mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: we've been told by the majority party that soon we will be having a vote on an 800-page bill to change 50 state voting laws for one federal law. this bill is called the for people act. it was compiled after the 2018 elections to call into question legitimacy of democratic elections for partisan political purposes. if it had been a serious attempt at legislating, there would have been some outreach to some republicans because it takes 60 votes, a bipartisan vote, to get anything through the united states senate. in that process, there would have been consultation also with local elected officials. the election officials that conduct the state elections, to make sure it was workable. there would have been hearings in the congress. there would have been revisions from the bill originally introduced. the fact that back in 2018 when it was introduced is the fact that it was i

the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. zahid n. quraishi of new jersey to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mr. thune: mr. president, last night the air force announced some historic news for south dakota, and today i'm proud to share that ellsworth air force base in western south dakota has been officially named main operating base one for the future b-21 bomber, home of the raider. this designation not only means that ellsworth will be the first base to host the b-21 raider but it will also hold the first formal training unit and squadron. those who heard me talk about the importance of this know that the outlo

mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, we are not in a quorum call, are we, madam president? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. cornyn: thank you very much. madam president, the american people are counting on congress to act on some of the biggest issues facing our country. for starters, there's a border crisis. since january, more than 630,000 migrants have come to our southern border, including more than 65,000 unaccompanied children. in may, customs and border protection had their busiest month in 21 years with more than 180,000 encounters in may alone and were on -- we're on track to see some of the highest numbers in yearly border crossings in decades. well, the alarm bells are sounding, but amid this crisis, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing this monger on a partisan -- this monger on a partisan bill that has nothing to do with the border crisis. make no mistake, i believe congress should absolutely take action to allow current daca or deferred action for childhood arrivals, t

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mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. durbin: rewould in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. durbin: thank you. as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration -- i'm sorry, i want to make a statement before i do that. thank you. mr. president, in the city of chicago, which i'm proud to represent, there's an organization called life span. this is an incredible group of people who dedicate their lives to providing comprehensive services for the survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. every day they respond to horrifying cases of abuse. they help thousands of women and children access the support they need to address trauma and to rebuild their lives. for example, lifespan recently assisted a woman after her teenage daughter was sexually assaulted by the woman's husband. lifespan was able to help the mother and daughter navigate the overwhelming challenges of pursuing justice against the abuser and offer support to the daughter througho

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warnock: mr. president, i rise today at a defining moment in american history. and at a time when i sincerely believe that what we do or fail to do will have long lasting and far-reaching implications for the health, viability and vitality of the world's greatest democracy. we debate many important issues in this chamber, but this issue, the issue of voting rights, i argue, is decidedly different. it is formative and foundational. it is the framework in which all of our other debates take place for this issue is about the preservation and the protection of the democracy itself. that is, after all, what we claim to be. that is who we are. a democracy built on that sacred idea of one person, one vote. with all of the arguments taking place in the country right now, with all of the audits being ordered, and with all of the voting legislation being feverishly passed in states all across our country, clearly, ironically there is agreement, albeit for different reasons, on the right and on the left that

mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 149. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, office of the director of national intelligence, christopher charles fonzone of pennsylvania to be general counsel. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 149, christopher charles fonzone of pennsylvania to be general counsel of the office of the director of national intelligence, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding of

mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. deborah l. boardman of maryland to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam president. i ask that we suspend the quorum and that i be allowed to finish my remarks before the scheduled vote. the presiding officer: the senator has been recognized. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam president. it seems that for the past month senate republicans have watched as our democratic colleagues send up one partisan test balloon after another. they threatened a battle over a so-called equal pay bill, which turned out to be charming the water for the trial lawyers but really not much else. then they once again threatened the second amendment, but they couldn't find a friend across party lines to join them in that fight. so that trial ball

mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to speak about how far our nation has come in the past six months. just for a moment think back to where we were in january. every day hundreds of thousands of americans were being diagnosed with covid-19. and on many days, more than 3,000 or even 4,000 of our moms and dads and brothers and sisters, children and friends, neighbors were dying of this horrible disease. meanwhile, millions of americans were out of work just six months ago, and small businesses were unsure whether or not they could reopen safely. during these cold, dark days, it was easy to wonder if things would ever get better. but something else happened in january. on january 20, president joe biden, vice president kamala harris were sworn into office. and with their inaguration came a laser focus on defeating this horrific disease and getting our country moving again. they had some amazing tools in their arsenal, vaccines that proved to be more effective than anyone could have hoped, thank good

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the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise today to celebrate a win for the country. today the united states rightly failed to advance the corrupt politicians act, meaning that this bill will not come to the senate floor for a final vote. this is a huge win for the citizens of the united states. this is a huge win for democracy. and it's a huge win for the integrity of our elections. the corrupt politicians act is the most dangerous legislation we've considered in the senate in the nine years i've served in this body. it's an attempt by senate democrats at a brazen power grab. it's an attempt by democrats to federalize elections and to ensure that democrats won't lose control for the next 100 years. this bill isn't about protecting the right to vote. it's precisely the opposite. it's about taking away the right to vote from the citizens and giving it instead to the corrupt politicians in washington who want to stay in power. the corrupt politicians act would strike down virtually every commonsense voter integr

mr. president about the draft registration law that was passed during president carter's administration and in view of your opposition to it and the campaign. how is that consistent with your about intention to strengthen our national defenses? well to answer the last part first. i just didn't feel that the advance registration on all the evidence we could get. materially speed up the process if an emergency required the draft. it did create a bureaucracy. it caused certainly some unrest and dissatisfaction and we were told that it would only be a matter of several days if we had to call up an address that we could do that several days earlier with the registration then we would be able to if there was no registration at all. we is one that's something to be looked at further down. i've only been here nine days and most of these nine days have been spent in cabinet meetings on the economy getting ready to send our package up to the hill and so i i just have to tell you that we will be dealing with that meet with that and make a decision on what to do with it down the road someplace gary the

mr. president you campaigned brother most sypherously against the salt too treaty saying it was slanted to get slanted toward the soviet union yet. i noticed your secretary of state mr. hague now seems to suggest that for the time being at least the united states will abide by the limits of the salt to treat any hopes the soviet union will too. how long you intend that the united states should abide by the terms of assault agreement, which you consider inequitable and what do you consider its greatest inequities to be? well the soul trudy for treaty. first of all, i think permits a continued build-up on both sides of strategic nuclear weapons, but for in the main thing authorizes and immediate increase in large numbers of soviet warheads. there is no verification as to the number of warheads on the missile no method for us to do this. i don't think that a treaty sought means strategic arms limitation. that actually permits a buildup on both sides. of strategic nuclear weapons is can properly be called that and i have said that when we can and i am willing for our people to go into negotiat

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. : i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise today to celebrate a win for the country. today the united states rightly failed to advance the corrupt politicians act, meaning that this bill will not come to the senate floor for a final vote. this is a huge win for the citizens of the united states. this is a huge win for democracy. and it's a huge win for the integrity of our elections. the corrupt politicians act is the most dangerous legislation we've considered in the senate in the nine years i've served in this body. it's an attempt by senate democrats at a brazen power grab. it's an attempt by democrats to federalize elections and to ensure that democrats won't lose control for the next 100 years. this bill isn't about protecting the right to vote. it's precisely the opposite. it's about taking away the right to vote from the citizens and giving it instead to the corrupt politicians in washingt

mr. president one of the basic issues. we're examining in this in this program is whether after a rough start. mrs. reagan has grown in self-assurance and self-confidence. do you over the four and a half years that she has been first lady see a change in mrs. reagan? yes, and it is a case of growth. i think things that once bothered her excessively and could really get to her don't anymore. she takes them in stride. and some of the unfair criticisms and so forth and i guess she kind of treats them now like we we used to treat. well an unfavorable review of a of your part in a picture you you dusted it off said as long as the people behind the tickets liked it, that's all it counts. do you do you feel that you've grown? during the four and a half years. yes. yes, i do but i think i think anybody who doesn't when they're in this when they're in this position. i don't know how you could not grow. given all all the circumstances all the people. you need all the places you go all the all the experiences you have. you have to gro

mr. president do you believe you are meeting with putin can change his behavior? >> mr. president did you warn prime minister johnson [inaudible] [inaudible conversations]

mr. president. i hate to bring this up, but i think i but he's going to but i am going to i believe it is true that mrs. reagan standing in the polls is even higher than yours is right now and i can understand that and i didn't vote for me i voted for her and some people said after the trip to europe that she was the star. how do you feel about occasionally taking second billing? as long as it is to her. i'm very happy. no that well. no. i mean that's nice and everything. but but he had all the hard work. see we're disagreeing but that's certainly isn't a fight by the way that i see most of wise fight. during the economic summit. i think it was the first dinner much of that dinner apparently was spent talking about your wife's drug efforts and the first ladies conference. and out of that summit came a decision that there's going to be an international crackdown on drugs. what did that mean to both of you to see mrs. reagan's work being taken so seriously on an international level. meant a lot to me.

president biden: we have great opportunity. thank you very much. thank you. mr. riedl: mr. president, would you agree -- reporter: mr. president, would you agree -- president biden: do i agree on -- reporter: after you are -- president biden: we had long discussions and i feel very good about armenia. reporter: mr. president -- >> president biden is in belgium to participate in the eu-us summit. while there he's meeting with russian president putin. he talked to european union leaders. here are his remarks. >> that we need to team up and join up to tackle big challenges ahead of us. a very, very warm welcome. president biden: thank you both very much. it's been one of the great pleasures. member of the g-7 and again today. i wanted to -- i haven't been back to brussels since 2017. even back then in 2014. america's back and this is why we are here in full force. i'm happy to have with me today members of my cabinet. anthony blinken, who suffers from the problem of having worked for me for years. and also trade representative who has made some real progress already. secretary

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mr. president. thank you very much. thank you, mr. president. and it is, of course, a great honor to be with you today for this historic announcement. as the g7 countries come together for this critical summit, the eyes of the world are on the leaders of these powerful nations to help solve the ongoing covid-19 crisis. while great progress has been made in many developed nations, the world is now asking the g7 leaders to shoulder the responsibility to help vaccinate people in all countries. mr. president, i know from our conversations that we agree that every man, woman, and child on the planet, regardless of financial condition, race, religion, or geography deserve access to lifesaving covid-19 vaccines. and once again, the united states has answered the call, and we are grateful to you and your administration for your leadership in this front. today, we are providing 500 million doses of the pfizer-biontech vaccine to the world's poorest nations. this will significantly enhance our ability to meet

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the vice president: mr. majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, i want to be clear about what just happened on the senate floor. every single senate republican just voted against starting debate -- starting debate -- on legislation to protect americans' voting rights. once again, the senate republican minority has launched a partisan blockade of a pressing issue here in the united states senate, an issue no less fundamental than the right to vote. could we have order, madam president? the vice president: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: i've laid out the facts for weeks. republican state legislatures across the country are engaged in the most sweeping voter suppression in 80 years. capitalizing and cat liced by do not's big lie. these state governments are making it harder for younger, poorer, urban and nonwhite americans to vote. earlier today the republican leader told reporters that, quote, regardless of what may be happening in some states, there's no rationale for federal intervention. the republican leader f

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mr. president. >> president walton: thank you. would you please present the in memo up. >> clerk: today's journey will be adjourned in loved memorial on behalf of president walton for mr. randy armstrong. >> president walton: thank you. do we have any other business today, madam clerk? >> clerk: i would just like to point out there is an eclipse of the moon. it's a super flower blood moon this evening. everyone should check that out if you're awake. but that would conclude our business for today, mr. president. >> president walton: thank you so much. that should be a great sight and we will end today's meeting with the following. not everything that is fixed can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. james baldwin. this meeting is adjourned. >> clerk: thank you. . >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, th

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, i understand there's a bill, there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the leader is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: s. 2118, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986, to provide tax incentives for increased investment and clean energy, and for other purposes. mr. schumer: madam president, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i'd object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: now, madam president, on today's and tomorrow's and this week's business, the senate will soon vote on two more nominees to join president biden's administration -- christopher fonzone to serve as general counsel for the office of director of national intelligence and kiran arjandas ahuja to be the director of office of personnel management. those votes will

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mr. president. first, i want to thank the president prioritizing this, for his administration, this is a personal issue for me as i thought of california, i say hello to mike governor, gavin newsom. i grew up drought warnings, my brother-in-law is a california firefighter. as a senator, i've visited the scene while embers were still smoldering fires from a paradise for example, california and when i arrived, a whole community had been wiped out by the fire. the families still hadn't but [but the only thing standing in that community were the chimneys. which looked, in that scene, like tombstones. the firefighters there pointed out to me, if you look at the driveway, it may be a traffic situation, the cars are still in the driveway so that means they didn't get out in time. we have so much work to do on this. our family home was an evacuation order in los angeles so i spent in the expense and i'm also say the most things we can grab most valuable family photographs. everything else doesn't matter so w

after addressing the council, the president and mrs. ngled with the parisians, who had gathered to express their welcome. ♪ speaking of the people of paris, in his report to the american nation, president kennedy said " "they were heartwarming in their -- said "they were heartwarming in their hospitality and their graciousness to my wife is particularly appreciated." while her husband conferred with president de gaulle, mrs. kennedy, escorted by madame de gaulle, visited a childcare center and some of the historic art museums of paris. ♪ and so, after three days, the visit to paris came to an end. the french prime minister and foreign minister bade mrs. kennedy and the president farewell. the next stop was to be vienna, capital of austria. summing up his feeling of satisfaction he had at the meetings in paris, president kennedy said "i left paris for vienna with increased confidence in western unity and strength." ♪ the site of vienna in the spring -- the sight of vienna in the spring of 1961 is that of a historic city fully recovered fr

mr. president. in the run-up to this discussion, there's been a lot of talk about the two countries spilling down into a cold war. i'm wondering if there was anything that you emerged from in the discussion that made you think that -- >> i'm going to take my sun off, the sun is hot. >> anything that wouldmake you think that mr. putin has decided to move away from his fundamental role as a disrupter, particularly a disrupter... did you lay out what the penalty would be for interfering in that critical infrastructure? did he respond in any way to it? president biden: i pointed out to him that we have significant cyber capability. he does not know zachary what it is but it is significant. if they violate these basic norms, we will respond. number two, i think the last thing he wants now is a cold war. without quoting him which i don't think it is appropriate. -- i don't think is appropriate. you have a multi thousand mile border with china. china is seeking to be the most powerful economy in the world,

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mr. president, do you believe -- >> mr. believe you're meeting with putin can change his behavior in a way sanctions have not yet? >> mr. president, did you warn prime minister johnson -- a trade deal -- >>> it looks like the president is not taking questions today but you've just been listening in to live remarks from president biden in st. ives england. we heard from president biden but he also had the ceo of pfizer there with him as they made this announcement officially that the u.s. is purchasing and then donating 500 million doses of the pfizer covid vaccine to the poorest nations around the world to help as he put it in the global vaccination effort saying in ththe u.s. needs to step up and help and lead. let me bring back our team of reporters and experts, phil mattingly, clarissa ward and we also have gloria borger with us as well as dr. celine gounder as well. gloria, why do you think it was important for president biden to announce this plan to donate hundreds of millions of vaccines on the world stage instead of

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, i'm here to talk about the escalating crisis --. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: mr. president, i'm here to talk about the escalating crisis on our southern border. i am the ranking republican, meaning the senior republican on the homeland security committee, which is the committee that has, among other things, oversight over what happens at the department of homeland security, and therefore at the border and customs and bored patrol and other responsibilities. so we've been looking at this issue carefully over the past few months trying to figure out how can we address this surge at the border that's really overwhelming the border patrol. and it's obviously about people, but it's also about drugs. because unfortunately, there are more and more drugs coming over the southern border as well which in effect makes states like mine

thank you, thank you mr president. i want to - thank you mr president.ons we had. thank you for the conversations we had we _ thank you for the conversations we had. we have to deal with this pandemic, and covid—19, we have to face changes— pandemic, and covid—19, we have to face changes and crisis, climate change. — face changes and crisis, climate change. i— face changes and crisis, climate change, i felt all those issues what we need _ change, i felt all those issues what we need is — change, i felt all those issues what we need is cooperation and i think it is great— we need is cooperation and i think it is great to have a us president part of— it is great to have a us president part of the — it is great to have a us president part of the club and very willing to cooperate — part of the club and very willing to cooperate. and i think that what you demonstrate is that leadership is partnership and we do appreciate and think you _ partnership and we do appreciate and think you can deliver that. the partnership and we do appreciate and think you can del

mr. president?> i think in the short run, lynn cheney will be respected where the swing vote is in america which is still in the suburbs. if you look at what happen in the last election which was not close in terms of popular vote but close electoral vote, that is why it is such a big steak has been made about arizona and these crazy things going on. i think people will respect her independence and acknowledge that even the supreme court which has a huge majority for the republicans, even spring court refused to recount the votes. i think in the short run, it is a victory for her. in the long run, i am not so sure it will be a problem for the republicans. i know that president george bush who as you know, is a friend of mine and i admire him partly because he is not afraid of immigrants. he would be happy to go to south texas and debate the issues and i think he could walk out of there with enough votes to beat me every time. i like that. he is represented by an african-american democrat in the hous

mr. president -- >> mr. president, do you support the states plan, the whole -- the bipartisan deal in the house until the senate also passes it? and do you support that? >> yes. >> when you move forward with the two half track system are you putting the bipartisan bill in jeopardy? >> sure, the bipartisan bill -- look, the bipartisan bill from the very beginning is understood there's going to have to be a second part of it. i'm not just signing the bipartisan bill and forgetting about the rest i propose. i propose a significant piece of legislation in three parts. and all three parts are equally important. and by the way, my party, everybody tells me what my party is. my party is divided. well, my party is divided. my party's divided, but my party's also rational. if they can't get every single thing they want, but all they have in the bill before them is good, are they going to vote no? i don't think so. >> mr. president. >> yes. >> mr. president, 48 hours ago it seems like it was in a rough place. and what

after addressing the council, president and mrs. led with the parisian's who had gathered to express their welcome. speaking of the people of paris, and his report to the american nation, president kennedy said, they were heartwarming in their hospitality and their graciousness to my wife is particularly appreciated. while their husband -- mrs. kennedy escorted by madam the goal visited a childcare center and some of the historic landmarks of museums. and so after three days a visit to paris, french prime minister and foreign minister, then president and mrs. kennedy farewell. the next job was to be vienna, capital of austria. summing up his feeling of satisfaction at the meetings he had in paris, president kennedy said, i love paris in vienna for increased confidence in western unity and strength. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the site of vienna in the spring of 1961 is that of a historic city fully recovered from the ravages of world war ii. the capital of austria, whose independence and brutality was guaranteed by the great powers and the austrian

. ♪ there was a special greeting for the president's sister-in-law. mr. was officially welcomed to france by president de gaulle. president de gaulle: [speaking french] narrator: mr. president, upon your arrival on french land, which never saw americans but as friends and allies, it is with great joy that i addressed to you and the united faith the most cordial greetings of france. [speaking french] narrator: president kennedy replied, president kennedy: i want to express on behalf of of my wife and myself our most generous appreciation of your welcome today. i come from america, the d aughter of europe, to france, which is america's oldest friend. ♪ narrator: escorted by the republican guard, the two presidents rode into the heart of paris, a ceremonial prelude hours of consultation between the two leaders. mr. kennedy describe the talks. president kennedy: i found general de gaulle far more interested in our frankly stating our position, whether or not it was his out, but i agree with him when we do not. narrator: about his meetings with president to gau

mr. president. dr. biden, madam vice president, mr. emhoff.ley, distinguished guests, service members, goldstar family members, my fellow veterans, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us on this solemn day in this solemn place. we come together to remember and to renew our sense of common purpose. and to reach out to those who have long warned and to those who newly grieve. mr. president, in thinking about joining you here today i reflected upon a meeting i held a few days ago with some of our goldstar and surviving families. one of them was shannon, a wife of a marine reservist. they have three children. her husband, chris, was killed by a suicide bomber on april 8, 20 and afghanistan. the first thing she said in our meeting was, i'm going to try not to cry. and she told us that before her husband left on one of his deployments, she sat him down and said god forbid something happens to you. but if it does where you want me , to bury you? and he told her, i do not care. i just want to be near you. and today, staff sergeant chris -- res

mr. president. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president walton: thank you so much. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homelands of the ramaytush ohlone. the ramaytush ohlone have never forgotten their role as the caretaker of this place as well as all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands. we wish to acknowledge by paying our respects to the ancestors, relatives, and elders of the ramaytush ohlone and recognizing their sovereign rights as first people. colleagues. please raise your right hand over your heart and join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president walton: and on behalf of the board today, i would like to recognize the staff of sfgovtv, specifically today, colina mendoza, who makes all the proceedings and transcripts available on-line. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. for now, i

mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. i am going to just be reporting briefly on three outside boards. one is the bay area air quality management district. i wanted to highlight the fact that we know we have a site pier 94 where we have 120 rvs. the bay area, air quality management district provided each rv with their own air filters. we did that last week. our residents at the site, we're excited about that. we've been putting the pressure on the surrounding businesses to make sure that they have the proper permits and are taking care of the proper control in the area. one of the corporations we had to shut down their operations until they get the appropriate permits. caltrain project has been delayed to 2024 due to cost overruns and issues with the pandemic. there's also been a request made for $82 million from city and county of san francisco and santa clara county which is inflated calculation that was owed to samtrans. there was a settlement great in 2008 that asked city and county to pay $8 million, we owe couple of

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of monger business with senators -- morning business and senators permitted to speak for ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i understand there's a bill at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time,. the clerk: the bill to expand americans access to the ballot box, strengthen ethics rules for public servants and implement other anticorruption methods for fortifying our democracy and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i now ask for a second reading and to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the appointment at the desk appear separately in the reco

mr. president. relations between russia and the united states have been the guarantor of stability in the world. biden agrees with you. now you're talking about mutual respect and relative warmth. we probably talked about redlines. americans have redlines as well. did you manage at this meeting to agree on how not to cross the red line and by doing so, to improve or not deteriorate relations? >> let me put it this way. we understand what our american partners are talking about and they understand what we are talking about when we say there is a redline. i will give it to you pointblank. you have not gone so far as to find the specifics. we have agreed to work together to continue and follow through on cybersecurity, on strategic stability and i think it is during this consultation, now a common effort in the arctic, we will be able to spell out the specific details. abc news please. our american partners. >> mr. president, thank you so much for taking my question. president biden has said he would r

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