mr. daines: thank you, senator sullivan. what an honor to stand here today, standing next to two lieutenant colonels, lieutenant colonel ernst, lieutenant colonel sullivan. and, by the way, lieutenant colonel ernst was the first woman to ever serve in combat and serve in the united states senate. for their service, i am truly grateful. thank you. i want to thank senator sullivan for really organizing and bringing us together as well as senator ernst. their leadership, as those who have wore -- or do wear the uniform of the united states military and now serve in the senate is critical in this most perilous time for our initial as we face -- for our nation as we face threated interest all over the world. to think that that body, the united states national is going to recess tonight for an extended summer recess and leave without a very important, unfinished business of funding the u.s. military, funding the troops. today the senate democrats are expected to once again block the consideration of defense appropriations act of 2

mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy for 30 minutes with the senators from montana, north carolina and iowa. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, last week, we had a lot going on in terms of national security, foreign policy facing our country, and most importantly facing our troops, facing our military. the president, the secretary of defense, the top leaders in the military were asking a lot, a lot of our troops, in one week. let me just give you a little example of that. just yesterday, secretary of defense ash carter announced from iraq where he is that the u.s. will be deploying 560 more troops to iraq in our fight against isil. mr. president, make no doubt about it, the white house might spin what we're doing over there, but our troops are definitely in combat, fighting to protect us. at the nato summit on friday, president obama announced that the u.s. will be deploying an additional thousand troops in a separate brigade

mr. sullivan. his parents called 9-1-1 in relation to him trying to burn down the home, and within about four weeks he interacted with informants in relation to undertaking an attack in north carolina. another example, utilizing informants, mr. cornell, and he planned to undertake an attack against the u.s. capitol. so, again, while these folks may be marginalwided or may have mental issues they're not doing these activities on an island; they do enter act and want some camaraderie. sometimes they development but sometimes they do. then with reference to finding these folks utilizing undercover agents, many cases discover these -- individuals have been prosecuted in the past two and a half years in connection with isis activities. some of them have been discovered through online activity, about 50% of the cases had string operations. so in this case he had an undercover agent interacting with mr. wolfe. he a was arrested at the airport with his wife and children. he was planning on joining the isla

mr. sullivan.is parents called 9-1-1 in relation to him trying to burn down the home, and within about four weeks he interacted with informants in relation to undertaking an attack in north carolina. another example, utilizing informants, mr. cornell, and he planned to undertake an attack against the u.s. capitol. so, again, while these folks may be marginalwided or may have mental issues they're not doing these activities on an island; they do enter act and want some camaraderie. sometimes they development but sometimes they do. then with reference to finding these folks utilizing undercover agents, many cases discover these -- individuals have been prosecuted in the past two and a half years in connection with isis activities. some of them have been discovered through online activity, about 50% of the cases had string operations. so in this case he had an undercover agent interacting with mr. wolfe. he a was arrested at the airport with his wife and children. he was planning on joining the islami

mr. sullivan: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: madam president, my colleagues from virginia, rhode island, hoif a lot of respect for, have been on the floor talking about important what my colleague from virginia called a today issue. well, i'd also like it talk about a "today" issue as well, that i think certainly the american public is interested in. madam president, in the past week, we've had a lot of "today" issues. as a matter of fact, there have been in the last week new developments globally relating to our national security, the defense of the united states, and the importance of our military in a way that is pretty dramatic. so i'd like to list some of these. this is literally in the last seven days. today secretary announced that -- today secretary carter announced that from iraq, where he is right now, the u.s. will be deploying another 560 troops in our fight against isis. a lot of us support additional troops. secretary announced that. on friday, at the nato summit, president obama announced the u.s. will be

mr. su sullivan. jim, what is your number. >> 210. >> what is happening here? you expect obviously a strong snap back. >> the net of that complies some slowing, but last month's 38 is clearly exaggerated. they're not a perfect indicator, but the likelihood that payroll gains are suddenly plunging is low. >> are you heading back to the verizon workers and you're thinking. >> yes, certainly that implies the 175 strike the fact. again, if anything that's a little bit less than what the previous trend was. >> we have 175,000. i think the evidence from the adp report is clear you still have strength in hiring. . over time you don't have a big divergence. you expect it to snap back. we had a couple of instances where the report falls down short, but it bounces back to where the adp report is too. >> i've been thinking about this swoon we've had in jobs related to the decline in markets, the fear of recession in january and february. the evidence i have from that is scant except for the following, you did not have an increase in firing which is something that would be

mr. mccullough: he rode with the troops but he was not commanding immediately. general greene and general sullivane the commanders of the prongs that attacked. and the boston bookseller henry knox was in charge of the artillery. the artillery really were decisive in net battle. mr. rose: these guys that george washington chose early in 1775 served him at trenton. mr. mccullough: they served him through the entire war. they were the only general officers to stay the distance, to go the whole way with washington. only two of them. washington, knox, and greene are the only general officers. mr. rose: hamilton came in, didn't he? did he serve as an aide to washington? mr. mccullough: he was a young artillery officer. he fought at trenton and new york. mr. rose: what did he think of washington? mr. mccullough: he idolized him. later on they would have their differences. of course, he would become washington's secretary of the treasury. -- rose: did washington have after he is one of the great men in history, they are but for george washington, there is no america. mr. mccullough: that is my feeling. i

sullivan in the u.s. district for the for the district of columbia. that hearing will decide if we will go forward with mrsdeposition. i believe we will. we've already deposed human aab huma abedin and cheryl mills. it's time for mrs. clinton to go under oath. there's no sworn testimony in any forum from her concerning what was going on with her e-mail server. now is the time for her to comport herself with the law. >> her legal team and other critics of this move essentially said it's a fishing expedition, that she's given plenty of information about her system, and at this point efforts like this proceeding against her are essentially political. how do you respond? >> if you read the briefs of our attorneys, it isn't a matter of not wanting to explain herself. she doesn't want to comport herself with the law. she thinks she's above the law. she absconded with tens of thousands of records, destroyed tens of thousands, and selectively turned over some. her story has changed over and over and over again. the fbi interviewed her, mr. comey said he never determined why she set up the e-mail serverer. he said

mr. president, i want to thank the original cosponsors of my legislation who i mentioned earlier as well as finance committee chairman hatch and senator sullivan an. i look forward to enacting the will eggs into law this year and i wish all of our olympians and paraolympians the very best of luck in leo. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the >> it could be a vote on opioid prevention conference report, short-term faa funding. they also vote to do with defense spending and the zika virus funding by the end of the week before that yearning for the summer. earlier today bernie sanders endorsed hillary clinton for president. the two appeared in new hampshire. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator bernie sanders and hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> bill mckibben, jim dean, governor hassan, senator shaheen, thank you very much for your kind remarks. and let me begin by thanking the 13 million americans who voted for me during the democratic primaries. [cheers and applause] >> and thank you, new hampshire, for giving us our first gre

mrs. clinton's unortho dox arrangement. among those are cheryl mills, sullivan, and jake ne-time aides who could face difficult questions in pursuing security clearances for diplomatic or national security because of their involvement with mrs. clinton's e-mails. it state department said would restart an internal review into the handling of mrs. e-mails now that justice's investigation is formally closed and that review the security clearances. from the attorney general saying yesterday, i met with the fbi director and career prosecutors in agency of ucted the investigation secretary hillary clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as secretary of state, i received and accepted their unanimous recommendation year-long horough investigation be closed and that no charges be brought against any individuals within the scope this investigation. affairs other public issues, we are on open phones. travis from washington, a for hanging hanks on the line. good morning and go ahead. caller: thank you for having me. speak to the to little bit of white priv

everybody, i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs and house republicans tonight calling for another fbi investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail scandal. this time they want to know whether mrsnton lied under oath when she testified that she didn't send or receive classified information over her private e-mail server. house oversight committee chairman jason said, well, he seemed stunned to learn that the fbi did not take into consideration hillary's statements speaking to congress when investigating her handling of e-mails. >> did hillary clinton lie? to the fbi? we have no basis toon

everybody, i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs and house republicans tonight calling for another fbi investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail scandal. this time they want to know whether mrs. clinton lied under oath when she testified that she didn't send or receive classified information over her private e-mail server. house oversight committee chairman jason said, well, he seemed stunned to learn that the fbi did not take into consideration hillary's statements speaking to congress when investigating her handling of e-mails. >> did hillary clinton lie? to the fbi? we have no basis to conclude she lied to the fbi. >> did she lie to the public? >> that's a question -- i can speak of what she said to the fbi. >> did she -- did hillary clinton lie under oath? >> not to the fbi. not in a case we were working. >> did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic? >> not to my knowledge. i don't think there's been a referral from congress. >> do you need a referral from congress to investigate her statements under oath? >> sure do. >> you'll have one. you'll have one in the next few hours. >> kind of an interesting moment there. comey was on the hill to defend hi

mr. trump's call for russia finding her 30,000 or so missing e-mails. i can tell you that her senior policy advisor, jake sullivan, says, i'm quoting him, "this has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent. he goes on -- that's not hyperbole, those are just the facts. this has gone from being a matter of curiosity and a matter of politics to being a national security issue. and, i want you to listen to former cia director leon panetta who just talked to my colleague, christiane amanpour. >> i find those kinds of statements to be totally outrageous, because you've got now a presidential candidate who is in fact asking the russians to engage in american politics. and i just think that that's beyond the pale. there are a lot of concerns i have with his qualities of leadership, or lack thereof. and i think that kind of statement only reflects the fact that he truly is not qualified to be president of the united states. >> let's jump right in to it. howard wilson with me, new york deputy mayor under michael bloo

mr. sullivan moves that the managers -- mr. sullivan: i ask that the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: madam president, i rise in support of my motion to instruct in relation to the ndaa of 2017. in the past few weeks, the president and the secretary of defense have made additional military commitments across the globe for our men and women in uniform. and we've read about these. these include 5860 -- 560 troops to iraq to help enforce the fight against isis, a decision to keep 8,400 members of the military in afghanistan to fight against terrorism, a thousand troops in poland and a headquarters to beef up nato's eastern flank, two carrier strike groups in the south china sea to protect the freedom of seas. i believe many of us are supportive of these commitments. however, madam president, in order to really support these pledges, we need to make sure that we fully authorize these commitments so that our brave men and women in uniform have everything they need to fight and win these battles. when our service men and women train he

relationship to the sullivan -- in relation to the sullivan motion without any intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the executive session for the consideration of calendar 659 through 678 and all nominations on the secretary's desk, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions be reconsidered -- that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and that no further motions be in order and that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate then resume legislative consideration. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on rules be discharged from further consideration of s. 2893 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 2893, a bill to reauthorize the sound recording of -- mr. grassley: i -- constitute the reading of the resolutio