mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator frp indiana. mr. braun: reserving the right to object. i have only been here a little under two years. in the time that i have been here, it has been disappointing that when it comes to real attempts to make legislative progress, so often i see that we are far apart in terms of how we want to go about it. i came here from a state like indiana where serving in our state legislature, running a business for 37 years, we seem to get things done. even though we were divided, of course, like most legislative bodies are, we came together and did things that made a difference for our constituents. in the time before the impeachment saga came along, covid, civil unrest, i thought many of us were putting our shoulders to the grindstone and i'm on committees like health, education, labor, and pension, wanted to weigh in on talking about some of the things democrats have brought up about health care. and to me again i think it brings in front of us differences in approach certainly. i'm a believer that rather tha

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator frp indiana. mr. braun: reserving the right to object. i have only been here a little under two years. in the time that i have been here, it has been disappointing that when it comes to real attempts to make legislative progress, so often i see that we are far apart in terms of how we want to go about it. i came here from a state like indiana where serving in our state legislature, running a business for 37 years, we seem to get things done. even though we were divided, of course, like most legislative bodies are, we came together and did things that made a difference for our constituents. in the time before the impeachment saga came along, covid, civil unrest, i thought many of us were putting our shoulders to the grindstone and i'm on committees like health, education, labor, and pension, wanted to weigh in on talking about some of the things democrats have brought up about health care. and to me again i think it brings in front of us differences in

mr. president, thanks for joining us today. >> well, thank you. brian: mr. president, you said over the last three weeks you have a different feel for the campaign. you really feel like you're going to win now. what changed? >> well, a lot of things. it's just going very well. i think he's imploding. you look at all the corruption in his family, it's tremendous. nobody's ever seen. i mean, that laptop, nobody has ever seen anything like that. he's gone into hiding. he's done the lid again. he's there for a long time, and things are changing fast. the numbers at the polls are looking really good, really, really good. will: mr. president, you bring up hunter biden's laptop. many on the left are suggesting this is nothing but a russian disinformation campaign. what do you say to that? >> it's just crazy. i shaw shift ety schiff get up yesterday and say this is russia. he is so sick. we went through two and a half years of that a plus, and this guy, he ought to be put away, or he ought to be -- you know, something should happen with him. i watched him look straig

mr. president. pres. clinton: thank you, jim. and thank you to the people of hartford, our hosts. i want to begin by saying again how much i respect senator dole and his record of public service and how hard i will try to make this campaign and this debate one of ideas, not insults. four years ago i ran for president at a time of high unemployment and rising frustration. i wanted to turn this country around with a program of opportunity for all, responsibility from all, and an american community where everybody has a role to play. i wanted a government that was smaller and less bureaucratic to help people make the most of their own lives. four years ago you took me on faith. now there's a record -- ten and a half million more jobs, rising incomes, falling crime rates and welfare rolls, a strong america at peace. we are better off than we were four years ago. let's keep it going. we cut the deficit by 60%. now, let's balance the budget and protect medicare, medicaid, education and the environment. we

mr. president, unconscionable. mr. president, potentially ripping away health care from millions of americans is just one of the many things at stake. women's reproductive freedom is at risk. president trump has said that he will only nominate judges who would overturn roe v. wade, and judge barrett has repeatedly criticized this landmark ruling that provides women with the freedom to make their own health care decisions and control their own destinies. -- and be full citizens of the united states of america. equality for lgbtq americans is also at risk. just this month, two justices on the supreme court indicated their desire to overturn the decision in obergefell v. hodges which delivered marriage equality to so many. judge barrett has previously defended the dissenting opinion in that case. and voting rights are at risk. judge barrett refused to acknowledge the fact that communities of color face disproportionate obstacles in voting. nor would she acknowledge what every lawyer and really most high school students kno

mr. president. i yield the floor.sk unanimous e quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: well, mr. president, for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and senate republicans have refused to take action on the house-passed for the people act. at a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore people's trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. it is under -- it is for the people. in order to make a more perfect union. it would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. that's something we have just recently read more and more about. why aren't we doing more on that? in fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the -- an act u.c. of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. i hope they're not following donald trump's obeisance to russia and his view that putin'

mr. president? illinois. from >> mr. president, i would say to the senator from indiana, i this ize that he's new to body, and what he's seen in the senate is not the senate that i elected to. there was a time, the senate may believe, we to actually brought bills to the floor. we allowed amendments, and course, hen, of committee had done its work. we loud amendments on the floor up r down, and we ended deliberating and voting, and passed here hey would those conference and miraculously at some point they would become law. here for a appened long, long time. and i don't think you've seen it. defense authorization bill is as close as it gets but we don't have active amendments there. on this ircumstance, bill which i brought before the committee 18 ry ears ago, 18 years ago, it's passed the house of representatives and sitting on senator mcconnell's desk for a year. to the senaterred judiciary committee and i o-chair the immigration subcommittee with your colleague standing to your right from in the e've met twice last two

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: mr. president, i rise this afternoon in full, complete awe inspired support for the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the supreme court. her qualifications are not in dispute and have been mentioned repeatedly on the floor and in other public forums. mr. president, i have had a chance as a member of the senate to vote on -- on four associate justices of the supreme court. kagan, sotomayor, gorsuch, and kavanaugh. i was a member of the house of representatives down the hall here during the confirmations of justices alito and roberts. and i was old enough to pay close attention to the confirmations of justices breyer and thomas. i can say to my colleagues today , i have never witnessed a more impressive display of poise and knowledge and temperament in a candidate for the supreme court than i have witnessed during the confirmation process of -- of this particular candidate. and i think that's why perhaps there was objection to the process. no doubt there was

mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 5:45 begin immediately at this time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? on this vote, the yeas are 43, the nays are 48. the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader is recognized. mr. schumer: could we have some order please, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. please take your conversations out of the chamber. mr. schumer: okay, mr. president. shhh ... so our republican majority refused to consider the supreme court nominee of a duly elected democratic president on the supposed principle that the american people should have a voice in selecting their next supreme court justice. now they're moving forward with a supreme court nomination while a presidential e

mr. president, mr. president, -- for that reason, mr. president, as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent the committee on commerce be discharged from further consideration of s. 4756, which is my don't push my buttons act to which i just referred, and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration, and i further ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all in the vain -- vein of we have talked now for years about section 230 liability, and i think we ought to actually try to do something about it. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. wyden: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator for oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, this bill is a privacy bill. it appears to have been introduced two days ago, and the sponsor has arrived on the floor of the senate and says that his bill ought to be passed immediately and without debate. now, my guess is that a small circle of beltway insid

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, are we in the midst of a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. warner: i rise today out of grave concern with the direction of the senate as an institution and with the choices being made on behalf of the american people. by almost every account, our economy remains severely wounded by the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. cases are still rising, as a matter of fact a record was set? just the last couple days -- was set? just the last couple days. small businesses are unfortunately closing at an accelerating rate. paw foreclosures and evisions are on the rise. jobless benefits are running out and our state and local governments are running dangerously low on resources to assist teachers, first responders, firefighters, and so many others. but rather than focusing on the immediate needs of the american people and acting to remove the uncertainty being felt by families across this country and in the commonwealth of virginia, the senate is preparing to pursue a partisa

mr. thune: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. thune: madam president, the democratic leader seems to think that this had something to do with a three-minute speech 30 years ago. i don't know where that comes from. i can tell you that he has been involved in a systematic reversal of the long-standing precedent when it comes to the consideration of judges to the federal bench by the united states senate. and i'm a beneficiary, i suppose you could say, in some strange way of that. that was a major issue in my campaign in 2004. 2003 made it -- we made it about the blockade that the democrats in the senate at the time, led by the current democratic leader, had started against a whole long list of nominees put forward by then-president george w. bush. i'll remind you of a few names, janice roger brown, priscella owen, miguel estrada, judge pickering. there was a long list of judges blocked at the time by the current democratic leader. as leader mcconnell pointed out, it wasn't even a sort of random thing. it was a planned strategy to st

mr. president. put tougher sanctions on castro. not make it easier. >> mr. president, what is your attitude toward cuba and how it should be treated. >> first of all, for the last four years, we have worked hard to put more and more pressure on the castro government. to bring about more openness and a move toward democracy. in 1992, before i became president, congress passed the cuban democracy act and i enforced it vigorously. we made the embargo tougher but increased contacts. people to people with the cubans, including direct telephone service was largely supported by the cuban-american community. then cuba shot down two of our planes and murdered four people. in international air space. they were completely beyond the law and i signed the hellsburg legislation. i did give about six months before the effective date of the act before lawsuits can be filed, even though they're effective now. it can be. legally binding. because i want to change cuba. the united states needs help from other countries.

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i come to the floor to urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to come together to resume negotiations on a comprehensive relief package for granite staters and americans across this country. six million americans missed their rent or mortgage payments in september. the lines at food pantries in my state of new hampshire and across the country are growing longer and longer and yet the partisan supreme court nomination seems to be the only priority of the republican leadership here in the senate. the american public are tired of partisan posturing. they need relief and they need it now. that's why congress should pass a bipartisan comprehensive package that addresses the challenges we are facing in the short and long term. congress needs to provide assistance for our hospitals and health care providers, especially nursing homes and long-term care facilities which account for 81% of covid-19 deaths in new hampshire. and that's the highest percentage in the country. we sho

mr. president. congratulations. it is worth reiterating that these deals, the third arab league country to recognize israel, is only possible because of your leadership. this would not have happened because of president trump. the possibilities are endless because of your leadership. hopefully, more and more countries will join. pres. trump: so they have been working on those. how many years have they been working approximately? >> i have been talking about it for 25 years, but, mr. president, it is a fact that it was your involvement that accelerated everything. when i met the chairman in uganda and africa, -- in africa, i hoped we could reach the -- this day. it took your leadership, your team, and the courage of the leaders of sudan and their wisdom to join all of us in this historic odyssey. an odyssey is a long journey. this is like an express train moving. one reinforces the other. i am very excited by the new future for israel answer done -- and sudan. i am very excited for a new future for israel and other co

mr. president, your rebuttal. >> yes. i have so many things there to respond to, i'm going to pick out something you said earlier. you've been all over the country repeating something that, i will admit, the press has also been repeating -- that i believed that nuclear missiles could be fired and then called back. i never, ever conceived of such a thing. i never said any such thing. >> in a discussion of our strategic arms negotiations, i said that submarines carrying missiles and airplanes carrying missiles were more conventional-type weapons, not as destabilizing as the land-based missiles, and that they were also weapons that -- or carriers -- that if they were sent out and there was a change, you could call them back before they had launched their missiles. >> but i hope that from here on you will no longer be saying that particular thing, which is absolutely false. how anyone could think that any sane person would believe you could call back a nuclear missile, i think is as ridiculous as the whole concept has been. so

mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: mr. president, if i could just make one quick observation here, first off, the funding that was provided in the republican bill wasn't inconsequential. it was $650 billion. and to the democratic leader's point about the people in this country want a $2.-- which is now a $2.4 trillion bill, boy, i tell you, i haven't seen that anywhere. and maybe there's some polling out there that indicates that. but i think if you asked the question, would you want to spend $2.4 trillion if you knew you were borrowing it from your children and grandchildren, you might get a different answer. the truth. matter is, we've done $3.5 trillion, all borrowed money, all added to the debt, already to address coronavirus relief. that being said, we did bring a bill up that was another $650 billion, and democrats blocked it. why? because it doesn't spend enough and they didn't think it spent enough on the things they thought it ought to spend money on. if that's the debate, let's get 0en our bill. let's start at the

the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the senate spent the last few days, like all americans have, praying for quick healing and smooth recovery for president trump and the first lady following their positive covid-19 tests. i spoke to the president by phone twice this past weekend. both times, his spirits were high. both times, we talked about the people's business, our nation's fight against this pandemic, his exceptional nominee to the supreme court, judge barrett, as well as our efforts to continue rebuilding the economy for working families. we're also thinking of our friends and colleague, the senior senator for utah, the senior senator for wisconsin, and the junior senator from north carolina who are currently working from home. the standard cliche would say that these past few days have provided a stark reminder of the dangers of this terrible virus. but the truth is that our nation did not need any such reminder. more than 209,000 of our fellow citizens have lost their lives. millions have battled illne

mr. president, two minutes. esident trump: so i listen to very talking about a transition, there has been no transition from when i won. i won that election and if you look at "crooked hillary" clinton, if you look at all of the different people, there was no transition because they came after me trying to do a coup. they came after me spying on my campaign. they started from the day i won and even before i won. the day i came down the escalator with our first lady. they were a disaster. they were a disgrace to our country. we've caught them. we caught them all. we got it all on tape. by the way you gave the idea for the logan act against general flynn. you better take a look at that we caught in a sense. president obama was sitting in the office. he knew about it too. don't sell me about a free transition. as far as the ballots are concerned it is a disaster. solicited ballot, solicited is okay. you're asking, they send it back you send it back. i did that. if you have -- they're sending millions of ballots all

mr. president. as you tell the commission on debates i are not going to do this virtually. >> have first of all, i think i am better when to a point i would love to do a rally tonight i wander to do one last night. but i think i am better, to a point that i feel better than i did, you know, jokingly said 20 years ago i feel perfect there is nothing wrong, i had a case, i got a doctor out -- i think regeneron responsible for it, because of that it was sort of like almost a gift from heaven because of what i went through, i had you know, i felt pretty lousy a lot of people did. >> a lot of people do. you know, no matter how good security you are not going to protect yourselves from this thing with just your standard anything unless you literally don't come out even those people found out did you see new york city most heavily locked down place to people the most were people caught innu apartments one of those things that -- go ahead, maria. maria: i am glad you brought up new york mr. president, i am

mr. president? i want to get to -- >> but pennsylvania -- maria: yep. >> pennsylvania, maria, can't vote for him because they'd be out of business. texas, he's against guns, he's against god, and he's against oil. maria: yep. >> and then i hear texas? we're winning texas by a lot. i think we're winning everything by a lot, you want to know the truth,. martha: ya. maria: i want to go through policy differences, and then i've got to get to the declassification as well, so so let me move on. taxes, speak to voters right now, mr. president. what do you want to do with taxes, particularly the middle class, and then give us your health care plan because kamala harris at the i debate said that the gop's push to end obamacare means, quote, they are coming for you. they are criticizing you saying you have no plan for pre-existing conditions. what's your response in terms of speaking to voters on taxes and on health care, sir? >> first of all, pre-existing conditions, they know that's false. the obamacare, we

well, mr president, that's not strictly true, is it?'t peace, there isn't quiet, the osce monitors who look at the situation on the ground in the east — have talked about m00 cease—fire violations since july. you claim that the prisoner swaps, the cease—fire, have changed the situation. the truth is, they haven't. well... but, but... but, mr president, i come back to this point, you promised the ukrainian people that you would be different, you would tell them the truth, you would be open and transparent with them. is it not the truth that with vladimir putin in power in moscow, there is no possibility of a peace in which you get back all of the territories which you no longer control right now. mr putin has made it clear that, for example, there can only be peace in the east of ukraine if you give the east ukraine breakaway territories special autonomous status, you hold elections in those territories, allow them to vote — and only after that can you put ukrainian troops back on your external border. are you prepared to accept that? we

mr. president. i yield the floor. ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from >> mr. president. >> senator from alaska? >> i want to start with a thank you to you as the presiding officer for indulging me in the e nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court. and while i intend to share with you my intentions on how i will vote, i'd like to start by just expressing my disappointment with where we are in the senate as a whole right now. there's been some good discussion hering this morning as we're considering -- discussion here this morning as we're considering the unanimous consent agreements, some statements made, but not action moving forward. i -- i had hoped that if we were going to be at this moment in time just over a week out from our national elections, that we would be here on the floor debating -- debating the merits of a receive relief bill. and in my home state of alaska, as in so many states around the country, we're seeing unprecedented numbers now. the news just

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: one minute for morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: a fellow iowan dan gable is one of the greatest athletes and coaches in american history. president trump has selected dan to receive the presidential medal of freedom. the highest civilian honor. i sent a letter to the white house after hearing about grassroots support in iowa for this award. dan gable is a household name for every iowa sports fan. as a wrestler at iowa state university, dan won two collegiate championships, a world championship and an olympic gold medal. his overall high school and college record is 181 victories, one defeat. that one defeat came in the finals of the ncaa tournament his senior year. his coaching career at the state of iowa led 15 national championships, team championships out of the 21 years that he's coaching. as a coach at the university of iowa, dan developed all americans national champion, big ten champions and olympians. dan is a paragon of the am

mr. president, i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. peters: thank you, mr. president. i would like to start by giving a quick history lesson, and i will begin with just two numbers. these two numbers speak to how extraordinary it is that we are here today debating and voting on a nominee for the united states supreme court. the first number is four. four. that's how many supreme court vacancies have arisen after july in a presidential election year. only four times in the history of this country has a supreme court vacancy arisen within four months of a presidential election. the next number i think is very important to remember. that number is zero, zero. that's how many times these vacancies were filled. in fact, similar to this vacancy, president lincoln had a senate majority when a vacancy arose just weeks before election day in 1864. and what did he do? he chose to wait. president lincoln thought nominating a justice so close to an election would delegitimize our institutions and harm the republic that he was fighting so hard to p

mr. president, your rebuttal? >> yes. i am not going to continue trying to respond to these repetitions of the falsehoods that have already been stated here, but with regard to whether mr. mondale would be strong as he said he would be, i know that he has a commercial out where he's appearing on the deck of the nimitz and watching the s-14s take off, and that's an image of strength. except if he had had his way when the nimitz was being planned, he would have been deep in the water out there because there wouldn't have been any nimitz to stand on. he was against it. he was against the f-14 fighter, he was against the m-1 tanks, he was against the b-1 bomber. he wanted to cut the salary of all the military, he wanted to bring home half the military forces in europe, and he has a record of weakness with regard to our national defense that is second to none. indeed, he was on that side virtually throughout all his years in the senate, and he opposed even president carter when, toward the end of his term, president carter want

mr. trewhitt, your question to president reagan? henry: mr. president, i want to raise an issue that i think has been lurking out there for two or three weeks and cast it specifically in national security terms. you already are the oldest president in history, and some of your staff say you were tired after your most recent encounter with mr. mondale. i recall yet that president kennedy had to go for days on end with very little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt in your mind that you would be able to function in such circumstances? pres. reagan: not at all, mr. trewhitt, and i want you to know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. [laughter] if i still have time, i might seneca or cicero who said if it was not for the elders correcting the mistake of the young, there would be no state. henry: mr. president, i'd like to head for the fence and try to catch that one before it goes over, but i'll go on to another quest

mr. president. >> mr. president, in point of fact, the daca program, there are under your administration, no new applicants are allowed and in fact the daca recipients have to renew every year as opposed to every two years. so in fact the daca program has been curtailed by your administration. >> what happened is because of the pandemic, much changed on the immigration front. mexico is heavily infected, as you know, and we've made it very, very difficult to come in because of the pandemic and other reasons, and crime. but we have a very strong border right now, and we have to keep it that way. but we want people to come into our country, but they have to come in through a merit system, and they have to come in legally. and people are very, very happy with it. you haven't heard any complaints about that. but what happened is because of the pandemic, we have to be extra cautious. >> you have been promising this immigration bill since, well, at least july when you told my colleague on telemundo it was coming,

mr. president, this, mr. president, our presiding officer, voting rights and the integrity of our elections also hangs in the balance with this nomination. earlier this week, the supreme court upheld a pennsylvania lower court decision that allows mail-in ballots to be counted in the upcoming election. the vote was tied 4-4, which means the issue was not settled permanently. it means that judge barrett may very well be the deciding vote on many disputes related to the upcoming election. how would judge barrett have ruled in the pennsylvania case? well, during her confirmation hearing, judge barrett refused to answer questions about the legality of poll taxes, voter intimidation, voter discrimination and whether or not the president can unilaterally move election day. it strains credit duty to -- credulity to know that voter intimidation is unconstitutional, that voter discrimination is unconstitutional and the president cannot move election day. why can't he? because you guessed it. because it would be unconst

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mr. president, addresses the criticism, mr. president, the criticism that you removed your mask for a photo op, you got to the top of the steps, you removed it, people are worried about your recent diagnosis, now you've got 30 plus people with coronavirus in and around the white house. address that concern for us, mr. president, as you tell the convention on debates you're not going to do this virtually. >> yeah. well, first of all, i think i'm better. i went to a point where i'd love to do a rally tonight. i wanted to do one last night. but i think i'm better to a point that i feel better than i did, you know, i jokingly said 20 years ago. i feel perfect. there's nothing wrong. i had a case, i got it ducked out. i think it was regeneron that was responsible for it. because of that, it was sort of like almost a gift from heaven because, because of what i went through -- and i had, you know, i felt pretty lousy. a lot of people did. a lot of people do. you know, no mart how good the security, you're not going to protect yourself

mr. president, mr. president, mr. president, as the moderator, we are going to talk about covid in the next segment. vice pres. biden: let me finish. the point is that the president is also opposed roe v. wade. that is on the ballot as well in the court. so that is also at stake right now. so, the election -- pres. trump: why is it on the ballot? it is not on the ballot. vice pres. biden: it is on the ballot in the courts. pres. trump: there is nothing happening there. you don't know her view on roe v. wade. chris: all right, let's talk -- we got a lot to unpack here. we've got a lot of time. [laughter] on health care and then we will come back to roe v. wade. mr. president, the supreme court will hear a case it week after the election in which the trump administration along with 18 state attorneys general are thinking to overturn obamacare. you have spent the last -- pres. trump: because we want to give back -- chris: let me ask the question, sir. over the last four years, you have promised to repeal and replace obama

mr. president. mr. president, i rise to speak about the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be an associate justice on the united states supreme court. that has been the subject of, i know, a number of floor remarks tonight and this morning. we know that in terms of the history of the nomination at this time before an election, no person has ever been confirmed this close just days away from a presidential election and no election, of course, has had so many votes cast this early. 59 million is the last number i saw a couple of hours ago. this is all happening, this rushed confirmation process while people are voting, all while republicans here in the senate are ramming a nomination through and not voting on a covid-19 relief bill which should be the subject of our work at this time in my judgment because of the nature of the pandemic, the threat that it still poses, and the relief that is needed all across the country. but as much as we focus in this debate, the supreme court nomination debate as m

mr. president. the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. schumer: i

mr. president, i yield the mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: the senate will soon vote on the confirmation of judge barrett to become associate justice of the united states supreme court. i will be voting in favor of her nomination, and i urge my colleagues to do just the same. as was made clear to millions of americans who watched her hearing, judge barrett has the temperament, the modesty, and the humility that we should all expect in a judge. she approaches cases without bias or personal agenda. she made that very clear to almost every question asked to her by every member of the judiciary committee. most importantly, judge barrett understands the proper role of members of the judiciary and our constitutional system of separated powers. that is, a judge should interpret, not make the law. making law is under the constitution the responsibility of the congress. not the supreme court. she also made that very clear in almost every question that she was asked by members of the judiciary committee. judge barrett has an impressive com

mr. president. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. president, all members are present. >> president yee: all right. thank you. please place your right hand over your heart. would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president yee: thank you. on behalf of the board, i wish to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public on-line. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: yes, mr. president. i just want to make sure that i captured supervisor stefani -- or did i miss you, supervisor? >> supervisor stefani: madam clerk, i believe that you did, and i am present. thank you. >> clerk: i believe that, and i apologize to you, and yes, mr. president. all members are present, just to make sure. >> president yee: mm-hmm. >> clerk: and yes, i do have a communication. the minutes will reflect that during the covid-19 health emergency, members of the board participated in this meeting remotely through video conference to the staple exten

mr. president. on the motion to approve item 26 and table 27 and 28, supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> president yee: aye. >> supervisor fewer: no. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> clerk: there are 10 ayes, one no, with supervisor fewer in the dissent. >> president yee: thank you. 10-1 vote. item 26 is approved and items 27 and 28 are tabled. so madame clerk, let's go to items 29 through 52 -- well, wait. yes. >> items 29 through 52, comprise the matters that are associated with the city's budget. item 29 is the budget and appropriation ordinance to appropriate all estimated receipts for departments of the city as of july 30, 2020 and item 30 is the salary ordinance for both items for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2021 and 2022. items 31 is the resolution to approve the fiscal year 2020 through 2021.

mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: could we have order in the senate. the presiding officer: please take your conversations off the floor. the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to calendar 554, s. 4675. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. the clerk will report. the clerk: the motion to proceed to calendar number 554, s. 4675, a bill to amend the health insurance portability and accountability act. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i want to just take -- could we have order, please? the presiding officer: please take your conversations off the floor. mr. schumer: i just want to tak, mr. president. i just want to take a moment to explain to the american people what's happening here on the floor of the senate. after putting the senate on pause for over five long months while businesses closed, millions lost their jobs, and hundreds of thous