mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the senate spent the last few days, like all americans have, praying for quick healing and smooth recovery for president trump and the first lady following their positive covid-19 tests. i spoke to the president by phone twice this past weekend. both times, his spirits were high. both times, we talked about the people's business, our nation's fight against this pandemic, his exceptional nominee to the supreme court, judge barrett, as well as our efforts to continue rebuilding the economy for working families. we're also thinking of our friends and colleague, the senior senator for utah, the senior senator for wisconsin, and the junior senator from north carolina who are currently working from home. the standard cliche would say that these past few days have provided a stark reminder of the dangers of this terrible virus. but the truth is that our nation did not need any such reminder. more than 209,000 of our fellow citizens have lost their lives. millions have battled illne

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 742 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 742, designating september 2020 as national childhood cancer awareness month. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i know of no further debate on the measure. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say aye. all those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i as

mr. mcconnell, proposes an amendment numbered 2680 to amendment numbered 2652. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to calendar 554, s. 4675. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 4675, a bill to amend health insurance portability and accountability act. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: last week, the republican majority on the senate judiciary committee concluded what can only be described as a farcical set of hearings for a supreme court nominee. in the midst of the pandemic when several members of the committee majority were exposed to or tested positive for coronavirus or themselves were sick with covid-19 in the days immediately beforehand, hear

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: quote, it would have been really hard for us to get through without it. that was the co-owner of apollo pees today which has a handful of locations throughout kentucky. quote, it touches my heart just knowing that i can bring folks back and gainfully employ people who need to work. that was a restaurant -- restaurateur in fayettville, north carolina. quote, it's pennies from heaven as far as my business is conce concerned. that was one owner in colorado. quote, it just made sense to us if we're going to be able to get money from the government, spend it on our employees. that's from a fourth-generation owner of a bagel shop in ferndale, michigan. those are just four of the millions and millions of hardworking americans who have had an economic lifeline to help them endure this crisis year. that lifeline is the paycheck protection program. the p.p.p. our nation's top medical experts said we do something without precedent. shutter whole sections of the economy to protect ameri

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i think my remarks may encroach somewhat on the time previously set for beginning the vote. i ask consent that i be allowed to finish. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: well, this evening the senate will render one of the most consequential judgments it can ever deliver. we will approve a lifetime appointment to our nation's highest court. since the ink dried on the constitution, only 114 men and women have been entrusted to uphold the separation of powers, protect people's rights, and dispense impartial justice on the supreme court. in a few minutes, judge amy coney barrett of indiana will join their ranks. this body has spent weeks studying the nominee's record. we've examined 15 years of scholarly writings, about 100 opinions from the seventh circuit, and testimonials from legal experts running the gamut from close colleagues to total strangers. there have been one-on-one meetings for every senator who wanted one and a week of intensive hearings. al

mcconnell mr. president? officer officer the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i send 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 michael jay newman of ohio to be united states district for the southern district of ohio. signed by 17 senators as follows -- mcconnell, grassley, bozeman, graham, crapo, blackburn, scott of south carolina, blunt, rounds, roberts, cornyn, thune, young, alexander, hoeven, tillis , hide smith. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: madam president, because of this illicit process, this rush to judgment -- can we've order, please? because of this illicit process, this rush to judgment, the worst nomination proceeding of the supreme court in american history that has so defiled the senate, i move to adjourn and to then convene for pro forma sessions only with no business be

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: colleagues, my first experience with supreme court confirmations here in the senate, i was a young staffer for a junior member of the judiciary committee. that was also the same time i met a young guy named lamar alexander who left the senate to go down to the white house to work in congressional affairs. so i've had an opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process through various ups and downs, periods when nominees were confirmed almost overwhelmingly and periods during which they were heated, to put it mildly, contests over the nomination. what i think i can safely say about the senate over the last 40 or 50 years is that it's in an assertive period. in other words, viewing the whole process as a joint thing that the president has a role to play and the senate has a role to play and at various times in the history of our country, the senate's been pretty passive about it and at other times they've been pretty aggressive about it. but the constituti

mr. mcconnell: yesterday evening, the directors of national intelligence and the f.b.i. updated the population. they announced that iran and russia exploited voter information to send misleading e-mails. this is just another reminder that multiple different adversaries with multiple different objectives want to fuel division among americans and create chaos. iran, china, russia, and other adversaries may have different goals, but they all share the same primary objective of undermining america's confidence in our democracy and they are thrill thrill -- they are thrilled when their disinformation causes us to point fingers at each other rather than at them. the good news is that we spent the last four years gearing up for this. unlike the obama-biden information on whose watch even democrats admit we were caught flat-footed, the trump administration worked overtime with congress and other actors to get us ready. the white house has imposed harsh new sanctions on russians to interfered in 2016. the department of justice, the department of homeland security, and the intelli

enough it's time to act and i would like to tell mr mcconnell mr domino stay of parish there's no need to come to us vice had already come to us when $86.00 people died in the day on had already visited us to need to come better stay in paris and do something just do something how do the residents of nice react to this the same as me there are few areas of this it's the 2nd time an islamist terrorist attacks a church in france for the 3rd time in our country people have been beheaded once again when will they stop. and this of course all comes as france is under the cloud of this rising anger against it is french sentiment that has been bubbling away and is now boiling over ever since the attack on patty a teacher who was beheaded just weeks ago and in the wake of the president being defiant that france would hold true to its values of freedom of speech of. secularism where religion is separate to the state let's have a look now at what happened following the events of the beheading of. one of our compatriots was murdered because. our compassion was the victim of an islamist terror att

today we hear from him an airy fairy no mr mcconnell wants it. to be true thoughts and trying. to see how. the judge wants to hear testimonies from all parties the 4 victims as well as the accused wearing the blue jumpsuit they will all be questioned by the prosecution. please please use. the situation. we are only authorized to film sammy's questioning shitz a crucial testimony for the prosecution in this case and she should change. your. fortunes or she said. so you should. keep in. mind for a period when. the judge will now give his ruling. this man will be charged with human trafficking with increasing sentences in force here in the united states he could spend a lot of time behind bars something sammy is reassured about the case will move forward to try and ease the tension that can at their 35 years and 8 months to prison it's special be comfortable because i knew that i was talking about what i was told by the 7 times. in 2018 aaron sami and his colleagues succeeded in sending 12 sexual traffickers to prison. to prevent a young girl. from falling back into prostitution a

today we hear from him a very very no mr mcconnell wants it. to be true thoughts to be trying. to see how. the judge wants to hear testimonies from all parties the 4 victims as well as the accused wearing the blue jumpsuit they will all be questioned by the prosecution. these issues. this is. we are only authorized to film sammy's questioning it's a crucial testimony for the prosecution in this case. workers she said. as she said. money over there and. the judge will now give his ruling. he could spend a lot of time behind bars something sammy is reassured about the case will move forward to try and ease the tension it can at their 35 years and 8 months to prison . i felt really comfortable because i knew that i was talking about the truth and what i was told by these victims. in 2018 erin sammy and his colleagues succeeded in sending 12 sexual traffickers to prison. to prevent young girls from falling back into prostitution and to tear them away from their pimps police officers rely on the help of former victims of sex trafficking. teco was a prostitute on the streets of l.a.

mr. mcconnell: yesterday evening, the directors of national intelligence and the f.b.i.

believe quote every people do anything from france that comes to us some of that anger against mr mcconnell has been seen here in moscow as well on friday a crowd gathered outside the french embassy for a 2nd day in a row the protestors could be heard shouting god is great in arabic the police moved in to break up the rally and several people were detained the embassy has asked the russian government to bolster security for french diplomatic staff. meanwhile the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo has up to the ante with a cover featuring a cartoon of the turkish leader after president aired a one lashed out at emanuel macron over its crackdown on the islamism has slammed the publication as disgusting but i've got to fix up a story. something in france is broken and it is france nowhere else in europe is there this much terror killing and a complete breakdown and mutual respect and understanding these latest attacks there just that the latest. clearly it's inhumane it is highly reprehensible and i hope that justice will be so this attack who deserves it i do have one as a matter of fact

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i think my remarks may encroach somewhat on the time previously set for beginning the vote. i ask consent that i be allowed to finish. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: well, this evening the senate will render one of the most consequential judgments it can ever deliver. we will approve a lifetime appointment to our nation's highest court. since the ink dried on the constitution, only 114 men and women have been entrusted to uphold the separation of powers, protect people's rights, and dispense impartial justice on the supreme court. in a few minutes, judge amy coney barrett of indiana will join their ranks. this body has spent weeks studying the nominee's record. we've examined 15 years of scholarly writings, about 100 opinions from the seventh circuit, and testimonials from legal experts running the gamut from close colleagues to total strangers. there have been one-on-one meetings for every senator who wanted one and a week of intensive hearings. al

mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mr. mcconnell: can we have order? the presiding officer: there will be order in the senate. the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: madam president, let me begin thb afternoon with the following -- with the following quote. few men in society will have sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for stations of judges and the number must be still smaller for those who unite the requisite integrity with the requisite knowledge. that was alexander hamilton in federalist 78. they knew that this would be a crucial part of this new experiment in self-government. if the separation of powers was to endure and the people's rights were to be safe, we would need individuals of the highest quality on the courts. so how fortunate for our country that the senate just advanced one of the most qualified nominees for judicial service that we've seen in our lifetimes. judge amy coney barrett, of the u.s. court of appeals of the seventh circuit, is a stellar nominee in every single respect. her intellectual br

mr. mcconnell. mrs. mcnally. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. paul. purdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. roberts, mr. romney. mr. rosen. mr. rubio, mr. sanders mr. sas mr. sasse. mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan, mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. toomey, mr. udall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. ricker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> martha: very dramatic thumbs down votes. this has gone through. 52 votes for amy coney barrett to the supreme court. shannon bream, your thoughts on some of the political showmanship here with some vote and walk out essentially by all the democrats? >> there has been a lot of drama around this particular nomination, confirmation process. it's something that's a lifetime appointment. quickly important to both sides. not surprisingly would have a little bit of drama tonight. we talked a little bit earlier about senator collins, republican running for reelection and main

mr. mcconnell is comfortable there. political report came out about 4:00 yesterday afternoon and went to a seven seat dane for the democrats -- seven seat gain for the democrats in the senate. the momentum in the change is now extraordinary. jonathan: the shift has been phenomenal. we've got to talk about the back numbers as well this morning -- the bank numbers as well this morning. bank of america provisions lighter than expected, eps firmer than expected. more still to come. lisa: goldman sachs in particular, and wells fargo. i am interested to hear what their debt trading revenues look like. bank of america underwhelming a touch on that front, with jp morgan and citigroup is overwhelming on that front. also today is another day of fire hose fed speak. rida,e getting cla quarles, and barkan. on the fiscal talk side, u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin speaking today at the milken institute conference. interesting to see whether the republican leadership is getting on board with president trump and his proposal at

mr. mcconnell's comments affected the markets or maybe it is simply exhausted if you look at industrials today stocks that had a great week generally were up. paccar ch robinson. united rentals johnson controls generally much of it turned negative on the day. remember how much is banking on the cyclical play. the market's rotation into cyclecals is why the market held up as tech stocks lagged we moved into cyclicals fed ex, american airlines, deer deer is at a new high and of course we have also had material stocks up on infrastructure hopes we have had bank stocks, some of the big money center banks up 3, 4, 5% and some of the big regional banks up double digits. 12 or 13% in the case of u.s. bang corp. and others. a lot riding on the stimulus deal right now and we have no id idea how it is going to turn out. >> you mentioned the banks kpwx up and oil prices up. overall it has been a week where that rotation, that catchup from the cyclicals has played out >> right so what happened in the middle of the day today mr. mcconnell came out and said i am not sure we are going to do a deal befo

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today the senate will have an opportunity to advance another covid-19 relief package for american families. for more than seven months now, the american people have been facing what one writer described as a health crisis with an economic crisis strapped to its back. the senate has stepped up repeatedly on a bipartisan basis to help our nation through this challenge. today we have an opportunity to do it once again. the legislation before us is neither republican nor democrat, neither an idea of a perfect bill. i think we're all clear on that but it would move us past speaker pelosi's all or nothing obstruction and deliver huge support right now for the most pressing needs of our country. republicans want to conquer this disease through testing, treatments, and vaccines. democrats say they agree with us. republicans want to pour money into safe schools and make sure an entire generation of kids don't fall any further behind and democrats say they agree with that. republicans

mr. mcconnell is the majority leader in the senate because they don't think it's effective enough. thes bottom line is step back ad look at this. cory gardiner received 4 million and mitch mcconnell received even more. then any elected official in colorado history and suddenly the corporations get these massive tax breaks. if we could target the question, they know what the landscape looks like what gun-control laws do g we have that you don't thik apply or should be passed nationwide he talks about universal background checks but we have a lot of other things. can you compare what we have here? >> we haven't always had a chance to respond. i support the second amendment and we have laws and place that needed to be enforced but when it comes to prohibiting between a father and a son interfering at that level that that is a good thing for the country. colorado may be handling this in a different way but i don't think we should infringe on those rights. if i want to give my son the 12 gauge i learned with, i ought to be able to do that. they lied to the county sheriff's about the eff

mr. schumer: can i ask one final thing. the bill that my friend from wisconsin talks about was totally partisan. which they know can't pass. and then when leader mcconnell put it on the floor, he filled the tree so it couldn't even be amended. so i yield the floor. mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: the senate will soon vote on the confirmation of judge barrett to become associate justice of the united states supreme court. i will be voting in favor of her nomination, and i urge my colleagues to do just the same. as was made clear to millions of americans who watched her hearing, judge barrett has the temperament, the modesty, and the humility that we should all expect in a judge. she approaches cases without bias or personal agenda. she made that very clear to almost every question asked to her by every member of the judiciary committee. most importantly, judge barrett understands the proper role of members of the judiciary and our constitutional system of separated powers. that is, a judge should interpret, not make the law. making law is under the constitution the responsibility of the congress. n

it is a problem, and i think mr mcconnell was subtly, somewhat subtly, raising that stoplight —— raisingou for being with as he was saying, the president does not have much of a chance of changing this race, that was set on the show yesterday by franklins —— frank lu ntz. if the race days has it is right now, donald trump loses. the problem for him is... a recipe for failure. print is right. he needs an audience, and there is no debtor audience, and there is no debtor audience than a presidential debate. vice—presidential debates don't usually shake up the race for the white house. but the face—off between kamala harris and mike pence on wednesday night was watched by 22.6 million people — more than viewed 2016's veep debate. by contrast, the first chaotic presidential debate drew a smaller audience than the first one in 2016. in tone, it was much better than the dumpster fire we witnessed last week. coronavirus and donald trump's handling of the pandemic were, of course, omnipresent. but while they did finally get to the issues, we are not entirely sure the audiences got the answers the

mr. mcconnell, pushed the pause button. we have to wait and see. and since that time, over 100 ,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands have become infected and pushed the use button and says push the use button and debate policy how to best meet the needs of the american people. we have the provision in this bill and i thought it was really important to formally put forth the work of our chairs which is excellent which means the needs. maxine, you heard from her, families on the verge of eviction, get support, people who can't pay their mortgages are helped in this legislation. and i thank maxine for that, chairwoman waters as well as her work on the restaurant and small businesses get help on this legislation. this is a tall order. people said, we should have a skinny package. we have a massive problem. you don't believe more in the role of government as we do. let's find our common ground. but let's not just say let the children pay the price because we want to have a bipartisan bill. no. we don't want the children to pay the price and ha

mr. mcconnell is saying, they aren't h aren't keen spending -- >> we had a vote. neil: on nancy pelosi as much as the senate? >> well, but neil, nancy pelosi refuses to move off the mark because she is not interested in compromise right now. the senate republicans put up a 500 billion-dollar bill on wednesday, just, a few days ago. $500 billion. that used to be real money. it has all the things i talked about. it has school money. more than the heroes act initially had. it halfs the money for testing. it has the money for vaccine. it has money for small businesses t was all in there. democrats even refused to take a vote, we got all the republicans, majority of the senate to support it twice. that is what the president ought to be talking out because a bunch us republicans are trying to get something done. neil: last week at this time, senator, last week at this time, make it bigger. i'm willing to go bigger. we'll go over two trillion if need be. mitch mcconnell, some of the colleagues, you were at the half trillion dollar figure, very generous package to your po

mr. schumer: can i ask one final thing. the bill that my friend from wisconsin talks about was totally partisan. which they know can't pass. and then when leader mcconnell put it on the floor, he filled the tree so it couldn't even be amended. so i yield the floor. mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: the senate will soon vote on the confirmation of judge barrett to become associate justice of the united states supreme court. i will be voting in favor of her nomination, and i urge my colleagues to do just the same. as was made clear to millions of americans who watched her hearing, judge barrett has the temperament, the modesty, and the humility that we should all expect in a judge. she approaches cases without bias or personal agenda. she made that very clear to almost every question asked to her by every member of the judiciary committee. most importantly, judge barrett understands the proper role of members of the judiciary and our constitutional system of separated powers. that is, a judge should interpret, not make the law. making law is under the constitution the responsibility of the congress. n

mr. mcconnell, judge? about $500,000 to democratic political committees before becoming a judge.s is more than any other judge nominated by obama or trump. he stands at the top, $500,000. he donated $12,600 to senator whitehouse. he hosted a fundraiser for senator whitehouse in 2006. gave mcconnell's wife 250,000 dollars to candidates and causes so that is $750,000. now, judge mcconnell is a judge after senator whitehouse vigorously led the fight to get him appointed. he sits on the committee on code of conduct on the u.s. judicial conference. on that committee, he has helped lead the charge to issue a new rule to try to ban judges from being members of the federalist society. shock of no one looking at that red yarn connections. after the committee put out this assault on the federalist society to prohibit judges from being members, senator whitehouse and six other democratic senators loudly cheered that effort in writing. fortunately, that effort was roundly denounced. over 200 federal judges signed a letter opposing this. the federalist society takes no positions, doesn't lobb

mr. mcconnell, judge? about $500,000 to democratic political committees before becoming a judge. this is more than any other judge nominated by obama or trump. he stands at the top, $500,000. he donated $12,600 to senator whitehouse. he hosted a fundraiser for senator whitehouse in 2006. gave mcconnell's wife 250,000 dollars to candidates and causes so that is $750,000. now, judge mcconnell is a judge after senator whitehouse vigorously led the fight to get him appointed. he sits on the committee on code of conduct on the u.s. judicial conference. on that committee, he has helped lead the charge to issue a new rule to try to ban judges from being members of the federalist society. shock of no one looking at that red yarn connections. after the committee put out this assault on the federalist society to prohibit judges from being members, senator whitehouse and six other democratic senators loudly cheered that effort in writing. fortunately, that effort was roundly denounced. over 200 federal judges signed a letter opposing this. the federalist society takes no positions, doesn't

mr. mcconnell says, let them go bankrupt. let them go bankrupt. come on. pres.mp: the bill passed in the house high crime democrat, all run by democrat cities and states. it was a way of getting billions and billions of dollars. it was a way of getting a lot of money from our people's pockets to people who come into our country illegally. we want to take care of everything for them. i would love to help them, but what that does, everybody will start pouring into our country. onwas a way of spending things that have nothing to do with covid. it was a big bailout for badly run democrat cities and states. vice pres. biden: i am running as crÊpe but i'm going to be the american president. i do not see red states and blue states. i see the united states. every single state out there finds themselves in trouble. they are going to start laying off, whether they are red or blue, cops and firefighters, teachers, because they have to balance their budget. the founders were smart. government tohe deficit spend to compensate for the united states of america. ms. welker: i w

republican leader mitch mcconnell said, mr. president, the next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on our country so of course the american people should have a say in the courts direction. the americant people may well elect a president who decides to nominate for senate consideration. we will make somebody very different. give the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy. the market people are perfectly capable of having their say on the issue so let's give them a voice, but the american people decide. the american people shouldn have a selection on the next supreme court justice and therefore this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. that was the republican theater. judiciary committee members made statements after the just death of justice scalia. ... the american people are presented with a an exceedingly rare opportunity to decide and a very real and concrete way the direction the court will take over the next generation. the letter f

mr. mcconnell become a judge? according to roll call, he contributed about $500,000 to democratic political committees before becoming a judge. this by the way is more than any other judge nominated by obama or trump. so judge mcconnell stands at the top, $500,000. he donated $12,600 to senator whitehouse. hosted a fundraiser for senator whitehouse in prove lins in 2006. judge mcconnell's wife gave another $250,000 to candidates and causes, $750,000 and now he is a judge after senator whitehouse vigorously led the fight to get him appointed a judge. he sits on the committee on code of conduct of the u.s. judicial conference. what has he done on the committee on code of conduct? he has helped lead the charge to issue a new rule to try to ban judges from being members of the federalist society. and to the shock of no one looking at the red yarn connections, after judge mcconnell and the committee put out this assault on the federalist society to prohibit judges from sitting -- from being members, senator whitehouse

mr. chairman and what senator mcconnell said where he set the precedent. he said the american people should have a voice in the selection of the neck supreme court justice. when he was looking back at the mary garland time, this vacancy should not be filled until we had a new president. this is closer in time than that. is best president we have when abraham lincoln was president. it was the closest in time we have had in history to this when it justice died close to the election he waited until after the election to make a selection. i look at the words of my colleagues in this committee, people i work with very well all the time. i look at that historical example and i think it leads us to one and. -- one end. we should allow the winner of the election to pick. we should do this after the election and we should remember we have literally millions and millions of people voting as we speak. you all know that. the final thing that concerns me is the president himself has been making it very clear why he wants this justice on the court. he said he wants nine

mr. mcconnell, pushed the pause button. we have to wait and see. and since that time, over 100 ,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands have become infected and pushed the use button and says push the use button and debate policy how to best meet the needs of the american people. we have the provision in this bill and i thought it was really important to formally put forth the work of our chairs which is excellent which means the needs. maxine, you heard from her, families on the verge of eviction, get support, people who can't pay their mortgages are helped in this legislation. and i thank maxine for that, chairwoman waters as well as her work on the restaurant and small businesses get help on this legislation. this is a tall order. people said, we should have a skinny package. we have a massive problem. you don't believe more in the role of government as we do. let's find our common ground. but let's not just say let the children pay the price because we want to have a bipartisan bill. no. we don't want the children to pay the price and ha

what is the environmental policy that you support that mitch mcconnell is allowed his members to vote for? mr. o'connor: the american conservation coalition's plan is a bipartisan plan. if i have to work across the line to get it done, i will. name one bill where mitch mcconnell has worked across the line -- >> can you name one bill where mitch mcconnell has worked across the line to allow for there to be a bipartisan vote? mr. o'connor: he worked across the line in terms of all the covid relief bills. >> in the environmental world, can you pick one? mr. o'connor: not offhand. for all senator markey wants to run against president trump, i am running as a kevin o'connor republican. i have articulated for you what my positions will be. they are largely with the governor baker's, who is endorsing me, not senator markey. i will be a proenvironment center, because i, like all of us, have children. i am worried about the future. i am deeply concerned. senator markey's green new deal, the extreme program, is nothing but posturing. there is no future for the united states of america to a carbon neutr

mcconnell. host: max? mr. linn: this is where i feel i am strongest. as we have heard about the biggest threat to the country is state, the biggest threat sending the same career politician back to washington again and again, hoping for change. why haven't collins and gideon done anything yet? they will have no say in washington. they are the faceplates of the republican and democratic party. that is my platform. a need for change. you need someone from the outside. legislatorre -- a that will have the influence and power to bring maine what it needs. susan and sara will not have any say on bringing money home to maine. i will. have senator collins, you been telling people you are next in line. shares funneling more money to their estate? is it about bringing home the bacon? sen. collins: it is. maine is not wealthy. we have a lot of needs. i have alreadyk done on the appropriations committee shows why it is so important i am now a senior member of the committee and in line to be the next chair. since 1932, a main senator -- eight has been since 1930 t

mr. mnuchin, on their side. in fact, mcconnell is just not part of it. he's focused on filling one supreme court vacancy instead of filling the dinner tables of unemployed people across america. >> senator, as we are on-air, we are learning that your colleague, senator susan collins of maine, is going to vote "no" on the confirmation of amy coney barrett. your reaction? >> well, she predicted or at least gave us an indication that she was going to vote in that direction. and she and senator murkowski voted on the procedural side, same side today. i think senator murkowski has nou announced she's going the other way on the final vote. we'll have one additional republican vote and that doesn't really give us the numbers we need to stop this nomination. what's at stake is the affordable care act. health insurance from 23 million americans and protections for all the rest of us. and that, unfortunately, is going to be a casualty, i'm afraid, of this nomination. >> mitch mcconnell took an opportunity to speak to his republican colleagues. take a listen. >> we