mr. manchin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. manchin: i ask to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: i'm introducing prioritize our workers act which will make changes to the current bernanke code require -- bankruptcy code. they will have to pay out workers pensions. i firmly believe no one should be denied their pension because their employer goes bankrupt. hardworking men and women go to work every day paying into these pension plans each paycheck with the expectation that one day they can retire and provide for tear families. companies made promises to their workers and need to have live up to those promises no matter what else happens to that company financially. in west virginia we are far too familiar with coal and steel companies leaving their workers out to dry in this way. it is unacceptable. that's why i'm introducing this bill and i look forward to my fellow senators join me to support and protect pensions ac

manchin: just call us back. whatever. just to hear would you great. mr. simons, quickly. on cfius. chairman simons: we don't participate. senator manchin: have you identified different building blocks we have, manufacturer, that could be detrimental if cfius review is not pertaining to those? i'm using butane, everything we have and gases coming out of the new marcellus and utica shale? chairman simons: sorry, senator. senator manchin: they're trying to drain every ounce of energy and take it and monopolize it. china is awful about what they're trying to do. thank you, mr. chairman. senator kennedy: senator boozman. senator boozman: thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations on being chair of the subcommittee. know that you and senator coons will work together very closely. this committee has a great track record of working together, not only as the chair and ranking member but also the staffs. lots of things to get done in this particular subcommittee. chairman pai, one of the co-chairs of the senate broadband caucus, i want to echo senator manchin's concerns with the mapping. we hav

senator manchin: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm quick. i'm glad secretary is here. the cfius things is really personal and the going to hurt us and we'd love to -- secretary mnuchin: you have our commitment. we will follow up this afternoon and figure out a meeting. senator manchin: we have a bill and we'll tell our purpose. thank you very much. senator kennedy: everybody else cool? we're all cool. mr. secretary, thank you. i thank you for your good work. if you're with the secretary on his team, please raise your hand. it's ok. thank you for your good work, too. ok. thank you, all. appreciate your time, mr. secretary. is our commissioner here? senator kennedy: all right. the subcommittee meeting will come back to order from for our second panel. we have with us today internal revenue service commissioner chuck receipt ig. the commissioner was sworn in n october 1, 2018. he is our 40th commissioner. he previously was in private practice of law for 36 years. in beverly hills, california. he's represented in that capacity thousands of individuals and businesses before

manchin of west virginia says help us out here. >> if he did appear -- it would be helpful to me as someone who voted for mr. barr and leaving a lot of questions unanswered to hear mr. mueller's report and basically from himself. >> you know, that's really a decision between the special counsel and the department and the congress. >> no, thanks, i've given you enough already. >> if he was born at night it wasn't last night. he doesn't want to touch that. >> the president made a turnaround by saying that's okay to i have several objections and i want the attorney general to stop it from happening, so if way were going to -- he's not refight the president at that the point. he would be going directly against his boss and that's potentially more awkward. >> up next a very related conversation. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the democrats are having a public meltdown over the russia investigation but some republicans say, you know what, maybe we should hear from mr. mueller. i felt i couldn't be at my best wifor my family. c, in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured and left those doubts behind. i