mr. sanders: reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i find this resolution somewhat odd, if i may say so. there are enormous crises facing our country and the world. the fact that we are spending time on the floor of the senate to condemn a proposition or a theory does not seem to me to be the best way to be spending our time. and the implication -- and i think the senator from indiana made this implication that the president of the united states is objecting to raising taxes is simply not factual. the president has come forward with some very specific tax proposals, but his proposals are not meeting much support on the other side of the aisle because he is saying that a. doesn't want to raise -- that he doesn't want to raise taxes on anybody in this country earning less than $400,000 a year, but he does want to raise taxes on some of the wealthiest people in america and some of the largest corporations who today may be paying zero in federal income tax. and he shares a concern that many of us share, that warre

mr. sanders: reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, reserving the right to object -- and i will object to the unanimous consent request by senator scott and offer my own resolution. unlike scott h. senator scott's resolution -- unlike senator scott's resolution, mine is short and to the point, and i think it expresses the feelings of the overwhelming majority of people in our country and in fact throughout the world. and this is what our resolution says -- quote, whereas every palestinian life matters and whereas every israeli life matters. now therefore be it resolved that the senate urges an immediate cease-fire to prevent any further loss of life and further escalation of conflict in israel and the palestinian terrorists and supports diplomatic efforts to resolve the israeli-palestinian conflict to uphold international law and to protect the human rights of israelis and palestinians. i'd like to thank my colleagues, senator warren, senator van hollen, senator kaine, senator carper, senator heinrich 00, senat

mr. sanders hamas was the only organization that applauded al qeada in 9/11. >> we know u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken wants to meet with leaders here hoping to build a better future. what in your estimation a better future? what's the solution going forward? do we just sit back and wait for rockets to start being fired again? >> let's talk about the facts. first we will thank secretary blinken for support at the u.n. but he cannot meet both sides heat cannot enter gaza many president biden said he will actually support the people in gaza through the palestinian authority but it happened to be the palestinian authority cannot even function in gaza. they took over gaza in 2007 and no one can negotiate with them. they don't have nip damage i can besides terrorizing israel and western communities so we welcome anybody that would come here but i don't expect much to happen with hamas. >> ambassador i want to play this sound bite because the anti-semitism we have seen in various countries is astounding. this is the wife after man attacked in los angeles a couple nights ag

mr. sanders: i did know that. mr. cornyn: and we don't have any plans of stopping there. we're also making serious strides in energy innovation. a couple of years ago i visited the net power plant in laporte, texas, right outside of houston. net power is significant because it's developed the first of its kind power system that generates affordable zero emissions electricity. using their unique carbon capture technology, they have taken natural gas, one of the most prevalent and affordable energy sources, and made it emission free. that's what innovation can produce. emission free electricity from natural gas. as impressive as this project is, though, it's made even better by the fact that it's not unique. private companies are harnessing the power of human ingenuity to make our most used energy sources emission free. earlier this year, for example, exxonmobil announced a $100 billion carbon capture and storage project in the houston area otherwise known as the energy capital of the world. this would create a carbon capture innovation zone to significantly reduce carbon e

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mr. chairman. sen. sanders: thank you, senator collins.his does appear to be an area where there may be a bipartisan approach to a serious problem. we have a great panel. we have the president and ceo of the association of american colleges which represents the nation's medical schools, teaching hospitals and academic societies. thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you, chairman sanders and ranking member collins for holding this hearing. it's an honor to be included among this distinguished panel and i look forward to discussing challenges related to the physician workforce. i'm proud to represent academic physicians who teach our next generation of doctors, perform life-saving research and care for some of the nation's most vulnerable and complex patients. years of federally funded research led to the scientific underpinnings for the mrna covid-19 vaccines that are now saving so many lives. addressing the nation's physician workforce shortages and related challenges will require a multipronged public-private approach, including inn

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to be sure, with the big lots b goingn joe biden wasn't always like this, is this bernie sanders and aoc or is mrtely gone to the left, reading a number of central planning and shall we say socialist. >> are you talking to me? larry: yes. >> i spent a lot of time speaking about this although some i'm not a joe biden intimate to say the least. if you look at his appointment to the trajectory, this is obama's third term and i think barack obama looms large over this whole administration and he didn't run as a socialist but he clearly is one. i agreed to bernie sanders aoc agenda and i think the head coach to the whole thing is barack obama and i think the other night, even the little things joe biden could've done during his speech, how aboutti give the great scientist that worked for the government and followed donald trump's lead a lot of credit for the vaccine, as i call them the trauma vaccine and operation warp speed. how about reaching out to red america, not just blue america's president bumping everybody's president and same equity get everything that i want and i'll work with red america a

mr. biden asserted that he's the democrat party right now. what he says goes but name one progressive demand he hasn't rolled over for. this is a sanders not the last. it's going to be a long and destructive few years. what she points out is the fact that mr. biden is freely handing american invention to china among others and she says that moderna spent ten years developing the mr&a technology and only this week turned it's first profit on it. so what happens the next time an emergency comes around, steven, what happens the next time we need to count on an industry the way we counted on this industry, so heavily this past year putting in place operation warp speed to encourage the companies to come out with a vaccine in ten months, they did it. are they going to be so ready to do it again if they know that they are not necessarily going to be seeing any profit from it even if it takes ten years, they're going to potentially face giving it away? >> you make a great set of points. let me tackle the last one first. this administration likes to talk about restoring respect for science and depoliticizing public health decisions. what they

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mr. president -- last year on this floor, last summer, we had a big debate in the ndaa over defense spending. the majority leader, who was then the minority leader, and the senator from vermont, senator sanders, put forward an amendment. they literally called it, no kidding, the defund the pentagon amendment. defund the pentagon. that was the name of their amendment. 14% across-the-board cuts. my response was, there they go again. there they go again. well now that they've regained power, it looks like this movie is coming to a theater near us again and it's not going to be nice. tomorrow the biden administration's budget is going to be coming out. the numbers that we're anticipating, about a 16% increase in domestic spending and a real decrease in military spending. inflation-adjusted decrease in military spending. again, beijing will be watching this and will be gleeful. mr. president, when republicans were in the white house and senate majority just recently, we were respectful of our colleagues in the minority, and there was an agreement essentially is about a one for one. domestic programs increasing, the military budget is going to increase by about the same amount. that's what we all

mr. bowman: end the occupation and find peace. to that end i will introduce a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire and diplomatic efforts to resume in earnest. which is a resolution senator sanders has led in the senate. we have to do more. we must do more. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i rise to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise to deliver a clear message, the united states must stand shoulder to shoulder with the state of israel. the choice for politicians in this chamber should be simple, on one side, you have hamas. a terrorist organization that fired thousands of rockets at civilians in israel. their founding charter even calls for israel's destruction. on the other side you have israel, the only democracy in the middle east. they are our only friend and ally, they are our long time friend and ally, they are a force for stability in the region. mr. budd: the de-escalation in this conflict should begin and end with hamas. they m