mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'm on the floor today to ask for unanimous consent from my colleagues to proceed to h.r. 8, the house-passed bipartisan comprehensive background checks bill, and i want to tell you why i'm making this request. i understand the low likelihood of success. but i hope many of my colleagues took a minute to watch cell phone video from the school shooting in michigan yesterday -- on tuesday, excuse me. absolutely terrifying to watch, in realtime, children fleeing their classroom in fear that their lives were about to be ended. 100 9-1-1 calls came in to the police during the shooting. surveillance shooting reportedly shows the shooter entering the bathroom with a backpack, then exiting without the backpack but a handgun. he started firing and then he quote quote methodically and deliberately aimed his gun at classrooms with students unable to escape. we think about the number of lives lost so far and those that were injured, but really the damage is so much broader because all of those kid

aguilar ay. >> mrs. murphy. >> aye. >>s in murphy aye. >> mr. raskkin. >> ake. >> plus. >> aye. >> and mr. kinsinger. >> aye. >> aye. >> how is the chair recorded? >> mr. chairman you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >> mr. chairman aye. >> the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on this vote there are 9ayes and zero nos. >> the motion say greed to. vice chair is recognizeed. >> mr. chairman pursuant to clause 2l of rule 11, i request that members have two calendar days to file with the clerk of the committee supplemental and additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. >> all right. that was the pretty stunning series of revelations there when we consider with we heard. i want to go to ryan nobles. and we had 55 pages earlier today. we thought this they woul

aguilar, i. >> mrs. murphy? >> i. >> mrs. murphy, i. >> mr. raskin? >> i. >> mr. raskin i. >> mrs. lauria? >> i. >> mr. kinzinger. >> kinzinger, i. >> mr. kinzinger, i. >> how is the chair recorded? >> mr. chairman, you're not recorded. >> i vote i. >> mr. chairman, i. >> the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on this vote there are nine is and zero nos. >> the motion is agreed to. the vice chair is recognized. >> mr. chairman, pursuant to clause 2 l of rule 11 i request members have two calendar days to file with the clerk of committee supplemental or additional views on the order reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. >> and so concludes the meeting of the january 6th committee, a 9-0 vote. not unexpected to submit contempt of congress charges. this could mean prosecution for one mark meadows who formally served in that body.

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, it's not often that you get the business roundtable, which is an organization representing some of the biggest private-sector companies in the world, the largest labor unions in the country, and the american public all on the same page on a policy, but that's what's happening with respect to the president's requirement that big employers in this country either test their employees regularly for covid or get vaccinated in order to spread -- stop the spread of this insidious disease. this is a very popular proposal, and it's popular for a simple reason. people are exhausted with having their lives fundamentally changed, turned upside down by a pandemic that we have the power to stop. we have the power to stop it because of researchers and scientists who discovered a vaccine that is wildly more effective than the vaccines that have been invented to attack other diseases. 90% effective, if not more, against covid. if everybody got vaccinated in this country, we could all take o

mrs. murphy? >> yea. >> mrs. murphy, yea. mr. raskin? >> yea. >> mr. raskin, yea. mrs. luria? >> yea. >> mrs. luria, yea. mr. kinzinger? >> yea. >> mr. kinzinger, yea. >> mr. chairman, you are now recorded. >> chair votes yea. >> mr. chairman, yea. >> the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on this vote, there are nine ayes and zero noes. >> the motion is agreed to. the vice chair is recognized. >> mr. chairman, pursuant to clause 2l of rule 11, i request that members have two calendar days in which to file with the clerk of the committee supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. >>> and that was it. a unanimous vote for contempt for mr. clark, the former justice department official. but, some unexpected turns in there, including that he is going to be allowed to come in

mr. murphy shown to most now we see that nato is taking an extremely aggressive position burst. they all say they don't accept any red lines. second, they say that nato will do whatever it wants. 3rd, it will do it on whatever territory it wants forth. all of this is aimed to deter russia. we do not like that. we will do everything to ensure our own interests are wide crane and the where still the keys rush or of arming. the self proclaimed republics in east in ukraine. the u. s. is overly sending arms 10 key f. washington reveal that 30 javelin anti tank missiles systems were delivered to ukraine, back in october, as part of a $60000000.00 military aid package and a further $200000000.00 or on the table. t am with the ongoing military build up on russia's borders. the g 7 group of advanced economies is threatened to russia with a severe response if it attack she crane. moscow though, denies any plans of invasion, as we said, and in says it is nato which poses a threat to russia by expanding further east close to its borders. the white house, though, does believe that only it ha

mr. murphy, you want to come work out this problem on the board?to figure out how to be humans and your body is changing and you're becoming aware of how it's changing and sex is just this crazy, mysterious thing. >> well, we'll just tell your mother that we ate it all. >> let's face it. all of these unpleasant subjects, one way of dealing with them is humor. >> i can't believe this. they [ bleep ] forget my birthday. >> john hughes captured many different eras of life, but he was one of the great storytellers about being a high school student. >> he took his teenage characters incredibly seriously. all of them. >> i loathe the bus. >> "16 candles" was a revelation to me as a kid, because i thought, oh, i'm anthony michael hall. that's who i am. >> all right. i knew you'd come around. epitomizes what it's like to be be 15, 14, a freshman, anxious to be at senior parties, anxious to be with this girl. >> that guy who is normally made fun of in other movies is a hero in this movie. farmer ted is, you could argue, the lead of that flick, for a lot of

mr. aguilar, aye. misses murphy, aye. mr. raskin, aye. misses luria, aye. mr. kinzinger, aye. mr. chairman, you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >>a mr. chairman, -- >> mr. chairman, aye. the clerk will report the vote. >> there are seven ayes, no nos. >> the members have two calendar days in which to file supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. [gavel] >> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday, you will find events and people that explore our nation's past on american history tv. on sunday, book tv brings you the latest on nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore. weekends on c-span2. >> american history tv. saturdays on c-span2. exploring the people and events that tell the american story. at 2:00 p.m. eastern on the pr

mr. aguilar, aye. misses murphy, aye. mr. raskin, aye. misses luria, aye. mr. kinzinger, aye. mr. chairman, you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >>a mr. chairman, -- >> mr. chairman, aye. the clerk will report the vote. >> there are seven ayes, no nos. >> the members have two calendar days in which to file supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. [gavel] >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that is why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, gi

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, it's not often that you get the business roundtable, which is an organization representing some of the biggest private-sector companies in the world, the largest labor unions in the country, and the american public all on the same page on a policy, but that's what's happening with respect to the president's requirement that big employers in this country either test their employees regularly for covid or get vaccinated in order to spread -- stop the spread of this insidious disease. this is a very popular proposal, and it's popular for a simple reason. people are exhausted with having their lives fundamentally changed, turned upside down by a pandemic that we have the power to stop. we have the power to stop it because of researchers and scientists who discovered a vaccine that is wildly more effective than the vaccines that have been invented to attack other diseases. 90% effective, if not more, against covid. if everybody got vaccinated in this country, we could all take o

mr. murphy for five minutes. >> thank you. i am the cochair of the vaccination caucus in congress so this is a very important hearing. let me first ask, dr. russ, it is correct vaccines abroad could relieve supply chain disruptions, correct? >> yes. in two ways >> i want to just build on this question. reducing supply side disruptions will in part tamp down price inflation, correct? >> yes. therefore global vaccinations would help fight inflation, right? >> yes. >> do you have an estimate of how much inflation would go down because of global vaccinations? >> no. >> would it be a substantial portion of the inflation that we see? >> it is hard to tell. the relationship between the price of imports and the impact on our domestic inflation is not linear, so if you think about the contribution of the shortage in semiconductors it generated these shutdowns in u.s. auto production that contributed to keeping prices high on autos in the united states. right now autos contribute to one-fifth of the inflation we are seeing. that is not

mr. murphy: resurfing the right to object, first let me thank the senator from florida for doing great workong with senator merkley and others on this incredibly important piece of legislation. we're going to be in a few moments, speak together, republicans and democrats, on our commitment to ending genocide in china. and i want to thank the senator for working with me to make sure that as part of his unanimous consent request we're going to be able to make sure we have the personnel in place to properly implement this policy. listen, we have dozens of state department and department of defense nominees pending on this floor, more so than we have ever had at the end of a first term, first-year presidency, and we will hopefully, before we leave, we have to before we leave, make substantial progress on that list in order to adequately protect our country. at the very least, as we put forward this important new policy, it does make sense to accompany it and its passage with three key personnel who will be in charge of implementing it. i believe we're going to be able to modify this request in

mr. murphy: madam president, reserving the right to object. first let me thank the senator from florida and the senator from oregon for the really important work that they've done on the underlying legislation. it is of critical importance that this senate stand together, republicans and democrats against the ongoing genocide that is occurring in china today. and i will say that despite all the news about division in this chamber, the coming together around china policy, the coming together between both parties over the course of 2021 with respect to the threat that china presents to the united states and the global world order and the threat they present to human rights, both doamically and -- domestically and externally i think is important. i support the underlying legislation but i also want to make sure that we have the personnel in place that can effect yate the policy. -- effectuate the policy. good policy occurs when the congress steps up and hands the executive branch a tool that they can use but we need craftsmen who can effectuate t

mr. murphy. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the committee will report the boat to the floor of the senate. that concludes our markup for this morning. we will now turn -- i thank you for your attendance and thank you for helping us getting these important nominations build. look forward to working with all of them. now we will turn to our hearing this morning, are hearing is a very important set of nominees so i want to welcome them and their families. thank you for being here. will consider the nomination to be commissioner ofsi the federal communications commission. welcome to you and your family, i understand they are draining you today. essential broadband is to participate in our 21st century economy and the critical role in helping our country be competitive. if confirmed, she will help the fcc's effort to address the lack of productivity in our country due to broadband infrastructure lack of affordablead a services. as commissioners, responsible for supporting the diversity of healt

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, nine years ago this morning i was in bridgeport, connecticut. i had just done an event with the city of bridgeport. i was meeting my wife and, at the time, my two very young children, ages four and one in 2001. we were going to take the train down to new york city. kathy and i were going to show our two kids the splendor of new york city. we were going to go see the christmas tree, we were going to go to the ice rink. as we were waiting for the train to arrive, i got news that there had been a shooting at a school in newtown, connecticut. the town is a beautiful community, quintessential small town, close-knit, the labor day parade every year attracts every civic and community group to it, the pride of the community. and i wondered whether i could still continue on to this family trip or whether i needed to wait to find out more. i figured it was a disgruntled employment a few moments passed as i waited for the train and the news began to come in that this was much more gri

mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator murphy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. when my great grandfather came to this country he'd have been considered a polish immigrant because that is the country from which he came but he didn't consider himself polish. he wrote on his immigration card that the country he came from was ukraine. that was curious because that country didn't exist at the time. but he had a sense of where he was from. he had a sense of the country he believed should exist. the story of ukrainian nationalism has been a confusing one, an elusive one, a land that has been occupied over and over by contesting armies. but something different has happened in that country since what has been referred to as the revolution of dignity. i got the chance to be there during the midst of that revolution with you and senator mccain and as to the question of how easy an invasion may be, what it may look like, there is inside it a question of what ukrainian patriotism and nationalism looks like today compared to say what it looked like and felt like in 1941. puti

thank you for the national governors association and vice chair murphy across the river, all is well in new jersey, i assume. >> amen, mr. president. pres. biden: and here today, democrats and republicans, we've discussed the rising covid cases especially coming out of the holidays. and as i said last week, omicron is a source of concern, but it should not be a source of panic. if you're fully vaccinated, you get your booster shot, and you're highly protected. if you are unvaccinated, you're at a high-risk of getting severely ill from covid-19, being hospitalized, and rare cases -- and in rare cases even dying. and this is not like march of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. we're prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focused and continue to work together. my message to the governor is simple. if you need something, say something. and we're going to have your back in any way we can. last week, we took steps to bolster support for you with number one, more capacity to get shots in arms, with more places, more vaccinators, more times f

our next democratic senator of philadelphia chris murphy took to the senate floor and said this. >> mrepublican colleagues have very strong views on issues related to abortion. but he listened to my republican colleagues come down here one after another today and talk about the sanctity of life. at the very moment that moms and dads in michigan were being told that their kids weren't coming home because they were shot at school due to a country that has accepted gun violence due to republicans' fealty to the gun lobby. do not lecture us about the sanctity, the importance of life, when 100 people every single day are losing their lives to guns. when kids go to school fearful they won't return home because a classmate will turn a gun on them, when it is in our control whether this happens. you care about life? then get these dangerous, military style weapons off the streets out of our schools. you care about life? make sure that criminals don't get guns by making sure that everybody goes through a background check in this country. we're not unlucky. this is purposeful. this is a choice m

mr. corday: yes, i believe it is. dr. murphy: right. i mean, i do too. i think it's a major benefit for those powers. is it reasonable than to argue that particularly with respect to those who did not suffer joblessness, such borrowers are in a better position financially in relation to their federal student loans and they were prior to the pandemic. would you agree with that? mr. corday: i think it's very hard to say on that question. just because the pandemic has affected many public service employees, there are a lot of jobs that have been cut or people have had their hours cut back because of the budget problems that we all experience early in the days of the pandemic. congress provided significant relief that i think helped state and local governments and the federal government in various respects. and that has staunched some of the damage in terms of whether borrowers are in better position today than they were before. the pandemic, that's going to vary dramatically from one community to another and one household to another. dr. murphy i would not

defazio, trone, mceachin, wilson, murphy, mr. krishnamoor. >> i inform the house that mr. curtis, mr. moore, mr. owens and mr. simpson will vote nay on senate joint resolution 33. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> as the member designated by mr. kilmer of washington, i inform the house that mr. kilmer will vote yes on s.j.res. 33. as the member designated by mr. peters of california, i inform the house that mr. peters had vote yes on s.j.res. 33. as the member designated by mr. suozzi of new york, i inform the house that mr. suozzi will vote yes on s.j.res. 33. as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on s.j.res. 33. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. reed of new york and ms. herrera beutler of washington state, i inform the house that those members will vote no on s.j.res. 33. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from penn

murphy across the river. all is well in new jersey, i assume. >> amen, mr.sident. >> and here today, democrats and republicans, we've discussed the rising covid cases, especially coming out of the holidays, and as i said last week, omicron is a source of concern, but it should not be a source of panic. if you're fully vaccinated, you get your booster shot, and you're highly protected. if you're unvaccinated, you're at a high risk of getting severity ill from covid-19. being hospitalized and in rare cases even dying. this is not like march of 2020. the beginning of the pandemic. we're prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people, and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focussed and continue to work together. my message to the governors is simple. if you need something, say something. and we are going to have your back in any way we can. last week we took steps to bolster support with more capacity to get shots in arms. with more places, more vaccinators, more times for folks to get vaccinated or get a booster shot. and w

thank you for the national governors association, and vice chair murphy across the river, all is well in new jersey, i assume, guv. >> amen, mresident. >> and here today democrats and republicans. we've discussed the rising covid cases especially coming out of the holidays. as i said last week, omicron is a source of concern, but it should not be a source of panic. if you're fully vaccinated, you get your booster shot and you're highly protected. the you're unvaccinated, you're at a high risk of getting severely ill from covid-19, being hospitalized and in rare cases even dying. this is not like march of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. we're prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people, and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focused an continue to work together. my message to the governors is simple -- if you need something, say something. we're going to have your back any way we can. last week we took steps to bolster support for you in, one, more capacity to get shots in arms with more places, more vaccinators, more times for folks to get vaccinated or get a booster shot. and we'

murphy across the river. all is well in new jersey, i assume, gov. >> it is, mr.nt. >> president biden: and here today democrats and republicans. we discussed the rise in covid cases especially coming out of the holidays. and as i said last week omicron is a source of concern but it should not be a source of panic. if you are fully vaccinated and get your booster shot you are highly protected. if you are unvaccinated you are at a high risk of getting severely ill from covid-19, being hospitalized and in rare cases even dying. this is not like march of 2020 the beginning of the pandemic. we are prepared and know what it takes to save lives, protect people and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focused and continue to work together. my message to the governors is simple. if you need something, say something. and we will have your back in any way we can. last week we took steps to bolster support for you with number one, more capacity to get shots in arms. more places, more vaccinateors, more times for folks to get vaccinated or get a booster shot

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mr. meadows is clearly in contempt of congress and should be referred to the department of justice for criminal prosecution. >> that was congresswoman stephanie murphynot pulling punches for sure, supporting consent of charges against former trump chief of staff mark meadows. the full house, as we've mentioned, is expected on referring to the charges to the justice department later today, but joining me right now is democratic congresswoman stephanie murphy. thank you for being here. so the text messages to mark meadows that he gave to the committee then, what do you think this shows? >> it shows that there is very good cause for the committee to have a conversation with mr. meadows because he played a significant role in both the run-up to and the day of january 6th, and all we're seeking is the truth, and we've asked him to appear before us and talk to us about some of these things, and it's just really disappointing that while he's happy to write about them and profit off of book sales about what he -- what his role was or did at that time and he's happy to go on conservative media and talk about it, he's unwilling to respond to a legitimate subp

murphy. mike, i picture kevin mccarthy getting up in the morning pitting on the rather bright blue suit he favors, looking in the mirror and saying, good morning, mr chance he misses this brass ring? >> there is a decent shot. if they don't win the majority, which is unlikely, i think he is toast. he will probably have opposition. but i think he is a very good concierge for the little things that members care about. and if he delivers a majority, i think he is in good but not certain shape. but he is weak. even his enemies know that. looking at the kitten swipes, he is doing to keep the crazies in line, in my day we get out the ball-peen hammer and handle it, he is terrified of donald trump. that weakness puts him in some jeopardy. >> thank you for kitten swipes. we have been accused of overrepresentation for dogs on this broadcast, but that's some great imagery to last us the rest of the evening. eugene, marjorie taylor greene says she is not the fringe, she is the base. should we believe her? >> well, she is a big chunk of the base. i mean, she is a big component of the republican base, the trumpist component of the republican base that people w

mr. murphy: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: madam president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. murphy: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. madam president, news from this morning that 50 so-called battalion tactical groups have been sent to the ukraine border by russian president vladimir putin. reports in russian newspapers suggests that over the last several days there has been an increased number sent to the ukrainian border. this is a crisis that is deepening. there remains a diplomatic offramp, but that offramp only exists if vladimir putin sees the united states and its allies, especially those in europe, united in our desire to support ukraine in its time of need with the kind of of assets they will need to defend themselves, but also with a commitment to levy unprecedented sanctions on russia, long-lasting, deep sanctions if they go forward with an incursion deeper into ukraine than russia already

mr. president. i rise today, as i have done too many times before and as my colleague senator murphy did just last week, to reiterate what people across my home state and the entire country have been calling for for years now. mrs. murray: calling for us to take action here in the senate to end the crisis of gun violence that we are seeing in our schools, in our neighborhoods, and across our country. last week we mourned the deaths of four high school students following the tragic shooting at oxford high school in michigan. my heart goes out to those four students' families and friends, and my heart goes out to every student at oxford high who is now carrying the trauma of that experience. my heart breaks for everyone who grows up thing this will eventually happen to them at their heart and my heart hurts for every parent who worries every time they send their kid off to school because, let's face it, school shootings are a very real threat. as a parent and grandparent and a former preschool teacher, i know school supposed to be a place where our children feel safe, where they can go to learn and grow