mr. schumer: schumer i ask that the reading of the names be waived.out objection. mr. schumer: did i send the cloture motion to the desk? the president pro tempore: the cloture motion is at the desk. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the president pro tempore: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that 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: madam president, i have two asks for committees to meet during today's session of the senate, they have been approved -- they have the approval of the majority and minority. the president pro tempore: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to consider of h. con. res. which was received from the house and is at the desk. the presiding. the president pro tempore: the clerk: . the clerk: concurrent resolution. the presiding officer: president pro tempore is there objection? mr

mr. schumer: tense. reporter: do you think that the u.s. should take action against -- mr. schumer: they postponed the trip of blinken. i know the administration is looking at other actions that can be taken. thank you, everybody. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> lookinghe to tonight, karyn tumulty, editorial page editor for "the washington post" treat*eted this this is an annual reminder that the seats along the centeaie on state of the union night have long been known on capitol hill as, hand kisser's alley. you'll get a fleeting shot on national tv with the president. long-standing bipartisan tradition. also, chad of fox news sent this message. on fox, elise stefanik said, i don't think joe biden will be reaching across the aisle. i think he'll try to lecture house republicans and double wn on his failed policies we have seen for the last two years. president biden: the state of the union is wrong because you, t

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: no, we're not. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and 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 have one request for a committee to meet today, it has the approval of the majority leader and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately -- that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record, as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i understand that there's a bill at the desk due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 185, an act to terminate the requirement imposed by the director of the centers for disease control and prevention for proof

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative s.. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 24. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, colleen r. lawless, of illinois, to be united states judge for the the district of illinois. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do he

mr. schumer not guilty. mr. sessions. mr. sessions was guilty. mr. shelby. mr. shelby. not guilty. mr. smith of new. mr. smith of new hampshire. guilty. mr. smith of oregon. mr. smith of. guilty miss snow. ms.. snow. not. mr. specter. heard or. mr. stevens. mr. stevens. not. mr. thomas. mr. thomas. guilty. mr. thompson. mr. thompson. not guilty. mr.. you are. mr. thurmond. guilty. mr. torricelli. mr. torricelli. not guilty. mr. voinovich. mr. voinovich. each guilty. mr. warner. mr. warner. not guilty. mr. whetstone. mr. wells stone. not guilty. mr. widen. mr. widen not guilty. this. on this article of impeachment, 45 senators having pronounced william clinton president of the united states guilty as charged, 55 senators having pronounced him not guilty, two thirds of the senators present not having pronounced him guilty. senator judges that the respondent, william jefferson clinton, president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the first article of impeachment. the clerk will read the second article of impeachment. our. article two in his conduct. while president. the uni

mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 5, cindy k.chung of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit signed by 18 senators as follows -- the presiding officer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 9. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. t

mr. schumer, the senator from illinois, mr.bin, the senator from washington, miss murray, the senator from michigan, the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar, the senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin, the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator from south dakota, the senator from wyoming, the senator from west virginia, ms. capiteu, senator from iowa, the senator from montana. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chambers through the lobby doors. [indistinct chatter] >> mr. speaker. [applause] [indistinct chatter] >> [indiscernible] >> mr. speaker, the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [cheering and applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. [applause] [indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]

mr. schumer: mr.president, in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding en bloc. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, in america when it's time to pay the bills, we do so without fail and without delay. that's what families must do. that's what our government must do. it is one of the bedrock principles of this country, one that holds true no matter who is in the white house and which party holds majorities in congress. not even during the trump administration was this solemn duty neglected. even if many maga republicans may feel differently today. when i was minority leader here in the senate, i sat down with president trump to find a path to raise the debt ceiling multiple times. we didn't engage in hostage-taking. we didn't resort to blackmail or brinksmanship. by no means was it easy, and many on the other side didn't want to go along, but democr

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, mr. president, house republicans are struggling, struggling to grasp the harsh reality about being in the majority. there is no good substitute for having a plan. you can't solve the nation's biggest problems without a plan, a plan we can debate in congress and which the american people can judge for themselves. this is especially true, especially true when it comes to the debt ceiling. later this afternoon president biden will meet with speaker mccarthy for their first one-on-one meeting of the year, and everyone is asking the same question of speaker mccarthy -- show us your plan. where is your plan, republicans? where is your plan, speaker mccarthy? for days, speaker mccarthy heralded this sitdown as a major win in the debt ceiling talks, but he forgets something obvious to everyone else, if you don't have a plan, you can't seriously pretend you're having any real negotiations. let me say that again, because it's so crystal clear. speaker mccarthy, if you don't have a plan, you can't s

mr. schumer. the senator from illinois mr. durbin. the senator from washington ms. murray. the senator from michigan ms. stabenow. the senator from minnesota ms. klobuchar, the senator from wisconsin ms. baldwin. that senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell. the senator from south dakota mr. theriault net. the senator from wyoming mr. barrasso. the senator from west virginia ms. l-uppercase-letter. the senator from iowa ms. ernst. the senator from montana mr. jane. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] >> mr. speaker. [applause] [background noises] [background noises] ass. [background noises] mr. speaker the chief justice associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [applause] [applause] [applause] [background noises] mr. speaker the president's cabinet. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [background noises] [background noises] [backgro

mr. schumer, the senator from illinois, mr.gton, miss murray, the senator from michigan, the senator from minnesota, miss klobuchar. the senator from wisconsin, miss baldwin. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator from south dakota, mr. thumb, the senator from west virginia, miss capito. the senator from iowa, miss ernst. the senator from montana, mr. daines. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. >> that's a reminder that what we are seeing, this famous shot of the speaker of the house, and the vice president, over the two shoulders of the president while he is delivering his remarks. the reason that the vice president is there is not in his capacity as -- but rather as capacity as president of the senate. that's what you see her explaining the membership of the escort committee, amongst senators for the president, just as speaker mccarthy does for members of the house. you also saw a number of the senators who came forward after being named party to the equity comm

. >> congratulations to chuck schumer another term as senate minority leader, this time you have a slightly bigger majority mrity leader. maria: time for the hot topic vice president biden started off the state of the union address with the gaff, senator chuck schumer is the majority leader not minority, twitter quick to react to the awkward moment senator mike lee says he's not well, he left it at that he also looks to be confused after biden's attempt to address the debt ceiling. check this out first lady joe biden and cycle gentlemen doug imhoff going in for a real smooch, watch this, joe, your thoughts. maria: it's weird. >> i see someone i met him public i'm a married man i go for a slight hug, fist pump i go for the cheek i'm not going biden for the lips like cramer did with kathy lee on seinfeld years ago. overall what struck me about the state of the union from a visual perspective how old our congress, senators, president so many people are above 70 years old working in government right now i see why some people want to turn the page for both parties as far as going younger and getting new blood in t

well, chuck schumer was caught on the hot mike saying to president biden on the tarmac. he said, mr. president. we're looking great. everything's going really well. but we're in trouble in georgia. and i remember thinking to myself, chuck schumer's got no, he's crazy. you guys are in trouble, pennsylvania. you guys are in trouble in arizona. you're in in nevada. i mean, you're in trouble everywhere. george is the least of your concerns. in fact, if anything, maybe georgia will be the tough one for you. chuck schumer was right. chuck schumer was right. the only one that's gone off to the runoff election is georgia. they won all other ones and this conference, joe biden came and said and i know he was just saying what he was told say. but still, joe biden came out and said, well, i think we're going to come close to keeping the house. we'll definitely win the senate. and i remember thinking, what drugs is this guy? i want a bit of what he's smoking. but sean, if we're only just winning the house, it got announced today by the slimmest the barest of majorities and the senate. well, let

mr. jeffries: good morning everyone. very important week, president biden and democrats explaining the moment we are in, the work that has been accomplished under the leadership of president biden, speaker pelosi, leader schumer, house and senate democrats in getting big things done on the issues of importance to every day americans, creating more than 12 million jobs in president biden's first two years in office. reducing the deficit by $1.7 trillion, lowering costs, supercharging the economy when it was on the brink of a deep recession. and moving in the right direction. president biden eloquently, strongly, thoughtfully articulated in the face of very disrespectful unbecoming behavior on the other side of the aisle that we have done a lot, but there is still work to be done to lower costs to fight for better paying jobs in every single community and of course to lead in on public safety. and we look forward to partnering with president biden in the work ahead, implementing the tremendous pieces of legislation that were passed into law while at the same time defending social security, defending medicare, defending democracy, defending a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions and

schumer, another -- another term as senate minority leader. i think you -- this time you have a slightly bigger majority, mr. leader.ou are the majority leader. about that much bigger? chief justice gets to go to the game tomorrow -- next week. i have to stay home. >> harris: i felt so bad for the vice president who could only silently look cringed. she literally leaned back, congresswoman. >> again, he is clearly not doing well. doesn't really understand what is happening in our country. that's why i mentioned earlier he needs to back off and not run for re-election and dedicate himself to his family and get the care that he needs. he clearly doesn't know what is happening in our country. >> harris: she wants a wellness check on the president of the united states. does he need it? >> i have five brothers and sisters, 13 nephews and nieces and sometimes i forget their name and who they are married to and where they are working. i give him a check on that one. it was an incredible speech. 70% of the american people thought that way. growing and good economy and a good thing for this country. >> harris: don't eat brea

schumer, another term as senate minority leader. i think this time you have slightly bigger majority, mr. leader, you are majority leader, that much bigger? yeah. i tell you what, i want to give special recognition to someone who i think is going to be considered the greatest speaker in the history of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [cheering] >> president biden: folks, the story of america is a story of progress and resilience. of always moving forward, of never ever giving up. a story unique among all nations, we're the only country that emerged from every crisis we've entered stronger than we got into it. look, folks, that is what we're doing again. two years ago, the economy was reeling, i stand here tonight, after we created with help of many people in this room, 12 million new jobs, more jobs in two years than any president created in four years, because of you all, because of the american people. [cheering] >> president biden: two years a ago -- two years ago, covid had shut down our businesses were closed, schools were robbed of so much and today covid no longer contro

[applause] and congratulations to chuck schumer, another term as senate minority leader, you know i think only this time you have a slightly bigger majority, mr. leader, and you're no majority leader. about that much bigger? i want to give special recognition to someone i think will be considered the greatest speaker in the history of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [applause] folks, the story of america is a story of progress and resilience, of always moving forward, of never, ever giving up. it's a story unique among all nations. we're the only country that has emerged from every crisis we've ever entered stronger than we got into it. look folks, that's what we're doing again. two years ago the economy was reeling, i stand here tonight after we've created with the help of many people in this room 12 million new jobs. more jobs than any president has created in four years in two years because of all of you people in this room. [applause] two years ago, covid had shut down our businesses were closed, our schools were robbed of so much. and today covid no longer controls our lives. and two years ago democracy faced its biggest thre

schumer, another term, senate minority leader. i think -- this time you have a slightly bigger marity, mr. leader. you are the majority leader. want to give recognition to someone who i think will be considered the greatest speaker in the history of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [applause] folks, the story of america is a story of progress and resilience. of always moving forward, of never, ever giving up. it is a story unique among all nations, as we are the only country that has emerged from every crisis we have ever entered stronger than we got into it. look, folks. that is what we are doing again. two years ago the economy was reeling. i stand here tonight after we created with the help of many people in this room, 12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years than any resident created in four years, because of you all. [applause] two years ago -- [applause] two years ago, covid had shut down our businesses. we were robbed of so much. today, covid no longer controls our lives. two years ago, democracy faced its greatest threat since the civil war and today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbound

mr. jordan, and his opening statement. >> thank you, mister chair. in march 2020 on the steps of the supreme court, senator schumersaid, quote, i want to tell you, capital, you have released a whirlwind. you will pay the price. you won't know what hate you. april of last year, the democrat chairman of the house judiciary committee introduced legislation to add four associate justices to the united states supreme court back the core. may 2nd of this year, a draft opinion of the dobbs decision was made public. the next day, may 3rd, the very next day, the on churches, prices -- they occur around the country. they continue for months. over 100 churches crisis pregnancy centers were attacked since the leak of that opinion. you know what they call all of that? do you know what all of that is called? intimidation, threats against justice. threats to pack the court, leaking of opinions, attacks on churches -- all a concerted effort by the left to intimidate the highest court in our land. i didn't even mention the lies told about justice kavanaugh in 2018 during his confirmation process. i didn't mention when joe biden an

schumer, another, you know, another term senate minority leader. you know, i think -- this time you have a slightly bigger majority, mr. leader. you're the majority leader, about that much bigger? well, i tell you what. i want to give special recognition to someone who i think is going to be considered the greatest speaker in the history of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [ cheers and applause ]. folks. the story of america is a story of progress and resilience. of always moving forward. of never, ever giving up. story unique among all nations. we're the only country that has emerged from every crisis we ever entered stronger than we got into it. look, folks, that's what we're doing again. two years ago the economy was reeling. i stand here tonight after we created with the help of many people in this room 12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years than any president created in four years because of you all. because of the american people. two years ago -- two years ago covid had shut down, our businesses were closed, our schools were robbed of so much. today covid no longer controls our lives. and two yea

] and congratulations to chuck schumer, another -- you know, another term is senate minority leader, i think you -- only this time you have a slightly bigger majority, mr. leader, you're the majority leader. about that much bigger well, i tell you what, i want to give special recognition to someone who i think is going to be considered the greatest speaker in the history of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi [ applause ] folks, the story of america is a story of progress and resilience, of always moving forward, of never, ever giving up it's a story unique among all nations. we're the only country that has emerged from every crisis we've ever entered stronger than we got into it. look, folks, that's what we're doing again. two years ago the economy was reeling. i stand here tonight after we've created with the help of many people in this room 12 million new jobs more jobs created in two years than any president has created in four years because of you all, because of the american people [ applause ] two years ago -- two years ago covid had shut down, our businesses had closed, our schools were robbed of so much today covid no longer controls ou

schumer, another term as senate minority leader. you know, i think this time you have a bigger majority, mr leader, and you are the majority leader, aolks, the story i pelosi. cheering. folks, the story ofj pelosi. cheering. - folks, the story of america pelosi. cheering. _ folks, the story of america is a story of progress and resilience. always moving forward, i've never ever giving up. it is a story unique among all nations, we are the only country that has emerged from every crisis we have ever entered stronger than we got into look, folks, that is what we're doing again. two years ago the economy is reeling and i stand here tonight after we have created with the help of many people in this room, 12 million newjobs, morejobs created in two years then any president created in four years because of you all, because of the american people. two years ago,... two years ago, covid had shut down, our businesses were closed and schools and we were closed and schools and we were robbed of so much. today covid no longer controls our lives and two years ago democracy faces its greatest threat in civil war and today the debt although bruce,

mr. schumer: and finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand -- bless you -- it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, february 15, that following the prayer 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. further, that following the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the nelson nomination. postcloture. and at 1 1-b 30 a.m. the senate vote on the confirmation of the nelson nomination. if cloture is invoked on the reyes nomination, the comen fir nation vote occur at 4:30. the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the calabretta nomination. if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired and the -- expired upon the disposition of the reyes nomination. further, that if any nominations are confirmed during

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 16. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those, nay. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, gentleman march k. walker, of virginia, to be united states district judge for virginia. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 16, jamark. walker, of virginia, to be united states district judge for the district of virginia. the presidingmr. schumer: i asks consent that the reading of the names be waived

mr. schumer: i don't know if he'll call for it in his speech but it's something we need. permitting reform will make it easier to implement much of the green energy that we have. i think the bill we proposed actually according to most of the modelers, including the great model in princeton i forget their name, the guy has two s's in his name, like shelby summers, i don't know what his name is. it shows the permitting would decrease the am of carbon going into the at moss fever -- atmosphere so i'm for it. reporter: some democrats have called for tax increases. what's your position on that? senator schumer: on the debt ceiling, it should be done without hostility, without -- it should be done. the idea of where there should be tax cuts, where there should be spending cuts, where there should be tax increases belongs in the budget. we'll have to negotiate a budget this year and that's where we should do it. i agree that too many ultra rich people, too many big corporations, even after the i.r.a., don't pay their fair share of tacks, i'd like to see that on the table but not

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, on the recap of the codel, while meeting last week with leaders in europe, india, pakistan and israel, the nine of us on our codel, two takeaways became clear. first, the united states should deepen our relationship with india, if we want to outcompete the chinese communist party in this century. second, democracies must unite in increasing aid to ukraine. i was glad prime minister modi got the message during our meeting with him in india. our colleagues and i made clear, the two largest democracies in the world, the world's oldest democracy, the world's largest, could be a powerful check against the ccp. that doesn't mean just cooperating with india on defense and security, though that's essential. it means we must take an all-out, all-of-the-above approach, because that's precisely what the ccp is doing. the ccp want to outcompete america not just on defense, but also economically, geopolitically, tech no lodge chi, in terms of our -- technologically, in terms of fundamen

mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. test. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: yesterday the longest-serving female senator in american history announced she plans to retire at the end of her record fifth full term. my good friend diane feinstein was the first woman to represent cal in the senate. but, of course, both her notch for historic firsts and her commitment to fellow golden staters were well established by the time she arrived here in washington. diane's career in politics began, and for many do, at the local level. but for diane that happened to mean shattering glass ceilings in a major met pollan area -- metropolitan area. she served for the san francisco board of supervisors, she endured a failed attempt to bomb her home, and then her predecessor's mayor was athat's assassinated and that's when she became the first female mayor and then badly beat an a