mr. walker and mr. menashi have not earned the privilege of an appointment to the bench. republicans should follow suit on his nomination and on mr. walker's vote today. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. no, i don't note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 12:00 stands in recess until 12:00 [background sounds] >> congressman cummings general and memorial service this morning. you can watch on c-span. some senate committees are conducting scheduled hearing this morning. the senate finance committee holding a hearing on substance abuse. the u.s. surgeon general is among those testifying. live coverage here on c-span2. >> what percent involve the case where a patient was the perpetrator of such broad? >> thank you for the question. we are different than the ig. we don't do the investigation of the case. that would be a better question perhaps for others. however, we did look at, took a sample selection if i that we found all five states had reported fraud and then we went in and spoke wi

mr. walker, kimberly hill-brown, randall saragushi and sam paulson. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am here today to support the resolution 27-2019. i'm all for this project to continue and go through. thank you. >> thank you. >> please state your name. >> joyce armstrong. tac member for the shipyard and also the president of the public housing tenant's association. we serve seven developments that are left for radd and four of then are in district ten. as their representative, we come to you today to ask you to please pass this. we really need it to move on. i want to see some of this happen before i'm gone. so we would appreciate -- we appreciate lenar five points for what they have done and all of the cac members like dr. scott and dr. honey cut and people working before we got on the board two years ago. they've done amazing work and we would like to see this pass. thank you. >> thank you, miss armstrong. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is kimberly hill-brown and i'm here today to support len arars moving forward. alice gr

has suggested that mr walker was often acting not on the instructions of donald trump or secretary of state mike brown pair his direct boss but at the request of the ukrainians for example the close aide to president selenski and that he you know mock given how easily accusations of treason fly in washington does he have her reason to be concerned about the ethics of his own behavior rather than his association with donald trump the legal view point of course is yes and what you just described is again proves my thesis that there is a very strong resistance among american bureaucracy against the policies of the president and they apparently sabotage and could walk or was largely involved in this sub adarsh by pursuing not only not donald trump's presidency visit the ukraine. which volcker can see the right and which reflected the interests of certain ukrainian politicians you know ukraine in its current state. from the political perspective for you think volcker will be protected by the by the democrats by their establishment republicans which still exist because for them ukraine is t

mr. walker was accused of using inappropriate language with a white woman. stevens and jefferson cole were lynched in texas in 1895 after they refused to ba band -- to abandon their land to white people and in 1888 seven people were lynched from drinking from a white man's well. so for politicians, whether it is president trump or former vice president biden or anyone else, before throwing around the word "lynching" so loosely, just remember the real victims of the targeted racial violence carried out by white mobs intended to torture and traumatize an entire race of people. lynching. it has real meaning. and that meaning has nothing to do with politicians facing impeachment. you're making good choices. you'll get there. ♪ were you going to tell me about this? i know i can't afford to go. i still have this car so you can afford to go. i am so proud of you. thanks. principal. we can help you plan for that. start today at principal.com. when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the d

mr. walker: hatred for president trump has become the new religion for the radical left, creating an irracial -- irrational behavior rooted in emotion. the democrats are protecting adam schiff. this was not and is not about the facts. facing your accusers and innocent until proven guilty used to be the american way. it's the basic standard that every american should expect, including the president. being targeted by an angry mob, a willing media machine and a twisted version of democracy. the president calls this a witch hunt. unfortunately this looks like that is exactly what it is. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further one-minute requests? under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority eader. mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker and still i rise d since my name has been called several times, i rise to respond. why the explain impeachment inquiry should be expanded, something bears repeating. i rise to explain why the impeachment inqu

mr. herschel walker, one of the best runningbacks ever in the envelope. heisman trophy winner.alifornia law. a lot of athletes came out in favor, that college athletes should be able to hire agents and endorsements. he is not in favor of this. he is kind of old-fashioned, believes in the athlete f you're an amateur athlete you shouldn't get paid period. he will defend his position. herschel walker, lou dobbs, we have a lot going on. melissa: thank you, david. we'll watch "bulls & bears" right after this, 5:00 p.m. eastern. connell: that's right. a 20 million-dollar deal with the latest drugmaker sidestepping an upcoming opioid trial. what it could mean for the escalating crisis. we'll talk with one pharmaceutical ceo about the effort he is making to cush the epidemic. that is coming up next. with sofi, get your credit cards right- by consolidating your credit card debt into one monthly payment. and get your interest rate right. so you can save big. get a no-fee personal loan up to $100k. >> johnson & johnson announcing it has reached an agreement with $20.4 million with two ohi

mr. walker: his unrelenting commitment to serve the united states of america will inspire generations to come, just as it inspired his own son, major general tom wilkerson. please join me in celebrating major general wilkerson's 100 years of being always faithful to our country, serving with relentless patriotism and valor. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? >> i ask to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to memorialize the life of our honorable statesman and dear friend, congressman elijah cummings. during his tenure in the house of representatives, congressman cummings championed issues including civil rights, access to affordable health care, transportation, and congressional oversight. he was irritated when i pushed him to take an office in the congressional black caucus until he went home that weekend and he came back with a big smile and said th

horses in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activist joshua walker from standing in next month's local elections mr wong claims to be the only can to be disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid because it contravenes election laws that ban promoting self-determination for the chinese for the semi autonomous chinese territory. and the chance of britain holding a snap election in december have increased as opposition leader gerry corbin says his party will now back the idea prime minister boris johnson has been pushing for an early poll since coming to power in july he believes he can win a majority in parliament which would then allow him to pass his press it deal. one day in the bronx it can be a long time and parliament on monday german corpsman showed no interest whatsoever in holding new elections but on tuesday the labor chief announced that he does want to back and pray christmas poll we're going out there to fight an election campaign and i call white to get out there on the streets in every town and village in this country labor will be there giving a message of r

mr. grijalva, i will recognize myself for five minutes. professor walker, you spent time with the bungee militia at malheur national wildlife refuge in 2016. did the views they shared with you sound anything like what you have heard elsewhere? in your, opinion was the militia expressing commonly held sentiments about how the american people want their public lands managed. >> commonly held opinions within a hearty county or generally? >> anywhere that you have been. >> short answer is no, this was a very small community of anti government activists that belong to that particular group that is centered on the bundy family, is really a very small group of individuals, but what i am concerned about is that they get a sense of legitimacy to wider spread anti government groups, what happened here at the malheur national wildlife refuge was that the bundles came to the wildlife refuge, and they began from a particular ideological perspective having to do with religious interpretations of the constitution, but what they were advocating for was essentially an over

mr. nichol. the chair now recognizes professor peter a walker, professor of geography at university of oregon. you have five minutes. my name is peter walker. i'm a professor of geography and universal study at the university of oregon. i personally saw the wildlife refuge in hardy county. i had 100 indepth interviews and my observations are printed in my book, how they took over the national wildlife refuge. a lot can be learned from the refuge occupation for safeguarding employees and enabling them to construct in rural communities. the great majority of hardy county rejected and planned to launch an anti-government resolution. >> i use the word militant because they used armed force to achieve a radical political goal. the situation was explosive. almost certainly if the community called for militants, lives would have been lost. hardy county rejected the militants's call because the community invested for decades in building collaborative approaches vowing to isolate the resource issue that the management issued, could only be reserved through armed force. in the past, there had been a lot

well, 48 hours later, mr johnson was in the hot seat again asking the questions this time, dan walkerfor asking the questions this time, dan walker. if you look at the paper this morning, a lot of them are talking about this potential changes to the withdrawal agreement, a lot are still talking about your private life and i know you were asked about this yesterday and you have made a point of not talk about this in the past... you mustn't be surprised if i continue that line. you are the prime minister. yes, absolutely. the top office in the country. your demeanour, your language, your actions are both past and present are under scrutiny. yes, yes, yes. phil sawyer was watching that and had this to say about dan walker. he kept on dragging the interview back to the allegations made about something that allegedly happened 20 yea rs something that allegedly happened 20 years ago. the subject was done to death yesterday and the pm has com pletely death yesterday and the pm has completely denied the allegations. whilst we must never ignore or trivialise such allegations, it must be for others to prove or disprove what actually happen

, as you know, and i remember when president george herbert walker bush and barbara was goingghter dora to get married at camp david. i saw mrs. bush and i said -- what can you tell me? and she said, absolutely nothing! [laughter] that firstome things ladies stand firmly on. every president that serves brings a family that also finds itself in the line of fire, in the very public glare of public life. and how the nixon daughters and sons in law and their children whatflourished so despite they went through, especially the last couple of years of his administration. betty? >> i do remember working a lot with julie when she was living. i think it must have been somewhere else. i think it was overseas -- i think he was overseas or something and she was living and the house at the time but she became very involved with the projects mrs. nixon had encouraged her to become a part of. i remember reviewing her scripts that she was writing. she was very active. likeinterested in people, her mother, very outgoing while trish was very reserved. she did tutor a student while she lived there but she was not there too long. >> and it would

are big events, and i remember when president george herbert walker daughterbarbara bush's was going to get married at camp david, and i saw mrs. bush and said, so, what could you tell me, and she said absolutely nothing. there are some things that first ladies and family keep to each other. let me end on this point, every president who serves brings a family who finds itself in the line of fire in a very public glare of public life, and how the nixon daughters, and son-in-laws, and their children have flourished despite what they went through, especially the last couple of years of his administration. betty: i do remember working a lot with julie when she was living -- david must have been somewhere else, because i think he was overseas or something. >> he was in the navy. betty: she was living the house, but she became involved with projects that mrs. nixon had and encouraged her to be involved with. i remember trying to review her scripts and things like that that she was writing. she was very active and very interested in people, like her mother, very outgoing. tricia was more reserved, and she did tutor a student all she

mr. president. this was never a partisan issue. george herbert walker bush was president.it passed the house of representatives by a 401-21 vote. it passed it body by an $-11 vote. it's been highly successful. the cost-benefit analysis that's required under the act so shows that tits 40 times more benefits than a dollar of cost. and the supreme court held in massachusetts v. e.p.a. that the e.p.a. has a responsibility to regulate these carbon emissions. so that's exactly what was done in 2015, which is now being jeopardized because of the regulation that was issued under the trump administration. mr. president, i had a chance to serve in the state legislature. this is a front -- an affront to federalism. it is prohibited. that's why 22 states and seven local governments have filed suit against this regulation. the weaken act. the congress allege review act allows us to take action in this body and that's why i've filed that so that we can take action. if we allow this rule to go forward, it will delay the implementation of carbon emission reductions, delay it. if we vote f

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, justin reed walker of kentucky to be united states district judge for the western district of kentucky. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of justin reed walker of kentucky to be united states district judge for the western district of kentucky signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. leahy: mr. president, i understand we're waiting for another senator and when he arrives, of course i'll yield. i'd ask unanimous consent that bob ross, a detailee on the agriculture subcommittee -- a detailee on the interior s

mr. patterson coming up to framework that to see if the commissioner could support such a framework on what the next steps would be to send it back to the department, to sit down and commissioner walker's point, were they involved in the part and negotiation? i don't believe you answered that. >> well, we have made the information available. >> it's a yes or no. were they involved in the negotiations of it? >> they have. >> they have? >> yes. involved in the negotiations and i would be interested in hearing from them, as well, to see why they felt there might be a scenario to send this back to try to work with it. >> i think commissioner walker had a question. >> i want to just say something that i agree that -- and i would likely vote to uphold the order of abatement and the question is how do we move forward here? we have certain jurisdiction and we don't have other jurisdiction. so we're just trying to figure out how to solve this problem, how to deal with this particular set of violatese violations in y that's effective. law it's complicated. >> mr. patterson, i would be interested in your thoughts. >> thank you for come. >> i work for the housing clinic and oversee the department

walker. he is just introducing the vice president. here is mr. pence, vice president pence.lking to the podium, greets the crowd. there you have it. we will let you hear what he's got to say momentarily. i should tell you right now, he's going to take a hard line on some aspects of china and a softer line on china trade. the dow is down 28. the vice president. >> well, thank you all for that warm welcome. to your new chairman, governor scott walker, former congresswoman jane harmon, and to all the members of the board at this historic center, all the fine scholars, it is an honor to be here at the wilson center. named after a president that was a great champion for american leadership and for freedom on the world stage. and in that same spirit, allow me to begin this morning by bringing greetings from another president, who is a champion for freedom here at home and across the wider world. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. i come before you today at the end of a momentous week. in the wake of turkish forces inv

walker joins us now. all right, governor what's the problem for mr. trump in your state?r of 2016, days before the election had hillary clinton winning by 6 points. so i think you see here in wisconsin across the midwest republicans tend to fare a little bit worse in the polls, i think even more so with this president with donald trump just because people are intimidated in many ways to tell pollsters or anybody who they are for. if you get the message out, particularly if he is able to sharply contrast that, whether joe biden or elizabeth warren or bernie sanders. each of them proposing socialist policies that would be devastating to wisconsin manufacturing workers and farmers. i think in the end he can win. it will be close just like it was in 2016 but he can win here in the state. stuart: is the usmca, and it hasn't been voted on yet, it has not been passed yet, is that a problem? wisconsin is clearly a farming state, it's a manufacturing state, those two industries, those two areas are directly involved in the new nafta? >> we definitely need a vote in favor of the ne

walker nomination under the previous order. finally, that the senate recess from 10:30 a.m. until noon tomorrow. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. order. >> [inaudible conversations]