mr. kennedy: that's important. many of whom have eatingthey have toy mass index and they are they moved from base to base all over the place. having that virtual -- this is true for everybody -- it allows you to move around and keep consistency in the care. pamela: it allows you to be there without being there. we have a question from the audience about paying for measurement based outcomes. how do you do that when the outcomes might not come immediately? offering my care but it may be a month or longer before i can show you the outcomes are good. what happens in the interim? kristina: great question. what we've seen be successful is you have the base payment then you say i am going to go based on the outcomes i produce. you're getting a bonus, if cash flow is an issue for smaller providers, we also have arrangements where we agree to a rate and say if we don't hit xyz metrics, we will take a break, a rate cut. those are some of the ways you start to think about how to remove move the system toward paying for outco

applause] mr kennedy: we have a $34 trillion debt.e service on the debt is costmo defense budget. within five $.50 out of every dollar will go to servicing the debt. within 10 years, 100 percent of every dollar in wilgo to the debt. have you ever heardent trump talking about ending the debt crisis? have you heard president biden talking about it? they cannot(d talk about it because they ran up the debt. half of that $34 trillion came from them. president trump spent $8 trillion, ran u$8 trillion during his term. it was more attime then every president from george washington to george w. bush. 283 years of history. trump came into office and said current came into office. i'm going to run it like a business. -- i will read it like a business. i am a businessman. trust me. i'm going to run it like a business-- exactly. closed [laughter] all of our businesses. 3 million businesses. who would do that? you want a president who will close down all our businesses? we have two presidents who have shown hereli shifted $4 trillion from the amer

mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy: thank you, congressman nadler. my colleagues in the new york delegation, mr.peaker, and leader jeffries. i stand before you humbled by the opportunity god has given us to be together in this moment. this awesome and magnificent responsibility granted to me by the people of western new york. i'm grateful to those who have entrusted me with their vote and their confidence to represent our beloved buffalo, naira region in the united states congress. i want to take a moment to recognize my family who is here with me, my wife katy, our children -- our children connor, erin and padraig. i also want -- i also want to recognize my parents, martin and mary kennedy. and my in-laws, dave and jane dirk. my brother john also made the visit down along with many other family members and friends. i'm grateful that they can all join us here today. look down on us, our by by angel bridget, along with so many family members and friends who passed on, whose spirits remain with us here today on this auspicious occasion. they are no doubt toasting and celebrating in the heavens abo

mr. kennedy, robert f kennedy, and nicole shanahan in the white house. that is a real possibility.nd it is a real probability. let me tell you why being an independent voter is important. it fosters critical thinking, promotes diverse perspectives and assures decisions are made -- are you understanding what i'm saying? it is important that we know decisions are made based on your beliefs, not loyalty. we've got to get away from that. so check this out. i want you to repeat after me. 2024, all right. i will say 1, 2, 3 and i want you to say 2024, kennedy shanahan. 1, 2, 3. when i say kennedy you say shanahan. when i say shanahan, you say kennedy. that's what i'm talking about. ♪ >> independent presidential candidate will be tomorrow with his running mate. >> kennedy junior is making headlines with his running mate choice. >> this could be a serious run but he will need a vice presidential pick. >>'s favorability is higher than his rivals and he is strong support from different corners. >> we wants america to live up to her highest ideals. to be exempt lee terry -- example he area ag

mr. kennedy? get your take, because there's a lot of criticism about president biden's climate change agenda particularly for business. he's inserted lot of new rules about climate change and the impact there. what are your plans there, sir? >> i've been critical of president biden's climate -- first of all, i believe that climate change is exist ten or,. existential. i don't believe, i don't, i don't think it's -- i don't have problems with people who don't believe that. i believe that. i focus on other issues, on issues that are, all the things we needed to do to solve climate change we ought to be doing anyway. i think president biden's approach which is an approach of very, very heavy the top-down controls and of subsidies to industry for carbon capture technologies -- maria: right. >> -- that that is a bad approach. we ought to be talking about habitat protection, we ought to be talking about reducing toxins in our environment. we ought a to be talking about rebuilding our i soils. our soils.

mr. kennedy if he were serious.applause] >> the libertarian party is quite literally convened by definition, those who are not in the room today, i will leave it to ti have been informed mr. key did accept the nomination. this is the deal. it is time to read you guys in this body right now have a moment unlike any other. every single one of you in this room has a chance to change the course of history. not just for this country, but for the world. i understand, let's get something straight. robert kennedy is not a libertarian. can we admit that? exactly. let's get something else straight. we are all misfits, outcasts. a few of you may have been born st of us, we found our way here. we found enough pain either in the republican party or the democrat party, whatever it dee our home. his morning to let you know i accept this unexpected honor. i will always admire the libertarian party, aligd valuey toward war, the commment to end our addiction to forever wars. and the love of personal freedoms liberties, the understand

mr. kennedy: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that quinn isenfeld -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. kennedy: i ask that away come out of the quorum call, please. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kennedy: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that charlie november, and quinn isenfeld, who are interns in my office, be granted floor privileges until may 21, 2024. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kennedy: also, madam president, with me today is a current member of my staff, one of my colleagues, mr. josh dunn. i want to talk, madam president, about a topic i hate to talk about. it's -- it's very unpleasant. but it's necessary that we -- that away talk about this. some of my colleagues want it to go away but it's not going away. i thought, madam president, that we had all agreed that sexual predators and bigots are not welcome in america's workplaces. we've all heard of the me too movement, the me too m

mr. kennedy. what i would like to know is if the statement of intention to run was also turned in. that is the question. whoever turned in his nomination papers, i need to know if you turned in a statement of intention to run. please help us resolve this right now. >> madam chair? >> yes. >> mark, california. i object to consideration. >> ok. >> do you know what that means? >> to what? >> to nominating r.f.k. jr. for the libertarian party. >> there are 30-plus signatures. >> i object to consideration. >> it's not a good objection. >> i object as well, madam chair. mr. hingle is in order. >> point of order. >> it's not an original motion. your objection is not well taken. but i think that reading the room, it will be just fine. >> madam chairman, microphone two. arthur from texas. can we please proceed to nomination speeches? >> are we ready to proceed to nomination speeches? are you comfortable receiving an update from me regarding the statement of intention to run in between the nomination speech

mr. kennedy said heilt [applause] jp6í kennedy: can you hear me? i am very happy to be here today.ll speak about the united states constitution and particularly the bill of rights. a lot of people don't realize that the articles of the constitution do not grant citizens any rights or freedoms whatsoever. that was a real problemof the f, particularly george pamphlet dug the constitutional convention government. the pamphlet was so convincing that the other framers of the constitutionthat it was too much of a hazard that the constitution was in danger at that point of not being that is when james madison came toghts. the first 10 amendments to the unitedtates constitution. originally, madison felt thatcas obvious to him that the gorn could not exert powers that the constitution have not assigned to it. as everyone in this hall knows, governments do themselves. instead they are -- [applause] him that the government couldn't exertow mr. kennedy: they are constantly moving to exert new powers. the patriots vividly remembered the british here in a and every power that a gover takes, it w

mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. order. under the previous order, the motion to c-- to reconsider sr considered made and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the the clerk will report motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, 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 570, sanket jayshukh bulsara, of new york, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of new york, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are mandatory -- 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 sank

mr. kennedy, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. lankford, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. . the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. boozman, no. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 44, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will repor

mr. kennedy, nominate -- mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. boost, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. w -- /* -- the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. schmitt, no. vote: the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the settlement agreement and said that that applied to not only unaccompanied children forcing the release within 20 days, but it also applied to children accompanied planets. one court decision that did weaken a pre

mr. kennedy: i rise today in celebration of the national lacrosse league's buffalo bandits who just won their second league championship in a reover the weekend -- in a row over the weekend in a win over the albany fire wolves, completing a sweep of the playoffs and winning their ninth game in a row. on the bench they were led by their head coach, bandits legend, john, among the greatest players to ever take the field. on the field josh burn, league m.v.p., led the way with nine points in the championship game. and 135 points throughout the season. other standouts this season include dane smith with 134 points. chris with 68 points. and chase phish -- frazier with 57 points. this back-to-back championship is the bandits' sixth -in franchise history putting them in a tie for most titles and hopefully setting an example for our other beloved teams, the buffalos bills and buffalo sabres. to the bandits, congratulations. thank you for once again making buffalo and western new york proud. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i s

mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, kelly, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, reed, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warner, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. schatz, aye. senators voting in the negative -- brit -- britt, ernst, grassley, johnson, lummis, marshal

mr. kennedy. >> thank you chairman. administrator pekoske, i just want to go back to where we left off the conversation. a few minutes back. i want to talk about the security in the airports and the passenger experience, because i think they go hand in hand, and not just for the traveling public but also for the workforce. and again, i believe there are times that the workforce is overburdened by large waves of the traveling public. it's not good for anybody. what may we be able to do, whether it's a new guidance or requirement within tsa and how the departments are managed on the front lines or is it a need for more investment of resources to get more staff recruitment, retirement, et cetera, so that we can attend to these waves and the different times that they're coming. you are at jfk or laguardia on a friday night, you're going to have a different experience than if you're there on a tuesday afternoon. that's just new york city. same for o'hair or reagan or orlando or buffalo niagara international. take your pick,

mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. dp graham, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. kaine, no. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. king, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. tuberville aye. miss hassan, no. ms. stabenow, no. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr

mr. kennedy's health is a hilarious suggestion given his competition is what the campaign said. in mount vernon, new york. democratic caller. hello. caller: good morning. i wanted to talk about the guest you had on this espaillat kaeurbg tefrplt he is such a liar. i'm telling you, democratic party here in new york are a bunch of liers. they don't tell you the truth. it's all coming from washington, d.c. from this joe biden and his administration. all this stuff about gaza and all this. they are all inflating it. telling you lies. you can't believe nothing. you cannot believe anything that is coming out of the democratic party right now because all they care about is their purses. all right. i believe that when this election comes up that donald trump is going to be the man. all right. and i believe that. all these people talking about how the economy is doing all great and everything. that's a bunch of bull. the economy is not doing good. people are out here struggling. all right. if you drive around on any street during the weekend or late at night, nobody is there. it's dead.

mr. kennedy, for 30 minutes. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, i ask for unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to submit extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kennedy: i rise this evening to mark the solemn anniversary of the racist mass shooting in buffalo, new york. on this day two years ago, good people who simply made an afternoon stop at a grocery store were gunned down in broad daylight. 10 innocent lives stolen from friends, a phenomenals and -- families and our community. it's important their names continue to live on in our hearts and the record. celeste, roberta, andre, kathryn, ma rarvetion gus -- margus, heyward, aaron, geraldine, ruth and pearl. the perpetrator was not from the city of good neighbors. this racist white supremacist intentionally came to our community and targeted the only grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood. every western new yorker remembers the first phone call we receiv

mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the presiding officer: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. test vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 56, the nays are 38, the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of defense, melissa grifen dalton, of virginia, to be under secretary of the air force. a senator: madam president. the pr

mr. kennedy. while we have quite a few new yorkers serving on this panel as already been said, mr. kennedy it is the only one that represents a district in western new york. the district is d located on the u.s.-canada border and has multiple international crossings including the peace bridge. i know he will be actively engaged on northern borders issues and we welcome it. mr. kennedy also recently chaired the new york state senate transportation committee which will be invaluable to his service on this committee's transportation and maritime subcommittee. we look him and we wish you well. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, sir. other members to have committee are reminded that opening statements are submitted for ths record. i ask that our witnesses please rise and raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony that you're about to give on[w homeland security in e united states house of representatives will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. threat record reflect that the witnesses have answered in the i affirmative, thank yo

mr. kennedy, for five minutes. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to honor a great american, a dear friend of the western new york community, the city of buffalo and my family, tommy cohen. tommy passed away unexpectedly last monday, may 6, at the age of 44. leaving an irreplaceable hole in our hearts. tommy was a one of a kind soul. friendly, charitable, hardworking, caring, with a vivacious personality and a beaming smile. his love for life and his community was constantly on display through his generosity for others. he always looked out for the little guy and would lift up anyone who needed a helping hand. buffalo is known as the city of good neighbors and tommy served as a shining example of that. in 2022 buffalo was struck by one of the worst blizzards in our history, paralyzing the city and costing the lives of dozens of buffalo citizens. during this terrible storm, tommy strapped on his skis, made his way to one of his restaurants, and got cooking for the first responders. food was delivered to fire houses, police stations and hospita

mr. kennedy to label president biden a spoiler. hello, everyone. my name is jonathan hiller and i'm the director of content at team kennedy. and today we're going to be talking about numbers nerd alert. all right. by now, you probably know that robert f kennedy jr is running as an independent candidate for president of the united states. but you probably have heard of him, spoken about like this spoiler candidate. a spoiler spoiler called kennedy, a spoiler. a spoiler. but is this really true? i mean, is bobby really a spoiler? in this election, we looked into it and now we have the answers. now, the preface here is that most polls are conducted by mainstream media outlets, and typically they have 1000 to 3000 or so respondents per poll. in most of those polls have about a plus or -3% margin of error. well, we conducted a nationwide poll of over two 5000 respond ins and our margin of error was 0.6%. that makes it by far the most accurate predictor of the 2024 election that we have thus far. all right. let's dive into the maps. this is the head to he

mr. kennedy to label president biden a spoiler. >> my name is jonathan director of content and team canada talking about numbers. by now you probably know that robert f. kennedy, jr. is running as an independent candidate for president of the united states. but you probablyu have heard in spoken like this. >> for the candidate. >> spoiler. spoiler? in this election, we looked into it and now we have the answers. now, the preface here is that most polls are conducted by mainstream media outlets, and typically they have 1000 to 3000 or so respondents per poll. in most of those polls have about a plus or -3% margin of error. well, we conducted a nationwide poll of over two 5000 respond ins and our margin of error was 0.6%. that makes it by far the most accurate predictor of the 2024 election that we have thus far. all right. let's dive into the maps. this is the head to head matchup between biden and trump. trump with to 94 and biden with to 44. trump wins by 50 electoral votes. and if you're a political nerd like myself, you know that that is not very close. and with bobby as a third party c

mr. kennedy, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. whitehouse, aye.lerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: rounds, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. reed, aye. mrs. capito, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. ca

mr. kennedy pharmacademic name shots via eve is what i'll face slightly belts. what are the, you know, i'm gonna said that he was entirely opposed to a military government over guys up and also to a civilian occupation over gaza, making very, very clear the rift between himself on miss m. yahoo. so this is being interpreted as guidelines trying to shed light on the strategic disagreement about the future of the assault me. the growing signs of bonnie's within the it's really military 1st surfaced this past week through a series of leaks that appeared to be calling the name of some kind of e mail and a guy swear to come out of what all the best for me. and then your several senior officers criticized benjamin netanyahu for a troubling lack of a post war plan for godson. 100 moment. surely the mamma, the optional world, a color touch web. the generals did not go on the record, but by sticking out anonymous and collectively, they put the lack of a plan for the day after front and center in israel's discussion of the war. when war becomes pro long, and there is no c

us as an agent, this is on b and then that the mission of down to the america, stopping with the mr. kennedy. so is it going? assassination attempt uh can more be rented by the most determined security team in the world. so it does all need to be different. so the security on the need to find out for the rent, most of the seconds then to 1st year such as i mentioned this as an issue in advance from austin version by society for how many months in this website. how do you think the rest of your full react to this? what, what are you expecting when i say any say revise listing and that's my reaction for it. because if it happens to mister, this is what happened from mister b in another country. so to a lot it's this. busy something at this that would not be supervised yet. so i expect to be the defenses. were to be the personal feelings or to be judges. excell whiners mostly. and then it would be peace loving, responsible citizen of the word feed. so was a vocal opponents of anti russian sanctions, as well as the cranes admission into nato. but also, just a few days ago, he publicly rejected t

mr. kennedy. while we have quite a few new yorker serving on this panel, as ordered been said, mr. kennedy is the only one that represents a district in western new york. his district is located on the use of canada border, and as multiple international crossings, including peace bridge. i know he will be actively engaged on northern border issues, and we welcome it. mr. kennedy also recently chaired the new york state senate transportation committee which will be invaluable to his service on this committees transportation and maritime subcommittee. we welcome him and we wish you well. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> take user. other members of the committee reminded opening statements may be submitted for the record. i please have an important panel of witnesses before today and ask our witnesses please rise in race their right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> but the rug refloat the witnesses offensive in the affirmative. thank you. be seated. >> i like to know formally introduce our witnesses. the honorable gregory mays serves as deputy commissioner of homeland securi

we do have to leave it that mr. kennedy. i do do apologize running out of time, but thanks so much for joining us from ramallah to the successful public to be present as a being released via the kind of a boost and i'm calling from is relative golf. so they'd be interested joining is really a tax almost right now. the body of another president named smell holder was also released one of the prisoners jamal ali sali was held by these ladies for 2 months . he says that he was tortured while in captivity to the whole no, uh, they forced us to take off our clothes and left us naked in the open when the weather was very cold. after that they dressed as enclosed like shrouds and b to us . we were treated like animals, they showed no respect, even to old people. severe beatings were constant. the beat to sweat after they took us, depending on us the medical help, the doctor came to him and didn't stop insulting. these bad words against our own ripple women. the death toll from floods and lands lives in kenya has risen to at least a

mr. kennedy, mr. nixon, mr. vice president, senator. it is depressing in a way to watch them.ted so much. that will be a nightmare. the two people i feel most sympathy for another two candates on the stage. it is the two moderators. how on the world they will run that and control it, i don't know. they are able to turn off the mic now but i bet the candidates can be heard by the other candidate's mic. it will be tougher than they think. host: let's talk to the callers. patrick up first on the life of democrats from allen, texas. caller: patrick. people call me chud. i'm 25 now. i was a college student around 2019. i wanted about how the trump trial willfocus of everyt. i think i may play a large part as a regular bystander. also, my friend said that this trial is definitely going to impact a lot of situations in regards to the trump trial and what he will do in the coming future. he thinks it will be an absolute gem of a debate in 2024 because he feels politics are a lot more focused on entertainment nowadays. also, i wanted to say mentions,- host: he talked about the debates.

mr. kennedy: thank you, sir. with me today, mr. president, are two of my valuable colleagues from my office, ms. mattie dibble and mr. christian ami. i'm glad to have them today and thank them for their good work. you know, mr. president, from afar being an nfl football player looks like a lot of fun. but if you've ever been down on the field when those guys are playing, it is brutal. i mean, it is brutal. some nfl linemen weigh over 300 pounds, and it's all muscle. a lot of nfl quarterbacks, who are pretty big themselves -- they're not 300 pounds -- probably miss their high school days when they only had a chubby 16-year-old lineman trying to tackle him under those friday night lights. we have a player on the new orlean saints, one of the best in the nfl, has days when he wishes his competitors were only half as big as the ones he faces every sunday and every day in practice. but think about this. if mr. jordan were to announce tomorrow that he identifies as a 16-year-old, and if mr. jordan then tried to join the football team at

senator kennedy: thank you, mr. chairman. professor myers, you are here at the invitation of my democratic colleagues, is that right? prof. myers: that's correct. senator kennedy: in his opening statement, my good friend senator whitehouse said, i want to quote, reproductive justice is economic justice, close quote. do you agree with that? prof. myers: i might as an economist use the word rights. but, yeah, i do agree with that. senator kennedy: that's not true for the baby, is it? prof. myers: first of all i would refer to a fetus -- senator kennedy: a fetus. i refer to it as a baby. that's not true for the baby, is it? prof. myers: the evidence i presented to you, senator kennedy, was evidence about measurable effects on the lives of women -- senator kennedy: that's not true for the baby, is it? prof. myers: i'm sorry i don't understand -- senator kennedy: let's -- prof. myers: as an economist i measure effects using data. i'm not here to talk about ethics, assignment of personhood. senator kennedy: you said you agreed with

campaign provide this statement exclusively to the show doubling down on the vile comment saying, mr kennedyhe basic point of the comment which is that islamic terrorism was in large part due to decades of us interference in the region. supporting anti- democratic regimes and invading countries, toppling governments. and blaming us in other words. at the same time the radio show also in 2014 actually praised china's organ harvesting threats as a means to meet local climate change goals." and he's merely speculating about this says his campaign. here with reaction. mark, there's been a lot of speculation, rfk junior helps republicans or help democrats, biden or help trump. okay some conservatives liked his position on vaccines. besides that i would say that this is probably even a little to the left of joe biden. so no three-person race who was he more likely to take votes from? >> when you look at the polls, she's well-liked for a kook. knees taken about 50 percent of the vote. any's taken almost equally from both. he's got a lot of airtime with conservatives as you point out, on vaccines on

mr. kennedy, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. barasso, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. kaine, no. choip m -- the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. brow

mr. kennedy, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. vote: vote: vote: reserving the right to object too. i appreciate the passion of my colleagues. i have served with both of them for 12 years senator kaine and i both were elected together in 2012. he and i have worked together on many issues i anticipate we will work together many issues going forward. on this issue he and i see the issue very differently. this bill that is before the senate, as a build move for the right way. it move forward away i wish a lot more legislation proceeded in the senate. this bill proceeded through regular order. it began in committee. the commerce committee took it up. we did a series of markups scheduled over several months. in the process of drafting this bill we solicited the input initially every senator on the commerce committee and every single center democrat and repu

mr. kennedy reaches the 50% polling threshold to qualify for the commission's debate.iden campaign viewers view mr. kennedy as a spoiler candidate and people close to the president are worried that he could attract support from voters who might otherwise support mr. biden. that is the new york times analysis of this development. mark, indiana, independent. your reaction. caller: my reaction is back to the 2020 debate, biden continually lied about his son. [indiscernible] the second thing, biden [indiscernible] he is always acting like a tough guy, and i think it was in iowa during the primaries four years ago, i will put it this way, if you like to challenge somebody, i would like him to challenge me, i'm 77 and they walked 35 miles a day, and if you wanted to go behind the barn, i would be willing to oblige him. and sometimes [indiscernible] i think biden would be out of gas and trump would land one punch and that would be the end of it. host: all right, we are talking about debating with words, so are you going to watch? caller: yes, i will watch, evidently. and trum

mr. kennedy is going to be a part of -- he is not going to win as a precedent. there are only two people here. we have to look at five years ago, how we were. we had jobs, headpiece -- had peace around the world, and people were happy and looking forward to things. but right now, as biden had got into office, he came into office with his team and they have been degrading this nation, degrading even to the whole world. right now, we do not know where we want to go even. people cannot go out there there are so many protests. from 2020, people. host: ok. marvin, democrat caller in michigan, you are next. your choice? caller: president biden. he is the only guy we can vote for. i listen to that guy trump, he was calling people like little bitty crybabies, having a pity party, saying i'm going to have a one-day paper valid vote -- paper ballot vote. i am just at a loss for words. my son got a two-year-old and a one-year-old. people saying i'm not voting for him, and i say just think of your two sons. if you want to help them have a future, not only you are not going