mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mrs. feinstein. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. the clerk: 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, cassidy, crime ir, duck werth, fisher, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenloo

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr.sident, today we mourn the death of a trailblazer, my colleague and friend, senator dianne feinstein. i have been privileged to have known dianne throughout her entire career in this chamber, and my entire time as well. she was my friend and seatmate on the senate judiciary committee for over 20 years. when you're that close to someone politically, day in, day out, week in, week out, you pick up on the things that mean the most to her. certainly, her family was the highest priority to her, over all things, but her life experience created what we know as the legacy of dianne. how many times she told the story of serving on the pardon and parole board for the state of california. cases that she remembered in detail, that occurred decades ago, that stuck with her, inspired her when it came to her service on the senate judiciary committee. i think that situation also inspired her when it came to legislation where she was looking for fairness. we certainly all know her efforts in dealing wi

mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 46. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 124, jeffrey irvine cummings of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois signed by 20 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the questio

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations, calendar number 129 and 266, two minutes of debate equally divided for each nomination, upon the use of yielding back of time, the senate proceed to vote on the nominees in the order listed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no sint veeng action or debate, nor further motions be in order, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: mr. president, for those who were following this debate, we had four nominations that were being held. two were just approved many we will keep worki

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, my timing couldn't have been better, to arrive on the floor of the senate after the republican leader, senator mcconnell, has given a speech on the cost of drugs in america. i have the rest of the story, the other side of the story that he has just delivered. he spoke about prescription drug socialism. i want to talk about the unfairness of pharmaceutical pricing to americans, to families and across the board. people have talked about the cost of prescription drugs being too high for as long as i can remember, but last week president joe biden and democrats in congress marked a milestone in fulfilling a commitment to start bringing down the outrageous price of prescription drugs. for years americans have paid the highest prices in the world -- in the world -- for medications. we pay an average of four times more than other western countries for exactly the same drugs made by the same companies. but last year, thanks to the inflation reduction act, which senator mcconnell ca

mr. durbin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. daines, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr.the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. cruz, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 96. the nays are 1. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is

mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, what you just witnessed here is, we hope, a new day in the united states senate. you see, we have the responsibility of appropriating the money for the federal government. we do it in 12 different bills. the total cost to the taxpayers and the resources for the government come to in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars, so it is a big undertaking. for five years we failed to pass those 12 bills individually. we passed them in a group known as an omnibus. it's usually done either at the end of the fiscal year, which ends september 30, or a few weeks or months thereafter. so this year we decided in the senate to do it differently, do it better, and what we've done through the appropriations committee, which i serve on, is to take up each individual bill of the 12 bills, and we're trying to pass them on a bipartisan basis. because this body is divided 51 democrats and 49 republicans. we picked two of the best legislators in the senate to accomplish this -- senat

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic whip. mr. rbin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent it be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, a few weeks ago, regulations enacted in the european union went into effect that cover more than a dozen of the world's biggest tech platforms. this includes online marketplaces, app stores and social media platforms like facebook and instagram. the european union regulations addressed a host of harmful practices, including preventing targeted advertising, minimizing illegal content and hate speech, and most importantly, protecting kids from harmful content. if companies fail to comply in the european union, they can be fined up to 6% of their annual global revenue. they can also be banned from operating in european union countries. this shows that big tech can be regulated. it is possible to craft rules to protect our families without breaking the miracle of the internet. in contrast to what's happening

mr. durbin: mr. president, most americans agree that the cost of prescription drugs is too high. most americans agree that president biden has done the right thing by reducing the monthly cost of insulin to $35 so that millions of people facing diabetes can afford their medication. most americans agree that it is almost impossible to explain why american drug companies sell the same drugs in canada for a fraction of the cost they charge american consumers. most americans agree that the pharmaceutical companies should be able to take advantage of basic research i by agencies like the national institutes of health, but when it comes to profit making, they need to be reasonable to the taxpayers who helped them make a successful product. most americans also agree that the number one driver in the cost of health insurance premiums is the cost of prescription drugs, bluecross blueshield of chicago has told me as much and it stands to reason. that's why it's very difficult to understand the statement just m

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, it's that time of year again, ending the month of september, starting a new fiscal year. we have a responsibility we accept as members of congress to do some things. answer roll calls, respond to our constituents, keep the lights on and the federal government. the third issue is one which we are contesting this week. the senate i believe has taken a responsible, thoughtful approach to this. it gets down to basics. there are 51 democrats, 49 republicans effectively. and most measures of consequence require more than a majority vote. so the decision was made by both senator schumer and senator mcconnell to put together a continuing resolution which is a stopgap spending measure on a bipartisan basis so that we would have partisanship as the starting point and they achieve that. they achieve that in a way that surprised a lot of people because we had a procedural vote in the senate on the senate bipartisan continuing resolution and 77 senators voted in favor. now, 77 senators

mr. durbin: mr. president, this is indeed an historic moment in the united states senate, as a member of the senate appropriations committee for more than two decades, i can remember a time, in fact, 12 different appropriation bills came to the floor of the senate for consideration. it's been at least five years, maybe longer, since we've done that. instead we bundled all of the provisions in one big omnibus bill, we handed it over to the leadership to decide and we wade for the desperate vote where they said, you've got to vote for this, take it or leave it. we're back to the stage of due deliberations on appropriations and i want to commend those who brought us to this moment. if you asked me at the beginning of this session to pick two senators, one a democrat and one a republican, to achieve this goal, i would have chosen the ones who are on -- who are on the floor today. senators murray and collins, they truly have a dedication to a national purpose beyond anything that partisan politics might g

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, today we take a moment to remember the anniversary of september 11, 2001. many people will recall vividly that day where they were. i was in this building, outside that door and a few steps down the hallway. i can recall seeing on a small television set the planes striking the towers in new york. at first we were confused. what is going on here that a plane would strike a building? but when the second one took place, it started to dawn on us this was no longer an accident. it was by design. and i can recall looking down the mall toward the washington monument and seeing black smoke billowing across the mall. it took a few minutes to establish what had happened. a plane had crashed into the pentagon, and our department of defense killing the innocent people on the plane and in that building, and what we were seeing was the smoke from the fire that crashed. it was a few moments afterwards that someone came to the door and said evacuate, leave the building. i've been on capito

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, today we mourn the death of a trailblazer, my colleague and friend, senator dianne feinstein. i have been privileged to have known dianne throughout her entire career in this chamber, and my entire time as well. she was my friend and seatmate on the senate judiciary committee for over 20 years. when you're that close to someone politically, day in, day out, week in, week out, you pick up on the things that mean the most to her. certainly, her family was the highest priority to her, over all things, but her life experience created what we know as the legacy of dianne. how many times she told the story of serving on the pardon and parole board for the state of california. cases that she remembered in detail, that occurred decades ago, that stuck with her, inspired her when it came to her service on the senate judiciary committee. i think that situation also inspired her when it came to legislation where she was looking for fairness. we certainly all know her efforts in dealin

mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to join the republican leader as well as the democratic leader with our hopes that we can still rescue the situation on capitol hill before the deadline. we have an impending government shutdown that's only five days away. the house republicans on the other side of the rotunda have not taken on their responsibility at this moment, and we are doing our best on a bipartisan basis to do the opposite. extreme factions of the republican party continue to list their demands for reckless cuts and partisan proposals in excha inning for keeping the light -- exchange for keeping the lights on in the federal government. in doing so the radical agenda is holding the livelihood of the american people and the proper functioning of our government hostage. house republican proposals which some of their own members don't even agree with would cut millions of dollars from public health, child care, education, food safety, law enforcement, housing, and more. these cuts would create unc

mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mrs. feinstein. mrs. feinstein. 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, cotton, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, kennedy, marshall, moran, paul, ricketts, r

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i was here for the presentation by the republican leader, and i am happy that a returned. i told him that it's great to see him back and i couldn't wait to disagree with him. and i'm sure i will have that opportunity in the near the future. mr. president, i spent the august recess chris crossing the state of illinois. it is a pretty big operation, about 350 miles, a couple hundred miles across. i tried to make a point of not only visited the population center -- chicago and the suburbs around it -- but to get downstate, too. and my focus downstate was to visit small towns in rural areas and to go to the hospitals and too to sit down with the administrator and ask him what was going on with that local government. you know this from the state utah represent, mr. president. -- you represent, mr. president. these small-town hospitals are really the lifetime thor these communities. they're great sources of pride and employment. they're there for critical medical care and and for

mr. durbin: mr. president, today we mourn the death of a trailblazer, my colleague and friend, senator dianne feinstein. i have been privileged to have known dianne throughout her entire career in this chamber, and my entire time as well. she was my friend and seatmate on the senate judiciary committee for over 20 years. when you're that close to someone politically, day in, day out, week in, week out, you pick up on the things that mean the most to her. certainly, her family was the highest priority to her, over all things, but her life experience created what we know as the legacy of dianne. how many times she told the story of serving on the pardon and parole board for the state of california. cases that she remembered in detail, that occurred decades ago, that stuck with her, inspired her when it came to her service on the senate judiciary committee. i think that situation also inspired her when it came to legislation where she was looking for fairness. we certainly all know her efforts in dealin

mr. chairman, may i ask you a question? sen. durbin: you may. >> mr. chairman, i was not here when the bill that you obviously favor was considered by the senate. my question is simple. did it grant amnesty to folks who were in our country illegally? sen. durbin: know, senator. i don't believe the dead. the decision in the bill was those who are undocumented currently living in the night states would report themselves to the government and pay their taxes and their social security. they would not qualify for citizenship. at least in the outset. the idea was to get everybody on the books once and for all. i think that is a positive step forward. it did have a favorable section for dreamers which as you can imagine i had some interest in. but -- >> how is that not amnesty acrylate sen. durbin: dream act? >> how is that not amnesty? sen. durbin: it is not as if they are being forgiven for wrongdoing. they were brought to the country as infants. i don't think there was any culpable conduct on the part of these dreamers. >> so you were allowed to register an

mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise today to speak about the senate's need to swiftly confirm pending u.s. attorney nominees. two days ago i came to the floor to request unanimous consent for the senate to take up and confirm four pending u.s. attorney nominations that were being held up by one united states senate, the junior senator from ohio, senator vance. and two days ago he said, and i quote, my position is we should have a full senate vote on each of these justice department nominees. he also said if it is so important to confirm these folks, bring them to the floor for a vote. that is what he is attempting to prevent today. for decades the senate confirmed u.s. attorney general nomineeles of both political parties by -- nominees of both political parties by voice vote or unanimous consent in the senate after being reported by the judiciary committee. before the beginning of the biden administration, the senate had not required a roll call vote in confirmation of a u.s. attorney since 1975, almo

mr. durbin said that yesterday when he came here to testify. so it is important for the united states to try and address that. unfortunately, chairman jordan, mr. gaetz and some others engaged, i think, in disinformation in some of the comments they made about the panel that was set up at the department of homeland security , and that included the personal attacks on news -- personal attacks on miss jankowicz, which undermined our ability to respond to some of these sorts of disinformation . with respect to disinformation, the government can't and should not be the business of determining what is true or not. we do have to be careful especially when it comes to political positions. but there are also points where we clearly need the government to be involved and it has really made a difference. just a couple of quick ones, information about tobacco, when i was a kid i lived in north carolina and tobacco is everywhere. it wasn't known that tobacco was killing people. public efforts and public campaigns to address that and provide accurate informa

mr. durbin: take it or leave it. you want to honor our credit cards and use them in your business, you'll pay the interchange fee. i kind of thought that was unusual and maybe unfair. there was no competition. there was no voice. the retailer just had to pass along the charge and visa and mastercard raised the charges on a regular basis. they just did recently. we're fighting inflation in america, and visa and mastercard are on the other side of the battle. consumers and retailers are trying to keep prices down. visa and mastercard are trying to run them up with a fee they charge for each transaction. and so i decided to ask for a study. that's pretty easy, innocent. a study to find out how much the fees were, why these credit card giants were charging fees in the united states in which they weren't charging in other countries. well, they fought me tooth and nail to stop me from this study. i got my back up and decided to offer an amendment to the dodd-frank bill which dealt with wall street and the excesses of the 2

mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. capito. aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. lummis, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. cardin, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. . mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. featherman, aye. mr. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr.

mr. durbin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. is the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ?oo vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 55, the nays are 43, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be notified of the senate's action. mrs. murray: mr. president. th

mr. durbin, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray yiewks -- mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the presiding-- the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. clerk. vote the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 45, the nominations is confirmed. under the previous order, the explosion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session in the consideration of h.r. 4366. the clerk: h.r. 4366 an act making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affair in the fiscal year-ending 2024 and for other purposes. test: t

mr. durbin is that what you call sobering. with the happy sobering to you? >> sobering to me in connection to this investigation is the fbi, people involved in the crossfire, and investigation. ignoring exculpatory information discarding information inconsistent with the investigative narrative. who is using information in instances from the steele dossier to establish probable cause, to electronically surveil united states citizens, who happen to be a naval academy graduate. those things are sobering. >> i would agree with that. did the fbi ever fail to take or delay taking investigation involving hillary clinton. >> that was not, there is a portion of the report where it relates to the district treatment. did the fbi delay? ? there are three instances that are identified in the report. where the fbi investigated efforts were considered considerably more disciplined, then was the case with respect to mr. trump. >> more discipline than you mean -- did the fbi give clinton campaign a repeat? >> they gave in a particular manner, the fbi gave mrs. clinton legal

mr. blackburn. durbin? 21 -- kennedy monmouth is agreed, two for their moments are coming before the committee. similarly. >> i would like you to call up my amendment. a sigh of 23890. purpose of this amendment is pretty simple. when a federal crime for -- confidential judicial work product. through an unauthorized person. this is something that we could be punishable by a fine of up to $24,000 and ten years in prison. the aim is also last for the criminal forfeiture of all proceeds. from having engaged in this kind of criminal behavior. it's important that we take care of this, because if we saw what the leaked draft of the jobs opinion, but leaked draft opinion is hard for me to speak in the plural in this respect. never in the history of the supreme court of the united states has occurred at least in this way. prior to the dobbs case. part of the dobbs case there is been a handful of circumstances in which rumors could of the court suggesting that a particular case was going to be decided this way or tha

mr. eaton. professor knox. you need to turn on the microphone. >> thank you, chairman german -- durbin, ranking member graham and members of the committee for giving me the opportunity to testify. i'm an associate professor in the school of information sciences in urbana-champaign. i'm the board chair of the national coalition against censorship. i served as president of the freedom tree foundation the legal arm of the american libel -- library association. i do not reflect the views of the university of illinois. my research focuses on information freedom and print culture studies and policy. i was born in nashville, tennessee, and grew up in columbia, maryland. i studied religion at smith college and the university of chicago. after working as a project assistant, i received my ms las from the school in illinois. after working as a theological librarian for five years i attended the doctoral program at the school of communication information at rutgers university. books and libraries have always been a part of my life. my mother was a high school librarian at mcgruder high school for 32 years. i often spent my

mr. rivk participated in the interviews and co-authored the articles. he did so as a journalist not an advocate. nothing to see here. alito was responding to chair richard durbin'swith reporting about justice clarence thomas' financial relationship with right wing billionaire harlan crow has led to increasingly loud calls for court reform. another break for us. we'll be right back. it's easy to get lost in investment research. introducing j.p. morgan personal advisors. hey david. connect with an advisor to create your personalized plan. let's find the right investments for your goals okay, great. j.p. morgan wealth management. >>> but to the point of donald trump exaggerates and lies, there is a bigger issue that is the basis of the lawsuit. he incited the insurrection and tried to steal the election from the american people. there are a lot of questions about if that affects his valid access and something i hope a court will decide and provide guidance tore seconds of state all across the nation but specifically in the state of colorado. >> hi, everyone. 5:00 in new york. rather thankfully those accountability hawks among us, these days it feels as though you c

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, today we take a moment to remember the anniversary of september 11, 2001. many people will recall vividly that day where t

mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, today we take a moment to remember the anniversary of september 11, 2001. many people will recall vividly that day where they were. i was in this building, outside that door and a few steps down the hallway. i can recall seeing on a small television set the planes striking the towers in new york. at first we were confused. what is going on here that a plane would strike a building? but when the second one took place, it started to dawn on us this was no longer an accident. it was by design. and i can recall looking down the mall toward the washington monument and seeing black smoke billowing across the mall. it took a few minutes to establish what had happened. a plane had crashed into the pentagon, and our department of defense killing the innocent people on the plane and in that building, and what we were seeing was the smoke from the fire that crashed. it was a few moments afterwards that someone came to the door and said evacuate, leave the building. i've been on capito

mr. durbin, is aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. ms. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. scott of of flor, no. mr. budd, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mrs. britt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. cotton, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. barrasso, no. mrs. capito aye. mr. thune, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr.

mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to join the republican leader as well as the democratic leader with our hopes that we can still rescue the situation on capitol hill before the deadline. we have an impending government shutdown that's only five days away. the house republicans on the other side of the rotunda have not taken on their responsibility at this moment, and we are doing our best on a bipartisan basis to do the opposite. extreme factions of the republican party continue to list their demands for reckless cuts and partisan proposals in excha inning for keeping the light -- exchange for keeping the lights on in the federal government. in doing so the radical agenda is holding the livelihood of the american people and the proper functioning of our government hostage. house republican proposals which some of their own members don't even agree with would cut millions of dollars from public health, child care, education, food safety, law enforcement, housing, and more. these cuts would create unc

durbin: mr. president, today we take a moment to remember the anniversary of september 11, 2001. many people recall vividly that day, where they were. i was in this building, outside that door and a few steps down the