mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. i'm going to -- when i conclude my comments, i'm going to ask consent that i can allow senator van hollen to speak, and i will speak after him for the purposes of a unanimous consent request. madam president, there is no such thing as a good shut down, and i certainly was encouraged to hear the progress we made, i guess about a half an hour ago, when the majority leader and the democratic leader talked about discussions that are taking place. we hope that later this evening we will have an agreement that can pass the senate and the house and be signed by the president. but i want to make this clear. any government shut down is unacceptable. it costs the taxpayers money, it inconveniences the public, and it's certainly not fair to our federal workforce. this particular shut down would affect 800,000 of our employees, our federal workforce. about half would be asked to work but would not get a paycheck. about half would be furloughed without compensation. now, madam president, i am very

mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. i'm going to -- when i conclude my comments, i'm going to ask co

mr. cardin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. i take this time to support the passage of senate joint resolution 54. i commend my colleagues who have brought this resolution forward. the impact of this resolution would be to end the u.s. military engagement in yemen, and i believe that that military engagement should end for several reasons. first, let me comment on what others have already pointed out, and that is that the humanitarian crisis in yemen is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the world. that's saig a lot because there's a lot of areas around the world where we're seeing humanitarian challenges. in yemen today, 10,000 people have been killed due to the war. 22 million-plus, 75% of the population of yemen are at grave risk today. it's estimated that there are 400,000 children under the age of 5 that are at the risk of starvation due to hunger and malnutrition. 85,000 children have died, according to save the children, from starvation. and the u.s. military engagement has really not assisted in ending th

cardin: thank you, mr. president. i take this time to support the passage of senate joint resolution 54. i commend my colleagues who have brought this resolution forward. the impact of this resolution would be to end the u.s. military engagement in yemen, and i believe that that military engagement should end for several reasons. first, let me comment on what others have already pointed out, and that is that humanitarian crisis in yemen is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the worl

mr. cardin: mr. president, i take this time to talk about the recent court decision concerning the affordable care act, but i see that senator flake is on the floor. i was listening to my colleague, senator klobuchar, talk about the four colleagues on the republican side that will be leaving. i have already had a chance in the senate foreign relations committee to talk about senator flake. i want him to know and i want the american people to know there is no finer senator than senator flake. the integrity that he has shown on foreign policy issues, on decency issues, on his principles, and i will never forget our visit to the southern part of africa where senator flake was a missionary when he was a little bit younger, his passion for the people and their needs has never stopped. that's just one example. i can name many, many more examples for senator flake and how he's inspired all of us of the courage that he has shown has been an inspiration, and i just wish him the best as he moves on to the next

mr. garfield violated the cardinal rules of the game. >> do you want the answer?> robert de niro, colin kaepernick or rosie o'donnell? >> colin kaepernick! >> tucker: do you really think so? let's see. >> i've been calling colin this morning reaching him so i can bring colin to the white house and we can remove that sons of [bleep] statement and we can be on the same page. >> tucker: you only follow legal news but that's not true. >> i follow news when i'm awake. >> tucker: when you're awake, all right. let's see if you can get this one. the prime minister of great britain made headlines around the world when she started an important speech with an awkward dance. she was dancing like a robot to a 1970s disco sunk by a swedish pop band. which song was at? you are just jumping the gun every time! judges, what do you think? to greg gutfeld. >> i would say it's abba. do you need the same domain name of the song kim asked me what i do. >> dancing queen? >> tucker: is it dancing queen by abba? ["dancing queen "by abba plays] >> i love the hair. >> he may have had a legi

>> senator cardin: i sort of compare this to president trump's denial of mr.utin's involvement in our 2016 elections even though the evidence was very clear. there's no doubt in my mind that the crown prince understood what was happening in turkey and was very much involved in that. we cannot allow that type of conduct to go unchallenged. our strength, american foreign policy, the values that we stand for and what happened in turkey just affects all of our core beliefs. if the united states has to have a pretty strong position on and we have to demand that to be accountability. that does not mean that we can't continue to have a strategic relationship with the kingdom of saudi arabia. they need america. it's more important for that relationship from their point of view and we must make it clear that it can't go unchallenged. >> chris: senator, thank you. thanks for your time, always good to talk with you, sir. >> senator cardin: thanks, chris. >> chris: up next we will have a lab report on the plans to honor george h.w. bush and we will take a look at some of

cardin, senator barrasso. it is my privilege today to introduce the committee to mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr.. i'm going to do that by saying a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador too. first more about mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr. . he is the most accomplished lawyer i know and i do not know of many public servants were accomplished and he is. that may sound like an extravagant claim but i mean it sincerely. he had the great advantage of being born and raised in 10 mile tennessee. so that got him off to a good start. then, he went to the university of tennessee, where according to the professors there, he had the highest grades in finance of anybody and that lasted for a long time. he was selected as a scholar at new york university law school, which is sort of a public service scholarship for outstanding students who want to practice law in the grand manner, and he became legislative counsel to howard baker, our senator who later became majority leader of united senate. and whose daughter is in the audience today.

cardin, senator barrasso. it is my privilege today to introduce the committee to mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr.. i'm going to

mr. speaker good morning to you. >> good morning. you're lucky to have a cardinalwould certainly be the most entertaining pope in modern times. brian: we could use some entertaining from the vatican. steve: without a doubt. mr. speaker we'll talk to but the big story out of washington. the big question whether or not there will be a government shutdown. last week the president made it clear talking to chuck schumer and nancy pelosi he would be proud to shut down the government, getting a wall, border security so important he would shut down the government. now it sounds like mitch mcconnell tried to float a couple of ideas in front of the democrats. they wouldn't bite. there may be a continuing resolution which continues everything at the same levels until nancy pelosi takes over the house. it looks as if the democrats are going to win on this. there will be no money for the president and his wall this time. >> well, they may win for two weeks but, again i think the president's probably trying to get past the christmas season. i have always thought having been thro

mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. i'm going to -- when i conclude my comments, i'm going to ask consent that i can allow senator van hollen to speak, and i will speak after him for the purposes of a unanimous consent request. madam president, there is no such thing as a good shut down, and i certainly was encouraged to hear the progress we made, i guess about a half an hour ago, when the majority leader and the democratic leader talked about discussions that are taking place. we hope that later this evening we will have an agreement that can pass the senate and the house and be signed by the president. but i want to make this clear. any government shut down is unacceptable. it costs the taxpayers money, it inconveniences the public, and it's certainly not fair to our federal workforce. this particular shut down would affect 800,000 of our employees, our federal workforce. about half would be asked to work but would not get a paycheck. about half would be furloughed without compensation. now, madam president, i am very

mr. cardin: madam president, on november 23 of this year, we had the release of the fourth national climate assessment which is required to be released under the global change research act that was passed by congress in 1990. this climate assessment is put together by 300 experts guided by a 60-member federal advisory committee, including 13 federal agencies. they rely heavily on a panel from the national academy of science. my point is that this is the best scientific information we have as to the risk of climate change and it was issued on november 23, 2018, the fourth national climate assessment volume two. its conclusions should be sobering to all of us, that humans are responsible for the current climate crisis. we must take responsibility to minimize future destruction. madam president, four years earlier, the first volume of the fourth national climate assessment was issued, and its prediction was that we would see increased instances of flooding, wildfires, higher temperature. well, unfortunately, that has come to pass as we've experienced this year and in the last several years an

cardin: thank you, mr. president. i take this time to support the passage of senate joint resolution 54. i commend my colleagues who have brought this resolution forward. the impact of this resolution would be to end the u.s. military engagement in yemen, and i believe that that military engagement should end for several reasons. first, let me comment on what others have already pointed out, and that is that humanitarian crisis in yemen is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the world. that is saying a lot, because there's a lot of areas around the world where we're seeing humanitarian challenges. but in yemen today, 10,000 people have been killed due to the war. 22 million plus, 75% of the population of yemen are at great risk today. the -- there is estimated that there are 400,000 children under the age of five that are at the risk of starvation due to hunger and malnutrition. 85,000 children have died, according to save the children , from starvation. and the u.s. military engagement has really not assisted in e