mr. whitehouse, mr. flanders brings up a point you are a leader in rhode island -- >> festival, i support the bill. i was one of the original cosponsors. and argued strongly for it in the judiciary committee and i'm still for it. i think the behavior resulting if the president the way he is there and rod rosenstein is a pretty strong signal that we need to make sure the law is in place. it does not put congress into micromanaging the investigation. it simply provides robert mueller the ability to go to a court if the firing is not for any legitimate reason. if it is purely to obstruct the investigation. and i believe, the president of the united states is subject to the law of obstruction of justice. and it is something for which he can be investigated. and if the evidence is there for which he can be charged and should be held accountable. i think obstruction of justice is a very serious matter and courts often look into that. i think is very consistent with separation of powers and having spent some ti

mr. whitehouse he was look up to? sen. whitehouse: i was very fond of claiborne pell and -- admired his creation of things like pell grant that have stood the test of times. mr. flanders: a newfound respect for sen. collins: dalila republican senator from new england. >> rhode island. mr. flanders: john chafee served as well during his years in the senate. >> a letter great for president trump and a letter grades are senator jack reed. mr. flanders: i answered this before, i would say be your be plus. sen. whitehouse: i would give them away, people in rhode island let them coming it sounds rhode island seniority and i'm a fan a friend and i appreciate his enthusiastic support for me in this race. >> not surprise my that answer. the presidentuld be required to release his tax returns. sen. whitehouse: i will support legislation that goes for the requires that an particularly with the scrutiny of what his business dealings are with russia and a minimum, whichever report on what his business dealings are with russian interests

mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. may i also ask unanimous consent that ryan edwards and kim bentsen, triple a fellows in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: may i finally ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, the senator from new hampshire, senator shah sheen, be recognized -- senator shaheen be recognized. she will be picking up at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. it is a real pleasure to be joined on the senate floor today by senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. senator shaheen has been a tireless advocate for clean energy and is the senate's bipartisan champion on energy efficiency alongside senator portman. the u.n.'s intergovernmental panel on climate change released a major warning last week. 91 authors and editors from 40 countries reviewed more than 6,000 scientific papers to assess what it would take to hold global

mr. whitehouse, thank you. mr. flanders, your closing statement. mr. flanders: let's remove john mccain also called him a socialist bordering on a communist. he may have a friendship with a man but he called it like it is. we need a climate change in washington and that's why i am running. unfortunately, the kavanaugh hearings illustrate what a hyper partisan senator whitehouse has become. he disgraced himself and us all. he has been the most partisan senator in washington. if you want to continue the kind washington, you should vote for senator whitehouse. if you want a change and guy o is going to work with both sides to get things done on immigration come on health care, on infrastructure, and on the opioid crisis, that i'm your man. i've had a history of working across the aisle, in central falls that it would had to be done to get to a better result there and the city is hailing itself is a comeback city. wondering the same problem solving skills to washington. given the chance to do that. let's enforce a climate change in washington and if you do

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, nelson, peters, reed, sander

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 san, heinrich, heitkamp, hirono, jones, kaine, king, klobuchar, lakie, menendez, merkley, murray, nelson, peters,

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. heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill, no. mr. menendez, no. >> mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van hollen, no.

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 votes to advance the kavanaugh nomination. this was a cloture v

mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, as a united states senator and a member of the judiciary committee, giving careful consideration to supreme court nominations is among my most important responsibilities. these lifetime appointments can change not only the course of the nation, but the course of lives. i began with deep concerns about judge kavanaugh, his unfettered views of executive power, effectively believing the president is beyond the law, his refusal to commit to well-established precedents on critical issues like women's constitutional rights regarding abortion. his affinity for unlimited and dark political money. and his studious blindness to its harms to our democracy. and his very selection and support by big special interest groups. and i had significant concerns about his truthfulness and temperament, concerns proven more than justified over the course of these hearings. another warning sign was flashing. senate republicans were stopping at nothing to get this nominee through. wh

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'm chris wallace. shannon: i'm shannon bream. we are here in washington. you're going to listen live as they're talking through the votes now. the roll cal

mr whitehouse. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr wicker. mr wicker. mr wyden. mr wyden. mryoung.ley, 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 no. mrvan holland, no. miss serono, no. mr blumenthal, no. so, that voting under way. quite tense on the senate floor. the professor of us

mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> senators voting in the affirmative.ollins, 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 ultimately to a debate likely around 4:00 or 5:00 saturday afternoon.

whitehouse: nor do i? >> tim: mr. flanders would you vote for mitch mcconnell. >> bob: that would depend on the circumstances at the moment and whether he's running. >> sen. whitehouse: and i would not. >> there is no indication mitch mcconnell stays? >> bob: it depends on who's running against him it depends. >> would you support chuck schumer? >> sen. whitehouse: yes i think he's done a terrific job. >> mr. white house what letter grade would you give president donald trump for his job performance in office so far. >> sen. whitehouse: probably d for dangerous. >> bob: a minus for his policies and a c minus for his tweeting and his other personal characteristics. >> yes or no would you support term limits for members of the use senate. >> bob: absolutely, two terms and time is up for senator white house. >> sen. whitehouse: i would not, jack reed being the perfect example of why seniority can help all right ted. >> ted: during 2016 in your washington office i asked you about this issue, you told me "i am not objecting

mr. chairman. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you, chairman. welcome, mr. saul, i appreciate your willingness to take this on. i think my questions are probably going to be a bit redundant with some of the ones you've already received on our side, but as you know, social security has become a bit of a political battleground between those who want to cut it or privatize it and those who try to defend it for the folks who rely on it. i simply -- let me start by defining my terms. you know what a fifth column is? >> yeah. >> it goes back to like the spanish civil war and the fifth column was the people inside the city prepared to sabotage on behalf of the attackers. i just want your assurance that you won't be a part of or party to any fifth column within social security out to try to effect the fight that we may have to have in congress over defending social security? >> i can just state again, senator, as i stated quite a few times here, my job, and i believe this and that's what i did at the retirement board and that's why i was so successful, is to deliver

peters re sanders shots schumer shaheen smith stabenow chester utah van hollen warner warren whitehouse wyden mrurphy mr murphy no. watching proceedings here at the u.s. senate for the confirmation in this the final vote for the confirmation of krakow for not to the u.s. supreme court it's been a dramatic hour also there with protesters interrupting the confirmation vote and just when the roll call was taking place and that was delayed several times but here we have after a number of weeks of protests and hearings are sexual assault allegations that were brought by christine blazin forward and several other women against cavanagh the final vote taking place. so just to recap we're here with live pictures at the u.s. senate watching the final vote that is set to take place on the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh this would essentially cement the conservative majority on the supremes court as we know cavanagh is replacing the swing vote of the retired justice anthony kennedy this vote was set to take place this afternoon after cavanagh cleared a procedural hurdle at the senate

whitehouse and we want to thank you both. appreciate it. i know you worked very hard on that. and mrs. sullivan, thank you very much for being here. appreciate it very much. secretary of commerce, wilbur ross who worked with the senators and administrator admiral tim gallaudet. you are here and thank you for being here, tim. great job you are doing. every year, over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china and japan and that includes many, many countries. this waste, trash, and debris harms not only marine life, but

terrific, worked along with sheldon whitehouse and these two have been spearheading something that is very important and we want to thank you both. sheldon,. >> thank you, mr. president. >> we appreciate it. you worked very hard. >> we worked well together. >> mr. sullivan, thank you for being here. we appreciate it very much. we have secretary of commerce wilbur ross who worked along with the senators. acting noaa administrator admiral kim galadet you're here. thank you for being here, kim. thank you very much. great job you're doing. every year over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china. that includes japan. that includes many, many countries. this waste, trash debris harms not only marine life, fishermen,

whitehouse and we want to thank you both. appreciate it. i know you worked very hard on that. and mrs. sullivan, thank you very much for being here. appreciate it very much. secretary of commerce, wilbur ross who worked with the senators and administrator admiral tim gallaudet. you are here and thank you for being here, tim. great job you are doing. every year, over eight million tons of garbage is dumped into our beautiful oceans by many countries of the world. that includes china and japan and that includes many, many countries. this waste, trash, and debris harms not only marine life, but fishermen, coastal economies along america's vast stretches. it floats towards us. i have seen pictures recently and some of you have seen them. this vast, tremendous, unthinkable amount of garbage is floating into our coast. in particular along the west coast. we are charged with removing it. that's a very unfair situation. it comes from other countries. it takes six months to a year to float over. it gets here and it's a very unfair situation. it's also unbelievably bad for the oceans. over eight

mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. president. i am very grateful to be joined by my wonderful colleague from oregon, senator merkley, for my 222nd time to wake up climate speech. though there are thousands of miles between us on the west and east coasts, oregon and rhode island share a common connection. that is our oceans. fisheries and coastal tourism are major drivers of our economies. our coastlines are vibrant with homes, families, and businesses. we are ocean states. so we're here to talk about the challenges of human-driven climate change for our oceans and coasts. sea level rise, ocean acidification, deoxygenation, warming, and increased storm surge. our local agencies and officials and our coastal residents understand the changes that are coming at them. not all states are prepared, however, and in the aftermath of severe storms like hurricane florence and last year's hurricanes, powered up by higher seas and super heated ocean water, we're seeing the consequences of this failure. last month was the 80th anniversary of t