mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i regret my colleague has raised the objection. let me point out this bill has been pending in previous congresses. we have gone through every one of the challenges that my friend has already talked about. there are real problems that are occurring in our states. we had billboards in minority communities highlighting voter fraud in an effort to intimidate african american voters. we've seen information sent out with wrong dates of election. we've seen robocalls pretending to be from a particular campaign when they're from the opposite campaign in an effort to intim date voters from participating -- to intimidate voters from participating. we can always find reasons why we shouldn't consider legislation but the truth of the matter is we have given the okay in our system for some to say it's all right to try to intimidate voters from voting, something that i would hope this congress would want to go on record to say that should have no place in america, particularly when it's

mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. rdin: i move to proceed to senate joint resolution 53. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s.j. res. 53 providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, u.s. code of the rules submitted by the environmental protection agency relating to repeople of the clean power plan and so forth. mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i know of no further debate. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed no. it appears the ayes have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: senate joint resolution 534 providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code of the rules submitted by the environmental protection agency relating to repeal of the clean power plan and so forth. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until noon is equally divide

mr. cardinal. >> they give her a much and i would appreciate the witnesses coming forward in bringing the expertise and perspectives to this incredibly important issue in my opinion is important to the united states of america and to the world. i would also like to offer to submit for the record some letters of support from the mayor of los angeles and other entities throughout los angeles that are supportive of this museum if that will be accepted by the chair. and also thank you madame chairwoman for holding this incredibly important hearing. i'm a proud american citizen but equally proud to be the son of immigrants from another country i'm a proud latino american and blessed to be a member of the united states congress and the american people, the world and the 58 million people in america deserve to visit a latino museum to witness the positive military scientific cultural and economic contribution to our great american nation. the time is overdue for the smithsonian institution to have a latino museum. we need to formalize the american latino museum and in this environment in america

mr. cardin: mr. president, i come to the floor to talk about senate joint resolution peas.we're going to have a chance to vote on that to. i'm joined by my colleague from maryland, senator van hollen, and my colleague on the environment and public works committee from rhode island, senator whitehouse. i also want to thank senator carper for his leadership as the senior democrat on the environment and public works committee in regards to this resolution. this resolution, as i said, will be voted on tomorrow. it deals with the c.r.a. congressional review act vote in regards to the trump administration's affordable clean energy rule. that's probably a misnomer. it's really what i call the dirty power plant rule. the c.r.a. would repeal that so that we can go back to the clean power plan that was promulgated under the obama administration in 2015. so let me explain what the trump-era rule would do. first, it would repeal the clean power plan that was issued in 2015. now, that plan had real results in it. it set limits on power plants' production of dangerous carbon. it made mea

mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. rise to sound the alarm of the trump administration's expected announcement of its withdrawal of the united states from the paris agreement within the united nations framework convention on climate change to reduce global greenhouse gas gas emissions in an effort to eliminate global degrees to 2-degrees above -- to limit it even further to 1.5-degrees. article 28 of the paris agreement that was entered into in 2015 specifies after joining, no country can withdraw after three years, after which a one-year waiting period must occur before the withdrawal takes effect. the united states entered into this historic agreement on november 4, 2016, the earliest date that the united states can issue a withdrawal is january of 2019. after the documents are filed, the one-year waiting period begins making november 2020 the first time that the united states can fully and i might add recklessly get out of this agreement. i urge my colleagues to support a senate resolution that i will shortly be fil

mr. jeffrey: i am. sen. cardin: are you familiar with the report that was issued under that law? mr. jeffrey: generally, senator. sen. cardin: you might want to tell us about it because i'm not familiar with it. i'm not sure i received it. mr. jeffrey: i would have to look into it, but we are examining war crimes in the context of what's going on in syria, mainly with the regime because that has been our -- sen. cardin: absolutely. and the law required the report within 90 days, i don't believe that was complied with. you're talking about sending the right signals to turkey. don't you believe if we would have issued visible information about holding those accountable for the current war crimes in syria that may have acted as a deterrent to turkey? mr. jeffrey: i can't speculate on that. i will say if we are supposed to issue our reports within 90 days on something serious like war crimes, we should live up to that requirement. sen. cardin: are you familiar with the reports that have been issued by united nations and other groups about expected war crimes have been committed by the tur

cardinals. gregg jarrett. >> the saints. >> tucker: is mr. jarrett correct?weet he wrote today we give thanks to the lord for our new #saints . he was talking about five new saints who are just canonized but whoever runs the twitter account tag to the team, the saints responded saying couldn't lose after this! >> tucker: they won! gregg jarrett, first time on the game. >> i feel saintly. >> tucker: we'll see if you can match that with question 2, also multiple-choice. korean dictator kim jong un just paid a visit to a sacred mountain, state television said he went there to make an important decision. how did you get to the top of the mountain? that he take a chairlift, b write a white horse, or c, write a snow machine? gregg jarrett. >> white horse. >> tucker: is that correct? >> north korean leader kim jong un riding horseback. [speaking korean] >> i couldn't have said it better myself. [laughter] >> tucker: if he is really riding a horse, i will say i'm impressed. >> it's a skill, it's not as easy as it looks to ride a hor horse. >> tucker: question 3, this

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cardinals? gregg jarrett, ladies and gentlemen, . >> the saints. >> tucker: the new orleans saints. is mr. jarrett correct?eaker in a tweet, today we give thanks to the lord for our new #saints. the pope was talking about five new saints who were canonized but whoever was writing this accidentally tag team. >> tucker: they won! first time in the game and you win. >> i feel saintly right now. >> tucker: let's see if you can match that with questions also multiple-choice. north korean dictator kim jong il and paid a visit to a sacred mountain in their country. state television said he went there to make a very important decision. how did he get there? did he take a chairlift, ride by horse, or write a snow machine? gregg jarrett? >> whitehorse. >> tucker: is that correct? >> north korean leader kim jong un riding a horse. >> [speaking korean] >> totally right... >> tucker: do you know what? if he's really riding the horse, it's impressive. >> it's a skill. it's impressive to ride a horse. >> tucker: one asked today -- this is only one choice here. you have to wait. when asked to name one thing, the president

cardin of maryland. sullivan: thank you very much, mr. chairman, ranking member menendez. it is an honor to be in front of the committee again in front -- on behalf of my friend john sullivan to support his nomination to be the united states ambassador to the russian federation. despite what his last name would suggest, we are not related, although i regularly joke with senator markey who is also a proud sullivan member in his heritage that at some point in history, we will probably all related. i have supported secretary sullivan's nomination before and can speak to his long and distinguished career. i would begin by stating that the recommendations have been endorsed by this committee and as the united states senate, previously confirmed by a vote and confirmed during the bush administration unanimously to be secretary of commerce, and in 2005. i first met john when we were serving together in the george w. bush administration. i was working as an assistant secretary of state under secretary of state condoleezza rice. notably, since 2017, john thesuccessfully served as u

mr. president, i want to thank senator smith, i want to thank our colleague, senator brown, my colleague from maryland, senator cardin, and i also want to also remember, as my colleague from minnesota did, elijah cummings, who passed away recently, a great marylander. i knew elijah for over 20 years. and he committed himself to many causes important to social justice, both for marylanders but for every american. and this was one of them. this was one of those things that he just recognized was fundamentally unfair, people who are scraping to get by paycheck to paycheck being punished for something they had nothing to do. wanting to show up to work every day but being shut out and then being denied their paycheck. let's remedy this wrong, and let's make sure we adopt this measure. i thank you, mr. president. i thank the senator from minnesota, and i yield the floor. mr. kaine: mr. president, i thank my colleagues for their eloquent words on behalf of the federal contractors. if you are a virginia senator, if you are a maryland senator, you meet federal contractors in any occasion all around the state. we often think o

mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: madam president, i want to comment on as the senior senator from maryland on the comments of leader schumer and the great hoss we had that we learned about -- loss we had that we learned about early this morning in the death of elijah cummings. i found out this information as i awoik this morning. it's a sad day for baltimore, for maryland, and for our country. two days ago i had a chance to talk toon

mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: madam president, i want to comment on as the senior senator from maryland on the comments of leader schumer and the great hoss we had that we learned about -- loss we had that we learned about early this morning in the death of elijah cummings. i found out this information as i awoik this morning. it's a sad day for baltimore, for maryland, and for our country. two days ago i had a chance to talk to congressman cummings' wife to inquire as to how the congressman was doing. she explained to me that he was still in the hospital but he was using every ounce of energy he had to carry out his responsibilities as chairman of the oversight committee and as a member of the house of representatives. we all know that he used his energy every day on behalf of the people he represented. our nation has lost one of the great champions for social justice. what a powerful voice he was for those whose voices otherwise would not have been heard. it's a great loss. it's a great loss for the peopl

mr. cardin: mr. president, i stand here today to mourn the loss of kay hagan. kay was a warm, kind person with a wonderful sense of humor and she was an inspiring public servant. i feel fortunate to have been her friend and colleague here in the united states senate. i am deeply saddened to be among the many who will miss her profoundly. kay knew from a young age that her destiny was in politics starting when they worked here as an intern. she often recalled operating the senate elevators in the 1970's. she would watch the nation's leaderleaders pass by, includinr maternal uncle, then-senator charles from florida and dream of riding those elevators he herself as an elected firm. kay work -- official. kay worked incredibly hard. she earned her degree from florida university and the j.d. from the university school of law. she began -- she worked in financial services and became a vice president of north carolina national bank which is now part of bank of america. in 1998 she was elected to the north carolina state senate where her talent in setting the state's bu