mr. tillis: thank you, mr. president. well, mr. president, i know you've preside add few -- presided a few times when i've given this speech and sadly it is a speech i have got to given if. it is not a prepared speech. tans update on a travesty of justice occurring over in turkey. today is october 4. october 7 of 2016, a man named andrew brunson, a presbyterian minister from my state, north carolina, up near black mountain, was arrested by turkish authorities. pastor brunson has been a missionary in turkey for about 20 years. and in 2016, there was a coup attempt, an illegal coup attempt, and people who were associated with it should go to prison because there should not be violent changes of power in nations. they have an election process. they should honor it. i have no problem with people who have evidence of having been associated with an illegal coup going to prison. but i've got a real problem with a man who, for the last two years, has been in a turkish prison over the past couple of months finally we've gotten him on house

mr. tillis: i agree with everything my colleagues have said. i believe ms. ford experienced a traumatic event in her life. but there's no evidence through the f.b.i. background checks and the times we've spent in the hearing to substantiate these claims are properly alleged and directed towards judge kavanaugh. thousands of pages, and that briefing room, senator lee and i were in that room together for an hour, we breaked for an hour and then we were back for two hourls. at the desk is also some 1,500 pages that document the prior f.b.i. background investigations. and in none of those was there any reference -- keep in mind, this goes back 23, this would he only been six or seven years after he was out of college. certainly if it was in recent memory, you would have seen some suggestion. yet there was none. the last thing i'll leave you th is it appears as though since one of the attacks that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have taken here is not working. they're not able to substantiate the allegations. now they've moved to this narrati

mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, rish, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, carden, casey, coons, duckworth, cortez masto, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, hinrich, kaine, klobuchar, leahy, markey, murkley, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, u doll, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. sanders, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. donnelly, no. ms.

mr. tillis. >> aye. >>> mr. toomey. >> aye. >>> mr. udall. >> no. >>> mr. van hollen. >> no. >>> mr. warner. ms. warren. >> no. >>> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >>> mr. wicker. >> aye. >>> mr. wyden. >> no summ. >>> mr. young. >> aye. >>> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines, who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >>> the senator has that right. >>> senators voting in, alexander barrasso, boseman, burr, capito, collins, corker, cotton, crapo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fischer, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, hyde-smith, inhofe, isak son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. >>> senators voting in the negative -- bald within, benet, blumenthal, casey, coons, cortez masto, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, fine sign, gillibrand, harris, has

mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. uhe ddall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crepo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hoeven, hyde smith, inhofe, isaac son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portm portman, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young -- >> senators voting in the negative, baldwin, bennett, blumenthal, booker, can't well, harden, casey, coons, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, cain, king, markey, mccaskell, murray, nelso

mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, boozman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, rker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ruz, daines, insee, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, even, heitsmith, inhofe, isakson, kennedy, kyl, lankford, mcconnell, moran, ul, perdue, portman, reisch, berts, rounds, rubio, staff, cott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennett, oker, brown, cant we will -- kantwell, cardin, core tes masto, duckworth, durbin, instein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, chobe collar, leahy, merkley, murkowski, murphy, urray, nelson, peters, shotts, smith, stabenow, tester, udall, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. >> mr. sanders, no. mr. lee. >> aye. > aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. o. r. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. r. donnelly, no. ms. hite camp, no. vonnie: the senate has the vot

mr sullivan mr tester mr down mr tillis i mr to me mr udall mr van hollen.mr warner is warren now mr white house mr wake or mr wide. mr young. with my friend the senator from montana senator deigns who is walking his daughter down the aisle in this afternoon if he were present and voting he would have voted aye i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote i therefore withdraw my vote the senator has that right senators voting in the affirmative alexander. blunt bozeman burr capital cassidy collins corker corn and cotton crêpe cruz and c. ernst fisher flake gardner graham grassley hatch heller hovind hyde smith inhofe isaacson johnson kennedy kyle langford levy mansion mcconnell and paul purdue portman rich roberts rounds rubio sass scott shelby sullivan soon chillis to me with her young senators voting in the negative. baldwin bennett blumenthal booker brown can't carden casey coons cortez masto donnelly duckworth durbin feinstein jila brain and harris has heinrich hate kim hirono jones came king clover leahy markey mccaskill is merkley

mr tester mr tillis. aye. mr tillis. aye. mrto me. aye. mrvan holland. mrvan holland. mr warner.asso, one. bozeman, burke, 0, cassidy, collins, caulker, cornering, cotton, cruise, danes, parents, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, hello, hoven, height smith, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, roberts, rounds, rubio, size, scott, shelby, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr mansion, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett. brown, cantwell, carden, casey, kunz, cortes, duckworth, durbin, finds time, julie brand, harris, heinrich, kane, leahy, markey, murky, matkowski, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, smith, stubbing out, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mrsanders, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mr sanders, no. mr lee, aye. miss harrison, no. mr jones, mrjones, no. mr johnson, mrjohnson, aye. mr mr johnson, aye. mr schumer, mrjohnson, aye. mr schumer, no. mr donnelly, no. miss high camp, no. mrs mccaskill, no. mr menendez, no. mr reid, no. mr king are no. mr van holland, mr king are n

mr. tillis: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to come in and kind of summarize. you and i both as a presiding officer have had a front row seat in this process. we both serve on the judiciary committee. i think that oftentimes people come to the floor and they want to just give the american public a little slice of what's gone on that benefits their narrative rather than stepping back and thinking about what's happened since early july when judge kavanaugh was nominated to be on the supreme court. that happened on july 9. before july 9, there were many people on the other side of the aisle that had already announced their opposition, not to judge kavanaugh but to anyone that president trump would nominate. we know who they are. they are very well publicized. i understand that as a member of the democratic conference. i would deny them their right to do that. they oppose the president and anything that he stands for. but then on july 10, there was a press conference now that we knew who the nominee was that a majority of the members also said they opposed him. as

mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey? >> aye. >> mr. udall? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> mr. warner?no. >> mr. white house? >> mr. wicker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> aye. stuart: they're tallying the votes as we speak. i was listening carefully. i'm sure you were too. sounded like a direct party-line vote. soon as we get the result, you will get it. we have to be rather quiet to make sure we don't miss it. we should tell you that lisa murkowski. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, enzi, ernst, fisher flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller hoeven, high smith. inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, purdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, save, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, tumi, wicker and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senator es voting in the negative, baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, cardin, casey, coons, cortez-masto, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, kane, k

mr. tillis, mr. toomey. mr. udall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker.rmative. alexander, blunt, bozeman, burr, cap tow, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crepeau, cruz, daines, insdaoe, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley hatch, heller, hoeven, height smith. isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, purdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, salve, scott, shelby, sul vann, soon, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. mr. manchin aye. senators voting in the negative baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, can't well, cardin, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, kane, klobuchar, layy, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, establish gnaw, tester, warren, white house, wyden. mr. sanders no. mr. lee aye. ms. hasen, no. mr. jones. no. >> bill: collins is a yes, flake is a yes. democratic senator from west virginia, joe manchin is a yes. lisa murcowski republican from alaska is a no. if that holds, the cloture motion will pass and we will begin a 30-hour period where we will move ultimate

mr. till liss. > tillis.>> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. van hollen. >> no. >> mr. warner. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator danes, who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, baraso, blunt, boozman, burr capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, krepo, cruz, ensi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovins, hyde smith, inhofe, isakson, johnson, kennedy, kyl, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, hall, perdue, portman. chris: we are going to pause for a moment now to let our fox stations join us. welcome to our fox news live coverage of the senate vote to confirm brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. i'

tillis. senator nelson. >> good morning, mr. chairman. gentleman, thank you. after all, i have been with your previous dasher predecessors many times all over. global orchestration on interdiction of the drug is done at a joint command center in key west. check out a, they've had tremendous success. all the agencies of government are represented there, but it has been hit and miss a few as the commander don't have enough assets. same thing with the coast guard admiral who is the head, if you doesn't have enough assets to interdict more of the drug shipments. you want to give me your law not? >> senator, the drug prices is a national crisis and will be a top priority. one of my first tasks will be to assess what needs they have. admiral has been quite clear he could use warships in warships as platforms for the law-enforcement interdiction. when i assess that to be the case will come back to the chain of command in the be unapologetic about asking for more in being transparent about the same. >> well, you'll find that the cooperation between the navy and the co

tillis. >> thank you, mr. chair. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. and thanks in particular to the family. i'm sure if you been tracking anything that's been going on in this judiciary committee over the last month or so, probably you were wondering just how this experience would be. i intend to support your nomination, so the good news is i'm not going asking any questions. but to thank you for your past and your future service. i want to come back and talk about two things that were discussed earlier today. one is this notion of needing to get back to the traditions of the senate. i agree. i agree we need to get back to the tradition of keeping committee confidential documentation confident. i believe that we need to get back to a committee proceeding where we treat the nominee's whether we disagree or not with their views respectful. mr. murphy, i am convinced unless rapid have a beautiful girl named grace andrew that there's very little grace demonstrated here among the members, and i do hope that we get back to a point where we can get to a proc

tillis? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate you having this hearing. i wasn't at the field hearing, and i think this is a very important topic. it was said that if we were to split the ninth circuit it could actually maybe lead to inefficiencies, but i think that a circuit that has almost four and a half times larger backlog than the average backlog of the other one, there's something inherently wrong there in terms of trying to draw the backlog down. judge o'scannlian, would you have a comment on that. >> well, it goes without saying that smaller units, first of all, are more culturally cohesive, they function in a closer working relationship, they have a smaller number of cases for which they're responsible. the problem that i see with the ninth circuit is simply, it's out of sync with the rest of the circuits in the country. it's out of sync because of population. it's out of sync because of the case load. it's out of sync because of the backlog. those are the elements that i think are the most pressing. >> and so i think you mentioned the five-fold

so thank you. >> yes, sir, i agree. >> senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary wilkie, i'll refer to robert wilkie real quick. the fact that your wife is here doesn't mean this is a date. [ laughter ] >> i'm sorry i wasn't here for your opening testimony. i'm co-chairing a committee hearing on cyber and personnel. one thing i just wanted to say about the discussion on blue water, i fully expect the past is prolog. when you were in my office you were very much a part of the effort to get us to the right place on the camp lejeune toxic substances. that's an area where we were at odds with the va, an area where we looked to outside expertise to come up with a rational basis for presumption and we made progress there. i hope it is in the same spirit that you are able to address legitimate concerns of vos with the need to once we identify what the need is and once we start expanding presumptions that we also fund it in a way that's not at odds with other promises that we have made that we need to fulfill for your veterans. >> first of all, senator tillis, t

mr. leader. before i say a few words, so i won't have to announce each person after me in this order, it will be hatch, cornyn, lee, and tillis. please come forward and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. i don't say that from the standpoint of county votes. i say that from the standpoint of the qualifications of this candidate and the fact that those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there, but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve are recognized. so judge kavanaugh should be confirmed on saturday. now, this started downhill very quickly on about july 10, when schumer said that we're going to do everything we can to

tillis of north carolina. welcome back to "meet the press ". >> good morning. >> let me star the killing of mr. khashoggi. you may not have seen but ate least heard timeline it took the saudis 17 days. same question i had for senato durbi durbin. is there any part of the explanation that you find credible? >> no, not at this int. i agree with everything dick durbin just said. we've got to get to the botm it. saudi arabia, you do not do something of this magnitut withving clearance from the top. we need to find out who that is accountable. >> are you as convinced as senato nators corker and durbin that the crown prince himself ordered this killing? >> it looks like it based on the pele who were involved in the actual act. that's why we need help from the turkish officials and then there has to be a consequence. >> what does a consequence look like and what is the goal of the consequence? to get the saudis -- the king na a new crown prince? what would be the goal of the punishment? >> well, i i thinkis to hold the people accountable who committed this horrible act and if it is the crown prince, then i think

mr. bolton. there are a number of people in the senate. i can't mention everyone, but i know that senator tillise in prison. so did senator shaheen and senator graham and senator langford has been involved from the very beginning. we're very grateful for people in congress who stayed with us, who prayed for us and fought for us. thank you very much. >> we did leave out many people in the senate, many people in the house. you know that, patrick. many people have been left out. we just can't go through all of the names, but it was everybody that wanted this to happen. it was really everybody. the complete senate. i think we can probably say, richard, this was bipartisan. do you agree? this wasn't just republican, right? but honestly, i think if there was ever a bipartisan event, this was it. and i do have to thank vice president pence. he's doing a terrific job. he felt very, very strongly about this and secretary of state pompeo. i would say we spoke about this at least once a day. we thought we had it done two months ago. sometimes it doesn't always work out, but i can only tell you that's bette

mr. chairman: senator feinstein and senator cornyn will be added. senator cruz also. senator graham -- wait a minute. cruz,e got hatch, graham, and cornyn, and feinstein, and tell us t -- tillis. and cornyn, andok. senator harris? you havearris: as noted, lynching is a dark and despicable part of our country. these were acts of violence, needless and horrendous acts of violence, but elated by racism, and we must acknowledge that, lest we repeated trade between the end of reconstruction in 1877 and as recently as 1950, the equal justice initiative has documented 4084 racial terra lynchings and 12 southern states in -- terror lynchings and 12 southern states in our country. there have been 200 attempts as you have mentioned to get congress to pass federal anti-pinching legislation and every one of them failed. we are long overdue. the justice for victims of the,ing act with them in united states code to specify mainstream attempts to lynch are all federal crimes. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, senator feinstein, senator booker, and senator scott for your support. i would also like to thank the naacp, the anti-defamation league, and the equal justice initiative for their sup

mr. bolton. there are a number of people in the senate, and i can't mention everyone, but i know that my senator tillis in prison, so did senator shaheen and senator graham, and senator langford has been involved from the very beginning. so we are so grateful to so many people in congress who stood with us, and who prayed for us, and who fought for us. so we want to thank you all very much. >> and i do have to say, we did leave out many people in the senate, many people in the house, you know that, patrick, many people have been left out, and we just can't go through all of the name, but it was everybody that wanted this to happen. it was really everybody. the complete senate. i think we can probably say richard, this was bipartisan, do you agree? this wasn't just republican, right? but honestly, i think if there was ever a bipartisan event, this was it, and i do have to thank vice president pence. he is doing a terrific job. he felt very, very strongly about this. and secretary of state pompeo, i would say we spoke about this at least once a day. we thought we had it done two months ago. sometimes it

mr. leader. before i say a few words so i won't have to announce each person after me in this order will be hatch, coryn and tillis come to the podium and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is the 87th day. that's three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. i don't say that from the standpoint of counting votes. i say that from the standpoint of the qualifications of this candidate and the fact that those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there. but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve our -- recognize though judge kavanaugh should be confirmed on saturday. now, this started downhill very quickly on about july 10th when schumer said that we're going

mr. leader. before i say a few words, so i won't have to announce each person after he in this order will be hatch, cornyn, lee and tillisust come to the podium and say whatever you want to say and then we'll take questions. this is the 87th day, that's three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. so don't tell me we haven't spent enough time. also, i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. now, i don't say that from the standpoint of counting votes, i say that from the standpoint of the qualitificatioy if qualific candidate and the fact that those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there, but that hasn't been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well qualified. a person that believes in the principles of due process, the presumption of innocence and readiness to serve are recognized. so judge kavanaugh should be confirmed on saturday. now, this started downhill very quickly on about july the 10th when schumer said that

tillis. >> thank you. welcome all of you and thank you for the work that you're doing. mr. mcbe waterwaters you made a additional comment about what you think would be helpful, could you get specific about your recommendations? >> in my oral statement there are two recommendations. credit unions want to serve the unserved and the underserved. there is a provision in the federal credit union act that says that only multiple common bond credit unions can add under served areas. since credit unions want to serve underserved areas, want to serve the unserved, it would be great if the federal credit union act was amended to allow credit unions to could what they want to do. credit unions are not subject to the cra and one reason they're not subject to the cra is that they actually want to extend credit to those individuals and those businesses that the cra would require them to. they want to do it anyway. so it would be nice to amend the federal credit union act accordingly. there is a request for vendor authority. all the other regulators at this table have the authority to reg

mr. chairman if i could put into the record opposition of judges in hawaii. they have submitted a letter that i would like to have in opposition. >> without objection. >> thank you. >> senator tillis? >> i appreciate you having this hearing. i wasn't at the field hearing and i think this is a very important topic. it was said if we were to split the ninth scircuit, it could maybe lead to inefficiencies. but i think that a sir kill kitsch has a higher than average backlog, there's something inherently wrong there in terms of trying to draw the backlog down. would you have a comment o on that? >> well, it goes without say using that smaller units, first of all, are more culturally cohesive. they function in a closer working relationship. they have a smaller number of cases for which they are responsible. the problem that i see with the ninth circuit is simply it's out of sync with the rest of the circuits in the country. it's out of sync because of population. it's out of sync because of the case load. it's out of sync because of the backlog. those are the elements that i think are most pressing. >> so i think you mentioned an inkres thoo. population. it just seems like with any oth

mr. tillis: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm here for what i hope will be the last time to talk about a subject that i've come to the floor and discussed virtually every week we've been here since i went and visited a man who's been in a turkish prison since october 7, 2016. his name is andrew brunson. he's a presbyterian minister from north carolina that in 2016 under the emergency orders in turkey, president erdogan ended up ordering the arrest of many people, many of probably were involved in the illegal you -- coup attempt. if evidence demonstrates they were, they should be held accountable for their actions. but unfortunately thousands of people, journalist, people of faith, a number of other people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time like a nasa scientist who already spent two and a half years in prison, they were also arrested. they were also put in prison. and in the case of pastor brunson, he spent almost 17 months in a turkish prison in a cell designed for eight people that had 21 people in it.