mrs. feinstein: mr. president, are we going back and forth or -- the presiding officer: there's no order at the moment. mrs. feinstein: may i ask the senator, because i thought that the democrats had an hour at this time. i agreed to yield to senator baldwin and senator mccain, how -- do you know how long you will be? mr. mccain: about 30 minutes. mrs. feinstein: seven minutes. is that possible? mr. mccain: 30. mrs. feinstein: oh, 30. well, you go ahead. i will defer. mr. mccain: well, i thank my friend from california. but if she had a shorter time -- the presiding officer: the senator from arizona is recognized. mr. mccain: thank you. i say to my friend from california, if you had -- i say to my dear friend from kaflg, if she -- from california, if she had a few minutes she would like to take at this time, you would be glad to yield to her. mr. mccain: okay. i take it back. mr. president, i understand that, as usual, as we get to the edge of the cliff or the edge of the weekend that somehow we will hav

mrs. feinstein: mr. president, i would like to begin by saying a few words about my colleague -- i beg your pardon. mr. inhofe: would the nor yield? mrs. feinstein: i certainly will. mr. inhofe: i think i'm in the queue and ready anyway. in case there's some confusion, i ask that i be recognized for such time i shall consume at the conclusion of the remarks of the distinguished senior senator from california. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. feinstein: mr. president, before i begin, i'd like to say a few words about my colleague from california who's retiring. i very much regret that i was not able to be here for her remarks on the floor. however, i have written rather extensively in the record, and i want to say here now that no one has fought for california or for this country harder. she's dedicated a long career of service to our country, and her accomplishments are many. those are documented in the record, and i believe they will stand the test of time. so i want to

senator leahy, senator mccain, senator durbin, senator isakson, senator feinstein, senator collins, senator mikulski, senator kirk. mr. reid: i am asking the senator from delaware if he would amend his request for senator mcconnell. i will use our leader time. that won't count against his hour. the vice president: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the senator from delaware. mr. coons: thank you, mr. president, and it does bring me some joy to call you mr. president. i'm honored to be here today with so many of our colleagues, and i am grateful to majority leader mcconnell and leader reid for their support in pulling together this bipartisan tribute. i'm honored to be joined by my senior senator from delaware, tom carper, who will make the closing remarks this afternoon. before we begin, i'd like to remind my colleagues that there will be a reception for the vice president in the mansfield room after we conclude here, beginning sometime after 4:00. we have many senators who wish to speak, and so we will move quickly through the order. and i encourage my colleagues to submit their remarks for the recor

mr. brennan. they were reports that they had infiltrated dianne feinstein's e-mails. there was also a cia report that stated such application did occur. can you please clarify this for us? mr. brennan: i am trying to understand that in the pdb released today, quite frankly. i have talked about this. we carried out our responsibilities and we had an obligation to make sure they were secure and we found out there was some vulnerability, we carried out our responsibilities to investigate that, and it was fully informing the senate about it, and some believe it or not, there are some things that come out from the press that are not exactly a reflection of reality, and so i stand behind with the cia did during that time, and i have no problems in terms of explaining our work at the time with what we get it to the congress in them a full report, so i can sleep comfortably, very comfortably at night. mr. clapper: i stand behind that. >> the center section just to your left, gentlemen. >> my question is, how do you communicate with each other in -- and members of the administr

. >> she did have lunch with dianne feinstein and feinstein said, they were sipping chardonnay over lunch and she said mrston was ready to take some time away from the spotlight. will that be hard for her, you think? >> she's been fairly effective since election. she's just not going to be out there giving speeches, stumping around the country anymore. but look, strange things happen after you lose. bob dole lost to bill clinton, went on and did viagra television ads. in russia when gorbachev tumbled he did pizza hut commercials. we never know how people will emerge in a year or two because money is very big in the united states and hillary clinton now will be on the top of people's list of speaking. i'm sure book companies are offering her $10 million deals to tell a story about the age of trump. so anything's possible with her. she's in good shape. she just ran a great campaign but lost it in the end and so has to find ways to resurrect the rest of her life and i'm sure she will. there's going to still be some depression involved. there's got to be a depressing holiday season still for her. >> yeah. i t

mr. brennan and others are saying, i don't just want to hear from dianne feinstein even though i have respect for her. congress is a bipartisan -- >> what about lindsey graham, mitch mcconnell, john mccain? >> let me finish. congress is a bipartisan institution. i think the committees much jurisdiction should of course ask all the tough questions. of course the american voters should know exactly what did or did not happen. i also think we have to look at something else which i think should be part of the reporting as well, which is president obama's administration has left us very vulnerable. every time the president comes out and blames vladimir putin and others in the russian government, i think we also have to look at ourselves. this is where espionage goes in the 21st century. america has to be able to protect itself. >> president obama is vowing retaliation. >> it already happened. why didn't he stop it? why don't we have the ability to protect our electoral process? he's making these charges. actually he's pointing to his own administration's failings to be able to stop in this case th

senator leahy, senator mccain, senator durbin, senator isakson, senator feinstein, senator collins, senator mikulski, senator kirk. mrg the senator from delaware if he would amend his request for senator mcconnell. i will use our leader time. that won't count against his hour. the vice president: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the senator from delaware. mr. coons: thank you, mr. president, and it does bring me some joy to call you mr. president. i'm honored to be here today with so many of our colleagues, and i am grateful to majority leader mcconnell and leader reid for their support in pulling together this bipartisan tribute. i'm honored to be joined by my senior senator from delaware, tom carper, who will make the closing remarks this afternoon. before we begin, i'd like to remind my colleagues that there will be a reception for the vice president in the mansfield room after we conclude here, beginning sometime after 4:00. we have many senators who wish to speak, and so we will move quickly through the order. and i encourage my colleagues to submit their remarks for the record, those who are n

mr. lamalfa: this is a bipartisan effort. it truly is a bipartisan effort. my thanks go to senator feinstein for coming forward and being a strong voice on this as well so it's a bipartisan, bicameral effort. these long-term negotiations didn't happen just overnight. indeed, since this water in california, this takes many years. this will modernize california's water and invest in new infrastructure to secure the state's economic future a very critical one. this agreement improves water supply for all californians, more supply helps everyone, north and south, uses the latest science to provide more water without harming wildlife in any way. it does not harm wildlife. from a northern california perspective, this agreement achieves several major goals including ironclad protections of northern california water rights, improving water supply reliability and authorizes construction finally of a reservoir, a key project that's been talked about for years to help california's future supply needs. while this bill is a significant step in the right direction, it's not the be all end autopsy all-, it

mr. trump would not deport them. today a bipartisan bill was introduced in the senate to extend legal protections to the young immigrants for three more years if they are in fact revoked. senator dine feinstein is one of the bill's co-sponsors. there's a big national day of action and the local march in oakland will begin at 12:00 noon at the fruitvale part station and will end at 1130. >> sherri papini and is now recovering at home. becky worley and her producer went for runs in new jersey, new york, austin, texas and on many runs they heard guys whistling or making obscene comments. world who lives in oakland said her experiment there was pretty brief and tame but from her experience jogging there she says show she is been yelled at more times than she can count and also been flashed by three different men. >> i really appreciate that we did this story just to let it be known, hey, you know what, just good job or nothing. >> so when things like that happen do you report them or do you just want to get out of there? >> the flashing i did end up reporting. one of the guys i waited at the trailhead and wrote down his license plate and had him arrested. >> world saey says the rest of time just

grassley and feinstein, the incoming ranking member of the judiciary committee, will not sit idly by either. if the eb-5 cannot be reformed due to the paralysis of the leadership, it's very simple, mr. president. it can't be reformed. let's end eb-5. it should be done with. and, mr. president, i yield the floor and ask consent that my full statement be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: with concurrence of the senator from iowa and the senator from new jersey, i ask that my remarks be printed in the record after the remarks to be given by the senator from iowa. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, it is my sad duty to announce the passing of john glenn. john glenn was one of the original seven astronauts of this country. all of them were characterized as having the right stuff. and if you knew any of them, that was certainly true. john glenn was not only a pioneering astronaut, a great senator, he was a first-class gentleman and also he was a devoted husband and father. he leaves behind annie, his beloved, who always stood with him

mrs. stoker. so i told the people of sevier county that many, many senators had said something to me about the fire. senator feinstein called, for example, because of her experience in california. i'm here only to say those two things, that the people of sevier county and gatlinburg and of the area where polk county is and mcminn county is, if their character is measured by how they handle adversity, their character is over the top. and secondly, to thank all of those who have tried to help. one last example. in the m mcmimm county area, a young woman had a baby during the tornado. her home was damaged. she went to the hospital. when she came back the next day, the neighbors had found another home for her. they had clean sheets and everything that she -- everything that she needed. so there are wonderful stories of a terrifying set of incidents. i wanted to come to the floor and say that we're proud of the people of eastern tennessee. i thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the distinguished senator from indiana. mr. coats: madam president, are we in a quorum call?

senator leahy, senator mccain, senator durbin, senator isakson, senator feinstein, senator collins, senator mikulski, senator kirk. mr. reid: i am asking the senator from delaware if he would amend his request for senator mcconnell. i will use our leader time. that won't count against his hour. the vice president: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the senator from delaware. mr. coons: thank you, mr. president, and it does bring me some joy to call you mr. president. i'm honored to be here today with so many of our colleagues, and i am grateful to majority leader mcconnell and leader reid for their support in pulling together this bipartisan tribute. i'm honored to be joined by my senior senator from delaware, tom carper, who will make the closing remarks this afternoon. before we begin, i'd like to remind my colleagues that there will be a reception for the vice president in the mansfield room after we conclude here, beginning sometime after 4:00. we have many senators who wish to speak, and so we will move quickly through the order. and i encourage my colleagues to submit their remarks for the recor