mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: twice in the last week, president biden has suggested that inflation was 9% when he took office and claimed credit for bringing it down. "the washington post" gave him a rating of four pinocchios for that very tall tale. in reality, inflation in january of 2021 was 1.4%. as of this month, prices have increased 20% since then. by one estimate -- listen to this -- the average u.s. household has to spend an additional $1,074 every month to keep up the same standard of living they had when president biden took office. the numbers don't lie and neither do the american people. they know nonsense when they hear it. a 32-year-old engineer from nevada who voted for the president in 2020 told reporters he's frustrated with the way the white house frames the economy. here's what he had to say. it's concerning to me when i keep seeing press come out of

mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. order. under the previous order, the motion to c-- to reconsider sr considered made and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the the clerk will report motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 570, sanket jayshukh bulsara, of new york, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of new york, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are mandatory -- by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of sanket jayshukh bulsara, of new york, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of new york, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. the clerk: mr. schumer mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, capito, cardin, cramer, crapo, duckworth, durbin, hickenlooper, klobuchar, lankford, lummis, marshall, murray, schatz, schumer, sinema. mr. coons, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, fischer, hyde-smith, johnson, rounds, schmitt, tuberville, vance. mr. murphy, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk:

mr. mcconnell: for months, lead corners of american education have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. unfortunately, they're still finding new ways to embarrass themselves with vile anti-semitic radicalism. beginning of course with yet more alarming declarations like "burn tel aviv to the ground." freedom for palestine means death to america. the 7th of october is going to be everyday for you. the student radicals behind hateful chants like "from it the river to the sea -- from the river to the sea" have proven to be incoherently ecumenical. they've chanted "long live hamas." sunni terrorist group. and waved flags supporting a shia terrorist group hezbollah and the terrorist group the popular front for the liberation of palestine. they've been joined on the picket lines by faculty members, for whom radical anti-semitism is merely an extension of their day jobs in post-modern indoctrination. last week columbia's encampment was even visited by a member of congress who accused some jewish students of being, quote, pro-genocide. it's unclear whether the student radicals or the shadowy gr

mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. i am proud very proud the first country to recognize israel we have been steadfast allies in support one another time spoke prosperous and challenging. however, this year's israeli independence day came during a time of great turmoil. israel battled horses but waged war against them since october 7. we join as they mourn the loss 1200 israelis killed in that initial attack and pray for the safe return of hostages still kept in captivity and hamas. his long-standing u.s. israel relationship is now becoming unnecessarily strained by president biden's left to appease those in his party do not support the state of israel. democracy and freedom in the middle east. october 7 attacks marks the most horrific attack israel has suffered the founding and deadliest day for the jewish people as the holocaust. how do we get to this? seen all across our college campuses. we saw president biden clap along to these demands again as he delivered commencement address just this past weekend. what's even

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, kelly, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, reed, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warner, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. schatz, aye. senators voting in the negative -- brit -- britt, ernst, grassley, johnson, lummis, marshall, moran, paul, rounds, schmitt, sullivan, tuberville, and wicker. mr. warnock, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. scott of flor

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, buicker, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, crapo, daines, durbin, hine -- heinrich, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, markey, marshall, mcconnell, merkley, murphy, ossoff, padilla, paul, peters, risch, rosen, rounds, schatz, schumer, smith, stabenow, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, wyden, and young. mr. coons, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, brit

mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: last night, iran confirmed that its president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash. the condolences from sympathetic regimes were swift. the prc declared that the chinese people had lost a good fr friend. the kremlin mourned a reliable partner. and prime minister orban of hungary, whose government has pursued deeper trade relations with tehran, in spite of western sanctions, offered his thoughts and prayers. well, i too would like to extend my condolences to the people of iran for their long suffering under the brutal, theocratic rule of the islamic republic. i suspect a great many iranians would rather western admirers stop lionizing a man known as the butcher of tehran for executing political prisoners. they might prefer that the foreign leaders not further legitimize the regime that actively represses all of them. in the meantime, conjecture about key players in the chain of succession and the relative strength of reform and hard-line elements has already begun

mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. vote: an creepy loud our goal is to have an environment that allows technologies including ai to germinate, to bloom and to flourish. and so we think that is the major road to widespread human prosperity. we are excited to tackle the bigger problems that we think are in the united states right now. click so much so that make you a director policy specifically to that. that reflects the concern they have. >> ai has huge potential to create widespread human abundance. this new set of tools new and i have talked about in the past. but this new set of degenerative ai creates a whole new set of tools that empowers individuals to create new and powerful types of communication with each other. we think it's one of the big tools. as ai continues to be used throughout the economy we think is going to create a lot of opportunities for economic growth and personal growth were reall

mr. mcconnell, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. lee, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider

mr. mcconnell no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no.c the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 43, the nays are 50, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proved to executive session to consider calendar number 647. the presiding officer: all if favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination nuclear regulatory commission, christopher t. hanson, of michigan to be a member. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, th

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, cortez masto, crapo, cruz, daines, durbin, ernst, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hassan, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, king, lankford, markey, mcconnell, moran, mullin, murray, ossoff, paul, peters, risch, romney, rosen, rubio, schmitt, scott of florida, sinema, smith, stabenow, tillis, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cass

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. yesterday the world marked the remembrance of the capacity for evil and our obligation to combat hatred toward jews wherever it emerges. today, of course, anti-semitic hate is welling up amid the lawless radicalism on college campuses across our own country. in the physical blockades barring jewish students from getting to class, in the ransacking and occupation of campus buildings, and of course in the torrents of noxious slurs against the jewish people and the jewish state. just last week president biden finally weighed in with a belated banality order must prevail. unfortunately and unsurprisingly, this glancing finger wag hasn't exactly quelled the campus chaos or steel the spines of college administrations. the president's words haven't yet prompted local leaders in washington to send the metropolitan police department to clear out the anti-semitic vandalism convention that continues to unfold half a mile twrt white house on the -- from the white house on the campus of george was

mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. barasso, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. kaine, no. choip m -- the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the cler

mr. mcconnell. the clerk: mr. mendendez mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy.murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. risch, mr. romney, mr. sanders, mr. schatz. being mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cassidy, collins, cortez masto, crapo, heinrich, murray, padilla, sinema. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, britt, cotton, grassley, lee, sullivan, vance. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sanders,

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: the attacks of october 7 brought the world face to face with the savage terrorists who tried to destroy the jewish state for decades. they forced us all to look at what our ally, israel, has to defend against every single day. in the months since, i've insisted repeatedly that america should provide israel the time, the space, and the support it needs to defeat iran-backed terrorists and restore its security. and i've made clear that the consensus of israel's national unity war cabinet, that lasting security can only come after hamas is defeated, ought to be our position here in america as well. early on, there was reason to believe that president biden shared this view. i was encouraged by his initial willingness to move quickly to transfer needed munitions to is israel, by his requests for an emergency national security supplemental, including urgent security assistance to israel, and by what he called his administration's ironclad commitment to israel's security. unfortun

mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. booker, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. as cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. pppp. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 56, the nays are 39, the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mr. padilla: mr. president, when i was a kid growing up, the last thing i thought i'd do when i grew up was to be involved with government and politics. but when i returned home from college, i came home to california to find

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- marshall. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, blumenthal, booker, cantwell, capito, cardin, cortez masto, cruz, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, merkley, ossoff, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, smith, warnock, warren, and whitehouse. mr. carper, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. wyden, no. mr. king, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. van hollen, no. ms. collins, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. roun

mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 89. the nays are 10. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i rise to talk about the faa reauthorization bill that's pending before the senate now. i want to begin by thanking the chair of commerce, senator cantwell and ranking member senator cruz for doing something very important. it is critical that this faa reauthorization bill happen.

mr. rick buyer leader mcconnell leader mcconnell, leader jeffries, senator collins and market represent asn the stage or in the front for the photo? yes. maybe on stage so we can get everybody. [background noises] [applause] [applause] [inaudible] [background noises] ladies and gentlemen mr. bernie bluestein veteran 603 camouflage. [applause] [applause] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] >> is all of you know i am not a speaker. i came over not to make a speech but personally thank a few people who deserve my highest regards and thanks. one goes to rick byers rick started this whole thing. if it was not for rick i would not be up here along with my comrades here. he took the initiative when information was released from the government. and immediately decided to notarize a little bit and let the world know we did exist. that was quite an undertaking. he did quite a successful job. it took a lot of hard work with a lot of hard-working people. canvassing congress and getting the proper vote and getting the president to sign it. i would also like t

mr. murphy: madam president, i am deeply grateful to senator sinema, senator lankford, setor mcconnell, senator, and others who worked with us over the course of months to craft this landmark, unprecedented, bipartisan border security bill, that if enacted wouldake the biggest step that we have taken in decades to br our southwest border. it would give a shot of co find even the toughest of issues. i maybe come to a slightly concn the reason that we are here today than my veryoo■friend senator sinema and my great friend senator lankford. i think one the most important enduring values in politics is the valf persi persistence. if you believe something is import first time. we worked verycompromise. it's a good faith it's a compromise because there will be mo who will vote against it today. we solved some big problems in of time to process an slaument claim from - from ten years to a handful of weeks or months, president new powers to shut down the border when crossin gi rights to migrants, to come to the united states to work or be reunited with families. i think that was so important that we sh

leader mitch mcconnell condemned acts of anti-semitism and vandalism on college campuses in the ongoing protests over the israel-hamas war. their remarks run about 15 minutes. sen. schumer: mr. president, i'd like to begin today by saying a few things about the protests at columbia university. smashing windows with hammers, taking over university buildings, is not free speech. it is lawlessness. and those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not merely a slap on the rest. free speech, discussion, and even strong disagreement are fundamental american values and campuses should be places where those values are cherished. campuses cannot be places of learning and argument and discussion when protests veer into criminality. and those who commit such acts are doing nothing to convince others that their cause is just. it is also unacceptable when jewish students are targeted for being jewish. when protests exhibit verbal abuse. systemic intimidation, or glorification of the murderous and hateful hamas for the violence of october 7. as i said in my speech here on the floor last november, and many times since, that is anti-semitism. it is loath full, it is unac

. >> on the senate floors senators chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and john cornyn address ongoing protests. this is 25 minutes. >> mr. president, i would like to begin by saying a few things about protests at colombia university. smashing windows with hammers

mr. antin, many specialists miss this nuance in the emotions of war. it is clear that it is easier to cut out certain words. take them out of context, so mcconnell and blinkenre right. there are several questions here. mcconnell's position, what is more: the desire to help ukraine, or to influence the election campaign? what else is in blinken's position? it is planned to help ukraine, attention, whether to continue the dialogue with moscow. we are with you we can only count it. from the point of view of analytics, because we lack facts, we don't know when mcconnell and donald trump are talking, and we also don't know how things are resolved today. the problems of the international space station between washington and moscow, in what way is the dialogue on the implementation of today, because it has failed, and this is a danger, how is the dialogue on the issue of nuclear balance, because it is also done, in what way we do not know, how often it is raised a direct line between washington and moscow, that is, we cannot to be ordained, because as an american congressman... he does not know what is done in the white house, you and i do not know what is done in

mcconnell saying these charges should have never been brought. and he expects them to be overturned on appeal. and senator tim scott, who is a possible running mate choice for mr. trump shared a video, calling this trial a sham. >> i can't believe the hoax, this sham, this absolute injustice justice system d.a. bragg and the judge should be astha ashamed of themselves. this isn't just ridiculous. this actually erodes the confidence that americans have in the justice system. >> reporter: and new polling out just before the verdict shows roughly two-thirds of americans said a conviction would make no difference in their vote. donald trump, he spent the evening at a fundraiser. the trump campaign says their fund raising site crashed soon after the verdict, because of an outpouring of support. frances? >> all right, thank you so much, brie. >>> turning overseas to the war in ukraine. two american officials tell nbc news, president biden secretly gave ukraine permission to use u.s. weapons to strike inside russia. it comes a day after secretary of state antony blinken seemed to leave the door open for the policy shift. the officials say biden's decision only applie

mr. antin, this nuance in the emotions of war. very many experts miss, it is clear that it is easier to cut out certain words, to take them out of context, so mcconnelld blinken are right. there are several questions here. in mcconnell's position, what is more important: the desire to help ukraine or to influence the election campaign? what else is in blinken's position, is it planned to help ukraine? attention, should we continue the dialogue with moscow? you and i can count it only from a point of view analysts, because we do not have enough inventory. we do not know about the conversations between mcconnell and donald trump, and we also do not know how the problems of the international space station between washington and moscow are being resolved today, and how the dialogue on implementation is being conducted today, because it has failed. it is a danger, how the dialogue on the issue of the nuclear balance takes place, because this is also done, in what way we do not know, how often the telephone of direct communication between washington and moscow is picked up, that is, we cannot be initiated, because just as an american congressman does not k

mcconnell was a little tougher. >> i said to him what i just said to you a while ago, mr.sident, you caused this problem. >> chad: a test vote comes thursday, 60 yeas are needed to break a filibuster. it's expected to fail. bret? >> bret: chad pergram up on the hill. chad, thanks. up next, one democrat, one republican, we seek common ground. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 2 in detroit as police clear anti-israel protesters at the university of michigan. video shows police pepper spraying protesters and demonstrated clashes with officers. there were four reported arrests for resisting and obstructing. fox 31 in denver as a colorado man pleads guilty to torching an innocent family's home in the middle of the night killing five people, including a toddler and a baby. the crime by kevin buoy is said to have been out of revenge for the theft of his cell phone. authorities say none of the victims had anything to do with the stolen phone. and this is a live look at philadelphia from fox 29, our affiliate there. one of th

mr. antin, this nuance in the emotions of the war are missed by many experts, it is clear that... it is easier to cut out certain words, take them out of context, therefore mcconnellnd blinken are right, there are several questions here, mcconnell’s position, what is more, the desire to help ukraine or influence the election the campaign, which is more in blinken's position, it is planned to help ukraine, attention, whether to continue the dialogue with moscow, you and i... we can count it only from the point of view of analytics, because we do not have enough facts. we don't know when mcconnell and donald trump are talking. likewise, we do not know which one the way in which the problems of the international space station between washington and moscow are being solved today, in which way the dialogue on the implementation of the dnyaz is conducted, because it has failed, and this is a danger. how does the dialogue on the issue of nuclear balance take place? but this is also done, in what way we do not know how often the telephone of direct communication between washington and moscow is picked up, that is, we cannot be initiated, because since the american congres

mr. speaker, we have heard about the senate bill, that it wasn't strong enough. it was strong enough so that senator mcconnell supported it. senator lankford, one of the most conservative senators in the senate, supported it. and it was going to pass until the -- until president trump said i don't want this problem solved. i want and issue for the election. then suddenly it was stopped. then we're tolled -- then we're told about h.r. 2. h.r. 2 was such a terrible bill that it couldn't get more than 32 votes in the senate, a senate with 49 republican senators. so don't tell me about 2. -- about h.r. 2. mr. speaker this resolution is checked in language ostensibly honoring law enforcement but tls really just another excuse for republicans to play politics with the southern border and to sound tough without actually doing anything. and i'm glad that the kind of thing they're talking about doing isn't being done. they said turn back to president trump. president trump separated thousands of children from tear parents. little children. many of whom even today cannot be identified and returned to their parents. i d

mr. mcconnell: for months, lead corners of american education have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. unfortunately, they're still finding

. >> on the senate floors senators chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and john cornyn address ongoing protests. this is 25 minutes. >> mr. president, i would like to begin by saying a few things about protests at colombia university. smashing windows with hammers and taking over university buildings is not free speech. it is lawlessness and those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not nearly a slap on the wrist. free speech discussion and even strong disagreement are fundamental american values and campuses should be places where those values are cherished, campuses cannot be places of learning and argument and discussion when protests veer into criminality and those who commit such acts are doing nothing to convince others that their cause is just. it is also unacceptable when jewish students are targeted for being where she wishes and protests exhibit verbal abuse, systematic intimidation or glorification of the murders and hateful hamas with violence of october 7th. as i said in my speech on the floor last november and many times since,

leader mitch mcconnell condemned acts of anti-semitism and vandalism on college campuses in the ongoing protests over the israel-hamas war. their remarks run about 15 minutes. sen. schumer: mr. president, i'd like to begin today by saying a few things about the protests at columbia university. smashing windows with hammers, taking over university buildings, is not free speech. it is lawlessness. and those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not merely a slap on the rest. free speech, discussion, and even strong disagreement are fundamental american