mr. graham? >> well certainly. >> i would give an eye to work as a secretary, but dennis industries, i'm not so sure. >> you are afraid maybe you're not good enough yet? we >> know, that is not the reason. i am more afraid they would not want me at dennis industries. >> someone does, and they called me i do not call them. >> mr. graham, we are not talking about anything that is secret. they have never hired a negro girl, everyone knows that. it is not the day discriminate, it's just that they do not hire us. >> maybe things are changing. >> don't misunderstand, i would love to work at dennis, and i do want a job as the secretary, and i could handle it. >> i know you could. i check your records, you have every qualification you need. the >> let me bring you up to date. last week, the personal department at dennis, got in touch with every employment agency in town, and it told them that beginning immediately, negroes were to be hired on the dennis office force. >> really? >> yes really. >> they als

mr. graham? >> certainly. >> i'd give an eyetooth to work as a secretary, but at dennis industries, i'm not so sure. >> oh. you're afraid you're maybe not quite good enough yet, huh? >> no, that isn't the reason. i'm more afraid they wouldn't want me at dennis. >> someone does. they called me, i didn't call them. >> mr. graham, we're not talking about anything that's secret. they've never hired a negro girl. everyone knows that. it's not that they discriminate, it's just that they don't hire us. >> maybe things are changing, mary. >> don't misunderstand. i'd love to work at dennis, and i do want a job as a secretary. and i could handle it. >> i know you could. i've checked your records. you have every qualification you need. let me bring you up to date. last week the personnel department of dennis got in touch with every employment agency in town. it told them that beginning immediately, negroes were to be hired on the dennis office force. >> really? >> yes, really. they also called up the urban

mr. graham nation -- creates discrimination against anyone who's a sincerely held view of sexuality and gender conflicts with the government's morphing ideology. this is not only wrong but endangers women safety and locker rooms, dorm rooms and homeless shelters. >> my daughter would not grow up in a nation where, as an example , in 25 states, she could be discriminated against because of who she was. that was upsetting to me. she could be thrown out of a restaurant, evicted from her apartment, denied access to education and denied health care. just because of who she is. on top of that, the likelihood of facing hateful and violent acts, and she has, simply for existing and being her authentic self was almost a certainty. signing the equality law in -- equality act into law will not change that overnight, but it will ensure that americans like my daughter are afforded the same civil rights already extended to every other nation -- every other american across the nation. >> senate judiciary members heard from lawmakers and outside witnesses on the pros and cons of the lgbtq rights legislation k

mr. graham? >> no. mr. graham, no. mr. grassley? mr. grassley, no. mr. haggardy? >> no. >> mr. haggerty, no. miss hassan? >> aye. >> mr. hawley? >> know. >> mr. hawley, no. mr. heinrich? >>aye. >> mr. heinrich, aye. mr. lick enhooper? aye. mr. hovan? >> no. >> mr. hovan, no. >> mrs. hyde-smith? no. mr. innoff? >> no. >> mr. johnson. >> no. >> mr. johnson, no. >> mr. kane? mr. kane, aye. mr. kelly? >> aye. >> mr. kelly, aye. >> mr. kennedy? >> no. >> mr. kennedy, no. mr. king? >> aye. >> mr. king, aye. miss kwloeb klobuchar? >> aye. >> mr. langford? >> no. >> mr. langford, no. mr. leahy? >> aye. >> mr. leahy, aye. mr. lee? no. miss lummage? >> no. >> miss lummage, no. mr. manchin? >> aye. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> mr. markey, aye. >> mr. marshall? >> no. >> mr. marshall, no. >> mr. mcconnell? >> no. >> mr. mcconnell, no. >> mr. menendez? >> mr. menendez? aye. >> mr. merkley? >> aye. >> in merkley, aye. >> mr. moran? >> no. >> miss murkowski? >> miss murkowski? no. >> miss murkowski, no. >> mr. murphy, aye. >> mrs. murray? >> aye. >> mrs. murray, aye. >> mr. ossoff? >> aye. >> mr.

mr. graham, i apologize, i have an informed that mr. booker is joining us virtually. will be after mr. booker. sen. booker: so using religion as a shield is something that has been done for many years, a shield for discrimination. i believe in freedom of religion. i believe in free exercise. i believe in the fundamentals that our country was founded upon, but i also know that for too long, religion is used to discriminate, it has been a painful part of the story of america. i really want to turn the -- turn to the panelists to help me to spell this out. we still live in a nation -- and i would think we would join together as a senate in a bipartisan fashion to say it is wrong to deny somebody the ability to serve on a jury just because they are lgbtq. it is wrong to deny someone a seat at a lunch counter just because they are lgbtq. this is something that we should all be working to end. we have seen this phenomenon of religion being used to justify slavery, segregation, bans on interracial marriage. as recently as 1983, bob jones university argued before the supreme

mr. graham your plan to find out who was taking your wood was a good one. but your powder charge was too heavy. i would recommend that the next time you use less powder. you want to get inside robert e. lee's psyche right there. that story right there is something that lee would relate when he was president of washington college to people and he would always get a kick out after that. the time that there was a murder plot on his campus right there. all right. now in '68, lee is going to go on his first vacation. he will choose the rock ridge bath resorts. at the resort there was a nightly dance called the treadmill. and there were northerners and southerners. does anybody know what you call a southerner that helped the north? >> cally wag. >> scallywag very good. >> there was a west virginia girl at the hotel who one man said, quote, was very beautiful and attractive and more handsomely dressed than any woman at the springs. however, the girl's father, quote, had been a union man during the war and remained at home and made a fortune while the men in the so

mr. chairman. >> senator graham? >> thank you, director wray. i'm going to try to look forward and then we'll talk a bit about january 6th. do you think the national guard presence at the capitol, at the level we have today should continue? if so, for how long? >> you know, senator, i'm not sure i'm the best equipped to evaluate the national guard presence. >> okay. fair enough. you are the best equipped to talk about the capability of the fbi. do you have enough people and resources to deal with all the threats we've been talking about this morning? >> well, needless to say, senator, i welcome and appreciate the question. everywhere i go someone has really good ideas about things they think the fbi should be doing more of. but i have not found many more people with great ideas or at least responsible ideas of things the fbi could be doing less of. so our folks are busting their you know whats to try to deal with all these threats. we need more agents, more analysts -- et cetera. >> let's just stop there because we need to learn as much as we ca

graham: that's very very helpful, thank you. mr. t all right -- mr. eri, do you support school choice, for poor performing schools for parents to have a choice? >> senator graham, it's an important question but it falls outside of the scope of my organization's work. so, i'm happy to offer you my my personal opinion but i just want to make it clear it's not not an issue that we've studied in eig. sen. graham: that's okay, about the tax rates that i've just talked about what's your view on tax rates? >> i think the question about where tax rates should be set is a complicated one because it depends on what other aspects of the code, are a factor. so, deductions and exemptions right ex exactly. i think, what we know about the corporate tax rate for example is that the, sen. graham: would you say us would you support a flat tax no ? ok. do you support tax reform to eliminate some deductions and exemptions? >> yes, ok, as a general matter. i think a simple tax code is good a progressive tax code is good. and so i think if that's what you mean by tax reform

graham: i got it. mr., what would you say to the question, does this legislation open up the catholic church to lawsuits based on the fact that they do not allow women to be priest in any fashion? mr. david: i would say in response to that question, we have a very old amendment called the first amendment, and that amendment protects religious institutions from being preferred or discriminated against and statutes. this is not new. sen. graham: there is nothing in the first amendment that says that. it says every person will be allowed free exercise of their religion and it says the government will not establish. it does not say anything about whether or not the government can say that if a religious institution participates in a starting -- sporting league, they are protected no matter what. mr. david: i understand the question, but i do not think we need to speculate. we have states with these laws since the 1970's, but we are not -- sen. graham: would you be willing to make it clear in this law? dr. guff

senator graham. mr. chairman. you have been the most consistent voice in the country over a long period of time on issues like this. we do have disagreement but i like working with people who believe what they believe. now here is some common ground. most of us don't want the consolidation of wealth and power to lie in the hands through ill-gotten gains and monopolies and unfair trade practices and criminal enterprises market manipulation. if you can make your money legally and fairly, good for you. that is the question a big tech. so the question for me is we led to much power consolidate in the hands of being tech a virtual monopoly. and then to allow the new technologies to become the modern version the robber barons of the last century. i would like to talk more about that at if you need to break them up or not. but generally speaking as a capitalist nation and remain so with regulation to prevent environmental abuse to make sure people play by the rules the government plays a role on people start creating mon

mr. graham: thank you. i will try to be relatively brief here. i understand the bill is being printed now and we'll have a vote fairly shortly. i want to set the stage for my point of view. i think i speak for most people in my conference, what we're trying to do here. up until now, we've been able, as a body, to work together on covid relief and the question is, why can't we do it again? i think i know the answer, but i want to remind people what we've done in a bipartisan fashion. a march -- on march 5, 2020, when we had president trump, a republican senate and democratic house, we approved $8 billion, 96-1. we were just beginning to be understand the virus. march 18, three weeks later, $355 billion, 90 hl 8. march 25, $1.9 trillion, 96-0. so from march 5 to march 25, we passed three bills well over $2 trillion, 96-1, 90-8, and 96-0. i would argue to the american people it's not like the republican party and the democratic party can't work together when it comes to covid relief. but now that the democrats have the house, the senate, and the whi

mr. chairman. >> senator graham. >> thank you, director wray. i'll try to look forward and then we'll talk about january 6th. do you think that the national guard presence at the capitol at the level we have today should continue? if so, for how long? >> you know, senator, i'm not sure that i'm the best equipped to evaluate the national guard presence. >> okay. fair enough. fair enough. you're the best equipped to talk about the capability of the fbi. do you have enough people in resources to deal with all of the threats that we've been talking about this morning? >> well, needless to say, senator, i welcome and appreciate the question. everywhere i go, someone has really good ideas about things that think the fbi should be doing more of. but i have not found very many people with great ideas or responsible ideas that the fbi could be doing less of. so our folks are busting their you know whats to do with all of the threats. >> i know. >> we need more agents, we need more analysts, et cetera. >> let's just stop there. because we need to learn as

senator graham. >> thank you mr. chairman. you have been the most consistent voice in the country over a long period of time on issues like this. we do have disagreement but i like working with people who believe what they believe. now here is some common ground. most of us don't want the consolidation of wealth and power to lie in the hands through ill-gotten gains and monopolies and unfair trade practices and criminal enterprises market manipulation. if you can make your money legally and fairly, good for you. that is the question a big tech. so the question for me is we led to much power consolidate in the hands of being tech a virtual monopoly. and then to allow the new technologies to become the modern version the robber barons of the last century. i would like to talk more about that at if you need to break them up or not. but generally speaking as a capitalist nation and remain so with regulation to prevent environmental abuse to make sure people play by the rules the government plays a role on people start creating mon

graham. peter. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister refuse point-blank to answer the question from a right honorable friend so i will ask him again what is it think it's any british prime minister the moral and democratic right to impose -- of an even bigger arsenal of mass murder on the people of scotland against their expressed will? >> mr. speaker, i think that was a veiled attempt again by the snp to ask for another referendum, which is their habitual refrain. that is all they seem able to talk about, democratic wrangling about democracy and their desire to be separated and to break up the country. i don't think that's right with ford. i think we need strong defenses and that's with the people of this country voted for and that's what we're going to deliver. >> thank you, mr. speaker. from gloom to joy and dues from the -- the vaccination program is going really, really well. there are no less than 200,000 people in whole in the isle of wight and we have the plan plus the supply to cover them comfortably by the e

. >> yesterday south carolina senator lindsey graham promised to do exactly what jimmy stuart did in "mright to vote in this country. lindsey graham said he'll talk til he falls over fighting the house bill hr-1 which will be taken up in the senate as s-1. that puts lindsey graham in a tradition of filibustering. jimmy stuart's movie filibustered and "mr. smith" lasted 15 hours and 18 years later strom thurman set the record when he held the floor 24 hours and strom thurman didn't fall over. he walked off the floor and two hours later the civil rights act of 1957 passed the senate. strom thurman was 55 years old when he set the filibuster record. lindsey graham is 65 years old, so the strom thurman record might not be in danger. strom thurman served in the senate until he was 100 years old. he chose not to run for re-election in 2002 at age 100, and that is how lindsey graham got his senate seat in south carolina. it is a segregationist senate seat. the 2003, after strom thurman's death, his family publicly acknowledged that he was the father of a daughter who he never publicly acknowled

mr. chair, i want to associate myself with senator graham's comments earlier. i think your threats are going up and we've got to match that with additional resources, so i look forward to the committee continuing that. would you see in difference between the charges, the investigations that you're pursuing in the events on january 6th and charges that should be pursued against federal buildings and federal law enforcement officers being harmed in seattle or portland? are there active investigations for either of those two events and would they be treated either differently? >> as i think i said in response to an earlier question, we are equal opportunity. so by that i mean we don't care what ideology motivates you. if you're engaged in violence that violates federal law, we're coming for you, and that's true for the events over the summer and some of the domestic terrorism that occurred -- >> are there active investigations related to those events? >> yes. >> thank you. i feel like you mentioned in response to one of the member's questions about this is just in

graham. >> well, thank you, bernie, mr. chairman. listen, this committee is going to be a fun place to be, i hope, because we're talking about things that matter. and, you know, the budget can be a very dry topic, but the budget is basically a process of where we take money from people, businesses, corporations, individuals, and we decide what to do with that money and we decide what tax rates to set for the country and what deductions to give. we're trying to set policy up here taking other people's money to make sure the economy can grow and everybody in america can have a shot at the american dream. so, the chairman rightly talked about small businesses and the effect his proposal may have on them. i want to spend a little bit more time in that. i worked -- my family owned the sanitary cafe in central south carolina. my mom ran the restaurant/bar. my dad ran the liquor store on the other side of the panel. and downstairs was a three-table poolroom. when i got old enough, i ran that. we hired one or two people depending on how busi

graham: our shortest is mrs.anta claus, she is seven minutes long, and our longest reaches four hours that we are broken into two shows because it is too much to edit and too much for our listener to commit to. we just say that we go until we are done, and that we stop. host: generally about one hour it would be typical? ms. graham: one hour to 1.5 hours. host: how much time goes into producing a typical 1.5 hour podcast? ms. graham: including research time? host: yes. ms. graham: we loved it and it is 120 hours -- log it and it is 120 hours each. we just casually read books. we get free time and we casually read a book about her. it is hard to quantify. ms. vollenweider: i like it to summer stock. we are always researching one while finalizing the notes for another, editing another, so it is hard to have a linear -- we are just constantly. we read during school pickup lines, by the side of the pool. it has gotten to the point where people are like, so, what book do you have in your handbag because we always do?

graham. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to start with secretary rice. can you hear me? >> i can hear you perfectly sign. >> what should the top individual tax rate to be in your view? >> under president eisenhower, dwight eisenhower you may recall the top rate -- it was 91% in the top effective rate was 43%. i don't think that we need to go back to the eisenhower years. he was a great president in many respects but i think that we do need to substantially increase the top rate from what it is today. >> just generally speaking what would that look like? you don't have to give an exact number. >> i would say in the range of 40 to 50%. >> what should the corporate tax rate be? >> are you asking me again, senator? >> i would say that the corporate rate probably ought to be and again we are talking about income taxes, corporate income taxes i think the top corporate income tax rate ought to be around 30%, maybe 35% of where it was before, but the question with corporate taxes is always interesting because the question is who ultimately pays. i'm one of the people who thinks

graham. senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. welcome. last november, the associated press reported that hate crimes rose to the highest level in more than a decade. the ap also reported that the united states recorded the most hate-related killings since the fbi began collecting data in the 1980s. despite this finding, only about 14% of the agencies in the fbi hate crimes report indicated that hate crimes occurred in their jurisdictions. here's the questions. what actions are you taking to make it easier for local agencies to collect and report this data to the fbi? >> so i appreciate the question. as your question references, we do know that there is a phenomenon that i think is fairly widely accepted of under reporting of hate crimes. so even though the number of hate crimes reported continues to grow, we don't know whether that means the number of hate crimes is growing or whether the number of reports of it is starting to grow. we are trying to do a lot and we do hundreds of these outreach training, et cetera, of state and local law

graham. senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and welcome. last november "the associated press" reported that hate crimes rose to the highest level in more than a decade. the a.p. also reported that the united states recorded the most hate-related killings since the fbi began collecting data in the 1980s. despite this finding, only about 14% of the agencies in the fbi hate crimes report indicated that hate crimes occurred in their jurisdictions. so here is the question. what actions are you taking to make it easier for local agencies to collect and report this data to the fbi? >> so, i appreciate the question. as your question references, we do know that there is a phenomenon that i think is fairly widely accepted of underreporting of hate crimes. and so even though the number of hate crimes reported is continuing to grow, we don't know whether that means number of hate crimes is growing or whether the number of reports of it is now starting to grow. we're trying to do a lot and we do hundreds of these outreach training, et cetera, of state a

mr. chair, i want to associate myself with senator graham's comments earlier, i think your threats are going up and we've got to match that with additional resources. so i look forward to the committee continuing that. would you see any difference between the charges, the investigations that you're pursuing, in the events on january 6th and charges that should be pursued against federal buildings and federal law enforcement officers being harmed in seattle or portland, are there active investigations for those two events and would they be treated any differently. >> as i said in response to an earlier question we are equal opportunity and so by that i mean we don't care what ideology motivates you. if you're engaged in violence that violates federal law we're coming for you, and that's just true for the events over the summer and some of the domestic terrorism that occurred -- >> are there active investigations related to those events? >> yes. >> thank you. i feel like you mentioned in response to one of the members' questions about this just increasing the volumes increasing. i introduced i

mr. biden's next steps witen psaki, then get react senator lindsey graham. only on "fox news sunday."s, georgia approves sweeping new rules for how its elections are run and braces for legal challenges. >> president biden: what i'm worried about is how un-american this whole initiative is. it's sick. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the battle over voting rights. and our "power player of the week," the real people behind those cardboard fans in the stands. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. joe biden talked at his conference this week about how successful presidents know how to rollout their agenda, to prioritize what issues to push and in what order. that's what he's tried to do his first two months in office, keep the focus on the pandemic, both the public health crisis and the impact on the economy. but now other issues are demanding attention. the crisis at the border, two mass shootings, and the battle over voting rights. and like all presidents, mr. biden has to respond. in a moment we will sit down with whi

mr. boyd? >> well, i tell you, reverend sharpton, i lobbied senator lindsey graham as a congressman.a senator. i've been by his office and asked him to help me fix the problems at the united states department of agriculture that caused black farmers to lose millions of acres of land and address the lack of loans and subsidies, and he's never once used his megaphone to speak out against the discrimination. but as soon as we get justice some 30 years later, his very first words he said he found it troubling. and his last part of his statement, he said, we need to check them. he should have been checking us when we came by his office to ask him to help fix the problems at the united states department of agriculture. she have been checking us when we were sharecroppers and survived by jim crow. so i find his comments racist, and we're calling on him -- the national black farmers association is calling for him to apologize, senator lindsey graham, and we're making that announcement on your show. he needs to apologize not only to our black farmers but to black people in this country who st

graham. senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. and welcome. last november, the "associated press" reported that hate crimes rose to the highest level in more than a decade. the a.p. also reported that the united states recorded the most hate-related killings since the fbi began collecting data in the 1980s. despite this finding, only about 14% of the agencies in the fbi hate crimes report indicated that hate crimes occurred in their jurisdictions. so here's the questions. what actions are you taking to make it easier for local agencies to collect and report this data to the fbi? >> so, i appreciate the question. as your question references, we do know that there is a phenomenon that i think is fairly widely accepted of underreporting of hate crimes. and so even though the number of hate crimes reported continues to grow, we don't know whether that means the number of hate crimes is growing or whether the number of reports of it is now starting to grow. we are trying to do a lot. and we do hundreds of these outreach, training, et cetera, of sta

don't stop at two or 3 trillion, lindsey graham is wrong, no wonder to is nothing and let's give another 10 trillion truck communist friends. what is wrong without mrairman? >> just about everything, congratulations on your new show i'm honored to be back on with you and secondly this is just insane. no president have ever raised business taxes to recover from an economic crisis. this cannot come at a worse time. the thought that you would raise and make your tax rates worse than communist china by the way senator sanders would make us worse than venezuela, it is driving america, it's almost a race to the bottom, there is no question, with the tax increases we will see fewer jobs, flatter paychecks, cavities going overseas. i predict under joe biden's taxes we will see a second wave of u.s. jobs and investment going overseas and it just seems ironic in joe biden's america, illegal vagrants are welcome, u.s. job creators are not. larry: that's overly good point, that's why i built it in to the editorial at the end. the corporate tax cuts work very well and particularly so far even american companies repatriating cash and assets and make it more comp

graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life. what do you make of this particular case? it is a strange affair, when mr he had set up for a register of lobbyists. i know the registrar said there was nothing wrong here. but that is only on a technicality. there is an in—house employee. tbts on a technicality. there is an in-house employee.- on a technicality. there is an in-house employee. as part of the roblem in-house employee. as part of the problem with _ in-house employee. as part of the problem with the _ in-house employee. as part of the problem with the rules _ in-house employee. as part of the problem with the rules and - problem with the rules and regulations or the definition of who is a lobbyist what is a lobbyist? that is part of the problem. the rules need re—examination. it would be very good if the committee on public standards could have a look at the lobbying arrangements because i think there is unease, that it has been possible to get to the heart of government, to try and benefit a company, which is not accessible to a large number of other companies. i do think we need a tightening

mr. graham: mr. president, i'd like to call amendment 1369 as modified and ask that it be reported by number and that senator hagerty be added as a cosponsor. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina is recognized. the clerk will report the amendment by the number as modified. the clerk: senator from south carolina approaches amendment for himself and others approaches amendment number 1369 to amendment number 891. frame frame i ask for two -- mr. graham: i ask for two minutes equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. graham: there was a time when we worked together and passed a relief bill 96-0. what happened? you all got it all now. so here's what i want you to know. that cares formula, that bill we passed had an allocation for state and local funding that's been changed by our democratic friends and the biggest winners are new york and california. so the formula they're using now, new york and california wins big. you need to check what you're doing because you'r

mr. graham: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: the budgetary effects of the pending amendment 891 offered by senator sanders are merely incidental to the nonbudgetary effects of the amendment. accordingly, the amendment is extraneous. therefore, i raise a point of order against this measure pursuant to section 313-b-1-d of the congressional budget act of 1974. mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: in accordance with section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of all applicable budget resolutions, i move to behave all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of amendment number 972, and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the question is on the motion to waive. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: