mrs. mitchell. >> well, we have a filibuster but not a single answer. >> mrs. hell. >> judge, do you have still have your calendar there? >> i do. >> i would like you to look at the july 1 entry. >> yes. >> the entry says and i quote, go to jimmy's for skis with judge, tom, p.j., bernie and squi. >> it's a nickname. >> to what does this refer and to whom? >> so first, says tobin's houseworkout. that's one of the football workouts; that he would have that the doctor would run for guys on the football team. during the summer. so we would be there. that's usually 6:00 to 8:00 or so, near dark. then it looks like we went over to timmy's. you want to know their last names too? i'm happy to do it. >> if you could identify, is judge mark judge? >> it is. >> and is p.j. p.j. smyth? >> it's tim gaudett and chris garrett. >> chris garrett is sqi? >> it is. >> did you document social gatherings like house parties or gathering of friends in your calendar? >> yes. certainly appears that way. that's what it's doing in the summer of 1982. you can see that reflected on several

mr. mitchell. mr. mitchell: thank you chairman graves for the opportunity to testify in this hearing and thank you for coming today. i thank you for service to our nation and service in the corps of engineers. i appreciate the efforts of your staff before you came. they looked at the economic analysis to talk about the analysis. i have a fair amount of water around me in the great lakes, but important water. this hearing is an example of congress and the administration working together to meet infrastructure improvements. only two wayward members didn't understand the importance of the water resources development act and that is quite a feat around here. is a your the lock critical source of infrastructure in this nation. 1985, congress authorized a new ock, because we only have one. and nearly all domestic iron ore goes through that lock because it acome dates freighters. it is an economic concern and my appreciation for sitting down in talking about the economic assumptions that were going in that rep

mrs. mitchell, you have my five minutes to ask questions. >> morning dr. ford. >> hi. >> we haven't met, my name is rachel mitchell. >> nice to meet you. >> i just wanted to tell you the first thing that struck me from your statement this morning was that you were terrified and i just wanted to let you know i'm very sorry. that's not right. >> thank you. >> i know this is stressful and so i would like to set forth some guidelines that maybe we'll alleviate that a little bit. if i ask you a question that you don't understand, please ask me to clarify it. or ask it in a different way. when i ask questions sometimes i'll refer back to other information you've provided. if i do that, i may get it wrong, please correct me. >> okay. >> i'm not going to ask you to guess. i know it was a long time ago. if you do estimate please let me know that you're estimating. okay. >> fair. >> we've put before you and i'm sure you have copies of them any way five pieces of information and i wanted to go over them. the first is a screen shot of a what's app texting between you a

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i want to point out that to support what senator whitehouse said in the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell, will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, the "washington post"

mr. mitchell was following. i think a lot of people don't realize that you chose to come forward about your concerns about judge kavanaugh before he was nominated to the supreme court. do i understand correctly that when you first reached out to congresswoman eshoo, that was when he was on the short list but before he was nominated? dr. blasey ford: correct. your testimony says you were motivated by a sense of civic duty and the hope that some other highly qualified nominee might be picked. not out of a motivation in the late stage to have an impact on the final decision. i sawasey ford: correct, it was very important to get the information to you, but i didn't know how to do it while there was still a short list of candidates. >> thank you, doctor. according to the justice department, two thirds of sexual assault survivors do not report their results. i would be interested to hear from you on this because you bore this alone for a long time and it would be helpful for us to understand the ways that has impacted

mr. mitchell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. mitchell: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the two minutes. i'm changing my comments because i was offended by the last speaker. see, i grew up in a family that many mom worked at the salvation army. and in my district alone, people get to keep $2,700 of the money they earned in their pocket rather than sent to the federal government so our colleagues on the other side of the aisle could find a way to spend it. the tax cuts and jobs act was the first major reforms and major tax cuts in 31 years. i was young the last time congress was able to actually do something about taxing people. taxing money that they earned. so we could figure out how to smend it here and some days i'm convinced not well. since that tax cut, jobs have grown, as has noted unemployment is down record levels. across all demographics. so the class warfare kind of of -- kind of amazes me. this week we're building on a cheefments by advancing three critical pieces of legislation. first, the bill now of the american

mr. -- mitchell about gaps in her memory. for that she does not know the address or the exact date of the party. others, who were at that they h no memory or knowledge of such a party? >> i do not expect that pj would remember this evening. it was a very unremarkable party. it was not one of their more notorious parties. nothing remarkable happened to them that evening. they were downstairs. >> doctor ford, with what degree of certainty you believe kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> reporter: ford! why she kept quiet about that night. >> i was too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone these details. i did not want to tell my parents that i come at age 15, was in a house without any parents present drinking beer with voice. i convinced myself that because brett did not reap me i should just move on and pretend that it did not happen. >> reporter: after a break, kavanaugh followed with his testimony. >> i'm not questioning that doctor ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person, in someplace, at some time. i have never d

mrs. mitchell, you have five minutes to ask questions. >> good morning dr. ford. we have not met. my name is rachel mitchell. >> nice to meet you. >> i wanted to tell you, the first thing that struck me from your statement, is that you are terrified. i wanted to let you know, i am very sorry, that is not right. i know this is stressful. so i would like to set forth guidelines that may alleviate that a little bit. if i ask you a question you do not understand, please ask me to clarify it or ask it in a different way. questions,d sometimes i will refer back to other information you have provided. if i do that and i get it wrong, please correct me. i will not ask you to guess. i know it was a long time ago. if you estimate, please let me know you are estimating, ok? >> fair. >> we have put before you and i'm sure you have copies of them anyway, five pieces of information. i wanted to go over them. the first is a screenshot of a whatsapp texting between you and someone at the washington post. do you have that in front of you? >> yes. were sent bytwo you on july 6, correct? >> correct.

mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case. >> can we hear from dr. ford? >> george bush ordered the investigation be opened again. >> dr. mitchell, will you p proceed for senator lee? >> thank you mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16 article that you did show them therapist notes, is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the note. >> okay. >> but i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay, thank you. >> you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter for "the washington post"? >> again, i don't remember if i showed her, like, something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i can't -- i don't know for sure. but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 reco

mrs. mitchell. >> good afternoon, judge kavanaugh. we have not met. my name is rachel mitchell. i'd like to go over a couple of guidelines for our question and answer session today. if i ask a question -- >> i'm ready. >> if i ask a question that you do not understand, please ask me to clarify it or ask it in a different way. i may ask a question where i incorporate some information that you have already provided. if i get it wrong, please correct me. i'm not going to ask you to guess. if you do estimate, please let me know you're estimating. i want to make sure that all of the committee members have gotten a copy of the definition of sexual behavior. >> yes. at least i have one. >> okay. >> we all do. >> and you have that as well? judge kavanaugh? >> yeah. >> okay. first of all, have you been given or reviewed a copy of the questions that i will be you? >> no. >> has anyone told you the questions that i will be asking you. >> no. >> i want you to take a moment to review the definition before you of sexual behavior. have you had a chance to review it? >> i have. i may refer back

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i want to point out that to support what senator whitehouse said in the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell, will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, the "washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them therapist notes. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. >> okay. >> perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the note. >> okay. >> but i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay. thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from the "washington post"? >> again, i don't remember if i showed her, like, something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i can't -- i don't know for sure. i certainly spoke wit

mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell -- >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, and the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford? >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> ms. mitchell, will you per proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. perhaps my counsel dead, i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the notes. but i don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay, thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from "the washington post"? >> again, i don't remember. i showed her something that i summarized, or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i don't know for sure. but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 record with the individual ther

and a five minute round and so we will start with mr mitchell. good afternoon judge kavanagh we have not met my name is rachel mitchell i'd like to go over a couple of guidelines for our question and answer session today if i ask a question. you know already but if i ask a question if i ask a question that you do not understand please ask me to clarify it or ask it in a different way. i may ask a question where i incorporate some information you've already provided if i get it wrong please correct me i'm not going to ask you to guess if you do estimate please let me know your estimate. and i want to make sure that all of the committee members have gotten a copy of the definition of sexual behavior. at least i have one. and you have that as well judge cavanagh yeah ok first of all have you been given or reviewed a copy of the questions that i will be asking you now has anyone told you the questions that i will be asking you now i want you to take a moment to review the definition of this before you have sexual behavior. and you had a chance to rev

mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case. >> can we hear from dr. ford? >> george bush ordered the investigation be opened again. >> dr. mitchell, will you p proceed for senator lee? >> thank you mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16 article that you did show them therapist notes, is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the note. >> okay. >> but i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay, thank you. >> you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter for "the washington post"? >> again, i don't remember if i showed her, like, something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i can't -- i don't know for sure. but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 reco

mr. cha >> now, ms. mitchell for senator graham and then it's my understanding that that's where you'd like to take a break. >> does that work for you? does that work for you as well? >> we're here to accommodate you. not to accommodate us. >> i'm used to being collegial. >> miss mitchell for senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you told senator feinstein in your letter that you and four others we present. you've corrected that today to say it was at ast four others. when you were interviewed by the "washington post" you said that there were four boys present at the party. and then in your polygraph statement you said there wer four boys and two girls.wo when you sayirls, was that you and anotr oregon two other girls. >> that was me and one other girl. >> that other girl's name. >> leland. >> leland kaiser now? >> correct. >> then would it be fair to say at least p.j., brett kavanaugh, mark judge, leland ingram at the ti and yourself were prese and possibly others? >> and one other boy. there were four boy

mr. mitchell expected some type of payment, more than two ramen noodles, and he refused and that's when the fight broke out. >> either way, the practice is a violation of jail rules. >> lean over and blink. >> [ bleep ]. >> both beevers and mitchell will soon admit with disciplinary officer hale who will determine how much time they will each get in segregation. a solitary confinement unit where, among other things, they're locked in their cells 23 hours per day. >> they're not allowed visits, they're not allowed to go to the gym, they're not allowed to have books. the only thing they can have is legal material that pertains to their case. >> most inmates don't like to fight. but some relish the violence. >> i love a fight. >> are you good at it? >> fighting? i never been beat. call me the white tyson. >> brian voltz is currently serving six months for an act of violence. though the victim was anything but a heavyweight. he admits an argument with the mother of one of his sons got out of hand. but denies injuring her. still, he pled guilty to domestic abuse and returned to louisville metro

mr. mitchell for senator tillis. >> dr.id anyone help you with the choice on who to choose? >> various people referred me to lawyers that they knew in the washington, d.c. area. as you know i grew up in this area so i asked some family members and friends and they referred me to divorce attorneys that might know somebody that might know somebody and i ended up interviewing several law firms from the d.c. area. >> did anybody besides friends and family refer you to any attorneys? >> i think that the staff of dianne feinstein office suggested the possibility of some attorneys. >> including the two that are sitting beside you? >> not both of them, no. >> okay. we've heard a lot about fbi investigations, when did you, personally, first request an fbi investigati investigati investigation? >> i guess when i first started talking about the possibility of hearing. i was hoping there would be a more thorough investigation. >> would that investigation have been something that you would have submitted to an interview? >> i would be h

mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell -- >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from ms. mitchell. >> -- george bush had the investigation opened up again. >> can you proceed, ms. mitchell. >> thank you, mr. chairman.

mr. chairman. >> ms. mitchell. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out that to support what senator whitehouse said, in the anita hill case, george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> ms. mitchell will you proceed for senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman.

mr. chairman. >> ms. mitchell for senator hatch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. when we were stopped, you were going to tell us a third correction that you wanted to make on that statement, or i'm sorry, the letter to senator feinstein. >> it wasn't a correction, but i wanted to comment on it since we were looking at this letter. that i did see mark judge once at the potomac village safeway after the time of the attack, and it would be helpful with anyone's resources if to figure out when he worked there, if people are wanting more details from me about when the attack occurred, if we could find out when he worked there, then i could provide a more detailed timeline as to when the attack occurred. >> okay, and that -- so that is not a correction in your statement. >> no. >> okay. you also wrote out a hand-written statement for the polyg rfer when he took your polygraph test, is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. and i see corrections on that where you crossed out, so i will go on to "the washington post" article that was originally published on september 16th of this

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell for senator hatch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. when we were stopped, you were going to tell us a third correction that you wanted to make on that statement, or, i'm sorry, the letter to senator feinstein. >> it wasn't a correction. but i just made the comment on it, since we were looking at this letter, that i did see mark judge once at the potomac village safeway after the time of the attack. and it would be helpful with anyone's resources to figure out when he worked there. people are wanting more details from me about when the attack occurred. if we could find out when he worked there, then i could provide a more detailed time line as 0 when the attack occurred. >> okay. so, that is not a correction in your statement? >> it's just -- no. >> okay. you also wrote out a handwritten statement for the polygraph test, is that correct? >> yes. >> i see corrections on that where you crossed out. so, i will go on to "the washington post" article. >> okay. >> that was originally published on september 16th of this year. >> should i just

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell percent or hatch. -- for senator hatch. >> thank you mr. chairman. when we had stopped, you're going to tell us a third correction you wanted to make on that statement. i'm sorry, the letter? >> it was not a correction but a comment on it. mark judge went to the potomac village safeway after the attack, it would be helpful with any resources to figure out when he worked there, that people are wanting more details from me about when the attack occurred, we could find out when he worked there and i could provide more detailed timeline as to when the attack occurred. >> ok. so that is not a correction in your statement? >> no. a you also wrote out handwritten statement for the calligrapher when you took your polygraph test, correct? >> yes. seecy corrections -- i corrections on that where you crossed out. i will go on to the washington post article originally published on september 16 of this year. >> should i not look at this for accuracy or -- we believe that the? >> we may come back to it. on the washington post article, do you submit to an interview

mr. chairman -- >> ms. mitchell -- >> mr. o point out, to support what senator whitehouse said, and the anita hill case -- >> can we hear from dr. ford? >> george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> ms. mitchell, will you per proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that y

mr. mitchell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. mitchell: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman shuster. i rise today in support of the america's water infrastructure act, a critical piece of legislation that authorizes water infrastructure projects across our nation. one particular project is near and dear to my heart, critical to the state of michigan, and our national economy and security. the sue locks. this lock is the only waterway, only connection between lake superior anti-rest of the great lakes anti-st. lawrence seaway. that one lock, accommodates almost all of the shipping of iron orr, many other goods from the minnesota through the great lakes. if that lock fails, the damage is instantaneous. the economic damage, people will lose their jobs within the first 90 days, a risk to national security. that's why construction of a second lock is vital. this upgrade was authorized over 30 years ago. i guess it shouldn't surprise us it's languished a bit. we now you have bipartisan support, both sides of the aisle supporting

mr. mitchell, for 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mitchell: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of h.r. 6. the opioid crisis has impacted every community in order to effectively combat the crisis we must have a comprehensive response plan. this invudes a version of my amendment to track federal funding for drug control efforts and know where the money is being spent, how it's being used and if it's working. i support this bill and i ask my colleagues to do as well. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: mr. knight is coming from -- we have heard from doctor and family members and someone who has a distinguished career in law enforcement. mr. knight. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. knight: as a police officer and street cop in l.a., i have seen the problems that the opioid epidemic has done to our communities. it has literally destroyed families and hurt our communities to no end. h.r. 6 is a much needed disp

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell, for senator hatch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. when we were stopped, you were going to tell us a third correction that you wanted to make on that statement? or i'm sorry the letter to senator feinstein. >> it wasn't a correction. but i just wanted to comment on it since we're looking at this letter. that i did see mark judge once at the potomac village safeway after the time of the attack and it would be helpful with anyone's resources if -- to figure out when he worked there, if people are wanting more details from me about when the attack occurred, if we could find out when he worked there, then i could provide a more detailed timeline as to when the attack occurred. >> okay. and that is -- so that is not a correction in your statement -- >> it is just -- no. >> okay. you also wrote out a handwritten statement for the calligrapher when you took your polygraph test, is that correct. >> yes. >> and i see corrections on that where you crossed out so i will go on to the washington post article that was originally published on septem

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell go forward. >> mr. t want to point out to support what senator whitehouse -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell? >> okay. >> dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at a party. did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> yes, we drank beer. my friends and i. boys and girls. yes, we drank beer. i liked beer. still like beer. we drank beer. the drinking age as i noted was 18 so the seniors were legal. senior year in high school, people were legal to drink. and we -- yeah, we drank beer and i said sometimes -- sometimes probably had too many beers and sometimes other people had too many beers. we drank bee rerr. we liked beer. >> what do you consider to be too many beers? >> i don't know. you know, we -- whatever the chart says. blood alcohol chart. >> when you talk to fox news the other night, you said there were times in high school when people might have had too many beers on occasion. does that include you? >> sure. >> have you ever passed out from drinking? >> passed out would be no, but i've gone to sleep. i've never blacked out. that's the allegation. and that's wrong. >> so let's talk about your time in high school. in high school, after d

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell go forward. >> mr. chairman, i just want to point out to support what senator whitehouse -- >> can we hear from dr. ford. >> george bush ordered the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them therapist notes. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. >> okay. >> perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy the ♪ >> i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy those medical records. >> okay. thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from "the washington post"? >> i don't remember if i showed her something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i can't, i don't know for sure but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 record with the individual therapist. >> brett ka

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell, for senator hatch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. when we were stopped, you were going to tell us a third correction that you wanted to make on that statement? or i'm sorry the letter to senator feinstein. >> it wasn't a correction. but i just wanted to comment on it since we're looking at this letter. that i did see mark judge once at the potomac village safeway after the time of the attack and it would be helpful with anyone's resources if -- to figure out when he worked there, if people are wanting more details from me about when the attack occurred, if we could find out when he worked there, then i could provide a more detailed timeline as to when the attack occurred. >> okay. and that is -- so that is not a correction in your statement -- >> it is just -- no. >> okay. you also wrote out a handwritten statement for the calligrapher when you took your polygraph test, is that correct. >> yes. >> and i see corrections on that where you crossed out so i will go on to the washington post article that was originally published on septem

mr. chairma >> miss mitchell. >> d ford has described you as being intoxicated at a part did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> yes, we drank beer. my friends and i, boys and gis. yes, we drank beer. i liked beer. i still like beer. we drank beer. the drinking age as i noted was 18, so the seniors were legal, senior year iol high sc people were legal to drink. yeah, we drank beer and i said sometimes -- sometimes probably bhad too manyrs and sometimes other people had too many beers. >> what do you -- >> we drank beer. we liked beer. >> what do youonsider to be too many beers? >> i don't know. you know, whatever the chart says. blood alcohol chart. >> when you talked tos therniou sdt noxes there were t in high school when people might have had too many beers on toccasion. dot include you? >> sure. have you ever passed out from drinking?se >> p out would be no, but i've gone to sleep. but i've never blacked out. that's the allegation. that's wrong. >> so let's talk abouttime in high school. in high school after drinking, did you ever wake up in a different location than

mr. chairman. i just want to point out to support what senator whitehouse said in the anita hill case, george bush ordered that the investigation be opened again. >> miss mitchell, will you proceed for senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford, "the washington post" reported in their september 16th article that you did show them the therapist notes. is that incorrect? >> i don't remember physically showing her a note. perhaps my counsel did. i don't remember physically showing her my copy of the note. i just don't remember. i'm sorry. i have retrieved a physical copy of those medical records. >> okay. thank you. you also attended individual therapy. did you show any of those notes to the reporter from "the washington post"? >> again, i don't remember if i showed her something that i summarized or if i just spoke about it. or if she saw it in my counsel's office. i don't know for sure, but i certainly spoke with her about the 2013 record with the individual therapist. >> and brett kavanaugh's name is not in those notes, is that correct? >> correct. >> okay. in reading "the washington post" article, it mentions that this incident that we are here about co

mr. chairman. >> ms. mitchell? >> dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at a party. >> judge kavanaugh seemed to be sort of unable to control himself for some of his hearing this afternoon. and you heard the start of the questioning there that came after. after that interaction with dianne feinstein, screaming at senator feinstein, not really getting her questions and he is sort of interrupting, rung off on tangents and we don't really know where they're going. he then seems to get mikd up or sort of stuck answering questions questions about drinking. and it's hard to tell watching this part of the hearing, watching him talk about drinking during this part of the hearing if judge kavanaugh was finding those particular question just too difficult to answer, or if they weren't necessarily hard questions, but he was just finding it too hard to contain himself, finding it so difficult to contain his emotions that he just couldn't get his answers out. >> i drank beer with my friends. almost everyone did. sometimes i

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell. >> dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at a party. did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> we drank beer, my friends and i, boys and girls. yes, we drank beer. i liked beer. still like beer. we drank beer, drinking age as i noted was 18. seniors were legal. senior year in high school people were legal to drink. we drank beer. i said sometimes, sometimes, probably had too many beers and sometimes other people had too many beers. we drank beer. we liked beer. >> what do you consider to be too many beers? >> i don't know. you know, whatever the chart says. blood-alcohol chart. >> when you talked to fox news the other night you said that there were times in high school when people might have had too many beers on occasion. does that include you? >> sure. >> have you ever passed out from drinking? >> passed out would be no, i have gone to sleep. never blacked out the allegation, and, that's wrong. >> talk about your time in high school. in high school, after drinking did you ever wake up in a different location than you r

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell. >> dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at a party. did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> yes, we drank beer. my friends and i, the boys and girls, yes, we drank beer. i liked beer. i still like beer. we drank beer. the drinking age as i noted was 18 so the seniors were legal, senior year in high school people were legal to drink, and, yeah, we drank beer and i said sometimes -- sometimes probably had too many beers and sometimes other people had team beers. we drink beer. we liked beer. >> what do you consider to be too many beers? >> i don't know. you know, we -- whatever the chart says, blood-alcohol chart. >> when you talked to fox news the other night you said that there were times in high school when people might have had too many piebeers on occasion. does that include you? >> sure. >> okay. have you ever passed out from drinking? >> passed out would be -- no, but i've gone to sleep, but i've never blacked out, that's the allegation and -- and that -- that's wrong. >> so let's talk about your time in high sch

mr. chairman. >> ms. mitchell? >> dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at a party. did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> yes, we drank beer. my friends and i. the boys and girls. yes, we drank beer. i liked beer. still like beer. we drank beer. the drinking age was 18 so the seniors were legal. senior year in high school, people were legal to drink. and we -- yeah, we drank beer and i said sometimes -- sometimes probably had too many beers and sometimes other people had too many beers. we drank beer. we liked beer. >> what do you consider to be too many beers? >> i don't know. you know, whatever the chart says on blood alcohol chart. >> when you talked to fox news the other night you said that there were times in high school when people might have had too many beers on occasion. does that include you? >> sure. >> okay. have you ever passed out from drinking? >> passed out would be, no, but i've gone to sleep, but i've never blacked out. that's the allegation, and that -- that's wrong. >> so let's talk about your time in high school. in high schoo

mr. chairman. >> frank -- miss mitchell for senator flake. >> we heard this morning, several times, that you took a polygraph august 7. is that right?>> i believe so. it is the day was fine from bwi to manchester, new hampshire.>> why did you decide to take a an not to do it.>> were you advised to do that? >> you are seeming to call four medications between counsel and quite client and i do not think you mean to do that. if you do, you she should not have to answer that.>> counsel, could you let her answer the extent to which she does not violate the relationship between you and dr. ford? slot based on the advice of the council, i was happy to undergo the polygraph test, although i found it extremely stressful. it is longer than anticipated. i told my whole polygraphs in y >> never. >> you want to see a judgment by the name of jeremiah hennepin. to serve as a polygrapher. can anyone advise you on that choice? >> yes. i believe his name was jerry.>> jerry hannah fenn?>> yes. selected anyone advise you on the choice? >> i did not to say myself he was the person that came to do the polygrap

ms mitchell for senator graham. thank you, mr chairman.esent at the party and then in your polygraph statement, you said there were four boys and two girls. when you say, two girls, was that you and another for two other girls? me and one other girl. and the other girl's name? the lens. -- leland. so would it be fair to say that at least pj, brett kavanaugh, mark judge, ingram and yourself are present, and possibly others? and one other boy, there were four boys, but i don't know the name of the other boy. have you been contacted by anybody saying, hey, i was at the party, to? no, i haven't talked with anyone from that party. ok. now, you've been about what happened when she got up the stairs and so i don't need to go through that again. sorry, ijust need to go through that again. sorry, i just realised need to go through that again. sorry, ijust realised assets and that was inaccurate. i said i haven't spoken with anyone from the party, i have spoken with leland. thank you for correcting that, i appreciate that. you have gone into detail

mitchell for senator. -- >> thank you mr. chairman.hen we were stopped, you are going to tell us a third correction that you wanted to make understatement -- the letter to senator. feinstein. like it was not a correction for the comment as we were looking at the letter, that i did see mark judge the potomac village safeway after the attack. it would be helpful with anyone's resources to figure out when he works there, and people are wanting more details from me about when the attack occurred. if we could find out what he worked there then i could provide more detail timeline as to when the attack occurred. >> that is not a correction in your statement? >> no. >> you also wrote out a handwritten statement for the polygrapher when you took your polygraph test? is that correct? >> yes. like i see corrections on that were you crossed out. i will go on to the washington post article that was originally published september 16. >> should i not look at this? >> we may come back to it if you need to refer to it.>> on the washington post article

mr. chairman. >> miss mitchell? >> okay. >> dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at a party. did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> yes, we drank beer. my friends and i. boys and girls. yes, we drank beer. i liked beer. still like beer. we drank beer. the drinking age as i noted was 18 so the seniors were legal. senior year in high school, people were legal to drink. and we -- yeah, we drank beer and i said sometimes -- sometimes probably had too many beers and sometimes other people had too many beers. we drank bee rerr. we liked beer. >> what do you consider to be too many beers? >> i don't know. you know, we -- whatever the chart says. blood alcohol chart. >> when you talk to fox news the other night, you said there were times in high school when people might have had too many beers on occasion. does that include you? >> sure. >> have you ever passed out from drinking? >> passed out would be no, but i've gone to sleep. i've never blacked out. that's the allegation. and that's wrong. >> so let's talk about your time in high school. in high school, after d

mitchell, a career prosecutor with decades of experience and sensitive investigations, who was recognized with an award by arizona been a democratic goverr janet napolitano to lead expertise to this important process. it's time, mr. president for senators to from both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh under oath.

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county tour, senator grassily -- he's representing a 99 county tour and had a dq blizzard mitchell last 48 hours, mr. chairman, have been -- 48 hours ago i was in jordan, mt. -- i do a 56-county tour. it's not 99 counties that the chairman had here, mr. grassley, but 56 counties in mt.. i can tell you i hear a lot about the anxiety and concern what is going on right now in prices in our commodities, crops, white, barley, three cows per person in montana. ag this number one industry in our state. that was on tuesday. today meeting with farm bureau, just this morning, meeting with our grain growers. in fact i cut short my farm bureau meeting to get down here for the committee. in fact the farm bureau folks have lot of things to talk about. long list. good issues and they said, senator, get down to that ag committee hearing because you're talking about trade and that's our single biggs concern, -- biggest concern, that and the farm bill getting passed. i witch 95% of the world's pop laying outside of the united states our farmers and ranchers clearly see the incredible opportunity we have before us to

[applause] >> now i would like to introduce mayor john mitchell, the mayor of new bedford, massachusetts for some remarks. >> thank you, mr president. good afternoon everybody. i want to thank mayor benjamin for your leadership in the space you are one of the mayors he pushed very hard for all the mayors to sign up to the 100% renewable pledge. i want to commend jackie for her leadership as well in promoting this report and making this happen. everyone should take a close look at it's contents and spread the word. because it is a reminder of two things. that mayors are the big problems facing america and facing the world, americas mayors are meeting the challenge. secondly, those challenges are very real. i want to thank tom cochrane executive director, for being in the space for a long time before it was popular to be that way for america's mayors and the staff is well. america's mayors clock by the very nature of their job, don't have to remove themselves from the abstract and get real. we are where the rubber hits the road and every respect. and it is true of climate change in our particular case, new bedford is the bi

mitchell, a career prosecutor with decades of experience and sensitive investigations, who was recognized with an award by arizona been a democratic goverr janet napolitano to lead expertise to this important process. it's time, mr. president for senators to from both dr. ford and judge kavanaugh under oath. tomorrow we will do just that. and then it will be time to vote. >> mr. president, i i come to e floor today to join my colleagues in lifting up the voices of women across the country who, right now, are being ignored, swept aside, and attacked. and then call it on our republican colleagues to join us and do everything we can to make are heard, listen to, and respected as we debate and deliberate over judge kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. mr. president, recently i was back home in washington state to talk to my constituents about the supreme court nomination, and i many women named caitlin who bravely told me, and others, about her experience of the sexually assaulted. she shared her story. it was july 2016. she had gone to the concert that evening and she was sexually assaulted that night. it was how she explained what happened after that i want to share today. she said, and i quote, as a sexua