mr. mcconnell: president biden was elected on the promise that he would govern as a moderate and unite the country. he insisted t

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. we are in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: president biden was elected on the promise that he would govern as a moderate and unite the country. he insisted the radical left would not be calling the shots -- the presiding officer: order, please. the senator will commence. mr. mcconnell: he insisted the radical left would not be calling the shots on his watch. but when it came to one of the most consequential decisions a president can make, a lifetime appointment to our highest court, the biden administration let the radicals run the show. with washington democrats in power, the far left got the reckless inflationary spending they wanted. the far left has gotten the insecure border they wanted. and today the far left will get the supreme court justice they wanted. the fringe activists who demand partisan court-packing, attack the justices, and describe our constitution as trash m

mr. mcconnell? >> no. >> mr. mcconnell, no. >> mr. ma mendez? >> aye. >> mr. merkley? >> aye. >> mr.owski? >> aye. >> ms. murray? >> ms. murray, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. padilla? >> aye. >> mr. padilla, aye. mr. paul? mr. peters? >> aye. >> mr. peters, aye. mr. courtman? >> no. >> mr. portman, no. mr. reed. >> romney? >> aye. >> mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen? >> ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds? >> no. >> mr. rounds, no. >> mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, aye. mr. sass, no. mr. shots? mr. shots, aye. mr. schumer? aye. >> mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida. >> no. >> mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina? no. mr. shelby? >> no. >> ms. sinema? >> aye. >> ms. sinema, aye. mr. sullivan? >> no. >> mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester? >> aye. >> mr. tester, aye. mr. thin, no. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville? >> no. >> mr. tuberville, no. mr. van hallen? >> aye. >> mr. van hallen aye. mr. warner aye. >> mr. warnock. >> aye. >> mr. whitehouse? >> aye. >> mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wicker, no. mr. widen? mr. young? >> mr.

mr. mcconnell continue as leader. [applause] >> thank you so much. [applause] [speaking foreign language]

mr. mcconnell on their when he did business with these oligarchs. they talk about hunter biden, these republicans are paying lip service to the idea for freedom ukraine while at the same time supporting these oligarchs. host: where did you read that and where did you hear that? caller: the aluminum plan in kentucky and mitch mcconnell pitching for it with a now sanctioned oligarch. the justice department needs to hold republicans accountable for january 6 and until we hold them accountable and the ringleader it is just going to keep pestering and ruining our democracy. host: let's go to anthony in florida. you oppose? anthony, i cannot hear you. anthony, are you there? you have to turn down your television. ted, in alabama. ted, mute your television. let's try eric. let's help your television is muted. caller: i have muted my television. you oppose? i do oppose it to a certain extent because everyone says the u.s. is the richest country in the world, are you really -- are we really? there are oil rich companies in the middle east. there are families

mr. mcconnell, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. moran voted in the negative. ms. aye. mr. paul. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman, no. mr. reid, aye. mr. rich, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. sasse, no. mr. schotz, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. stabbenau, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. young, no. mr. graham, no

mr. mcconnell's office declined to comment. >>> meantime donald trump jr. is expected to appear before the january 6th committee according to a source familiar with the investigation. a date not yet scheduled but we're told it will be in the coming days. this will be a voluntary appearance by trump jr no subpoena has been issued. an attorney for mr. trump has not responded to nbc's request for comment. >>> former president barack obama taking on a major problem we all face, disinformation. today he gave a speech at stanford university near silicon valley he says lies and conspiracy theories on social media have weakened democracy he also suggests that disinformation will get worse because of new technology. >> if we do nothing, i am convinced the trends that we're seeing will get worse. with the emergence of a.i., disinformation will grow more sophisticated. >> but mr. obama says there's still hope and he even offered some solutions cnbc's aeamon javers was at stanford university for the former president's speech. >> reporter: you know, tyler, during his tw

mr. mcconnell the -- >> i agree with the second half of what you just said.ughter] [applause] ladies and gentlemen sean penn and former security adviser robert o'brien. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

mr. mcconnell, mr. mcconnell, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkle, aye. mr. moran voted in the negative.murray. mrs. murray, aye. mr. ossoff aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman, no. mr. reed. mr. reed, aye. mr. risch. mr. risch, no. mr. romney, mr. romney, aye. miss rosen. miss rosen, aye. mr. rounds. mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio, mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders, mr. sanders, aye. mr. sass, mr. sass, and mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina, mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shehein, aye. mr. shelby, mr. shelby no. miss sinema, aye. miss smith, aye. miss stabenow, miss stabenow aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester, aye. mr. thune, mr. thune no. mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. tubberville, no. mr. van holen, aye. mr. warner. mr. warner, aye. mr. warnock, mr. warnock,s aye. ms. warren. ms. warren, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker, mr. wicker no. mr. weiden, aye. mr. young, mr. young, no. mr. graham, mr. graham, no. >> john: we are tallying up the votes, but looks like we have three republicans as expected, murkowski, coll

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mr. mcconnell: runaway inflation is crushing working american families on democrats' watch. the share of americans who say the economy is our most important problem hasn't been this high since the last time democrats controlled the white house. just this morning, we got a devastating quarterly g.d.p. report. the economy actually shrank 1.4% over the last three months. no longer are democrats just presiding over a disappointing recovery. now they've thrown the recovery into reverse and we're actually going backward. we haven't seen inflation this bad in more than 40 years. month after month of skyrocketing prices is exactly what everyone knew would happen if democrats dumped $2 trillion in printed money on an economy that was already ready for a comeback. but democrats rammed through the far left spending so working americans are paying dearly. this week, the same washington democrats who drove this inflation have finally figured out their response. they want to raise taxes on the american people. the democratic leader said this tuesday, quote, if you want to get rid of infla

mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: madam president, i along with others had the opportunity to say goodbye to madeleine albright this morning, a truly remarkable life. first woman secretary of state, remarkable diplomat, and a friend. we had an opportunity to bond over an issue i'm about to discuss -- the people of burma and the plight that they have had to endure over the years. regretfully, as her life came to an end, things did not go in the right direction in burma, at least not yet. and i know she would not have given up hope, nor have i. with regard to the current situation in burma, aung san suu kyi was handed yet another outrageous sham sentence by the military junta in burma. for the past year the leader of burma's democracy movement and thousands of her fellow citizens have been detained while the at the time -- while the tet man dau, the army, drives her country backward. the generals responsible for last year's coup met a ground swell of popular prote

mr. mcconnell was there in the front row.lift up others, and to protect our democracy. >> it's so amazing to listen to you say that about mccarthy -- or about mcconnell who has said he'll vote for donald trump again. i wonder other than the january 6 committee how important does it become having a justice department willing to look where steve scalise told them to look, criminality of matt gaetz. >> it is essential that the department of justice do their work. the 1/6 committee is doing extraordinary work and i look forward to the public hearings so the public will understanding the gravity of what we're talking about. of course what we're learning is no surprise. these are shocking because they are really unamerican, the things that are being said, the lies that are being told, but they're no surprise. so the department of justice has important work to do. i look forward to them doing it. i'm sure they're doing it very deliberately because they're going after the ultimate atrocity to our democracy, which is january 6th. they

mr. mcconnell on their when he did business with these oligarchs. they talk about hunter biden, these republicans are paying lip service to the idea for freedom ukraine while at the same time supporting these oligarchs. host: where did you read that and where did you hear that? caller: the aluminum plan in kentucky and mitch mcconnell pitching for it with a now sanctioned oligarch. the justice department needs to hold republicans accountable for january 6 and until we hold them accountable and the ringleader it is just going to keep pestering and ruining our democracy. host: let's go to anthony in florida. you oppose? anthony, i cannot hear you. anthony, are you there? you have to turn down your television. ted, in alabama. ted, mute your television. let's try eric. let's help your television is muted. caller: i have muted my television. you oppose? i do oppose it to a certain extent because everyone says the u.s. is the richest country in the world, are you really -- are we really? there are oil rich companies in the middle east. there are families

joining us now from kentucky, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. g, dana. >> dana: great to have you. president putin is going to regroup. he has a new general, the one from the war in syria, that he's going to put in charge. apparently wants to announce something on may 9th. you have zelenskyy vowing to continue to fight but saying that he needs more. the whale on behalf of the ukrainians to fight has been impressive. if you think that president biden's will matches that? >> senator mcconnell: here's the problem: secretary austin was repeatedly asked in a hearing this week what is our goal there, and he never state what i think is clearly our goal in ukraine. we want the ukrainians to win, to win, to defeat the russians, for the russians to withdraw from the country, and that will be our goal. i think administration has gotten better, but they've had to be pushed every step of the way to get more aggressive sooner. they are stepping up their game, but principally because of bipartisan pressure from congress on the administration to do more, quicker

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. leader, welcome back to "special report." >> good to be with you. >> bret: senator, pelosi tested positive for covid today. more than two dozen lawmakers have tested positive in last few weeks you have. concerned about another covid outbreak on capitol hill. >> i think we have had these outbreaks periodically over the months. i think covid is not completely over. but we will deal with it as it comes along. >> bret: president biden says if another waves comes that the u.s. may not be ready because of a lack of funding in congress. senator schumer says this: >> our republican colleagues think they may be gaining some temporary advantage but god forbid a secondary hits and people ask why aren't the vaccines there? why aren't the therapeutics there? the answer will be the senate republicans to a person blocked the ability to move forward and let this legislation done. >> bret: how do you respond to that? >> the answer is as follows: we had agreed to a $10 billion package paid for by that

joining us now from kentucky senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. mr.ana. >> great to have you. president putin is going to regroup and as a new general, they went from the war in sierra he's going to put in charge brit apparently was to announce something on may ninth grade you have zelensky vowing to continue to fight but saying he needs more. they will on the behalf of the ukrainians to fight has been impressive. do you think biden's will matches that? >> here is the problem, was repeatedly asked at a hearing this week what is our goal there? and he never state what i think is clearly our goal in ukraine. we want the ukrainians to win. to win, to defeat the russians. for the russians to withdraw from the country and that ought to be our goal. i think the administration has gotten better but they have had to be pushed every step of the way to get more aggressive sooner. they are stepping up their game but principally because bipartisan pressure from congress. on the administration to do more quicker. so, i think they are getting better. they still do

senator mcconnell shared a chick-fil-a takeout lunch with a pair of longtime advisers, terry karnak and scott jennings. in mr. jennings louisville office, mcconnell outlined what he saw is trump's imminent demise. he said, quote, the democrats are going to take care of the son of a bleep for us. the s. o. b., for us. referring to pelosi's determination to bring impeachment charges against trump that very weak. week the house had the votes to impeach trump, likely with a meaningful stamp of bipartisanship. during that lunch, senator mitch mcconnell told these advisers, that there would be at least 17 senate republicans ready to affirm trump's impeachment, meaning ready to vote to convict him. that would supply the two thirds needed to convict. trump would already be out of office by the trump time that senate vote took place. but a conviction could mean that trump would be barred from running for office ever again. trump's role on january 6th, he said, was clearly impeachable. he suggested that he would be among the republicans who would vote for conviction. he said quote if this is not impeachable, i do not

mrs. obama, president clinton, p secretary clinton, speaker pelosi, leader mcconnell, mayor bowser, governorss and the diplomatic corps, bishop buddy, all those who are here and all those watching from afar, we speak for our entire family in thanking you for joining in this ceremony of celebration and remembrance. most of you knew madeleine albright as a colleague and government or business, a teacher or champion of democracy and human rights. to the world, these were the many hats she wore. but to our family she also wore others, that of devoted sister, aunt, grandmahmoud di and for the three of us the best mom ever. of course, even great moms have quirks. when we were little my sisters and i often awoke to the odd maternal cry of up and at 'em said the molecule. usually mom had risen hours earlier to work on her ph.d. dissertation, fix our lunches and organize our backpacks. when we were at summer camp she constantly sentam us notes abou whatever was on her mind, the state of the garden, plumbing issues or whether we thought it would be okay for her to take a job on capitol hill. her handw

mcconnell? >> no. >> senator menendez? >> ay. >> senator merkley? senator moran voted in the negative. >> senator murkowski? >> ay. >> senator murray? >> ay. >> center asked self? senator padilla? >> ay. >> senator paul? senator peters? >> ay. >> mr. reed? >> ay. >> mr. rich? no. mr. romney? mr. romney, no. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, ay. mr. schatz? mr. schatz, ay. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, ay. mr. scott of florida? no. mr. scott of south carolina? no. mr. shaheen? ay. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. mr. cinema -- ms. sinema? ay. misstep now? ms. stabenow, ay. mr. chester? mr. thune? no. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. van hollen? >> ay. >> mr. warner? mr. warner, i. -- ay. ms. warren? ms. warren, i. mr. wicker? no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, ay. wister young? mr. young, no. minister graham? no. >> having secured the majority for confirmation, the senate volunteered for about 15 minutes to allow senator rand paul to register his vote. >> mr. paul? mr. paul, no. >> on this boat, -- vote, the ays are 53, the nace are 47. this nomination is confirmed. >> [applause] >> under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table a

. >> if you want agenda look at freedom agenda and won't get it from mitch mcconnell not being them will be effective mresident the casual you without a tie t call me by surprise buti think it does you well thanks fore joining me today. [laughter] >> thank you, brian. brian: it is the weekend afterall next president biden border is disaster in full swng i wish i was oversaying that. we have now video to prove it plus former president of ukraine joins one nation too tell us how they can wean this war. [♪♪] if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost® today. this is my zen time. it's... ...like a video game! people say, 'well, what are you? are you a farmer or a brewer?' so, i say... i am definitely a lines guy. there are millions of ways to make the most of your mow. (vo) verizon business unlimited is going ultra! get more. like manny. event planning with our best plan ever. (manny)

mrs. obama, president clinton, secretary clinton, speaker pelosi, leader mcconnell, mayor bowser, governorr camp she constantly sent us a note about whatever was on her mind, the state of the garden, plumbing issues, or whether we thought it would be okay for her to take a job on capitol hill. her handwriting was distinctive and indecipherable. [laughing] her in all look like double use and so the signature on our library card identified our mother as -- now, , some peoplen the lingo of our czech grandmother like to play it by the ears. not mama. she loved schedules and knowing the order of her day. she had boundless energy and was always planning for what came next. she described herself as an optimist who worries a lot, and we can all a test to her worries. she was incredibly protective, but no matter how much she took on, no matter how much of the world was on her plate, we always knew that when we needed her, she would take our calls, say here i am, and come quick. of course we worried about her, too, especially after she became u.n. ambassador and militants cursed and threw rocks at h

mcconnell as said gop leader if you were elected to the senate to break. >> that is a resounding and know is a complete failure. he has already answered, mr. donbas yes or no customer. >> as 1010 not support mitch mcconnell but we need new blood he was very divisive in the way in which he handled the second senate impeachment trial. but we must make sure we get a true leader in their. that is going to be very, very important. carla sands, mitch mcconnell for later? what sets the wrong question but i think the question is not going to take out chuck schumer as the leader of the senate? the answer is yes because we are going to have a red tsunami this year. we are going to elect america first centers from and to take back the senate. and as a matter of fact, i want to not to think of this as a throwaway votes, don't vote with your heart. who's going to fight for you who's going to understand foreign policy defense policy never backed down for you, who will bring the price at the pump down, who will stop the out-of-control inflation? carla sands pickwick so don't ask the question yes or no, that acts as a matter fact this was discussed in the

mr. trump during the capital attack -- capitol attack while trump failed to immediately stop it despite urgent bipartisan calls for him to do so. republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell rightly said that the public needs to know everything about what caused and occurred on january 6. to inform both the american people and legislative reform proposals, this committee needs to speak with mr. scavino. he has to fulfill his legal and his moral obligation to provide testimony and documents, or he should face the consequences. that's why we are taking this action today. in the united states of america, no one is above the law. this committee is doing its job. the department of justice needs to do there's. i yields back, mr. chairman. >> the gentlelady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. king's and. -- mr. kinsinger. >> thank you, mr. chairman. democracies are not defined by that days are bad things that happen but by how they defend it and come back from that. that is the importance of this committee. mr. scavino met donald trump when he was 16 years old. he became a longtime trump employee and remains a true trump loyalist. he served as dire

attack, kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell told associates they believe president trump was responsible for inciting the deadly riot. andvowed to drive him from politics. mrmaccarthy went so far as to say he would push for trump to resign immediately, saying, "i have had it with this guy." here is some of that recording. >> you on the phone? >> yeah, i am here. thanks, kevin. i guess there's a question when we were talking about the 25th amendment resolution. >> yeah. >> you asked, what happens, is there any chance he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? rep. mccarthy: i have had a few discussions. my gut tells me no. i am seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. i have not talked to him in a couple days. from what i know of him, i mean you guys all know him, too, do you think he would ever back away? what i think i will do is call him. this is what i think. we know that it passed the house, there's a chance it passes the senate, even though he is gone. i think there is a lot of different ramifications for that. i have not had a discussion with the dems that he did resign, that happens. this is one personal

kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell believe that trump was responsible for inciting the deadly attack on the capitol and vowed to drive him from politics. quoting from the times, mrately. i have had it with this goy he reportedly told a group of republican leaders but as the times notes in weeks later, they backed off because they feared retribution from him and the political movement. and visiting mar-a-lago a week after, and saying he would vote for him again. >>> joining us, the "washington post" reporter, an msnbc contributor. so jackie, good morning. great to have you with us. trump in his words, more likely than not, criminally conspired to disrupt congress's proceedings, does the pence call that happened, the morning of january 6th, is it a clue as to how they're trying to frame their case? >> yes, that's a really good question, it does give us a clue and we know the committee is trying to flush out as many details as possible that have somehow gone undetailed in the past, basically the year and a half, since january 6th happened but this was a key call that the former president had, you know, before a lot of the violence broke out on january 6th. and the

mcconnell. >> let me bring you into the conversation here because jay martin alex in this peas, we have this audio that came out, they write that of this dynamic that happened, that mr. mccarthy did not follow through on the steps republicans expected him to take. -- in the interest of advancing his own career. so talk to us about the advancement of kevin mccarthy's career here and what a lot of this is about, the potential that he wants to speakership if the republicans take back the house in midterms. >> yeah. he was denied the brass ring in 2015. he wants it. that's what he thinks about all the time. that's one of the reasons why he's so secure at this moment is because he's done a lot of fund raising, and he's done a lot of political favors for his own members and he's done hundreds and hundreds of trips and events and stocked up a lot of political chips inside the house republican conference just for a moment like this. a couple of things. one, i think it's easy for mccarthy to reel against the press, and that's made it easier here was it was the new york times. they're liberal, they're out to get all republicans. and i think he's tried to use that and he claim

thomas mcconnell who actually was a doctor at parkland hospital before and after the assassination, but he was here documenting this tragic very sad moment of mrs. kennedy coming out with the children just before little john john raised his hand in salute. so we have a lot of materials that we haven't yet been able to put on display, but this is just one example where people have wanted to express their powerful memories not necessarily thinking that their stories are important, but it adds so much rich texture and dimension to the stories that we're able to do through programming. nicola tell me i'll use the word tourist site, you know, and and whether we're dealing with ford's theater the side of the lincoln assassination or your own exhibit. tell me how do museums exhibits evolve dealing with an assassination when you're rubbing up against something. so extremely delicate and the morning it. how do you how does the community come together and decide it's time for us to commemorate this does it take a long while does it happen instantly? well, it takes a very long time on the day of the assassination the grassy knoll de lily plaza became an i

mr. trump on the sidelines and some primaries. mccarthy made a pilgrimage to mar-a-lago to take a picture as well. >> the relationship to mccarthy and trump is fairly different than mcconnell and trump. the senate republican leader. mcconnell has brokered withdrawn very clearly, and trump is attacking him publicly by name. mccarthy has kept trump closer. one of the reasons is, he doesn't have the same hole that mcconnell does. so, presuming the balloons can win the majority of his fall, which is to says they have a big of an issue, kevin mccarthy needs to keep almost all the republicans to become the next speaker. and to do that, he's gonna be some pro trump republicans who may not necessarily be pro mccarthy republicans. and so, please give the former president close. he said multiple times, he's trying to keep him out of races where he may be entering the house. but look, they try to do the best they can. john brings an enormous energy from the base of the republican party. but he continues in private polls, and private focus groups to turn off the kind of like him setting mid tier voters and swing them to trump. and that's the hopes that democrats have in 2022, the thin

the days after the attack, kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell told associates they believe president trump was responsible for inciting the deadly riot. mrmaccarthy went so far as to say "i have had it with this guy." here is some of that recording. >> you on the phone? >> i am here, kevin. when we were talking about the 25th amendment resolution. >> yeah. >> you asked, what happens, is there any chance he might resign? any reason to think that might happen? >> i have had a few discussions. my gut tells me no. i am seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. i have not talked to him in a couple days. from what i know of him, i mean you will know him too, do you think he would ever back away? what i think i will do is call him. this is what i think. there is a good chance it will pass the senate, even though he is gone. i think there is a lot of different ramifications for that. i have not had a discussion with the dems -- [indiscernible] -- this is one personal -- [indiscernible] -- i do not want to get in any conversations about -- [indiscernible] the discussion i would have with him is i think this will pass and it

mcconnell rightly explained that the public needs to know about everything what caused and occurred on january 6 to inform the american people and legislative reform proposals. the select committee needs to speak with mr. scavino. he has to fulfill his legal and moral obligation to provide testimony and documents. otherwise, he should face consequences. we must vote yes on this resolution to find him in contempt of congress. in the united states of america, no one, including mr. scavino, is above the law. i yield back, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from mississippi reserves his time. the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. . ms. cheney: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i know my colleague and friend, mr. armstrong, knows very well that, first of all, the executive privilege is a qualified privilege. secondly, former president trump has not exerted executive privilege. third, i have tremendous respect obviously for justice cavanaugh, but my colleagues continue to quote justice kavanaugh without noting that the opinion in the d.c. circuit, which was upheld by the supreme court, in that opinion the judge found a number of things, including,

mcconnell stood in. he thought a deplatformed donald trump would and should be discredited after his conduct and speech on and before january 6th. "the new york times" reports this about elon musk, quote, mr. musk himself has had a rocky relationship with online speech. this year he tried to quash a twitter account that tracked his private jet citing personal and safety reasons, and he has gotten into trouble with regulators over his tweets. musk's purchase of twitter comes after years in which we've all witnessed and lived through the power and the peril of rampant disinformation. "the new york times" puts it like this, quote, the 2016 u.s. presidential election and the brexit vote that same year gave silicon valley executives, u.s. elected officials, and the public a peek into what can go wrong when social media companies opt not to wade too deeply into what people say on their sites. russian propagandists amplified the views of deeply divided americans and britains, further polarizing the electorate. during trump's presidency, particularly in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic and then as trump and his supporters spread false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, twi

mcconnell rightly explained that the public needs to know about everything what caused and occurred on january 6 to inform the american people and legislative reform proposals. the select committee needs to speak with mr. scavino. he has to fulfill his legal and moral obligation to provide testimony and documents. otherwise, he should face consequences. we must vote yes on this resolution to find him in contempt of congress. in the united states of america, no one, including mr. scavino, is above the law. i yield back, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from mississippi reserves his time. the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. . ms. cheney: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i know my colleague and friend, mr. armstrong, knows very well that, first of all, the executive privilege is a qualified privilege. secondly, former president trump has not exerted executive privilege. third, i have tremendous respect obviously for justice cavanaugh, but my colleagues continue to quote justice kavanaugh without noting that the opinion in the d.c. circuit, which was upheld by the supreme court, in that opinion the judge found a number of things, including,

mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. menendez. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley. mr. merkley, aye. mr. moran. mr. moran voted in the negative. mrs. murkowski. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. murphy. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. murray. mrs. murray, aye. mr. ossoff. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. padilla. mr. padilla, aye. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman. mr. portman, no. mr. reed. mr. reed, aye. mr. risch. mr. risch, no. mr. romney. mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen. ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds. mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio. mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders. mr. sanders, aye. mr. sasse, no. mr. schatz, mr. schatz, aye. mr. schumer. mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby. mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema. ms. sinema, aye. ms. smith. ms. smith the aye. mrs. stabenow. mrs. stabenow, aye. mr. sullivan. mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester. mr. tester, aye. mr. thune. mr. thune, no. mr. tillis. mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey. mr. toomey, no. mr. tauber bill. mr. tuberville, no. mr. van hollen. mr. va

mr. mcconnell: he insisted the radical left would not be calling the shots on his watch. but when it came to one of the most consequential decisions a president can make, a lifetime appointment to our highest court, the biden administration let the radicals run the show. with washington democrats in power, the far left got the reckless inflationary spending they wanted. the far left has gotten the insecure border they wanted. and today the far left will get the supreme court justice they wanted. the fringe activists who demand partisan court-packing, attack the justices, and describe our constitution as trash made up their minds from the start of this administration. if a supreme court vacancy should arise, they wanted one nominee and one nominee only, judge jackson. they spent dark money to promote this person specifically. they pushed her for the d.c. circuit. then they badgered justice breyer to quit. in february one of these groups announced judge jackson would be the nominee before president biden actually did make the announcement. so think about that for a moment.

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. nnell: i ask consent that further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: the american people are seriously worried about the direction our economy is headed. just between january and march the share of people reporting higher living costs as the most important problem facing our country actually doubled. so did the share of those most worried about the price of gas. consumer price hikes have now set new 40-year records, multiple months in a row. more and more american families are feeling the pinch. and seven in ten say they do not like how president biden is handling it. it was clear from the start that the biden administration's war on affordable energy would punish american consumers. and even liberal economists warned that flooding our economy with partisan spending could trigger broad inflation. sure enough, american families are now -- have now endured nine straight months of inflation above a 5% annual pace. and

mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: here's a quote from candidate biden's campaign website in 2020, quote, the u.s. has a right and a duty to secure our borders and protect our people against threats, end quote. well, that was then, this is now. the biden administration's weak border policies set a new record in 2021. customs andcustoms and border pn had to make, listen to this, two million, two million arrests. and it doesn't appear that that new record will last long. 2022 is already trending even worse. c.b.p. is currently seeing about 7,000 encounters every single day, and they fear they could see as many as 18,000 per day, a truly staggering figure. to put this in perspective, president obama's former d.h.s. secretary jeh johnson has reflected that a daily count above 1,000, above 1,000 was, quote, a relatively bad number, and i was going to be in a bad mood the whole day, reflecting back on his experience. now we're at seven times that figure and still climbing.