mrs. murray: mr. president, like millions of people across the country, i watched the hearing yesterday with a mix of so many strong emotions. first, i watched dr. ford with tears in my eyes. she was so brave, so compelling, so real. the memories that she recounted, the memories that she will never forget were heartbreaking. the living room, the stairs, the bedroom, the music turned up loud, the bed. brett kavanaugh drunk and on top of her. the feelings she had when he covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. the raucous laughter between brett kavanaugh and mark judge, the way she felt it then and told it now, two boys laughing told it now, two boys laughing two boys laughing and having a good time while scared. 15-year-old girl girl pinned down. the bathroom, listening for brett to leave. leaving the house, the sense of relief that she escaped. then something anyone who had been 815-year-old girl would understand. t with no o adult. doctor ford spoke foror herself but she was channeling the voic

mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come up to the floor today to join my colleagues in lifting up the voices of women across the country who right now are being ignored, swept aside, and attacked. and in calling on our republican colleagues to join us and do everything we can to make sure women are heard, listened to, and respected, as we debate and deliberate over judge kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. mr. president, recently i was back home in washington state to talk to my constituents about the supreme court nomination, and i met a woman named caitlin who bravely told me and others about her experience of being sexually assaulted. she shared her story. had gone to a concert and she was sexually assaulted that night. but it was how she explained what happened after that i want to share today. she said -- and i quote -- as a sexual assault survivor, i know firstshand that these -- i no firsthand that these experiences have a lasting impact and the pain can't be overstated. in the aftermath of

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president, like millions of people across the country, i watched the hearing yesterday with a mix of so many strong emotions. first, i watched dr. ford with tears in my eyes. she was so brave, so compelling, so real. the memories that she recounted, the memories that she will never forget were heartbreaking. the living room, the stairs, the bedroom, the music turned up loud, the bed. brett kavanaugh drunk and on top of her. the feelings she had when he covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. the raucous laughter between brett kavanaugh and mark judge, the way she felt it then and told it now, two boys laughing and having a good time while scared. a 15-year-old girl lay pinned down on a bed worried she may die. the bathroom, listening for brett and mark to leave, hearing them b

if there's a betrayal of bricks that the democratic will of the people by saying no we trouble mrs murray should never have bricks so well the united kingdom into this situation the democratic will of the you know united kingdom people was to leave we wanted to be out of there two years ago so there's no need for another vote this is all nonsense and largely down to mrs may being pretty useless. to her core so we have this bizarre situation where sure he's amazing but she says he wants out and jeremy coleman is saying he wants to stay here i think he's actually a direction senior they've all got to start thinking about their party and their careers and our great nation first and then go to listen to the people i wrapped up the program for this hour here on r.t. international twenty six minutes past the hour here in the russian capital to see you the top of the next. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking together for the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see of them. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy

down our lives our forefathers to rescue europe from tyranny of these people forgotten me however mrs murray should never have gold bricks are all the united kingdom into this situation we should have will to wait months ago she is over remain at to her core so we have this bizarre situation which recent days are really ada but she says she wants out and jeremy caller called in east st he wants to stay even though he's actually a correction senior british politics easy in their guts and if not in a sewer they've all got to stop thinking about their party and their careers and put our great nation first and then go on to listen to the people have the know and learn the lesson of the referendum and they're not learned the lesson of it simply the lesson of the election of donald trump now are populist movements having gone all over the globe and they are all anti the establishment and each of these people who westminster still can see it ok but assuming that the reason may have driven pretty much just by wanting to keep her job and what can she do because that dossier was revealed earlier this

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: mr. president, thank you. i want to thank my colleague, senator blunt, and echo his comments here this morning and come to the floor to urge our colleagues to support this conference report. i do want to thank chairman shelby, vice chairman leahy, chairman frelinghuysen and ranking member lowey as well as leaders mcconnell and schumer. because of their hard work and leadership, we have been able to work together across the aisle and pass bills in a way that we have not been able to do for many years. i want to thank senators blunt, representative cole and representative delauro. i want to recognize the staff effort on behalf of all of our staffs on both sides of the aisle who worked extremely hard over the summer. thank you to all of them who brought us this far. i am very proud we were able to negotiate and pass our bill through the committees and on the senate floor of congress, something that has not been done here in the senate side for over a decade. and that we were able

mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i come to the floor today to join the vice chairman of the appropriations committee, who will be joining me shortly, in urging our colleagues to avoid at completely unnecessary crisis and work together with us to get out our spending bills -- and get all of our spending bills signed into law. madam president, we should be able to do this. i'm very proud of the work that we've done so far. h. under the leadership of the chairman and vice chairman of the appropriations committee, we've been able to negotiate and pass bills under regular order in a way we have been unable to do for years. we did this by rejecting the awful and counterproductive budget ideas from president trump and his administration and by pushing aside poison pill riders that would derail this process -- issues from tac on women's health care, higher education, patient protection, public schools, workers' rights and more. i am particularly proud that we were able to work together to negotiate an

mr. murray, fifth church of christ the scientist 450 or farrell street. deconan see brian. robert brown stone attorney, sean fletcher. >> thank you. >> steve white and i will conclude by just asking you to e-mail the mta board to support relocation of the inbound 38 to gough and geary. the board meeting is next tuesday at 1:00. >> thank you, very much. any other general public comments? hearing none. any old business? hearing none. new business? item a. requesting authorization to modify the exiting grand agreement with institute on aging for the provision of increasing the center for elderly suicide prevention and grovgrief-related services for programs capacity. during the period of july 12,018th through june 302,019th for $180,000, for a new grand amount of 485,273, plus a 10% contingency for a new total amount not to exceed $533,800, welcome. >> good afternoon. president, commissioners and director mcspadden. i am program annalist. today where here to seek your approval for a modification to i.o.a.s, center for elderly suicide prevention as known as the cesp program. th

mr. murray was able to deliver his lecture without interruption.we did a number of things right that might provide insight on how to better protect and promote free speech and free inquiry on our nation's campuses. let me tell you the story of this visit. of march, 2017, student workers hung posters all over campus advertising this visit to notre dame, which was scheduled for later that month. on the morning of the third of faculty and administrators were learning about the middlebury riots and that mr. mourad would soon be visiting campus. my inbox exploded. many on the faculty wanted to know if i would this invite him. when word got out that i was still planning to host him, the pressure came. as warned by faculty members that there would be trouble, protests for sure, possibly violence. my colleagues told me minority students would be victimized if murray was given a platform. in their view, i would be victimizing students if my program went ahead with the visit. these warnings and threats were disconcerting. i was concerned about the possibilit

murray. [applause] mr. brooks: charles murray retired from full-time service at aei this year. you wouldn't know it based on his productivity. you can tell when charles murray's retired. charles murray is someone i started reading many, many years ago. when i read his work i thought, if i could use data and social science like that to try to express things that are going on in human life, then i would be successful. and when i finally came to aei, i was president and i called charles and said, can we have lunch? he said, you're the president of aei. [laughter] mr. brooks: and we got together and i realized he's not just a great scholar, he's a great friend. he was going to be, and indeed he has become a role model for me in so many ways. what a gift it's been to be a small part in his extraordinary career. my life has been enriched by my friendship with people in this room, people like mr. freeman and den den yellow, the cochairman of aei's extraordinary board, and so many other members of this community. these people have not only supported me as i've been the head of this org

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. who would like to ask the witnesses to summarize the testimony. the senators can ask questions. i want to welcome each of our witnesses. first comment is strange as president and chief executive officer of washington d.c. nonprofit representing employers and purchasers of health care working on ways to improve safety and quality in hospitals. leapfrog group develops a system to hospitals across the country based on quality and safety and post this information on a public website. formerly she was vice president the franklin community health network in maine. next we hear from mr. bill kampine, cofounder and senior vice president of client analytics that health care bluebook in nashville, tennessee. health care bluebook is an online tool to help individuals find high-quality health care options at fair prices. prior to this he served in a number of executive roles at health ways an organization specializing in disease and lifestyle management. previously he was the health care economis

mr. murray in the gas miranda. did mr. miranda ever provide you with highly specific information from me or other errors were to ask of judicial nominees back to contextualize what appears first. >> was that there is 100% accurate my memory. i never suspected. that's true never inspected it into words. i words. i would have talked to judge or senator hatch that is all 100% payment% payment but to mr. and for mydy specific information regarding when i other bidders were planning the future for judicial nominees what he would do at the white house and coming to your answer but to explain to me here authorized all their judicial nominees are better and get them through there is a hearing coming up during this meeting of course it is best this is what senator leahy interested in that is verymegsou common i'm sure in te obama administration of the reading they would say i think this is what senator graham will be interested in. that's what you do. finally. >> i haveur been 40 years i know what they do to. but i'm asking what ar

murray: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. sen. alexander: thank you, senator murray. cassidy. sen. cassidy: thank you, mr. chairman. power ofgive the price, it makes a huge difference in terms of health and our pocketboo. i agree with each of you so much really, i cannot challenge you. i almost have to ask you to amplify where we are going together. [laughter] sen. cassidy: i also point out you have a bipartisan support. we have been working with senators bennett, young, grassley, carpenter, mccaskill, and i will refer to something senator smith and others are working on in regards to administrative overhead -- i could go on. speak first, though, about surprise medical billing. this is something i am concerned about. the darker the color, the more likely somebody is going to an in-network facility with an out-of-network provider, and they think they are doing the right thing, because they go to the facility that is in network, but the er group, for example, -- whichesthesiologist you mentioned specifically the anesthesiologist is looped in -- the anesthesiologist is not in. so

the clerk: shelby, blunt, durbin, murray, and leahy. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session for the en bloc consideration of the following nominations, executive calendar 1054, 1055, 1056, 1058, 1059. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report the nominations en bloc. the clerk: nominations, don't of state, -- department of state, michael a. hamlin of, derek to be ambassador of the united states of america to the republic of moldova, philip s. kos have a to be -- stephanie sander sullivan of maryland to be ambassador to the republic of gonna. -- ghana. judy risey wringy to be ambassador for the united states of america to be ambassador to montenegro. mr. mcconnell: i i ask that the senate vote en bloc, if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, en bloc, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, no further motions be in order and any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record. the presiding officer: wi

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. i'll address two or three of those points briefly but i'll do it during my five minutes when the time comes so we can -- i appreciate senator murray's comments. we'll go now to the witnesses. thank you for being here. dr. matthew blumstead, he's led the statewide effort to create the nebraska every student succeeds act state plan, working to find input from thousands of nebraskans. prior to becoming commissioner, he served as executive director of the nebraska rural community schools association. our next witness is dr. susan bunting. she makes it a priority to visit 100 schools statewide every year. i think there are only three counties in delaware, aren't there? that's a lot of schools for three counties. prior to her time as secretary, dr. bunting served as indian river school district superintendent. she was a middle school language arts teacher and elementary school gifted and talented teacher. our third witness, senator scott, is hoping to introduce -- oh, excuse me. our third w

mr. murray was able to drieliver hi lecture without interruption at notre dame. i think we did a number of things right. a number of things that might provide some insight on how to better protect and promote free speech and inquiry on our nation's campuses. on the afternoon the march 2, 2017, my student workers hung post aries advertising his visit to notre dame which was scheduled for later that month. that very evening murray visited middlebury. on the morning of march 3, as notre dame students and faculty were learning about the middlebury riot, they also learned that murray would soon be visiting campus. mine box exploded. administrators immediately wanted to know my security plan. many on the faculty wanted to know if i was going to disinvite him. when word got out that, no, i was still planning to host murray, the pressure came. i was warned by faculty members that there would be trouble. protests for sure, possibly violence. minority students, some of my colleagues told me, would be victimized if i gave murray a platform. they made clear to me that, in th

murray. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am glad we are continuing our discussion on health care costs, an issue i know that families in my home state of washington and across the country are greatly concerned about as many of them struggle to afford the care they need, and i look forward to hearing from all of our witnesses today about the way administrative costs fit into the big picture. i believe there are opportunities here to help reduce health care costs by reducing complexity while maintaining quality and safety for patients. we know the current administrative system is fragmented with different federal, state, and private protocols for things like billing and measuring quality of care and more, so i'm interested to hear from our witnesses about ideas to simplify and align requirements while maintaining protections that ensure patients are getting safe quality care and service. unfortunately, instead of costs, inistrative+ cf1 o president trump is pursuing a path of health care sabotage, including ideas that will m

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. i will address two or three of those points briefly but i will do it when my time comes. we appreciate senator murray's comments. we will now go to the witnesses. thank you for being here. is thest witness nebraska commissioner of education. he has led a statewide effort to create the nebraska every student succeeds act state when working to implement input from thousands of nebraskans. he previously was executive director of nebraska rural schools association. his secretaryss of the delaware department of education. she makes it a priority to visit 100 statewide every year. i think there are only three counties in delaware. that is a lot of schools for three counties. secretary,r time as she served as indian river school district superintendent. she was in middle school language arts teacher and elementary school gifted and talented teacher. our third witness, senator scott was hoping to richard is. -- to introduce. i will introduce. president of education reform now. welcome. improv

murray also owned and operated the family's ranch in his -- and historic feed store in mark, texas. mr. speaker, murray's life was defined by service to those around him he worked tireless will i to better families across america. he'll be forever remembered as a selfless servant, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a friend to hundreds. my wife geena and i offered our deepest heart felt condolences to the watson family and we left up the family and friends of murray watson jr. in our prayers. i've requested that a united states flag be flown over the capitol to honor the life and slig of murray watson jr. as i close today i urge all members to continue praying if our country, for our military men and women, and for our first esponders. mr. speaker, i rise today honor milam county sheriff david groan of cameron, texas who passed away july 20, 2018. sheriff green was born in 1952 in sherman, texas, to oscar and marguerite green. in 1996 he married janelle. he had three sons and was blessed with three grandsons. sheriff green dedicated his life to public service in texas. he served a

before the committee announcement was made, senator patty murray spoke briefly about the nomination process on the senate floor. >> mr. president, i come to the floor to speak about the opioid legislation. i will get to that but i do want to briefly comment on another critical issue. mr. president, once again, i want to

murray investigation. david: she could have herself asked mr. judge kavanaugh about the allegations but she didn't. contacted mark judge. he is the person alleged to have been in the room when the incident happened and, although he denied it and obtained a statement under penalty of felony, once again, a sworn statement. staff contacted third person allegedly at a party described by dr. ford and obtained a statement under penalty of felony. staff contacted a fourth person allegedly at the party. so again, the staff has been involved in exactly the kind of investigation that the fbi would be involved in if they had been, if they were engaged right now, correct? >> yeah. that's right. and the phrase, penalty of felony is really important because people don't understand this. it is a crime to lie to congressional investigators. it's a crime to lie to staff conducting an investigation on behalf of the senate judiciary committee. just like it's a crime to lie under oath or to lie to the fbi. so, an investigation by the judiciary committee is not less serious. it has quite serious consequences. someone w

murray. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. thank you mr. secretary, thank you for being here. let me start with a huge frustration of mine, and that is that there are ongoing delays in the construction of new clinics in washington state. it has taken almost nine years to get a new cboc open on the kit sap peninsula. the needs of the community have changed and the va now expects this facility to be at complete capacity on if day it opens. our veterans have been waiting for years to get this opened and they have heard promise after promise after promise from the va over these years. can you personally make sure that this and other facilities are completed right away? and review the department's performance on this as well. because we have got to hold people accountable for this. >> yes, senator. i'm actually headed to washington state in a couple of weeks to look. >> at the kit sap cbo in particular. >> i will be discussing that with the vision leadership. >> okay. >> i think that's important because people think of the southeast as the growth sector for va, but washington state

mr. stivers: yes. jackie: and karen was talking about, you know, the women and you were talking about women recruiting. this is a candidate who called mary cantwell and patty murrayeing bimbos. he said a litany of misogynistic things. sometimes you have to dance -- the fact you would talk about this person -- i don't know what i should read into that? mr. stivers: actually, that's news to me. i'll go back and look at his blog. i know that he's our candidate. he won a primary. we had two great recruits. carla nelson and jim and his dad was, i think, in congress in that seat. and -- but that's all news to me and i appreciate you bringing it to my attention. jackie: ok. have you talked -- how often have you talked about the -- to the president about not shutting down the government? mr. stivers: i talked to everybody about how terrible it would be about shutting down america. it's not about politics. it's about america. francine: ok. let's see. elena schneider from "politico." elena: so you were talking earlier about open seats and you mentioned at the top that you wish that there are more than maybe ideal in the cycle. we have a historic high of open seats. obvious

murray for their great work. i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator for maine. mr. king: mr. president, the discussion today is about the opioid crisis, one of the most serious public health crisis i have seen in my adult, certainly in the state of maine. it's an enormous problem across the country, particularly in rural areas. in my state we are losing more than one person a day to an overdose death. that is an epidemic by anybody's definition. there are few rays of hope in this rather bleak picture. the numbers continue to get worse. more and more families are being devastated by this crisis, and there aren't many answers being provided. there is, however, one ray of hope that this bill that we're going to be discussing and voting on this afternoon does provide, and that is treatment works. recovery is possible. i was at a rally in portland, maine, just a week ago with people of all ages from all over the state who were there to publicly say i'm in recovery, it works, treatment saved my life. and i think that's what's so important about continuing the work that we've done i

murray yes spinoza garces for assuming the presidency of the general assembly and its seventy third session and we wish her all success i would also like to express our gratitude and appreciation to mr miller's lovelight check for his leadership during the previous session. we paid tribute to the great efforts made by secretary general antonio terrorists to promote the united nations is a clear i. told you i know i would like to express our deepest condolences to the family of mr kofi annan and to the united nations on his passing. mahir was one of the most important symbols of the united nations promoting peace among nations. ladies and gentlemen the world is facing grave concerns grave challenges security challenges and economic challenges and political challenges that do not recognize any barriers and any boundaries this is a test to the united nations. if the international community. strives to achieve peace and security we must seek a comprehensive solutions according to international law and international resume lucian's you. while rejecting double standards and rejecting the rule of force. it is very important to have an international reference manifested in a legitimate orde

mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that a fellow on my health committee staff be granted floor privileges until october 21, 2018. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president, i come to the floor to speak about the opioids legislation. i will get to that. but i do want to briefly comment on another critical issue. mr. president, once again, i want to thank professor ford for her bravery. this is not easy for anyone. nobody asks for this to happen to them. i can only imagine the trauma and heartache involved in sharing and reliving a sexual assault like this, but she should know that i and millions of people are standing by her side and stand ready to help however we can. so, mr. president, i want to make three points. first, this nomination needs to be delayed. the idea that this nomination could be jammed through given what we know now is almost unthinkable and would be shameful an

mrs. murray: mr. president, like millions of

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: the senate in a quorum call. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted officer without objection. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come up to the floor today to join my colleagues in lifting up the voices of women across the country who right now are being ignored, swept aside, and attacked. and in calling on our republican colleagues to join us and do everything we can to make sure women are heard, listened to, and respected, as we debate and deliberate over judge kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. mr. president, recently i was back home in washington state to talk to my constituents about the supreme court nomination, and i met a w

before the committee announcement was made, senator patty murray spoke briefly about the nomination process on the senate floor. >> mr. president, i come to the floor to speak about the opioid legislation. i will get to that but i do want to briefly comment on another critical issue. mr. president, once again, i want to thank professor ford for her bravery. this is not easy for anyone. nobody asks for this to happen to them. i can only imagine the trauma and heartache involved in sharing and reliving a sexual assault like this. but she should know that i and millions of people are standing by her side and stand ready to help however we can. mr. president, i want to make three points -- first, this nomination needs to be delayed. the idea that this nomination could be jammed through given what we know now is almost unthinkable. timing of this new information and the process that has taken us to this point, the fact is senators now have the new information about a potential crime committed by a nominee for the highest court in the land and an individual who have come forward with details of the alleged criminal act, an