ms. collins: mr.resident? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with and that i be permitted to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the passing of former senator kay hagan was sad news to all of us who were privileged to serve with her and counted her as a friend. in her final address to the senate five years ago, senator kay hagan reminded us of our obligation to work together on behalf of the american people with these words. to whom much is given much is expected. kay hagan was given much. she had energy, intelligence, dedication, and compassion. and she gave back to her home state over many years of public service. as a person of deep faith, she fully understood the new testament parable of the talents. its message that gifts must be put to use in service of others guided her life. in th

ms. collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i ask that proceedings under the call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: madam president, i'm delighted that the senate is taking up four very important appropriations bills. one of them i discussed at length last week. that is the transportation and h.u.d. appropriations bill, which i authored along with my ranking member senator jack reed of rhode island. in forging that bill, we gathered information from 75 of our fellow senators who had 950 requests. we went through each of the requests very carefully, and we have built a bill that is truly bipartisan, that reflects the priorities of this body, and that i trust will be approved as part of this package later this week. i also want to take the opportunity today, as i'm managing the four bills, in the unavoidable absence of the full committee chairman, senator shelby, to talk about some of the other appropriations bills that have been brought before us. as the presiding

ms. collins and ms. lamb, thank you. ms. lopez. discussion and vote on consent calendar resolutions. there are none tonight. >> g is action. three board policies for approval. if i don't hear any objections from colleagues we will take one vote on all three. they are bored policy 36175 migrant education program. 5132. 5146. very pregnant students. all moved and seconded at prior board meeting. we had a report from the rules committee on october 7th. did you have a meeting on that? >> yes. we will forward with a positive recommendation. >> do you have a recommendation for the record? >> the general counsel. >> the recommendation for all three policies is that the board adopt the policy as submitted. they were all taken up by the rules committee as commissioner sanchez shade on october 7th and forwarded with a positive recommendation with general consent. >> thank you. we have one speaker on 5146. if you are here, come to the podium. heidi. you have two minutes. >> thank you to the board and ththe administration bringing ts policy forward tonight. i have had the privilege of working wi

ms. collins it. it doesn't treat her or doesn't treatment worse than women that we were a time this court him and the women did not. sex specific policies and are differences. whether the sex specific dress code is a place or not, employers have that latitude. some jurisdictions like the district of columbia have taken that latitude of title vii is away from employers. it says you cannot treat somebody really based on the personal appearances but otherwise when it comes to dress codes, grinning codes, opposite sex assumed and all those types of things everyone would've understood title vii as those things being equal treatment and not disfavoring either six over the other, whether on a group basis point individual basis. it doesn't make any difference. the problem here is under their three, the federal agency that brought this claim and that an unelected panel in the six circuit change the law. they added a transgender classification, applied to a business retroactively. the sixth circuit said that s

ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'm pleased that the senate is beginning to be on the fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill for the departments of transportation, housing and urban development, related agencies. this bill has been included in the appropriations package that has just now been brought before this chamber. let me begin my remarks by thanking chairman shelby and vice chairman leahy for their bipartisan leadership in advancing these appropriations bills to the senate floor. given that we reached a two-year bicameral, bipartisan budget agreement in august and the new fiscal year began on october 1, it is imperative for the senate to move these bills quickly and to go to conference with the house in order to avoid further continuing resolutions or even worse, a government shutdown. madam president, i also want to acknowledge the hard work and strong commitment of my friend and colleague, senator jack reed of rhode island, the ranking member of the t-h.u.d. subcommittee. we have worked so cl

ms. cheney: i would like to ask the republican leader of the judiciary committee to join us, mr. collins. mr. collins: what you have heard so far is very true. but as i sat on the floor today, what you saw on the house was a dark cloud falling on this democracy and what is happening here. and mr. mcgovern had the audacity to say all the republicans want to argue about process and not about substance. let me say something to mr. mcgovern, process leads to substance. when you screw up the process thaw are looking for an answer that you already determined. notice what they have done. we are putting it in adam schiff's purview but i want to go to the committee that has been the committee of impeachment. and the impeachment committee should be the judiciary committee. f you want to do this right, madam speaker, do it right. do not lie to the american people and say these procedures are the same as nixon and clinton. i challenged the rules chairman if you want to have that argument, give us plenty of time i will win. why? because we are right. 900 precedents in clinton and nixon, i saw eight p

collins statement into the record. >> without objection. i now recognize the distinguished lady from florida, ms. demings for five minutes. >> thank you very much to the distinguished gentleman from colorado. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, and thank to all of you for being with us today. thank you for your patience as we go to cast our votes. i want to start with mr. chopra. and several of your statements you've argued that the core problem that leads to dominant platforms, that leads dominant platforms platforms is data and involves them in engagement. what problems do you see with the behavioral advertisement business model? >> well, i think we are seeing more and more evidence that behavioral advertising, again, that is advertising to a demographic of one. exposes us to a whole lot of risks, including manipulation and shenanigans in our democracy. it is very, very profitable, though. facebook earned $55 billion in revenue. google even more. the advertising business is big. and i'm concerned that that behavioral advertising model is inconsistent with how we have thought about immunity onlin

collins statement into the record. >> without objection. i now recognize the distinguished lady from florida, ms. demings for five minutes. >> thank you very much to the distinguished gentleman from colorado. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, and thank to all of you for being with us today. thank you for your patience as we go to cast our votes. i want to start with mr. chopra. and several of your statements you've argued that the core problem that leads to dominant platforms, that leads dominant platforms platforms is data and involves them in engagement. what problems do you see with the behavioral advertisement business model? >> well, i think we are seeing more and more evidence that behavioral advertising, again, that is advertising to a demographic of one. exposes us to a whole lot of risks, including manipulation and shenanigans in our democracy. it is very, very profitable, though. facebook earned $55 billion in revenue. google even more. the advertising business is big. and i'm concerned that that behavioral advertising model is inconsistent with how we have thought about immunity onlin

collins, yields back. the gentlewoman from california, ms. bass, is recognized. ms. bass: let me thank the ranking member. this bill would help provide support to more than one million veterans diagnosed with service-connected disabilities as well as the this thousands who are undiagnosed who will be exposed to the criminal justice system. supporting rehabilitative courts programs is the least we can do to treat our veterans with compassion and care. for these reasons, i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california, ms. bass, yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass bill h.r. 886 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on he table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? mr. bass: -- ms. bass: mr. speaker, i move to suspend t

ms. powell, myself to have greater connectivity prior to any intrusion or we might be marking up the legislation by mr. ratcliffe and mr. hines joined by mr. collins and mr. qana 3238 that would create greater consequence. that's not what this is about and this is about smearing the president of the united states and delegitimizing this historic election. just moments ago the chairman said peter strzok was acting in the highest tradition of government service. i believe you are holding a job once he held, and aki is havingr with a coworker, on. >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> are there regulations on that? >> you hold mr. strzok's job. are you saying you don't know if it's against fbi policy to have an extra marital affair with a co-worker. i hold a slightly different job. i'm the d.a.d. branch and not that we're held to a different standard and i'm not going to comment on whether or not peter strzok's behavior was out of conduct. >> is it at the highest service of the fbi to engage with coworkers. you should know that if you're coworkers. >> sir, i'm not going to comment on that. >> we do not have confidence that strzok's decision to prio