mr. braun: i rise today to honor those who lost their lives tragically 18 years ago and to make sure we never forget what happened then. i vividly remember that morning in my own office in jasper, indiana. i didn't have a tv. somebody there brought it up on the internet. that second plane flew into the building. i will never forget that image because we didn't know what happened with the first one. we knew what happened with the second. senator rick scott and i recently over the summer break took a trip to israel. all of that that went into preparedness, the evil that lurks around the world, i see it again up close to where it always makes you wonder how can you live like that, how can you be prepared when you know there are always individuals, countries out there just like in 1941, just like in 2001? imagine living in a country where your entire border is surrounded by a fence or wall to keep people out. and the really tough places, there is another barrier, and in the really tough places, a d

. >> thank you, senator braun. mr. braceras, arkansas, it was significant, record breaking floods both in height and just the force of the water. tremendous damage, lots of damage to the infrastructure, the good news is, like utah, arkansas is working very hard, they're going to recover, great leadership in our state and all of those kind of things. i guess what i'd like to do again, so many of our states have gone through this lately, you experienced it i believe in 2015 and then, tell us what you learned, how you built back and mitigated perhaps for future floods so that, you know, to help in that regard? >> yes, thank you, senator, for the question. i think one thing that all state dots excel at is responding to emergencies and disasters. the men and women that work at these departments are amazing people. >> tremendous. >> they do just a great job responding to that i think the partnership that we have with our contracting industry and our consulting industry was key to our ability to respond. we have limited staff

mainly because of his mr bush now after 18 months is the national security adviser john bolton once again finds that his face doesn't fit alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house bret braun served as director of the willing games meant in the white house during president obama's administration he says the u.s. president could use bolton's resignation to improve dialogue with iran. i would expect to see from the president an effort to open up a dialogue with iran using bolton's departure if you will as an excuse to say really bolton was the hawk i'm ready to talk and let's remember trump desperately needs this deal things did not work out with afghanistan things haven't worked out with north korea he's heading into elections and he needs to show something that he's done on the world stage i fear that there is no one left in the situation room who is going to speak truth to trump might pompei you know as a sycophant someone who is really a yes man and this is what we have lost over the course of the last year in. defense secretary the former national security adviser general mcmaster going out and now with the loss of john bolton i'm no fan of john bolton but it least he w

mr. braun: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for indiana. mr. braun: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. braun: can the quorum call be suspended? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. braun: on roll call vote 311, i voted aye. it was my intention to vote no. therefore, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. braun: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, this fall we celebrate the 25th anniversary of americorps. since president kennedy challenged americans to serve our nation abroad in the peace corps in his famous university of michigan speech, generations of americans have recognized that our greatest strength is is -- as a nation is our compassion. it wasn't until americorps was founded about 30 years later, in -- that we addressed the need for service here at home. when