mr. nelson: i hope not.gnoring the rest of the world is not good for the world economy, not good for the u.s. economy, and it is certainly not good for farmers and inspectors in the united states that make their living from trade. are a big promoter of nebraska products while you were governor. harderou are job be now? certainty: you need when it comes to trade. that is one of those things we need to respect when it comes to the transpacific partnership. there are other countries are from china we can continue to work with and find relationships with and expand their economies while we expand hours and work with china separately if that is necessary. the trip by secretary mnuchin was very important. i hope this will help us resolve this skirmish or trade war or whatever it may be before gets larger. shery: uncertainty is out there. people don't want to ship their products to china because they don't know when the tariffs the chinese side could begin. hurting already business in the u.s.? mr. nelson: certainl

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i rise today regarding the nomination of dana baiocco to serve as a commissioner on the consumer products safety commission or as we refer to it as the cpsc. it is a small safety-focused agency. it has about 500 employees. but it has a critically important mission, to keep americans safe from potential defects in thousands of consumer products, many of which are imported from china. we've seen the need to have a strong cop on the beat, and we've seen that many times over the years. for example, back in 2007, we saw what was referred to a summer of recalls, when a number of children's toys were recalled for high levels of lead and other toxic substances. in response to that summer of recalls in 2007, congress almost unanimously passed a law, the consumer product safety improvement act of 2008, to address the safety of toys and other children's products. but there's still a lot more to do. last summer another tragedy played out in florida involving portable generators. so peo

mr. nelson: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, as with our colleagues her i rise as well to speak introng support of the resolution to restore strong net neutrality protections for americans. this is obviously what the american people want, and for the vote that was just taken on the motion to proceed, 52 for, 47 against, i think it is showing you how the american people's will is being expressed in a bipartisan way, because the american public understands how important these protections are to their lives and the future of the internet. they do not want to have their websites blocked or internet access slowed, and they certainly don't want internet providers making those decisions of blocking or slowing. more than 20 million residents of florida understand just how vital it is to have a free and open internet, and i say that for my state, but that is obviously the same for every other state as well. millions of school

national on our show our sister chill mr nelson father wanted. some western historians claim that the successes of the red army was due to american supplies made possible by the so-called lend-lease policy. then the soviet union carried the major weight of that battle in terms of child or supply the army fighting the germans in terms of charges killed in battle in terms of civilians killed in battle. but still together we prevailed over the nazi germany. george herring an american historian news the history of lend-lease very well he's written a number of books about it. it was not an act of charity or generosity it was an act of calculated self-interest. lend-lease turned out to be a profitable business for the u.s. few people know that it took until two thousand and six for the russian federation to repay the us fully for the moment in fact more than sixty percent of lend lease supplies went to great britain and just twenty percent of the u.s.s.r. the majority of deliveries were made between one thousand forty four nine hundred forty five when

mr. nelson, i'm sad to say that mr. nelson had to liquidate almost everything he owned to pay for the medical expenses. we could not help mr. nelson's family. ut this story inspired me to work towards changing the law. this mission act is an -- when this mission act is enacted, it will ensure future generations of veterans will have their transplant medical expenses, along with the donors' -- donor's expenses, covered by the v.a. we must do the right thing for our veterans who need these life-saving procedures. and i'm honored that the v.a. missions act includes language i wrote to do just that. i want to publicly thank several my colleagues on the house veterans' affairs committee. gus unn, dr. wenstrup, and bilirakis, my neighbor, all of whom championed transplant care for veterans and work extremely hard to ensure this language is included in the bill. the v.a. missions act is a step forward towards the goal of caring for our veterans. the senate must pass this legislation and i urge president trump to quickly sign it

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, the president just announced that he will withdraw the united states from the iranian nuclear deal. the president says he wants a better deal. well, so do a lot of us. the fact is, we need to keep pressure on iran with additional economic sanctions to stop them from developing icbm missiles. that was not part of the iranian nuclear agreement. we need to ratchet up the pressure on iran to do that. -- to stop their icbm missile program. but by pulling out of the iranian nuclear deal, it is a tragic mistake. it will divide us from our european allies, and it will allow iran to build a nuclear weapon, a nuclear bomb, within a year as compared to staying in the agreement, which would be at least seven to 12 years in the future. and keeping an atomic weapon out of a radical religious outfit l

gnashing on our show your sister chill mr nelson for auntie. some western historians claim that the successes of the red army was solely due to american supplies made possible by the so called lend-lease policy. then the soviet union. kerry demand your weight of that battle in terms of charge to supply the army fighting the germans in terms of charges killed in battle in terms of civilians killed in battle. but still together we prevailed over the nazi germany. george carrying an american historian news the history of lend lease very well he's written a number of books about it. it was not an act of charity or generosity it was an act of calculated self-interest. lend-lease turned out to be a profitable business for the u.s. few people know that it took until two thousand and six for the russian federation to repay the us fully for the moment in fact more than sixty percent of lend lease supplies went to great britain and just twenty percent of the u.s.s.r. the majority of deliveries were made between one thousand nine hundred four nine hundred

mr. nelson and mr. daniel and then senator brown will introduce the other two from ohio. president and ceo. it has held such a position is 2006. and with the global financial services industry two from the banks and credit unions and insurance companies. and with that cyberthreat alliance and formed in 2014 through the informal agreement with the networks and semantics. serving from june 2012 through january 2017 and cybersecurity coordinator on the national security council staff. next is the managing director at the operational risk management and analysis at goldman sachs. and has been there 18 years. and has been the chief executive officer. before moving into a wider bowl long -- role in serving on the executive committee of u.s. national services court and counsel for critical infrastructure protection and his coach warrior -- cochair. senator brown? >> thank you. next we have the senior vice president chief operation officer from four -- first mutual in the super regional and while working in banking and then to design security architecture after graduating from ho

mr. nelson, mr. danl and senator brown will introduce our two witnesses from ohio. mr. bill nelson as president ceo of financial services information sharing and analysis center also known as ssi sack. did i get it right? has held such a position since 2006. it's a nonprofit association dedicated to protecting the global financial services industry from physical and cyber attacks. its members include organizations from banks, credit unions, security firms and insurance companies. mr. michael daniel is the president and ceo at the cyber threat alliance. cta was formed in 2014 through an informal agreement to share intelligence among fort net, palo alto networks. prior to joining the cta he served from june 2012 till january 2017 a special assistant to president obama and cyber security coordinator on the national security council staff. mr. phil is a managing director and head of operational risk management and analysis at goldman sachs. he has been at saks for 18 years. this first 16 years he served as goldman's chief information security officer or [inaudible]. before m

mr. nelson. >> good afternoon. >> thank you, chair kwon and members of the commission. m barry nelson speaking for the golden gate salmon association. i would like to talk briefly about the tawalame river rider. golden gate salmon association is an industry association of the entire salmon fishing industry in california. the commercial boats, recreational boats, the charter boats, folks who manufacture retail gear, tribal interests, restaurants and more. headquartered in san francisco and because san francisco bay and the rivers that feed it are the most important salmon runs south of the columbia river. without bay delta salmon, there is no salmon fishing industry in california, pretty simple. and that's an enormously important industry. there are before of our salmon runs really got into trouble a decade ago, $1.4 billion a year, 23,000 jobs spread up and down the whole california coast and up our rivers. it's a remarkably significant industry, but we are, we are here in san francisco for multiple reasons. i was at an event last friday on fisherman's wharf at a fish pr

nelson's mr. incredible is a stay at home dad.our best plan. >> you got a new dash because of puberty. >> isn't that something? and your voice changes. >> we have a real idea of what jack-jack's capable of. the audience knows he can do things. the family has no idea he's super at all. >> yeah, baby! a girl? ooh! >> no, no, no. >> and what summer without a vacation? for hotel transylvania selena gomez, it's all about road trips. >> i went to go see rihanna in san diego and i drove with my friends. that was a good time. >> andy samberg and adam sandler are back in this third install. of the married monster movies. >> they have no idea what's about to happen to them. >> do you know what makes a real hero? is having your own movie. >> it's super heros are more of your thing then "teen titans" go to the movies. based on the tv series. james corden is the balloon man. >> he farted! >> i'm going to move on. one thing i do love about summer movies is there's always a breakout star and last year of course it was tiffany haddish in "girl's

mr. nelson: madam president, the right to vote is one of the most precious rights that we have here in america. how we protect it is so cherished and it's cherished by a lot of people all over the world that don't get a chance to exercise that right. our constitutional foundation is built on a process of free and fair and unfettered elections. well, what happened in this country two years ago put a crack in that foundation and it started to sow the seeds of doubt that if gone unchecked, could undermine our entire democracy. after painstaking analyses by the intelligence community, we know complete agreement in the intelligence community, unanimous in the i.c., we know that russia interfered in our 2016 election. and we know that russia continues to meddle in the elections of not only our country now but in other countries around the world. we saw that in the elections in europe last year. fortunately, what they tried in france backfired on them, and they didn't get their candidate to win. we also know that if we don't act now, they're likely going to continue this interference and the election

mr. poersch: if you look at it, and our candidates for the most part, the exception being nelson, have raised more money than senate republican challengers. the the party committees, the dncc has more money than the rnc. it is a big map and you have to make decisions on this map but collectively i think we will have the resources we need . alexi: looking at wisconsin and tammy baldwin's race, outside conservative groups spent millions against her and attack ads pretty early on. what does that suggest to you about the race? mr. poersch: the republicans talked about wanting to beat tammy baldwin. i don't think they expected to see her in the senate six years ago and that was certainly a big win then. she has been one of the big highlights for us this spring. she has a healthy lead right now. republicans going after her pretty rigorously and aggressively for four or five months. things have quieted down and it feels by virtue of yet another primary on their side, the focus seems to be going toward the republican primary and less about that race. tammy is in a good position to win. david: another

are you prepared to put up the money necessary to keep bill nelson and the senate and how , much money are we talking about? mr. poersch: if it is the most expensive, it is because governor scott is going to be writing a lot of checks. they expect the race to be

are you prepared to put up the money necessary to keep bill nelson in the senate, and how much money are we talking about? mr. poersch: if it is the most expensive, it is because governor scott is going to be writing a lot of checks. they expect the race to be competitive, i expect we will win there. senator nelson's long-time service in the senate for florida makes him the favorite to start this race and that is where we are. it will probably take money to topple him in this environment and we have the better candidate. >> he has considerably outspent you in the past couple of months. mr. poersch: early on, governor scott spent $5.5 million in the past couple of weeks. he's notorious for having spent $14 million in the last several days the last time he ran. i know what we're up against financially, but for the voters in this environment, it is about more than money. we are going to have the resources we need to be able to communicate and get the senator's message across. >> with 26 democrats on the ballot this year, are you worried resources would be taken away from other states that are must wins? >> if y

mr. avenatti might try to get it in civil discovery because he thinks it might help his case. whether there's a great public interest in it, hard to know. >> let me ask you, nelson, about how the president took to twitter today saying very publicly he wishes he had not chosen jeff sessions for attorney general. in addition, it's "the new york times" reporting in march of 2017 the president had gone to sessions and asked him to reverse his recusal from the russia investigation. sessions refused to do that, trump asking him to unrecuse himself. also part of mueller's big obstruction investigation, broader than the firing of james comey, what does that signal to you? >> the president keeps on failing to understand that lawyers and especially prosecutors and those in law enforcement live by principles. there are rules of the game. you play by the rules of game. there are consequences if you do not. jeff sessions' decision to recuse himself was not based on waking up one morning and decided he wanted to do it, it was because he realized he might be a potential witness in the case and might be a subject of re investigation because of the role he played inat raccuratei

mr. nelson: mr. president, i appreciate the remarks made by the senator from texas. indeed, i think we have a career intelligence officer that has done a commendable over three decades, commendable service, service to this country. i will be meeting with her next week. i have a number of questions. and upon meeting with her, then i will make my decision. and i thank the senator from texas, as i have thanked many on the intelligence committee that i have sought their opinion as well as reading all the relevant documents. mr. president, i rise here today because the state of florida has again proposed to harm thousands of seniors and folks with disabilities who rely on medicaid for their health care as well as their financial security. under current law, critical protections in medicaid allow those who rely on program for their health care, they can get up to three months of retro active coverage after they apply for medicaid after the time that they have enrolled in the program. to put that another way, a person who has had health care problems and that is eligible un

mr. nelson: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: madam president, i want to speak today in the wake of another tragic school shooting. this time it's in texas. ten innocent people, eight students and two teachers, were gunned down friday when a gunman walked into a high school in east texas and opened fire. tragedies such as this are becoming too common in our society, and at some point, we have to say enough is enough. how many times have we said that because just three months ago i stood right here on the senate floor after 17 people were killed at m.s.d. high school in parkland, florida. i pleaded with our colleagues to set aside partisan politics and work together to enact common sense reforms that will help what happened at marjorie stoneman douglas high school a pivotal moment in our nation's history. not because it was one of the deadliest school shootings, but back then three months ago because it was the last.

mr. nelson: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: madam president, i have just returned from puerto rico. i went there at the invitation of governor rosio. i spent time with his secretary of housing. i spent time with members of his executive staff. i went up into the mountains in the city named lasp piadras. according to the mayor who showed me a number of the residential neighborhoods, 30% of that city does not have electricity. it has been eight months since the two hurricanes, first maria and then irma, hit the island of puerto rico, our fellow u.s. citizens. and there are still major parts of the island that do not have electricity. in this town of 30,000 you could go to different locations. one particular location up further up the mountain, no electricity. so i asked the residents that i talked to, how are you coping? what do you do? they had a generator, but because of the shortage of fuel and the cost of the fuel, they can't run the generator all the time so they use it for the necessities of cooking and other chores