mr. cortez. are you aware of any cases of voter impersonation in your state? mr. cortez, you can take it first. >> i'm not aware of any instances of voter impersonation taking place in virginia, no. >> so no pending cases or anything like that. >> not that we're aware of, sir. >> no, sir we would be tn't in louisiana. >> don't you think it's a little difficult to get enough voters to show up, let alone someone showing up and impersonating someone else? >> well, i think the real issue is -- and again we separate the distinctions in the election system. some states do a better job than others. i know our current president has alluded to 3-5 million voters. he's referring to 3-5 million voters on a registration list. it may be that. it may be more. it may be less. >> you and i know people have same names. >> yes, sir. >> that shouldn't disqualify them. >> no. but identifying information like mother's maiden name, social security number, date of birth so that we can distinguish those issues. >> i thank you all for our engagement and my time is up. >> just a point of cl

cortez masto. >> thank you, mr. chair. senator lankford, thank you for bring this forward.as a new member to the sin i appreciate this discussion, and look forward to further discussion on not sure i am completely behind what you have look forward to further discussion on the concept. and let me just start with that. as innumerable we talked a little bit about justice scott polk and the fact that he had come before the senate before, i was in your event at a think for purposes of new senators, this is all new to us as well. i would like to see a quick process moving through, particularly as an attorney cares about judiciary and what happens. i'm not on the judiciary committee would like the time to properly vet these individuals. so i think for purposes moving far for new senators, what do given that authority as well and just because they're not just about previously, that would be my concern i would be curious speedy you can see the rest of this on a website c-span.org. type senate rules committee in the search box. we take you live to the use senate on c-span2. today the

cortez masto: mr. president, i rise today, like my colleagues, to really put a face to what we're talking about here when we here in washington are making decisions that are impacting the real lives of people back home in our states. i have to thank my colleague from illinois who has not only led the charge on this fight but has anniversary given up -- never given up for the dreamers and their families and really fighting to show who they are because they are not numbers, they are real people. i go home to my state and on a regular basis i meet with dreamers and i meet with their families, and it's no different. we sit around and talk and tell stories about their struggle and their fight just to have that american dream, and they are crying. many are afraid to tell their story. the first time i had the opportunity to sit with dreamers, they had never told their story because they were too afraid to tell it. they were too afraid if they told it and left their home that day and went to work or school, if

mr. chairman. give her 11 senator cortez masto from the state of nevada so much affected by this issue to testify here this morning. it is very much appreciated. two months ago, we witnessed the deadliest mass shooting in our countries history in las vegas. it was on october 1. a sole gunman sprayed over hundreds of rounds from the second floor of a hotel room in a matter of minutes. he left 58 people dead and over 500 injured. witnesses described the scene as a war zone. think about that. a war zone. at a music concert. this was conducted by one 64-year-old man with a vast arsenal of weapons. how did he exact such devastation without or within minutes? he had at least understand, 23 guns. thousands of rounds of ammunition in at least 12 of something called a bump stock. bump stocks gunman with a semi automatic weapon to mimic automatic gunfire. with a bump stock device attached, semi automatic weapons and fire up to 700 rounds per minute. i would like to ask you to turn your attention to the screen to a video clip that shows how these devices work. [video] [video] >> machines done and guns with autom

mr. chairman. again, thank you for being here, governor. i want to follow-up somewhat on senator cortez masto's comments. since 2008 bank profits are up. executive compensations rebounded. but wages for working people are stagnant. the wealth gap between whites and african-americans and latinos has narrow. many people in my state have to feel the impact of the economic recovery. you know all those things. i hope they're central to your chairmanship. past fed chairs cited inequality not just as a humanitarian and personal problem but also a pressing economic problem. there's a consensus among economists that income and equality and wage inequality is a drag on growth. do you agree with that? and if so, what do you do to address inequality? >> i do agree with that, senator. i would say to me the most compelling factor, i think a number of factors are at work, but if you look at the flattening of u.s. educational attainment in the '70s and '80s and you look at the rise in inequality of the stag nation of middle class incomes, medium incomes, those two stories fit together so well that i th