nelson, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr.he senate floor is a very useful place to get a lot done. you are face-to-face with everyone. it is a great place to do business. >> you have to go all over the floor. it is all done orally unlike the house where they put a card in. rollcall votes are a good time to talk to colleagues, to do business. a lot of it is done across the aisle. the origin of the majority leader position is murky but began to develop during woodrow wilson's administration. >> in 1913, woodrow wilson had a phd in history and political sciences when he became president. he had a lot of ideas on how government should be run. he suggested to the leaders of the democratic party they appoint a leader to be on the floor to represent him and his programs. they chose a junior member who is well-known nationally because he had run for vice president whose name was john wealth kearns. from indiana. he took that front row center seat where the majority leader has sat ever since. he occupied it as leader of his party. the

mr. chairman and chairman rubio for holding this hearing.thank you ranking member smith for the work you have done on this issue for so many years. thank you not witnesses. we are grateful to all of you for the information you've given us here today and for shining a light on this. we sit here in this chamber, it's very calm, it's very safe, it's very sterile and you're bringing to life what's going on in real people's lives. you talk about a 12-year-old being arrested and we hear the idea that someone gets pepper spray sprayed into their wound, when we hear about people's heads being smashed into the concrete and getting concussions and we hear about the rubber bullets and the tear gas, people living in fear on a regular basis for standing up for speaking their minds. here in the united states of america we believed for -- since nixon went to china that the more that china was exposed to our way of life in the united states and to the west that they would become more like us. we always thought if they saw saptlism, saw democracy, sooner o l

mr. wong. >> good morning, chairman, co-chairman rubio and members of this commission. it's an honor to be invited by to capitol hill to speak about the violence in hong kong. you may recall i last travelled to washington more than two years and testified before this commission in this same building on may 1st of 2017. what i said back then it was becoming one country, one and a half system. today, we are approaching dangerously close to one country, one system. the present state of affairs reflect beijing's inability to understand let alone govern a free society. the ongoing demonstrations began on june 9th. there are no guarantees of the rule of law still. carrie lam announced the bill's reading would resume in three days. hong kongers were preparing for the last flight on june 12th. and then the unthinkable happened. beijing had a vote, protesters surrounded the complex earlier in the morning, preventing lawmakers from convening. i was then serving my first jail sentence. for a moment i wondered why the news channel was replaying footage of the umbrella movement. alt

mr. dubbin: it is basically the bill you cosponsored in 2011 with senator nelson and senator rubio with a couple of minor changes. . that draft legislation. >> may i respond to senator feinstein? >> since the conclusion of icheic, the german companies have paid 130 claims. generali itself has paid. if the committee wishes, it can require the publication of all the lists. it can have hearings about why individual cases were not resolved under the relaxed standards, but for goodness sake, don't rip up to international agreements. of course. you have the right to it. >> we do. >> but the supreme court has resolved it. >> i am very familiar with the facts. >> thank you mr. chairman. taken to ensure were fair's decisions and unbiased? can you talk about that process? >> i can talk about the valuation process and the specifics of generating the economic numbers. claimss of actual processing, i would have to .efer to other members >> if you could talk about the process you observed. >> they commissioned a specific report led by a french insurance executive that walked through and made estimates

rubio with a couple of minor changes. that draft legislation is what we are pursuing. >> thank you. >> mr. graham do want to respond >> since the conclusion of icheic the german companies have paid 130 claims. jenna raleigh has paid $12 million. if the committee wishes it certainly can require the publication of all the lists. you can have hearings about why individual cases were not resolved under the lax standards but for goodness sakes don't rip up to international agreements. >> about for us to say. >> of course, you have the right to deliver. but the supreme court -- >> i'm very familiar with the facts. >> thank you mr. chairman. what steps were taken to ensure that the icheic positions were fair and unbiased? can you talk about that process and how they arrived? >> i can talk about the valuation process and the steps that went into this specific economic numbers. in terms of actual claims processing -- processing it have to defer to somebody the members to make if you talk a little bit about the process that you observe. >> it basically in terms of the overall economics a commission

mr. clean. un cambio de color es fácil. nutrisse tiene 77. desde negro intenso a rubio claro. nutre mientras tiñe.bien, lo hizo sencillo. >> yo creo que le porte nacional de la familia rivera es no invitarse para las fiestas. >> nos estaban contando por quÉ se divorciÓ. >> es otra de las cosas que me llamo la atenciÓn, lo que se ha reportado es que su ex esposa se divorcia luego de acusaciones de violencia domÉstica, infidelidades. al parecer, la infidelidad que rompe la relaciÓn la descubre doÑa rosa oyendo hablar a su esposo. >> el sueÑo lo carga el diablo. >> habÍa mucha historia y me da un poco de pendiente. >> yo me habrÍa tenido que divorciar. >> estÁ durmiendo y dice: mi amor platÓnico. yo estudiÉ con ella en preescolar. >> no tuviste la tentaciÓn? estÁs justificando. >> si no me equivoco, bien rumores que iba a regresar. >> me llama mucho la atenciÓn el tema de cÓmo responde cuando le hablan de su hija. es una frase dura. >> sobre todo, porque es tu hija. es lo que estoy diciendo, otro porque la familia no va? >> muchas de las crÍticas vienen, no sÓlo porque se volviÓ a casar, sino por la

mr. rubio: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: mr. president, i that the quorum call bees vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: i ask that the cloture motions for the cella, jarjani and black nominations ripen on tuesday. i ask that the cloture motion on the black nomination, the senate resume consideration of the mcguire knocks. at 3:30 p.m. all time be considered expired. finally, i ask that if any of the nominations are confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 4285, which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will r

mr. scott: i rise to speak about my amendment to h.r. 549, which grants for venezuelans fleeing nicolas maduro's regime and reforms the broken t.p.s. program. i would like to thank my friend senator rubio and congressman marty balart who have been tireless advocates as foe fight for freedom for people across the globe. i am proud to have worked with senator rubio along with my colleague from utah, senator lee, and other republican senators to offer protection for the venezuelan people while offering certain reforms to t.p.s. the crisis in veteran venezuelaa defining human rights issue of our time. maduro is starving his own people and innocent people are dying. what is happening in venezuela is pure genocide. we have to act but you also need to be responsible. the courts have basically made a temporary program permanent, which is not sustainable. my amendment protects the vulnerable venezuelan population while making sure human rights violators are clearly identified as ineligible to come to the u.s. my bill grants t.p.s. for venezuelans right now. the amendment also makes much-needed reforms to our t.p.s. program. the amendment grants t.p.s. to venezuelans for 18 months. it requires c