mr. mcconnell: so now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. wednesday, november 28. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. further, following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the kelley nomination, with the time until 11:00 a.m. equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. finally, that the senate recess from 11:00 a.m. until noon tomorrow. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of senator booker. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey.

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: notwithstanding rule 2,i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. anybody say no? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 1153. the presiding officer: 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. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, federal energy regulatory commission, bernard l.macnamee of virginia to be a member. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of bernard l.macnamee of virg

mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding adoption of the motion to concur on the house amendment to s. 140 with further amendment 4054, as modified, amendment 4054 as modified be further modified with the changes at the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: so for the information of the senate, the modification that just occurred was necessary to fix a technical error that omitted a number of important charts and tables from the bill. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. con. res. 51. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 51. to correct the enrollment of s. 140. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanim

dude it's environmental protection that punishes french people and that's precisely what mr mcconnell wants to make running a car too expensive for normal people. after months of planning and organizing the protests priscilla is now powerless to prevent nationalists using the movement for its own aims there have been several cases of right wing yellow vests subjecting car drivers to racist abuse and damaging their vehicles for silly is appalled i don't we don't we don't want people promoting a potties ideology. they can come as regular citizens because this is a citizen's movement and. we don't want them showing up to represent the. other parties have also attempted to instrumental as the protest movement purposively a little ski doesn't want them manning the barricades it's not a question of being left or right wing she says but justice for ordinary french. well the conversation continues online here at the day you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me brett goff t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag of the day and remember whatever happens between

so mr mcconnell using very strong language there what's the reaction being well there's a lot of support for the community in tanzania the u.n. human rights commission issued this statement on twitter who they write the call on trying to track and arrest gay people in tanzania and encourage reports against those suspected of being gay could turn into a license for bullying and violence against the l g b t and the deputy prime minister of ireland even brought up foreign aid and a possible as a possible consequence to the government crackdown he tweeted targeting of l g b t community is shocking and i've written to the government to outline my concerns so is there no way that the u.s. as a social media can protect themselves yes there is and the u.s. government has brought that up the u.s. embassy and or their islam issued this statement on their website hued says review internet footprint and social media profiles remove or protect images and language that they want to foul of tanzania laws regarding homo sexual practices and explicit sexual activity and some of more concrete advice this

mr. mcconnell said there's no need to do that. does he know something you don't? is that wishful thinking? where do you think that comes with doing nothing comes from? >> well, the president has said he's not going to move on the special counsel. that doesn't, that's not enough. it's not enough and perhaps that's what gives comfort to the majority leader. i would ask him. it doesn't give comfort to me when this was brought to the floor in april, it was said there's nothing to see here. there's nothing going on. but now that it clearly is not the case. when you have the attorney general fired, and the oversight for the investigation moved to someone who is not received senate confirmation, who has expressed open hostility through investigation and i think most of our colleagues feel the same way. >> should matt whitaker recuse himself from overseeing the investigation? >> yes, absolutely. >> yes. >> he shouldn't be in that position at all to have to oversight over the investigation. that's what's seems uninstitution u unconstitutional or to step out of the successi

dude it's environmental protection that punishes french people and that's precisely what mr mcconnell wants to make running a car too expensive for normal people. after months of planning and organizing the protests priscilla is now powerless to prevent nationalists using the movement for its own aims there have been several cases of right wing yellow vests subjecting car drivers to racist abuse and damaging their vehicles for silly is appalled. and we don't want people promoting a party's ideology. they can come as regular citizens because this is a citizens movement. that we don't want them showing up to represent their posse. other parties have also attempted to instrumental lies the protest movement purposively a little ski doesn't want them manning the barricades it's not a question of being left or right wing she says but justice for ordinary french. president micro-loan has responded to the protests by saying he will talk with citizens groups but that the environmental tax will remain although russia has some one million people suffering from aids there's very little social awa

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: for the information of all senators, key members of the administration will be coming to the senate at 11:00 this morning. for an all-members briefing with respect to yemen and saudi arabia. senators on both sides of the aisle have legitimate concerns about the war in yemen, the terrible humanitarian plight of yemeni citizens caught in the cross fire, and the multiple u.s. interests wrapped up in this conflict. the u.s.-saudi relationship is a long-standing and critical one but senators on both sides of the aisle also have legitimate concerns about the recent conduct of the saudi government. all of us want to see our critical foreign partners behave responsibly. i've been encouraged to hear both secretary mattis and secretary pompeo call for an end to the war in yemen and for accountability following the murder of jamal khashoggi. so i look forward to hearing from both secretaries today and learning more about the administration's strategy to achieve these and other importan

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that following the cloture vote on the kelley nomination, the senate recess until 2:15. further, if cloture is invoked, all time during the recess count postcloture on the nomination. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: the senate returned from our thanksgiving recess and got back to work. since the election earlier this month, there have been plenty of procrastination about -- prognostication about what the new congress will bring, but i would rather focus on the one we're still involved in. this congress has more business to complete before the end of the year. even after two historic years of accomplishments for the american people, there are still important items left to check off our list. yesterday evening, we voted to advance the nomination of stephen vaden, the president's choice to serve as general counsel for the department of agriculture. mr. vaden has strong legal experience, degrees from vanderbilt and yale, and he co

dude it's environmental protection that punishes french people and that's precisely what mr mcconnell wants to make running a car too expensive for normal people the. after months planning and organizing the protests priscilla is now powerless to prevent nationalists using the movement for its own aims there have been several cases of right wing yellow vests subjecting car drivers to racist abuse and damaging their vehicles brasilia is appalled. and we don't want people promoting a party's ideology. they can come as regular citizens because this is a citizens movement. that we don't want them showing up to represent their policy. other parties have also attempted to instrumental lies the protest movement purposively a little ski doesn't want them manning the barricades it's not a question of being left or right when she says but justice for ordinary french. president has responded to the protests by saying he will talk with citizens groups but that the environmental tax will remain although russia has some one million people suffering from aids there's very little social awareness of

mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: this week the senate has taken important steps to fulfill our advise and consent sphonts on the -- responsibility on the president's nominees. we ended unnecessary delays that kept well qualified individuals from filling important posts at the departments of agriculture and commerce and confirmed both of them. now on an entirely different matter, madam president, i'm sorry to say it's time to begin offering thanks and farewells to members whose senate service will conclude at the end of the 115th congress. today i'd like to begin with our friend, the senior senator from nevada. it doesn't feel much like much of an exaggeration to say that dean heller may have been destined for public service. i don't just mean his eagerness to serve or his outgoing personality. there were other signs. for example, one of the stops on his childhood paper route in carson city was the governor's mansion itself. talk about early civic involvement. at every step of the way from successful busines

mr. mcconnell, he made very clear that this. >> let's say there's an appointment to run the department oftice, the acting attorney general, that it's unconstitutional. he's running it right now. he's in charge and you saw him deal with all the activities today. how do you stop him? >> i -- i think what -- what that means is everything that that individual does in that capacity, i think it's subject to legal question. it just raises serious legal concerns that somebody like this would suddenly take over the department of justice without having been confirmed by the senate. i mean, this is a huge responsibility to have somebody act as attorney general. the chief law enforcement officer for this country, responsible for endorsing the laws across this country, that individual has not been subject to review by the subject a to his rul quieted. the helpity, mr. rosenstein has been, and normally when a deputy steps down, it's the deputy that assumes the responsibilities for making the appointment to the top position and that hasn't happened here and i think they are making a mistake by doing tha

mr. mcconnell would probably rather do the judge's in criminal justice reform but donald trump forces a government shutdown, a lot of this including the judge's will push it to the side. paul: of the judge's issue, it looks as if mcconnell does not necessarily want to get all of the judge's through. he has a couple that he wants to push but not as many as 35 in this congress. and when they hold the senate in january they figure they can do it, they can get some more. that a fair summary of the facts? >> i think it is still shaping up. i think we can see more. it will be voted on after then skipping with dan said, there are more than 30 ready for a flare of road at any time. i think that should be the bare minimum that congress does before heading home for christmas. probably a little earlier than the rest of us. then there are also 20 more that are still awaiting a vote in the judiciary committee. that jeff flake has been saying he will hold up because of the mueller investigation. he wants to vote on the protection bill, right? there's a lot of opportunity more judges done and i'm confident we wi

mr. mcconnell. brennan had been a political agency director career there was suspicion of him on the hill among republicans. whates not excuse mcconnell said. does not excuse the obama administration for not doing anything. the new york times, didn't they publish a famous article? people did have trouble processing i think the degree and purple. best purple. purposefulness. whether they colluded or were involved in a conspiracy, -- in termsngress of the republican party. i think the party was pretty anti-putin. the pressure within congress was for a more hawkish stance against putin. they stuck with the nominee. i don't want to blame everything on trump. he is partly a symptom but he is also a cause. wholee is a nominee, the play begins to adjust. we have seen it adjust in two years in a way that is distressing to me. presidents are powerful. they shape parties when they are president. the degree of accommodation is shocking. -- mcconnell,very we don't really know that in terms of the internal the li

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i thank my friend from mississippi. we continue to work our new senators-elect who are in town this week for orientation, meetings, and votes on party leadership. yesterday evening, the democratic leader and i had the honor of toasting our future colleagues at our traditional bipartisan welcome dinner. it's quite a distinguished group. some of our new colleagues are talented legislators who will simply be relocating from the other side of the capitol. some are coming to the senate as private citizens who built successful careers outside the world of politics. some have already served as statewide elected officials and are coming to washington for the first time. so it is our pleasure to welcome these future senators and congratulate all of them. speaking of looking ahead, just a few hours ago, our republican conference came together and chose the leadership team and it will serve for the 116th congress. our republican leadership team will feature faces both new and familiar.

mr. mcconnell. now we are way out of order. in this instance, there's a person in a position to have a direct impact by allowing the legislation to go forward. i disagree with that. >> where's your first priority in terms of subpoenas? because there's a political downside of just flooding the house with them and voters are frustrated nothing is getting done and this may seem like it's a political attack against the president. >> that's one of my major concerns. i don't want to, our committee to come up looking like that because i think it takes away from our integrity. as to your question, i want to look at things like the census. keep in mind that we have a census, a the administration has put in a census question, or proposed one. regarding citizenship, which would cause people possibly not to participate. the reason why it's so urgent is because the census is right around the corner and what we do on the census will determine various formulas for the next ten or 12 years. so we've got to address that. i want to also look at

moderator: see you agree in part with what senator mitch mcconnell says. mr. curtis: i don't call it an entitlement program. people have been playing in to this that people have been paying into this. the government does pay their portion for the people and the government to get that care. the paradigm shift that have mentioned about the private sector subsidizing, they are paying that portion that they currently pay directly. the reason the system operates at 1/10 the cost is because it is a managed competition, over 200 private insurance providers. the competition provides excellence. one last thing on it, the plan didn't go through because president obama at the time didn't think the private sector would buy into the idea. the other benefit is your insurance becomes portable. your insurance moves with you if you change jobs. the plan is the same but it's a different employer subsidizing the policy. that was the big selling point. sen. hirono: both of whom are very a strong supporters of the affordable care act, by the way. the reason mitch mcconnell is sayi

and shoots him once in the chest someone mr mcconnell thinks. on the phone my house is full on it was an attack witnessed by dozens of people. i was just trying to get my nails done and all of these police does cause so to crowding around us and we couldn't really see anything until we saw a guy running across the tram tracks a back street and the police running backwards and then we heard a gunshot go off three men was stabbed one dying from his injuries and police have confirmed that the attacker later died in hospital too from what we know of that individual we are treating this as a terrorism incident. and he's not until a smiley in respect to relatives that he has that i certainly question is of interest to us. and a someone that accordingly is known to. be troy police and the federal intelligence already. police say the attacker came from somalia in the one nine hundred ninety s. and previously had only been charged with minor offenses traffic violations and smoking cannabis. resta gates's cite a vehicle to drive down buck street was fille

mr. mcconnell knows that. we'll do that in a serious and responsible way but we have a constitutional responsibility to do oversight of this president or any president. >> sandra: we have to get to the president. congressman cicilline thank you for coming on the program. >> my pleasure. >> bill: fox news alert, the president and first lady en route to paris leaving any minute now but before leaving the white house he took a lot of questions i'm looking at the topics read out to me, immigration, the mueller probe, the florida recount, barack obama, chris christie, jim acosta, daca, the current battle in arizona. this is going to roll out for about i'd guess about 15 minutes based on the guidance we've been given. >> sandra: he and the first lady on their way to paris and he just made the comments a short time ago. as bill mentioned, he hit on a lot of topics. let's listen. >> we're heading off to europe. it should be a beautiful period of time. the 100th anniversary of the ending of world war i. we have many co

mr. mcconnell has done this more effectively than anybody else. >> we are going to make a projection. the tennessee senate race, marsha blackburn will win. the congressman close with president trump. she run in -- ran against a popular former governor. a close race, it was thought, but she has won me tennessee senate -- the tennessee senate. trump, is he the republican party? when you look at races like this, he is. say,e would question and is it because many republican moderates do not identify as republicans anymore. you can still see, there was a big turnout. in republican states, republicans coming out and voting for the republican , those who are closely aligned with the president. the results show president trump is the republican party. >> this is the seat above corker. chose not to endorse marsha blackburn. and yet she still wondering. >> no friend of president trump's. chief correspondent. polls closing now. we are carefully watching arizona. trying to defeat martha mcsorley. been one of the key tenants of the arizona race. take a look at texas, dominating the national conver

mcconnell could say mr. president i did my best. >> it is interesting.ame way democrats feel embolden, we got the voters, i think the president thinks the senate republicans owe me their majority, without me, got them fired in tennessee and missouri and indiana. and mcconnell is acting like somebody, you know, the trump base did save the senate. >> i think the map saved the senate. >> fair enough. >> i think the map saved the senate. when you look at places like arizona, arizona, nevada, colorado, the writing is on the wall. i think what trump does is the base and what he threatens is not in the general election but primaries, i think you have a lot of republicans that will stay in line with this president because frankly they know that the core base of the republican party is trump's party, not theirs. >> i go back to the man who stood up for jeff flake when we started this. on one hand, he stood up to the president and lost his political career in the republican party because of it. he is a walking example of what happens when you try to distance yours

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mcconnell. >> excuse me, you, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, you're all over 70. did your staying on prohibit younger leadership from moving forward? >> you're suggesting that everybody step aside? >> i'm simply saying to let younger leadership from moving forward -- >> let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it's quite offensive, but you don't realize it, i guess. the fact is -- the fact is, is that everything that i have done in my almost, i guess, decade now of leadership is to elect younger and newer people to the congress. in my own personal experience it was very important for me to elect young women. i came to congress when my youngest child alexandra was a senior in high school, practically on her way to college. i knew that my male colleagues had come when they were 30. they had a jump on me because they didn't have to stay home. i did what i wanted to do. i was blessed to have that opportunity. so i don't have any concern about that. and i've always said to you, you've got to take off of that 14 years for me because i was home ra

mr. sarbanes: h.r. 1 is not being built for mitch mcconnell. it's being build as the speaker-designate said and the congressman just said, it is being built for the american people. this class has told us that this is what the people want to see. we are building that package for them. but folks from across the political spectrum are demanding it. not just democrats, but independents and republicans. if you put that forward, you create political pressure that says every member of congress regardless of which side of the aisle, you need to step up and support restoring our democracy. there can be some very productive results for this and potentially bipartisan results. that's what you get with a powerful strong statement right out of the gate. that is the strategy of making this h.r. 1 and setting the table on this conversation. , the ould like to add representative of pennsylvania's 15th, but as of january 1, it will be pennsylvania 7th, the greater lehigh valley area and it's an area that is made up of very much of working families and the issu

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mr. oresident. >>n friday, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made it clear he has no plans to bring a bill to protect robert mueller to the floor. >> it's not necessary. the mueller investigation isot der threat. >> joining me now is democratic congressman adam schiff of california, who will the chairman of the house intelligence committee when the new congress is sworn in in january. before we get to the political news, we want to note the three terrible wifires that are taking place in your home state, congressman. last night the death toll rose to 25. 23 of those deaths are in the campfire that's in northern california north ofsacramento. two more fires are burning north of los angeles. neither ofhe fires is under control. congressman schiff, i know this is notne -- it's to your congressional district but you and i were just talking and you said there's nre some f actually in your congressional district. what's the latest? doing their they' best to try to control these fires, but this late in the fire season to have this kind of devastation, it just takes yo breathaway. people are losing their liv

mcconnell said he saw no reason because there's no interference. with whitaker, there's every reason to believe there will be interference, based on what mr. whitaker has said. i think -- i believe that many republicans will find the same. >> you raised concerns about the legality of whitaker's appointment. >> yes. >> in a letter you sent to the white house friday. if an officer or executive agency resigns, the president may direct an officer or employee to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity. i get that you have objections to matt whitaker. isn't the president in his legal authority to put him in as acting attorney general temporarily? >> the constitution requires advise and consent for principal officers and if the attorney general isn't a principle officer, who is? there are a number of senators who are looking at a lawsuit. we'll have to see if they have standing. there are people who have standing who will pursue this in the courts and i believe it will be found that mr. whitaker cannot be put in as attorney general because he has not been approved by the senate. it's not only the ri

mcconnell had to say back then . i consider the mistakes of the u.s. and its people and to mr. for the future bar planet then of course who could forget the fact that trump pulled out of the uranium new clear record something that really riled president macron yeah it isn't trump has lost the battle to me no one followed his decision and now we have to make good on fulfilling our obligations. what are the most part it seems that trump has let all of those criticisms slide but not this one when it comes to the creation of an army or why is that will some experts are suggesting it comes down to one thing and one thing only money the idea that if a new in european army was created that could mean less cash in the pockets of the usa and donald trump as a businessman the idea of losing money is a kin to a capital offense he may also be unhappy that map corn could incite others to join this revolt already we know that the german chancellor angela merkel has said she is fully behind this idea so this idea of castigating mcallen twitter could be just serving another purpose of trying t

mr. trump's tax returns to russia's role in the016 election. on the senate sidemajority leader mitch mcconnell played down concerns that divided government will meanridlock. >> even though we have obviously big differences over things like taxes and judges, there were plenty of other things we've did together and thereat no reason th would stop simply because the house now becomes democratic. >> woodruff: but democ senator chuck schumer suggested president trump and his party now have good reason to worry. >> last night was a really good night for democrats. and what happened last night doesn't bode well for president trump and republicans in 2020 and beyond. >> woodruff: democrats are also counting their gains in theer ranks of grs, winning at least seven state houses last night. wall street rallied on t ection news. analysts said divided government will likely mean no new taxes reand regulations, and no al of the affordable caw act. the nes industrial average gained 545 points to clo at 26,180. the nasdaq ros194 points, and the s&p 500 added 58. all three indexes arore than 2%. let'turn now

the fix we have for 20%, his buddy mitch mcconnell, will not bring a bill to the floor. >> get something in here. mr. morrisey: president trump supports affordable health care. high quality. senator manchin is in the opposite direction. that sanders approach is very much in the direction of not only doubling your taxes, but in terms of allowing government to run roughshod over every aspect of your life. senator manchin not only has directly benefited but he has been working to defend the family interest. he mentions my firm, he knows that is not true. he has people who have been hawking to make money for his family on pharmaceuticals. >> we are going to continue on this theme because this is very important. patrick, this question is for you. senator manchin has criticized you for signing on to the lawsuit by 20 republican states attorneys general that call for what is left of the affordable care act to be overturned as unconstitutional. the senator says that will lead to the loss of protection for people with pre-existing conditions and threaten expanded medicaid protections. would you concede that

i'm urging senator mcconnell to bring the bill to the floor o the senate it would get 80 votes. mr. president, pick up the phonh and p the republican leadership. the republicans are the problem here, not the democrats. cory booker has been very helpful in getting us to yes. there's been some compromises to keep it from being a jailbreak. so i'm ready to vote. >> senator lindsey graham, you had your caffeine this morning, sir.mu appreciated. always fun to have you on and have you share your views. thank you,>> sir. thank you. >>> when we come pacck, the (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction ofy' cancer cell by the b own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ (burke) seen it, covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ♪ can i get some help. watch his head. ♪ i'm so happy. ♪ whatever they went through, they went through together. welcome guys. life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do fo