mr. sanders: thank you. mr. president, here is what the center for biological diversity had to say on this bill, and i quote, this is a climate suicide packet. it is self defeating to handcuff renewable energy development to massive new oil and gas extraction. the new leading required in this bill will fan the flames of the climate disasters torching our customer and is a slap in the face to communities fighting to protect themselves from filthy fossil fuels, ends quote. mr. president, in my view, we have to do everything possible to take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry, not give billions of dollars in corporate welfare to an industry that has been actively destroying our planet, and i will be doing -- i will be introducing an amendment to do just that. finally, mr. president, this bill has a tax provision in it, and under this bill corporations will be required to pay a minimum tax of 15%, and that is good news because we have many, many large, profitable corporations in this country, including compani

mr. bernie sanders and a hoodie. show me where i once lied. stop raising money off lying about me because that's what you're doing. here with reaction, fox news contributor, former speaker of the house newt gingrich. he does represent very well i think this new, endorsed by aoc, endorsed by the squad, bernie. bernie endorsed him. abortion with no restrictions whatsoever, fracking, energy production. he really does fit in with the climate alarmist cult. he is like the poster child for them. >> if you look at his positions, he is probably more radical than almost any democrat in the senate because he is even more radical than bernie sanders. next generation of radicalism. if you watch his campaign, you'll see something you're going to see all over the country. none of these people can defend their record. none of them can defend joe biden. nbc news reported this morning that he is the most unpopular president in 80 years. more than 3 out of 4 americans believe we are all the wrong track. so guys who have done nothing the whole life except politi

mr. sanders for himself and mr.10 to amendment 50 to 1 94. >> madam president, i would ask -- >> we will continue to watch the action on the floor, as vice president harris enters the chamber, and we will bring that to you as it happens -- she has already broken the deadlock. we just missed that, as we were bringing it to you. we will continue to watch action now, as they move into vote-a-rama. next, wnba star brittney griner sentenced to nine years in a russian prison. i will talk to a founder of a group pressing to bring her home about what happens next. plus, alex jones forced by a jury to pay sandy hook parents nearly $50 million, but will this particle stop is lying? stop is lying? i recommend nature made vitamins because i trust their quality. they were the first to be verified by usp... ...an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. nature made. the number one pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein

mr. sanders says, multibillion dollar corporations like intel will have access to america's hard- earned tax dollars to build manufacturing plants and get tax write offs with virtually no strings attached and still be able to expand their business to china. i would love you to respond to both of those criticisms. >> what i would like to mention here is that, look. chips and science legislation, that president biden is going to be signing in less than an hour here, is really leveling the playing field. over the last couple of decades, foreign countries have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into providing incentives to bring semiconductor benefaction to their source. this is what has been presente . and 37%, manufacturing of semiconductors at the turn of the century to now being only 12% of semiconductor manufacturing here in the u.s. this is what we have to diversify. global supply chains, we have to build the supply chain here in the u.s. and have domestic production. this is important for national security. including the military and others. you want those chips produced here. i

mr. sanders: thank you. and here is what the center for biological diversity had to say on this bill. quote -- this is a climate suicide pact. it is self-defeating to handcuff renewable energy development to massive new oil and gas extraction. the new leasing required in this bill will fan the flames. climate disasters torching our country and it's a slap in the face to the communities fighting to protect themselves from filthy fossil fuels, end quote. now, mr. president, in my view, we have got to do everything we can to take on the greed, the irresponsibility, the destructiveness of the fossil fuel industry, not give billions of dollars in corporate welfare to an industry that has been destroying our planet. and that is why i will be introducing an amendment today to strike all of the benefits to the fossil fuel industry that are in this bill and i will be asking for a roll call vote on it. and, mr. president, let me say a word about some of the other amendments that i'll be introducing. i will be introducing an amendment that is widely popular -- the concept is widely popular -- an

mr. sanders we call it probable cause but there has to be an affidavit of articulating evidence under oathtrates to the judge that there is probable cause to believe that there is evidence of a crime on the premises. the warrant has to be very particularized. the fbi or the people who conduct the search are not allowed to grab things they want. if there is evidence of a crime in plain sight they can take that but after, even after what happened yesterday there is a very careful process to protect materials that aren't covered by the warrant. so, you know, that sets a rhetoric. it is a politics to call it a rate but this is really the justice system under the constitution functioning as it should. the fact that it happens to be donald trump really is because he didn't comply. it looks like the president dental record, we all have to have responsibility for our -- for our actions. if he didn't want to see anything like this happen he should have complied with the law. host: he said this was unnecessary. that he had been cooperating with all government agencies. cop -- guest: that is his poin

mr. i kept my shorts on. [laughter] he said bernie sanders is anti-semitic the i love bernie. some kind of political sanity, it would be bernie sanders. i really rely on our music, the spiritual been talked about, since you were born. that's why our ancestors created them. >> i think the people find themselves wondering through this book will also see kernels of faith on this and not talking about religiosity right now but there's faithfulness in the work you've done, journaling and also creating i wanted to and with this a question about faithfulns in revolutionary and organization versus this idea of hope. how do you understand those two? he radical faith if that exists versus what people might call radical hope. were those the same things to you? >> lucky for me i've lived in an era when i've seen and sometimes met true evolutionary. people k who knew the bullet was around the corner, they were going to gon around the corner but it is incredible when you meet people willing to give everything they have for the dream of common humanity that can make up and it changes you, it

sanders. independent senator from the vermont. one for months and months, mr. everybody, at least help somebody. >> the truth is -- in a sense that criticism is correct, but the answer is not to deny help to people who cannot deal with these horrendous student debts. the answer is, not to do what republicans want to do, it's, oh, it's unfair to this earn, because we're helping that person. the answer is, maybe, to create a government which works for all people and not just for wealthy campaign contributors. >> closes with the wealthy campaign contradicters. look here. circled vermont and massachusetts. other areas, too. vermont among the highest college education rates in the country. at home, bernie sanders is on safe ground. >> exactly. another interesting state is georgia, because it's not just -- not all democrats and democrats are critical of this proposal. i think people forget one of the most vocal proponents of canceling student debt is actually raphael warnock. one of the senators that met several times with president biden to push for this and he sees

mr. i kept my shorts on. [laughter] left back and he also says bernie sanders is anti-semitic. soap me and bernie, i love berniere. we had hope here for some kind of political insanity. it would be bernie sanders. i have been rebuked and i have been scorned. i really rely on our music the spirituals. the ones that say that, i have been rebuked and i've been scorned i have been talked sure as you are born. and there are other songs like that, we should revive because we need them. that is what our ancestors created them. >> i think the people who find themselves wandering through this book will also see the kernels of faithfulness. i'm not talking anything about religion there's a kernel of faithfulness in the work you have done journaling and alsod creating. and i want to just sort end the conversation with this question about faithfulness and revolution and revolutionary communities and organizations versus this notion nebulous idea of hope. how do you understand this to? a sort of radical faith, if thae exists, versus what people might call the radical hobart are those the sa

mr. vice president, i appreciate you joining us. before the inflation reduction act was passed by the house this afternoon, speaker pelosi called it historic, transformative. senator bernie sandersg the bill doesn't go far enough, tweeted that it's, quote, a very small step forward. where do you stand specifically with respect to its effect on climate change? >> bernie is right that we have a lot more work to do. but there's no question that speaker pelosi is right, that we are crossing a significant threshold here. this is, by far, the largest initiative to help solve the climate crisis that any country has ever taken. and the amount of money is one thing, $369 billion is quite significant. but the way that it's deployed is also very significant, anderson. there are things in it that i wouldn't have preferred. but they're very minor compared to the huge benefits of the bill as a whole. >> the energy and climate modelers have said it could reach its goal. the bill could reach its goal of reducing u.s. carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. can you give us a sense of where you think those reductions will come from? >> well, they will come from the carbon emitted in gen

mr. bob roth that was a great impression. >> thank you >>> al, thank you. up next kerry sandersrs and we're going to meet one of those teachers that is very memorable. she represents so many teachers and maybe the achievement right now is also we got everybody quiet here just for a moment coming up, you're going to see a pep rally with a lot of pep rally with a lot of excitement as we continue on californians have a choice between two initiatives on sports betting. prop 27 generates hundreds of millions every year to permanently fund getting people off the streets a prop 26? not a dime to solve homelessness prop 27 has strong protections to prevent minors from betting. prop 26? no protections for minors. prop 27 helps every tribe, including disadvantaged tribes. prop 26? nothing for disadvantaged tribes vote yes on 27. >>> we are back devoting our morning to today's back to school school supply drive and the inspiring stories of dedicated teachers who only want >> to help with the soaring cost of supplies we've teamed up with adoptaclassroom.org. carson, take it away >> if you a

mr. vice president, i appreciate you joining us. before the inflation reduction act was passed by the house this afternoon, speaker pelosi called it historic, transformative. senator bernie sandersward. where do you stand with respect to climate change? >> bernie is right that we have a lot more work to do. but there's no question that speaker pelosi is right, that we are crossing a significant threshold here. this is, by far, the largest initiative to help solve the climate crisis that any country has ever taken. and the amount of money is one thing, $369 billion is quite significant. but the way that it's deployed is also very significant, anderson. there are things in it that i wouldn't have preferred. but they're very minor compared to the huge benefits of the bill as a whole. >> the energy and climate modelers said it could reach its goal -- the bill could reach its goal of reducing u.s. carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. can you give us a sense of where you think those reductions will come from? >> well, they will come from the carbon emitted in generating electricity. they will come in the reduction of emissions from transportation. we will see a huge speed

sanders is in florida. it is really a problem there, kerry. good morning >> reporter: yeah, good morning. i'm in it mrs. baldwin's fifth grade classroom -- miss anderson's classroom at baldwin academy. yeah, she's been a teacher for ten years. but here at this school, they've been able to solve the problem of the shortage by pulling some of the administrators into the classroom that are former teachers but in other parts of florida, they're hiring teachers that do not even have a teaching certificate. as the white board says, help is wanted and the problem is not unique to florida. it is a nationwide problem it's back to school for students, but not for some teaches who are leaving the profession in record numbers >> come on in, boys and girls. >> reporter: schools nationwide are struggling to find qualified teachers, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic. >> you're talking about dealing with more hassle, anxiety, depression, for the same amount of pay >> reporter: estimated 300,000 public school teachers and staff left the field between february 2020 and may 2022. a recent survey of teachers found almo

sanders with that report. joining us now, the u.s. secretary of education, miguel cardona. thank you very much, mr.rning. where do we begin? i think it's a teacher shortage that we're look at. what is the administration doing to stem the tide of teachers wanting to leave the profession? >> yeah, you know, this time of year, when we're welcoming back millions of students and educators and parents are excited, you know, this is going to be the year full of promise and possibilities, we are dealing with a shortage issue. as your clip showed, it's really a respect issue, too. we need to make sure were respecting the profession. that means competitive salaries, better working conditions, and teacher voice as we reimagine school. you know, teachers make 20% less than other -- than college graduates in other fields. it is unacceptable. in montana, a starting salary is $32,000. what are you going to do with that? we really need to lift the profession by making sure we're honoring the teacher, paying a competitive salary. teachers have proven they can bend over backwards for students. they've done it the la

sanders is in west palm beach for us this morning. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, the fbi spent much of monday right here at mar-a-lago. it wasn't until the former president, mrexecuted here a senior source telling nbc news the agents were looking for classified documents brought here after mr. trump was they believe this all is motivated by politics and a potential campaign run again by mr. trump. in a statement issued just before 7:00 monday night mr. trump said mar-a-lago was, quote, under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of fbi agents, claiming it was unannounced and portraying himself as the victim of a political persecution adding they even broke into my safe of course in 2016 as a candidate, mr. trump repeatedly attacked hillary clinton, saying that she had classified documents on her personal email server >> thank you, kerry. >>> now to an announcement from the popular social media app snapchat this morning the company is unveiling new parental tools nbc senior national correspondent kate snow got a preview. she is with us this morning. kate, good morning >> reporter: good morning, craig. snap has been around for a decade now the company sa

mr. sanders: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president,ma- -. the presiding officer: could we have order please in the senate chambers. thank you. mr. sanders: madam president, i call up amendment number 5208 as modified and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from vermont, mr. disers, for himself and mr. merkley proposes an amendment numbered 5208 as modified to amendment number 5194. mr. sanders: madam president, pathetically, the united states has the highest child poverty rate of almost any major country on earth, and it is especially high among young people of color. this is the wealthiest nation on earth. we should not have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any country. the american rescue plan included a $300 a month child tax credit which ended up lowering the child poverty rate in america by over 40%. over 40% reduction in childhood poverty which, in my view, was an extraordinary achievement. unfortunately, for the millions o

mr. sanders: mr. president, i call up 5211 and i ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from vermont, mr. sanders, proposes amendment numbered 5211, as modified. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: in the richest country on earth, seniors should not have teeth rotting in their mouths or unto be able pay for eyeglasses or hearing aids, there are some who are missing their nat teeth and one in three suffer from hearing loss and 75% who need a hearing aid cannot afford one and further it can cost seniors up to $300 for a routine eye exam and over $200 for a pair of glasses, which many seniors simply are unable to afford and do without. this amendment is simple. it expands medicare to provide dental vision and hearing benefits to our seniors. this should not be a tough vote given the fact that the last poll i saw had 84% of the american people in support of this concept. i urge a yes vote on this amendment. the presiding officer:

mr. sanders: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from vermont. mr. sanders: pursuant to the act, i move to waive section 13 of that -- section 313 for purposes of this amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

mr. sanders: mr. president, let me quote from a july 29 letter from over 350 environmental organization, including friends of the earth, food and water watch and the climate justice alliance sent to president biden and senator schumer, expressing of expressing concerns, quote, any fast-tracking of fossil fuel permitting is incompatible with climate leadership. natural gas are the -- there can be no new fossil fuel leases, exports or infrastructure if we have any hope of preventing ever worsening climate krois cease, floods and wildfires, all of which are ripping across the country as we speak. we call on you to fulfill your promise to lead on climate starting with denying approval for the pipeline, and leases in the gulf of alaska and preventing fast-track permits for fossil fuel projects, end of quote from 350 organizations. i agree with those organizations. my amendment would eliminate all of the provisions of the bill that would benefit the fossil fuel industry, including opening up 700 million acr

mr. sanders: mr. president, the driving force behind the fight against climate change has been young people here in the united states and abroad. they have marched, they have demonstrated, they have demanded institutional disinvestment in fossil fuel companies. in short, they have fought for a world in which they and their kids and grandchildren could live in a healthy and habitable planet. this legislation invests some $300 billion in energy efficiency and sustainable energy, and that's a good thing, but it invests very little in giving our younger generation the opportunities to roll up their sleeves and get to work in moving our energy system away from the fossil fuel which is destroying our planet. this amendment invests $30 billion in a civilian conservation corps which would create 400,000 jobs for young people. they will be paid a living wage, given benefits toward higher education and be trained for good union clean energy jobs. let us stand with the young people who have led the fight against

mr. sanders: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i call up my amendment numbered 5210. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator from vermont, plb sanders, for -- mr. sanders, for himself an mr. merrick proposes -- merkley proposes numbered 5510. mr. sanders: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that for the consideration of h.r. 5376, the inflation reduction act of 2022, the republican majority be permitted to deliver floor remarks, retrieve review and send e-mail displayed on wireless personal assistant devices and tablet devices, i further ask unanimous consent that the use of it further, that the staff be permitted to make technical and conforming changes with the bill during senate consideration and the following staff members from my staff and senator graham's staff be given all-access floor passes for consideration of the bill, majority staff, michael smith, melissa k

mr. sanders: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: madam president, i wanted to come down to the floor toll say a few words about the so-called inflation reduction act which may be coming to the floor this week. but before i do, i want to put this reconciliation bill into the context of where we are as a nation from a political perspective. and where we are is not a good place to be. according to the most recent gallup poll, the approval rate for congress is at 16% with massive numbers of people disapproving of the work we are doing here. further, according to a recent university of chicago poll, a strong majority of americans believe that the government is, quote, corrupt and rigged against me. end quote. that is how people perceive the government. further, according to a recent "usa today" poll, a very strong majority no longer believe that the democratic or republican parties are responding to their needs, and we

sanders 5281 foaling the daines amendment 5425. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i call up my amendment number 5316 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from utah, mr. lee proposes an enemy 5316. mr. lee: across the nation local governments are having youing to support their constituents. these frontline public servants provide for the safety and well-being of their friends and neighbors, typically using funds derived from local property taxes. however,ness many counties -- however, in many counties, these federal neighbors of sort sos draw heavily on the resources made available by these local government oz. rescuing hikers, addressing forest fires, these are just a few of the vital services that these communities -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator from utah. mr. lee: these are just a few of the services that these communities provide, even though they receive little to know exception for them. so my amendme