mrs. feinstein: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you, mr. president. it's my understanding that it's morning business, and i ask -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. pine fine i ask thamrs. feinstee quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for approximately 15 minutes, probably less. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. mr. president, at noon today a group of us on this side of the aisle went to the supreme court, stood in front of it, and spoke about what was happening with the republican decision not to proceed with the advice and consent provisions of the united states constitution. and i've been a member of the judiciary committee, mr. president, for 23 years. i have sat on six supreme court cases. and in those 23 years as a nonlawyer, i really became infused with great respect for the american system of justice, for the trial courts, for the appeal courts,

mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. mr. president, at noon today a group of us on this side of the aisle went to the supreme court, stood in front of it, and spoke about what was happening with the republican decision not to proceed with the advice and consent provisions of the united states constitution. and i've been a member of the judiciary committee, mr. president, for 23 years. i have sat on six supreme court cases. and in those 23 years as a nonlawyer, i really became infused with great respect for the american system of justice, for the trial courts, for the appeal courts, and for the supreme courts. on the state level as well as on the national level. and i don't think there is any system of justice that affords an individual, a company, an organization a fairer way to proceed to litigate a case than the american justice system. so, as i stood there and heard some of my colleagues speaking, i began to think of the enormity of what is happening. we all know that the constitution is clear, that the president's role i

mrs. feinstein: thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you, mr. president. senator corker, i want you to know that i fully support your committee's recommendation and believe the time has come to enforce and place sanctions against north korea. i think we all judge the world's leaders based on their actions and their stated intentions. to me, there is no question that mr. kim's intentions are adverse to the well-being of our country. as a citizen of the western united states and a senator representing nearly 40 million people in california, this is all very alarming to me, and it should alarm the world. if you take stock of north korea's recent actions and their capabilities, the cause for concern is apparent. on january 6 of this year, north korea detonated its fourth nuclear device. regardless, if it was a hydrogen bomb or not, mr. kim's intention is clear. he seeks a nuclear arsenal. unfortunately, the measures the international community have adopted to date have been insufficient to stop him. the north koreans first detonated a device on october, in oct

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senator feinstein and the fbi agents investigating mrs.ity clearance high enough to read these things. >> sure. also, katherine herridge's report said what was in there put lives in danger. this could change everything. i know hillary clinton over the weekend said, you know, the republicans are trying to do the same thing to me they did with benghazi. i'm sure she poll tested that answer where it's like, oh, they don't care about benghazi. if i boxcar them, link them together, they won't care about this either. >> she continues to make this mistake. benghazi is being investigated by a house committee. the improper use of these emails is being investigated by 100 fbi agents who don't give a flip, i'm using the language of the fbi director, about politics. they are concerned about the rule of law. they are intellectually honest. she's going to be treated as if her name were hillary rodham and not hillary rodham clinton. the more she mocks or belittles this, the worse her legal status becomes. >> you know, it's too close to call in iowa new b

area where easily some thinking get out of hand i know senator feinstein has shielded to our distinguished colleague. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and senator, i fully support your committee's recommendations and believe the time has come to enforce the sanctions against north korea. we think we all judged the world's leaders based on actions and intentions and there is no question that the intentions are adverse to the well-being of our country. as a citizen of the western united states representing 40 million people in california is very alarming to of me and it should be. if you take stock of north korea recent actions thank capabilities, the cause for concern is apparent by jiri six it detonated the fourth nuclear device regardless his intention is cleared to seek a nuclear arsenal for unfortunately the measures they have adopted have been insufficient to stop him. the first device detonated october 2006 which had been estimated yield of less than 1 kiloton inveigling detonated as second divisive to kilotons. february 2013 they detonated a third device between six and seven kelli tons in the one the share was the f

mr. president, i could go on with others. i think senator feinstein has done very, very important work. for example, we've been looking for a model, a model for trade-based humanitarian assistance. i think senator feinstein's contribution has helped us secure that goal, and i appreciate greatly her leadership. now, when it comes to trade policies, environmental protections are a special priority for me and for oregonians, and i believe for the american people. so i want one judgment about this bill to be very clear as we start this debate. this legislation cannot and will not in any way prevent the united states from negotiating a climate agreement. not only that but the package tackles some particularly important environmental issues head-on. it directs our trade negotiators to act against illegal fishing and fishing subsidies that destroy our oceans, and it's going to help guarantee that the customs personnel are better-trained to fight the trade of stolen timber from places like the amazon. these are big improvements over the old playbook of trade enforcement. now, many senators on b

mr. president. >> the senator from new mexico. >> thank you for the recognition, and i just want to say to senator feinstein i was not much of her marks and very much agree with what she said in terms of comeau we should be doing our job in terms of the supreme court nominee. this really is our job, advise advisejob, advise and consent. constitution talks about how we shall advise and consent when we get nominations. you know, ten years ago the senate face a critical task it was a fierce debate, many opposed them, some passionately so. i will not argue that it was an easy road, but it was when i was traveled because that is our job and it is one of our most important duties. at the time the car majority leadercurrent majority leader was clear on the duties of the senate has been said, we stand today on the brink of a new and reckless effort by a few to deny the rights of many to exercise our constitutional duty to advise and consent the senate should repudiate this tactic. and that is a direct quote from the majority leader. justice alito did get an up or down vote and was confirmed 58 to 42. including for democrats who voted in

mr. chair peskin, madame president breed and supervisor kim, steve laplant, retired after 35 years as the emergency medical services administrator for the san francisco. from 1982-88 i worked in the mayor's office under dianne feinstein and the mayor thought it was originally temporary and she appointed me the city's first homeless coordinator and i worked with the public and private agencies in the city to deal with this issue. i have two points to make. one is she asked me to make sure there were no encampment and wherever one did arise i respectfully asked them to leave and they always did. one of the encampments that i worked to close is as large as the one on division street is now. it should be a policy that we just not allow encampments. last january with el nino, the hundreds living in golden gate park were flooded out and pier 50 was opened up and we houses 500 people a night for 15 months. when the weather was really bad we ramped up to 700. i would like too suggest that we never had to turn anyone away, no matter how many people we had. thank you. >> thank you, mr. laplante. thank you for coming back to speak. >> good afternoon, supervisors. eric brooks, san francisco green party, local grassroots organiza

mr. chair peskin, madame president breed and supervisor kim, steve laplant, retired after 35 years as the emergency medical services administrator for the san francisco. from 1982-88 i worked in the mayor's office under dianne feinsteinand the mayor thought it was originally temporary and she appointed me the city's first homeless coordinator and i worked with the public and private agencies in the city to deal with this issue. i have two points to make. one is she asked me to make sure there were no encampment and wherever one did arise i respectfully asked them to leave and they always did. one of the encampments that i worked to close is as large as the one on division street is now. it should be a policy that we just not allow encampments. last january with el nino, the hundreds living in golden gate park were flooded out and pier 50 was opened up and we houses 500 people a night for 15 months. when the weather was really bad we ramped up to 700. i would like too suggest that we never had to turn anyone away, no matter how many people we had. thank you. >> thank you, mr. laplante. thank you for coming back to speak. >> good afternoon, supervisors. eric brooks, san francisco green party, local grassroots organizat