mrs. murray: mr. president, i come to the floor today to join in opposition to judge kavanaugh and call on my colleagues to join me in voting against this mad dash to jam through a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. mr. president, last week democrats and republicans stood together to ask republican leaders to allow the bear minimum, an f.b.i. investigation into the new allegations that have come in. this wasn't an unreasonable request. it happens all the time with nominees. and for far less important positions than a lifetime seat on the supreme court. and it is the very least that should be done when serious allegations like these were made to make sure we are hearing from all relevant witnesses and bringing all relevant information in for consideration. but, mr. president, this simply has not happened. this morning i went in for a briefing on the new f.b.i. investigation, and it was very clear to anyone who reviewed the material that senate republican leaders and president trump cut the f.b.

mrs. murray: mr. president, i come to the floor today to join in opposition to judge kavanaugh and call on my colleagues to join me in voting against this mad dash to jam through a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. mr. president, last week democrats and republicans stood together to ask republican leaders to allow the bear minimum, an f.b.i. investigation into the new allegations that have come in. this wasn't an unreasonable request. it happens all the time with nominees. and for far less importa

mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, earlier this year i heard from an elementary school principal in washington state about how the opioid crisis was hurting the kids in his school. students in his school were having trouble focusing in class as they dealt with the trauma of a family member's substance use at home and some were having a hard time understanding how best to help those students with their trauma. i also heard from a staff at a hospital about how they delivered so many babies to mothers struggling with opioid addiction, many deal with neonatal abstinence syndrome. and i have heard from countless other families in my home state of washington about how the opioid crisis has impacted their loved ones. our communities have been crying out for action to address the root causes and ripple effects of the opioid crisis that has caused so much heartbreak for so many people, and today we are making an important step to answer that call. the legislation that we are passi

can be extradited back to bulgaria she was killed in the northern bulgarian town of on saturday mrs murray novi had been investigating alleged fraud with the european union funds involving businessmen and politicians. hurricane michel is that the u.s. state of florida after making landfall a couple of hours ago the category four storm is the third most powerful to hit the u.s. since records began back in eighty nine fifty one there are reports of major property damage and power cuts in northwest florida the storm has already killed thirteen people in central america or does nor the neighboring state of georgia is preparing for the storm to strike in the next twenty four hours. at least ten people have been killed in flash flooding on the spanish island of new york following torrential rains in the town the sun lawrence the cut of the side on tuesday residents were forced to flee after rivers burst their banks and swamped homes with muddy water well those are the top stories i'm going to have the al-jazeera news hour for you here in about half an hour stay with out is there though coming up

mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president, i come to the floor today to join in opposition to judge kavanaugh and call on my colleagues to join me in voting against this mad dash to jam through a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. mr. president, last week democrats and republicans stood together to ask republican leaders to allow the bear minimum, an f.b.i. investigation into the new allegations that have come in. this wasn't an unreasonable request. it happens all the time with nominees. and for far less important positions than a lifetime seat on the supreme court. and it is the very least that should be done when serious allegations like these were made to make sure we are hearing from all relevant witnesses and bringing all relevant information in for consideration. but, mr. president, this simply has not happened. this morning i went in for a briefing on the new f.b.i. investigation,

mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i come to the floor to speak in opposition to the nomination of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court. and i want to make a few quick points as we conclude this debate today. and then i want to speak to the people watching who may not believe what the senate could be headed towards today, who are shocked and angry, frustrated, and hurt. madam president, first and foremost, i believe dr. ford. i believe her when she shared her experience being assaulted by judge kavanaugh. i believe her because of what she said and she remembered with 100% certainty. and i believe her despite what some republicans are trying to use to tear her down because i know trauma experts tell us survivors may not remember every single detail of these events. i believe republican leaders and president trump did everything they could to hide the facts and rush this through because they were afraid of what a full investigation would show. and i believe it is simply wrong to rush to a finish o

mrs. murray: mr. president, i want to thank the senator from california for very clearly outlining for all of us to hear why this was not a search for truth. on an issue that affects so many people in this country, the victims of sexual assault who often, as she just described, do not talk about it, do not speak about it, do not ever tell anyone until there is a reason to, which is what dr. ford did. and while the senator from california is there, you said this was not a search for truth. when it comes to victims of sexual assault, and you have dealt with them time and time again as district attorney and attorney general in the state of california, what message does this send when they see the united states senate -- ms. harris: i have to tell you that my great pain -- and you and i have talked about it, we all have talked about it -- part of the pain of this process is a real concern that sexual assault victims and survivors may take away from this process that their stories won't be heard or believe

wait for further and curious it's sad but the european union and especially our french president mr murray michael he's backing on the worst country which is are doing one of the worst war in the world. thousands of environmental activists gathered in western germany on saturday in the attempt to track to save a track of ancient woodland now the remainder of the humble forest could soon be felled by the energy giant r. w. e. which intends to expand its mining operation in the area the bulk of the demonstrators blocked a railway line preventing coal from leaving the company's mine police had to use water cannons to disperse the activists some of whom clash with officers tens of other protesters occupied an excavator environmentalists have been battling to save forest which is owned by r w e for years with some even establishing a tree house community there they argue that twelve thousand year old area of woodland which is home to a rare species of bat qualifies for protection under the conversation. go back to our breaking news story now indonesia's rescue agency has confirmed that a passen

mrs. murray. mr. nelson. mr. paul. mr. perdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reed. mr. rish. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. sasse. mr. scoh hch ochl schotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. st ms. st mr. thune. mr. tester. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. uhe ddall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. 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,

mrs. murray. >> no. >>> mr. nelson. >> mr. paul. >> aye. >>> mr. perdue. >> aye. >>> mr. peters. >> no. >>> mr. portman. >> aye. >>> mr. reed. >> no. >>> mr. risch. >> aye. >>> mr. roberts. >> aye. >>> mr. rounds. >> aye. >>> mr. rubio. >> aye. >>> mr. sanders. >> no. >>> mr. sasse. >> aye. >>> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. >> no. >>> mr. scott. >> aye. mrs. shaheen. >> no. >>> mr. shelby. >> aye. >>> ms. smith. >> no. >>> ms. stabenow. >> no. >>> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >>> mr. tester. >> no. >>> mr. thune. >> aye. >>> mr. tillis. >> aye. >>> mr. toomey. >> aye. >>> mr. udall. >> no. >>> mr. van hollen. >> no. >>> mr. warner. ms. warren. >> no. >>> 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 b

. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reed. mr. rich. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. mr. sasse. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. >> no. >> ms. stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> 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. manc

mrs. murray. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. purdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reid. >> no. >> mr. risch. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. >> no. >> mr. sass. >> aye. >> mr. shots. [ indiscernible ] mr. schumer. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. >> no. >> mr. shelby. >> aye. >> ms. smith. [ indiscernible ] >> ms. stabenow. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. till liss. > tillis.>> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. van hollen. >> no. >> mr. warner. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. warren. >> no. >> 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 there

mr. murray: is there anybody in the court at the moment who would make an acceptable chief justice? mr. nixon: yes. yes. [laughter] that leaves me plenty of running room. i will say yes. [applause] let me put it this way. basically, the decisions i have quarreled with, and many lawyers have quarreled with them on this, are the 5-4 decisions. and i look at three of those left that are in that minority, some of those are strict constructionists. and therefore would fit my idea as to who might be a judge for the supreme court and may be a chief justice. but don't let them know that in washington. i don't want them writing any letters. [laughter] over here, mr. stanford. morgan: vietnam is a very perplexing and troublesome problem for the american people. there doesn't seem to be any dispute that we made a terrible mistake by getting involved there. now i'm glad to see personally mr. humphrey has moved away from the administration's position and has advocated that the halt of bombing of north vietnam. and i was just wondering, sir, what is your position on vietnam at this time? mr. nixon: i

>> mrs. murray? >> mr. nelson? >> mr. paul? >> aye. >> mr. purdue? >> aye. >> mr. peters?man? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> mr. risch? >> aye. >> mr. roberts? >> aye. >> mr. rounds? >> aye. >> mr. rubio? >> aye. >> mr. sanders? >> mr. salve. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> mr. scott? >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen? >> mr. shelby? >> ms. smith? >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr. tester? >> mr. thune? >> aye. >> mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey? >> aye. >> mr. udall? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> mr. warner? >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. white house? >> mr. wicker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> aye. stuart: they're tallying the votes as we speak. i was listening carefully. i'm sure you were too. sounded like a direct party-line vote. soon as we get the result, you will get it. we have to be rather quiet to make sure we don't miss it. we should tell you that lisa murkowski. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, enzi, ernst,

murray. >> thank you, mr. chairman.thank you for your comments on the bill that i will be leaving shortly to be back on the floor to help manage that and appreciate your support for that as well as much of our work here. and thank you, to all of our witnesses today and i am especially looking forward to hearing from mrs. giunto, about her work, her organization is the washington health alliance and it is from my home state. very glad to see you. the alliance has actually been an incredible advocate for quality and value in health care and taking on very impressive projects to increase transparency, in all of our patients and employers and health care providers across the state with information that they can use to provide patients' care. one report from the alliance details how improvements to our state's health system can help more kids get checkups, more women get screened for breast cancer, and more diabetics get the treatment they need. another refutes the myth that higher costs or bigger facility necessarily means

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator murray. we'd like to ask the witnesses to summarize their testimony in five minutes. i want to welcome each of our four witnesses. first, ms. leah binder is president sir of the leapfrog group in washington d.c., nonprofit representing employers and purchasers of health care working on ways to improve safety and quality in hospitals. leapfrog group developed a system in hospitals across the country based on quality and safety to post this information on a public website. formally she was by resin at the franklin community network in maine. next we'll hear from mr. bill kampine, cofounder and senior vice president of plant analytics of health care bluebook in nashville tennessee. health care bluebook is an online tool to help individuals find high-quality health care options and fair prices. prior to this he served in a number of executive roles in an organization specializing in disease and lifestyle management previously he was a health care economist and consultant. senator murray, which yo

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 appreciate senator murray's comments. we'll go now to the witnesses. thank you for being here. our first witness is dr. matthew blomstedt who is a nebraska commissioner of education. he's led the state-wide 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 rural community schools association. our next witness is dr. susan bunting, secretary of the delaware department of education. dr. bunting makes it a priority to visit 100 schools statewide every year. i think there are only three counties in delaware. so 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 an elementary school gifted and talented

mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. 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

murray? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to go back to one of my issues in my opening statement and that was secretary devos' position to waive the education cap for children now, because i really do worry about children suffering from disabilities getting low expectations. i'm really upset the department has not yet boilerplate approval letters on my beebe -- can you think of any reason that they wouldn't accept a student? >> parents can't act without the information. >> so dr. bunting, dr. blomstedt, both of your states actually requested and received a 1% waiver. will you share your request letter and documents with this committee? >> i believe we can, that would be no problem. ours gets into the notions of traps within those figures, but i would be happy to talk more about that. >> but you're willing to release that. and miss bunting? >> yes. ours are slightly higher. >> as far as public transparency in the classroom, would you be willing to make those documents public? >> i am, yes. >> i am as well. >> thank you

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. we would like to ask the witnesses to summarize their testimony in about five minutes. senators can ask questions, i want to welcome each of our four witnesses. the first, miss leah binder is president and chief executive officer of the leapfrog group in washington, d.c. a nonprofit representing employers and other purchasers of health care that are working on ways to improve safety and quality in hospitals. a leapfrog group developed a system to grade hospitals quality and safety and post this information on a public website. formerly she was vice president at the franklin community health network in maine. next we'll hear from mr. bill campine, co-founder and senior vice president of plant analytics and health care blue book in nashville, tennessee. health care blue book 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 lifesty

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. >> 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 kitsap peninsula. the needs of the community have changed and the va now expects this facility to be at complete capacity on the day it opens. our veterans have been waiting for years to get this open 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 kitsap peninsula cboc in particular? >> any hear the last. >> the kitsap cboc in particular? >> i will be discussing that with the vision leadership. >> okay. >> i think that's important because people think of

clover leahy markey mccaskill is merkley murray nelson 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

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, murrayer, 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. back on the senate floor. >> miss heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill. no. mr. menendez, no. mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van holland, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mrs. shaheen, no. >> bill: as we await the final tally we do know what the critical votes now that they have been cast and for the moment brett kavanaugh's nomination lives. >> sandra: keep in mind senators do sometimes,, they sometimes vote to bring the debate to a close which has been a indication from susan collins. she has announced she has voted yes but she is going to make a further announcement how she will v

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 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 politics at richmond university, what is your reading of the voting we had so far? it is incredible. not many times that a live vote has been broadcast on the bbc with such interest in the result. some interesting voting patterns. we have seenjoe mansion, the democrat has voted aye. also the senator of alaska voting against, so a trade there. also interesting that fla ke a trade there. also interesting that flake and collins, who had toyed with a opposing have gone aye. it is certainly very tense and a stampede of no votes going in. one would imagine, looking at where we are, those are democrats adding to the tallis but certainly, th

mr. mueller has been lately, although not in the headlines. putting some of these new pieces together to some in this quiet period before midterms is starting to look perhaps like the homestretch. sara murray the reporting behind this possible new timeline. she joins us now. so what are you hearing about what's going on, what's been going on? it's obviously, you know, they have been kind of lying low in terms of there is no public indictments, and what are you hearing about possible more indictments in the future? >> that's right. we are a couple of weeks from the midterms. we don't expect any big public announcements. there has been a flurry of activity behind the scenes. sources close to the president, sources familiar with this investigation believe there could be more criminal indictments to come. one of the big characters in this we haven't heard a lot about is roger stone. one of the president's lodge-time political advisors. he has said publicly he believes he could be indicted for some kind of criminal activity. he just don't know what. >> so just to be clear though, there is no reporting saying some criminal indictments are coming out? you are just hearing the possibility of? >> c

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask the quorum call be lifted. ferraro without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president, across the country women and survivors are angry. they're energized and they are making their voices heard. they are inspired by dr. ford and they are sharing stories of their own, often of the worst moments of their lives, and some for the first time ever, with their families, with their friends and their senators. there are too many to share in one speech here on the senate floor, but i want to touch on just a few. i heard from a woman in swim in washington state who wrote to me, and i quote, there have been rare moments in my life when i have felt spelled to speak out. this is one. she told me when she was in junior high school she dated a boy she thought was, quote, one of the nicest guys ever. then one day she went to his house while his parents were at church. and he assaulted her, tried to rape her, and she only barely managed to escape and run from his house. she said she never told

mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i come to the floor to speak in opposition to the nomination of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court. and i want to make a few quick points as we conclude this debate today. and then i want to speak to the people watching who may not believe what the senate could be headed towards today, who are shocked and angry, frustrated, and hurt. madam president, first and foremost, i believe dr. ford. i believe her when she shared her experience being

mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent that the following fellows be granted floor privilege for the remainder of the 115 ghts congress. sherry santos, derek and brian kaplin. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you. mr. president, i come to the floor today to support senator baldwin's resolution to overturn president trump's junk plan rule. you know, since day one, president trump has been relentless in his efforts to sabotage health care for people in our nation. he has worked to drive up the cost, give power back to big insurance companies, and despite his recent campaign promise to fight for people with preexisting conditions, almost every single step he has taken has been in the opposite direction. president trump's awful junk plan rule which went into effect last week is the latest example. his decision to expand junk insurance plans actually gives insurance companies more power to sell plans that ignore protections for people with preexisting conditions. it gives ins