mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the president pro tempore. mrs. murray: i -- if i could, i want to he can quo the majority leader's words. all of us are grateful for her tremendous service to each and every one of us. as one of the few senators that was here when she first started that is still here, i want to tell you, the senate will not be the senate without trish. her smile, her ability to work with us, her knowledge of the rules, being at our back, helping us understand the process has really helped laws pass, changed lives and made a difference for all of us. trish, we are going to miss you and i just with aens to personal will i through -- and i just want to personally through the chair thank you and wish you all the best. america --. mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i want to share the perspective of individual senators who at various moments who are stressed over getting their amendments considered or how to deal with

mr. murray's, they have a lot of influence in the black community. i myself, i do not know the measure of. it's my first question, you already answered. thank you for that, thanks for coming. on my second question has to do with, there is an investigative journalist named lee ferrell, he released an article that fires at quality finance groups. and he names the urban league as one of those that received huge amounts of money to persuade members of the black community to take the vaccine. and y'all didn't disclose this on your website. >> i will say this. as a matter of course, we don't disclose donors on our website. if donors want to disclose their contributions to us, they have a right to do so. but as a matter of policy, we don't do that. let me clarify this. i'm not certain the relationship that we have -- we have 95 affiliates with pfizer, but we did have a campaign. it wasn't designed to persuade black people to take the vaccine. it was designed to give people information so they could intelligently make a choice to take the vaccine. and also,

mr. murray's outline of what he peres for the american coal industry. so my presentation today focused on robert e. murray really picks up where hal's discussion of the role of coal and energy environmental politics in 1980s leaves off and it emphasizes. i think the core of trish and and the panel organizers have sought to do and that is to place appalachia and an energy and environmental politics at the core at the core of political economy and american political history certainly throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. at the session here at the american political history conference yesterday celebrating 20 years of bruce shulman's the 70s and 50 years since the 70s. there was a real question about the ways in which we periodize and understand the evolution of american political culture since world war two and then particularly since the 1970s and while i think it's very important to focus on race and issues of urban america more broadly. we have to be very very careful to understand that environmental politics and energy polit. have pla

mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor to urge all of my colleagues to vote against this republican bill that would undo president biden's student debt relief plan and rip away relief borrowers croo across the country are counting on. it is hard to overstate how badly the student debt crieps is straibd our -- crisis strained our borrows. this has been a drag on our country and economy. it is holding people back from starting families or starting a business or buying a home or, in many cases, making ends meet. the student debt relief president biden announced last fall is life changing for so many borrowers. under his plan, tens of millions of people who are struggling with student debt will finally see their balances did down, and millions will have their debt wiped out entirely. before republican interest sued to deny borrowers this life-changing relief, putting the president's plan on pause, over 26 million people across all 50 states had already applied for or were au

mr. murray said, "i'll just take it back to my office."esults were tragic. >> the most dangerous serial bomber in u.s. history, 16 bombs in 17 years, 23 injuries and now a third death. >> it was very frustrating because you were doing all the things that you thought you should do, and you weren't any closer to solving the case than you had been 2 years previous. >> then the unabomber reached out to the press and said, "i want to make a deal," and it took this case in an entirely new direction. >> along with the latest bomb, he sent three letters. the letter says the bombings are the work of a group that hopes to promote instability in industrial society. the bomber says he will stop, if a long article he's written is published in a major u.s. publication. >> he made it very clear, "if you publish the manifesto in the "new york times" or "the washington post," the terrorist group fc will desist from terrorism." >> he cases are solved when the subject starts communicating. anytime you have someone that wants something, they usually give away

mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. let me acknowledge the final statements from the senator from oklahoma. thank you for reminds us of the important lesson that we need to learn. mr. president, like so many of my colleagues, i spent last week back home hearing from folks in my state and everywhere i went p, i heard from people who -- about how the investments that we make here in congress actually matter in their daily lives. how the funding that we provide from here helps students at lake washington institute of technology in kirkland pursue their dreams and get a higher education and find a good-paying job. it helps entrepreneurs in tacoma, start a business and grow it from the ground up. it helps pregnant moms who rely on the reinier valley care center. i saw how our federal investments make cutting-edge biomedical research possible at the alan institute in seattle leading to breakthroughs that save lives and give people more time with their loved ones. again and again i heard about

mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, they say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. and the covid pandemic showed us how painfully true that is when it comes to public health. our public health system is our frontline defense, not only against deadly diseases and pandemics, it also aids in addressing the opioid and fentanyl crisis, preventing chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease, protecting our food and water supply, and a lot more. but despite our public health system's central role in protecting our communities, keeping our families safe and healthy, and preventing major disruptions in our lives, our public health system was sorely underfunded before covid struck, and it has been seriously overwhelmed ever since. we have, thank goodness, gotten a much better grasp on covid, but who in their right mind would look at the last few years and think funding public health is probably something we can put on the back burner. we have to do better, mr. president. we have to apply the lessons w

mrs. murray: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. urray: thank you, madam president. one year ago americans lost a constitutional right for the first time in history. and they didn't just lose it. republicans ripped it away just one year now after the dobbs decision, more than 22 million women have lost their right to an abortion. no country -- no corner of our country has been spared from the fallout. abortion providers in states where abortion is legal like in my home state of washington are being overworked and just totally overwhelmed with patients who have had to wait weeks and travel hundreds of miles to get an abortion. and then there's the wave of other appalling republican attacks on abortion, proposals to charge grandma as and older sisters with human trafficking if they drive a minor out of state for an abortion. prosecutors charge them as criminals. ban emergency contraceptive itself like plan b and let's not forget the partisan lawsuit on mifepristone to rip ■safe medication abortion off the shelves in all 50 states. you

mr. schultz -- >> -- and we have the evidence to prove it, sir. >> senator murray. >> thank you, mr.schultz, for becoming before the committee. i appreciate it. i have listened carefully, and through your testimony, you've made a it very clear that starbucks prefers its workers not to be unionized. but i think you know that decision is up to a workers under federal law. i just have been disappointed, i have to tell you, from a number of my constituents i've been hearing from about some of the widespread anti union efforts at starbucks. including in washington state, where the nlrb has certified in 19 elections, as you know. they have issued 71 complaints with unfair labor practice charges. and nlrb judges have issued two decisions now finding starbucks violated federal law. so let me just ask you a simple question. do you agree that it is workers who get to decide whether they want to unionize? >> senator murray, i agree that the person at starbucks has the right under the law to decide whether or not they want to join a union. and starbucks coffee company also has the legal right to

testimony from the special county who investigated the russia probe, john durham, sarah murray is following that. sarah, mr. durum is calling his findings sobering. he is talking a lot about crossfire hurricane, hillary clinton, what are we learning from this testimony from john durham? >> that is right. we have heard a lot from john durham today about his concerns about how the russia investigation, and opening of the russian investigation was handled. the big take away is, this should not have been a full- blown investigation. he is trying to drive home that point in his testimony today. as you might expect from house judiciary hearing, held with a bunch of cameras, there is a lot of playing politics going on. democrats are basically saying that durham worked to keep donald trump's talking points alive. they are accusing republicans of trying to distract from donald trump's indictment. we heard from judiciary chair, jim jordan, basically saying, yes concerns about how the fbi continues to handle investigations, including how the fbi handled the search of donald trump's home in mar-a- lago. there was also

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mr. president, last but not least, the third bill that the help committee will be voting on tomorrow is the paycheck fairness act introduced by senator murray. this legislation would end the absurdity, the unfairness of women in america being paid just 84 cents on the dollar compared to men. and, mr. president, as bad as that figure is, 16% less for women than for men, it is even worse, much worse for women of color. in america today, asian women make just 80 cents for every dollar a man earns. for black women, it's just 67 cents. and for hispanic women and native american women, it is just 57 cents. so i don't think it is too much to ask in this country that people be paid equal pay for equal work no matter who you are. and the truth is, of course, the current situation does not have to be that way. in belgium, another industrialized country, the gender wage gap is just 1.2%. women make virtually the same amount of money as men do. in spain, norway, and denmark, the gender wage gap is 5% or less. women make 95% of what men make. across the entire european union, the cap is just 10.6%. in the united states it is 16%. the paycheck fairness a

murray, thanks so much. >>> this morning, cnn was told that the trump campaign raised more than $2 million last night at that post arraignment post arrest fund-raiser at mr. trump's new jersey golf club. sources say apart from the former president's comments on camera, to guests he complained about the indictment, praised himself for his handling of the indictment, and also asked guests what they thought of his court appearance. i want to bring in cnn's jeff zeleny. a trump aide said they're now confident in what they see as their playbook moving forward. >> they certainly had experience with this now. first in new york, and then in miami, and it gives the sense that sara was just reporting that they expect georgia is coming. so there is a classic playbook of the former president, seeking affirmation. he, you know, arrived in the versailles cafe in the cuban neighborhood, little havana, in miami. he was appearing with supporters are. most people charged with these serious crimes, of course, might handle this differently. but this is his -- it is his playbook. the question is, now he has melded the courtroom with the campaign trail and he is reveling in t

murray. >> okay, thank you very much. >> senator cassidy? >> i defer to senator -- >> thank, you chairman. thank you, mr. cassidy. mr. schultz, thank you for being here, it thank you, i know this is pretty tough, but it is good to hear your side of the story. i came from the coaching profession, for years i talk to young kids every year. the beginning of the year about, if they all wanted the needed something, i always tell that one thing, only thing you get from me and from this country is an opportunity. and he took that opportunity and ran with. it and you got a lot of people that work for you over the years and work for your company. and their company. and made something out of themselves. thank you for that. you have been a huge idol for this country in terms of what you have done. we have heard about what you give to your employees. health, care all of. that i fully support unions. if people want to joining union, that is fine, i think that's what this country is about. it sounds like starbucks employees, as a whole, what we've heard so far, have had a great working environment. understand collective bargaining

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mrs. murray: i rise in opposition to the senator's amendment, which would lead to more reckless brinksmanship, more arbitrary cuts by permanently rescinding 1% of discretionary appropriations every 30 days during a debt ceiling crisis. this makes no sense. rewarding brinksmanship by slashing funding that our families and our communities and our troops depend on is an absolutely dangerous way to govern. members on both i had suez of the aisle have come to the floor to air legitimate grievances about this process and the outcome of this debt limit deal. nobody likes the position we are in today, nobody. passing this amendment would prove we have learned nothing. we do not need to create new opportunities for hostage-staking and cuts that would seriously undermine our economy, our families, our futurers and our global leadership. we just need to do our job. right now we have toughens bill to avoid a catastrophic default. i will be voting no. i urge my colleagues to do the same. the presiding officer