mr. cornyn, no. mr. king, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. ernst, no. vote: the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. tuberville, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: on

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mrs. brit

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. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- collins, lu

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr.nt, i want to join with my colleagues and say a few words celebrating the tremendous life and times of james mountain inhofe. he had a great name. and it seemed to fit him amazingly well. my memories of senator inhofe were similar to those that senator thune mentioned, that when i came to the senate he was the chairman or ranking member of the environment and public works committee. i remember him telling me one time, he said, i'm a true conse conservative. i believe in a strong national security, lower taxes, and infrastructure. and of course, the job of the environment and public works committee was largely to handle the regular highway bill reauthorization and funding, and he was true to his word. he believed, as a true conservative, in these three important things. he said pretty much everything else we do is wy down the -- is way down the list in terms of priorities. but perhaps the time i remember the most is working with him when he was leading the armed services committee. i kn

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no.he clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. w. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cassidy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. booker, aye. the cl

mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, this afternoon, in just actually a few short hours, israeli prime minister netanyahu will deliver an address to a joint session of congress. as his country faces multiple attacks on multiple fronts, an existential threat actually, prime minister netanyahu has come to the united states to affirm the strong relationship between his country and ours, and to highlight the stakes of this war. this joint address comes at a critical time, and i am absolutely stunned and profoundly disappointed that the vice president of the united states has decided to boycott participating in this particular speech. as we all know, it's traditional that the vice president, as president of the senate, and the speaker sit behind the speaker, the invited speaker, in this case prime minister netanyahu. i remember several years back when prime minister netanyahu was last

mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: this morning hurricane beryl made landfall as a category 1 hurricane. texas, and particularly southeast texas in the houston area, all up and down the dpufkt are no stranger -- up and down the gulf coast are no stranger to hurricanes. this one struck the texas coast with torrential rain and intense storm surge, which is very dangerous, as you know, and sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. throughout the day, beryl has taken its sweet time traveling the expanse of our state, bearing down on our communities in the southeast and eastern parts of the state with strong wind, a lot of rain, a lot of flooding, and even tornadoes. more than 2.7 million texans have lost power, and that number is expected to rise as the storm continues to move its way across the state. and sadly, at least two people have died so far, mainly due to trees falling on their homes. i've reached out to the county judges and mayors in some of the hardest hit areas and assured them that we are monitoring the si

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr.sident, today world leaders are descending on our nation's capital for an important nato summit, the 2024 nato summit, the north atlantic treaty organization. it is fitting that this gathering is taking place in our nation's capital because this is where the story of nato began. in april of 1949, leaders of the united states and our closest allies gathered here in the nation's capital to sign the north atlantic treaty. with the stroke of a pen, those 12 countries became the founding members of the north atlantic treaty organization. the core mission of nato can be summed up in only two words -- collective defense. an attack against one ally is considered an attack against all allies. of course, europe had been through two devastating world wars, and the hope was, by creating the north atlantic treaty organization, that agresscould be deterred -- aggression could be deterred and, thus, the peace maintained. 75 years ago this commitment aimed to deter the soviet union from expanding its

mr. cornyn: mr.resident, i'm glad i was in the chamber to witness this passage of these bills pertaining to the scourge of alzheimer's by unanimous consent. this is a rare bright spot in our activities where we actually all come together and agree on good policy. we've also taken a step to pass another piece of bipartisan legislation today, something that used to be standard operating procedure in this chamber. we would call up bipartisan legislation that would address everything from the opioid crisis to medical innovation. members would debate the bills. we would offer amendments. and in the end hold an up-or-down vote. but sadly, this has become too rare a phenomenon. in recent years the senate, controlled by our friends on the democratic side, have strayed from our core legislative duties. instead of voting on bipartisan bills, marking them up in committee where everybody can participate, this chamber devotes instead the vast majority of its time to things from relatively unimportant nominations

mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, this week my fellow texans and people across the country will be celebrating the life and legacy of congresswoman sheila jackson lee. like some of the best-known texans from george bush to simone biles, she will with a wasn't born in texas, but as we like to say, she got there as soon as she could. she was born in new york, but she and her husband. she was a lawyer, then a judge, and a city council member and finally a member of the u.s. house of representatives. when i came to the senate, i quickly learned a few important qualities about sheilah. she was passionate. very passionate. sheilah was honored to represent the 18th congressional district, and she cared deeply about her role as a voice for those constituents here in congress. two, she was persistent. some might even say relentless. she was never afraid to pick up the phone and track you down and try to convince you to see things her way on an issue. and, third, she was willing to cross party lines to g

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. it's no secret that in recent years the supreme court has become a political target for our friends across the aisle, the democrats. i still remember a time, maybe it was a quaint period during our nation's history when robert jackson, former supreme court justice, said the supreme court is not final because it's always right, it's right because it's always final. the point is there has to be someplace somewhere in the u.s. government where decisions are made on something other than a political basis. we know that in congress the political branches of government, we run for office, we stand for reelection, the voters can agree with us or disagree with us based upon our actions and we will then be held accountable at the ballot box. the same is true for the president of the united states, the head of the executive branch. but the judicial branch is supposed to be different. judges don't stand for election, they can't be removed for office for virtually

mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms.

mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. cotton, aye. clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. cosponsor mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hawley, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk:

mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. mrs. -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. cramer, aye. vote: vote: good afternoon, everybody. do you want to kick us off. >> i saw the conversation taking place ov

mr. cornyn: mr. president, it's been a remarkable couple of weeks in our country. the attempted assassination of president trump, the decision made by president biden to notwithstanding having won all of the primaries and being essentially the chosen leader of the democratic party on the presidential ticket, come november, his decision to step down and what -- in what can only be described as a political coup to install the vice president as the democratic nominee, even after months upon months of elections where the votes of people who participated this the democratic primary have now simply been disregarded in favor of a handful of leaders in the smoke-filled rooms in washington, d.c., decision who should be their standard bearer. but tomorrow we have another very significant event occurring, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington this week and will address congress tomorrow. more than nine months have passed since that terrible day on october 7 when israel was attacked by hamas terrorists. these attacks were against innocent civilians, not israeli de

mr. rowe: it is a potential threat vector. sen. cornyn: this individual was identified as a specific person -- suspicious person. can you explain when a suspicious person becomes identified as a threat? mr. rowe: it is when a weapon or dangerous item is presented. sen. cornyn: a rangefinder would not render someone a threat as opposed to somebody under suspicion? mr. rowe: they rangefinder initially brought him to the attention of local law enforcement. sen. cornyn: why would the president to be allowed to take to the stage while a suspicious person had been identified before the secret service or law enforcement were able to investigate the circumstances? mr. rowe: suspicion had not risen to the level of threat or imminent harm. sen. cornyn: that suspicious person to become a threat. do you think of the president had been asked not to take the stage during the time it took to investigate to eliminate that suspicion, wouldn't that have been the appropriate way to deal with it? mr. rowe: it is one way to do it. this is a challenge for law

cornyn? >> thank you, mr. chairman. director rowe, can you explain why the shooter's drone worked? >> because there was no counter uas present, sir. >> well, you had a drone system but you had bandwidth problems. the bandwidth was adequate enough for the shooter's drone but not for the secret service. can you explain that? >> i have no explanation for that, sir. >> we also know in the military context, electronic warfare or jamming capabilities are commonly used on the battlefield. does the secret service have jamming capabilities for drones? >> we have drones, sir, and when it comes to -- i have to be very careful about how i answer this one in an open forum. i can tell you -- >> well, the question is can you take down a suspicious drone, because this could be used for not only for surveillance by the shooter, like here, and drones can be weaponized and be used as a threat to the president or in this case the president -- president trump. do you have the capacity to stop a weaponized drone? >> we have security measures that we utilize that permanently protective sites, and we have

. >> senator cornyn thank you, mr. chairman director roe, can you explain why the shooter's drone worked? because there was no counter uas present. sir. >> well, you had a drone system, but you had bandwidth problems. the bandwidth apparently was adequate for the shooter's drone, but not for the secret service. can you explain that i have no explanation for it, sir we also know that in the military context, electronic warfare or jamming capabilities are commonly used on the battlefield does the secret service have jaming capabilities were drones we have drone, sir and when it comes to have to be very careful about how i answer this one in an open forum. >> what i can tell you is that we have technical security measures, sir, to address. i think what you're asking me well, the question is, can you take down a suspicious drone because this can be used not only for surveillance by the shooter, which obviously it was here, but also drones can be weaponized and be used as a threat to the president or the in this case presid

cornyn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. director rowe, can you explain why the shooter's drone worked? >> there was no counter uas present, sir. >> you had a drone system but you had bandwidth problems. the bandwidth was adequate for the shooter's drone but not for the secret service. can you explain that? >> i have no explanation for it, sir. >> we also know that in the military context, electronic warfare or jamming capabilities are commonly used on the battlefield. does the secret service have jamming capabilities for drones? >> we have drones, sir, and when it comes to -- i have to be very careful how i answer this one in an open forum. we have technical security measures to address what you are asking me. >> the question is can you take down a suspicious drone because this can be used not only for surveillance by the shooter, which it was here, but also drones can be weaponized and be used as a threat to the president or in this case the -- president trump. do you have the capacity to stop a weaponized drone? >> what i will tell you, sir, is that we have technical security measure

larry: joining us now texas senator john cornyn, a couple things, first is story about permitting bill. oil, gas, coal, rare earth minerals, mrnt and senate. >> impediments to building things in america, a lot is self inflicked because of permitting problems, i congratulate senator barrasso, and manchin forgetting this conversation started, i have no doubt under trump administration we'll be able to get this addressed. this is a good place to start now. larry: people may not understand it, you know permitting, you know, permitting cuts red tape, and cuts time frame. and makes one -- i could one federal decision making, just gets stuff done. it is green stuff, as well as fossil stuff, as well as rare earth stuff. >> absolutely. you need transmission lines to transmit green energy as well as that produce by natural gas or nuclear power, but you can't build the transmission lines without permits. in texas we do it fast, not so. the rest of nation. larry: got it and kamala harris is against fracking and fossil fuels, i want to ask, you served in senate with kamala harris. is it dre true she had most liberal left voting record mor

cornyn, there is a couple things here. the first one is, story about this permitting bill, oil, gas, coal, rare earth minerals, mr.chin, this could be a very big thing if you had a good president and a good senate? >> yeah. the impediments to actually building things in america is a lot of it is self-inflicted because of permitting problems, so i congratulate senator barrasso, senator manchin for getting this conversation started. i have no doubt under a trump administration we'll be able too get this addressed but it is a good place to start now. larry: people may not understand it, but permitting you know this, but permitting cuts the red tape, it cuts the time frame, it makes, i think one federal decision-making, just gets stuff done. actually it's green stuff as well as fossil stuff as well as rare earth stuff. >> absolutely. what you need transmission lines to transmit green energy as well as that produced by natural gas or nuclear power. larry: right. >> but you can't build those transmission lines without permits. in texas we do it fast. not so much the rest of the country. larry: yeah, got it. kamala harri

mr. trump wins, you need a reconciliation bill which requires a one vote majority. it has to have budget cuts, tax cuts, deregulations, drill, baby, drill. can it be done, senator cornynt has to be done. we did it in 2017, used the budget reconciliation to do the tax bill. i agree with you, larry, we need to do more, we need to think big. this will require team work, everybody linking arms together with the president to getting it done because no democrat is going to support it. larry: we need team work, byron donalds. >> you are going to get it. i'm telling you right now, donald trump isn't going to settle for anything less. we're coming back to get the job done for the people. larry: terrific stuff, congressman byron donalds, senator john cornyn. great pleasure to be with both of you. we have congresswoman elise stefanik. i think there will be a surprise entry from president trump and his nominee jd vance. that is my forecast. we're dancing to rock music. gentlemen, you're both fabulous. appreciate it very much. ♪. if you're a grandparent, you know what i'm talking about when your little grandchild starts talking to you. something i couldn't hear for a long time. it