was founded over 120 years go by workers seeking a better life and the american dream. today, we are a strong, proud and diverse union representing over 130 5000 workers across the united states and canada. my workers go to work everyday building and maintaining our infrastructure. on the highways, bridges and tunnels to city skyscrapers to our vast energy sector, our members jobs touch every day life. boom and energy production has provided an abundance of jobs. our union has promoted and all of the above approach to energy production, renewables, oil and natural gas, hydro and nuclear because we build it all. as union laborers, we take pride in our work. where the safest and most productive in the world. we get jobs done right on time, the first time, safely and on budget. we were involved in federal and state

mr. booker.e is a third-generation member of 795 in north albany indiana and started his career he had mr. booker also served as director of the union's construction department and north american building trade unions. i welcome you and i now recognize you for your opening statement. >> general president of the laborers international union in north america. over 120 years ago by immigrant workers fleeing their country to seek a better life in the american dream. today we are strong diverse union representing workers across the united states and canada. members go to work every day building and maintaining their nations infrastructure. highways, bridges and tunnels. skyscrapers treatment centers in our vast energy sector. our job is to touch every americans day-to-day life. it is provided an abundance of jobs. our union has always promoted in all the above approach. hydro and nuclear because we build it all. we take pride in our work did the safest and most productive. we get jobs done right on ti

mr. booker. mr. booker. hydrogen, biofuels and carbon capture. the house republicans have finally shared their plan. in a race with senate republicans, apparently, does not even include instructions for the senate. that is the best work product. they would have to raise the debt limit. we will get through this. >> just another minute, mr. chairman. >> democrats are prepared to negotiate good faith with our republican colleagues. it is for republicans to finish negotiating with republicans. as they get their act together. nothing but a painful start for the american people because this is just the beginning. elon musk is already digging into social security and medicare as part of their effort to target working-class americans. things like funding for roads and bridges may be next. in closing, i know that over the next several weeks, several months there is no doubt. we hear a lot of talk and misinformation by republicans trying to distract the american people from what is really happening. it wil

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mr. booker. mr. boozman.. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk will continue to call the roll. vote: the clerk: mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk will continue to call the roll. vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permit the during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate ismented during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley.

mr. booker, no. mr. blumenthal, no. vote: vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: we have 51 yeas. 47 nays. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, kash patel of nevada to be director of the federal bureau of investigation. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. mcconnell: i've never liked calling too much attention to today's date, february 20. but i figured my birthday would be as good a day as any to share with our colleagues a decision i made last year. during my time in the senate, i've only really answered to two constituencies. the republican conference and the people of kentucky. over the years the first group trusted me to coordinate cam campaigns, to count votes, to steer committees, to take the majority and on nine occasions to lead our conference. serving as a republican leader was a rare an

mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. warnock, no. clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. 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 majority leader. mr. thune: i move to waive the mandatory quorum with respect to the kennedy nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture the clerk: cloture we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of robert f. kennedy jr., of california, to be secretary of health and human services,

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. the chance to have a spirited conversation. the budget committee reported out senate concurrent resolution seven, that will allow the reconciliation process, the spending of money and the reduction of spending based on different committees. this resolution allows for 175 billion immigration policy enhancements does not spend the many penny after words and by billionmr dollars what will hapn those two committees work with the trump administration to meet their priorities. there is nothing in this resolution directing one dime of spending. note spending bill can be implemented without presidential signature. i want to make sure that is clear. one of $50 billion in increased defense spending. quiet? we have a lot of threats since the withdrawal of afghanistan radical islam is on the rise. we've got a hot war with russia and ukraine but israel is facing enemies on seven sides. we provided weapons to ukraine and israel

mr. booker, no. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. that trailer park i grew up in a national still stands. those people are hurting. they don't have affordable housing. one of the reasons they don't is because government tries to keep on regulating themselves out at any path of ownership. we keep on talking about throwing more money at it and we repeatedly discount the money we're providing because we are rewarding state and local governments that are high tax and low value. can i get your commitment to do right by those people who are struggling to make ends meet and what an affordable home and do the hard work to do a program portfolio inventory in hud, find the ones that are working continue them stop the ones that are not and start ones that give more people more opportunities to afford a home like those people that are living in that trailer park today? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. what a target western north carolina. it was i think without question and experience something several been experienced in one store. people talk about

mr. booker, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. padilla, no. is led by this. we wish to be everywhere all times. with allies and partners and encouraged everyone to invest have they represent but it requires realistic nominees. a lot of to the media anyone suggests abandonment are trying to drive away allies. we are committed to that and understand the importance. the fiscal reality of the have to. nato has to spend more and we are very encouraged and behind closed doors acknowledging that reality nato read again is what trump said in 2017 that said president trump is abandoning nato turning his back on nato allies 2018 now almost every nato they said. considering there you are. we are proud to be. and we are going to this. can you expand on that a little bit? >> one of the self-evident the war in ukraine is the underinvestment the ability emerging technology and rapidly blind spot exposed to the aggression against great. and you a great deal. we have to do more to ensure this. we are not able. the defense department the leader to ensure we are investing in vastly not just for ourselves on publi

mr. booker, no. mrs. a supreme court showdown. let's go to nbc's julia ainsley, who's following this for us. julia, what have we learned about this? what comes next in this battle around the 14th amendment to the constitution? >> well. >> alex. >> look. >> as soon as the president signed this executive order the night he was inaugurated, we knew this would potentially go to the supreme court. now it's looking like that could come. even faster, because what happened in the ninth. >> circuit, which is an appellate court. >> traditionally the. >> more liberal of those in the country. >> they have said that they will not. reinstate that. >> executive order that. >> would ban birthright citizenship for. >> anyone born who is does not have at least. >> one parent who is in. >> the united states, either. >> as. a u.s. citizen or. >> as a legal permanent resident. that even includes if your parents are here temporarily on a visa, you wouldn't have birthright citizenship. we know at the district level that's been blocked many times, includ

mr. booker. >> mr. bozeman. >> vaughn, can you hear me? i think we lost vaughn, but i apologize for that. but, you know, basil, this is essentially, it seems. and what? we're listening to vaughn as well. there there aren't four republican senators that are against tulsi gabbard. there doesn't seem to be four republican senators against rfk jr. we have to wait and see what that process is like. but the repercussions of what is dni, what are the responsibilities of the director of dni? and what impact does that person have on the president of the united states? >> right. and, you know, this is where i think about mitch mcconnell. i don't i don't know how often i think about mitch mcconnell, but this is what i think about mitch mcconnell, because i remember his statement in the hegseth nomination and him coming out very forcefully and saying, this is not the person that should be doing this. i don't know if there are any republicans that are going to take that kind of a stand. i don't know that mitch mcconnell will do that again, but my point

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. my extraordinary sister is here as well as addison's brother rick and my sister-in-law abbey and my closest friends come down to support me. my father is a professor of american history. taught me how to appreciate life. when i was 14, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer she decided when you die before then, was going to live. she pulled me class so i rushed and said, are you okay? is okay, let's go. drove to new york city we went to the opera and a late night dinner, super late and get to on time. my mother died in february of 1978 when i was 16 years old. a year end a half later, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. he wanted to make sure i left to start college in the fall. drop me off at school and a week later therapy treatment at a local hospital and the nurse gave him the wrong dose and he died right then and there. september 1

mr. booker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. booker: i am grateful not only that you recognize me but with the respect with which you said the state of jeers -- new jeersy. i know you love my state. many of my residents are moving to florida. thank you very much for recognizing me. i want to say to my incredible colleague tina smith, the incredible stance that she just made, the facts she laid plain, the reality she has exposed. it is so important. the exercise that's gone on this floor for the last 24 hours has been extraordinary and unusual. and one of the reasons why leader after leader came to the senate floor was to show that this is not usual times. these are not usual times. it is extraordinary to me that all through the night at the 2:00 hour, the 3:00 a.m. hour, the 4:00 a.m. hour, the 5:00 a.m. hour, senator after senator came down here to speak up, to talk about the unusual things that are going on in america and in truth, the things that we believe unequivocally are vie laive of not just of our democratic norms but vi

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. have a sufficient number to the start and since this is going to take a while i think we should start it today. do we have enough? we have two items on our agenda kash patel's nomination to serve as director of the fbi and s. 331, the fentanyl act. because the whole fentanyl act is listed on the agenda for the first time it will be held over until our next meeting. last week committee democrats exercised their right under the committee rules to hold patel's nomination for seven days. obviously we had to honor that hold from last week so today is the day that we hold on this nominee. we all know that mr. patel like other nominees undergo rigorous vetting. he's no exception. before his hearing he more than 1000 pages of records, disclosed over 1000 interviews. he underwent an fbi background investigation, a financial disclosure and works with ethics officials to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest. at his hearing he answered questions for more than five hours and provid

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mrs. gillibrand. i'm honored to be sitting here to be nominated for the next sector of the v.a. i want to think my friend kevin cramer for the kind introduction. i appreciate his work and your work as well. i thank him for that. i would like to thank president trump for his nomination and his willingness to have not on the veterans of this country. i'm privileged today and appreciate the chairman and ring them mentioning my family because i would not view without them. my wife of 36 years is with me lisa. i have my son copeland, his wife your guide my son cameron and his fiancÉe. and then on the one of the quizzes altogether and that is jordan. she is our daughter. also on the public is watching what no of the list of a didn't mention, my 86-year-old 86-year-old father who spent 31 yea

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr.ornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar. serving america's small businesses, no stronger advocate than our president. actually our commitment if confirmed i will work tirelessly to make small business again. i want to thank my wonderful husband jeff and my wonderful friends who have joined us here today most importantly i gave all thanks and glory to god. as someone who has meant my life working in small businesses, starting them, growing them and helping them succeed, i know that small business is big business for america. they comprise 99% of small businesses, 2 out of 3 n

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. the clerk: mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. in taking time to join us today. my husband, family and friends fellow veterans and medal of honor recipients, thank you for your love and support. i am grateful to president trump his providence and nominating me to serve our country as director of national intelligence at a time intelligence community is at an all-time low. admitted a few years ago you take on the intelligence, they are getting back at you. for too long of a nice intelligence is led to failures in undermining national purity freedom china and the constitution. the most obvious example of one of these based upon total fabrication of failure fabrication. this decision led to the death of tens of thousands of americans and millions of people in the middle east among mass migration, the utilization undermining european allies in the rise of strengthening al qaeda and other the other samples. the fbi and intelligence agencies are politicized by opponents to undermine presidency mostly portrayed him despite. spy

mr. booker, no. mrs. murray, no. mr. heinrich, no. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. rounds, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. thune, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. fetterman, no. ms. smith, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. markey, no. mr. coons, no. ms. baldwin, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. shaheen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, nays 49. the confirmation is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be l immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you very much. to my colleagues, we'll soon be starting what

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mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. the clerk: mr. daines. thank you, i had the opportunity to meet with almost all of you and i greatly appreciate that pretty i'm grateful to president trump when it is committee for your consideration to be the any seventh attorney general of the united states. i would not be here without my family. in big bear with me, for just a moment, a lot of made a very long trip and around the mall down so i don't forget anyone predict my beautiful mother, retired kindergarten teacher would not be here without my month rest of the week ago it was 12 years since we lost my dad to leukemia for like 12 days. my amazing husband john, it is to incredible girls, colin infinitely pretty colin is a senior university of florida next month i think all of you in this committee will be very happy to know the family is in cybersecurity. there's a third who's traveling abroad and we shouldn't be here in my amazing fa

mr. patel, some dangerous and close to perjury before this senate judiciary committee. why do i say that? during the hearing when he was asked about possible determinations at the fbi by senator booker, mr. patel said, "i don't know what's going on right now." mr. patel seems to be unable to wait for senate confirmation to carry out his plan of retribution on behalf of president trump. this is a private citizen, patel, with no role in government, allegedly directing baseless firings of career public servants, and then misleading this committee by his actions. given the serious nature of these allegations, i've asked the doj inspector general to investigate. i urge my republican colleagues to take these allegations seriously. i know you want to be loyal to your president. i know you want to vote for all of his nominations. i know none of you want a call from elon musk, reminding you what he might do if somebody votes the wrong way, but this really gets down to the heart of a future of this agency, that is critical to the security of this nation. this is not the only time mr. patel misled the committee under oath. and his hearing, he implausibly told me he could not recall the name st

during the hearing, senator cory booker of new jersey asked mr.el, and i quote, are you aware of any plans or discussions to punish in any way, including termination, fbi agents or personnel associated with trump investigations? yes or no? end of quote. mr. patel answered that he was, quote, not aware of that, and continued, quote, i don't know what's going on right now over there, but i'm committed to you, senator, and your colleagues, that i will honor the internal review process of the fbi, end of quote. yet, if these whistleblower allegations are true, just two days before, stephen miller, at mr. patel's direction, had ordered doj leadership not just to terminate a specific list of officials, but to speed up those terminations. mr. patel seems unable to wait for senate confirmation to carry out retribution against his perceived political enemies. patel is a private citizen today, and he was when he testified. no current role in government directing baseless firings of career public servants. this speaks directly to the fact that mr. patel is n

mr. president, this is what this is not what we wanted. um, i spoke to cory bookeris now the sort of top communications strategist for senate democrats yesterday on state of the union. and chris murphy, who was really gone out there hair on fire, also was on abc. i want you to listen to their to sound bites, to give an example of the different points of view. >> it's one is a legal strategy to stop him from violating the separation of powers from violating our civil service laws, civil rights laws, and we're winning. you see 41 cases being taken, ten of them last week, 12 of them, excuse me, were successful in stopping some of his illegal actions. >> this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since watergate. the president is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes. >> sabrina. >> this is the latest reminder. just seeing those two clips of how there is not a unified message at this point. i mean, you have democrats clearly, in these three weeks since donald trump took office, which again, it's been three wee

when senator booker asked him that very question, whether kash patel can come in and set a new tone will yet to be determined. i think that mr. patel can bring change to to the fbi. he can bring the good changes and he needs to, but he needs to come in and listen to agents who are experienced. and i know that there are some retired agents that have been moved in to the seventh floor leadership at headquarters now in the past few weeks, and i hope he sits there and listens to them and and has a change. and he does follow through with a lot of things that he said at the hearing that he's here to uphold the constitution of the united states and the laws set forth by congress and follow the laws and follow the rules and follow legal orders given to him and given to his people under him. so that's what i hope. he comes in with an open mind and listens to his people. >> yeah. as you know, fbi agents pledge allegiance to the constitution. not one particular president, agent, agent daniel brenner, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> we'll be right back. >> tomorrow morning. she's running. >> to replace justin t

mr. chairman. sen. lee: we will recess for a 30-minute lunch break and we will resume with senator booker's questions.

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