mr. brown: why? mr. abrams: on social media, we have not talked about the section 230 of the federal law which governs this, which basically immunizes social media against libel claims for what people say on social media. it was intended to and it has allowed social media to explode in terms of its ability to in effect people on while the social media entity does not have to check it. the new york times has to check it. they even have to check it when the person is a public person in many instances -- circumstances. whether we continue to have that , i don't know, but i'm not even advocating one thing or the other. a final note from me and i will save you time, if i had to tell you one thing you ought to tell your children when you go home tonight, it is that salman rushdie spoke to you. [applause] mr. brown: marissa what would you tell your class next time you convene? ms. lidsky: well, so last term in the supreme court dealt with two significant internet related cases. elena kagan said we are not the n

mr. brown, aye. mr. schumer, no o mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mrs. warren, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the joint resolution is passed. under the previous order, the senate will resume executive session. 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 126, monica ramirez almadani of california to be united states district judge for the central district of california, signed by 19 senators. 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 monica ramirez almadani of california to

mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. budd, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. grassley, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. romney, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. thune, aye. collins, aye. mr. -- ms. collins, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. blum

mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 82, the nays are 16. the 60 vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. --, as amended, is passed. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president. what we have just done is really important, and i want to thank everyone who helped us get here. my vice chair, the senior senator from maine, our subcommittee leaders, the senators from arkansas, new mexico, north dakota, hawaii had and mississippi, and all of our colleagues -- all of our colleagues -- whoworked hard to craft and strengthen these bills. i want to thank senate leadership and of course all of our tireless staff who have met every challenge that this process mass thrown at us. today months of hard work paid off. we just passed a strong, bipartisan spending package, the only bipartisan spending bills in congress, by the way, and we did it with an 82-15 vote. so let's be crystal clear about what that means. unlike the funding me

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. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock

the clerk: mr. -- mr. brown, ay. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 46, 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 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 the debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 36, julia e. kobick, of massachusetts, to be united states district judge for the district of massa

vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr.warner, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tuberville, though. -- mr. tuberville, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. cotton, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. collins, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. ho

mr. brown: mr. president. -- mr. barrasso: mr. president.siding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about this dangerous rise we're seeing in anti-semitism, in this country and all around the world. one of the most important vows our nation made to the jewish people is the vow of never again. now, it i have a simple question -- are we doing everything that we can to keep that vow in the wake of october 7 and the hamas terrorist attack against israel? a month ago, hamas killed more jews in a single day than at any time since the holocaust. yet, some students, professors, public officials in our country had indulging, and even endorsing, this act which to me is torture and mass murder. top anyone who -- to anyone who has witnessed the videos could say nothing but torture and mass murder. once again, the jewish people are being threatened simply

mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. hawley, no.

the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. leigh, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 52, the nays are 46. 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 do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 38, ramon ernesto reyes, jr. of new york to be united states

. >> judge judy: i'm trying to figure out what's going on in your mind, mr. brown are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution >> announcer: michelle boatwright is suing her ex-lover, jonell brown, for an unpaid loan and punitive damages for threats of defamation. >> byrd: order. all rise. it's case number 164 on the calendar in the matter of boatwright versus brown. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. >> judge judy: all right. mr. brown, i'm going to start with you, sir. there is no question that you took some money from ms. boatwright. how much money did you take from her? >> about $360. >> judge judy: hmm? >> $360.91 the price for the key. >> judge judy: $361? >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: and how many times did you meet ms. boatwright? >> overall, or just -- >> judge judy: overall, how many times did you meet with her?

the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. 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

mr. brown. the clerk: mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr.asey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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. m

mr brown's the election in 2010.a statement on behalf of his family says he died after a short spell in western general hospital under the wonderful care of the cancer team . the care of the cancer team. the israeli military says the ceasefire truce with hamas will continue for another day. us secretary of state antony blinken is currently meeting with israel's prime minister and his war cabinet in jerusalem . he his war cabinet in jerusalem. he says the temporary truce between israel and hamas has produced results and the us hopes it will continue to. 16 hostages held in gaza were freed last night on what was thought to be the final day of a two day extension to the pause in fighting . and the pause in fighting. and a world first online fraud charter is being launched to tackle internet scams. the home secretary gathered representatives from several leading tech companies, including facebook , tiktok, including facebook, tiktok, snapchat and youtube, to sign the pledge to tackle the issue. the charter will introduce

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. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions -- senate resolution 473, senate resolution 474, and senate resolution 475. the presiding officer: is there objection? -- to proceeding to the measures en bloc? without objection, the senate will proceed en bloc. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without

mr. brown, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. king, aye. mr.et, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. crapo, no.

mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 42, 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 move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to calendar number 30, h.r. 815. the presiding officer: the clerk will report,. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 30, h.r. 815, an act to amend title -- mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion

mr. brown, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. ms.ssan, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. hoeven, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. lumm

throughout the global banking crisis and stayed in the post until brown lost the election until mr browned his colleague, saying he was more than a seasoned politician . more than a seasoned politician. >> an i think we've also got to remember he was a great family man. his partnership with maggie is that was quite a is something that was quite a wonderful thing to see. and of course he had huge pride, rightly so , in the achievements rightly so, in the achievements of his son, callum and his daughter anna. and my thoughts are with this family who are suffering very much today . suffering very much today. >> the musician and singer shane macgowan, best known as the front of the pogues, has front man of the pogues, has died the age of 65. rock died at the age of 65. rock legend elvis costello once bet the leader of the irish punk band that he couldn't write a christmas hit. well, shane macgowan proved him very wrong with classic fairytale of with the classic fairytale of new york. he'd been receiving care in hospital for an infection, but was discharged last week and died peacefully with

vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: 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. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 48, and the motion to table is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 6363 an act making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i now ask for a second reading, and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be read for the second time on

mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mrs.hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no o. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. . the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 32, and the motion is agreed to. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, the great american laboringer, dolores -- laboringer, dolores orgta, said every organizing opportunity, and every person is an activist, and every minute a chance to change the world. in that spirit, i rise today to bid farewell to a member of my team, dan mahr. dan, who sees every constituent as an opportunity to connect and every town hall me

mr. brown's commutation are becoming clear. raising new questions about how mr. intervened in criminal justice decisions, and what he uldo and a second term. -- make good on his suggestions that he would free supporters convicted of storming the capital and possibly even pardon himself if convicted of the federal charges he faces. michael schmi is a washington correspondent for the new york times. he's one of the reporters who broke the wild story, and he joins me now. let me start with congratulating you on the birth of your daughter, and i don't even know how you're doing all this reporting. you either don't need sleep, you have the same today, maybe a combination, but congratulations and the most important thing that happened last week when. >> thank you very much. >> so, i just went through a lot of the details. the story is quite a doozy to read. i read it a couple of times. but i want to ask you, you worked on the story, you wrote it. was there anything that i missed, but that people should understand to understand how crazy this is and why this story matte

at when you look at mr. brown here, he couldn't be further from this criteria.t it's being done on a favor basis, that there is uniformity to the process. that they're looking at the whole landscape across the country and deciding who or where the candidates for part, it's not just whoever got facetime with the president or son-in-law. so, i worry, as you do, lawrence, that what has happen in the past for what could happen in the future. but the thing we saw donald trump do is grant clemency to another person -- corruption climbs to normalize that sort of behavior and all of that, i think, it is a threat to the rule of law in this country. >> he is already in effect promising what could be thousands of pardons with the january six defendants. this is more former attorney general barr told the new york times for this story. mr. barr added that he told trump aides that they should at least send over names of those being considered so that the department can thoroughly examined their records while the white house counsel's office try to do this so, it fell apart fr

mr. brown, what is your take on what the voters of whole ohio have delivered? >> not thrilled. i started to shut hijack your show for a moment and, do a shout out to the victory party in columbus, they have a lawrence o'donnell on the screen. volunteers have been in the vineyards fighting for years for women's health and women's rights, and a whole bunch of volunteers and fundamentally they're all saying that women should make that choice, women and their doctors should make the choice on what they want to do with their health care, not a bunch of politicians in columbus. and loud and clear they spoke in ohio, and it's good news in ohio, but you point out it's good news across the country because we see one case after another where voters say women and doctors should make these decisions, not a bunch of politicians in their state capital. >> do you see, in this, something that your colleagues, democratic senators, yourself, running for reelection, something in this that they can use? >> i think it's clear, which side you're on, and my race next year i've had obviously a long re

chair recognizes mr. brown from ohio for five minutes. >> while we sit here just two days away from a complete government shutdown, house republicans want to distract the american public from their funding failure with a baseless impeachment inquiry lacking fax and foundation. this preventable shutdown threatens the livelihood of millions of federal workers, small business owners, seniors and veterans all of whom live in the districts of every member on this committee. in my home state of ohio nearly 60,000 federal workers will either be furloughed or forced to work without pay. i cannot overstate the impact this republican shutdown will have on mothers and babies receiving wic. in ohio, there are over 180,000 women, children and infants whose benefits will be at risk. and in case that statistic isn't sinking in, let me paint a picture for you. a new mother in cleveland is trying to buy infant formula for her baby at the grocery store next week only to discover that she has no wic and if it's to access. she can

mr. brown, no. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. padilla, no. ms. sinema, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. is vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good afternoon, everyone. house democrats came in to this week with three principal objectives with respect continuing resolution. first, no spending cut. second, no extreme right wing policy changes. mission accomplished. third, no government shutdown. democrats and republican the bipartisan path forward and watching house republicans are unable to govern on their own. , no further observation. today should make that clear as has been t

mr. conley and ms. brown indicated in their opening statements, the cybersecurity infrastructure security agency, the agency that needs federal cybersecurity efforts and serves as a national coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience, will furlough thousands of its employees. 80% of its workforce in fact. the department of justice, the agency responsible for investigating and taking down criminal ransom where attacks will also be forced to furlough thousands of employees. those are just too agencies. a shutdown hurts our communities nationwide and at their core. while we think all federal employees are in the nation's capital here, the congressional research service has found that every single congressional district is home to at least 4600 civilian federal employees, all of whom do not know when they will receive their next paycheck. military service members would continue working every day to keep our country safe, including our 1.3 million active service troops, but they won't receive

seven, he guided the country through the global financial crisis and remained in the post until mr brown lost the election in 2010. the former prime minister has honoured his colleague, saying alistair darling was more than a seasoned politician . seasoned politician. >> i think we've also got to remember he was a great family man. his partnership with maggie is something that was quite a wonderful thing to see. and of course he had huge pride, rightly so , in the achievements rightly so, in the achievements of his son calum and his daughter anna, and my thoughts are with this family who are suffering very much today . suffering very much today. >> shane macgowan, the front man of the pogues, has died at the age of 65. he was discharged from hospital last week after being diagnosed with encephalo itis. the singer who was born on christmas day, is best known for the 1987 hit fairytale of new york. elvis costello once bet the irishman he couldn't write a christmas hit. well, macgowan promptly wrote and performed one of the most cherished festive songs. he died peacefully with his wife by h

mr. chairman. chairman brown, members of the community, i am pleased to appear today at today's hearing. the u.s. banking industry has proven to be quite resilient despite the period of stress earlier this year. in the second quarter this year, key banking industry measures performance remain favorable. the income remained high and historical measures as the quality measures were stable and the industry remained capitalized. however, banks reported lower in the interest margins and higher funding pressures for a second consecutive quarter. higher marcus higher market interest rate to generally fall during the second quarter resulting in higher, unrealized losses on securities. an issue that became apparent earlier this year. in the second quarter, uninsured deposits supplied to and a half percent. that is a significant slowing from the 8% decline in the experience in the first quarter. by contrast, it insured increase by .8 percent during the second quarter of this year. in the second quarter, also, saw higher yi

this is the study of yours, mr. charlotte, the brown, the soldier monument, was erected in 1947 in the estonian capital by the soviets authorities. originally, bells above the burial site of troops remains. it's the memorials of the soldiers who gave their lives in world war 2 was the risk at the department service give waiting for the transition. in 2007, the associated government decided to relocate the monument from the city center for one year on the printer. pardon me to a, to the frustrated to move divided to population. the stony is large of russian speaking communities strongly opposed. it an intense rising, broke out in town, and these have since become known as the bronze knight drives me to bring people across the way it is already full of his saying they are now 5 thinking the various thoughts of gaza to see the future for the implied so long as the blinds in the apartments of benjamin netanyahu claimed to be looted with the same control jersey. definitely off the i think is what we'll do for an indefinite period. we'll have the overall security responsibility because we've

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mr. chairman. chairman brown, senator rounds, members of the committee. i am pleased to appear today's hearing on oversight of financial regulators. u.s. banking industry has proven to be quite resilient, despite the period of stress earlier this year. second quarter of this year he banking industry measures and performance remain favorable, net income remained high by historical measures asset quality measures were stable and the industry remained well-capitalized. however, banks reported lower net interest margins and higher funding pressures for a second consecutive quarter, higher market interest rates because market values of debt to fall during the second quarter resulting in higher unrealized losses on securities and it became apparent earlier this year. in the second quarter uninsured deposits declined by two in a half percent, that is a significant slowing from the 8% decline that we experienced in the first quarter. by contrast insured deposits increased by .8% during the second quarter of thise year. i

wonderful, patriotic, very talented guy, just noting, misha is armenian, rakhami, american georgian, mr. brownhat all this time, we were all right here, it turns out that putin was telling the truth . it turns out that hundreds of thousands could have been avoided victims, and it was possible not to turn ukraine into a country of disabled people and immigrants , which it has now turned into, a country with a broken backbone of economic, political, and social life, and most importantly the moral spirit of the nation, and the ukrainians knew this, it’s not for nothing that this little river , volunteers, so-called patriots, in fact just nationalists, just fascists, it’s very... ’ has dried up, although there was no drought, and now it’s not these brave guys who we saw at azovstal who are fighting, but the truckers who are fighting - those unfortunate taxi drivers, who were grabbed on the street, loaded into a uaz and sent, mobilized, their average age is 50 years old, they themselves talk about it, they don’t want to fight, they know very well, and have always known, that russians are not animal

and we rarely have incidents, but i do, you know, thank mrs. brown for bringing up the fact that these opportunities for people to publicly celebrate the lives of their lost ones are something to celebrate and part of the culture and fabric of san francisco. so i do want to make sure that folks are aware of those developments. as far as my report goes, i do want to agendize the community policing manual, which has been in development. i believe that has been perusing and providing. some feedback or is going to generate some feedback. i will also be chiming in on that. it is a great piece of it's a great manual, it's a great document and i know that on november second we're also supposed to be having the district station community policing plan. so i would like to agendize that for as soon as possible. so that we could discuss our progress towards making in advancing those metrics, in those plans, in addition, i've been asked by the youth commission, the juvenile probation commission, to step out of this meeting next week for a second and provide an u

and we rarely have incidents, but i do, you know, thank mrs. brown for bringing up the fact that these opportunities for people to publicly celebrate the lives of their lost ones are something to celebrate and part of the culture and fabric of san francisco. so i do want to make sure that folks are aware of those developments. as far as my report goes, i do want to agendize the community policing manual, which has been in development. i believe that has been perusing and providing. some feedback or is going to generate some feedback. i will also be chiming in on that. it is a great piece of it's a great manual, it's a great document and i know that on november second we're also supposed to be having the district station community policing plan. so i would like to agendize that for as soon as possible. so that we could discuss our progress towards making in advancing those metrics, in those plans, in addition, i've been asked by the youth commission, the juvenile probation commission, to step out of this meeting next week for a second and provide an u

mr. gensler: -- sen. brown: be brief and are moving on mr. gensler: we are still reviewing the decision. we have multiple filings around a and exchanged products, not justhe one you mentioned but multiple others. we are revieng them and i'm looking forward to staff's recommendations. sen. brown: senator warren of massachusetts. sen. warren: the job of the sec is to protect investors and not the fossil fuel industry. when you are nominated, you id chad corporations should not be of t hide their climate risks from investors. without a strong climate risk disclosure rule, that is what companies will continue to do. you have amended to protect investors. you have strong public support do this. i just want to say it is time for you to get this job done. instead of spending my time fencing with you over when you are going to get this rule out on climate and a strong rule on climate, i want to shift gears and talk about private equity. when private equity funds acquired -- they and the companies they buy don't have to apply rules to publicly traded