mr. markey: you're saying you can see -- mr. schultz: it's a capacity conversation -- mr. markey: 95% of what's trying to get into our country that winds up addicting and killing americans? mr. schultz: we see about 85% of it from its point of departure. it's not directly coming to the united states. those drugs make their first stop in the central american corridor of mexico. mexico is increasing the lifert-stop country. we interdict the drugs at sea s.e.a. in bulk quantities. we remove the most from the system. my opening statement said we remove more drugs than all other agencies combined. that's the place to get it. there is a conversation about capacity. capable ships, national security cutters, offshore patrol cutters we're building. the congress and the administration have been very supportive. we need to keep our foot and s on the offshore patrol effort. congress continues to support us with additional aircraft. that's a long-range aircraft. we had funding in both the last couple of years, budgets to field small u.a.s., we're fielding scan eagle. two to four scan ea

mr. markey: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: madam president, i -- the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. markey: i ask for a vitiation of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: thank you, madam president, very much. madam president, i rise today to address the senate on the nomination of david bernhardt to head the department of the interior. i ask unanimous consent that i may use this chart in order to further my goal of making it clear why he should not be nominated and confirmed as secretary of the interior. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: i thank you very much. madam president, under secretary bernhardt, the department of interior will come to stand for the department of oil interests, d.o.i. this wheel of bernhardt's giveaways makes it very clear what the objective of his tenure as the secretary of interior will in fact entail. bernhardt's nomination is just a continuation of the trump administration's cocktail cab -- cartel cabinet. only a month ago

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator markey. senator cinema? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this important hearing and thank you to our witnesses for participating today. i'm sure you have heard this from other folks on the panel but in arizona people are b barraged by illegal robocalls which interrupt family dinners, ruin movie night and occasionally wake them up in the middle of the night. but beyond frustration, a legal robocalls threaten personal and financial security of arizona seniors, families and businesses. we know the fcc estimates nearly half of all cell phone calls this year will be spam. according to a recent study robocalls reached record highs in every arizona area code in 2018. in june 2018 alone, arizonans received 78.3 million robocalls. i hear from constituents every day about annoying, burdensome and dangerous robocalls. one family, donald and rosemary live in mesa are harassed as early as 6:30 am by robocalls. alejandro, a volunteer at arizona county sheriff's department, receives robocalls, which distracts him from his duties. eri

first we will show you comments from massachusetts democrat ed markey who opposed mr. bernhart followed by alaskan republican lisa murkowski and west virginia democrat joe manchin both of whom supported the nominee. >> madame president, i rise today to address the senate on the nomination of david bernhardt to head the department of interior. i ask unanimous consent that i may use this chart in order to further my goal of making it clear why he should not be nominated and confirmed as secretary of the interior. >> without objection. >> i thank you very much. madame president, under secretary bernhardt, the department of interior will come to stand for the department of oil interests, doi. this wheel of bernhardt's giveaways makes it very clear what the objective of his tenure as the secretary of interior will in fact entail. bernhardt's nomination is just a continuation of the trump administration's cabinets. only a month ago, a former coal lobbyist was confirmed to head the environmental protection agency. let me say that again. just last month, a coal lobbyist was no

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator markey. i'm going to end with two additional questions, if that's okay. our witnesses. admiral buzby, this is kind of a broader question, you know, we're working on reauthorizing the fast act here. there has been some interest in a maritime supply chain title in the next reauthorization bill that would enhance some of mere rad's current authorized programs like the port development program, marine highway program and i'd like your views on that. additionally, there has been a lot -- there hasn't been enough attention and, again, this is more kind of commerce, armed services committee on this issue of the strategic ports and how important they are not just on the military side, but from the perspective of meeting the needs of the military. i'm sure you're quite familiar with the one strategic port we have in alaska which is the port of anchorage, which is very strategic not just for the supplies and economic vitality of the state, but also our very large military footprint in alaska which is g

mr. chairman. >> hear, hear. thank you, senator markey. senator chapel? >> thank all of you for being here, and i join my voice in the irritation category of spoofing. i can tell you just walking around, whether you're grocery shopping or something, it's inevitable that somebody will say, can you do something about these spoofing calls and these numbers that come in? i'm glad the traced act is moving in that direction. here's my concern. through the tools we're giving in the traced act to block and authentica authenticate, i mean, there are people out there now trying to figure out how to get around that. i guess my question is, in this bill, do we give the ability for the fcc and others to sort of look beyond to the nextnexta aa algorhythmic effort? >> there are parts of this bill that look on the furtherance issue. this is involan evolving challe. i think they've done an admirable job of not only developing these standards and deploying them, but also deploying powerful and important tools for consumers. so as the bad actors change their tactics, which

senator markey: thank you very much mr. chairman. in massachusetts, we had 2,300 coast guard members forced to work without pay. that's a lot of people. and their fellow service men and women were continuing to receive compensation. across the planet. and from my perspective it had to have an impact on morale and on recruitment. and i just don't think it's right, again, aisle going to -- again, i'm going to come back to this subject that the coast guard is treated any differently than the army, the air force, or the navy or the marines. and again, i look forward to working with chairman sullivan on making sure that that never happens again. my question to you, sir, is did the shutdown affect morale? and knowing that many of your personnel were actually overseas at the same time, serving, with the army, the air force, the marines, the other branches. what was the impact of having the coast guard be left behind in terms of being compensated? admiral schultz: ranking member markey, thank you for the question. thank you for the opportuni

markey. >> thank you. mr. secretary, you made early reference to chin kwan-go.he oppressor of the tibetan people and now he's moved over to a new job, which is to owe press the weaker, and the same guy, the same attitude towards minorities inside of china. your administration has yet to sanction him. are you intending on doing that? >> we're constantly evaluating appropriate sanctions. you're right, he got a promotion. >> he got a promotion? >> yeah, it's a promotion in repression responsibility, however. so-- >> we take this threat incredibly seriously. we called this out in ways the previous administration refused to do. i'm proud of what we've done around the world and including in china. >> but you have yet to sanction this guy who is in charge of the repression. so are you going to charge him? are you going to sanction him, particularly, so that the whole world knows that we are holding this man responsible for the harm which he is doing to human rights of the uighur? >> i made it a practice not to air sanctions at senate hearings. >> let me move over to bu

mr. abramovitz, i introduced the telephone robo call abuse criminal and deterrence or trace act with senator markey, bipartisan legislation targeting the worst of the worst. scam artists and others who knowingly violate the law. a credible threat of criminal prosecution is necessary and appropriate for those who knowingly flout laws to prey upon the elderly and other vulnerable populations. showste -- the mandate that telecommunication experts work together to determine what systems and what potential modifications to our laws will create a credible threat of prosecution and prison for those who intentionally violate the law. i have heard from federal requiring aat morning -- a warning citation in the current one-year statute of limitations this is -- necessitating the facility of a fine within a year are hampering their ability to hold that actors accountable. requiring a morning -- a warningthe traced c three years to identify robo callers who violate the law and eliminates the need for a preliminary citation. new technologies have also made it easier for scammers to hide enforcement and seek to

mr. bernhardt has been serving as acting secretary since then. prior to the vote, a number of senators spoke about the nomination. first we will show you communities from massachusetts democrat ed markey who opposed mr. bernhardt, followed by alaska republican lisa murkowski and west virginia democrat joe manchin, both of whom supported the nominee. >>> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion of the two main elements of the mueller report, collusion and obstruction of justice, with two former federal prosecutors. then florida republican congressman john rutherford joins us to talk about border security and news of the day. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> book tv has live weekend coverage of the los angeles times festival of books, from the campus of the university of southern california, starting saturday at 1:30 eastern, featuring author of "guns down" at 2:30. at 4:00, the author of the book "not that bad" and 5:30, the author of "dope sick" and 7:00 the author of "shoot for the moon". our live coverage continues sunday at 1

first we will show you comments from massachusetts democrat ed markey who opposed mr. bernhart followed by alaskan republican lisa murkowski and west virginia