mrs. kennedy's. the donors were mr. and mrs. walter annenberg, of course, franklin never lived in or visited the white house, but he's a towering figure in our nation's history. should be represented. there following the tour of the public rooms, president kennedy had decided would make an appearance in the program's final scene, where he spoke of the importance of the work being done by mrs. and her committees. he said, quote i consider history, our history to be a source of strength to us here in the house and to all american people. anything which dramatizes the great history, the great of the united states is, i think the white house does is of the closest attention and respect by americans live here and who visit here and who are part of our citizenry. that's why i am glad that jackie is making the efforts she's making. indeed, president kennedy was extremely of his wife and her great accomplishment. it seemed how devoted and dedicated she was to it, how hard she had worked it. and he was so delighted with the tv tour itself

mrs. kennedy. d so did the kennedy library have them to the public or does the kennedy library have anything on that visit to the white house? >> no. that is the only visit she made back to the white house. after december of 1963 with her children to see the official white house of portraits as the guest of the nixon's. there are no photographs not that i am aware of i have never seen one. unfortunately and i would love to see an image. it wasig a magical night for mrs. kennedy and the children. she was so grateful to president mrs. nixon and the nixon daughters to make it a very happy occasion for mrs. kennedy and her children to return to the home that they remembered living in with their father. and obviously mrs. kennedy was very nervous leading up to it but was just so grateful at how warm the nixon family was and what a great tour guide president nixon was showing john the ovall office and i think the desk where john used to hide if you have notd seen it, what i would suggest you seek out at t

mrs. jonas kennedy -- mrs. john f. kennedy. >> i believe the whole thing is on there. >> even better. >> it's not the best quality but it's out there. >> it may not be the best quality but it's very watchable on youtube so please check it out. she's a much better tour guide than i am.

mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no o o. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. . mr. manchin, no. ms. murkowski, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 53, the motion to table is not agreed to. the senator from new mexico. a senator: mr. president, i rise in support of senator hawley's motion to table. mr. lujan: mr. president, i speak today on behalf of annie and henry and rosemary, tina, louisa, francisco, laura, wilbert, charles, and the thousands upon thousands of people who endured the suffering brought on by the nuclear weapon testing in new mexico and across the country. in july of 1945, annie was in her kitchen with her family when suddenly they heard -- and the next second they were on the floor. holding on to one another. trying to comfort each other. because around them windows were shattering and walls were crumbling. when they went outside they thought that it started to snow

mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: the nomination is confirmed -- the nomination is confirmed. the yeas are 50, the nays are 17. 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 the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 444, sara e. hill, of oklahoma, to be united states district judge for the northern district of oklahoma. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of sara e. hill, of oklahoma, to be united states sdprikt judge if -- distr

mrs. kennedy step on to latin american soil. on this? president kennedy his first visit to latin america is objective is to learn about the problems at firsthand from distinguished leaders like president betancourt and at the same time to demonstrate the great interest and concern of the people he represents for their friends to the south and. the welcome received by the visitor reflects the statement of president betancourt. we receive as friends who are our friends. you know them, by helicopter from caracas to a agricultural region 50 miles west. his purpose to see for himself the of a new land reform and rural housing program at the village of el frio. in. the cutting of a brightly colored ribbon will symbolize the inauguration of the first alliance for progress enterprise in venezuela. a $12 million project for a low cost self-help rural housing, a plan of scope and grandeur given infinite meaning for the man who receives the deed of his own future home. and. then by helicopter journey to nearby la rita for visiting president who view

mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to to and the point of order falls. mr. schumer: mr. president, may we have a little order. the

mrs. kennedy were tired. they went to bed, and when they got up the next morning, a very large crowd, hs ofeople assembled right here. and what used to be a parking lot and theoctic operatives at the time, and speaker jim wright had arranged for a a flatbed truck and microphones to be pulle the parking lot so that the president could step out to see the folks andss the crowd that had that had assembled on the parking lot. they didn't know that there was ing to be a speech. they just showed uhoping to see him come out of the hotel and for the motor motorcade to leave. so the president comes out with speaker wright and a number of other dignitaries, and he gives the first of his last two public speeches right here, literally for the united states to fulfill its obligations arnd the world quires that the united states move forward economically, that the people of this country participate in rising prosperity. and it is a fact in 1962 and the first six months of 1963, the economy of the united states grew not onl

mr. kennedy, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. manchin, no. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. schatz, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. capito, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. s collins, no. mr. daines, no. ms. hassan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. mr. cornyn, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. menendez, no. mr. grassley, no. ms. baldwin, no. mr. young, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. scott of flori

mrs. kennedy thought. the one thing that was said that reflected what had happened. o ten years later and a poignant note in archive in missoula of jackie kennedy writing a personal, handwritten note to mansfield thanking him for this eulogy. after he completed his talk, he walked to cross to where she was seated in the capitol rotunda and presented a copy of eulogy to her. and she said, did you know that i wanted that. so very close relationship. ten years later, one of the networks conducted a memorial. ten years after the kennedy assassination, john and mrs. kennedy watched it and prompted her to write mansfield note again, very poignant that exists in his to this day. so quite a profound relationship he was. mansfield was definitely a very impacted in a very dramatic way by kennedy's death and by the death of robert kennedy as well, prompting him to support very controversial in montana in 1968, the gun control act that passed the congress that year. lee metcalf, colleague in the senate, said mansfield is the only democrat in the west who could vote for gun contro

mrs. kennedy thought. the one thing that was said that reflected what had happened. o ten years later and a poignant note in archive in missoula of jackie kennedy writing a personal, handwritten note to mansfield thanking him for this eulogy. after he completed his talk, he walked to cross to where she was seated in the capitol rotunda and presented a copy of eulogy to her. and she said, did you know that i wanted that. so very close relationship. ten years later, one of the networks conducted a memorial. ten years after the kennedy assassination, john and mrs. kennedy watched it and prompted her to write mansfield note again, very poignant that exists in his to this day. so quite a profound relationship he was. mansfield was definitely a very impacted in a very dramatic way by kennedy's death and by the death of robert kennedy as well, prompting him to support very controversial in montana in 1968, the gun control act that passed the congress that year. lee metcalf, colleague in the senate, said mansfield is the only democrat in the west who could vote for gun contro

mr. kennedy, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. barasso, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the majority leader. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affairive texas the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president, i enter a motion to ca

mr. kennedy, mr. tillis, mrs. blackburn. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor picked up next to sarah russell nominated u.s. district court for the district of connecticut. does anyone seek recognition? senator lee? >> mr. chairman i have got some concerns with this nominee. made some statements that i think are incompatible with someone wanting to serve as a life tenured article three federal judge. during the height of covid, one of my many concerns relates to a letter that she signed on to. a letter that reflects a certain betrayal in term reflecting a lack of judicial temperament. the letter that she signed onto his captioned, urgent action needed to protect individuals and connecticut's prisons and jails from coronavirus 19. we call that on the governor on the state of connecticut and all connecticut jurisdictions to number one immediately released to the maximum extent possible, this is a quote, people incarcerated pretrial and postconviction. also said that even postconviction the gover

mr. kennedy no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. warnock, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. mora

mr. kennedy: mr. president, i'm, i'm going to talk a few minutes about seafood.many respects, at least in terms of our physical health, we are what we eat. and americans have been eating a lot more seafood, which is good for you. 94% -- a lot of people don't know this. i didn't until i researched. 94% of the seafood sold in the united states is imported. 94%, pretty extraordinary figure. of the various types of seafood, shrimp represents the highest volume of imports of total edible fishery products. given that this seafood is imported, we have to be careful. for that reason, congress created what we call a seafood import monitoring program. seafood import monitoring program. i'm going to call it simp. so if i say simp, you'll know what i'm talking about. and simp's job is to make sure that is foreign imports are safe, safe to eat for the american people. simp has jurisdiction over 13 different species groups and about well over 1,100 unique species. as i said, that includes shrimp and red snapper, but almost all forms of seafood that are grown overseas or produc

mrs. kennedy thought there is a poignant note in mansfield archive of jackie kennedy ready give personal handitten notes to mansfield thinking for the eulogy. after he completed his talk he walked across to where she was seated in the capitol rotunda presented a copy of the eulogy to her and she asked how did you know i wanted that? ten years later one of the networks did a memorial 10 years at the kennedy assassination. dmrs. kennedy watched it and it prompted her to write mansfield another note very poignant that exists in his file to this day. quite a profound relationship. he was and definitely very impacted in a very dramatic way by kennedy's death and later by the death of robert kennedy as well prompting him to support the gun control act that passed congress that year. lee metcalf is culligan the senate t said the only one who n vote for gun control get away with it. so a remarkable relationship between these two guys. i many respects palantir of the partisans politics of the jobs they held. they would write poignant and to send letters to each other. not the kind of letters to thi of

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. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, brown, butler, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, grassley, hirono, johnson, kaine, klobuchar, manchin, murray, padilla, ricketts, schumer, police. senators voting in the negative -- marshall, paul, scott of florida. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. risch, no. the cl

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. the clerk: mr. paul. the clerk: mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. p--mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina. the clerk: mrs. shaheen. the clerk: ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: 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 -- cramer, heinrich, padilla, peters, sullivan is van hollen, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- hyde-smith, lankford and scott of florida. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. schumer aye. the clerk: mr. warner

mr. kennedy wants to speak as well mr. cotton says mr. kennedy needs to speak as well. ms.lackburn. >> i am awaiting to be heard on the nominee. i requested several times to be heard on the nominee. >> i guess that her durbin's not going to allow women to speak i thought that was sacrosanct in your party. senator durbin they are 11. >> the nomination favorably reported to the floor up next is judge lee nominated u.s. district court. >> observed chairman you've not been allowed to speak on that nominee progress mr. chairman you just destroyed one of the most important committees in the united states senate. you would set a precedent. which will be repeated every time a one party or the other takes advantage and takes the low road. [inaudible] >> it would become the norm. congratulations on destroying the united states senate judiciary committee protects up next nominates u.s. district court. >> is not spoken on this nominee? alexa clerk will call the roll progress we raise your hand? look at all these people have never said a word before you make them vote. never said a word

mr. kennedy wants to speak as well. mr. kennedy needs to speak too. >> i'm waiting to be heard on the nominee. i have requested several times to be heard on the nominee. >> i guess senator durbin is not going to let women speak either. >> of the ayes are 11. >> nominee to the u.s. district court for the --. >> who has not been allowed to speak on that nominee quick you just destroyed one of the most important committees in the united states senate. you set a precedent which will be repeated every time one party or the other takes advantage and takes the low road is is a precedent that will then be the norm. congratulations on destroying the united states senate judiciary committee. >> of next is --. smith who has not spoken on this nominee. look at all these people who have never said a word before you make them vote. never said a word before you make them vote. >> just going along with it. just going along with it. >> mr. chairman, when we were the majority, we allowed democrats to speak at nottingham at great length. we ne

mr. kennedy, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: roll c vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61, the nays are 29. 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. mr. durbin: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. durbin: i move to proceed to calendar number 304. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion

mrs. kennedy's love of the arts and the culture.at endures 60 years after his death, tragically the anniversary was marked last month. the anniversary just came as we said goodbye as to one who i admired greatly, the first lady roslyn carter, was also a champion of the performing arts. as simple as it is pro-found. the performing arts reflect who we are as americans and as human beings. that's especially true for more than 200 kennedy center honorees over the past 46 years who have helped shape how we see ourselves, how we see each other, and how we see our world. honors not just based on the length of the career, the scope of the work, the height of the fame, but because of their unique conscious and the very soul of our dynamic nation. you are an incredible group. this year's class continues that legacy. in new york city, you can walk a few blocks and you can circle the earth in just a few blocks. 8 million people of every back ground and most alive city probably in america. and that's just one guy who makes everyone stop and laug

mr. kennedy, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven, no. mr. cramer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: s >> the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 12. the nomination is confirmed. is under the previous order, the motion to recar is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately be notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 317. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. is the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, departm

mr. kennedy responded in a way that made sense to me. like, wow. >> i'm going to reboot the gps. >> i was swayed by rfk jr. on podcast form. >> katherine wilson was initially interested in kennedy too. >> we're ten times more likely to die over the next ten months than girls. >> reporter: but the more she saw, the less she liked. >> it wasn't until i saw the rallies and a zoom event. god, everybody's white here. this isn't a solution to anything. i hear him talking about this unity, but what i see is not unity. >> reporter: for a far outside the main stream candidate like kennedy, this makes sense. he can bypass the gate keepers and fact checkers. he has larged and engaged audiences. while the supporters we've met have been extremely enthusiastic about him, which is no small feat in this election, it remains to be seen to see whether the podcast demographic will turn out election day. >> unbelievable and fascinating to come up with a totally different strategy as well, at least so far, obviously executing on. thanks so much, lucy. >>> nex

mrs. kennedy is back in the game. this is the number four. this is it. bad launch. senator ernst neededsenato the heimlich maneuver after choking on her lunchd the. which senator saved her life? senator rand paul or senator mittwhich sed he romney? both going with the libertarian senator rand paul performed the heimlich maneuver on senator joni ernst during a senate launch today. sena >> ernst was choking on food. all right. we're going to go to the top. >> oh, boy. f very exciting. free did newsom say desantis banned? it's who's ever closestit it's not over under who's ever closest. >> wow. so i just. i just say it. hmm. wait, you're going to go first. okay. yeah, that's weird. who goes first? that's a disadvantag e. >> jes >> i have to say something. 11se, 11, 600. >> 600. you're right. it's 14 oh six. >> for those of you at home, that's 1406. very good, kennedy. where's hat, chalu? >> you never go first. you always wait for someone else to throw it out. >> by the way, i think you tell me. these hats. i could open a kiosk. >> i know what you mean about strategy. i

mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. the clerk: mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. the clerk: 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. vote: vote: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, casey, coons, durbin, fetterman, hassan, king, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, tester, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse. mrs. murray, aye. senators voting in the negative -- grassley, kennedy, lummis, mawch -- manchin, marshall, ricketts, risch, wicker, young. the

mr. kennedy.ou, chair durbin, ranking member for being in the kennedy on such an incredibly important topic. i want to also appreciate the witnesses for joining us today. i would like to appreciate in helping us to protect members of our community and also for your dedication in helping our country combat this important crisis. i agree with of the words that you offered this is a conversation that is about our children and that in my opinion is very much about the future of our democracy. i would like to direct my first question to you. for decades, congress has refused to allow the cdc to use federal dollars to research gun violence prevention. finally in december, 2019, congress passed the gun violence prevention research act which granted a $25 million per year to the cdc and the national institute on a study and gun violence prevention from 20222022. for those who feel they know everything and we keep having the same conversation, doctor, can you tell us what this money has done to help us lea

mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: wmr. rounds, aye. -- mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the eyes are 50, the nays are 11, 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 immediately notified of the senate's actions. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination,

mr. langford, john kennedy, kayleigh mcenany, pete hegseth, andy mccarthy, benjamin hall and you.t minutes and 30 seconds on the channel you trust for morning news. you are watching really early, "fox and friends first." this administration has been holding us up saying there is not a formal impeachment inquiry. we are not going to give you paperwork. we are not going to let people come and testify and those sort of things. that excuse is going to be gone as we pursue what is going to be happening here. the thing about yesterday that was so interesting. if it would it have been a meeting with russian oligarchs. a meeting with maybe ukrainian energy company or, perhaps, aa board meeting with some chinese equity firm. no doubt hunter biden would have been there. but he did not show up. instead he came to the capitol and a publicity stunt. it's unfortunate to see that. >> todd: when alerted to the fact that he was under impeachment inquiry. joe biden said republicans should be more focused on border security than impeaching him. can you even begin to comprehend the uberous in that st

kennedy. senator booker. >> mr. chairman, i just want to say that senator kennedy is santa claus of spirit, but is the grinch when it comes to stealing my time. but, it's good to see him as always. >> i'm sorry. >> director wray, it's good to see you again. i just want to say, i don't get to say this often, but having years and years of working with fbi agents in new jersey, i just know that you represent an organization of extraordinarily noble people, who do things on a daily basis to protect us and keep us safe that most americans don't know about. this time of year, especially, just that heroism, i wanted to recognize it at the top. i listened in my office to a lot of the earlier questioning, and i'm really grateful for how much of an emphasis you have been putting on the safety and security of americans to racist and religious hate. it was, literally, hours after the october 7th attacks that i was in israel, and i reached out to my colleagues in the democratic caucus and said, we have to get more money for the n