mr. reid: thank you, lily. it's a pleasure and honor to be here in connection with this distinguished series. this is a memorable occasion for me because it is my first powerpoint presentation. [laughter] so bear with me. i might be the only person in america who does not have experienced in this medium. -- got thet clicking microphone adjusted. great. survey just a very brief of new york pictorially. we begin with this. it's a fantastic shot of the financial district in the mid-1930's. series, changing new york. here you have the classic vista. the topless tower. the alabaster walls. the fortress of money. out, they ship going steam rising above the landscape. below this there was the beginning of the 1930's a stricken layout. the landscape of the early depression. it was worse to be down and out in new york and london or paris or any other great world city. one thing it seemed to be becoming was a cleptocracy. the mobs had seized the effective control of new york. this became more and more b

mr. reid: mr. president, i first came to the senate when -- and i was so fortunate; i was put on the appropriations committee that very first day i was here. loved my assignment. so for many, many years i had the good fortune of either chairing or being the ranking member of that energy and water subcommittee, so i know a lot about that subcommittee. many, many successful bills. never an unsuccessful bill did we bring to the floor. we did them quickly. i worked most with the senator from new mexico by the name of domenici. we worked together. we got a lot done for the country. so i know of this energy and water bill. the republican leader complains about the energy and water appropriations bill and what happened yesterday. on the democratic side, there's no one -- there is no one that is more liked, appreciated, and there's no one that is more imbued with an historic figure than is dianne feinstein from california. she became involved in politics at an early age and was thrown into a maelstrom of v

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we believe there was a property dispute between mr. reid and patrick and monique. >> reporter: friends and family devastated. >>> we want them to come home. >> reporter: the family said the couple who had been married for four years were a loving pair adding where they are, they are together. >> reporter: today actor johnny dep and his wife issued a public apology for the legal drama surrounding their pet dogs. johnny depp's wife was charged with smuggling her dogs it's a crime. she pleaded guilty and got a fine equivalent to $8,000. >>> volunteers spent their time providing free dental care to exotic patients at the exotic feline rescue center in indiana. 8 cats were treated they received life enhancing dental care including root can't and extractions. another check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> stepping outside sky6 live hd showing you the commodor barry bridge, meteorologist david murphy has the update from accuweather when "action news" returns. most new wealth flows it's called a rigged economy, and this is how i

mr. reid:? the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm very happy that we're at this point. this legislation has taken three years. it's been hard to get where we are today. we can go back -- there are a lot of hurdles that we have had to jump to get to where we are now and we can fix blame to lots of people. we're where we are and we should cape tha -- we should accept tht with glee. i'm grat tied that we're -- i'm gratified that we're able to reach this agreement. this is an important piece of legislation. is it perfect? of course not. nothing is. we're trying to work things out through compromise. this is a good opportunity for us to show that we can do that. we've tried to move this legislation for three years, and i really appreciate the patience of jeanne shaheen from new hampshire. she's worked on this and been disappointed so many times. but i hope she feels as good as the rest of us. i also want to thank the ranking member of the energy committee. she's had other responsibilities before, but those of us who've work

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr.sident, i agree with the republican leader, the energy bill is a good bill. as i said yesterday, it's just three years behind time. we've tried many, many times to move forward on that. there were filibusters that took place by the republicans and we were unable to get it done. but he's right, senator cantwell and senator murkowski never gave up and they worked through lots of problems. i wish we could have taken care of flint in the process. that held things up for a little while, but not long. and we're still looking at ways to take care of the people of flint who have been really damaged by bad government. so we're glad that flint is going to be -- will come up in the near future and we have, we think, ways of getting that done, maybe with some of the appropriations bills that we're doing. but energy is good. i'm glad we got it done. tphoup we -- now, we, mr. president, we allowed this to move forward. we have not been blocking the bill. we agree, even though the bill is long overdu

mr. reidno matter what work or occupation one has, it's always good to have a diversion away from your duties of the day. now i am very careful in never speaking for the republican leader, but i will do an exception today in talking a little bit about my friend, the republican leader. we both found a diversion during baseball season. we can leave here, it really doesn't matter what time -- usually the games are at night -- and we can watch the nationals play baseball. now prior -- so i know that the republican leader and i have talked about this often, how much we enjoy the games. we have enjoyed the games much more since this las vegas young man is on the baseball team, the washington nationals, bryce harper. he is, he comes from a great family, a working family. his father was an iron worker. just a close family. but i also, prior to the nationals even having a team here -- i've been here a long time, so i followed the more hills. i should as a side note mention how i am for the owner, that

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i appreciate the republican leader talking positively about the energy bill. we call it energy efficiency the last two congresses, when we tried so hard under the direction of senator shaheen from new hampshire to get this done. we tried so very, very hard. we had many runs at it. promises from the republicans. i don't need to mention names, but they know who they are. let's get back on this bill, we'll get it done. we only have three amendments. we only have two amendments. and we did that time after time after time over four years. and every time the obstruction would not go away, and we couldn't do the bill. now, i'm grateful that we have a bill now dealing with energy efficiency. the name's been changed but it's the same bill. and i hope that senator shaheen from new hampshire has some degree of -- i hope she's proud of what she started a long time ago. her name is not on the legislation anymore, and i appreciate the junior senator from washington and the senior senator

mr. reid: i call to terminate the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: last thursday, the senior senator from iowa came to the floor to declare he is feeling no pressure in blocking president obama's supreme court nominee merrick garland. however, his actions paint a far different picture. on monday, the chairman of the judiciary committee took to the "des moines register," the very newspaper that's pointedly and repeatedly criticized his unprecedented obstruction, but the key senator grassley made in his op-ed only left iowans scratching their heads. in fact, the senior senator from iowa said it's no big deal that we only have eight justices on the supreme court. it's no big deal that our nation's highest cord is deadlocking on important cases. with all due respect, that's the type of argument you make when you know logic and reason aren't on your side, when you know the constitution isn't on your side. the senior senator from iowa seemed to understand the responsibility to act when a republican was in the white house. in 2006, he came to the floor

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: it's difficult for me to be here today to talk about what i'm going to talk about. because i believe that the senate operates only when there's trust among the members of this body. a man that i served with, i have such great respect for said -- and that's the republican majority leader bob dole -- and i quote -- "i know, i know nothing else i did would matter very much if i ever forfeited the trust of my colleagues. as we all learned around here, if you don't keep your word, it doesn't make much difference what agenda you try to advance." close quote from robert dole. the trust which senator dole spoke has been broken. the republican leader mcconnell broke his word to me. in december of 2014, republican leader and the senator from south dakota, senator thune, came to me here on the floor and asked me if i would agree to confirm a republican commissioner to the federal communications commission. the man's name was michael riley. and he had worked for jon kyl and john cornyn. corn

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: we also hope on this side that we can move through the f.a.a. bill, which is important to get done. we just have to make sure we do it right. there is lots of things we need to do. i think that the bill coming from the committee led by senators thune and nelson is a good basic outline for us to proceed on this matter. mr. president, just on a couple of other things. my friend, the republican leader, commented on. he mentioned immigration. in the last congress, we worked very hard together in a bipartisan fashion to form form a good, comprehensive immigration reform bill. we passed it. but due to the power of the tea party or as speaker boehner referred to them the crazies, we didn't have a vote in the house. if he allowed a vote, it would have passed overwhelmingly. democrats would have voted for it and enough republicans would have voted for it. it would have been a big vote coming out of there. it didn't happen. the president had to do something with immigration. the president

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i understand why, in my remarks i'll make that very clear in a few minutes, why my friend, the republican leader is doing everything he can to throw a good light on the judiciary committee. it's kind of hard to do with what's going on today. and this bill that we're going to vote on at 5:30, we don't -- this would have passed unanimous consent. everybody knows that. we don't need to take up time of the senate on a bill that would pass just like that. doing that because it focuses less attention on the inadequacy of the judiciary committee. the defend trade secrets act was reported out of the committee easily. no problem. it was a bill that everybody agreed on. so the there may be some reasons that i don't see today why the judiciary committee should be given a few pats on the back. the problem is, mr. president, that the committee does not deserve any pats on the back at this stage. as united states senators, we have a constitutional obligation to consider nominees to impor

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. eid: i'm happy to be here and have the republican leader talk about the things we've been able to accomplish. but i would note, just to make sure the record's clear, the reason these things are happening is because we have a minority that is willing to work with the majority. the record should also be corrected to the effect that we had over the last seven and a half years lots of debates on energy. lots of them. the problem is they have gone no place because of the obstruction of my republican colleagues. filibuster after filibuster, the bill that we are going to soon dispose of, i'm glad, it's really an important piece of legislation, it was worked on for five years, led by senator shaheen. but it's really difficult to determine how many different times it was stopped because of obstruction. seven or eight times that i can come up with. so we're glad we're able to get it done. why? because we wanted to get it done for years, and finally we're able to get it done. so we want to be her

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i agree with the republican leader that it is important we get the f.a.a. bill as soon as possible. but i would just have everyone reflect. when we were in the majority, we tried to bring up the f.a.a. bill. that went on for weeks and weeks with unnecessary filibusters. the f.a.a. came to a screeching halt. and as we've said, if you are a responsible minority, you work to get things done. that's what we've done. we've worked hard with the majority to come up with an f.a.a. bill that we can support. so i would hope that everyone understands obstruction doesn't work. we understand that, and that's why we've tried to be as collegial as we can on legislation. i just finished my welcome to washington this morning. a little boy asked me, how do you get things done? i said, well, you know, things in congress are done just like in life. i've had the good fortune in my time in public service, my time in congress, to be able to have things with my name on them, bills that have passed. but

mr. reid: madam president, i commented to my able assistant at the desk here with me who i've always whenever you, the presiding officer says the pledge of allegiance, i'm amazed at how you stand at attention and brings back your old military mind, i'm sure. very impressive. madam president, as each day passes, the senior senator from iowa further distinguished himself as the most political and partisan chairman in history. last friday senator grassley took his political partisanship to a new level when he encouraged the f.b.i. to join the political crusade against secretary hillary clinton. the senator from iowa is confused about the role of the f.b.i. the f.b.i. by law is obligated to do its job and conduct an independent review of everything it gets, it has to work on, free from political interference. it's wrong for any senator, especially the chairman of the judiciary committee who deals with these issues day after day to urge the selective leaking of any federal investigation. the f.b.i.

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate minority leader. mr. reid: i really have to smile when i hear the republican leader -- he says it almost every day day -- the senate is back to work speech. some republicans show only half the time for work and want a raise. they go through the motions but they feel they do their job. they fail to fund opioid legislation. they fail to do anything about the water in flint, michigan. they fail to fix the renewable tax credit. they fail to address the zika virus and on and on. republicans used to talk all the time about meeting deadlines and budget resolutions but this year they aren't doing one. even district court nominations supported by republicans seem too hard for this group to get accomplished. and it appears the senate will fail even to have a hearing on the president's supreme court nomination. it seems republicans still need to learn how to do their job. mr. president, senate republicans are making history, but for all the wrong reasons. republicans' obstructionist of president obama's supreme court

mr. reid: can you give an assessment of sort of where we are -- where they are in terms of doing that? across the services? mr. reed: so, that really goes to the heart of readiness, if you will. and one of the -- so in september, when i was with you, one of the things i said then during that session was, that i thought one of the reasons why 16 was going to be such a big game changer was, i thought we'd get more involved in the total breadth we needed to shift from a focus to actual readiness. are we ready to employ this? we have spent the last six through, how do you define readiness in the cyber arena down to the team have an that i awareness of the true capability of forces. provide policymakers a true picture of this. mr. reed: a nightmare scenario, one of these nations acquires the capability to shut down satellites? mr. rogers: there's two scenarios that really concern me. one is the physical shutdown and interdiction of capability. the other scenario -- mr. reed: explain the first one.

mr. chairman. >> thank you. i welcome the witnesses, secretary kindall. >> thank you, chairman mccain. chairman mccain, minority leader reid, members of the committee, i'm happy to be here today with general bog den, the program executive officer for the f-35 program, as well as with dr. gilmore and mr. sullivan to discuss the status of the program and the president's budget request for fy 2017. my opening comments, i'd like to discuss my own involvement with the f-35. general bogdan will provide more detail on the state of the program. my first exposure to the f-35 was in fall of 2009 as i was awaiting confirmation to be the principal deputy undersecretary for atnl. i was briefed by a member of dr. gilmore's staff, and my reaction at the time was one of surprise at the extremely long period of low-rate initial production, approximately ten years. a high amount of concurrency in the program, as you mentioned, mr. chairman. the currency being the overlap in this case between development and production. it was one of the highest, and therefore, one of the most risky that i had ever seen. production was started in 2007, well

reid. >> thank you mr. tremaine. i join you in welcoming the witnesses today.e are grateful for your service. thank you very much. today we will seek a better understanding of the progress that the person is making fielding the joint strike fighter, wit,, with actions thas taken to inaugurate the problems in the program, what is the best judgment available of how the actions will be preventing problems in the program including additional cost overruns and delays. overall the production program has been delivering unexpected cost reductions and aircraft wants. however, we still have to complete the system developed and the demonstration on the sdd program is expected to deliver in the war fighting capability each of the three variances of the f-35. we may not have seen all the potential schedule changes. since not all of the present difficulties are behind us. according to the testimony although the marine corps declared the additional air force plan to do so later this calendar year, the f-35 system remains immature and provides limited combat capabilities with

reid. >> think mr. chairman. one of the issues that has been discussed and mentioned in mind opening statement is raising cyber command to a full, unified command. yet i also noted also noted and you acknowledge that only have the cyber command and cyber mission forces are initially capable, ioc should say. some critical elements such as the precision and uniform and platform doesn't exist. in your mind are you mature enough to be in full command now? >> yes. >> well with that advantage give you? >> or what with that decision can be? >> generally when we think about what tends to drive should something be elevated, broadly across the department we tend to focus on the in paradigms of unity command and in this case of a functional not geographic. in this case does the function arise to a global level and is it of sufficient priority to merrick coronation across the entire department. the other issue i would argue is one of speed. i realize this is a much broader decision just abner rogers and there's many opinions

so, senator reid, i will keep faith with my oath of office, and we the people. i yield the floor. mr. carper: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, 21 years ago this week, a family of 168 people, 19 of those 168 people were children, received some of the worst news of their lives, and that news was that a beloved member of each of their families had been killed in the bombing of the federal building in oklahoma city. we all watched the news that day, that night, the next day, that week and beyond as we took in the devastation caused by that blast. that horrible crime was carried out by a radical antigovernment extremist. it remains the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in our nation's history. the families who lost a loved one that day in 1995, there's no way, no way to fill the void left by a life taken too soon. but i know that our government's pursuit of justice for the lives lost that day served as a small source of comfort for the people who were left in mourning. at the time of that heinous crime

senator reid sfl. >> thank you for your service and testimony. >> you're still too young, mr. murphy. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you sirs. > [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> congratulations. chairman, thank you very much. >> thank you. see you soon. ok. all right.

mr. trump was funding the other side of the aisle, funding harry reid and nancy pelosi and hillary clintonsay you put trust into somebody that is funding our opposition to people that side with barack obama i don't think that's the answer wisconsin or american people are looking for tonight. >> thank you. >>> in this country, all eyes on the wisconsin primaries. the world is seeing the first casualty of the leak of the panama papers. there's 11 million documents reported on by the international consortium of investigative journalists alleging top officials hid billions in wealth through secret offshore. companies. the prime minister of iceland resigned in the wake of the government crisis sparked by some reports. protesters taking to streets. cnn money has not been able to independently verify the allegations. >>> counting down to the first exit polls in the wisconsin primaries and battle over what mississippi is calling ache religious freedom bill. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your fina

reid? >> thank you very much mr. chairman, let me join you, welcome carter. thank you for your services and your presence here today. this morning's hearing to update the hearing on the status of coalition islamic state in iraq and along isil is especially timely. it comes on the heels by the region by the president, secretary carry and part of the administration continue to view the on going effort as part of operation and inherent resolve. we look forward to hearing the assessment on the ground that has been made to date and the military task that can be accomplished through months ahead. in recent days the department has announced two deployments, one each for iraq and syria, they intend to two countries as the focus of coalition operations turns to isolating as well as ensuring partners on the ground in iraq and syria as enabling point need to continue. the deployment to iraq on the sensitive time who continues to struggle to bring together elements of the political establishment in iraq, complicated reality that was on full display earlier this week when

sustained success they had under jeffrey, and that'sing back andy reid and mcnabb in the form of doug peterson and their quarterback of the future. >> mrri endorsed this thing all along. he went to visit these kids own the road and did private workouts giving them their blessing, do the deal. i want a franchise quarterback. >> reporter: nbc 10. >>> we'll have so much more draft coverage in our nbc 10 eagles' draft day special thursday live from lincoln financial field at 7:00 p.m. join us for conversations with peterson and roseman, and john clark will be in chicago and hear from carson. it's all happening on thursday at 7:00 only at nbc 10. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, counting down the days for the pennsylvania primary, and we're not talking about the presidents issue race. coming up, we take a closer look at the other big contests heating up across the state. modres: the cost of living the pay stays the same. i have to work extra hours just to make ends meet. it's a big struggle. one person that really gets this is katie mcginty. she came from a working-class family. she was ninth of 10 kids. she gets it. she'll fight for equal

reid sfl. >> thank you for your service and testimony. >> you're still too young, mr. murphy. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you sirs. >>> president obama returns this afternoon to the university of chicago law school where he taught constitutional law before entering politics. the president is going to lead a discussion with students, faculty and judges from the u.s. court of appeals for the seventh circuit which has jurisdiction over legal matters from illinois. they're going to talk about the supreme court vacancy and the president's nominee, which republican leaders are blocking, merrick garland. you can see that discussion live at 3:30 eastern on c-span. >>> american history tv on c-span3 this weekend. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history. >> what we see is new factors making emancipation desirable, old obstacles falling by the wayside with the result that by august, if not earlier of 1862, lincoln decided that when the time is right he will announce a new aim for the war effort that would add to union human freedom. >> wheaton college history

reid hears this. i would love to hear him explain why he is on the same side of the fence as the koch brothers. >> in listening to mr. coke, right, is it possible that donald trump could ever bring the republican party together? >> what donald trump is doing is the old formula of bringing in democrats, independents and republicans, who are conservatives. donald trump was here in harrisburg, pennsylvania, thursday night at the farm show arena. he had 10,000 people. a lot of these people came up and spoke to me, how he got there. he really is bringing in new people. yeah, i do think he can win. >> he's not bringing in enough women or minority voters at hall. can jeffrey really say that? >> you look at the polling, every poll, winner comes not a head-to-head race between clinton and kasich, with kasich winning and cruz and trump both losing, significantly. there's no real choice to be made about who can win. so, it's going to be an interesting convention. the polls all tell you that second ballot and beyond, john kasich is in very good position. >> i do think it will be an interesting convention. >> i have to leave it

reid for helping us get this bill passed. i appreciate the senators and staff members who worked with us so we could include so many amendments here on the floor. finally, mr. president, it goes without saying, i want to thank my own staff for their great work on this bill. especially nick rossi, adrian arnakas, bailey edwards, michael reynolds, susan gillan, jackie keshan, rebecca sydell, andrew tim, frederick him, and lauren hammer. long hours and even a few all nighters have been put into this bill over a course of many months, and i am the first to say that nothing consequential or substantial gets done around this place, mr. president, without the important work, hard work of a very talented and skilled staff. and i am blessed on the commerce committee to be surrounded with people who care passionately about these issues, who work very diligently to get the best possible outcomes and results, and i'm grateful to the contributions of our staff to those of senator nelson's and the many members who are involved in shaping this bill. it's another accomplishment that we can all be proud of. mr. president, with that, i yield the floor. mr. nelson: mr. presi

mr. chairman, thank you again for the opportunity to be here and for the committee's consideration. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you and welcome to your family. >> thank you. >> general. >> general mccain, senator reid, other distinguished members of the services committee, i thank you for the opportunity to appear here today and i also wanted to thank you for the support that you provided to our service members, our department of defense today and their families who selflessly serve in the defense of our great nation and defense in our way of life. i would also like to thank the secretary of defense and president for their trust and confidence and for nominating for me to be the next commander for united states european command. in particular, i would like to thank my wife cindy who is here with me today. she has been by my side for 37 years and been an essential part of my service. cindy has supported me during multiple deployments, carried ak -- cared actively and raised our children. like so many other military families they've given much so that we can serve. i'd also like to extend my sincere thanks to republican of korea and united nations command for contributing state for confronting a seri

mr. vice president? lemonade? oh. msnbc, msnbc here tonight? actually now stands for missing a significant number of black correspondents. am i wrong? have you guys seen, they like fired melissa harris-perry, they canceled joy reidelated to isaac hayes. that's wrong. msnbc got rid of so many black people i thought boca haram was run that network. what was going on? you know i should say some of america's finest black journalists are here tonight. don lemon is here, too. hey, don. how is it going? alleged journalist don lemon, everybody. al sharpton, i think was here tonight. you know i'm surprised al is a hillary supporter. you don't put a relaxer in your hair for 40 years and not feel the burn. that just doesn't happen. it's impossible, is what i'm saying. right? if you're sitting next to al sharpton feel free to feel the perm. it's okay. we've cleared it. it's okay. lots of big news this year. the treasury promised to hut harriet tubman's face on the $10 bill but now we have to wait for the 2030 for the $20 bill. yeah. man, women haven't been this deceived by a bill since cosby. oh, like i did it. ben carson was also against harriet tubman replacing andrew jackson on the $20 bill. he praised jackson saying he

that harry reid had said, gee, there's some low-level confirmations that are so important to the country, we're going to set aside the cloture rule, it only takes 51 votes to do that, and, mr. speaker, i would submit that this iranian treaty, keep saying it, because it's so critical to the world and to any chance at a semblance of world peace, we have to stop the iranian treaty, because it's enriching the largest supporter of terrorism in the world. they've made clear to the iranian people, the iranian leaders have, that they have no intention of being bound by any agreement with president obama or john kerry, the people here in the u.s. they're still going to do what they want to. and so all the senate has to do is take a vote. 51 votes, plenty of republicans to do that, and they might just get some democrats that are too afraid to be seen as supportive of iran and this nuclear deal, that they may get some democrat votes. aside 51 votes to set the cloture rule so you can bring the iranian treaty to the floor, have a vote on confirmation, it won't get the 2/3, and then you'd have all kinds of people that should have standing to go into federal court and put a stop to the b

mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: thank you very much. the last 12 hours or so the republican leader and i have had some very productive discussions on the f.a.a. bill and the associated tax title. those discussions have been productive, as the republican leader said. and so i say to all my members, we're going to go ahead and support invoking cloture on this part of the bill. we're going to proceed to this legislation. we should know in a few hours how much of the postcloture time will have to be used. i hope not very much. i hope we can get right to offering amendments. as the republican leader said, nelson and thune, the managers of that, will manage this bill, and the committee did a good job. there are some airport security measures in the bill. i think that we need to do more, but what they did is certainly a step in the right direction. so there will be amendments dealing with airport security coming from our side. there could be some other amendments, but we will see. but i do hope that we can yield back

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks the time till noon be equally divided between the two managers or their designees. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: thank you. it's too bad my republican friends continue to attack obamacare. it's working. more team are getting access to health care and they're healthier. more people are healthier because they can go see a doctor or go to the hospital when they need to the republicans need to get over it and accept the fact that obamacare is here to say. if they're so concerned about it, they have no plan of their own, maybe they could give us some ideas of how it should be changed. we hear nothing other than criticism of a program that is doing so much to change america forever. mr. president, i want to take just a minute today to talk about the tragedy that struck the capitol police yesterday. 5:00 a.m. the unit

mr. reid: to what? mr. durbin: speaking in morning business. mr. reid: okay, just give us a couple minutes more. mr. durbin: okay. i yield the floor and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, by now we've all seen reports of the damage that's done by the zika virus. we've seen the damage it can do to newborn unphants. -- infants. it's been clinically linked to birth defects in pregnant women. since the start of the outbreak, nearly 900 americans in 41 states and washington, d.c., and three united states territories including over 80 pregnant women have already contracted zika. in my state

mr. reid: mr. president, i'm here to dendz chief justice john roberts -- roberts. i'm here because he has been attacked without cause by the chairman of the judiciary committee. yesterday afternoon, the senior senator from iowa hit a new low in trying to justify his unprecedented obstruction of president obama's supreme court nomination, judge merrick garland. the chairman of the judiciary committee accused chief justice john roberts of being -- quote -- part of the problem, close quote. when it comes to politicization of the supreme court, that is without any foundation. i don't agree with the chief justice on every opinion that he's rendered or, frankly, do i agree with any of the other seven on opinions that they render. we have had some disagreements in my own mind on a number of opinions that they have authored and participated in. but again i don't agree with the chief justice on many of the opinions that he's written. but his observations about the supreme court confirmation process have obviously struck a nerve in the republican caucus. here's what happened

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate minority leader. mr. reid: later today the senate will confirm waverly crenshaw to serve as district judge for the middle district of tennessee. mr. crenshaw is a superb nominee. he works at a prestigious law firm in national and would be the first ever african-american partner. mr. crenshaw s-l well liked by democrats and well liked by republicans. his nomination was supported by the republican senators from tennessee. the judiciary committee reported his nomination unanimously. his confirmation is desperately needed. the vacancy will fill the middle district of tennessee is a judicial emergency, meaning there are more cases than judges in that district can administer. i'm pleased the senate will confirm mr. crenshaw later today but i wonder why this eminently qualified nominee wasn't firmed a long, long time ago. it's been more than a year since president obama nominated him. the judiciary committee reported his nomination unanimously more than nine months ago. a consensus nominee like mr. crenshaw had t

mr. president. senator feinstein and i wish to thank all the senators on both sides, senator mcconnell, senator reid for creating an environment in which we could get so much done. we have more than 80 senators who have policy that is already a part of this bill. that's happened over the last few weeks. but several amendments have been adopted and accepted. we're voting on two this afternoon. tomorrow we expect to have two votes in the morning, one vote after lunchment now, we hav lun. we have a request of senators. we would like to get an agreement to have all of our amendments in by 1:00 tomorrow. and if we can do that, we can finish the bill early next week. so if you can ask your staff and the legislative counsel to do that we'd like to really do that by consensus as much as possible. that's the old-fashioned way of doing a bill. we'd like to set a good example for the other 11 bills that are coming. so that's the schedule as we look forward. senator ernst has the remaining amendment, and there will be no further votes after her vote. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes of debat