ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, booker, brown, cantwell, carper, casey, collins, fetterman, hassan, hirono, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, merkley, padilla, paul, peters, reed, schatz, schumer, smith, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, wyden. mr. blumenthal, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, boozman, braun, budd, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, ernst, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, moran, mullin, ricketts, risch, rounds, rubio, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, vance, wicker, young. ms. butler, aye. mr. trump whitehouse, aye u -- mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. cardin, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. mur aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. vote: the p

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy you no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. # the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 49. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president, i m

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. the clerk: mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. rubio. the clerk: mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms

ms. baldwin. >> no. >> mr. barrasso. mr. bennett. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, old habits do die hard. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. julia ainsley. "punchbowl news" cofounder, jake sherman, and former senator and cohost of msnbc's "how to win 2024" podcast. claire mccaskill. what in the world is going on? >> well, what's going on is schumer has the votes and the republicans don't, and there was only a one-vote margin for this impeachment in the house, and there were several republicans who voted against it in the house. i think there's a huge chunk of the republicans that know this does not rise to the level of impeachment, and by the way, every time mitch mcconnell wants to pontificate about history and precedent, i'm wondering how merrick garland feels because he blew through all history and precedent by totally ignoring the advice and consent function of the senate for a supreme court nominee, and then did the opposite to push one through on the eve of an election. so i'm n

ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mrs. blackburn, mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. britt, mr. brown, mr. bud, ms. beutler, ms. cantwell. mr. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernst,al mr. fetterman mrs. fischer, mrs. jill the brand, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, mr. ono, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, district kennedy, mr. ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall,. >> we are currently in a roll call vote. voting on senator ted cruz republican of texas his emotion to proceed to a close session to considersi senate majority leadr chuck schumer's motion the impeachment articles are unconstitutional deciding whether to go to close session and after that we expect senate majority leader chuck schumer to continue with his push to make this a speedy trial. we are here on cspan

ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun. mrs. britt brown, mr. budd, ms. beutler. ms. cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper. mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons. mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masto, mr. cotten, mr. cramer. mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, ms. duckworth. mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, missus fischer. mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr. ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper. ms. sharon oh, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. mr. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. ms. lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr mr. mullin, ms. murkowski. mr. murphy, mrs. murray. mr. all soft, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. petersmr. romney. mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sandersmr. schatz, mr. schmitz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of floridamr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith. mrs. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. mr. tillis, mr. taber bill, mr. van hollen, mr. vance. mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warre

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. the clerk: mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. ro

ms. baldwin, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. booker, no. mr. brown, aye. ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. vance, aye. mr. kelly, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. ms. duckworth, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. whitehouse, no. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. rounds, aye. hyperbole. vote: the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. wyden, no. mr. welch, no. mr. cantwell, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. van h

ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. braun, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 75, the nays are 20. on this vote the yeas are 75, the nays are 20. three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn, the point of order fails. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: could away have order? this is an extremely important day in the history of our country and of the free world. they're all watching, waiting to see what we would do. when putin escalated his

ms. baldwin. >> mr. president, this afternoon senators will come to the floor and be sworn in as jurors of of secretary mayorkas. yesterday the senate received the impeachment house hous who read the to market articles gives the secretary. today, the trial will commence and we will be in our seats as a jurors for the third time in four years. but this time senders will provide as jurors in the least legitimate, least substantive, and most politicized impeachment trial ever in history of the united states. the charges brought against secretary mayorkas failed to meet the high standard of high crimes and misdemeanors. to validate this gross abuse by the house, would be a grave mistake and could set a dangerous precedent for the future. for the sake of the senate integrity and to protect impeachment for those rare cases we truly need it, senators should dismiss today's charges here so when we convene in trial today to accommodate the wishes of our republican senate colleagues, i will seek an agreement for p

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, did he say i? >> mrs. blackburn, mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. brent, mr. brown, if your r budd, ms. beutler, cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, mrs. duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernest, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mrs. julie brann, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mr. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. alanis district of islamists, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr, mr. mullin, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch, mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema,

ms. baldwin.l: >> thank you. pursuant to committee rules all members who wish to insert statement into the record may a by submitting them to the committee clerk electronically by 5 p.m. or after this hearing which is able to afford, 2024. without objection the hearing record will remain open 14 days to allow statements and materials referenced during be submitted to the official hearing record. i would now like to turn to introduce our distinguished witnesses. our first witness is mr. mark who is president of cerebral institute, cerebral -- yeah, cerebral. sorry about that. located in skokie, illinois. our next witness is justin who is president and ceo of national association for the student financial aid administrators which is located in washington, d.c. third witness is ms. kim cook who is ceo national college attainment network located in washington, d.c. our final witness is rachel film and who is the vice provost for admiral blair university of north carolina chapel hill which is located i

ms. baldwin w -- ms. baldwin. quorum call: wednesday in the real thing whether democrats led by chuck schumer make a motion. >> are there any democrat who want to see trial go through? they have the moment to do that? think they probably devote and even the moderate republicans who basically said is a policy disagreement with secretary mayorkas but the case is not been made to commit beautiful offenses so in the house and that's happened. the house impeachment managers trial but it doesn't seem to be much appetite to play out a lengthy occupation on the floor. >> as we would expect, it's been fairly practical and acknowledge their likely to do away with this. >> over the weekend we saw a bipartisan legislation and personal data online, what we know about that process. >> was drafted by lawmakers, catholic mcmorris rodgers, it's an area for a long time big breakthroughs in the fact that lawmakers in bipartisan way developing this legislation in a serious effort. >> the house and senate or anything yet? >> i'm not a

ms. baldwin. out of our rage. we can feel the pressure to comport ourselves in a way that does not fully surrender to that , but know that our righteous rage and indignation in the face of injustice is rooted in radical love. it is rooted and radical love and hope. a movement that is fueled by hope. so, what i would say to your students is hope is a discipline , i am an aquarius so i love a good affirmation and i love poetry and one of my closest siblings in the movement during the pandemic gave me an affirmation which is i choose the discipline of hope over the ease of cynicism. i choose the discipline of hope over the ease of cynicism. and i choose fortitude over fatalism. i choose fortitude over fatalism i say that every day. hope is a discipline and know that each and every one of you and certainly our dedicated team members, i just want to give it up to team at presley and team bush. we cannot do anything without their brilliance personal sacrifice without their support. they make it easier for us to practice

ms. baldwin. one of the economic groups which includes rick scott in florida had crews ron johnson mike lee and rand paul of kentucky one morning each week for like-minded senators. daddy. again you can find at axios and in texas. >> i just want to say jobs, that's not so. didn't do all of them so they sent our jobs overseas. to stop saying all that. thank you. >> franken gypsy, new york. defendant like. >> the palestinian prices for deuteronomy 28. it says they don't belong to either one of them. they are repeating 1969 against the war. a lot of innocent people but the government of netanyahu field palestinians. there's no way you can justify that. >> reports on something that took place yesterday. and monday afternoon at the capital conduct under the nation's highest honors in columbus, georgia. capital and leaders including united states residents and their war veterans, seven citizen and work u.s. capitol police officers of government paid during the korean war. enemy iran exposed themselves a

ms. baldwin. so we are going to keep at it. we want to get plaza done as soon as we can because it's very important for national security but as everyone knows, anyone member will congress in this chamber so both sides need to cooperate if you want to get plaza done. the information my calling, members should plan to be here over the weekend if necessary to work on both isa and the supplemental. the house is scheduled to take of the supplemental tomorrow. it would deliver critical eight humanitarian assistance. we will see how things go in the lower chamber in the next day or so and i hope the house check this legislation passed without further delay. laws supplemental package, the senate descended to the president's desk in the present has said the congress passes the supplemental, he will senate. i hope the house gets this done very soon because the national security funding cost america and are allies dearly. i met yesterday with the ukrainian prime minister who told me how difficult the war has become for ukrainian fighters

ms. baldwin. >> mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr.sandra: all right, chad, here is what is next. >> as they would say in shakespeare the game is afoot here. john kennedy the senator from louisiana who i say may be one of the key players in this is trying to turn things around and boomerang things on democrats who said they wanted to get things done rather quickly so he is like all right, we can't debate in public under the senate rules of impeachment. they have denied us the opportunity to debate in private under the senate rules of impeachment so let's just call the whole thing off until the end of the month. he said noon on tuesday april 30th. again, they have to have 51 votes to do this. so what is going to be ironic here is democrats because they want to terminate the trial. republicans want to stretch this out. on one thing what john kennedy is trying to do is elongate this is much as possible to get more bang for the political box. to use this against schumer, use this against jordan brown use it against jon tester the next coup

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennett. mrs. blackburn, mr. blumenthal. no. >> mr. no. >> mr. boazman. mr. braun. >> aye. >> mrs. brit. >> aye. >> mr. brown. >> no. >> mr. bud. >> aye. >> ms. butler. >> no. >> ms. cant well. >> no. >> mrs. capito. >> aye. >> mr. cardin. >> no. >> mr. carper. >> no. >> mr. casey. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> aye. >> ms. collins. >> aye. >> mr. coons. >> no. >> ms. cortez masto. >> no. >> mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. kramer. mr. cruz. >> aye. >> ms. duckworth. >> no. >> mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. fetterman. >> no. >> so just so you know what they're voting on here, you saw ted cruz, that was his motion to go into closed session. you just heard the response from chuck schumer. we gave them the possibility of two and a half hours of debate, 15 different resolutions argue this should be held in public. while they are voting, and we'll continue to follow that. really quickly, julia ainsley, i want to go to you. ted cruz said something that should have a fact check. he said mayorkas presided over the worst criminal invasion in history. fact chec

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ms. baldwin, you and the defendant were friends.were entitled to a carnival cruise. >> yes. >> judge judy: from what? >> from the elite players group. the casino. >> judge judy: and from that you won a cruise for two people? >> correct. >> judge judy: when was that? >> march 26th was the cruise. >> judge judy: and you and ms. russ were friends? >> correct. >> judge judy: you invited her along on the cruise. the cruise itself was taken care of, as well as the meals. all she was supposed to take

ms. baldwin. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] back in february hou republicans approved two articles accusing the secretary of lawful -- unlawful refusal to mply with the law. several republicans made procedural motions to move and close session or adjourn until a later time but those requests were denied. the vote was along party lines. the white house skesman said the articles were rightly ved down aiding that secretary mayorkas will continue doing their jobs. up next, we take you back to the trial on the senate floor. um is pursuant to rule iii of the rules of procedure and practice

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ms. baldwin. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cassidy: i also ask unanimous consent that megan na the zel be granted floor privileges until april 17, 2024. the presiding officer: without objection u. mr. cassidy: mr. president, last week we saw terrible flooding in parts of louisiana, and here's some charts which show -- water shouldn't be up to the bottom of a vehicle. and there you see people getting on a bus wearing wader. -- waders. so people's lives were disrupted, just like any serious flood. so now families are turning to fema, a the national flood insurance program. and moments like this are why people buy insurance. but what about after we've recovered and the sun shines once more? there's increasing concern among americans that they will not be able to afford their flood insurance for when the next storm hits. a house is the biggest purchase most people m

ms. baldwin. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm going to come down to the senate floor right now and build on my senate colleague from alaska, senator murk murkowski's remarks she just made dealing with national security, the challenges we're facing as a country, authoritarian dictatorships on the march, and what the biden administration is actually going to do to my state, our state, senator murkowski and my state, tomorrow, what we've been told by the biden administration, hey, alaska senators, here it comes, more crushing of the state of alaska, and why this should matter, not just to my constituents, which it really does, they're going to be really upset about it, but this should matter to every american who cares about our country's national security, and energy security, and jobs and the e

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. the clerk: mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. the clerk: mr. hawley mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. the clerk: mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. & mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. the clerk: mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. the clerk: mr. schmitt. vote: mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen.

ms. baldwin, mr. bennet, mrs. >> sandra: all right so katie why don't you weigh in on what is happening live on capitol hill right now as we sort of dip in and out as the news warrants, but this is the senate considering the mayorkas impeachment articles as we saw yesterday, we saw the articles being walked from the house cited to the senate side, the senators are being sworn in as jurors in this impeachment trial against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, the democrat-controlled senate is expected to move quickly to dismiss these charges while republicans, katie, we continue to hear and insist there be as we had joni yesterday a full trial. what are your thoughts as we watch the slide? >> a big question whether the senate would even take up these articles of impeachment and of course a lot of pressure on senate leadership both republicans and democrats to hold a serious trial of consideration. you had dozens of republican senators sending letters to both senator or mitch mcconnell minority leader and

ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennett, mrs.ckburn -- >> and so claire mccaskill, this is exactly what you and i talked about. they will continue to call the 100 members of the senate in groups of four. they will come up and sign the oath book. there is something we talked a little bit about this yesterday, something majestic about working in that building. the weight of history in that building. do you think that there's anyone going up and signing that book who may be rethinking a position or considering more deeply a position? there is a certain -- seems to be from the outside, a certain weight to what we're watching right now. >> well, i'm not going to say there's not weight in that room. frankly, i felt it every time i walked in the room. it's why january 6th was so incredibly difficult to watch, to see people hanging off the balcony and going through people's desks and somebody with, you know, horns on and no shirt sitting in the presiding chair. those images are, frankly, in the hard drive of every united states senator t

baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. ms. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. carper. [roll call] [roll ms. ernst. mr. federman. mrs. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. mrs. lummis mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> senators v

ms. baldwin. >> jonathan is next. good morning. good morning. i have been reading a lot of your beds lately and doing more research about you and your clients you been able to represent will be your last : to represent -- the only reason you didn't because you were not provided so how you feel about that one? >> a little bit outside of the topic but yes, i represented them. i believe deeply and profoundly in fifth amendment rights i started as a public defender and believe everybody deserves a right to a lawyer and incompetent effective lawyer and it is up to lawyers like me represent clients deem unpopular as our duty to make the system work. we fail to do this and we will see the protections you, me and our post enjoy will be targeted because lawyers are not elder fighting for the rights of the low-end least among us, these are very important. we have rights like the miranda warning because someone decided to represent miranda, by all accounts was not the greatest guy in the world when a lawyer stood up and represented him in this case. becaus

baldwin. live ammunition mistakenly loaded by gutierrez-reed. >> ms. gutierrez continues to fail to accept responsibility for her role in the death of halyna hutchins. >> reporter: the prosecutor says gutierrez-reed had shown no contrition, citing nearly 200 jailhouse phone calls in which she described the jury as idiots, accused the judge of being paid off, and wanting to put alec baldwin in jail. >> the jury has found me in part at fault for this god-awful tragedy, but that doesn't make any a monster. that makes me human. >> reporter: despite her plea for leniency, the judge handed down the maximum, 18-month prison sentence. >> you alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon. please take her. >> reporter: the family of gutierrez-reed plans to appeal as alec baldwin prepares for his trial. >> what alec baldwin is going to argue is this is a tragedy, and the person responsible has already been found guilty and is already in prison. >> reporter: in today's statements, loved ones of hutchins called for accountability for everyone involved in her deat

baldwin, mr. brosseau >> mrs. blackburn. . >> did she say no? >> mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britts. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. cap at the. -- capito. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. artz. -- ertz. mr. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullins. miss michalski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen? mr. rounds? mr. rubio? mr. sanders. mr. shots. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. ms. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. mister sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warno

ms. hutchins would be alive. a husband would have his partner and a little boy would have his mother. >> actor alec baldwin was holding the gun on set when it fired a live round during a rehearsal. hutchins was killed and the director joel souza was injured. >>> tesla says it will lay off 10% of its workforce. ceo elon musk notified employees today citing a need to reduce costs and increase productivity. tesla reported a sharp drop in vehicle deliveries in the first quarter. its stock has lost a third of its value this year and dropped more than 5% just today alone. according to cnbc, tesla had 140,000 employees as of december. that would mean about 14,000 people would lose their jobs. >>> it is tax day. most of us have just a few hours left to file those returns or request an extension. some last minute filers faced a tech glitch today. h&r block said some users had problems filing returns. the issue impacted the company's desktop software which is separate from its online tax filing service. tax filers will not face charges or penalties if their mailed copy has an april 15th postmark. others can apply for an extensi

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ms. baldwin. quorum call: . mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: the senate gavels in on saturday with a singular goal in mind -- to prepare to act when the house sends us a national security supplemental. we hope to reach an agreement very soon on clearing the path for the senate to take up the supplemental after the house acts. we came to a tintive -- tenthtive agreement last night. if the hotline clears this morning, we expect to announce an agreement, allowing the next vote on tuesday, early afternoon. i loan we can take -- i hope we can make an announcement later this morning. i thank my colleagues for their good work on getting this momentous piece of legislation near the finish line. i yield the floor, and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: