mr. kaine. mr. kaine, guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy, not guilty. mr. king. mr. king, guilty. mrs. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar, guilty. mr. lankford. mr. lankford, not guilty. mr. leahy. mr. leahy, guilty. mr. lee. mr. lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mr. markey, not guilty. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally. ms. mcsally, not guilty. mr. menendez. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley. mr. amerimerkley, not guilty. and mr. moran, guilty. and ms. murray, guilty. mr. paul. mr. paul not guilty. mr. purdue. mr. perdue, not guilty. mr. peters. mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reade, guilty. mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney. mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. sass. mr. sass, not guilty. mr. schatz, not guilty. mr. scott of florida not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not guilty. ms. shaheen, guilty. mr. shelby. mr. shelby, not guilty. ms. zinema, guilty. ms. smith, guilty. ms. stab

mr. kaine: madam president, i rise also to discuss the pending matter, the serious matter of impeachment. president trump schemed to get ukraine to help him win the 2020 election by strom arming its new -- strong arming its new president to announce a bogus investigation against a political opponent. to carry out his scheme, he smeared, fired, and threatened a dedicated career ambassador, thwarted congress by secretly withholding appropriated military aid over the advice of his national security team, violated two laws in order to hide his actions, outsourced critical foreign policy to a rogue private attorney, hurt an american ally, gratified an adversary, and overturned long-standing precedent regarding the relationship between the executive and legislative branches. the scheme was so repellent that numerous members of his own administration fought against it and then when they could not stop it themselves, courageously brought it to light. the house managers have proven both articles of impe

mr. kaine: i rise to speak to the body about the war powers resolution, which is pending before the senate. before i address the resolution, i want to acknowledge the combat deaths of javier guterrez and sergeant rodriguez, they were both 28-year-olds killed last week in afghanistan. while the incident is still under investigation, it appears they were killed by a member of the afghan security forces or someone posing as a member of the afghan security forces. this is a security force that the u.s. has armed, equipped and trained for 19 years. sergeant gueterrez leaves behind a wife and children ages 2 through 7. his father was a marine. he had previously deployed to afghanistan. sergeant guterrez leaves behind a wife, he had previously deployed to afghanistan ten times. i thought it was a misprint when i read it. a 28-year-old who previously dploitd to -- was deployed to afghanistan eight times before -- 10 times before he was killed at 28. this resolution is about congress reclaiming its righ

mr. menendez: thank you, madam president. i rise in strong support of s.j. res. 68. senator kaine has done -- a distinguished member of the foreign relations committee has done an extraordinary job here in riveting our attention to a congressional responsibility that is paramount. it calls for the removal of u.s. troops from hostilities against iran that congress has not authorized. one of the most consequential decisions we make as members of congress, i have been called on on more than one occasion between the house and the senate, is whether or not to send our sons and daughters into battle. it is a decision that is about life and death and national security. the constitution delegated that power to only one institution of the entire federal government, the congress of the united states, to declare war because of the severity of the consequences of the decision. and it is up to the congress to ensure that the executive branch, whoever sits there at any given time, utilizes all the tools of diplomacy it has to keep americans safe and that there is an effective check on executive

mr. kaine: madam president, i rise also to discuss the pending matter, the serious matter of impeachment. president trump schemed to get ukraine to help him win the 2020 election by strom arming its new -- strong arming its new president to announce a bogus investigation against a political opponent. to carry out his scheme, he smeared, fired, and threatened a dedicated career ambassador, thwarted congress by secretly withholding appropriated military aid over the advice of his national security team, violated two laws in order to hide his actions, outsourced critical foreign policy to a rogue private attorney, hurt an american ally, gratified an adversary, and overturned long-standing precedent regarding the relationship between the executive and legislative branches. the scheme was so repellent that numerous members of his own administration fought against it and then when they could not stop it themselves, courageously brought it to light. the house managers have proven both articles of impe

mrs. hyde smith, not guilty. mister inhofe, not guilty. mister johnson, not guilty. mister jones. mister jones, guilty. mister kaine. esther kaine, guilty. mister kennedy. mister kennedy, not guilty. mister king. mister king, guilty. miss klobuchar. miss klobuchar, guilty. mister lankford. mister lankford, not guilty. mister leahy. mister leahy, guilty.mister lee. mister lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mister manchin, guilty. mister markey. mister marquis, guilty. mister mcconnell. mister mcconnell, not guilty. miss sally. miss sally, not guilty. mister menendez. mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty. mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty. miss rosen. ms. rosen, guilty . miste

mrs. hyde smith, not guilty. mister inhofe, not guilty. mister johnson, not guilty. mister jones. mister jones, guilty. mister kaine. esther kaine, guilty. mister kennedy. mister kennedy, not guilty. mister king. mister king, guilty. miss klobuchar. miss klobuchar, guilty. mister lankford. mister lankford, not guilty. mister leahy. mister leahy, guilty.mister lee. mister lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mister manchin, guilty. mister markey. mister marquis, guilty. mister mcconnell. mister mcconnell, not guilty. miss sally. miss sally, not guilty. mister menendez. mister menendez, guilty mister merkley . mister merkley, guilty. mister moran. mister moran, not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski, not guilty. miss murphy, mister murphy, guilty. mister murray. mrs. murray, guilty. mister paul. mister paul, not guilty. mister perdue. mister perdue, not guilty. mister peters.mister peters, guilty mister portman . mister portman, not guilty. mister reid. mister reid, guilty. mister risch, not guilty. mister roberts. mister roberts, not guilty. mister romney. mister romney, guilty. miss rosen. ms. rosen, guilty . miste

mr. president, i rise today to support my colleague senator kaine in support of this resolution before us, a resolution that would prohibit the united states from conducting offensive military strikes against iran unless or until such time as congress may authorize it. this is how security policy in our constitutional republic is supposed to work. it's how decisions like these are supposed to be made. congress authorizes the use of military force, and the president, as commander in chief, directs the military. this arrangement gives the american people the best of both words, a legislature to declare war and a single decisive commander in chief to lead the troops. unfortunately, congress has not upheld its end of the responsibility. our system of checks and balances while very beneficial to the american people and while giving us the greatest opportunity to protect our green new deal, our liberty, and our -- our freedom, our liberty, and our system of government imposes a degree of rigger and accountability on congress whose members unfortunately are declined to shirk whenever possible. t

kaine: thank you, mr. chair. let's talkwolters, about coronavirus and the european theater. i am leaving here the stars & stripes report on sunday saying there had been a temporary closing monday through wednesday of schools, activity centers, fitness centers, chapels. is that record accurate? gen. wolters: yes. >> are there any other things from that report? gen. wolters: those facilities remain closed and travel to the states are still prohibited in italy. >> do you expect those facilities will reopen thursday as initially planned or do you think that might have to be extended? give it ars: i would 50-50 right now. sen. cotton: how many u.s. troops do we have there, roughly speaking? gen. wolters: 6000 or 7000. sen. cotton: how many have accompanied spouses or children? gen. wolters: 70% to 80%. sen. cotton: 4000 to 4500 husbands and wives and then some larger number of children probably? absolutely, over 35,000 u.s. military members in italy. sen. cotton: they are mostly just sitting at home right now trying to avoid the coronavirus? gen. wolters: not mostly, but there is

mr. president, i'm proud today to rise in support of s.j. resolution 68, the kaine-lee resolution to remove the united states armed forces from hostilities from the islamic republic of iran or any part of its government or military. this resolution is crucial at a momentous moment in our nation's history. as united states senators, we're no strangers to tough decisions. when this institution is functioning properly, we make such decisions all the time, tough questions and tough decisions on which programs to fund or who sits in judgment over their fellow citizens on the federal bench or issues of civil rights or equality or fairness. but without doubt, the most difficult decision any senator will ever face is whether to authorize war, whether to, through such authorization, open the gates to send the men and women of our armed forces into harm's way. it's a solemn responsibility that all of us here take very seriously. and it's a responsibility that the founding fathers intended to wrest solely here in the congress of the united states of america, not down pennsylva

kaine: thank you, mr. chair. let's talkwolters, about coronavirus and the european theater. i am leaving here the stars & stripes report on sunday saying there had been a temporary closing monday through wednesday of schools, activity centers, fitness centers, chapels. is that record accurate? gen. wolters: yes. >> are there any other things from that report? gen. wolters: those facilities remain closed and travel to the states are still prohibited in italy. >> do you expect those facilities will reopen thursday as initially planned or do you think that might have to be extended? give it ars: i would 50-50 right now. sen. cotton: how many u.s. troops do we have there, roughly speaking? gen. wolters: 6000 or 7000. sen. cotton: how many have accompanied spouses or children? gen. wolters: 70% to 80%. sen. cotton: 4000 to 4500 husbands and wives and then some larger number of children probably? absolutely, over 35,000 u.s. military members in italy. sen. cotton: they are mostly just sitting at home right now trying to avoid the coronavirus? gen. wolters: not mostly, but there is

mr. president, i rise today to discuss my concerns with respect to iran and to express my support for the kaine resolution of which i'm a cosponsor. no -- my thoughts remain with the service members who are injured by iran's retaliatory ballistic missle attacks in iraq. the president was indeed wrong to diminish their wounds by referring to them as headaches, traumatic brain injuries are serious and the president's comments undermines our military personal. unfortunately the president still does not seem to grasp that his words and actions have real consequences. tensions with iran and the potential for miscalculation remain exceptionally high. we are likely in a period of calm before the storm. no serious analyst doubts there will be a future violent iranian reaction. this temporary calm is a result of several factors. first soleimani's death has caused a disruption in the command and control of the irgc quds force. he is not irreplaceable but difficult to replace. second iran's principal objective in iraq is to get them to leave iraq. the killing of soleimani has given iran political leverage

mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor today to strongly urge all of my colleagues to join senator kaine, and i want to thank him for his extremely thoughtful and amazing approach to this. i think it's so important that we reassert congress' authority in decisions concerning our nation's security, and curbing this administration's ability to put our troops in harm's way without consulting the american people. madam president, following the early january attack on u.s. troops deployed in iraq triggered by president trump's decision to launch a drone strike that killed iran's qasem soleimani. i know many americans were frightened like i was to watch tensions then with iran escalate so rapidly in real time. i'm glad the president's backed down, decided not to further escalate those tensions in recent weeks as a voice for my home state of washington, including all of our service members and military families and communities. but we're not off the hook and we have every reason to believe that iran may retaliate again, which is why i remain deeply disturbed by president trump's rush to incite conflict in way

mr. bloomberg: i am shameless. how are we doing? to be clear, i am here for both. it may be the only way to save a nation, with a little libation. [laughter] our kaine pain is building momentum across country -- oure campaign is building momentum across virginia and the country and i want to thank charisse for supporting our campaign and all the kind words when she introduced me. themood news, she said exactly the way i wrote them for her. seriously, thank you for your leadership in the house of delegates. you and your colleagues are showing the country what is possible when democrats are in charge. [applause] michael: now, some of you might remember virginia was the same state i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months have beennce then, i to 62 cities and 25 states, but i have been to virginia more than anywhere else. [applause] michael: in fact, i was here just last week. i was meeting with veterans starting businesses, including one who opened a bakery and yesterday was my birthday so i might as well go back and get a piece of cake. thank you very much. thank you. -- going to be donald trump in and we absolutely have to win this co

mr. president, i rise today to support my colleague senator kaine in support of this resolution before us, a resolution that would prohibit the united states from conducting offensive military strikes against iran unless or until such time as congress may authorize it. this is how security policy in our constitutional republic is supposed to work. it's how decisions like these are supposed to be made. congress authorizes the use of military force, and the president, as commander in chief, directs the military. this arrangement gives the american people the best of both words, a legislature to declare war and a single decisive commander in chief to lead the troops. unfortunately, congress has not upheld its end of the responsibility. our system of checks and balances while very beneficial to the american people and while giving us the greatest opportunity to protect our green new deal, our liberty, and our -- our freedom, our liberty, and our system of government imposes a degree of rigger and accountability on congress whose members unfortunately are declined to shirk whenever possible. t

mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise in opposition to the amendment and will be making a motion to table it following senator cotton's presentation. the cotton amendment would establish a very dangerous precedent. i say that with all respect. it would basically allow military action against actors on the designated list of foreign terrorist organizations without a declaration of war against them. there are 69f. dmpleghts o.'s on the i.r.s. currently, including liberty, kurdistan workers party, irish republican army, communist party of the philippines. the f.d.o. list has never been a war authorization. it's created by the administration. it adds the names to it. this would suggest that by being on the f.d.o., the u.s. military could take action against you even without congressional authorization. the list is so long and it can be added to by a president, this would basically destroy the underlying bill by allowing a president to add to the f.d.o. list, not come to congress and then take military action

mr. kaine: madam president, i rise only briefly to thank my colleague. i'm actually scheduled to take the floor later this afternoon to talk upon this topic, but i wanted to come in here with senator durbin. i appreciate his effort. he has been a powerful advocate of this principle that we don't stand in contradiction of this president or any president when we stand for the proposition that congress should do its job under article 1 of the constitution, and i applaud my colleague for his strong support. i will take the floor later today to talk about the bipartisan resolution he was just described. with that, madam president. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: will the senator withhold his request? mr. kaine: i will withhold the request. the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: i ask to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: we were scheduled to speak on the -- a resolution of disapprova

mr. president, i rise today to support my colleague senator kaine in support of this resolution before us, a resolution that would prohibit the united s

and so i look forward to joining with senator kaine to passing the resolution as well as to opposing some of t mr. inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, the -- i think that president trump's decision to take out general soleimani was the bonus defense decision of his policy to date. the president defended american lives and showed iran that terrorism and, most importantly, spilling american blood is something that will come at a price. unlike something we by the predecessor, we're in the best negotiating position with iran since 1979 and iran's escalation, which includes attacks on tankers, saudi arabian oil facilities and the killing of an american citizen. at least for now. yet some democrats would have you believe a vote for a war powers resolution, pretending as though the president is rushing to war. that's just not happening. but the facts are not there. there is no war with iran. an air strike is not a war. punishing iran for killing an american citizen is is not a war. nor has -- it just hasn't happened. it's been three wee