ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, at long last, tomorrow morning, i expect that the senate will approve the bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act. for far too long, any discussion of transportation infrastructure in this country has been accompanied by the adjective crumbling. the backlog of needed repairs and upgrades and replacements in my state of maine and throughout our cup is simply enormous. americans know far too well the consequences of the chronic underinvestment in our infrastructure. poor road conditions cost them on average hundreds of dollars each year in vehicle repairs and wasted gasoline due to congestion. structurally deficient bridges often require lengthy detours when they have to be posted. slow or nonexistent internet connections create barriers to work, health care, and education. the recent pandemic has certainly laid bare the inequities and access to high-speed internet in our country. every administration in recent memory has identified improving our infrastructure and

ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, at long last, tomorrow morning, i expect that the senate will approve the bipartisan infrastructure investment and

ms. collins, danny lever, john magiori, and howard zemsky, they were on all flights with both ms. boylan and the governor in october of 2017, and they stated that this conversation did not happen. what does the report say? the report says that after denying having heard the strip poker comment, howard zemsky, quote -- this is what the report says, received a disparaging message from ms. boylan that he found, quote, jarring, end quote, and threatening after getting the jarring and threatening communication from ms. boylan, mr. zemsky's recollection then suddenly changed. why did the report not share what the message was? what did ms. boylan threaten mr. zemsky with that would have caused him to change his story? why is that not in there? why does the report discredit all of the other witnesses who were there and then suddenly credit the one witness who had been threatened by lindsey boylan before his recollection changed? did the investigators ignore that message? did the investigators look into whether lindsey boylan was making efforts to influence the testimony of other witnesses

ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, at long last, tomorrow morning, i expect that the senate will approve the bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act. for far too long, any discussion of transportation infrastructure in this country has been accompanied by the adjective crumbling. the backlog of needed repairs and upgrades and replacements in my state of maine and throughout our cup is simply enormous. americans know far too well the consequences of the chronic underinvestment in our infrastructure. poor road conditions cost them on average hundreds of dollars each year in vehicle repairs and wasted gasoline due to congestion. structurally deficient bridges often require lengthy detours when they have to be posted. slow or nonexistent internet connections create barriers to work, health care, and education. the recent pandemic has certainly laid bare the inequities and access to high-speed internet in our country. every administration in recent memory has identified improving our infr

ben collins is a senior reporter at ms nbc news. it is relevant to have all three of you here this evening. good evening to you. all ben rhodes, i'm a little bit lost for what to think about this. there are no policy discussions anymore. there are no things where a democrat on one side beats a republican on another side about something that might be a reasonable matter for politicians to debate. it is lies versus true theses. ses. >>, ali, my old boss, barack obama, used to tell me that you can have differences of opinions, francis that deal with climate change. but how do you have a debate with someone who doesn't believe that climate change is real and man-made? i think the situation that we are living through is really existential to our democracy. and the book that you reference that i wrote, it deals with authoritarianism. the competition between democracy and authoritarianism. i'm often asked in the stage about what is different that is -- what is different is the technology and social media allow allows for putting 40% of thi

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, every single one of them, including senator blunt and senator collins who is here with us today, for supporting this legislation and honoring the heroism and patriotism of the courageous law enforcement officers who risked and in some cases sacrificed their lives to defend our democracy. i also want to thank senator blunt for his work on the senate version of this legislation, as well as senator schumer and senator mcconnell, and i thank senator blunt for joining me today. now that it is headed to the president's desk, no more motions, this is done, i look forward to seeing this bill signed into law. thank you, mr. presi >> wednesday, a hearing of ineffective intellectual and cyber hacking by china. what this senate select intelligence committee hearing live at 2:45 p.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. president biden met with latino community leaders today. he made brief remarks touching on his economic

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, every single one of them, including senator blunt and senator collins who is here with us today, for supporting this legislation and honoring the heroism and patriotism of the courageous law enforcement officers who risked and in some cases sacrificed their lives to defend our democracy. i also want to thank senator blunt for his work on the senate version of this legislation, as well as senator schumer and senator mcconnell, and i thank senator blunt for joining me today. now that it is headed to the president's desk, no more motions, this is done, i look forward to seeing this bill signed into law. thank you, mr. presi >> the senate continues consideration of the bipartisan infrastructure agreement with debate and vote on amendments. ♪ >> new york attorney general letitia james outlines findings from a pending investigation on sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against governor cuomo. she is joined by the two lead attorneys on the investigation. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning. i am joined by anna clark and young kim, the two attorneys w

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, every single one of them, including senator blunt and senator collins who is here with us today, for supporting this legislation and honoring the heroism and patriotism of the courageous law enforcement officers who risked and in some cases sacrificed their lives to defend our democracy. i also want to thank senator blunt for his work on the senate version of this legislation, as well as senator schumer and senator mcconnell, and i thank senator blunt for joining me today. now that it is headed to the president's desk, no more motions, this is done, i look forward to seeing this bill signed into law. thank you, mr. presi>> house spi speaker nancy pelosi today heldi an enrollment ceremony for legislation that awards congressional gold medals to u.s. capitol police and d.c. police police officers for protecting the capitol during the january 6 attack on the capitol. speaker pelosi was joined by d.c.'s delegates to congress eleanor holmes norton, and congresswoman jennifer wexton of virginia. rep. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. today we are united in in

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, every single one of them, including senator blunt and senator collins who is here with us today, for supporting this legislation and honoring the heroism and patriotism of the courageous law enforcement officers who risked and in some cases sacrificed their lives to defend our democracy. i also want to thank senator blunt for his work on the senate version of this legislation, as well as senator schumer and senator mcconnell, and i thank senator blunt for joining me today. now that it is headed to the president's desk, no more motions, this is done, i look forward to seeing this bill signed into law. thank you, mr. presi ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal. wednesday morning, the chief economist from moody's analytics discusses the economic outlook, the biden administration's policy, and pandemic concerns, been the results -- concerns. then, the results of the investigation into the january 6 capitol hill riots. washington journal, live, 7:00 a.m. eastern. join live. announcer: president biden met with latino community leaders today and made brief

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, every single one of them, including senator blunt and senator collins who is here with us today, for supporting this legislation and honoring the heroism and patriotism of the courageous law enforcement officers who risked and in some cases sacrificed their lives to defend our democracy. i also want to thank senator blunt for his work on the senate version of this legislation, as well as senator schumer and senator mcconnell, and i thank senator blunt for joining me today. now that it is headed to the president's desk, no more motions, this is done, i look forward to seeing this bill signed into law. thank you, mr. pre >> house speaker nancy pelosi today held an enrollment ceremony for legislation that

ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine is recognized. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that my remarks on broadband be printed together in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, and i will resume then now. mr. president, this allocation of funds is so important to rural america as well as unserved areas in inner cities. the bill that we have before us includes $2 billion to support programs administered by the u.s. department of agriculture, including the reconnect program that provides loans and grants or a combination to fund the construction, acquisition, and improvement of facilities and equipment that provides broadband service in rural areas. supplementing that are private activity bonds where $600 million has been allocated. this is based on a bill that's introduced by senator hassan and senator capito, another bipartisan bill that is called the rural broadband financing flexibility act. it would allow states to issue private activity bonds to fin

ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, first let me offer to work with both senators from louisiana to secure the funding that their states so desperately need. in my capacity as ranking member of the transportation hud appropriations subcommittee. louisiana has been particularly hard hit experiencing three hurricanes almost back to back and certainly the need for disaster assistance is clear. but we also have other states that have been affected. alabama, california, florida, iowa, michigan, oregon, puerto rico, a territory, not a state obviously. those need help too. and what i would propose is that we work together on an emergency disaster supplemental that will take care of all these needs, including the needs of the people in hard hit louisiana. and i pledge my personal help and support to both of my colleagues and friends from louisiana to bring this about. finally, let me just say i'm surprised that the administration has not submitted a request for supplemental disaster assistance. and i ho

ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding -- the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. let me begin my remarks this evening by expressing my appreciation to senators portman and sinema for their extraordinary leadership of our group -- our bipartisan group of ten senators who have labored so hard to bring before the senate the bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act. mr. president, this legislation represents the most significant investment in our infrastructure since the construction of the interstate highway system. think about that. for generations, for decades, we have talked about the need to rebuild our roads and our bridges, our airports, our seaports, our waterways, our water treatment systems, and today to expand high-speed internet access to americans throughout our country, no matter where they live, whether they are in the northern regions of maine or an inner city neighborhood. and, mr. president, that is exactly what this legislation would do. i want to just quickly give an example from my own state of maine. mai

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, every single one of them, including senator blunt and senator collins who is here with us today, for supporting this legislation and honoring the heroism and patriotism of the courageous law enforcement officers who risked and in some cases sacrificed their lives to defend our democracy. i also want to thank senator blunt for his work on the senate version of this legislation, as well as senator schumer and senator mcconnell, and i thank senator blunt for joining me today. now that it is headed to the president's desk, no more motions, this is done, i look forward to seeing this bill signed into law. thank you, mr. pre >> house speaker nancy pelosi today held an enrollment ceremony for legislation that -- awards congressional gold medals to d.c. capitol police for protecting the capitol on speaker pelosi was joined by january 6. d.c.'s delegate to congress eleanor holmes norton, and congresswoman jennifer wexton of virginia. d.c.'s delegates to congress eleanor holmes norton, and congresswoman jennifer wexton of virginia. rep. pelosi: good afternoon, ev