mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i would ask consent to spea speakr up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i come to the floor today to speak on behalf of a resolution i will file today on the emmol em-- emt clause. the founding fathers were clear in their belief that any federal officeholder of the united states must never be put in a position where he or she could be influenced by a foreign governmental actor. article 1, section 9, clause 8, of the united states constitution known as the emolument clause declares that -- and i quote -- "no title of nobility shall be granted by the united states and no person holding any office of trust under them shall without the consent of congress accept of any president emolument title whatever from any king, prince of any state." the president of the united states has the head of the skiver branc -- executive brancf government c

mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. i notice the majority leader has given us all notice that he intends to bring up the iran sanctions act after consultation with the democratic leader, h.r. 6297. i point out this legislation passed the house of representatives by a vote of 419-1. its legislation that would extend the iran sanctions act that was passed by this congress that is set to expire at the end of this year. let me repeat that. the iran sanctions act that was enacted originally in 1996, if no action is taken before the end of december, that sanction -- authorization legislation would expire. so, mr. president, this is our last opportunity to extend the iran sanctions act before it is scheduled to expire at the end of december. it was passed in 1996 by a unanimous vote of this body. its goal is to deny iran the ability to be able to have financial support for its nuclear proliferation. congress had passed several bills that provided sanction opportunities by the administration to impose sanctions in order to get

mr. johnson first a quarter and diving for the end zone arizona up 14- zero, 49ers are going away, kaepernick fighting time buyers 147 cardinals of. locals -- four quarter, the third down conversion you figure they will run the ball to kill the clock know, palmer throws the ball downfield, takes off, in arizona, at least two colin kaepernick the cheaper for the game tying touchdown tied at 20, arizona, it gets the ball the trio's, and seahawks will 34 yarder, for in for -- four and four in more than 23-21. >>> second-quarter -- part brandon marshall a little look -- 4- yard touchdown seven-three, the rams opened office, boots the 34 yarder puts the -- 96 and rams for-five with a nine-six win, eagles looking to close down the falcons, fourth quarter, up 55 and 13, matthews getting in for six by their touchdown matthews 109 -- matthews 109 yards and two scores, 21-15, matt ryan trying to rally, picked off by look ellen, it eagles improve five to four with -- at the superdome, fourth-quarter broncos jubilees prayed played well in the second half, brandon cook, 32 yards catch title 23, lost by justin simmons, scoops it up and scor

mr. o'donell? >>> well, raiders got today off. things have not changed in the afc west. the 49ers rally. the closing minutes in arizona would the cardinals rally back? kick off, next ,, i am extremely proud of jackie, gaby and stephanie. we worked with pg&e to save energy because we wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california. >>> we are seeing more consistency from the quarterback position. certainly the defense played one of its -- well, best game day since the opening week. what seems like years ago. week 2 of the season. arizona david johnson ran for 157 yards as the 49ers rush defense is the laughingstock of the nfl. today, the rematch, this time in arizona. now, back after missing the last 2 games with a shoulder injury. the 49er defense hel

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. >> senator ben cardin of maryland introduced a resolution that reads in part, the arrangements previously described by mr. trump and his lawyers would not be independent. the idea that president-elect trump's children are or would be truly independent managers is not credible, especially so long as they have leadership positions in the trump presidential transition team. this is not a blind trust. and this is not an arrangement that will ensure compliance with the emoluments clause of the united states constitution. do you agree? >> i don't. ben is a good friend of mine. bright guy. he and i agree a lot more than we disagree on particularly on foreign relations matters. but in this particular instance, i think one thing you have got to look at -- and i think probably donald trump is finding this out right now -- he's going to have his hands full running this country. he is going to have a lot more than he can possibly do. he is not going to be able to run the institutions that he has created, very successful institutions and enterprises. he'll have to have someone else doing it for him. it would just be

mr. o'donell. now, the raiders got the day off. things changed in the afc west. it then, 49ers well, they are rallying in the closing minutes in arizona. the cardinals will they rally back in kick off, next ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,t we needed afty emotional week: it's world kindness day! groups from across the globe -- spanning over 40 countries and over 100 cities - came together at at&t park for a "kindness freeze mob-flash mob." participants stopped dancing to pose... then picked it right back u >>> world kindness day. 40 countries and 100 cities came together at at&t park for a kindness free mob flash mob. participants stopped dancing to pose and pick today right back up again. organizers say it is all about peace. >> because what we need is more unity in this world regardless of your race, ethnicity, background, sex orientation, whatever it is, come together and be people. this is promoting something like kindness and dance that are universal. >> he choreographed this year's dance. he said this is the first time for the event in san francisco and it will not be the last. >> that is one of the best stories i have seen all week. >> yes. world kindness da

my dad used to say the cardinal sin of all sins was for a man to raise his hand to a woman. sin of allcardinal things. that makes you a coward. [applause] mrbiden: i spent the bulk of my life running percent it -- i got elected as a 29-year-old kid running on the issue of equal rights amendment. [applause] that's because all the women i knew in my family, my grandmother, my mother, my sister. they are all strong powerful independent women. fighting for the dignity of women was no more than fighting for the dignity of the country. this is not for applause. i'm absolutely determined and have been my whole life that my sister who has managed everyone of my campaigns but is literally not figuratively smarter than me. we went to the same university. be three years apart. now it's 30. my sister graduated honors. i graduated. [laughter] mr. biden: even back then when i graduated everybody still thought that i could be president, i could be ceo. i could be anything. my sister who did better than i -- taking the same courses there's two things. why don't you go into nursing which is a noble profession or education? not why don't you go out and beco