mr. thune: mr. president, i ask i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 4, which was submitted earlier today. the president pro tempore: the clerk although report the resolution. the clerk: announcing the appointment of a president pro tempore. the president pro tempore: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, it's ordered. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to otoconsideration of s. res. 5, which was submitted earlier today. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: s. res. 5, notifying the house of representatives of the election of a president pro tempore. the president pro tempore: is there objection to proceedin

mr. thune: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the vice president: the absence of a quorum having been -- the absence of a quorum having been suggested, the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murko

mr. thune: mr.sident, i now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14 i object to my own request. the president pro tempore: objection is heard. the bill will be read for a second time on the next legislative day. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that upon dissolution of the joint session today, the senate stand adjourned until 11:00 a.m., tuesday, january 7, that following the prayer and pledge the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders reserved for their use later in the day, and the senate be in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the president pro tempore: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senate democratic leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, four years ago today, i stood on this very spot, alongside my colleagues, as we prepared to certify the 20

mr. thune: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. than you thune thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: madam president, later today, president jimmy carter will arrive at the capitol and will lay in state at the capitol rotunda so america can pay their final respect to our nation's 39th president. madam president, it's the great american story, how a man or woman can rise from humble origins to the highest levels of government or business or academia. born in 1924 in plains, georgia, he grew up in a house that had no running water or electricity. president was probably not the first thing people would have thought of when considering his future career. most would have thought he would run the family farm as he did for a while. but he also decided to dip his toe into politics. he had gone from taking up office in the georgia state senate to taking up office as president of

mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: mr. president, by now i think a lot of americans know the story of laken riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at augusta university in georgia with her whole life haefrd her, laken was murdered while out on a run at the university of georgia. her killer was arrested the next day, and it quickly became clear that he should never have had the opportunity to get near laken riley because he should never have been in the country in the first place. laken's killer entered the country illegally, been released into the interior and subequently been arrested in new york city and later issued a citation for shoplifting in georgia a few short months before laken's murder. after his new york city arrest, he was released before immigration and customs enforcement could issue an detainer, a request police hold the individual so he could be taken into immigration custody. this individual here in the united states illegally and subeque

mr. thune: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 17, which was submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 17, constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the 119th congress or until their successor are chosen. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to understand that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: madam

mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, two months after americans rejected his presidency and policies, president biden is doubling down. last week he unveiled a new front in his war on american energy. a sweeping ban on new offshore oil and gas development covering the entire east coast and large portions of the west coast, the eastern gulf of mexico, and parts of the northern bering sea in alaska. all told, all told, he's closing off more than 625 million acres to new oil and gas development on top of the bans that were already in place. mr. president, the president's decision last week was particularly notable for its size and for the clear snub to american voters. but this is just the latest in a long series of actions by the president hostile to conventional energy development. a pause on approvals of liquefied natural gas exports, a sharp decline in leases issued for oil and natural gas on public lands and waters, restrictions on drilling in large areas of the national petroleum reserve in a

mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is reserve the senate will be in the period of morning businesspe with the senators permitted to speak and they're in for up to 10 minutes each. the majority leader will then calling up. i'm not going to read. [laughter] majority leader. >> not a present asking a subset of the sea of consideration as friends one comment which was submitted earlier today. >> clerk for pope reports a resolution for. s >> s rez one to establish a committee to inform the president of the united states a quorum in each house is assembled. >> is an objection to the proceeding that objection will proceed to the measure the rental should be agreed to the motion to beha considered be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action orni debate. >> without objection. pursuant to senate resolution one that chair appointed senator from

mr. thune: members should plan to gather in the chamber at 12:40 to proceed to the house for the electoral certification. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the president pro tempore: the senate will stand adjourned until 12:00 noon, january 6. adurn: a brief session hope session help to official in the 118th. take you live now to the floor of the senate. let us pray. our father in heaven mama a time when the dawning of the new year brings solidity. we continue to acknowledge are still one stretches out the story curtain of the senate. may your name be checked holy. as they swear today to protect and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. also make a personal commitment to you to depend on your guidance that will keep their feet on the path you have chosen. lord, inspire them to strive always to do what is right, as you give them the wisdom to discern it. mighty god,

mr. thune: mr. president, before i begin my remarks, i want to mention the very well deadly terrorist attack that took place it in new orleans in the early hours of new year's day. this isis inspired attack took the lives of 14 innocent victims and injured at least 30 others. my prayers today along with the prayers of so many americans are with all those grieving the loss of a loved one and with the injured and their families. in vegas, law enforcement agents are working around the clock to understand the motivation of an army soldier who blew up a tesla truck in front much a trump hotel on the same day. we expect our federal, state, and local law enforcement to pursue every lead so that the american people understand what led to both of these attacks. mr. president, i also want to mention the passing of former president jimmy carter who died peacefully on december 29 at his home in georgia at the age of 100. he was governor of georgia, president of the united states, but was perhaps even better kno

mr. thune's task is to juggle resident elect donald trump's demands, the competing desires of 53 gop senators, and a formidable legislative agenda. it starts with shepherding multiple trump nominees to confirmation and -- in a closely-divided senate where he can afford to lose more -- lose no more than three republican votes if democrats hold together in opposition. he intends to use a tricky maneuver to pass a combination border security though terry spending bill and energy production will that will require serious legislative finesse. and he wants to do it in the first month or so while also reordering how and how often the senate works. it goes on to say mr. thune's ability has prompted some senators to worry privately that his desire to be liked could hinder him, being a senate leader requires making tough calls certain to anger someone, and they fear his determination to avoid upsetting colleagues or getting hammered on social media could work against him. it goes on to say the person mr.

mr. thune: today we gather for a farewell to jimmy carter.veteran, peanut farmer, governor of georgia, and president of the united states. sunday school teacher, nobel prizewinner, advocate for peace and human rights. and first and foremost, a faithful servant of his creator and his fellow man. in the commencement speech he delivered at liberty university in 2018, president carter told a story about going on a mission to massachusetts back in his younger days under the auspices of the southern baptist convention. during that trip, president carter was impressed by the success of a fellow missionary in winning souls to christ. and so as the mission was winding down, he asked him what made him so successful. he was a little embarrassed by my question, president carter recalled, but then he finally said, i try to have two loves in my heart, one love is for god, and the other love i have in my heart is for the person who happens to be in front of me at any particular time. it was a statement president carter said that he never forgot. i also thin

mr. thune: mr. president, this past november the american people gave president trump be -- and republicans a mandate. now the time has become to begin executing on it. one of the most important issues in this last election is the illegal immigration crisis, that is the first topic of the vote we're holding in the senate under the republican majority. for the past four years the biden open bothered policies have wreaked havoc. one of those communities is athens, georgia, where 22-year-old nursing student laken riley was murdered by an illegal immigrant while out for a jog last year. her murder not only entered the country illegally, he was arrested twice in the united states and never deported. this week the senate is going to vote on senator britt's bipartisan laken riley act which would ensure that illegal immigrants are deported when they are arrested as laken was for theft and burglary. while it is a commonsense measure, senate democrats opposed it last year despite the bill receiving barred sup

mr. thune: madam president, 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. thune: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: as in executive session, i ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted to the senate on january 14, 2025, by the president of the united states -- treaty with the united arab emirates on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters treaty document number 119-1. i further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the first time, that it be referred with accompanying papers to the committee on foreign relations and ordered to be printed, and that the president's message be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. s

mr. thune: mr.senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 19, which was submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 19, honoring the life and legacy of president jimmy carter and commending president jimmy carter for his lifelong career of public service, humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned up 3:00 p.m. on monday, january 13, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for

mr. thune task is to juggle resident elect donald trump's demands, the competing desires of 53 gop senators, and a formidable legislative agenda. it starts with shepherding multiple trump nominees to confirmation and -- in a closely-divided senate where he can afford to lose more -- lose no more than three republican votes if democrats hold together in opposition. he intends to use a tricky maneuver to pass a combination border security though terry spending bill and energy production will that will require serious legislative finesse. and he wants to do it in the first month or so while also reordering how and how often the senate works. it goes on to say mr. thune's ability has prompted some senators to worry privately that his desire to be liked could hinder him, being a senate leader requires making tough calls certain to anger someone, and they fear his determination to avoid upsetting colleagues or getting hammered on social media could work against him. it goes on to say the person mr. t

there were arguments made for two bills by john thune and cruz and graham, mr. trump held his ground, they left it, your reporting is what i heard, but i heard so many different things, i was not sure what i heard. reporter: inric interesting, after the meeting trump and thune came out and were not publicly will doing say they would did one way or the other, trump still saying he is open to one or two bills, privately it was agreed if trump wants a big beautiful bill, that is what they will start with. that is what they will start with, if they slowdown, they will have to pivot to two. at the end of the day priority for trump is to get this done fast. larry: then it will be one bill strategy out of the house that will start it. aishah hasnie fabulous appreciate it. >> you got it. larry: we'll get back to one big beautiful bill. but i want to talk about political failures keep running california. that is the subject of the riff. now look first, the night meyer in california is a natural disaster no one can control the santa ana winds, my own brother and his wife w

thune and crews and graham. reporter: rand paul. larry: yeah, but mr. trump held his ground and they sort of left it and your report sergeant actually what i heard, but i've heard many different things and i wasn't sure what i heard about that meeting. reporter: well, it's interesting because right after the meeting, trump and thune both came out and weren't publicly willing to say they were going to go one way or the other so trump is still saying he's open to one or two bills, but privately it was agreed upon that if trump wants a big, beautiful bill then that is what they'll start with. again, that's what they're going to start with and if things start to slow down, then they'll have to pivot to two bills because at the end of the day, the priority for trump is to get this done fast. larry: right. and it's going to be a one bill strategy coming out of the house. that'll start it all. aishah hasnie, wonderful stuff. appreciate it very, very much. folks, we'll get to one big beautiful bill and political failures that is running california and that's th

trump and mr. thunel have to figure out what they want by talking to the speaker because the speaker has to be able to say you guys in senate and white house can want whatever you want, in the house, i can only pass this. it is really predicated on what can get through. >> i mean, depens on your p perspective. you can look at it as herding cats or say, a handful of conservatives can make this package fiscally responsible. there is leverage for conservatives and it is a good thing, i want what is best for country, i want tax cuts and spending cuts, as well. >> steve: yesterday on the program, we had one of the top guys at meta talking about ending their fact-checking practices. a lot of conservatives and i know you really like it. i'm sure you are questioning why they are doing it now. here is ftc chair talking about why now yesterday on cnbc. >> it is true ftc has been successful in ongoing litigation against amazon and facebook. those companies want to come in and see if they can gets a s sweetheart dea

the fact is mr. thune has said that he's going to preserve the filibuster. problem also in the house, george, because speaker johnson is about to lose two house members who are nominated for important positions in the trump cabinet. this is not going to work in the republicans' favor unless they understand they need to come to democrats. there are democrats who supported some of trump's agenda in the first term. i'm sure that the president once he decides, the president-elect once he decides to open the door, he might get a few, but he's not going to get a few by bullying democrats and threatening to primary democratic members. >> and donna's earlier point is a good one. what is the incentive for democrats to help push any part of the trump agenda forward? if they can get something out of it, then you could see on certain pieces of this, but right now they have very little incentive electorally or from a policy standpoint in doing that. >> george: one of the things that former president trump is promised to pardoning the january 6th rioters. we've talked abo

rules package and i look forward to our work ahead with speaker johnson, senate leader thune and president trump. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time >> c-span's washington journal, a live form involving you to discuss latest issues and government, politics, public policy. from washington and across the country. saturday morning, history as it happens podcast host martin to cairo discusses president carter's legacy and news of the day. orlanda perez at the university of north texas details the history of the panama canal. later, the atlanta journal-constitution covers president jimmy carter's state funeral. c-span's washington journal, joining the conversation live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org.

rules package and i look forward to our work ahead with speaker johnson, senate leader thune and president trump. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time

john, is john thune, the new senate majority leader? mr.rump and the soon to be first lady also took time to pay their respects to president carter, lying in state in the capitol rotunda. they joined tens of thousands of regular americans who made the trip to the capitol to say goodbye to the 39th president. it's kind of the least we can do for him. i'm going to cry now. he was a wonderful, wonderful person. decency. i think that's the adjective everybody uses for him. respect. selfless, willing to do what was right even if it wasn't popular. other news, elon musk said wednesday he might not be able to cut $2 trillion out of the federal budget. after all, that might be closer to 1 billion. he said he made the trillion. he made the comments on a voice chat on x. there are a lot of promises made during the campaign that are about to come true or not come true. president elect trump repeatedly promised to bring down grocery and gas prices, and promised both to cut the price of electricity in half and the price of car insurance as well as well

mr. speaker mike johnson and senator john thune the best leadership for republicans to enact, to get eight to ukraine? >> guest: oh, gosh, that's a very low bar you just set in the question. the best compared anybody else. i mean certainly both speaker johnson and majority leader thune have said they support ukraine. i that many, many conversations with speaker johnsonco about ths and really pressed him on this he insists he does not want to abandon ukraine. i guess it gives us an opportunity. the bass, i don't know about that but there is an opportunity with the both of them to make suredo ukraine doesn't get defunded. we will press them on that issue. >> host: what else do you want to see this committee to? sounds like a good relationship with the chair. given the agenda that you outlined do you think you can put something on paper and get on the house floor quickly? >> guest: we've got a shot. there is a challenge. look, the great thing about the armed service committee both in-house and assent is where bipartisan and with passive olivia. 64 straight yearsy now. we are the most bipartis

now senate majority leader john thune senate minority leader chuck schumer offered their first remarks on the senate floor for the opening day of the 119 congress. >> mr. president, before i begin remarked my remarks i want to mention the very deadly terrorist attack that took place in new orleans in the early hours of new year's day. this ice is inspired attack took the lives of 14 innocent victims and injured at least 30 others. my prayers today along with prayers of so many americans are with all this grieving the loss of loved one and the injured and their families. las vegas law enforcement agents are working around the clock to understand the motivation of an army soldier who blew up a tesla truck in front of trump hotel on the same day injuring seven others. we expect e our federal, state d local law enforcement to pursue every lead so that the american people understand what led to both of these attacks. mr. president i want to mention thesi passing of former presidet jimmy carter who died peacefully on december 29 at his home in georgia at the age of 100. he was governor of georgia, president of the united states but was perhaps better known

mr. hegseth. i think people on both sides have suggested they get the report. senator thune thought it was an appropriate idea. so i would ask and i would say, too, as a precedent, one of president trump's appointees has similar very complicated personal issues. the report was made available to all members of the committee. would would be following precedent. i ask that be made possible. >> again, we are -- there has been much discussion about this and what i intend to do is follow the exact precedent that we have had for the last two hearings with regard to secretaries of defense. not only secretary austin but secretary mattis eight years ago. and that was for the chair and the ranking member to see the report and so that is my intention as chair of this committee. >> finally, mr. chairman, i have several letters that i would include for the record. one from an organization of retired four star generals and former secretaries of defense that is critical of the proposed. one from an organization for domestic violence, one from a council on american relations, and also severa

thune. he's responsible for getting president-elect trump's ambitious agenda through the senate. >> will you tell him when you think he's wrong? >> i will. >> at the top of mrtrump's to-do list, what he promises will be the largest mass deportation in u.s. history. we'll ask his border czar, tom homan, how he plans to execute that. >>> and as we mark four years since the january 6th attack on the capitol, former house speaker nancy pelosi will be here to talk about the growing threats of political violence. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." as we begin the new year, the first few days of january are already proving and providing enormous challenges both here in washington and around the country, especially in terms of security. we begin today with house intelligence committee chairman mike turner and ranking member, jim himes who join us in a bipartisan fashion. thank you for doing so and joining us today. >> thanks for having us. >> so we have, chairman, heightened security at u.s. airports on trains, military bases, this bulletin that went out recently warning of perhaps retaliatory attacks, co

rules package and i look forward to our work ahead with speaker johnson, senate leader thune and president trump. mr speaker, i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i ask for the yeas and nays. p. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] effort two republicans, keith felt from texas and ralph norman were persuaded to c

mr. hegstad. and i think people on both sides have suggested that they get the report. i know your colleagues have asked for it. senator thune assured me personally that he thought it was an appropriate idea. so i would ask and i would say to as a precedent, one of president trump's appointees had similar very complicated personal issues. the report was made available to all the members of the committee. we would be following precedent, and i ask that that be made possible. >> again. we are there's been much discussion about this, and what i intend to do is follow the exact precedent that we've had for the last two hearings with regard to secretaries of defense, not only secretary austin, but secretary mattis eight years ago. and, and that was for the chair and the ranking member to see the report. and so that is my intention as chair of this committee. >> finally, mr. chairman, i have several letters that i would include, for the record, one from count every hero, which is an organization of retired four star generals and former secretary of defense that is critical of the proposed purge panels, one from the organization fo

thune in the senate can help him. and i think it could actually end up being an astonishingly good two years. mr. speaker, what do you do with reconciliation? because it's arcane. it's difficult for everybody to understand how it works and the nuances of it, but you can't put everything into it. you can really have to pick something and run with that. what should donald trump pick first? mike johnson what should they go? what should the speaker do? how do you deal with that? the house republicans are gathering tomorrow to have this very discussion. what's your advice to them? well, jason, as you may remember, when i was speaker, we passed two continuing resolutions. continuing resolutions in one year, 1997. one of them, by the way, was the balanced budget. the only four consecutive balanced budgets in the last century came out of the congress while i was speaker. so we can do two. i personally believe they ought to do one early with the border, immigration, all the things that are easy and obvious, get them done at the same time. in parallel, the senate finance committee and the house ways and me

mr. hegseth. uh, and i think people on both sides have suggested that they get the report. i know your colleagues have asked for it. senator thune assured me personally that he thought it was an appropriate idea. uh, so i would ask and i would say to as a precedent, uh, one of president trump's appointees had similar very complicated personal issues. the report was made available to all the members of the committee. we would be following precedent. and i ask that that be made possible again, we are there's been much discussion about this, and what i intend to do is follow the exact precedent that we've had for the last two hearings with regard to secretaries of defense, not only secretary austin, but secretary mattis. >> eight years ago. and, and and that was for the chair and the ranking member to see the report. and so, um, that is my intention as chair of this committee. >> uh, finally, mr. chairman, i have several letters that i would include, for the record, uh, one from count every hero, which is an organization of retired four star generals and former secretaries of defense that are critical of the proposed purge panels,

mr. hegseth. i think people on both sides have suggested that they get the report. i know your colleagues have asked for. senator thunessured me that he thought it was an appropriate idea. i would ask and i would say as a precedent, one of president's appointees had similar complicated personal issues and the report was made available to all members of the committee. we would be following precedent. i asked that be made available if possible. chair wicker: again, there has been much discussion about this. what i intend to do is follow the exact precedent that we've had for the last two hearings with regard to secretaries of defense. not only secretary austin but secretary mattis eight years ago. that was for the chair and ranking member to see the report. that is my intention as the chair of this committee. sen. reed: finally, mr. chairman, i have several letters that i would include for the record. one from count every hero, an organization of retired four-star generals and the former secretary of defense critical of the proposed panels. one from an organization for domestic violence. one from a council on american r

johnson, senate leader thune and president trump. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time >> c-span's washington journal, a live form involving you to discuss latest issues and government, politics, public policy. from washington and across the country. saturday morning, history as it happens podcast host martin to cairo discusses president carter's legacy and news of the day. orlanda perez at the university of north texas details the history of the panama canal. later, the atlanta journal-constitution covers president jimmy carter's state funeral. c-span's washington journal, joining the conversation live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> its democracy unfiltered with c-span. experience history as it unfolds with c-span's live coverage this month as republicans take control of both chambers of congress and a new chapter begins with the swearing in of the 47th president of the united states. monday live from the house chamber, kamala harris presides over the certification of the