mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations, calendar number 1078 to 1093 and all nominations on the secretary's desk, that tt nomination -- that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to any of the nominations, that the president be notified immediately of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session to be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 733, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 733, designating september 2022 as national child awareness month and so forth. t

mr. schumer: and finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 12:00 p.m. thursday, august 4, following the prayerer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. that upon the con klug of morning business, the senate resume consideration of s.j. res. 55. further, on disposition of the joint resolution, the senate execute the previous order, with respect to the desai nomination. finally, if any nominations are confirmed during today's session, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: for the information of the senate, there will be two roll call votes at 1:45 p.m. with additional roll call votes possible. if there's no further business to com

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, over the last five days we've seen what president biden and a democrat led congress are focused on getting done. bringing terrorists to justice, lowering costs, reducing inflation and the deficit, helping out our veterans, and better competing with countries like china. i want to begin with a word on last night's strike. last night, president biden reported that the united states conducted a strike that targeted and killed ayman al-zawahri, the notorious mass murderer, the leader of al qaeda and one of the sick planners of the september 11 attacks, which in new york and around the country and world we are still mourning. the strike against alza was harry is a -- al-zawahri is a major victory for the united states and will make our country and world a safer place. it also helps bring an element of justice for the 9/11 families as well as the many americans

mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitsed to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions introduced earlier today, senate res. 744, senate res. 745, senate res. 746. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate veterans affair committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 3606, and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3606, a bill to amend title 3

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, we approach the culmination of one of the most productive stretches in recent senate memory. it began almost two months ago when in the wake of unimaginable bloodshed in buffalo and uvalde the senate came together and passed the first gun safety law in nearly 30 years. a few weeks later, in the face of damaging -- of the damaging semiconductor shortage, the senate approved the largest investment in american manufacturing and scientific research in decades. this week we finally told american veterans with cancer, lung disease, and other terrible ailments that their wait for the their benefits was over by passing the pact act. and a few days ago, as russian aggression towards ukraine continues, we swiftly approved the accession of sweden and finland to the nato alliance, greatly strengthening that alliance in the face of russian aggression. gun safety, chips, veterans, nato -- all of this we got done in under six weeks, and now we have one more groundbreaking it

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i understand there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 5376, an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of the s. con. res. 14. schumer under the previous order to place the bill on the calendar, under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed 0en -- placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i note the absence -- no, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: it is unusual that i do that. so -- okay, mr. president, two sets of numbers show the winds blowing in the democratic direction. first, the numbers revealed by the vote l

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, today the senate will continue fulfilling its constitutional duty to confirm the president's highly qualified judicial nominees. this afternoon we'll vote to confirm the 76th federal judge since the beginning of president biden's term, roopali h. desai nominated to serve as a circuit judge for the ninth circuit. not long ago a nominee like ms. desai would have been rarely seen in the senate but under president biden the senate is breaking away from that norm. over 5% of president biden's -- over 75% of president biden's nominees are women. over half are women of color. people say why shouldn't be the same percentage as the population. that's what we're trying to get to but we're way behind and putting women of color on the bench gets us more to the norm. moreover, ms. desai will make history as the first south asian judge to serve on the ninth circuit and only the fifth aapi woman to sit on the federal circuit court. ms. desai's resume leaves no doubt she merits confirmatio

so according to mr. schumer, the boldest climate climate package in history, this is a landmark bill. give us a sense of the impact this legislation will have it indeed is a landmark bill. i line the took the democrats a long time to get it through. so a lot of the package focuses on incentivizing clean energy projects and electric vehicles, while taxing and eliminating fossil fuel projects. on the other side, jack tumor said that the u. s. greenhouse gas emissions will be slashed by 40 percent by 2030. that's not so long ahead of us. so even though the progressive being has been somewhat critical at some of the legislation, this was definitely the best outcome for the biden white house. and the democrats over all on capitol hill is definitely a win for the president. but the bill does fall short on other major promises that the president made. indeed so much of compromise has been around getting one democratic senator mansion of west virginia to ward in favor. as so, the white house and democrats have been negotiating tireless lives with him for months and months. the package now off

mr. schumer. some of the republicans very critical of this bill were praiseworthy of mr. manchin and larry summers when they said the first build back better bill was too big, and now they've come around. i'd love to have seen them explain even more so why. what they did say they thought it would do two things, lower drug costs and the debt which i think every republican and democrat, at least reasonable ones, want. and, two, increase domestic production and increase our ability to develop clean energy products going forward. that was the only hinge i saw analyzed in any meaningful way, and then you heard voices yell about how destructive it would be. i was in congress from '96-'06, and there was never a drug company that said we want the government to be able to negotiate drug prices. i'm not totally persuade as much as i was by that argument, and that's where we need to press mt. media to focus a lot more on. howard: right. the big ticket here is the $300 billion for climate change which is far

mr. schumer speaking there on the senate floor. taking a victory lap with the passage of the inflation reduction act after 24 hours or so of hard work on the senate floor for democrats. the passage of all democrats voting in favor of the inflation reduction act. all republicans voting against it, of course, the tie breaking vote was vice president harris. let's bring in liz smith, who is a veteran political consultant, author of a new book, any given tuesday. elizabeth, it's good to talk to you as we're watching this historic moment. senator schumer taking this victory lap, with the passage of this legislation, this monumental legislation. it's been quite a clip for democrats over the last few months or so, the lead up of course to the midterms. talk about this moment and your reaction so far to what we've been seeing. >> for the last couple of months there's been this narrative setting in about joe biden that he's weak, that he's an effective, that he wasn't able to deliver on his promise of getting bipartisan results for the amer

mr. schumer, proposes as men went 9549 as modified. >> madam president -- >> the junior senator from vermontent 50 to 10. >> the clerk will report. >> senator from vermont, mr. sanders for himself and mr. merkley, proposes amendment number 50 2:10 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

mr. schumer and the future of the democratic party? >> he endorsed jerry nadler.ook, this is why politics can be a dirty business. these two were allies, elected together in 1992. they were part of the senior leadership in the house. this would be like if you were competing against jon ferro on some other network, looking back on the days in which you cosa -- you cohosted "surveillance," and -- tom: joe, you are describing friday. what is the difference between nadler and meloni? joe: you have seen the ad. you can send a man to do a woman's job, and she has reminded people of her work as the first woman to share the powerful oversight committee. reproductive rights as an issue. jerry nadler will say, if you get rid of me you are not going to have a jewish member of the delegation in an incredibly important part of the country here. the new york times endorsed him. i think we see where this is going to go, to see two incumbents who have been allies for so long, for 30 years, is remarkable. lisa: why is this happening? joe: it is all about redistricting. in the maps

mr. schumer md president -- antidemocratic agenda, they seemed in sorry shape -- and the democratic agenda, they seemed in sorry shape. instead, democrats not only landed their biggest price. they capped off a extraordinary and productive one. --run. the huge microchip production and scientific research bill to bolster american competitiveness with china and a major veterans health care measure. it is just after 7:30 on the east coast. halfway through the first segment of the washington journal. we are hearing from you on the passage of so-called inflation reduction act. a came yesterday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. eastern time and as we continue to digest what is in the legislation and what made it in after a weekend of legislative moving and a process known as the voterama where democrats and republicans take their amendments to the senate floor in hours of debates. this bill emerged yesterday. publicans, -- republicans, (202) 748-8002 --(202) 748-8001. press, -- democrats, (202) 748-8000. caller: it inflation is age of -- it inflation is a joke -- inflation is a joke. [indiscernible] the

mr. rushdie has made it his residence for the last few years. senator chuck schumerressing distress at what has happened. ros: do we know how long it took to get him from the stage where he was attacked to the hospital where he is being operated on? >> the timeline is still quite mixed. you could follow it from, because people were waiting for the event to begin, it was a very quickly, immediately apparent on social media that something had happened and calls placed to the institution were met with a response oh, we have just gone into an emergency situation, we cannot talk right now. it was hard to get information, but it did not take long for video footage to appear of mr. rushdie being airlifted to hospital, and that was confirmed by the governor. it's worth pointing out, the person he was going to be speaking with, henry reese, also suffered some kind of head injury and is also receiving treatment. ros: michelle, thank you so much for joining us. as we have been reporting, salman rushdie faced death threats for more than 30 years sie his book this attentive verse

mr. biden tuesday night, senator majority leader chuck schumer made a final push for the president to cancel as much student loan debt as he can. >> i'm sure people with debt want to hear that. thanks so much for the latest. >> 6:08 right now. >>> developing this morning, parts of the deep south will be under a flood watch. today's advisory will affect 4 million people. more than one foot of rain fell in some neighborhoods. some people are calling this a once in a thousand-year flood. >> look at the damage and cleanup there. kari hall, the storm is easing in that area. does that mean it's moving somewhere else? >> today now louisiana, parts of alabama, mississippi are in the target of that storm. it's just moving so slowly and it's sucking up all of this gulf moisture and very warm air. it's giving it a lot of energy and dumping copious amounts of rainfall in those areas, where we are now seeing those flash flood watches and warnings in effect for today, and also includes parts of the houston area, and southern texas. we'll be watching that. here we're waking up to a sunny sky. looks hazy in

mr. biden tuesday night, senator majority leader chuck schumer made a final push for the president to relieve as much student loan debt as possible. >> interesting times. thanks so much, brie. >> 5:07 for you this morning. >>> developing out of the deep south, parts of the deep south there, they are going to experience sop flooding. they have a flood watch right now after storms dumping the rain in the southwest are now moving towards the east. the advisory will affect some 4 million people and texas meanwhile the governor is in the making of a disaster declaration after historic flooding in dallas-ft. worth. more than one foot of rain fell in the area of east dallas. people there are calling it a one in a thousand-year flood. >> look at that. inundated there. meteorologist kari hall joins us now. is that storm system they're seeing easing up at all? >> it's starting to move to the east as you mentioned. there's a different area in the target of some of that extreme flooding that we've seen, but it's been crazy that we've had so many one in a thousand-year floods over the course of a month an

mr. biden is getting pushback. the president of the naacp saying on tuesday, forgiving $10,000 just doesn't go far enough to help borrowers of color, calling it a problem. and even the senate's top democrat, chuck schumer has called for mr. biden to go further, pushing for him to forgive $50,000 in debt. but on the other side of this, hoda, some economists have warned that the move could actually add to inflation, and republicans have called it a handout to the rich, arguing it would mostly help high income graduates. the bottom line here, though, all sides are going to be watching today's announcement very closely, hoda. >> indeed. all right. kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> also this morning, we are learning more about the classified documents at the center of the fbi search on former president trump's florida home. nbc's senior washington correspondent hallie jackson joins us with the very latest on this. so what more have we learned? >> reporter: today we're finding out that more than 700 pages of classified documents were taken to former president trump's home in florida after he left office. this is according to a letter that's now been released by the national archives. it was s

mr. attorney general, blue collar power and i love it. congratulations. good luck. why are nanci pelosi and chuck schumer hiring a special prosecutor for the capitol police? it is it constitutional? i'll give the answers coming up. where are the marines wasting time -- lieutenant colonel lieu sheller is here on the true motivations behind that push. stay there. .>> laura: while she's gotten positive reviews from the taiwan trip, back home, nanci pelosi is getting -- in a posting first identified by my next guest, pelosi and schumer looking to hire an attorney for the u.s. capitol police to work hand in hand with the dcda. now, the posting notes that the position is primarily prosecuting individuals and/or groups who have engaged in threats and/or acts of violence against members of congress, their staff, capitol police, employees, etc. mike davis, president of the article iii project joins us now. mike, what's going on here? is this even constitutional? >> yeah, this is not constitutional. what we have here are federal prosecutors, special assistant united states attorneys reporting to the united states

mr. graham will join us in just a couple moments but the congressional budget office reports that the manchin-schumerill has a negligible impact on inflation. it has no impact on

majority leader chuck schumer spoke with the president over the phone to make a final push to the president to cancel as much student loan debt as he can. while it does appear that mr. biden will follow through on his campaign promise to address student loan debt, so far it falls short of the $50,000 that many democrats had pushed for. >> okay, brie, thank you very much >>> breaking news this morning the u.s. military has launched airstrikes in syria, targeting iran-backed groups president biden approved the strikes, retaliation for attacks on two u.s. military facilities in syria last week the u.s. military official tells nbc news that around 9:00 p.m. eastern, east of the city of deir ez-zoir, tstruck the area. >>> let's turn to the latest round of primary results nbc news reports that charlie crist easily won florida's democratic primary for governor and will take on ron desantis in november >> don't be fooled by the desantis propaganda machine. he doesn't promote freedom, he takes freedom away we can put a stop to this wanna-be dictator >> we will never, ever surrender to the woke agenda florida is the state where woke goes to die. >> also, 25-year-old maxwell

mr. biden made in his campaign. the reality of all of this is that a tax increase on every american. arizona senator schumer others want to sign it for this tax ball and chain barely three months they will be responsible for the economic consequences and the texas unlikely to be a political or economic win. i want to go into a few more data points. that model is so telling. no deficit reduction until 2027. look at your watch, it is still 2020 to five years apart. this is the best part no impact on inflation until 2031. again, look at your watch is in your clock, that is nine years away. people need help yesterday but 2031 we are good to. >> carley: she is not cynical mike signaled whether she will sign off on this bill so that is a big question mark. but what we do know this bill will give $7,500 tax credits to the families making $300,000 a year for electric vehicles. so just came out with a poll and four in ten americans are buying fewer groceries now because of inflation. democrats are trying to sell a bill that would give tax credits to rich people to buy electric vehicles at a time when every day ameri

mr. attorney general , blue collar power. i love it. b pow thanks so much and congratulations. now, whyng nancy pelosi and chuk schumer are hiring a special prosecutor for the capitol police. what's that all about? is it even constitutional? i'll give you answers in a moment. plus, why are marines now t having to waste time learning about what the biden dod classifies as misinforms in the media? lieutenant colonel , to c shelters here and the true ere motivation behind that push. >> stay there. stunt work, meet salters later . you hear this? thankfully not important. help reduce background noise or a late model to low life would seem far out. and tamsen zoom to w keep you in frame look so the whole sceneo stays on track. purtle the smart video calling types that makes work from home work for you. are you ready for a fresh new bathroom shower will now is the best time to 50% off installation and no interest and payment for one year. hi , i'm christina and it's time to flip are old worn out bath or shower with jacuzzi baths remodel today everyone knows the jacuzzi brand. they're the most trusted name in water for over s

mr. a where senators can offer unlimited animals to the bill that could last several hours. both senate leaders spoke about the bill yesterday with senate majority leader schumer complimented it. >> i expect late nights and extended debates on the floor and in the end we will make good on the word to pass the reinflation reduction act. >> the democrats have decided to spend hundreds of billions of dollars of the people's money on a bill that laughs at the people's priorities. >> so i would dare any of our democratic colleagues to walk up to a working class american on the street and ask them what the government ought to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on. well, first off, at a time of inflation, they would probably time not to spend them hundreds of billions of dollars in the first place. >> joining us now, co-founder of punch bowl news, good morning, john, thanks for being with us. potentially a huge win for democrats, take us behind the scenes, what are your sources telling you about how this all finally went down to win over senator sinema's support. >> there was a lot of lobbying of kyrsten sinema. she had, she had actually never been pushed to the l

schumer, we don't believe you. we don't believe it'll bring down inflation at all. joining us the only thing, senator big cassidy, lee zeldon and jeff van drew and economic pros carol roth and mr. shell, --and gop strategist. why did speaker pelosi go to taiwan? and the power of trump, carrie lake winning in arizona and trump backing her and the media ramps up the outrage and the evening edit digs in and the track record of the liberal florida state prosecutor governor ron desantis suspended and fbi director linked to violent crime to biden border collapse and busing illegal aliens to new york after the mayor boasted it's a sanctuary city and illegals say they're coming because biden opened the boarders. "the evening edit" starts right now. welcome to the show. happy friday. check your money. the s&p, nasdaq falling. fears of more fed rate hikes to stop inflation. three quarter point hike again is being talked about. the u.s. economy powered ahead adding 528,000 new jobs in july and that was double expectations and the economy is retracing the 22 million jobs destroyed by democrat-led shut downs. there's still 10.7 million job openings. as businesses hold onto their workers by

taking aim at the manchin/schumer deal, writing, quote, this gives lie to democratic claims that no one earning under $400,000 will pay more taxes under this bill. a promise mrhe's a member of the house homeland security and transportation and infrastructure committees. congressman, always a pleasure to see you. so it raises taxes on almost all americans and it crushes this new 15% minimum tax, about 50% of it will be borne by manufacturers. how did they concoct this and how do they think that in an election year other democrats will get on board with it? >> well, i think they live in a bizarreo world, everything is upside down. all the policies of president biden has just gotten us to this place. we're in a place where we have inflation roaring out of control, we have higher interest rates and now we have a recession. i call that the triple play of misery and on top of this you get this monstrosity of a bill that actually does raise taxes on every single one of us because the irs is going to come after us so if you really like to get audited by the irs, you're going to really like this bill. dagen: did the republicans in the senate, though, mitch mcconnell

schumer and president biden committed to? just close so called corporate loopholes. is it more nefarious than that? >> look, don't take my word for it mr. cole. the joint committee on taxation and independent scorekeeper has reported that almost every income level in america will see higher taxes because of this bill. clearly, you'll see higher inflation because when you tax made in america manufacturing, you know those taxes end up in higher prices. small businesses as well, who will frankly shoulder about $50 billion tax hike here, making it harder for them to write off their losses in bad times as they trying to recover. you'll see that reflected in higher prices as well that land on americans. of course, the energy taxes super fund taxes and methane fees, they will end up in higher energy prices. often times, more so in the northeast. again, landing on those wal-mart shoppers that are struggling the most under this president's cruel economy. you can't deny that these amounts, billions of dollars of tax hikes won't end up landing on american families and joint committee on taxation report makes that clear. >> one last question. you

mr. schumer: madam president. the vice president: mr. majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, it's been a long, tough, and winding road, but at last, at last we have arrived. i know it's been a long day and a long night, but we've gotten it done. today, after more than a year of hard work, the senate is making history. i am confident the inflation reduction act will endure as one of the defining legislative feats of the 21st century. our bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of good-paying jobs, and is the boldest climate package in u.s. history. this bill will kick start the era of affordable clean energy in america. it's a game changer, it's a turning point, and it's been a long time in coming. to americans who have lost faith that congress can do big things, this bill is for you. to seniors who face the indignity of rationing medications or skipping them altogether, this bill is for you. and to the tens of millions of young americans who spent years marching, rallying, demanding that congress act on climate change, this bill is for

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: may we please have order. are we in a quorum, madam president? the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, in a moment i will move to proceed to the inflation reduction act of 2022. the time has come for the senate to begin debate on this historic piece of legislation. the inflation reduction act is a groundbreaking bill for the american people. for families struggling to pay the bills, for seniors struggling to pay for medication, for kids struggling with asthma. this bill is for them. i thank all of my colleagues who have deadity -- dedicated their blood, sweat, and tears towards shaping this outstanding legislation. this is one of the most comprehensive and impactful bills congress has seen in decades. it will reduce inflation. it will lower prescription drug costs. it will fight climate change. it will close tax loopholes. and

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. this long-awaited moment for our nation's veterans is occurring now. the senate is finally, finally going to pass the most significant expansion of veterans -- could we have order, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: finally, this senate is going to pass the most significant expansion of veteran health care benefits in generations. this is a very good day, a long-awaited day, a day that should have happened long ago. for decades many of our nation's veterans have endured a shameful reality. they went abroad to search our country bravely, got sick from toxic exposure in the line of duty, but came home and learned they didn't qualify for the benefits they needed to treat their illnesses. it is shameful. it is infuriating. today we tell our veterans suffering from cancers, lung diseases, other ailments from burn pits the wait is over for the benefits you deserve. no more pointless delays on getting the he

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 acres of public lands and water for oil and gas drilling. there is a reason that b.p. and shell -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the. mr. sanders: i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. t