mr. schumer: madam president, our adversaries sow disinformation in our society and seek to influence our elections. vladimir putin will stop at nothing to diminish western democracies. a resurgence in china wants to take america's place on our world stage. but the gravest threat to our democracy right now does not come from any foreign capital. it comes from our own. the greatest threat to democracy in america is president donald trump. yesterday in a news conference, president trump refused to commit to the peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election in 41 days. let me repeat. yesterday in a news conference president trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election in 41 days. quote, we'll have to see what happens. i've been complaining about the ballots and ballots are a disaster. pressed further, get rid of the ballots. there won't be a transfer. there will be a continuation. get rid of the ballots, there won't be a transfer there will be a continuation. get rid of the ballots. that's what he is saying. now, everyone from school children t

mr. schumer: the truth is if you want to draft a bill that is certain to fail, this is it. this is one of the most cynical moves i have ever seen. we all know what's going on here. lead every mcconnell -- lead every mcconnell had to create the most paltry, partisan cynical bill because he had 20 members of his caucus who don't want to support anything by his own admissions they want zero dollars. so leader mcconnell keeps whittling down the republican proposal until he can find something, anything that he can claim his party supports. he had to throw in the right wing's favorite goodies to sweeten the pot, to even approach the number of votes in his caucus to make it look like a republican bill that had broad support republican bill that had broad support. leader mcconnell knows this bill won't pass. he knows most of his members don't want it to pass and amazingly, he seems happy with that situation. this is one of the most cynical moves i've ever seen in the middle of a pandemic when americans are crying out for relief. the states and workers and families opening up school

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, today the senate will take a rather pointless vote on the latest, highly partisan republican emaciated covid relief bill. the republican leader claims the bill is an attempt at a bipartisan solution but the bill was drafted solely by republicans, no input by democrats and rushed to the floor. mr. leader, go look up in the dictionary what bipartisanship is. it's both parties working together, not your party doing a bill and then saying it's bipartisan. what the leader has done, the republican leader, is no one's idea of bipartisanship, not even his own members. and let's go over history. he's done this trick before. covid 2, covid 3, covid 3.5. in each case the republicans came out, the leader came out saying this is his own bill, saying this is the only bill that will pass. democrats are blocking it. democrats held strong. and what happened? we got much better bills with many of the things we wanted. we got truly

mr. schumer. senator schumer: thank you. thank you, speaker pelosi. always a joy to hear you and all the things you say and put it so well, so thank you. i thank all of my colleagues. i'm sorry i didn't hear them. i did hear representative mucarsel-powell and doing a good job of representing my former constituents who moved to florida. when i was in congress, they said the only place i could get lected owner brooklyn was fort lauderdale. it's great to be here and testing has been the key to crushing the coronavirus early. but the trump administration totally failed to meet the moment and the virus spread out of control. you know, the first place that was hit hard was the city of new rotchell and the day it was discovered, i called up the mayor. and i said, what do you need? he said if you could get me 70,000 tests, i could test the people of new rotchell and stay isolated and the others could walk on the streets or shop in the stores. but he said because we have no tests, everyone has to be isolated and that story could be repeated over and over and o

mr. schumer: well, thank you, mr. president. now, after senate republicans established the principle that the senate shouldn't

mr. schumer: well, thank you, mr. president. now, after senate republicans established the principle that the senate shouldn't consider supreme court nominations in presidential election years, on saturday, president trump nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court with less than 40 days left in the presidential election. the senate has never, never confirmed a nominee to the supreme court this close to a presidential election. in fact, the election is already under way. but president trump gets to play by different rules under this republican majority. by nominating judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court, president trump has once again put americans' health care in the crosshairs. president trump has promised to nominate supreme court justices who will, quote, terminate -- his words -- our health care law. in judge barrett, president trump has found the deciding vote. judge barrett strongly criticized the ruling to uphold the affordable care act, claiming that if justices read the law the way she does, they would ha

mr. schumer: in the three weeks since the senate met, america eclipsed -- nearly 190,000 americans died by c-1

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with.

mr. schumer: now, madam president, the amount of 1984-like doublespeak that comes out of the other side never ceases to amaze, and i guess it's becoming more -- it's becoming more and more extreme. the republican leader calls his bill bipartisan. i would remind the leader that bipartisan means two parties, democrats and republicans. his bill is only a product of the republican side. the republican leader said democrats are delaying things. was it democrats who called for a pause? was it democrats when covid was

mr. schumer: thank you. now, madam president, after the senate republicans spent four months dithering, delaying, last week, leader mcconnell pushed a partisan emaciated covid bill. it was so paltry and laden with poison pills, it was clearly designed to fail, and fail it did. it's time for the senate republicans to wake up to the gravity of the crisis in our country and work with democrats on a comprehensive bill that delivers real help to americans. speaker pelosi and i have already come down a trillion dollars from our initial requests. leader mcconnell and senate republicans must drop the cynical political games and instead work with democrats to find common ground and reach a compromise. if republican leadership lets the 20 members of their caucus who barely want to provide any more relief and allows them to dictate their party's agenda, it will block the path to a compromise and republicans will have to answer to the american people. now, our country still does not have a strong grasp on covid-19. amer

mr. schumer urge democratic colleagues use a tactic to somewhat initially to pursue, that has since the senate. throughout president bush's 432 terms, our colleague built an entire personal brand out of filibustering judicial nominees. talented hard-working people's were destroyed by the brilliant lawyer a close friend who says he is extraordinary and thoughtful and would have made an excellent addition to any federal court. people like that, literally destroyed by democratic tactics. this version of the now democratic leaders said filibustering judges was an essential part, an essential arpart of the senate pretty said that that as republicans every is a nuclear option to change rules midstream because they cannot get their way on every judge, it will be doomsday for democracy. doomsday for democracy. but of course, the very next presidential administration, the democratic leader leapt at the chance to press that doomsday button himself, democrats could not abide president obama being in with the same rosanna president bush for they had no measure and taste in their own medicine prince's the

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorumming dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, our adversaries sow disinformation in our society and seek to influence our elections. vladimir putin will stop at nothing to diminish western democracies. a resurgence in china wants to take america's place on our world stage. but the gravest threat to our democracy right now does not come from any foreign capital. it comes from our own. the greatest threat to democracy in america is president donald trump. yesterday in a news conference, president trump refused to commit to the peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election in 41 days. let me repeat. yesterday in a news conference president trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election in 41 days. quote, we'll have to see what happens. i've been complaining about the ballots and ballots are a disaster. pressed further, get rid of the ballots. there w

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, in the jewish tradition, only a person of great righteousness dies at the end of the year near robbery had a -- near rosh hashanah because god determined they were needed until the very end. friday evening, shortly after the sundown on the eve of the jewish new year, we learned that supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, a woman of great righteousness, a woman of valor, passed away. she was many things to many people -- a brilliant mind, a quick, which a lover of the opera, as friend, a colleague, a workout guru, a feminist icon. she might be the only supreme court justice to become a meme. what began as a joke, the notorious r.b.g., liking a legendary rapper to a jurist, struck a deep chord in american society because ruth bader ginsburg was in fact a rebellious force to be reckoned with. in a male-dominated legal establishment that wasn't waiti

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader is recognized. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. first let me thank all of my colleagues who were here until late last night and made such persuasive arguments as to why the new supreme court justice who matters so much to the american people, to their health care, to the working people's rights, to women's rights, to preserving the right to choose, to making sure we have a good green planet, to lgbtq rights, they did an eloquent job. and i hope america was listening because this nomination matters. it matters to the average daily lives of average americans. and last night by holding the floor until the late hours, democrats made really strong arguments. so i thank my colleagues for doing that. now for the third day in a row leader mcconnell has come to the floor and completely ignored the principle --, quote-unquote, -- he established in 2016 when mere hours after justice scalia passed away, leader mcconnell said that the american people should have a voice in the selection of their next supreme

mr. schumer: now, madam president, the amount of 1984-like doublespeak that comes out of the other side never ceases to amaze, and i guess it's becoming more -- it's becoming more and more extreme. the republican leader calls his bill bipartisan. i would remind the leader that bipartisan means two parties, democrats and republicans. his bill is only a product of the republican side. the republican leader said democrats are delaying things. was it democrats who called for a pause? was it democrats when covid was ranging said -- raging said we had to assess the situation? oh, no, it was the republican leader who said those things. meanwhile, democrats in the house, supported by democrats in the senate, have passed a strong, comprehensive bill. we have just been waiting and waiting for our republican friends to get their act together so they might come close, even near coming to the moment that we need it. so after taking a pause on covid relief for four months, finally, finally, finally senate republicans are realizing the damage that their delay has done to our economy and the nation's health.

mr. schumer said secretary mnuchin might move off the $1 trillion line. in the rep. pelosi: let me start with the cr. i have said publicly i am for a cr. we are down that path. we are looking at anomalies and we'll figure out the timing. that the needc for state and local government to be met -- the needs must be insist the number will be bigger than what the republicans are talking about now. fiscal stability of state and local government is very important to the fiscal stability of our country, the economic security of our country. to say -- let them get fired and go on unemployment and meeting the needs of the people and raising taxes, i don't think that sounds like a very popular or effective approach to it. the most important element of all of it is to stop exposeus, and maybe this -- or whatever you want to call it, who did know what the president's attitude was -- but this reinforcement will insist. i want to tell you something we talk about our weekend of economic and environmental justice and we talk about covid, there is covid injustice, as well. the dispar

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, last night president trump delivered one of the most disgraceful performances at a presidential debate that anyone has ever seen. and i don't mean that from a political perspective. i mean it from a human perspective. one can become inured to the president's tendency meltdown when confronted with his facts. his brazen lack of self-awareness, his stunning lack of regard for others. but it was maddening to watch the president last night angry and small, unable to show a scintilla of respect, unable to follow even the most basic rules of human civility or decorum, unwilling to constrain a stream of obvious falsehoods and right-wing vile. shakespeare summed up in macbeth trump's performance last night -- a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. yes, president trump's debate performance was, in the words of macbeth, a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. in an hour and a half that felt like a lifetime, the president managed

mr. schumer said secretary mnuchin might move off the $1 trillion line. in the short-term are you pushing for scr next year -- >> i have said public the that i am for a clean cr. we are now looking at anomalies and we will figure out the timing when we do. that the needc for state and local governments to be met, the needs must be met insist that the number be bigger than what the republicans are talking about. fiscal stability of state and local government is very important to the fiscal stability of our country. the economic security of our country. and golet them get fired mean theoyment and needs of people and raising taxes, i don't think that sounds or effectiveopular approach to it. hope the most important element of all of it is to stop the virus. maybe this expose or whatever you want to call it, who didn't know what the president's attitude was. reinforcementthis will insist. i want to tell you something about this. , when i talk about our weekend, economic environmental objectives. when we talk about covid, there is covid injustice. people ofity

mr. schumer: it's very good border security. steve: december 11, 2018.onathan karl, you remember that moment, it went on for 15 minutes on camera. jonathan: yeah, yeah, yeah. one of the things, i talk about something we've never seen in previous is thes. i'm not sure we'll see again. he loved to have those -- previous presidents. i'm not sure we'll see again. he loved to have those negotiations play out in public. he was in meetings he had in the cabinet room with congressional leaders where he kept us in for upwards of an hour as they went back and forth on -- one issue was gun control. another was immigration. but here he is with the democratic leaders and you can tell nancy pelosi in the beginning of that clip, she's like, we can talk once the press leaves here. no, keep the press here. let's have it play out in public. and he goes on in that session to say, shut it down. and he endoctorses -- endorses, he takes complete ownership of the government shutdown. which then boxed in all the republicans on the hill, everybody likes to blame the other party

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. i'll be brief. first i want to thank all of my colleagues who have already spoken and who will speak. we have over 15 of our colleagues talking about this issue because it is so vitally important to the american people. now let me tell you a little tale. about 50 years, 40-50 years ago after barry goldwater lost for the presidency, some of the hard rock conservatives realized that they had to create something that would help them realize their goals. and it gradually grew and grew and grew, and by 1980 was very strong with the election of ronald reagan. and at that point these conservatives realized that their views would never be enacted by the elected branches of government, the article one branch and the article two branch, because their views were so far to the right of not only the average american, but even the average republican. and they realized that the one way that they could move america in their hard-right direction was the courts, the nonelected branch. and th

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, this morning, i was planning to address a number of topics, but the president held a press conference yesterday afternoon that was so callous, so uninformed, so ego maniacal, so divisive that i am compelled to respond to it this morning. we are in the middle of a global pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 americans, far more than the number of americans who died in world war i. more than any other nation on god's green earth, more than countries with larger population s and more than countries with mere fractions of our wealth and power. and here's how the president spoke about the number of american deaths yesterday at his press conference. quote, if you take the blue states out, we're at a level that anyone in the world would be at, if you take the blue states out, we're at a really very low level. yes, mr. president, if you don't count the total number of americans who have died, you might think it's n

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and i'm proud to support the resolution by the senator from illinois and we'll hear from her shortly, and i very much appreciate her work. now, in his famous letter to lydia b ixbi, president lincoln praised that, quote, our heavenly father would assuage her grief, noting that solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. according to a recent report in the atlantic, president trump complained about visiting a world war i military cemetery in france because americans who died there were, quote, suckers and losers. over the past four years, president trump has achieved some remarkable lows in the annals of presidential conduct and character. but every so often you are jolted by the sheer depravity of his comments. this president's insults about our fallen service members and the nature of military service in general fall into that category -- the lowest of the low. there's no greater sacrifice an american can make than to lay d

mr. schumer think that he wouldn't insist on a confirmation vote now if he were majority leader and there were democratic president? it's a good point. what do you think? >> absolutely it's a good point you made a point four years ago when we discussed this , you thought you were making at least suggesting the argument that merit garland, we should put him fourth and see what his credentials are are and he should get some kind of hearing. i thought of that yesterday when this came about i thought it's probably important for president trump to make a nominee right away because then, the issue is not should he do it but what are the qualifications of the nominee he is putting forth which was the argument you made four years ago, which i thought was an interesting one. neil: well, then i was just thinking up or down vote or give it a try, but of course that was right now, do you think we will have a nominee made before inauguration day? >> i think there's a good chance we will. senator cruz made an excellent point that we need to give another justice on the court, because the election is lik

we heard from mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer about justice ginsburg's life and career and the future of the supreme court. >> mr. president. >> theel majority leader. >> our nation is morning the end of an exceptional american life. justice ruth bader ginsburg meant so much to our country. first and foremost, she was a brilliant generational legal mind who climbed past one obstacle after another to summit the very pinnacle of her profession. justice ginsburg was a fixture on our nation's highest court for more than a quarter of a century. she was not just a lawyer. no, not just a lawyer, but a leader from majority opinions to impassioned dissents. her life's work will not only continue to shape jurisprudence, but also enlightened scholars and students for generations. by all accounts, justice ginsburg loved her work because she loved the law. in a more ordinary life story, her courage and continued excellence in the face of multiple serious illnesses would itself be the heroic climax rather than just one more remarkable chapter among so many. on the court, justice ginsburg was a universally admired colleague. i

mr. rosenberg and thus biden and schum schumer, that that long-term doomsday scenario isn't a doomsday at> exactly. why do we need a limiting principle on this at all? one of the things, and you brought up the circuit court. one of the things we benefit from the circuit court system, most of the judges are drawn by random lots in three-judge panels. if we had a 50-person supreme court, most cases would be decided by a random drawing of three. so that would change the kinds of cases would go to the supreme court. so there are lots of arguments why an expanded court could can hear more cases. that's a thing that's happened -- the supreme court has heard fewer and fewer cases over the years than it used to. expanding the supreme court would hear more cases. that's more opportunity for racial diversity. right now the supreme court is stacked by nine people who went to two law schools. you could fix that. so there are lots of bipartisan reasons. >> what you're suggesting is a similar model that would have the court break out into potentially smaller groups and go full when required? >> exactly

mr. allott. regarding the nomination for the supreme court, there is no doubt in my mind that if chuck schumer in 2016 majority leader that mayor garland would be on the court right now, so there is no disputing that. number two, i thought you would find this interesting, you know, the conservatives have been playing a clip of joe biden saying that "we believe in truth and not facts," and they are saying it is a gaffe. i don't believe it was a gaffe, i believe it was a freudian slip. mr. biden: good afternoon. welcome to the constitution center. i have the great privilege of being a guest here. it is a perfect place to make a speech i'm about to make. nasa earlier today and prayed for justice ruth bader ginsburg and her family. an icon.n lost they also lost a grandmother and matriarch. we know how hard that is, to watch a piece of your soul absorb the cruelty and pain of the dreadful disease of cancer. i spoke to her daughter and granddaughter last night, expressing me and my whole family's sorrow, particularly my grown granddaughters, one of whom was a student of ruth bader ginsburg's daughter.

of the country campaign.ng to your $80 million sounds like chuck schumer is investing in a rubber-stamping when you get up to washington. mr. cunninham: the fact of the matter is, senator tillis was the top recipient of pac money year.ig pharma last what they have been getting from him is a to bipartisan legislation to being down the drugs. prescription we saw in the last week how he filed an industry-friendly bill in december of last year, receiving money from them immediately before an injury after filing that bill. this is another example of senator thune's working for them -- senator tillis working for of themving into rather than working for us here in north carolina. sen. tillis: you received $80 million from chuck schumer. chuck schumer was on stage last night with aoc saying they need to expand the supreme court. though you support the expansion of the u.s. supreme court? mr. cunningham: i don't. justice ginsburg herself said nine justices was the right number and that is the right number for our country, rather than continue to inject partisanship into our federal bench. let me be clear, i am speaking to some of t

mr. and in, secretary mnuchin peaker pelosi and schumer and others who choose to participate n the negotiations, but i am very hopeful that we will have either an agreement or a bill we can pass that i hope everybody on this floor votes or, which will deal with the problems i mention, the problems the entleman from -- challenges the gentleman from pennsylvania mentioned. to of course, the response heroes was, let the states go bankrupt, from the leader in the the republican leader, the states go bankrupt. i don't know if anybody has thoughts if the states go impact it will have on the fight against covid-19. substantial ll be including cities and localities counties. so we have some time to go efore we're leaving here, and we have time to address, not nly the challenge that mr. joyce brings up, but the and enges of families children, of people who are sick. ll of us ought to be motivated by the fact that 200,000 of our fell died citizens have because of covid-19. i'm going to speak to that now. speaker, this week, democrats are coming to the floor to highlight the work the past doing over two y

mr. mnuchin. i want the secretary to get to the negotiating table with nancy pelosi and schumer and meadows and gethis job done. this is not just about poor people. this is about middle-class people also. rom me read you something f my district from mr. kevin maguire. he says i'm a video operator in the entertainment business. when covid-19 hit, i lost contracts with coachella, the olympics, and kendrick lamar, just to name a few. we are the ones that do your conventions. we will never rebound from this. i went from $1000 a day to $900 with edd every few weeks. 12 million are dying in the music industry. i am here to help. i am an emotional wreck. i am not by myself. when are others. we are having panic attacks. please help us. so stop bragging about what we have already done. we have people hurting. peopleit here, we have who have not been able to pay their rent for almost three months. monthsly, many are two behind. while we have those that are talking about what we will do to get the children back in school, if the children don't have a place to live or a bed to sleep in, school does not matter.

mr. cunningham a question. >> cal, you received $80 million from chuck schumer. chuck schumer was on the stage last night with aoc saying they need to expand the supreme court. so do you support the expansion of the u.s. supreme court? >> i don't. justice ginsburg herself said that nine justices was the right number. rather than continue to inject partisanship into our federal bench, let me be clear, i'm speaking to some of the voices in my own party now, we had need to stop injecting partisanship into our federal courts. we have seen too much of that from senator tills and senator mcconnell and the folks running the united states senate right now. we need a strong, independent judiciary. we also need reform in washington, which is why i have called for overturning citizens united and getting the big money out of the politics that has so come to dominate political campaigns like the one we are seeing now. >> senator dill is? >> cal cunningham has received $80 million from chuck schumer's pac. he's received tens of millions into his own account. we heard cal cunni

mr. president, elections have consequences, you know? we heard that a 2340ur78 number of years ago. but chuck schumer then went on and said if they do this, nothing is off the table. and, in other words, they might get rid of the filibuster, or they might pack the supreme court. those are real threats. but then again, they've been making the same threats about doing that for the last year. >> so, number one was joe biden, was he reading that over, off a teleprompter as usual? or so far he's even done news conferences, and they give him the questions. nobody's ever given me the questions. they give him the questions. and it looked like he was reading it off a teleprompter. everything's off a teleprompter. i don't know what's going on, but it's kind of crazy. no, they're being very threatening, and they even said that if i do it, they're going to impeach me. they impeached me for a perfect phone call to say congratulations to the president of ukraine, and then they said it was different than that. shifty schiff said horrible things, and everybody thought i made that -- thank goodness it was transcribed

mr. allott. regarding the supreme court, there is no doubt in my mind that if chuck schumer was the majority leader in 2016, mary garland would be on the court right now, so there is no disputing that. number two, i thought you would find this interesting, you know, the conservatives have been playing a clip of joe biden saying that "we believe in truth and not facts," and they are saying it is a gaffe. gaffe, believe it was a i believe it was a freudian slip. you know, take for instance "hands up, don't shoot." we know that was factually incorrect, yet a lot of african americans believe that it actually happened, so i think it is actually true that people, a lot of people, tribalism is a very accurate description, that people believe what they want to believe on the left. conservatives seem to associate truth with fact, but there are a lot of people who believe a certain truth, and it does not necessarily have to be factual. above that would be interesting for you to comment on. thank you very much. host: thank you, peter. guest: well, i found a very deep distrust of the media in a lot of places i

mr. secretary, thank you for the time. >> good to be with you, thank you for having me. >> you heard senator schumer speaker pelosi just moments ago she put out a statement saying that the president's executive order is bogus. it is not worth the paper it is signed on and it's an insult to every family relying on this. pre-existing health care. would you to that? >> first off, the president today announced a bold plan to deliver better care, more choice, lower cost for the american people. let's talk about pre-existing conditions and the president and the executive order said it's the policy of the united states to ensure people with pre-existing conditions with production whether under existing law or if there is any replacement of her past. let us be clear about the status quo, right now under the glorified obamacare that many want to talk about that protects people with pre-existing conditions, a family up to age 55 in missouri making $70,000 a year will spend $30,000 a year on premiums and $12,000 in deductibles. that is not the protection against pre-existing conditions and that's not affordable health care, that doesn't

mr. president, why don't you get involved in the negotiations in the face-to-face with democrats? >> i know my customers. that's what i do. i know pelosi and schumer very well. they don't want to make a deal because they think it's good for politics if they don't make a deal. this has nothing to do with anything other than you have to know who you're dealing with. >> the present contending did not deny a report from the atlantic last week that he referred to american war dead as "losers" and "suckers." >> who would say a thing like that? only an animal would say a thing like that. and there's no one who has more respect for not only our military but for people that gave their lives in the military. >> just in from the white house correspondent john roberts, a former aide to former white house chief of staff john kelly is denying that he is the source of that atlantic article and did not hear president trump use those words. charles. >> charles: david, thank you very much. joe biden in the battleground state of pennsylvania where he will be holding a virtual event with the afl-cio president. at moments from now, jacqui heinrich is also in harrisbur

mr. chairman. do i have permission to enter this into the record? >> so ordered, senator warren. >> thank you. even if congress doesn't act, leader schumer and i introduced an order this morning calling on president trump and senator devos to use the voauthority that's been given to them to cancel student loan debt now. it is time to get this done. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator warren. >> senator scott. we'll go to senator jones. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and let me also echo what senator casey said. i so very much appreciate the comments that you have made about senator murray and senator murray's comments about you. and for those that may think that that is, that we have a cynical washington, d.c., i can assure folks that heard those comments that they are heartfelt and as someone who has worked with both of you in a really close way, particularly on this issue with you, senator alexander, they are heartfelt and appreciated and that's why it's been such a joy for me to work on this committee over the last two and a half years. so i really appreciate everything that has been commented on today and you know, work toget

mr. allott. regarding the supreme court, there is no doubt in my mind that if chuck schumer was the majority leadern 2016, mary garland would be on the court right now, so there is no disputing that. number two, i thought you would find this interesting, you know, the conservatives have been playing a clip of joe biden saying that "we believe in truth and not facts," and they are saying it is a gaffe. gaffe, believe it was a i believe it was a freudian slip. you know, take for instance "hands up, don't shoot." we know that was factually incorrect, yet a lot of african americans believe that it actually happened, so i think it is actually true that people, a lot of people, tribalism is a very accurate description, that people believe what they want to believe on the left. conservatives seem to associate truth with fact, but there are a lot of people who believe a certain truth, and it does not necessarily have to be factual. above that would be interesting for you to comment on. thank you very much. host: thank you, peter. guest: well, i found a very deep distrust of the media in a lot of places i t

schumer and i have championed. it is long past time for this badly flawed investigation by our colleagues to end, and as if in legislative session, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of a resolution opposing efforts to launder russian disinformation through the congress, which is at the desk. i further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. mr. johnson: mr. president, i want to point out the fact that this is -- this is not a violation of rule 19, it's coming pretty darn close. what you just witnessed is democrats doing what they do so well, accusing the other side of doing exactly what they do only ten times or 100 times worse. earlier i chaired a business meeting in the homeland committee and government affairs committee that precipitated, made necessary by the fact that the ranking member of my committee had a ri dish lu

mr. allott. regarding the nomination for the supreme court, there is no doubt in my mind that if chuck schumer in2016 majority leader that mayor garland would be on the court right now, so there is no disputing that. number two, i thought you would find this interesting, you know, the conservatives have been playing a clip of joe biden saying that "we believe in truth and not facts," and they are saying it is a gaffe. i don't believe it was a gaffe, i believe it was a freudian slip. mr.

mr. speaker. on tuesday, the insightful columnist starr parker provided an stroor analysis, supreme court fight is about life and death. quote, chuck schumer, senate minority leader said our number one goal must communicate the stakes of the supreme court fight to the american people. nothing is left off the table. nothing even violence? senator schumer is right. the american people must know what is at stake. we have a culture of life and civility or culture of death, violence, and chaos. fortunately president donald trump understands what's at stake. because of the diligence of this president and the republican senate, we will soon see an outstanding conservative woman, one who respects both the sanctity of life and sanctity of our nation's institutions, fill the court vacancy. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we'll never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. godspeed, amy barrett and carol davis. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentl

mr. schumer: reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: reserving the right to object, because the senate republicans have no respect for the institution, we won't have business as usual here in the senate. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. rubio: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: if i may just for a moment, just for the information of the members then who are on the committee, we will not be having the meeting, the hearing today on the issue of election security with the person leading that effort. it was a priority of many here. we are scheduled to have the director of national intelligence tomorrow to discuss that and many more topics of great importance that i know a lot of people here have been saying we need to be having briefings over. i hope that if in fact the democratic leader intends to object to that, we should know that today as well i hope so that the members will know that and make apparatuses accordingly. i yield the floor. -- and make arrangements acco

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: well, thank you, mr. president. now, after senate republicans established the principle that the senate shouldn't consider supreme court nominations in presidential election years, on saturday, president trump nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court with less than 40 days left in the presidential election. the senate has never, never confirmed a nominee to the supreme court this close to a presidential election. in fact, the election is already under way. but president trump gets to play by different rules under this republican majority. by nominating judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court, president trump has once again put americans' health care in the crosshairs. president trump has promised to nominate supreme court justices who will, quote, terminate -- his words -- our health care law. in judge barrett, president trump has found the deciding vo

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, over the course of her extraordinary life, justice ginsburg did as much to advance the cost of justice as she managed. she was a trailblazer of women of all ages from all walks of life who watched her tear down the barriers that sprayed men from women, first -- operated men from women. as i said this morning, it is only fitting that she is the first woman to lie in state in the nation's capitol. after all she made a life's work out of going where women had not gone before. i rise now to offer a resolution that will honor her long and ee ee -- her long career. the republicans ignored justice ginsburg's dying wish, what she called her most fervent wish, that she not be replaced until a new president is installed. we added to the exact same text of the resolution the republicans gave us. all the kind words from the republican majority about justice ginsburg will be totally empty if those republicans ignore her dying wish and instead move to replac

mr. schumer: i would yield. the presiding officer: the chair would remind senators that rule 19 provides no senator in debate shall directly or indirectly by any form of words impugn to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a senator. mr. schumer: i'm aware of it. everything i've stated here is factual, everything. every single thing. so this afternoon my colleagues and i have drafted a simple resolution. it calls for the cessation of any senate investigation or activity that allows congress, the united states congress to act as a conduit for russian disinformation. i cannot fathom how any member of this chamber could justify blocking such a resolution. there must not be a single aspect of this chamber that wittingly or unwittingly furthers the propaganda machine of vladimir putin. now, i know what my friend from wisconsin might say. he'll deny receiving information from a particular russian agent i've mentioned. but chairman johnson has never provided a full accountin

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: democrati c leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, today the senate will take a rather pointless vote on the latest, highly partisan republican emaciated covid relief bill. the republican leader claims the bill is an attempt at a bipartisan solution but the bill was drafted solely by republicans, no input by democrats and rushed to the floor. mr. leader, go look up in the dictionary what bipartisanship is. it's both parties working together, not your party doing a bill and then saying it's bipartisan. what the leader has done, the republican leader, is no one's idea of bipartisanship, not even his own members. and let's go over history. he's done this trick before. covid 2, covid 3, covid 3.5. in each case the republicans came out, the leader came out saying this is his own bill, saying this is the only bill that will pass. democrats are bl