mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 94, the nays are 4. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. hawley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: mr. president, i'd like to call up my amendment number 1058 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from missouri, mr. hawley, proposes an amendment numbered 1058. mr. hawley: mr. president, i ask for six minutes of debate prior to the roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hawley: mr. president, for 50 years, 50 years, the federal government has put into the water, into the soil, into the air of st. louis and surrounding regions radioactive nuclear material. they have not told the people of st. louis. they have not compensated the people of st. louis. they have not helped the people of st. louis. in fact, just t

mr. sanders: thank you. mr. president, our health care system is broken. 85 million americans are uninsured or underinsured. our child care system is disfinancialal. millions of parents unable to find affordable sites force their kids. we have a major housing crisis. 600,000 americans are homeless and, oh, yes, the planet is on fire and the world we are leaving future generations will be increasingly unhealthy. but somehow we never have enough money to address those crises. mr. president, if we have learned anything about the covid -- from the covid pandemic, with where we have lost over one million americans, and climate change, which is causing massive destruction thought the world, it is that national security is not just about nuclear weapons, submarines, and fighter planes. it's about making sure that all americans have decent health care, education, housing, and other necessities of life. i ask for -- unanimous consent for 30 more seconds. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: year after y

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr.off, aye. -- mr. mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. lummis, no. mr. capito, no. mr. young, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. . the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: reed, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. -- ms. duckworth, aye. mr. johnson, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk:

mr. sanders: sure. mr. wyden: great. i want to thank my colleague for being our leader here in the congress and frankly for this nation. because he has consistently made the point that given the demographics where we're going to have so many more older people, where we have so many young people at risk, we des platly -- desperately need to do what you're talking about, senator sanders, which is to address the massive shortage of health care workers. addressing health care workers shortages means that we will have to have fresh ideas to get these workers all across our country and it is vitally important that we address several of the biggest ideas chairman sanders and i are talking about. for example, expanding funding for the medicare graduate medical education program, gme, would grow the number of doctors, especially primary care physicians and psychiatrists. so this evening, chairman sanders, i want to make it clear that our two committees, yours doing important work, what's known as help, ours on the finance committ

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. tbhent, -- mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. million tillis -- mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 46. the nominee is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the

mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. mr. peters, no. mr. wicker, no. ms. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: lujan, -- mr. lujan, no. mr. brown, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. young, no. mr. markey, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. cantwell, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mrs. feinstein, the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. king, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mrs. duckworth, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. mickern looper -- mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.: : the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr.scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- britt. budd, kafd, cornyn. cruz, fischer, graham, haul, shined. marshall, mullin, paul, ricketts, rounds, rubio, schmitt, thune, tillis, tuberville, vance, young. senators voting in the negative, bennet, blumenthal, brown, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, crapo, duckworth, fetterman, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, king, kelly, klobuchar, manchin, markey, menendez, murray, padilla, peters, reed, risch, romney, rosen, sanders, schumer, sinema, stabenow, tester, warner, war knock, warren, welch, whitehouse, wyden. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. murphy, no. mr. merkley, no. the

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative, budd, cornyn, cruz, lankford, and rounds. senators voting in the negative, blumenthal, duckworth, fetterman, hassan, kelly, king, merkley, ossoff, reed, schatz, and whitehouse. mr. paul, aye. ms. earn -- the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. grassley, aye. ms. warren, no. 3 ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. kaine, no. mrs. shaheen, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. th

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, cants well, -- cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, coons, cornyn, cotton, daines, ernst, hagerty, lujan, markey, ossoff, peters, reed, schatz, sullivan, tester, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, sinema. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. thune, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. -- the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. murp

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. hassan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. rounds, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mrs. blackburn,

mr. sanders, senator sanders, perhaps, the average american could digest the actual definition of a social democrat because it is emphasizing democrat. i think it should be changed to social democrat. >> i have no idea why bernie sanders does what he does or doesn't do. i agree i feel the phrase democratic-socialist is not helpful and think it is a shame he uses it but one of the things that is important to point out, we could have a long conversation about european social democracy in the different ways in which many metrics shows it works better in terms of health and well-being and happiness. the evidence is really clear and we talk about that toward the end of our book. but also, you don't have to go into social democracy. you can go into the history of this country. one thing i like to quote a lot is under dwight eisenhower who was a republican. the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest americans was 90%. that would be staggering today. hard enough to get people to talk about a minimum wage of $20 an hour. if we were to propose marginal tax rate of 95%, people would say they are definit

mr. sanders, for the opportunity to be here today. operation warp speed was a great success in speeding the development of covid vaccines, and evacuation of barda the investment model to an extent. it was also great, failure and we need to learn that lesson as well. it was a failure in that, although the u.s. government was responsible for funding the covid vaccine from before covid even emerged, through the isolation of the key spike protein, through the clinical trials and up through the development and production of the vaccine, barda imposed effectively no restraint on how moderna and other companies, especially amateur, not would operate. the result was, while moderna executives became billionaires, the taxpayers were price gouged, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of people lost their lives because we had a global shortage of a vaccine that could have been avoided if we share the technology. now, moderna, it's announced plans to quadruple prices. further limiting access further gouging consumers, further gouging the taxpayer

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. the clerk: mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative: baldwin, brown, cantwell, cardin, cortez masto, gillibrand, markey, murray, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, warren. senators voting in the negative, boozman, budd, cotton, shined, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. capito, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. barasso, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, ay

mr. sanders has wanted to expand for a very long time on expansion plans or announce to 1990 or a some sizing, and that has been resistance from the region ever since. and of course, and recently, using the climate issue has become increasingly serious. i'm with arrived in the climate crisis and the airport still wants to take over an additional $660.00 heck to split the solitude. one was a climate damaging wants to project the to the runway would effectively generate an additional $3000000.00 tons of c. o. 2, it is absolute, mad not to do that in times of climate process. you have one that says we have sites 660 hector's of austria's most valuable agricultural land from being used for climate damaging aerial price. that is really good. we have rained in the growth mania, but the boxes is not the ones that come on it's, it's kind of, it cannot be used as an international airline ticket is titled as a lower rate than food. this has to stop. the transport is a complex issue. one that effects to solve decades ago, we here in europe decided to outsource the production of many consumer goods and b

sanders: you see it in your practice? dr. ramachandran: all the time. mr. weissman: viewpoints -- a few points. in the global context, it is commonplace. sen. sanders: how many people do we think died because they did not have access to the vaccine? mr. weissman: there are estimates between hundreds of thousands and millions. most of us who got vaccinated did not get the higher quality vaccines. in the u.s., as you said, 25 or 30% of americans rationed their prescription drugs because of price. now all of them -- not all of them are dying but some are. the launch price of new drugs are $182,000. $100,000 is not far out -- sen. sanders: i think many cancer drugs out there are over $100,000. is that correct. mr. weissman: yes. the question you asked about -- to senator kennedy -- cassidy, in 1995, the point that nih stopped using the regional pricing provisions, they added a new category so the original category was standard -- those stayed roughly consistent after the removal of the regional pricing clause. they added a new category of material. the numbers t

mr. sanders: thank you, senator kennedy. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. nders: the senate is now debating $860 billion defense authorization bill. and unless there are major changes to that bill, i intend to vote against it. and let me take a few minutes to explain why. i think everybody in our country knows that we face enormous crises. as a result of climate change, our planet is experiencing unprecedented and rising temperatures along with the rest of the world, we need to make major investments to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energies. if -- and if we do not do that, not only america but china, countries all over the world, the planet that we are leaving our kids and future generations will become increasingly unhealthy and precarious. in fact, there are some who wonder whether the planet will continue to exist in years to come unless we move aggressively on this existential threat. but it's not only climate change. our health care system is broken and it is dysfunctional. not a secret. m

mr. hutton sanders, cambodian people's party has claimed a landslide victory. and as barnaby low reports from film pen, his son when minus may become the next countries lead to countries. next liter to come body and voters arrive early on sunday morning at this pulling station in pen to caster ballots. for 125 members of parliament, prime minister who incense component people's party, took all the seats in the last general election in 2018 and says it's one overwhelming. leah can mean a paperwork. for me, everything seems small and we haven't been forced to do anything. everything is the same as before, duplicated for climbing it as a commodity and citizen, my role is to cast a ballot and price. so i have to come to the polling station to elect my lead is. but the united nations has criticized the poles for failing to be inclusive with some critics going. as far as calling it a shim with voters, turning up at this pulling station, hour after hour. there is a semblance of an election, but i didn't say none of the other parties participating, present a credible c

mr. west: tell deion sanders i said hello. >> [laughs] california, colorado is very different from where i grew up. i didn't grow up in a super consecutive area but anyways, i bicycle i experienced some different scenarios. i am doing a double degree in business and also vocal performance. within the arts obviously there is a lot more liberalism. i had a scenario happened where my teacher pulled me aside outside of class to have a 20-minute conversation because i basically quoted mlk and said, we talk about what we want to see in our group, and i said i want everyone to treat each other as individuals. i don't care where you came from, how you identify as a much just treat everyone as an individual. and after saying that, at my teacher sent me an an email saying, we need to have a conversation. i kind of knew what was going to be about. i went to her office and she told me how i might be racist because i believed in individualism instead of collectivism. mr. west: no, she is a specialist because she believes collectivism instead of individualism. >> she went on to talk about how i am pri

there are, as senator sanders points out, serious concerns about mrs. records. secretary of california labour and the labor agency, this su was a chief enforcer of 85, controversial law that dismantled the gag economy such as uber, doordash, lift and remove the flexibility of these individuals to work as an independent contractor. senator sanders suggested all workers will be united in supporting this nomination. those independent contractors opposed 85. miss su express herself as merely being an enforcer of a law passed down by others but i spoke to people in california that said miss su was quite a cheerleader for the law. to be clear, independent contractors, freelances make their own hours and choose a type of work they wish to. do they are shielded from forced or coerced unionization that will strip the flexibility away. this has made eliminating free lance or a top priority for large labor unions. those that are endorsing the nomination who want more workers paying for union dues. it's important to note, even in california, 85 is unpopular. the governor an

mr. trump out of the white house. that's my number one issue! cbs news projects senator bernie sanderswinner of the new hampshire primary. here we have joe biden, really, with no momentum, and goes into south carolina as a very wounded candidate. you know, the press is ready to declare people dead quickly. but we're alive, and we're coming back, and we're gonna win. [kristen] south carolina could be make or break for joe biden, who's leading here, and today getting a prominent endorsement from top democrat, congressman jim clyburn. we know joe. but most importantly, joe knows us. [abby] jim clyburn is the most important political figure in south carolina politics. that is a primary that is dominated by the power of black voters. i just want a regular person in the white house. so, when he did endorse joe biden, that changed the entire trajectory of the campaign for him. and it's rare in politics that we can say there was one factor that made all the difference. -this is a blowout. -yeah. for biden. there's no other way to describe it. it's not just a win, it's not just a double-digit m