mr. kennedy: no, not at all. that statement that you saw there is a truncated version of a larger statement. i was describing -- mr. goldman: hold on -- reclaiming my time. because what i really want to talk about here is evidence. evidence, evidence, evidence. mr. johnson was so eager to talk about what he called the hard evidence and yet all we heard again was him repeating allegations without identifying any evidence. you can repeat all of these allegations as much as you want, but it doesn't make them true. i don't have enough time. you are not witnesses to any of this conduct and just because you say it over and over, it doesn't make it so. and if we're talking about censorship here, which i believe is presumably the reason why mrt that you've identified was never taken down. whatever the government may have tried to do, and i don't agree that it tried to do what you said it did, it wasn't taken down. so how can the government actually censor anyone if there's enough freedom within the companies they're talki

mr. kennedy. mr. roy: i thank the chairman. robert f. kennedy jr. is the son of former attorney general robert f. kennedy and the nephew of america's 35th president, john f. kennedy. third of 11 children. he went to -- some view mr. kennedy through his last name but that does a tremendous disservice to his life's work, whether you agree with it or not. out of law school mr. kennedy built his career as an environmental lawyer, representing new york city environmentalists and environmentalists across the globe in numerous legal battles. his work culminated on the new york watershed agreement focused on the cleaning of new york city's waterways. after the 2008 election, politico reported that president-elect obama strongly wanted mr. kennedy to go to the environmental protection agency. he went to an organization to address childhood chronic disease and toxics exposures. i assuming being a father of seven and bun one of 11 children himself fuels his interest in children's health. following the 2016 election, mr. kennedy met with then-president-elect tr

mr. kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> if we could put five minutes on the clock, then, not ten. >> put five on the clock and start it running. >> thank you, mr. chairman and i want to start -- i want to put aside my written statement for a moment and address one of the points that was brought up. i think an important point by the ranking member that this body ought to be concerning itself with the issues that impact directly the american people, the rising price of groceries, basic food stuff, the war in ukraine, the inflation issues, the border issues, many, many other issues that concern us all as a nation. we can't do that without the first amendment, without debate. when i gave my speech, my announcement speech in boston two months ago, i talked about all those issues. i focused on groceries and the fact that working class people can no longer afford to live in this country. i talked about inflation, all the issues that deeply concern you and that you have devoted your career to alleviating those issues.

mr. kennedy. >> robert f. kennedy, jr., son of a former attorney general, robert f. kennedy, jr. and the nephew of america's 35th president, john f. kennedy. he graduated from our university. we won't hold that against him because he went on to receive his law degree from the university of virginia school of law. my alma mater. out of law school, mr. kennedy built his career as an environment alert, representing environmentalists across the globe. his work culminated in the landmark university watershed agreement. politico reported that president-elect obama strongly considered as kennedy to have the environmental protection agency. this feels his interest in children's out. following the 2016 election, mr. kennedy met with them present electron. most recently, mr. kennedy announced his campaign for president of the united states. during his campaign has been he stated my mission over the next 18 months of this campaign and throughout my presidency will be to enter the corrupt merger of state and

mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i call up my amendment number 1034. i ask that it be reported by number, and i ask consent that senator menendez and i each have three minutes to discuss this amendment. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mr. kennedy, proposes amendment numbered 1034 to amendment numbered 1935. mr. kennedy: mr. president, as we all mow, the international monetary fund, or the imf, as we call it, it's an international bank. most countries belong to it, 190, in fact, and every country -- the presiding officer: will the senator yield? kennedy certainly. -- mr. kennedy: certainly. the presiding officer: please take your conversations out of the senate chamber. the senator may proceed. mr. kennedy: , thank you, virtually every country in the world is a member of the imf, there are 190 countries. and ev

mrs. kennedy in 1963. in appreciation for the united states help in saving the portion of egypt that was going to be submerged by the construction of the s1 high dam. so this and several other items were saved now. this could have ended up on the banks of the potomac in washington as some wanted it could have ended up on the banks of the charles in boston as others. wanted but it was president johnson who decided it would come here to new york and it would be in this extraordinary sackler wing where would be protected inside from the elements of outside now it had been outside for quite some time. but president johnson wanted to make sure was protected while i was in american hands. this is 2036 years old and by comparison. we are 60 years as a very small measure of time, but we are honored and grateful to have had those 60 years. thanks to the generosity of mrs. kennedy and her founding of our organization and to celebrate it here tonight in this place connected with presidential history. it was truly rem

mr. kennedy's campaign manager.eally is somewhat astonishing. i've been in politics a long time, and so we're making a real strong push for the edge of the quarter to build -- end of the quarter to build up our campaign chest. the next -- and so one day we get a million dollars and i'm like, whoa. and people are going to kennedy '24.com and and then the next day another million. and i'm saying, wait a minute, there's something happening here. he must be catching on. and then the third day, you know, average out to another million. and i'm thinking, i have never seen anything quite like this. so the more people hear mr. kennedy, the more they like what they hear, and i think that he's the man for the moment. and the fund raising is really a reflection of it. i'm just, i am so excited about this campaign. and apparently a lot more americans are getting excited about mr. kennedy's campaign. will: it seems like it. ing you can see on your screen right now the campaign cash, the fund raising you're referencing. but, you

mr. kennedy's theory is racist? >> i think that mr. kennedy's statements fuels the theories that suggest that there is a biology to race and that therefore we can actually identify people and communities as possibly either being benefited by or being -- people who are not sharing the same interests and needs as the rest of us and yes, it has served to drive hate and bias and sadly, including violent incidents. >> it was said earlier in the hearing that mr. kennedy is a smart man. so far as i know he doesn't have any specific education or training in medicine. not an epidemiologist, never conducted clinical trials in a professional setting. he has never done scientific research in a professional laboratory and published scientific findings in a peer reviewed publication. what kind of harm does someone with no medical training or knowledge do when they espouse unfounded anti-asian vaccine theories during a time like covid? >> one of the things that happened in this historic pandemic was that there was certainly a need to get on top of ver

mr. kennedy: mr. president. mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: do the opponents have any additional time? the presiding officer: one minute. mr. kennedy: mr. president, we have spent -- wicker i claim the time -- mr. wicker: i claim the time. mr. kennedy: i'm sorry. senator, go ahead. mr. wicker: if the gentleman from -- mr. schumer: if the gentleman from louisiana wants a minute, i'm fine to give it to him. mr. kennedy: thank you. you're a fine american. mr. schumer: a fine act of bipartisanship. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: mr. president, the american people have sent over $100 billion to help our friends in ukraine, and most members of this body supported it. this money didn't fall from heaven. it came out of people's pockets. how can we possibly look the american people in the eye and say that we don't want to assure them, to them that this money will not be stolen? that's all this bill does. it lets the president appoi

mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no.. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. vot: vote: the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 11, the nays are 88. under the previous requiring 60 votes for the akoption of this amendment -- adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. there will now -- mr. reed: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i ask unanimous consent that following the disposition of the menendez amendment, under the previous order, it be in order to call up the follow amendments, schatz 1078, scott 944, further, that respect to the amendments listed above, the senate vote on the amendments in the order listed with no further amendments or motions in order and with 06 affir

mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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 -- kelly. king, lujan, and rosen. senators voted in the negative. crapo and rounds. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. earns, no -- ms. ernst, no. the clerk: cassidy, -- mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. scott. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. c

mr. kennedy say something that he never said. >> mr. ink it was easy for jewish people to escape systematic slaughter of nazis, yes or no? >> absolutely not. >> do you think it was just as hard to wear a mask during covid as it was to hide under floorboards or false walls so you weren't murdered or dragged to a concentration camp? >> of course not. that's ridiculous. >> okay. that's a comparison that you made. >> i did not make that comparison. >> except he did. >> even in hitler's germany, you could cross the alps into switzerland. you can hide in an attic like anne frank did. today, the mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us can run and none of us can hide. >> our reporters are still around the table. what are your thoughts on this hearing? >> well, republicans say they had invited him to talk about the idea of being censored on social media, but in part, or the most part of it, they are trying to troll the president a little bit here, because while we know that joe biden is obviously the main candidate in th

mr. kennedy. they do not want him to speak, yet that is the topic of this hearing. they have kept him from speaking. collusion between the government and private organizations. mr. kennedy, in your opening statement you introduced us to this word mal information. can you tell us more about this made up word, what it means and some of the things that you've said or tried to say that you've been censored for that has been characterized as mal information? >> yes, congressman. i would like to just respond briefly to some of the what i would call defamations that have been just applied to me by the ranking member. i am happy to talk to you about my opinions on these issues, what you have stated and tried to associate me with through guilt by association is simply inaccurate. virtually every statement that you just made about me is inaccurate. i have never advised black americans not to receive vaccines. at one point you say i am anti-vaccine and that's the bad thing. the other moment you point out all my children are vacs. i took flu vaccines for 20 years straight. i ha

mr. kennedy and a whole bunch of. he was the number one target in the quote disinformation and you saw the first day of this station, they tried to take down his tweets. >> russia and china -- >> we are all against that. >> mr. kennedy's testimony -- [indiscernible] >> if you missed any of this hearing on censorship and free speech with robert f. contend question, it will air tonight. and watch on c-spannow or c-span. org. >> c-span is unfiltered view much government and funded by comcast and more. >> way more than that. comcast is creating wifi so students can be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these television providers giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> now president biden talks about his economic agenda from the philly shipyard in philadelphia. talked about strengthening unions, manufacturing and infrastructure and jokes about getting an indirect endorsement from republican congresswoman rm marjorie taylor green. ["hail to the chief" playing] hello, philly! h

mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. tbhent, -- mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. million tillis -- mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 46. the nominee 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session for the consideration of s. 2226, which the the

i'm not speaking for mr. kennedy on that. you may agree with me, but i'm not speaking to northern care. i'm saying you've written about the volt 7 documents, a, c i a documents that suggest americans of all mobile to their uh, cellphones being bugs and so on with a r f k junior. put a stop to the bugging of all their mobile phones. maybe americans live in the all of it stops all of the spying all of the sensor shipped. it ends of the members of the constitution as far as hand, it's probably under warranty. july was the right. there's no question and it's about enforcing the constitution of the united states. something that many of us in america take as our bible and expense. uh huh. there's going to sacrilege against that constitution, advantage. freedom of speech, and in an as an essential and throwing up such a shift in imprisoning whistle blowers we. we have to reclaim our constitution. and, and mr. kennedy, which stands for freedom courageously, has poured forth his candidacy for president of the united states. is the one

i'm not speaking for mr. kennedy on that. you may agree with me, but i'm not speaking to northern care. i'm saying you've written about the volt 7 documents, a, c i a documents that suggest americans of all mobile to their uh, cellphones being bugs and so on with a r f k junior. put a stop to the bugging of all their mobile phones, maybe american brand and uh, all of it stops all of the sign or all of the sensor shipped it in the constitution. as far as hand to spell your in july was the right. there's no question and it's about unfortunately, the constitution of the united states, something that many of us in america take as our bible and expense. uh huh. there's going to sacrilege against that constitution, advantage. freedom of speech. and in an, as an essentially and throwing up such a shift and imprisoning whistle blowers we, we have to reclaim our constitution. and, and mr. kennedy, which stands for freedom courageously, has poured forth his candidacy for president of the united states. is the one person who has the str

i'm not speaking for mr. kennedy on that. you may agree with me, but i'm not speaking from nora's, actually. i was paying you written about the volt 7 documents, a c i a documents that suggest americans of eligible to their uh, cellphones being bugs. and so i would a r f k junior. put a stop to the bugging of all their mobile phones. maybe americans live in, i live now. all of it stops all of the sign, all of the sensor shipped. it ends of the members of the constitution as far as hand, it's probably under warranty, related to the right. there's no question and it's about enforcing the constitution of the united states. something that many of us in america take as our bible and expense. uh huh. there's going to sacrilege against that constitution, advantage. freedom of speech and in an as an essential and throwing up such a shift and imprisoning whistle blowers we. we have to reclaim our constitution. and, and mr. kennedy, which stands for freedom courageously, has poured forth his candidacy for president of the united states

i'm not speaking for mr. kennedy on that. you may agree with me, but i'm not speaking from nora's. actually i'm saying you've written about the volt 7 documents, a c i a documents that suggest americans of all mobile to their uh, cellphones being bugs and so on with a r f k junior. put a stop to the bugging of all their mobile phones. maybe americans, uh all of it stops all of the spying all the center shipped. it ends the constitution as far as hands as well. you're in july to see why there's no question and it's about enforcing your constitution of the united states . something that many of us in america take as our bible. and it depends on there's been a sacrilege against that constitution, advantage freedom of speech, and in a sense, a central and throwing up such a shift and imprisoning whistle blowers we. we have to reclaim our constitution. and, and mr. kennedy stands for freedom courageously, has poured forth his candidacy for president of the united states is the one person who has the strength of character. whereas the moral fiber to challenge this. and it is showing some

is this something that mr. kennedy understands? we're told that we should know the truth and the truth will set us free. but if we don't know the truth, then we are prisoners. and uh, we need to free mr. assertions freezers nation in the world. allies have been told us to keep us or were they keep us turned against each other to make money off of war. and so we, uh, we are at a approval moment in history and uh, robert f. kennedy junior has stepped in. as the true teller, man of authenticity, amount of courage. and when elected president, you will see a great changes in the way the united states presents itself in the world. what would you tell the british government and british authorities as regards assigns because there are reports that his health is in the urgent is here action. and while he may die in, in london, well, what happens if he dies? what, what happens to britain's reputation? well, you know, we, we, we, of course, want to seems to arrive in the british government is taking a special responsibility. you assure himself

well, what am interest to mr. kennedy? is that this is a prime example of the government trying to shut down a whistle blower who provided valuable information. not just to the american people, which a people over the world about the truth behind on the united states and other nations involvement against rack. that washer never been taught. it was based on lies. joining us onshore is the one person who, as a publisher, not, not only a journalist, but as a publisher, i took the risk to reveal information that the public had a right to know that he was kept on a virtual version or an embassy. and now he is a genuine prisoner behind bars. this is a travesty. it will go down in the annals of history as one of the graves injustices against a truth shaker in the united states are our 1st amendment towards freedom of speech and freedom of the press as being the cardinal principles upon which our democracy is based and that the attacks brought attack using the powers of government to go after mister such a remark. uh, just as one

not speaking for mr. kennedy on that, you may agree with me, but i'm not speaking from northern care. i'm saying you've written about the volt 7 documents, a, c i a documents that suggest americans of all mobile to their uh, cellphones being bugs and so on with a r f k junior. put a stop to the bugging of all their mobile phones. maybe americans live and uh, all of it stops all of the spying all of the center shipped. it ends the constitution as far as handling the younger ones, you like to see, right? there's no question and it's about unfortunately, the constitution of the united states. something that many of us in america take as our bible and expands. there's been a sacrilege against that constitution, advantage freedom of speech, and in a sense, a central and throwing up such a shift and imprisoning whistle blowers we. we have to reclaim our constitution. and, and mr. kennedy stands for freedom courageously, has poured forth his candidacy for president of the united states is the one person who has the strength of character. whereas the moral fiber to challenge this a, this chal

mr. kennedy on display.aid last week in new york about covid-19 having been targeted deliberately to not be harmful to jewish people and so congressman dan goldman played the video recording of exactly what robert kennedy junior said, which proved that he had just lied under oath in today's hearing. >> and let's quickly play a short video, if we could. >> covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people who are most immune or ashkenazi jews and chinese. >> robert kennedy junior's personal life has been a mess for most of his life. he started an affair with his second wife while he was still married to his first wife, a trumpian style marital transition. he married his second wife a month after the divorce from his first wife, while the second wife was already six months pregnant. his second wife bore him for children. but suffered deeply from robert kennedy junior's sexual adventurism, which he recorded in a diary. she took her own life two years after they divorced. many of her friends

mr. kennedy! >> reporter: kennedy still trails biden in polls by a wide margin, but he is made gains among those who view the president as too old and those who are frustrated over inflation. >>> a federal grand jury met today to decide whether to indict former president trump over his role in january 6th and diligent efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the former president says he received a target letter from the justice department. a senior from source says the letter cites three federal statutes. conspiracy to defraud the u.s., deprivation of rights under color of law, and witness tampering and obstruction of official proceedings. the target letter typically indicates an investigation is in its final stages. >> the prosecution has interviewed so many witnesses, looked at so much documentary evidence. if they bring these charges it means they absolutely believe that they can prove this beyond a reasonable doubt. >> over the past year the justice department has spoken to trump's inner circle,

mr. kennedy, aye.the clerk: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: just for the information of members, we're speeding up the vote process. there's the whitehouse picnic tonight, and we're going -- two of get things done by then. so there will be 10-minute votes and we're going to call questions quite strictly. okay? thank you. thank you. mr. rubio: madam president? the presiding officer: the junior senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i call up amendment 429 and ask that at that be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: mr. kaine proposes amendment numbered 429. mr. k

mr. kennedy?tly claimed covid is targeted to attack calk acian and black communities, but tell the community i should be careful and protect my children from a virus that has killed millions of people because i'm black. >> i move we move into closed session, mr. kennedy has made these comments even last week. >> harris: they didn't want us to watch what they said. that didn't happen. they tabled that motion. r.f.k. jr. said this. if the views that you and others have applied to me, attributed to me, if they are true, i can see why i shouldn't be able to testify here today. those are not true. these are defamations and malig nasies used to censure me to prevent people from listening to things i saying. i think we should have a real conversation rather than an exchange of attacks. >> harris: who would cheer this on? china, that is how they roll. we are not supposed to roll like that. >> kayleigh: exactly. what was interesting, he talked about adhom hearing there. they are trying to demonize and push

mr. kennedy spread violent dangerous anti-semitic and anti-asian information and must not be legitimized th his appearance before the u.s. congress. he spreads his views. in quinnipiac poll, robert f. kennedy leads the democratic nomination. >> steve: republicans, when querying mr. kennedy, will talk about how big tech censured him by his critics and democrats will say, this guy is a crackpot? >> that is how it will play out. you have seen from the administration and the coordination, level of coordination that tech companies had with the administration, it made its way to the court. that issue is not finished and this will be the latest in the ongoing conversation we're having about this. it is ongoing. thank you, sir. >> brian: no problem with r.f.k., he does his homework, extremely bright and you better bring your a game. can you believe we are at a day when the democrats are calling a kennedy disparaging names. >> steve: there are kennedy family members who disagree with him, as well. we love him, but he is wrong about that. >> ainsley: -- i said what do you think about kennedy runnin

mr. kennedy. 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 that

mr. kennedy. tough questions with humor. thank you. dr.er the rfk segment. is she a fan girl? i don't think so. i will let you know tomorrow. margie, from new jersey, what do you mean you are voting for rfk. i thought you were a republican. >> i am persuadable. i am one of those persuadable voters. jesse my mom was hoping you would take your shirt off. the picture of gutfeld with the muscles, that is not real. if secret service cannot figure out who brought booger sugar into the white house, they all need to be let go. i want to know what was or was not in the red backpack. it was about a gram lighter. i am just kidding. by not telling us who the coat belong to, they are telling us who it belonged to. it is going to tape probably as long as the hunter laptop investigation, maybe the john durham investigation. >> finding coat in the white house is as surprising as finding an egg in my henhouse. why doesn't anybody ever take a picture of these aliens? we all have cameras on our phones. you are not a believer? that is it for tonight. dvr the

mr. kennedy says he is mr.use he wants safe people to believe that, and come on, he has spent much of his life calling them unsafe, and in addition to that, falsely linking the vaccines to all kinds of diseases that have nothing to do with vaccines. i could cite dozens of vaccines that he has insisted on vaccines and autism, and zero basis for this claim, but he has done it for years. and he attacked safe covid-19 vaccine, and i won't repeat the basis for which vaccines are tested. he is deep down the vaccine rabbit hole, and you will not have seen the claims unless you are immersed in that world. there is strong evidence that the 1918 flu pandemic was not a flu, but it was caused by vaccine research. it is nonsense that has been debunked. the flu pandemic was a flu pandemic. and so le che also claimed that came from a vaccine program. so what do you call someone like mr. kennedy who spent his time to talk about vaccines that target people, and antivax is a fair descriptor. >> on top of that, daniel, i want to

mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hyde-smith, aye. mr. menendez, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 91, the nays are 6. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. rounds: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. rounds: i call up my amendment 813 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. rounds, for himself and others, p

mr. kennedy had said in the past. >> reporter: look, he has made in the past racist and antisemitic commentspact jewish people, he's denied saying that and walked those comments back and he said in congress under oath he's never said anything racist. nevertheless the focus of this hearing frankly was more on the witness himself, especially from democrats than the general theme of censorship. that was touched on by republicans. this exchange with congressman debbie wasserman schultz was part of a larger exchange during this hearing and one point she wanted to censure kennedy from being able to publicly testifying. this is why. mr. kennedy, your bizarre unproven claim echoes that same slander of jews and chinese avoided a deadly illness. you do see that, yes or in. >> you're misstating. >> reclaiming my time. mr. chairman, i'd like ten seconds back. >> you're slandering me incorrectly. what you're saying is dishonest. >> reporter: how this man who's challenging biden for the democratic nomination, although he has a very, very long shot is sparring with people from within his party here on capi

mr. kennedy finds himself receiving the scorn about the political left and right.se if one dare share challenge orthodoxy of the powers that be, and one is their enemy. >> they don't want him to speak, yet that is the topic of this hearing. they have kept him from speaking. a collusion between the government and private organizations. >> okay, nobody kept robert kennedy junior from speaking about anything, but republicans on capitol hill today lionized robert f. kennedy junior to a contentious hearing in the house weaponization committee on government center ships. while kennedy is running as a democrat, it's not he's not really democrat. he's a trump maga hero. republicans themselves invited him to testify in congress. he's a full blown conspiracy theorist anti-vaxxer. here's what happened today when democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz confronted him about a conspiracy theory he promoted. >> that's what you floated a baseless conspiracy theory that the coronaviruses was bioengineered to target asian -- >> labeling chinese and uses a raise and use in

mr. kennedy has repeatedly made anti-semitic and anti-asian comments as recently as last week. >> mr. , point of order? >> gentleman from louisiana. >> is it the custom of this committee to censor viewpoints that we disagree with from witnesses? >> reporter: kennedy was here to testify on how he was censored over covid misinformation and blasted both the trump and biden administrations for engaging with social media sites to try to deplatform him for his public comments on covid-19. kennedy says democratic claims that he is a bigot and anti-semitic are false. >> if the views that you and others have applied to me, have attributed to me, if they were actually true, i can see why i shouldn't be able to testify here today. those are not true. every democrat on this committee believes that we need to enthat polarization. do you think -- end that polarization. do you think you can do that by censoring people? i'm telling you, you can cannot. that only aggravates and and amplifies the problem. >> reporter: now, democrats say that kennedy does have a right to free speech. they're not trying t

mr. kennedy no doubt knows the following quote.ot afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead. again >> orthodox, i think he means science, it really makes you wonder what is it that kennedys chance for that has the right to be so head over heels for him? is it his years of work as an anti-vaccine advocate? is it repeatedly debunked claims the vaccines cause autism? is it his trafficking in a variety of covid vaccine conspiracy theories, including ones involving microchips being inserted into all of our bodies? are they fancy his recent comments that covid was quote ethnically targeted to spare chinese and jewish people? or is it his assertion that antidepressant like prozac have caused the rise of school shootings in america, obviously completely insane and not true? or that wi-fi causes cancer and something called leaky brain, whatever that may be? or is it is claim that chemicals in the water maybe turning kids transgender? i couldn't even cover all of these outlandish, crazy claims, because we need to continue with our show. be

mr. kennedy noted knows the following quote, for here we are four here we are not afraid to follow truth lead. >> with all this talk of challenging orthodoxy which by the way, orthodoxy i think he means science, it really makes you wonder what does this kennedy stand for that has the right so head over heels for him? is it is years of work as an anti-vaccine advocate? his repeatedly bunk rebuttal claim that vaccines cause autism? visit trafficking in a variety of covid vaccine theories instead of ones involving microchips being inserted into all of our bodies? are they fans of his recent comments that covid was quote ethnically targeted to spare chinese and jewish people? or is it is decision that atlanta presents like prozac have caused the rise of school shootings in america? obviously, completing the insane and not true. or that wi-fi causes cancer and something called leaky brain whatever that might be? or that his claim that chemicals in the water can be turning kids transgender? i couldn't even cover all of these outlandish crazy claims because we need to continue with our show, bu

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mr. kennedy: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent to use several props during my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. kennedy: thank you, ma'am. silas james hog. i want to introduce silas to our, madam president, and to the american people, and to my colleagues in the senate. i would love to be able to put his photograph up here because he's a fine-looking young man, but for privacy reasons, i decided not to. silas and i go to the same church, so in some ways we have kind of grown up together. -- his mom and dad are jeff and shannon hogg, two wonderful people, two great parents. silas has a sister named ellie grace. and ellie grace is splendid in her own right, maybe some day i'll come down to talk about ellie grace. but today i want to talk about silas. silas is a rising eighth grader. he just finished the seventh grade. next year he is going to attend brighthouse learning academy. in his spare time, he likes to play with his m