mr. murphy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. madam president, america has 600 billionaires. now, a billion dollars doesn't sound like a lot of money these days. president trump just signed a bill begrudgingly that has $900 billion in it, but trust me ... a billion dollars is still a whole lot of money. it's actually so much money that it's really hard to find words to describe what it looks like. but let me try. if you're, for instance, one of the half a million americans who makes the minimum wage in this nation and you're lucky enough to work 40 hours week, guess how many years you would have to work in order to get a billion dollars? 500 years? 1,000 years? 10,000 years? no, you're not even close. if you make minimum wage in america today, you would have to work for 75,000 years in order to make a billion dollars. 75,000 years. neanderthals were roaming the earth 75,000 years ago. those guys, if they made minimum wage, would have to work up until present day every single day, and that is of

mr. murphy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. madam president, america has 600 billionaires. now, a billion dollars doesn't sound like a lot of money these days. president trump just signed a bill begrudgingly that has $900 billion in it, but trust me ... a billion dollars is still a whole lot of money. it's actually so much money that it's really hard to find words to describe what it looks like. but let me try. if you're, for instance, one of the half a million americans who makes the minimum wage in this nation and you're lucky enough to work 40 hours week, guess how many years you would have to work in order to get a billion dollars? 500 years? 1,000 years? 10,000 years? no, you're not even close. if you make minimum wage in america today, you would have to work for 75,000 years in order to make a billion dollars. 75,000 years. neanderthals were roaming the earth 75,000 years ago. those guys, if they made minimum wage, would have to work up until present day every single day, and that is of

mr. murphy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: mr. president, reserving the right to object. this is a substantial proposal, one that merits full consideration on the floor of the senate with the opportunity to debate and amend to understand how many government agencies would be affected, to understand whether it merits a sunset date to understand what the effect will be not just on the regime of venezuela but the people of venezuela and for that reason i would object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. scott: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: mr. president, rise to speak about the crisis in venezuela, nicholas miew did mao yes is starving his own people and children are dying. every day that passes, the situation in venezuela grows more dire. maduro orchestrated a sham election. maduro is a dictator who doesn't respect liewm rights or the will -- human rights or the will of his people. he must be topped. the trump administration has taking actions to hold maduro accountable. bu

mr. murphy. mr. murphy: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. the hat purpose does gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, please. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. rise today to honor the legacy of daniel miller, the eldest of galesburg, from illinois. mrs. bustos: his principal as, quote, always smiling and caring about quote.e, end in 2004, he joined the air force nd continued to lead as the senior airman. with great courage, he diffused worked e devices and with chemical and biological weapons. senior ry 7, 2007, irman miller, senior airman onkey

this is an administrative role as much as everything and that is why he has mr murphy, but that teamccess to the meeting at the white house tomorrow and i don't have access to the transition team and they are not being invited and they have to come in onjanuary the 20th and also deal with this with almost no transition process. who knows where we will be then? that's how things are getting better. meanwhile, the news that mr trump's personal lawyer rudi giuliani is being treated for covid—i9, in a hospital in georgetown and could well have infected hundreds of people around the country. and that's because the president's personal lawyer has been travelling far and wide to spread mr trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. on monday he was in arizona, without a mask, meeting gop members of the state's legislature. on wednesday, he was in michigan for a state house committee hearing that lasted four and a half hours. again, without a mask. and here he is, telling one witness to take hers off. you can go to any of the locations. i don't want you to do this if you feel uncomfort

mr. murphy. >> when the cross-examination began, matt murphy started to ask him questions. >> absolutely rrupt me. i'm not going to interrupt you. >> and nayeri got testy. >> we good? >> i understand. >> okay. are we good? are you going do that? >> we're good. are you going to start telling the truth once in a while? >> sir. sir, you may not make those kinds of gratuitous statements. you know better than that. do you understand? >> yes, your honor. >> very rarely do you ever see a prosecutor and a defendant go out at it the way nayeri and matt murphy did. >> nayeri certainly had met his match in matt murphy. >> you set up this whole kidnapping. right? >> you don't even believe that. >> i'm going to take that as a no. >> it was watching a heavyweight boxing match. it was just counterpunch after counterpunch, setting each other up. >> you need to hear the truth. do you want real answers or you want fake answers? >> sir, sir. >> he's in a battle between the impression he's trying to make and his actual nature. >> you're just trying to box me in. i'm trying to explain to you so you can get it

mr. murphy, is there anything you want to add on behalf of caltrain? >> no. thank you, chair peskin. thank you for the opportunity to be here. look forward to coming back for next time. >> chair peskin: thank you for your work. commissioner walton, anything you'd like to add before we close out this information item, sir? walto>> supervisor walton: i do want to thank ms. bouchard and mr. fungy for the presentation. and to the entire team at caltrain for their work and dedication during this pandemic. er and this crisis, as we know. ridership is down. we have had to work through a major, major pandemic. i just want to let everyone know at caltrain, we appreciate their hard work, commitment and dedication. thanks for coming this morning and updating us here at the board of supervisors. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner. and so this item has been heard. we will hear it again in the future. and thank you and good luck. and god speed. madam clerk, could you please call the next item. >> clerk: item 9, update on the san francisco municipal transportation agency's subway renewal prog

mr. murphy, looks to me like the rally today is all about the stimulus package. have i got it right?good morning, guys. well, i think, stuart, that's part of the rallied today. but remember, we had a selloff yesterday, we shook it off and rallied into the close of the market. but i think the market would welcome short-term stimulus because it's just pricing money, free money coming into the market that's going to find its way into stocks and, ultimately, push prices higher. however, i think the one thing that you have to remember, stuart, is with rates extremely low like they have been and will continue to be, that acts as its own stimulus. so this may push us up a couple of hundred points here or there, but the reason i've been so bullish on this market, one of the primary reasons, is that we have stimulus out there. the low rates act as a stimulus. so there's a lot of great opportunities in this market still even at 30,000. stuart: dud i hear you with -- did i hear you talk about dow 40,000 in a couple of years? >> i did. you know, i missed the balloons when we crossed 30,000 with

mr. biden's nominee for health and human services secretary. dr. vitek murphy, as u.s. surgeon general, and dr., to lead the centers for disease control. she tweeted she is honored to lead the brilliant team at the cdc. the president-elect also plans to appoint dr. anthony fauci as chief medical advisor on covid- 19. tweeting dr. fauci is not just one of our foremost experts on combating viruses, he is a good man, and a tireless book servant. dr. fauci had appeared virtually at an event tuesday, with president-elect biden and vice president-elect kamala harris, introducing the health pics. mr. biden is also scheduled to meet with ahead of operation work speed this week. the program in charge of developing the manufacturing industry beating coronavirus vaccines. >> we have yet to see any kind of detailed plan. >> reporter: president trump will host a vaccine summit tuesday, ahead of thursday's fda meeting. at the white house, he commented on his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who is now tested positive for covid- 19. >> he is doing well, i spoke to him, he is doing very

murphy is also a top possibility. secretary will have to rebuild obamacare, which mr. biden promised to expand. iran'sr first word news, president is expressing opposition to a bill approved by the parliament to suspend un inspections and boost i uranium enrichment. he said it would be harmful to devil medic efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal and easing u.s. sanctions. the bill gained momentum after the killing of a prominent iranian nuclear scientist last month. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 1:00 p.m. in new york. i am vonnie quinn and welcome to bloomberg markets. here is the story we are following around the world. as president-elect biden positions his team for the white house, we examined what kind of challenges he will face at the homefront and abroad. insight.ave some ipo'sirbnb to doordash, are thick and fast this year. what is driving the markets. the casino and gaming industry sees an exhilarated shift to digital durin

senator murphy, who is here, senator coons, van hollen, they were cosponsors, and mr. chairman, you were, as all. it is not a silver bullet but crs did call that the most comprehensive ocean cleanup legislation ever to pass the united states senate. so we are proud of that bill. it does not solve everything, but, as i mentioned, mr. chairman, that has a lot of provisions, the save our seas act 2.0, to tackle this problem globally. i will not go through all the elements of it, but it is working internationally and prioritizes state department usaid, and i know you will hear from them today on the united states being the leader in marine debris efforts globally. i think you are starting to see that, mr. chairman. you saw in the usmca, a provision on ocean debris. there is an entire chapter on sustainable fisheries that i had a little bit to do with. but this is, i think, it is a challenge, but at the end of the day, this is a good news story. why is it a good news story? because it is an environmental issue that we can target and we can solve. the estimates are some 70%

mr. president. here is the harm -- where is the harm, he wonders? his colleague, democrat chris murphy of connecticut, supplies the answer. >> because you have a majority of republicans in this country, who believe that joe biden won the election fraudulently, when there's no evidence that that happened. and that belief, as it festers and it grows. this idea that, if democrats win, it has to be because of fraud. it does, eventually, lead to the voters' will being overturned and that is the end of american democracy. don't just assume that this system is going to be around for another 240 years. this is a miracle that we have held this together, thus far. it is just a series of choices that we make. >> senator murphy joins us now. senator murphy, there was one other line from your speech on the senate floor that struck me. you said, quote, you cannot, at the same time, love america and hate democracy. do you think the republicans who are supporting president trump's efforts to overturn the election hate democracy? >> well, they're destroying democracy. they're destroying democracy. and

finally i'd like to thank my colleague, senator murphy, who will be seeing that this moves expeditiously through the united states senate and thank again my friend, mr. gallego were neeleding -- before yielding back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. wittman: i have no further speakers, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the credit from arizona is recognized. mr. gallego: i urge my colleagues to support the legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5852. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house "washington journal" continues. host: negotiators on capitol hill are in the final efforts to wrap up a $900 billion stimulus bill. expected to be included is another round o

murphy. she lied trying to help dan get away with murder. >> everything that mr.is accurate. he is a pathological liar. he is a monster. but he's her little monster. she knows him, and all of this stuff goes on right under her nose. >> the jury took five hours to reach a verdict. >> we, the jury in the above-entitled action, find the defendant, rachel may buffett, guilty. >> when you heard the sounds of the clicks of the cuffs, to me it was a sweet sound because her arrogance and her lies are now caught up with her. >> the judge sentenced rachel to 32 months behind bars. >> and you lied. >> it was the final scene of this real-life drama. >> i'll never forget, a month before this happened, walking around the park, and i tend to say, you know what, sam, something happens to me, take care of your mom, this and that. we have this, we have this. he said, you know something, dad? if something happens to me, i lived a good life. i loved -- i saw so many things i never thought i was able to see. >> was that a premonition? maybe. but either way, it was important for steve

mr. speaker. i would just point out the american medical association put out a letter two days ago saying they oppose this legislation for the reasons that dr. murphy highlighted in his opening remarks. i would also just again point out what the democrats in the judiciary committee committee did on wednesday. it was about releasing criminals from prisons early. again just to read from the letter that the chairman of the judiciary committee sent to the attorney general of the united he says,arch 30, 2020, who has been convicted of serious offenses or who have high pattern risk scores, we urge you to consider that even these individuals in these categories be assessed for release. i don't know how you can say it any plainer. these are some of the most dangerous people in our federal prison system. they wanted the attorney general to look at releasing them into the public. that's how they started the week. they are going to end the week by decriminalizing marijuana and giving american tax dollars to business owners to further the marijuana industry. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is r

mr. speaker. i would just point out the american medical association put out a letter two days ago saying they oppose this legislation for the reasons that dr. murphy highlighted in his opening remarks. i would also just again point out what the democrats in the judiciary committee committee did on wednesday. it was about releasing criminals from prisons early. again just to read from the letter that the chairman of the judiciary committee sent to the attorney general of the united he says,arch 30, 2020, who has been convicted of serious offenses or who have high pattern risk scores, we urge you to consider that even these individuals in these categories be assessed for release. i don't know how you can say it any plainer. these are some of the most dangerous people in our federal prison system. they wanted the attorney general to look at releasing them into the public. that's how they started the week. they are going to end the week by decriminalizing marijuana and giving american tax dollars to business owners to further the marijuana industry. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is r

mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the ndaa. this bill includes an amendment i introduced along with representative murphy and senator scott to honor the 65th infanttry regiment, also known as the marine engineers. by designating april 13 as national day. on april 13, 2016, congress awarded a congressional gold medal to these patriots for their numerous contributions to american history. and outstanding military service from world war i throughout the recent conflicts in afghanistan and iraq. this bill also authorized $37 million in military construction funding for the national guard readiness centers in puerto rico. it also includes a coast guard re-authorization act, which incorporates my amendment, requiring a coast guard minority outreach team program to include officers from the u.s. territories and rirg the diversity report to include information on the effectiveness of outreach and recruitment efforts for territories as well. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for o

mr. murphy: madam president the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: i ask that the quorum call be waived. the presidingfficer: without jection. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. colleagues, we're in the middle of a whole bumping of reay important -- bunch of really important debates right now about the national defense authorization act, trying to avoid a shutdown by the end of the day, and of course trying to find a path forward to authorize funding to continue to combat this pandemic. but it is worth noting today that an effort to overturn the 2020 election continues, and in many ways is picking up steam, and we need to talk about the consequences for the nation. democracies are really fragile things. ours only continues because we make choices so is that itan remain. our government isn't really the piece of paper upon which the constitution is written. our government, where voters, citizens -- not kings or monarchs or oligarchs -- decide who governs. it's made possible by a series of decisions that we make every single day to put the r

mr. murphy: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, i'm on the floor today to speak to resolutions upon which we will begin voting today regarding arms sales proposed by the administration to the united arab emirates, and i'm on the floor today to ask my colleagues to support these resolutions of disapproval upon two grounds. one, the protection of congressional prerogative. and two, the question of u.s. national security. first, let me cover the question of congressional prerogative. we have traditionally debated arms sales here on occasion, and the reason why we don't have constant debates in this body on arms sales, the reason why we don't have resolutions on every sale that is noticed by the administration is because we have built into our practice an ability for the senate to consult with the administration beforehand on a bipartisan basis. over the years, since the passage of the law allowing for congress to have a role in the sale of arms to foreign nations, administration after administration, republicans and democra

mr. murphy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, mada president. madam presint, eight years ago this morning ias in bridgeport, connecticut. iad done an event early that morning withhe mayor and i was due to meet my wife and m two children then four years old and one on the train platform in bridgeport to head down to new york city to spend the rest of that friday afternoon with my young kids, their first chance to see the christmas decorations of the city. i reived a phone call while on the train platform telling me that something had happened in sandy hook, connecticut. sandy hook is a section of newtown, connecticut. i debated whether or not to still go down to new york, but as the news started to become more clear, i got in the car and headed up to the firehouse just down a short road from sandy hook elementary school where an emergency response effort was gathering. it was there that 20 parents found out what had happened inside that schoo as the rest ofhe world was finding out that same gruesome news. that wa