mr. collins, given part of any working groups that have led to bipartisan legislation to pass congress. there's a chips act, infrastructure and same-sex marriage cover there's all this and thanks. is this how congress should work moving forward presents a symptom of a broken congress. >> group of senators coming together across the aisle can get things done's underdone wishing that with the infrastructure bill with a respect for marriage act, the asian american a crimes bill that is another example, the 2020 is over 2020 covid-19 bill and durga joe manchin the night have done on the electoral account act is another big example had now, ideally i believe the proposals that are developed by groups of people working across the ohio should go through the committee process and that is how you get the best legislation but right now, we have very little time left in this congress. so thank you so understandable that in the case of the respect for marriage, the process of months of work, and the fact that it did not go through the committee process does not trouble me. >> and senator baldwin, h

mr. collins, syria is a multi player ground. have you being in touch with damascus to around and moscow so. and what is the nature of the negotiations with these capitals? while we coordinate, of course, with russia and with iran, not only say military operations, but also the refugee station, military and a political process as a number of other things big file. we don't have direct contact with such a shame except for our intelligence services. and they've been talking to each other, you know, when they need to. and that's mostly to coordinate either security related issues or refugees or some other things. but of course the syria constant has turn into a frozen conflict right now. the world has forgotten. the world's attention has not moved to ukraine. but the syrian problem is still out there has not been a result. there are many shareholders stakeholders in syria. that's why i'm asking that particularly what had been the nature of the negotiations with to ron and moscow. did they approve your operation or did they give you

nobody sees others as inferior, but rather as equal partners i to i relationship. finally, mr. collin. tricky and hungry are the last to need to members to rectify sweden and finland, accession to the military alliance. when will you rectify it and will it happen any time before the next year's election? we signed an agreement with finland and sweden at the last nato summit. and we established a permanent mechanism to address these issues and to advance this process. and we have laid out our terms very clearly, our swedish and finish colleagues, note what they are and they are making progress as part of the agreement to implemented the conditions of the agreement. they are making progress that are of the sweets introduce a constitutional amendment. they are not making a legal changes to follow up on this on the steps. big steps that sets fi your demands. we have specific issues that we have raised and shared with our colleagues state and they are making, they're working on them. they're making progress and we acknowledge and appreciate that progress. but there are still threats for ou

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mr. collins and mr. kane. if you could raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, state your name--do solemnly swear or affirm, that i will support and are defend the constitution, of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, against all enomies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance, to the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation, or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge, the duties upon which i'm about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the office of a member of the board of examiners. congratulations again. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> you have any words? you can say something if you like or don't have to. >> i really appreciate this opportunity to serve and like to thank everyone for giving me this opportunity. i look forward working with the commission and fellow board members. thank you. >> thank you. >> i think commissioner wants to personally thank m

mr. collins, and 11 virologists from around the world who he had been handing out american tax dollars to for years and years. on that call, a couple virologists, dr. gary, christian anderson, who had said things like this. virus looks engineered, not consistent with evolutionary theory. dr. gary also said, i don't know how this gets done in the nature, but it would be easy to do in a lab. they all get on this conference call, they get their story straight, and three days later, the very people who said this thing came from a lab change their tune and said that anyone who thinks that is crazy. that is a dramatic change in a matter of days. the only intervening event was this conference call that dr. fauci organized. it is bad enough when you have the truth and you don't share it, but what is worse is when you have the truth and you say things that directly contradict it. dr. fauci told us over the last several years, it wasn't our tax dollars. yes, it was! he told us it wasn't a gain of function. how about this email? from the head of eco-health where he says, this is terrific. we are hap

mr. collins. another question i had as you were presenting comes up with our due diligence and review process. it appears that the primary steps when we jump into this and i really do like the whole workflow you laid out for us and the process and especially as commissioner bridges mentioned the diligent software, i think it is really cool to see that we're setting up a way to have record keeping and a process for all this internally. but you did it seems mention that we primarily engage in this when there is new investment opportunity or when an existing investment partner has a new product that they are bringing out, and i guess where my question really comes, we for example heard now for two months in a row about investments with cim where there is allegations of anti-labor and illegal evictions and things like that. i will not ask about cim directly, but what do we in circumstances when we hear-become aware of a existing investment might have say for example the social element where there is a

mr. collins, welcome the studio. mark, how are you? i'm very well. great to have you on the show.y policy that looks like will really move the dial is the albania policy. does what you've heard today go much beyond that? i think the albania side of things is a really positive in the right direction to hear that we were only 45% of albanian cases , yet the eu albanian cases, yet the eu average is around the 98% mark. it's quite petrifying. the problem is, is correct that we should get to 100% mark and ultimately make those people who come from a nato eu country are returned immediately. and i think we all believe it when we see the first plane taking off and i'm sure there'll be plenty lefty lawyers out there hungry . lefty lawyers out there hungry. try and put it god knows how many appeals the fact many appeals in. but the fact that albanian prime minister that the albanian prime minister therefore that a safe therefore said that it's a safe country, the albanian country, fact that the albanian embassy minister over here at the that committee said there's no reason for people to c

mr. collins, welcome the studio. mark, how are you? i'm very well. great to have you on the show.y policy that looks like will really move the dial is the albania policy. does what you've heard today go much beyond that? i think the albania side of things is a really positive in the right direction to hear that we were only 45% of albanian cases , yet the eu albanian cases, yet the eu average is around the 98% mark. it's quite petrifying. the problem is, is correct that we should get to 100% mark and ultimately make those people who come from a nato eu country are returned immediately. and i think we all believe it when we see the first plane taking off and i'm sure there'll be plenty lefty lawyers out there hungry . lefty lawyers out there hungry. try and put it god knows how many appeals the fact many appeals in. but the fact that albanian prime minister that the albanian prime minister therefore that a safe therefore said that it's a safe country, the albanian country, fact that the albanian embassy minister over here at the that committee said there's no reason for people to c

collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the following senators be permitted to complete their remarks prior to the scheduled vote -- senator collins, senator reed, senator cardin, and senator coons. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to pay tribute to a fellow new englander and a truly extraordinary senator, our friend patrick leahy. in his memoir, senator leahy said that one word came to him time and again as he prepared to announce his retirement. that word is conscience. the senate at its best, he wrote, has been the nation's conscience, a place where members keep their word and work together for the good of our country. we heard him expound upon that today when he talked about the currency of the senate being trust. he went on to say it has been a place where the minority have not just had a seat at the table but a voice as well. it has been a place where leaders join together across party lines to protect and stre

mr. wicker: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that senator collins, senator inhofe, and i be allowed to give our remarks before the next vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: thank you, madam president. as we see, this is that difficult time of the year when we pause and say goodbye, farewell, and godspeed to departing members of this body. senator collins and i are prepared to act as a team at this moment to wish the very best and pay tribute to two individuals -- richard shelby of alabama and jim inhofe of oklahoma. senator shelby is a gifted legislator and southern gentleman whose impact on this nation will not soon be forgotten. his colleagues and constituents know him for his long record of championing economic development. as a champion in the house of representatives and in the senate for our military, as leader of the appropriations committee here in the senate. richard shelby is the quintessential problem-solver. he's always known how to sit down, negotiate, and get a result. and i wish him the best in this final month of his career in once again gettin

mr. david calhoun and ms. devin calhoun. >> the honorable susan collins -- human -- >> captain withrow kruger -- lloyd kruger. this mary kay haney -- henry. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> arable michael duggan -- the honorable michael duggan. >> thank you. the honorable charles rifkin. >> france is our oldest ally and we share a history of tradition together. >> mr. stephen colbert. >> secretary buttigieg and mr. jason but it is -- buttigieg. [laughter] reporter: why do you think it's so important to honor france? >> the history -- [indiscernible] -- that counts for something. [laughter] >> thank you. >> had a pretty good exchange of views as reflected in the press conference. announcer: mr. blair effron and ms. cheryl effron. the honorable ashish jha and ms. debra stump. mr. joe scarborough and ms. mika brzezinski. ms. elizabeth shuler and mr. david herbst. mr. avram glazer and ms. jill glazer. ms. mary quinn delaney and mr. wayne jordan. announcer: ms. lisa blunt rochester, house of representatives, and ms. hannah carter. [indiscernible] >> we don't know what to expect walking in. we weren't s

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collins? >> i vote, yes. the motion passes. >> all right. then we need to vote on adopting the minutes. >> madam president, i move >> thank you mr. vice president. i will second your motion. >> commissioner morgan >> yes >> commissioner collins >> yes to adopt. >> motion passes. item 6 chief of department's reportful report from chief from jeanine nicholson on issues and events went department since the meeting on november 9 of 22 including budget, academy, special upon event, communication and out reach to other government agencies and the public and report from department chief o connor on the divisions facility status and updates finance other support services and home land security. >> greetings and salutations to all. chief jeanine nicholson. hello madam president and vice president. commissioners maureen. i just like to acknowledge that we lost michael this week a former fire commissioner. and familiar we could close the meet nothing honor of him at the ends that would be great. his service is today at 11. and i know some of my command staff will be attending. i went to the wake last night the service last night. and as we d

mr. potato head? we will unpack this with georgia congressman doug collins later on in the show. ♪ ♪ testimony revealingouse chief medical advisor dr. anthony fauci deputy institute of health was very impressed with draconian lockdown spear g.o.p. attorneys general eric schmidt and jeff landry proposing the doctor as part of the lawsuit against the bidens administration collusion with censoring criticism with white house pandemic. according to the newly released transcript, dr. fells g pressed from clipper clients that reads, china has demonstrated that it . dr. lane was impressed about how to make clinical public health standpoint the trainees with isolation. that is what i believe he meant when he said they were managing this in a very structured and organized way. the transcript also shows dr. fauci dragging his feet on questions pertaining to its relationship with social media companies. he was asked five times, dr. fauci admitted his daughter worked for twitter as a software engineer. >> ashley: congress reported close to stricking a deal to end covid vaccine for service members. democrats and the

collins? >> i vote, yes. the motion passes. >> all right. then we need to vote on adopting the minutes. >> madam president, i move >> thank you mr. vice president. i will second your motion. >> commissioner morgan >> yes >> commissioner collins >> yes to adopt. >> motion passes. item 6 chief of department's reportful report from chief from jeanine nicholson on issues and events went department since the meeting on november 9 of 22 including budget, academy, special upon event, communication and out reach to other government agencies and the public and report from department chief o connor on the divisions facility status and updates finance other support services and home land security. >> greetings and salutations to all. chief jeanine nicholson. hello madam president and vice president. commissioners maureen. i just like to acknowledge that we lost michael this week a former fire commissioner. and familiar we could close the meet nothing honor of him at the ends that would be great. his service is today at 11. and i know some of my command staff will be attending. i went to the wake last night the service last night. and as we d

observation three, you've got three senators, sinema manchin, collins effectively all carving out middle of the road area while i think mr. nixon was probably right you can get hit from both sides the world has become so partisan so far to two extremes admittedly someone a middle of the road person i am glad to see this i think we've become so -- so pushed out to the edges that we in ways for got how to meet in the middle i think an important part of the in dmak process. dagen: one more thing according to chad's reporting sinema has not been a reliable vote for democrats, on many issues to start with, so, if she starts voting with the republicans, she waited until after the runoff in georgia to announce this decision. so let's say she started to caucus with republicans, 50-50 senate, then tiebreaker is vice president kamala harris. f. she caucuses with republicans if glat it is still 51-49. >> look divided government back that is for sure, gridlock seems to be the order of the day, and that will maintain likely no tax increases a stopping reckless spending maybe one piece of good news we are watching explosive revelation

mr. vice president. okay. i will take a vote this is pursuant to government code section 54957b and 67.10b to hold in closed session. commissioner morgan. >> yes >> commissioner fraser. >> yes. >> commissioner collins. >> yes. >> we will go into closed session at 10:10 a.m. >> madam president may i make a comment before closed session and regular session? >> fine with me. >> i wanted to take advantage this is the last commission meeting of the year to in terms of moiz with the thank the commissioners and command force all the members of the add sdpragz all of the members of the department uniformd and civil yen our city deputy attorney and our madam secretary. for all of your work and appreciation this last year. thank you very much. >> thank no audio not on disclose. i seconded. >> we is a first and second. president feinstein? >> not to disclose. >> commissioner fraser. >> not to disclose. >> and commissioner collins, how do you vote >> not to disclose. >> the motion is unanimous not to disclose all discussions held in closed session. item 13 adjournment. >> if i may, madam secretary, i would am move to adjourn this session in memory of boy. not just fire commissioner and everything mike @al hard

mr. barclay says he has agreed to the recommendations of the independent pay review body but said any further pay rise wasn't workable. collinsshe explained to ministers that nurses needed a serious office offer to call off industrial action. and she said she's deeply disappointed. that wasn't the case. i did a lot of talking in the meeting and there was very little coming from the other side of the house. in fact, i'm extremely disappointed at the belligerence that was shown. closer their books shown. the closer their books and walked away from the nursing profession afternoon , i profession this afternoon, i asked several times in the asked them several times in the meeting to please discuss pay with me. in fact, i lost count of the number of times i asked it, and each time we returned to the same thing that there was no extra money on the table. and he would not be discussing pay with me. meanwhile further rail strikes by the rmt union will go ahead this week , causing further ahead this week, causing further travel disruption right across the country . 63% of the union's the country. 63% of the union's members turned down

mr. barclay says he has agreed to the recommendations of the independent pay review body but said any further pay rise wasn't workable. collinsshe explained to ministers that nurses needed a serious office offer to call off industrial action. and she said she's deeply disappointed. that wasn't the case. i did a lot of talking in the meeting and there was very little coming from the other side of the house. in fact, i'm extremely disappointed at the belligerence that was shown. closer their books shown. the closer their books and walked away from the nursing profession afternoon , i profession this afternoon, i asked several times in the asked them several times in the meeting to please discuss pay with me. in fact, i lost count of the number of times i asked it, and each time we returned to the same thing that there was no extra money on the table. and he would not be discussing pay with me. meanwhile further rail strikes by the rmt union will go ahead this week , causing further ahead this week, causing further travel disruption right across the country . 63% of the union's the country. 63% of the union's members turned down

mr. barclay says he agreed to the recommendations of the independent pay review body but said any further pay rise wasn't workable . pat rise wasn't workable. pat collins said she was deeply disappointed. i did a lot of talking in the meeting and that was very little coming from the other side of the house. in fact, i'm extremely disappointed at the belligerence that was shown. the closer their books and from the nursing and walked away from the nursing profession this afternoon, i asked them several times in the meeting to please discuss pay with me. in fact, i lost count of the number of times i asked it, and each time we returned to the same thing that there was no extra money on the table and he would not be discussing pay with me . meanwhile, 158,000 nhs me. meanwhile, 158,000 nhs operations were cancelled for non—clinical reasons in england last year . that's according to a last year. that's according to a freedom of information request. 30,000 of those were cancelled due to staff shortage. is nhs digital data shows the number of vacancies are at a record high around 133,000. other reasons for cancellations include a shortage of beds, equipment f

mr. barclay says he agreed to the recommendations of the independent pay review body but said any further pay rise wasn't workable . pat rise wasn't workable. pat collins said she was deeply disappointed. i did a lot of talking in the meeting and that was very little coming from the other side of the house. in fact, i'm extremely disappointed at the belligerence that was shown. the closer their books and from the nursing and walked away from the nursing profession this afternoon, i asked them several times in the meeting to please discuss pay with me. in fact, i lost count of the number of times i asked it, and each time we returned to the same thing that there was no extra money on the table and he would not be discussing pay with me . meanwhile, 158,000 nhs me. meanwhile, 158,000 nhs operations were cancelled for non—clinical reasons in england last year . that's according to a last year. that's according to a freedom of information request. 30,000 of those were cancelled due to staff shortage. is nhs digital data shows the number of vacancies are at a record high around 133,000. other reasons for cancellations include a shortage of beds, equipment f

mr. portman: are we in a quorum call? i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. promentmr. portman: i heard from senator collins on many of the issues we passed. i would call senator collins the indispensable one through hard work and grit and understanding the issues better than anyone else around the table to find some ways forward on tough issues that face our country. she mentioned infrastructure as an example, but more recently the electoral count act which i think will be broadly supported by our colleagues, but required that kind of deep understanding and knowledge of the issues. second is that there's no one more bipartisan and interested in finding results than senator collins. i appreciate her words, but as they say, right back at you, senator collins. thank you for your friendship and your willingness to put up with me over the years on so many of these important issues. i yield back my time. quorum call: quorum call: the president pro tempore: mr. cardin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with hanukkah is the revolt

mr. barclay says he agreed to the recommendations of the in—depth pay review body, but said any further pay rise wasn't workable. pat collins a lot of talking in the stop people talking. i'm not full . i feel incredibly angry full. i feel incredibly angry and fearful for him because he's walking a tightrope and he's decided that that tightrope is for meghan and not for his family . but he can't just keep and still to come on today's programme , apple is being sued programme, apple is being sued by two women who say the company's airtags were being used to stalk them . and at 845, used to stalk them. and at 845, we'll speak to victim of we'll speak to a victim of stalking about how technology can enable predatory behaviour. quarterback nine vanity fair royal editor katie nicholl will be break down the be here to break down the latest. harry and meghan trailer. can join in any trailer. and you can join in any of our discussions in the usual way. gbv news at gb news or tweeters at gb news. please get involved . right. new figures involved. right. new figures from autotrader show that demand for electric vehicles has actually d

collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, what a pleasure it is to join senator wicker in paying tribute to our dear friends and outstanding colleagues, senators jim inhofe and richard shelby. we could talk about their accomplishments on the floor for many, many hours, but in the interest of time, we're going to focus, as has my colleague from mississippi, on their truly outstanding contributions to our national security, their unwavering commitment to the security of our nation, and the well-being of our servicemembers has been truly remarkable. let me start with jim inhofe, a veteran of the united states army, jim has been a champion for enhancing our national security and providing our brave service men and women with the resources that they need to carry out their missions. through his leadership of the senate armed services committee, jim has ensured that the senate completed its annual work on the national defense authorization act, and he has made countless contributions to the military that has made our cou

collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, when it was reported a few years ago that