mr. wyden--mr.iden is naming a former obama administration official as deputy director of the nec, a former aide to elizabeth warren as deputy nec director for financial reform and consumer protection. mr. biden also named a special assistant to the president for economic policy. elon musk has inquired about converting large transactions of tesla's balance sheet into bitcoin on the eve of tesla joining the s&p 500. mr. muscat an exchange of tweets with a prom -- mr. musk had an exchange of tweets with the prominent advocate of the digital currency. would be doing the shareholders "$100 billion favor." global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you so much, mark. we have two weeks in one day before those two run up elections for the senate and the state of georgia. to bring us up to speed on where we are, we welcome she jane doe, professor of political s

mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, millions and millions of people will breathe a bit easier on january 20. that relief will be especially sweet for those who suffered under donald trump's cold-hearted approach to immigration and asylum. the president has built a wall to immigrants, but it's not made a fencing -- it's not made of fencing or brick or mortar. the president has rebuilt the infamous paper wall like that of the 1930's that kept too many jews out of the united states, trapping them within the murderous regime of nazi germany. the paper wall was anti-migrant operations including anyone who might be a so-called public charge. it was reinforced by racism, anti-semitism and nativism. it created bureaucratic roadblocks that had no purpose other than to frustrate applicants, block visas and refugees and slow immigration to a trickle. that is awfully familiar to those who watched donald trump succeed horribly at repeating some of america's worst im

mr. jordan for his support for this bill at the committee's markup and i would be remiss if i did not recognize our partners in the senate, senators portman and widen, for their leadership -- wyden, for their leadership and commitment to thevert. finally, i send -- to this effort. finally, i and he a thank you to doug collins, the co-lead on this bill, and i want to thank him for his partnership for making the federal court record system freely accessible to all americans. i would also like to thank perry applebom with the judiciary committee, jamie simpson and matt robinson of my subcommittee. john pharaoh, with congressman collins' -- farrow, with congressman collins' office, and i'd like to give a special thanks to keith for all ofs i effort -- all of his efforts to help us be on the floor today with this bill. without everyone's persistence, dedication and countless hours of hard work, -- hard work behind the scenes, we would not be here today. mr. speaker, wealth should not act as a barrier to access our courts. whether it's a journalist reporting on the court's activities or a citizen petitioning the court for redress, access to the courts should be free to all, not just t

mr. wyden: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, in a moment i'm going to make a unanimous consent request on a piece of legislation that my eastern oregon constituents have done an extraordinary job with respect to building a coalition that brings people together on a contentious issue. they deserve enormous credit and i'll describe their efforts here shortly and i also want to thank, as we begin, senator barrasso. senator barrasso will be taking a new role on the senate energy and natural resources committee in january, and he and i have worked together often and i have appreciated him talking with me on this matter as he begins to look to his new duties in january. so, mr. president, as if in legislative session, i would ask unanimous consent that the energy committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 2828, the mauer county empowerment act and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. further, that the amendment be read a th

mr. wyden: reserving the right to object, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, and colleagues, i am going to be brief. i just want to give the senate a sense of where we are with respect to this renewable energy issue. in front of us now is a bipartisan agreement to extend a variety of approaches that are going to allow us to promote greener energy that reduces carbon emissions. and when i talk to colleagues on both sides of the aisle, there is enormous support for that, enormous support for the effort to reduce carbon emissions. now, i can look around this chamber and i can see colleagues starting over in that corner with senator heinrich who has worked for years on renewable energy and literally go around the chamber and point out colleagues who have worked with me and others on the renewable energy provisions that are part of this bipartisan agreement. this includes not just the credit for wind but solar and renewable energy, and i would su