mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: so, mr. president -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president, the work of the 118th congress comes to an end. the majority in this chamber will soon change hands. tonight i'd like to take a moment to thank my colleagues for their outstanding work over the past four years. this was the most productive, ambitious, and historic four years the senate has seen in decades. i am proud that many of our biggest accomplishments were bipartisan, something i hope the incoming majority embraces as a model. and the accomplishments speak for themselves. they're enormous. i was so proud to leave the senate when we did so much for so many people. and as i said, so much of it bipartisan. it started at the beginning in 2017 when covid -- in 2020 when covid was at its worst. we passed the amer

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, as you well know, a few minutes ago the senate confirmed judge murillo to serve as a coastal district judge. she is the 235th judge confirmed by this majority. the majority has now confirmed more judges under president biden than any majority has confirmed in decades. this is historic. we have confirmed more judges than under the trump admini administration, more judges than any administration in this century, more judges than any administration going back decades. one out of every four active judges on the bench has been appointed by this majority. let me repeat that. one out of every four active judges on the bench has been appointed by this majority. together these individuals are arguably the most qualified and historic nominees confirmed in a four-year span. i want to thank all setors, democrat and republican who supported these nominees. both parties cooperating on many of these judges shows why the advice and consent is critical to this body and democracy. 235 judges

mr. schumer: mr.dent, i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. 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. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. okay. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 835. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. 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, nuclear regulatory commission, matthew james marzano, of illinois to be a member of the nuclear regulatory commission. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. pon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: marine corps, brigadier general walker m. field and brigadier general jason woodworth to be major general. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent 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 during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made

mr. schumers -- mr. schumer proposes amendment 3321 to 3320. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to calendar 6893, h.r. 62. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 82, an act to amend title 2 of the social security act and so forth. mr. schumer: i send a p cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: 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 motion to proceed to calendar 693, h.r. 82, an act to amend title 2 of the social security act to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will

mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, heinrich, helmy, kaine, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, padilla, reed, rosen, schatz, shaheen, smith, van hollen, and welch. mr. murphy, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, braun, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cruz, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, ricketts, romney, schmitt, scott of florida, tillis, tuberville, and young. mr. moran, no. mr. coons, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. crapo, no. >> if there was ran attempt to create a body that influences them and government influences and the corrupt with the first trump administration and going to set o

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have very good news for my colleagues and for the country. i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i have very good news for my colleagues and the country. democrats and republicans have reached -- just reached an agreement that will allow us to pat c.r. tonight before the -- pass the c.r. tonight before the midnight deadline. i yield the floor. and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: i call -- the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session. mr. paul: i call up my amendment 3346 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment number. the clerk: the senator from kentucky,

mr. schumer: i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: madam president.he presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, last week i came to the senate floor to discuss provisions that would discuss outbound transparency that congress neglected to put in the national defense authorization act conference report which we are presently considering. well, i'm back again, and i wish i had better news to share. as i mentioned last week, no one can claim to be serious about the chooen threat while turning -- china threat while turning a blind eye toward outbound investment transparency. simply put american investment in chinese companies are the lifeblood of the chinese economy. if the people's republic of china and the chinese communist party were part of the world base national order, it would be one thing, but they are not. the people's republic of china are building their economy while building their military and arming their country threatening peace. i'm disappointed that the house and the senate have so far failed to take action o

mr. schumer: mr.our requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the committee on homeland security and government affairs be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 86 # 3 and -- 86623 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 8663, an act to require the director yacht to develop to identify and disrupt substances. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? mr. schumer: i ask that the cornyn-ossoff amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended be considered read a third time and passed, the cornyn-ossoff title amendment at the desk be agreed, to the title as amended be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schume

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, today two of our newest senate democratic colleagues will take the oath of office. the senator from california, adam schiff, and the senator from new york, andy kim. i congratulate and welcome senators-elect schiff and kim to the senate. today the senate democrats add two high-ranking caliber leaders who have already had great reputations in the house, where they got a whole lot done. senator-elect schiff brings to the senate an impressive record as a leading voice among house democrats, where he was known for his piercing eloquence, his thoughtfulness, his unwaivingering support of democracy and his courage. as former chair of the house intelligence committee, he brings deep expertise and knowledge that will make him just a great senator. senator-elect kim is no different. he's one of the most respected and admired of the house democratic caucus, where his talent was only matched by his decency. he boasts an impressive record of service as a national security

mr. schumer: finally, mr.siness today it recess until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, december 18. all postcloture time with respect toed the house message be considered expired at 11:35 a.m.. further, upon dispo disposition, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed, and the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed ripen at 2:00 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: that is house message with respect to h.r. 5009. the presiding officer: without objection. sham if there is no further -- mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate, ski that it stand in -- i ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until earlier in the criminal justice services at capitol hill the division is part of the fbi manages the crime reporting program. the national criminal background check system, and the national crime information center. watch the full hearing tonight at 8:

mr. schumer, mr. jeffers, members of the house. friends one and all i'm honored to be here as we all are to celebrate the upcoming days of hanukkah. hanukkah has not yet, it's up on us when it doesn't begin there will be very few people in this building or complex the decision was made by the speaker put this together today which creates an island of togetherness and what can be a sometimes great fracture to place. hanukkah means rededication. also stems from the word which means education. and as i have shared with the speaker and leader jeffries, when we have more than one opinion and a difference of opinion we have a wider pool of knowledge. we have a descent into chaos. and i think i could speak for all of us. not just in this room but hundreds of millions of my fellow citizens across the country that watch these two leaders of the house even as they disagree i have a personal respect for each other which is huge. it spreads across our country and a warmth that melts a lot of cold leader schumer, thanks for being here. last yea

mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispenseded with.cer if he without objection. mr. schumer: first, the senate will continue doing what we have been doing all week -- working to confirm as many of president biden's well-qualified judicial nominees as possible. yesterday we confirmed two more district court judges for the northern district of new york -- anthony brindisi, who/worked with when he was a member of congress. later this morning we'll vote to confirm sarah davenport to be district judge for the district of new mexico. following that, we'll vote to advance the nominations of two more judges -- tiffany johnson to be the district court judge for the northern district of georgia and keli neary to be district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania. so of the five judges i filed cloture on on monday. >> while democrats still hold the majority, we're going to do everything we can to confirm as many judges as we can. now, on senator helmy, today we say thank you and farewell to another member of our caucus, the junior senator

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask -- i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the coombe nomination be considered expired at 5:30 p.m., furthering that notwithstanding rule 22, if cloture is invoked on the davenport nomination, the vote occur at a time to be determined by the majority leader and minority leaders on december 5. during thursday's session of the senate, the senate vote on the johnson and neary cloture motions. further, that if cloture is invoked on the above nominations all postcloture time be considered expired, the senate vote in consultation with the majority leader. further, that mandatory quorum calls for the above cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: so, madam president, one of our dearest and greatest senators is giving her farewell speech. i look forward to hearing it. debbie, we love you. you've been a great senator. we'll miss you. ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the sena

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture votes with respect to the cheeks and murillo nominations occur upon the disposition to the potion to proceed to h.r. 82. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: >> we have considered this most years annually for many decades. typically though we will have a robust debate we will have amendments to offer and will try to have participation by senators from all over the united states geographically represented in the debate. that won't happen this year. there will be no debate. it will be very controlled and circumscribed and it will not be amendments. this is disappointing to me because i think there are some very important issues that need to be brought up. one of those is emergency powers. our founding fathers understood it was very important to divide these powers between the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judici

mr. schumer: mr.ons for the 119th congress. i am grateful, i am honored, i am hum bloods that my colleagues -- humbled that my colleagues again unanimously elected me to serve as their democratic leader. to my democratic colleagues, thank you for this opportunity. thank you for extending to me your trust. se serving as democratic leader has been one of the greatest honors of my time in public office, as has been representing the people of new york. it's allowed me to learn more from my colleagues than i could have possibly dreamed of when i first took this job. and, after four years of the most productive and consequential years the senate has had in decades, it's galvanized my faith in this chamber's ability to get big things done for the country. wow, we got a lot done. even in times of division. especially when bipartisanship prevails. and it did as it did with so many of our bills. most of the major bills we passed were done in a bipartisan way. anyone who thinks, in this chamber, we should abando

mr. schumer said no. yet here we are, can you shed light on the extent to which the truth is, notwithstanding what professor waters set a minute ago, what we are dealing with to conflation of the existing statutes with the things that go back to the ku klux klan act and under the civil rights conspiracy that they are blending these together to target people intentionally, using this and targeting intentionally so they go after people punishable up to 10 years in prison, can you add context to that? >> absolutely, it comes with different levels of punishment. it is for first-time nonviolent offense, six months in jail, subsequent nonviolent offense might get 18 months in jail. if you tack on conspiracy to violate civil rights, you get 10 years. sitting in a wheelchair, blocking the entrance, sitting in a wheelchair blocking the entrance. she is subject to 11 years in federal prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars of fines. >> what were talking about here , you had something you wanted to add? mr. von

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, today the senate will continue working to confirm more of president biden's well-qualified judicial nominees. on monday, i filed cloture on five more district court judges. we'll continue the process of confirming those judges later this morning. we'll begin with two -- with votes on two district court judges for the northern district of new york, anthony brindisi and elizabeth coombs. anthony i know well. he's the proud son of utica, a former member of congress, and i work closely with him on many issues for upstate new york, itly his hometown of utica where my dad was raise. i have a particular affinity there. mr. president, excuse me. anyway, i have a particular affinity for utica and brindisi is a proud son of utica and an exceptionally qualified attorney whose legal acumen and deep care for the mohawk valley and all of central new york makes him an excellent addition to the northern district. beth coombe has been a trailblazing prosecutor for her entire career in alban

mr. schumer said, no. yet here we are. can you shed light on the exend to which the truth is notwet standing what professor watters said a minute ago. what we're dealing with here is the conflation of the existing statute and things that go back to the ku klux klan act and that we now have a situation under the the federal civil rights conspiracy that they're blending these together to target people intentionally, that they're using this and targeting it intentionally so that they can go after people punishable by up to 10 years if in prison. can you add some context to that? >> absolutely. so the face act comes with several different sort of levels of punishment. it's for a first-time nonviolent offense,t- it's six months in jail. but if you tack the on a conspiracy to violate civil rights, you get ten years. take eva, she was sitting in a a wheelchair, she was blocking the entrance, but she is subject to is 11 years in federal prison. >> so what we're talking about here as i mentioned -- mr. vaughn, did you have somethin

mr. schumer in the senate and mr. durbin are also interested.e is an aptide on the democratic side. >> i want to ask about doj and the trust in the department, in the system. president biden got a lot of flack for the way that he pardoned hunter biden, by kind of going after the prosecutors who went after his son. anita dunn, former right-hand woman to president biden, commented on that to deal book and "the new york times." let's listen. >> i absolutely agree with the president's decision here. i do not agree with the way it was done. i don't agree with the timing, and i don't agree, frankly, with the attack on the judicial system. the white house was really not part of the process. it was a process that was done very much internally with the family, with the defense lawyers. >> so it's interesting that -- i mean, there's no democrat that i have not heard a democrat say that president biden was wrong to have compassion for his son. but there's a lot of democratic frustration and anger about the way that he did the pardon of his son, and the way

mr. schumer: mr. president. i just listened to my friend, leader mcconnell. mr. schumer: mr. president. i just listened to my friend, leader mcconnell, deliver what may be his final remarks on the senate floor as republican leader. today i want to wish him and his family my very best as he prepares to serve in this chamber in a different role next year. everyone knows leader mcconnell and i had plenty of disagreements over the years, on matters of policies and politics, but when the time was right we found ways to work tog together, to get very important things done for this country. today i'd like to acknowledge and thank him for those moments. we worked together, for example, to pass the national security supplemental, to stand with our friends in ukraine, hold the line against vladimir putin and safeguard america's national security interests around the world. i appreciate his commitment to these principles, no matter who occupies the oval office. we also worked together in the early days of the covid-19 pandemic, to get the cares act done, and in the aftermath of the capitol attack

mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, butler, cantwell, cardin, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, heinrich, helmy, hirono, kaine, murphy, murray, ossoff, reed, rosen, sanders, tester, warner, warren, welch and whitehouse. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran -- senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, braun, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cramer, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hawley, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, moran, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, and young. met in president? >> a senator from michigan. >> first about i would say wouldn't you know i get laryngitis. [laughter] for some

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: now, madam president, in just a few moments, the senate will hold a vote to take up the social security fairness act, a bill that ensures no retiree or spouse is wrongly denied their well-earned benefits simply because they chose at some point in their careers to work in public service. time is short, but i'm hopeful the senate can take up and pass this bill and send it to the president's desk very quickly. passing this social security fix right before christmas would be a great gift for our retired firefighters, police officers, postal workers, teachers, and others, who for years have contributed to social security but are now being penalized because of their time of public service. that is unfair. it's deeply unfair. it goes against the american ideal of working hard, chipping in, and enjoying a well-earned retirement. our bill would finally repeal the outdated and unfair wep and gpo programs which have reaked havoc on the -- wreaked havoc on retirees and spouses. it's been

mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis, mr. tuberville. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. houseboats the quickest, simplest spike we can make sure and deliver the threat of a shut them behind us the government open provide emerges supporters of doctors farmers. only way to get done this bipartisan. during the negotiation the government for accomplishing from the front of shutting down the government the government down about publish the goal they wanted to accomplish. get ready the government down and after a few the time of the day or at the most, 35 days six or seven years ago government opens up the the government is supposed to be of service for the american you can't serve the american hopefully by hope accomplish they are tomorrow seniors will automatically benefit drivers and has had congressional action.

mr. schumer: madam president, this morning, thanks to republicans, we're less than 48 hours away from a christmas shutdown. unfortunately, it seems republicans are in shambles over in the house, but as they try to piece things together they should remember one thing -- the only way to get things done is through bipartisanship. the only way. let me repeat -- the only way to get things done is through bipartisanship. now, on the sergeant at arms, today it fills me with immense gratitude to pay tribute and say thank you to the senate sergeant at arms, general karen gibson, sitting right here. none of us, no matter what we do, could get through the day without the individual responsible for maintaining order, enforcing security, and keeping everyone in the senate safe. that's what the sergeant at arms does. general gibson took on this role in march of 2021, in the painful aftermath of the january 6 insurrection. by no means did she need to take this job. it was the senate that needed her. we needed her three decades of leadership as an army intelligence officer. we needed her steady hand and ability

mr. schumer: mr. president, later this morning the senate will vote to advance the nomination of lauren mcgarity mcfarren to serve another term as a member of the national labor relations board. ms. mcferran has served admirableably on the nlrb for many years where she's known for her fairness, expertise and guiding the board to deal with the challenges of the contemporary workplace. she worked in the senate for tom harkin and the late-ted kennedy. if you truly care about working families, if you care about fixing income inequality in america, then you should be in favor of advancing today's nlrb nominee. you can't say you are for working families and then go and vote no today because the nlrb protects workers from mistreatment on the job and from overreaching employers. now, on the hearts act passage, last night in a great moment the senate finally reached the end zone of the hearts act, a bill i've worked on for months with demar hamlin of the buffalo bills to better prepare schools against heart em

mr. jeffries: i agree with senator schumer and it is my hope that bipartisan progress can be made in connection with the continuing resolution. reporter: on the global engagement center, it ands to have been snubbed in the nda arch. have you spoken with house democrats on that? have they expressed any concerns to you? mr. jeffries: representative meeks is working hard on this issue and increasingly important that we engage on a global level in terms of this information and deal with the challenges we face here in america with respect to this information. reporter: fast forwarding ahead to the year january 3, have you spoken speaker johnson about the speaker's vote? will it be smooth sailing or will there be any democratic help from your side of the aisle? and couple of days later is january 6, certification, are you expecting that to go smoothly? do you think there will be any objections? mr. jeffries: i don't anticipate any disruption with respect to january 6. house democrats and democratic party are not infested with election deniers. with respect to january 3, i can say with a relative high

bernie moreno following his remarks and majority leader chuck schumer also speaks on the floor paying tribute to senator brown. >> thank you mr. president and i hear honor to address my family and friends predict in ohio into the nation. i member will my first speech, 18 years ago, senator barack obama was presiding over the senate and following parliamentary forms and perhaps aio bit and personally addressed him as mr. president. and if you just the way senior center to center for massachusetts to brother's desk now occupy my entire three terms senator kennedy that your the labor committee, spoke after my remarks about his commitment my commitment toom the workers andy speech no surprise to anyone was about workers and their dignity raising the minimum wage, creating more opportunity for people who built this country, with the reins and with her hands, my son measure my life began less than 3 miles from here, my dad and family doctor from mansfield ohio, and my mother a teacher from mansfield georgia, minute of soldiers stand in 1945, the mayflower hotel. my father returned from serving in the army in the middle east, 100 mo

following his remarks senate majority leader chuck schumer also speaks on the floor paying tribute to senator brown. >> thank you, mr. president. i'm here at desk 88 honor to address my family and friends and ohioans of the nation. i remember well my first speech 18 years ago, normally senator barack obama was proud of the senator following parliamentary norms and perhaps a bit presciently, i addressed him as mr. president. a few desks away sat the senior senator from massachusetts whose brothers desk i now occupy for my entire three terms, senator kennedy the chair of the labor committee spoke after my remarks about his commitment and my commitment to workers. my speech no surprise anyone was about workers and their dignity raising the minimum wage, creating more opportunity for people who built this country with their brains in with her hands. by some measure my life began less than three miles from here. my dad a family doctor and my mother a teacher met at a soldiers dance in 1945 at the mayflower hotel. my father returned from serving in the army in the middle east at my mother had moved to washington to assist

also a special call to leader chuck schumer who has given throughout these 14 h months offered his wisdom and his trust. his friendship and i am deeply deeply grateful. mr. president, what i know is a stand on the floor of this senate as a 14 month senator. but might roll to justice the pursuit of justice has been much longer than 14 months. i know that i only stand here that men, women working families and labor movement. i cannot end this term without thinkingin them sharing with me and inviting me into their stories of courage and hope for what is possible in our great country. and i want them to know that i carried their stories with me. i carried their families with me in my head and in my heart here in the senate and wherever it is that i go. mr. president, and my final few minutes i want to end my time in the senate the way that i began it. on this floor give my first speech talking with ann about america's now generation. our young leaders are future members ofer congress carpenters firefighters nurses police officers i talked with them about what i had heard from them, from so many of them about i want to come back to this, talk with ann about

. >> madeleine: schumer wanted an advanced drone system in new jersey and new york. thank you. >> ainsley: let's bring in jeh johnson, mr does mayorkas know something and is not telling us? what do they know or do you believe everything he is saying? >> i believe at the moment our federal government is still struggling to figure this out. we have the law enforcement capability to track down this individual who apparently shot brian thompson in a matter of days. we can provide state of israel iron dome capability to take down missiles from lebanon and elsewhere. we have capability to figure this out also if our government at federal and state level are focused and provide resources, time and attention, i'm certain we will figure this out in a matter of time. i don't find particularly helpful at the moment, the -- there is no evidence of or we do not know of because at the moment, there is not much evidence of anything other than what people like me are seeing up in the sky. >> steve: you have seen a drone. i have seen a drone over my house in jersey. >> well, the other night i was walking my dog and saw something flying

bernie moreno following his remarks and majority leader chuck schumer also speaks on the floor paying tribute to senator brown. >> thank you mresident and i hear honor to address my family and friends predict in ohio into the nation. i member will my first speech, 18 years ago, senator barack obama was presiding over the senate andlo

mr. president we want to deliver for you on a debt ceiling increase to get it out of the way and chuck schumer't abuse it, but we need spending restraints. what we have been doing for 48 hours is meeting with the vice president and meeting with a lot of folks incoming administration. i think we have the outlines of something that would work, that we are discussing as we speak. i think we can get something on that can make everybody happy and we are working hard to do it. >> john: talk about the outlines and a second that this debt ceiling and voting against the proposal that president trump was proposing and getting behind and supporting it. he is taking aim at you that you, chip roy, getting in the wake what he wants to get done and encouraging voters in texas to primary you. you have poked the bear here. speak with and that the day my job is to honor god, my family, constitution of the voters who sent me here. that is what drives me but i'm working tirelessly to get with the president wants and i think the president knows that. at the hand of the day politics are politics rick perry called h

mr. speaker. >> after donald trump desperately in effect today publicly begged joe biden and the senate's democratic majority leader chuck schumer and house democratic leader hakeem jeffries to let him out of the debt ceiling box, by creating an entire new bill to replace the bipartisan bill that chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries negotiated with mike johnson. congressman jeffries said this. >> good evening, everyone. house republicans, house democrats, senate republicans, and senate democrats reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, keep it open, and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to everyday americans whose lives have been upended and turned upside down as a result of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and other types of extreme weather events. we reached a bipartisan agreement to meet the needs of the american people and provide assistance to farmers, families, children, seniors, veterans, men and women in uniform, and working-class americans. house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they ne

schumer shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. the gentleman from missouri has the floor. the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, this is not about millionaires, this is not about billionaires but about our farmers, this is about our military getting the pay that they deserve through the christmas and new year's. this is about the future of this nation. this continuing resolution before us, it is not a perfect solution, but this is a bridge, a bridge that will allow us to continue the critical work of funding our troops, supporting our farmers, caring for our veterans and providing disaster relief for those in the carolinas that we visited just last month. link in tents in freezing while illegal aliens are living at the roosevelt hotel in new york city. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. allow the gentleman to be heard. it is his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. >> mr. speaker, missouri has missouri has 87,000 farms. we're losing a thousands farms in america each month. our food security is national security. and democrats don't want to supp

mr. speaker. more democrats than republicans supported the stopgap funding bill. if it was left to republicans, we likely would be in a shutdown right now. here's what senate leader chuck schumerassed in the house. >> this was a compromise, we got some major things we wanted in the bill. there were three major victories. we dent get everything -- didn't get everything we wanted. if you look at the vote, people felt pretty good. it was unanimous. >> and one of the members of the house of representatives, democratic congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio, joins us now. >> congresswoman, welcome. welcome. i mean, i know sleep and all of those things are wanting right now. but it has been a very telling, i think, and important week as a setup for the way congress is going to function and the role that democrats can play should they choose in this next congress. how do you see this house coming together under the trump administration, under the control of the republicans and the senate, as well, in terms of having to deal with this issue again in march and having to deal with other issues that are going to come out? democrats prepared to be the governing party of the country. >> absolu

schumer shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. the gentleman from missouri has the floor. the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, this is not about millionaires, this is not about billionaires but about our farmers, this is about our military getting the pay that they deserve through the christmas and new year's. this is about the future of this nation. this continuing resolution before us, it is not a perfect solution, but this is a bridge, a bridge that will allow us to continue the critical work of funding our troops, supporting our farmers, caring for our veterans and providing disaster relief for those in the carolinas that we visited just last month. link in tents in freezing while illegal aliens are living at the roosevelt hotel in new york city. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. allow the gentleman to be heard. it is his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. >> mr. speaker, missouri has missouri has 87,000 farms. we're losing a thousands farms in america each month. our food security is national security. and democrats don't want to supp