mr. markey: madam president, this is our historic moment. we can see the suffering across our country. we can see how desperate people are. we can see how during this holiday season, the people are looking at the prospects in the words of tony fauci where the worst may be ahead of us for these families. the worst may yet to have been actually inflicted upon families in our country, and yet the republicans are refusing to allow for a vote on giving each individual $2,000 in order to make it through the rest of this pandemic. and senator sanders today speaks for the millions of americans who are suffering through a devastating health crisis, an unemployment crisis, an eviction crisis, a hunger crisis, and a crisis of faith, faith that their leaders in this country will stand up and provide for americans in their hour of need. whenwhile, we here in walking -- meanwhile, we here in washington, we must confront a moral crisis. why can't we keep working families from starving even as we stand ready to approve a massive defense bill? that's why i'm here with my colleague, bernie sanders, to c

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president, very much. i rise to echo the sentiments of the senator from vermont. he is right. the republicans are wrong on this issue, on every single part of this debate. senator sanderses is right, the republicans are wrong. we are in the middle of an unprecedented crisis in our country. we have a health care crisis. we have an unemployment crisis. we have a hunger crisis. we have a housing crisis. we have an addiction crisis. we have a moral crisis in this country. the united states government should be responding to the needs, to the desperation of families in our country at this time. there's a crisis of faith that the american people have in its government's ability to respond to human suffering. well, this institution has been created to respond to human suffering. that's our job. tony fauci has made it very clear that the worst of the pandemic is ahead of us, not behind us. we know what's coming, and yet we are not responding. we know this is not going away soon, and yet we are not responding. a pr

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president, very much. i rise to echo the sentiments of the senator from vermont. he is right. the republicans are wrong on this issue, on every single part of this debate. senator sanderses is right, the republicans are wrong. we are in the middle of an unprecedented crisis in our country. we have a health care crisis. we have an unemployment crisis. we have a hunger crisis. we have a housing crisis. we have an addiction crisis. we have a moral crisis in this country. the united states government should be responding to the needs, to the desperation of families in our country at this time. there's a crisis of faith that the american people have in its government's ability to respond to human suffering. well, this institution has been created to respond to human suffering. that's our job. tony fauci has made it very clear that the worst of the pandemic is ahead of us, not behind us. we know what's coming, and yet we are not responding. we know this is not going away soon, and yet we are not responding. a pr

mr. markey: madam president, this is our historic moment. we can see the suffering across our country. we can see how desperate people are. we can see how during this holiday season, the people are looking at the prospects in the words of tony fauci where the worst may be ahead of us for these families. the worst may yet to have been actually inflicted upon families in our country, and yet the republicans are refusing to allow for a vote on giving each individual $2,000 in order to make it through the rest of this pandemic. and senator sanders today speaks for the millions of americans who are suffering through a devastating health crisis, an unemployment crisis, an eviction crisis, a hunger crisis, and a crisis of faith, faith that their leaders in this country will stand up and provide for americans in their hour of need. whenwhile, we here in walking -- meanwhile, we here in washington, we must confront a moral crisis. why can't we keep working families from starving even as we stand ready to approve a massive defense bill? that's why i'm here with my colleague, bernie sanders, to c

senator markey: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the great work in this very important hearing. i want to thank our distinguished witnesses, including dr. jennifer francis, senior scientist at the woodall climate research center in fall month, massachusetts. the frozen arctic is actually not so frozen so more in a complex and fast-changing environment that has caused a host of issues for us to confront. and we know, many of these changes are driven by the human-caused climate crisis. if we don't talk about effects of climate change of the arctic, we can't fully understand the threats to our security. a novel arctic climate is according to recent research, "extremes become routine," the climate shifting from cis to open water and from snow to rain. nearer in theare antarctic, where they pine islands and glaciers are breaking free -- the pine islands and glaciers are breaking free. the collapse of ice sheets will have immense implications with coastal states like massachusetts facing up to 10 feet of sea level rise. thes

mr. chairman. chairman sullivan, ranking member markey, members of it have subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. my name is stephanie madsen. i'm the director of the at sea processor's association. this part of the arctic includes some of the most productive fishing grounds on earth. it is a truly remarkable place with its rich native culture, productive marine ecosystem and vital geopolitical positioning adjacent to the boundary. the u.s. fishing industry has been able to operate in the sea safely. that sense of security was shattering during the last week of august when russian military warships and warplanes initiated a series of outrageous confrontations. these confrontations unprecedented in my almost 40 years working with this industry, gave rise to general fears for the physical safety of fishing captains and their crews and cost the effective companies millions of dollars in lost fishing opportunities. in the first such incident, they were harassed by members of the russian military over the course of five hours. a russian warplane flew over head for two hours. those threats

markey opening of a modern ritual, celebrating a young tradition in ore.ancient city of lah the ninth annual pakistani national horse and cattle show. ♪ music]tic [applause] president ayub khan gifts to mrsot winner that traces his ancestry back to the famed stables of the agha khan. ♪ the gift from the president and the people, a symbol of the warmth of the welcome the visitor from america received wherever she went. ♪ from lahore, garawalpindi, from peshawar to karachi, from the distant plains of texas in the subways of new york are brought to basheer the camel driver the good wishes of many americans the greetings of mrs. kennedy and her sister. bashir has his own contribution to make to pakistan. ♪ ♪ [drumming on traditional drums] [traditional flute] in the search for identity, for purpose, and for a place in the 20th century, pakistan has not forgotten man's need to dream. ♪ over 300 years ago, the shalimar gardens brought repose to a mogul emperor. today, the gardens offer repose and delight to anyone who seeks it. ♪ >> i must say, i am profoundly impressed by the reverence which you in pakistan have for your art and your culture. and for the use what you make of it now. my own co

mr. markey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator for massachusetts. mr. markey: mr. president, i would ask for a cessation of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, it's my pleasure to honor my good friend and my colleague, senator cory gardner. cory and i were friends in the house of representatives, and our friendship deepened in the senate, especially after he took the reins as chair and i as the ranking member of the subcommittee on east asia of the senate foreign relations committee in the 115th congress. we were unlikely partners in a lot of ways. he is a conservative republican, and i am a liberal democrat. i know that tom brady is the best quarterback ever. he just might say that it's john elway. but like me cory is a privatist and we did find common ground. we were a two-man wrecking crew. gardner-markey collaborated on such hits as the asia assurance initiative act, sweeping focus legislation to reorient our indo-pacific strategy around alliances, carry-on strategy and mutual security,

mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent that the markey substitute amendment number 2692 be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 6100 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 6100, an act to amend title 18 united states code to clarify the criminalization of female genital mutilation and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged, the senate will proceed. mr. sasse: i further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. tomo

mr. president, several months -- madam president -- sorry. madam president, several months ago, i introduced legislation along with senator kamala harris, now our vice president-elect, and senator markey, that would during the course of this economic crisis provide $2,000 a month -- $2,000 a month -- to every working-class person in this country and, frankly, that is exactly what we should be doing. but, unfortunately, given the conservative nature of the senate, i understand that is not going to happen. yet, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, as senator schumer just indicated, at a time when huge corporations were making record-breaking profits, the republican leadership here in the senate was able to provide over a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the one percent and large corporations. yes, at a time when climate change -- yes, climate change is real. at a time when climate change threatens the entire planet, this congress was able to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate welfare to the oil companies and the gas companies and the coal companies who are exacerbating the climate crisis. yes, just the other day, here in the senate and in the house legis

markey. while this legislation won't stop every robocall, the trace act provides tools to discourage illegal robocalls, protect consumers and crack down on offenders. last december the president signed our legislation into law. mr. president, more and more americans get news and information from social media sites and particularly during this past election cycle a lot of questions have arisen about the ways that social media platforms are filtering information that we see. internet platforms cultivated the notion that they are providing the technology for people to communicate and share ideas, but the reality is somewhat different. sites like facebook and twitter make use of recommendation engines to shape the content we see on these platforms. now, content moderation can improve the user experience. most of us would prefer that the youtube recommend videos that match our interest. the problem is the content moderation has been and largely continues to be a black box with consumers having little or no idea how the information they see has been shaped by the sites they are visiting. last year i chaired a subcommittee hearing on this issue and the information we gathered helped inform two pieces of bipartisan leg