mr. ratcliffe: no. sen. king: and do you commit to exclusively consider professional qualifications and personnel decisions without consideration partisan or political factors? mr. ratcliffe: yes. sen. king: if you were to receive credible evidence as director of the c.i.a. that an individual yas wund mining -- was undermining objectivity and furthering a political agenda in the intelligence community, would you remove or discipline that person? mr. ratcliffe: yes. sen. king: will you or any of your staff impose a political litmus test for c.i.a. employees? mr. ratcliffe: no. sen. king: finally, if confirmed, will you reassure your workforce that loyalty tests are not allowed and not encouraged in the c.i.a.? mr. ratcliffe: i will. sen. king: those are exactly the answers you gave. thank you. one other brief question. you are the author of an important statute on cybersecurity and i've done extensive work in that area myself. i believe that one of the great failings in national policy is the lack of

mr. ratcliffe, to be our next director of the central intelligence agency. mr. ratcliffe, welcome back to the intelligence committee. i also want to welcome your wife, michelle, and thank her and your daughters for the sacrifices they've made across a lifetime of public service. former attorney general john ashcroft is also back before the senate. mr. attorney general, i'm sure being here maximum you nostalgic for your own confirmation process a few years back. john, welcome. we look forward to your remarks. i want to acknowledge also my predecessor, vice chairman warner. senator warner and i have worked together over the years, even when we've disagreed strongly. i expect the spirit of calmity to at any time across our committee. i also want to thank senator rubio for his service on the committee. he remains a member of the committee, but he is otherwise detained this -- he has been a trusted colleague and respected leader for years. we will miss him but look forward to his distinguished service as our next secretary of state. i want to extend thanks to our seni

mr. ratcliffe to be our next director of central intelligence agency. mr. ratcliffe, welcome back to the intelligence committee. i also want to welcome your wife michelle and thank her and her daughters for the sacrifices they made across a lifetime of public service. former attorney general john ashcroft is also back before the senate. mr. attorney general i'm sure you're being here makes you nostalgic for your own process it a few years back. we look forward to remarks. i want to acknowledge also my predecessor vice chairman warner. we work together collegially over the years even when we disagreed strongly. i expect this spirit of comedy to continue that just between the vice chairman and me but across our committee. i also want to thank senator rubio for service on the committee. he remains a of the committee that he is otherwise detained this morning at his own confirmation hearing. he's been a trusted colleague and respectively on the committee for years. we will miss him but we also look forward to his distinguished service as our next secretary of st

mr. ratcliffe will be able to hold firm. most troubling about mr. ratcliffe were the answers i got from him about tulsi gabbard, president trump's nominee to serve as director of national intelligence. if confirmed ms. gabbard would oversee the cia and i think she would be disruptive for american security. if there is anyone who has not been fact based as you've listened to her statements over the years is tulsi gabbard. she seems to make things up out of thin air. no one could be worse in a position of dni than someone who doesn't believingin facts. i told mr. ratcliffe he should urge mr. trump to drop her nomination. he couldn't report to somebody like tulsi gabbard in good conscious. she is too risky. she has a history of cheering america's adversaries. if confirmed i'm worried she'll push false intelligence for political ends. those are precisely the moments mr. ratcliffe will have to hold firm, reject what she says and go to the president and speak truth to power. his answers to my questions about that were unsatisfying, so i'm voting no, becaus

mr. ratcliffe will be able to hold firm. most troubling about mr. ratcliffe were the answers i got from him about tulsi gabbard, president trump's nominee to serve as director of national intelligence. if confirmed ms. gabbard would oversee the cia and i think she would be disruptive for american security. if there is anyone who has not been fact based as you've listened to her statements over the years is tulsi gabbard. she seems to make things up out of thin air. no one could be worse in a position of dni than someone who doesn't believingin facts. i told mr. ratcliffe he should urge mr. trump to drop her nomination. he couldn't report to somebody like tulsi gabbard in good conscious. she is too risky. she has a history of cheering america's adversaries. if confirmed i'm worried she'll push false intelligence for political ends. those are precisely the moments mr. ratcliffe will have to hold firm, reject what she says and go to the president and speak truth to power. his answers to my questions about that were unsatisfying, so i'm voting no, becaus

mr. ratcliffe he needs to be rock-ribbed and strong when she presents falsities about intelligence, which given her past she seems almost inevitably -- she almost will inevitably do. unfortunately, i found his answers about ms. gabbard to be insufficient. candidly, mr. president, the truth is that many of the president-elect's nominees are just not fit for the job, not just ms. gabbard. as we continue with hearings next week on important issues like u.n. ambassador, secretary of agriculture, secretary of the army, democrats will continue to hold the president-elect's nominees' feet to the fire, to show the american people who donald trump's nominees are really fighting for. will drat's nominees focus on -- will donald trump's nominees focus on cutting costs or be more interested in sweetheart deals for big business? will they protect our communities or focus on protecting swags interests? will they -- protecting special interests? will they serve middle-class and families or the swamp? it seems all too likely the wrong answer on each of these questions might be very real. should the time

mr. ratcliffe. congressman look forward to supporting your nomination both here and on the committee and on the floor. and work with us as we give you this job. >> thank you. >> good morning congressman. they did not answer them thusly in the questionnaire but i think they can be easily answered with yes or no for the first one is question 35. would you ever ask, encourage or support intelligence professional and political appointees. >> no. >> are to ever change or remove content and intelligence assessment for political reasons or at the behest of political leadership? quick snow. question 39 would you consider individual political preferences to include loyalty to the president and making the decision to hire, fire, or promoted individual? >> no. >> question 39 btu commit to exclusively consider professional qualifications and i see personnel decisions without partisan or political factors? >> c, 39. credible evidence dni when you immediately remove this individual? >> yes. >> indeed, will you or

mr. ratcliffe. congressman look forward to supporting your nomination both here and on the committee and on the floor. and work with us as we give you this job. >> thank you. >> good morning congressman. they did not answer them thusly in the questionnaire but i think they can be easily answered with yes or no for the first one is question 35. would you ever ask, encourage or support intelligence professional and political appointees. >> no. >> are to ever change or remove content and intelligence assessment for political reasons or at the behest of political leadership? quick snow. question 39 would you consider individual political preferences to include loyalty to the president and making the decision to hire, fire, or promoted individual? >> no. >> question 39 btu commit to exclusively consider professional qualifications and i see personnel decisions without partisan or political factors? >> c, 39. credible evidence dni when you immediately remove this individual? >> yes. >> indeed, will you or

ratcliffe: no. sen. king: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> congressman ratcliffe, congratulations on your nomination. let me follow up on senator kaine's questioning. he ask you if any intelligence that the coronavirus originated in any of the labs and will hand, and you said no. have you seen intelligence that supports the chinese communist party's claim that it originated at a seafood market in will hand? rep. ratcliffe: no. >> i presume you are aware that the landsat published a study in january that concluded in fact it did not originate in a market, that more than one-third of the original cases had no contact in the market whatsoever and include what are believed to be the first cases as well. rep. ratcliffe: i do not recall that. >> are you aware that there is no evidence of any kind to conclude that that was ever sold? rep. ratcliffe: i my understanding. i've had an updated briefing regarding this coronavirus pandemic. sen. cotton: i understand. this is simply a matter of intelligence analysis. everything that we just disc

mr. ratcliffe just wasn't true. mr. ratcliffe wrote three letters to the congress saying the review had been completed. the fact was even included in the director's representations to a court in a foia case. so here, madam president, is why i am opposing the ratcliffe nomination. if john ratcliffe is willing to make representations to the congress that are contradicted by what is in the public record, imagine how easy it would be for him to misrepresent classified matters behind a veil of secrecy. there are other aspects of john ratcliffe's record at dni that are troubling. he said at his confirmation hearing he would tell truth to power. the truth suggests otherwise. for example, at the end of september 2020, he released intelligence about hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. that was even though the intelligence community didn't know if it was accurate or the extent to which it was fabricated or exaggerated by russian intelligence. needless to say, this was a major break from standard practice and it is hard to escape the

mr. ratcliffe promised to return to the cia's core mission. intelligence analysis without bias. mr. ratcliffe brings the right experience and the right approach to the cia, and i look forward to working with him in this position. mr. president, before i close, i want to say a word about two new senators who will take office later today. i'm very pleased to welcome ashley moody of florida and jon husted of ohio to the united states senate. ashley moody began her career as a lawyer in private practice and in all the spare time a young lawyer has she volunteered to help domestic violence victims seeking protection in court. at 31, after practicing and as a federal prosecutor, she became the youngest judge in the state of florida. during her time as a judge, she recruited volunteer attorneys to stand with children whose parents did not appear in court with them and developed a mentoring program for at-risk youth. in 2018, she was elected attorney general in florida, a post from which she held the biden administration accountable and defended flori

mr. ratcliffe is qualified. now maybe members of the senate intelligence committee have had the time to do a full study, but the full senate has not. so it's not too much to ask, given the very real concerns about this nominee's politicization of intelligence, for us to take a day. not a week, not two weeks. a day for senators to take the time to consider the record. but i want to make a broader point. i hear republicans claiming that my decision to ask for one day of debate on a controversial nominee to lead the cia somehow compromises our national security. so let me say this -- spare me. two days ago president donald trump pardoned 1500 rioters, including the most violent rioters, who stormed this building four years ago, brutally beat law enforcement over the head with poles, tried to crush the heads of capitol police officers, walked around here with zip ties looking to do god knows what to any democratic congressmen or senators they found. they assembled a gallows and a noose outside the capitol to chants

ratcliffe: no. sen. king: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. sen. cotton: congressman ratcliffe, congratulations on your nomination. let me follow up on senator king's questioning. he asked you if any intelligence that the coronavirus originated in one of the two labs in wuhan, and you said no. have you seen intelligence that supports the chinese communist party's claim that it originated at a seafood market in wuhan? rep. ratcliffe: no. sen. cotton: i presume you are aware that the lancet published a study in january that concluded in fact it did not originate in the market? rep. ratcliffe: i have. sen. cotton: that more than one-third of the original cases had no contact in the market whatsoever and include what are believed to be the first cases as well. rep. ratcliffe: i do not recall that. sen. cotton: are you aware that to the best of our knowledge, there is no evidence of any kind to conclude a bat of any kind was sold? rep. ratcliffe: that is my understanding. the point i've been trying to make is it has been a while and through no one's faul

mr. ratcliffe after attending pete hegseth's hearing yesterday and joins you live. . >> good morning, steve. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about john ratcliffe for cia director. is he not going to have trouble. he has been confirmed before. >> i don't think so. as chairman of the intelligence committee i will reside over the hearing this morning. director of national intelligence. he and i agree that the cia is vintle for our country but we have to get it back to its roots. simply not doing good enough job about our adversaries around the world. for instance, i don't think anyone in washington anticipated that jihad rebels were going to rampage across syria and topple the assad tyranny over thanksgiving. that's the kind of failure we need address. we needed cia focused on its core mission, not focused on things like climate change. or whether african country is going to pass gay rights legislation. i'm confident that john is going to focus on that job and get it done. >> steve: one of your colleagues, marco rubio, is going to be up for his confirmation hearing to

mr. ratcliffe particularly when i asked him how he would react to tulsi gabbard put in charge in charge of him and the dni. for a day or two or for a few hours to examine these nominees who have such power thoroughly absolutely, absolutely. our ideas to let the whole truth come out and not to rush them through and we don't want that to happen. [inaudible] i will call him tim who is our expert. to take a blanket brushed across it and get rid of all telework is going to hurt millions and millions of americans who depend on these people doing their jobs. there are many ways telework is very effective. if they get word of telework i'll take a dagger to the heart of federal workers of the federal government. >> there was a hearing in the house not long ago last year with the opm director appeared before the house for the last time and he revealed the results of the study the percentage of federal workers and teleworkers is lower than the percentage of private federal workers. why is that? what you ought to be focusing on is being affected and a lot of private employers realize it's affected jus

mr. ratcliffe.w hours to examine these nominees who have such power thoroughly, absolutely. absolutely. >> so remember, sandra, the senate floor is a one-track train station, and the next train or the next nominee can't come in if the first one doesn't happen, and ratcliffe today, and pete hegseth saturday night, and kristi noem on sunday, it will be a drip, drip, drip, and president trump could try to trigger the recess appointments, and recess appointments are temporary and right now, senators, even trump's closest allies are not keen on it. breaking news, pete hegseth has officially lost at least one republican senate vote back to you. >> sandra: that is lisa murkowski, and adding to this, aishah, john thune says the nomination for scott bessent will be over the weekend. thank you for that. john. >> john: digging deeper on this and former press secretary and fox contributor ari fleischer and assumed pete hegseth would lost murkowski and senator collins, and maybe he will get the votes and have j.

mr. ratcliffe and miss gabbard? hearing of john ratcliffe today, and i think he did well. i think he responded to the questions appropriately. and he does have the background and experience. he served as director of national intelligence for a little bit less than a year, but still, that's important. and he also served with congressman himes on the house intelligence committee. but as was pointed out by congressman himes, as well as by some of the senators, there were a couple of instances where during his dni tenureship, he demonstrated what appeared to be, again, partizanship on some of the actions he took, declassifying intelligence and so on. but he certainly, i think, has the credentials that are necessary in order to lead the cia. and he certainly is far, far better choice than others who have been selected by donald trump. i think there's greater concern and very legitimate concern about tulsi gabbard being selected to lead the intelligence community. this is somebody who doesn't have any intelligence, backgr

from connecticut is holding up a vote on john ratcliffe, nominated for director of central intelligence agency. intelligence committee favorably reported mr. john ratcliffe nomination on bipartisan vote. >> mark: we are expecting movement on key posts including department of veteran affairs, epa, three key jobs. and waiting to see a final vote on pete hegseth, trump's pick to lead the pentagon. it may happen late tomorrow evening. three republican senators are considered likely no votes, may be up to vice president j.d. vance to break the tie. and hearing scheduled for r.f.k. jr.hearing set for wednesday. he'll face tough questions on his views on vaccines and abortion. hearing same day that kash patel, trump's pick to lead the fbi will appear before the senate judiciary committee. hearings are scheduled, it is more slow and steady at this point. >> brian: what is conventional wisdom, murphy doing this on his own or doing what schumer wants him to? john ratcliffe got right out of committee, he is not controversial, why are they holding him up? do they want to work this weekend? what are they trying to accomplish? >> mark: i can't imagine

mr. john ratcliffe questions and he knows what they are going to ask about marco rubio, too.atch. >> i heard john's hearing, he's been director of national intelligence, we agree cia is vital for our country, we have to get back to its roots and focused on core mission, not things like climate change or whether an african country will pass gay rights legislation. i'm confident john will get it done and advance interest of our own citizen and our own economy, not those of other countries. we wish every country well, we have to put our own citizens first. re >> ainsley: arabia shrine circus plans to target china. top priority is united states and he's a hawk on foreign policy. >> brian: kristi noem's confirmation hearing is postponed because of paperwork is issue. doug collins next week because of paperwosh -- paperwork issues. >> ainsley: you don't want to be first one, i rather be at the end. >> brian: or easy ones like doug burgum go first. they will ask him burglar -- >> ainsley: what is reason pete hegseth went first? >> steve: security. >> brian: most important. the talk

mr. ratcliffe. he was given a ringing endorsement. director ratcliffe is qualified for the job, a serious guy. he's got the background. he said i've got confidence he'll do a good job. yet, senator schumer held up the confirmation process for two solid days. despite the delay, the senate overwhelmingly confirmed this highly qualified director, director ratcliffe, by a vote of 74-25. 21 democrats voted in favor of his confirmation, yet a two-day delay. i want every american to know what's happening here in the senate. the far-left members of the democrat caucus are intentionally delaying the confirmation of president trump's national security team. it's not advice and consent. it's the democrats' playbook for trying to deny president trump his cabinet. the senate is preparing to vote this weekend on more high-qualified nominees. one of them is south dakota governor kristi noem. governor noem is a nominee to be secretary of homeland security. she will secure the border. in the first few days of the trump administration illegal encounter

mr. ratcliffe. our world is far too dangerous for any delay and having a senate firmed leader in charge of the c.i.a., we urge expeditious consideration of this important nomination, that was tom cotton, republican arkansas, and mark warner said in a statement. nick knee panama city, florida, on the -- nikki in panama city, florida, on the inauguration yesterday of donald trump. caller: good morning, pedro. i was delighted to see all of the events yesterday. i've tried a little bit of msnbc and a little bit of abc, and even pbs. i came back to c-span. c-span is really the only ones that didn't continue to spout hate, just like some of the callers this morning that just run on and on. i want to say one thing. only call for one thing. trump has always been funny about his ties. i've watched him for i guess 30 years. i have never seen him wear a purple tie. and this year, purple means a whole lot. last year purple meant a whole lot. it meant swing states. it meant bringing red and blue together and uni

ratcliffe were cast by democrats. the full senate could vote on both candidates later this week. so what now for former president biden? some california sunshine. shortly after the transfer of power, mr. biden gave a final wave and then took off on that military chopper. no longer marine one. it's called special air mission 46. took that to joint base andrews, where he gave a farewell to his staff. joe and jill biden then boarded a plane for santa barbara county. they'll vacation at a private home. in his final act as president, mr. biden issued a series of pardons for members of his family. he issued a preemptive pardon for his two brothers and his sister, protecting them from any potential prosecution. some republicans have condemned the move as hypocritical. other pardons included doctor anthony fauci and members of the committee that investigated the january 6th attack last month. mr. biden. mr. biden pardoned his son, hunter, a federal gun and tax charges. former vice president kamala harris touched down in burbank earlier this afternoon after wrapping up inauguration activities. harris headed right to a fire station in los angeles to meet and thank firefighters. she's also goin

mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the ratcliffe nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table anxiety president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president. mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, if there was one word, one word that should never ever describe a secretary of defense, it is erratic, but that is the one word that describes mr. hegseth best. advancing a secretary of defense is one of the most important votes senators are going to take all year. this man has lives in his hand, lives of citizens, lives of people of the world, and lives of the brave men and women in our armed forces. so i want my colleagues to think carefully of all the people we could have as secretary of defense is pete hegseth? really the best one we've got? come on, you know he isn't. you know he's not even close. is the best man we have to lead the greatest military in the world? is this man, with a known history

confirmation hearings, but john ratcliffe, senator marco rubio, sean duffy breezed through and we'll show you how pam bondi took a part and went after democrat senators. tonight mr. wonderful himself, kevin o'leary is here to break it down. also this story tonight. >> would you carry out an order to shoot protesters in the leg? yes or no, did you need an audit? yes or no? yes or no? >> priorities other than -- liz: okay, senate democrats did attack pete hegseth. he's president trump's nominee to be the pentagon chief. hegseth wants to stop biden's woke dei push that u.s. military forofficials warn has distracted the pentagon in u.s. armed forces we have two retired u.s. navy seals that will join us on why they went to washington to show their support for pete hegseth. plus, we found the astronomical amounts joe biden's pentagon is wasting on woke dei boonedoggles in the pentagon. also this story. >> if those hostages aren't back, i don't want to hurt your negotiation. if they're not back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out. liz: hell to pay. hell will break out. so after months of go nowhere talks and israel hamas hostage and cease-fire deal t

ratcliffe do you support chris murphy slowing this confirmation process down a? do you think that will happen with other bipartisan a? >> i have some doubts about mr. radcliffe is so for a day or two or a few hours to examine these nominees to have such power thoroughly? absolutely. >> at this point in the headline is that pete hegseth it looks like we'll sail to confirmation and tea will not need vice president j.d. vance to come here in the senate to break a tie. looks like you will get those 51 republicans on his own. >> will: that is very good news. if i might, quickly for senator collins and senator michalski. i read the statement put out it appears to me that she has accepted anonymous obligations, unverified reports, personally and ominously about pete hegseth that have been magnified by a corrupted media. she has taken that over the direct testimony of somebody like me who i sat next to pete hegseth for five years. she wrote, by the way, in her statement that above all she values character. what i would suggest is you might look into the character of the man who volunteered twice to go to war. you might listen to the war fighters who votes

ratcliffe, nominated to be director of the cia. a lot of people there who are -- kash patel, nominated to be director of the fbi. there is mr. doge himself, vivek ramaswamy, who is going to be on the department of government efficiency. but he is stepping down from that role to run for governor of ohio. we saw tulsi gabbard on the left there, turned republican, nominated to be director of the office of national intelligence. these are members of the president's would- be cabinet. none of them have been confirmed yet. we do expect marco rubio, the senator from florida, to be confirmed overwhelmingly today. there he is on the left, as secretary of state. that is -- if trump gets his druthers and i have no reason to think he won't, that will be the trump cabinet. we're not aware of any nomination that is in trouble as of yet. michael walls, the florida congressman, who will be the national security adviser. >> you're looking at the incoming trump administration, including and especially the woman in the white coat with the blue scarf, susie wiles. the woman who led the campaign to get donald trump back into the white house and

mr. president . >> president donald trump: john cooney is doing a fantastic job -- fan has to jump moving along. the democrats are trying to delay government as they always do pair they can't help themselves. even john ratcliffked by the democrats. i guess he gets a lot of democratic votes. it's taking a long time and it shouldn't be. they are maxing out everything so they can delay everything as much as possible. >> reporter: is their support and an effort to use recess appointments click. >> president donald trump: ib lynn to use recess appointments, it's up to john. will see, john is a great senator he knows his stuff inside out and backwards but i would use recess appointments if he wants to do it absolutely. the democrats just delay they always delay. >> mr. president you spoke yesterday how was texas hundred million dollars invested three. >> president donald trump: subjected out asking for a trillion. >> and you visit without much? >> president donald trump: i would be glad to do that i did that four years ago as you know. the meaning all goes to american companies and the purchase jets and purchase computers and everything else. waited for hinge of 50 billions and i guess we are at 600 or substantive

mr. vice chairman, if you look at my record and my record as dni. that never took place. that is never something anyone has alleged and it's something that i would never do. amna: ratcliffen accused of releasing unverified russian intelligence in a letter to a senator on the day of the 2020 presidential debate while he served as director of national intelligence. democratic senator jon ossoff of georgia. >> my purpose here is not to suggest some kind of political intent, but you have made it very clear that avoiding the politicization of the intelligence community's activities is a high priority for you. is that correct? john ratcliffe: correct. >> it strikes me that releasing politically sensitive intelligence, that you would think carefully about the timing of that. john ratcliffe: you're correct. it was my decision, but it wasn't my process. amna: both ratcliffe and rubio are expected to be confirmed and start in their roles next week, leading the next chapter of american intelligence and foreign policy. geoff: senators today also questioned nominees who will be powerful forces in energy and law enforcement. amna: our lisa desjardins was on the hill all day, and she w

mrs. shaheen, no. vote: in the confirmation we finished yesterday with intelligence agency john ratcliffe, mark kelly ofrizona, democrat on the senate intelligence committee gave director ratcliffe a ringing endorsement director ratcliffe is qualified for the job, serious guy he has the background, he's got confidence will do a good job senator schumer held up confirmation with two solid days. despite the delay the senate overwhelming the confirmed the highly qualified director by 74-2521 democrats voted in favor of the confirmation the two day delay i want every american to know what's happening in the senate the format to left members of the democratic caucus are intentionally delaying the confirmation of president trump national security team is not advice and consent to visit democrats playbook trying to deny president trump his cabinet sentence preparing to vote this weekend on more i qualified nominees one is south dakota governor kristi noem governor nelms nominee to be secretary of homeland security, she will secure the border in the first three days of the trump administration illegal encounter

ratcliffe: i appreciate it. it is always great to be with you and i enjoyed the time together. mr. shedd: thank you. and i am supposed to pass on that immediately following the event, there will be a survey that we hope you will complete and bring ideas that you care about to the public square. to see the events we have coming up check out the heritage.org planned events. -- heritage.org/ events. again, thank you everyone, and have a wonderful day and a wonderful week ahead. >> president jimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states and longest lived leader passed away last month at the age of 100. join c-span for live coverage of the funeral. his journey continues to washington, d.c. where he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol rotunda with the service with members of congress. the public will again have the chance to honor him on wednesday as his body remains in-state at the u.s. capitol on thursday, the funeral will take place at the national cathedral followed by the service at the carter home in plains, georgia. watch on the c-span networks, c-span now, our free mobile app or online a

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