ms. murkowski: mr. president, i'm pleased to be on the floor today with my colleagues, both the senator from iowa, behind me, and the senator from california, because i want to thank them publicly for their leadership as they work to address these issues of domestic violence. they have been leaders in this arena for years, and i appreciate that. i am pleased to have worked with them on this framework that has been discussed by both senators, and to acknowledge the work of senator durbin as part of this initiative as well. i think as both of them have spoken, it is recognized that this is a matter of urgency, this is a matter that all of us on a bipartisan basis, domestic violence unfortunately knows no political bounds, and our response to those who are truly among the most vulnerable of us, that response should also be bipartisan. so, i want to commend senator ernst, senator feinstein, senator durbin for their work in really coming to find common ground on this very important matter. it's been years of

ms. murkowski? ms. murkowski guilty. >> reporter: this is the latest in a long string of trump endorsements, fueled by getting revenge and settling political vendetta. >> the war monger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? >> reporter: in wyoming trump throwing his support behind congresswoman liz cheney's primary opponent, harriet higamen. >> so hopefully they'll get rid of her with the next election. >> reporter: after cheney has voted to impeach him and call out his dishonesty. >> we cannot be dragged backward by the very dangerous lies of a former president. >> reporter: in georgia, trump endorsing david perdue for governor as a way to get back at republican governor brian kemp for not doing enough to undermine the will of georgia voters and turn the 2020 election for trump. >> and your rhino governor brian kemp who has been a complete disaster. >> reporter: trump also using his endorsement to preserve his own political brand, attempting to stack the party with

ms. murkowski: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, as my friend from alaska has pointed out -- oh, my goodness. mr. president, may i strike that erroneous introduction. the presiding officer: stricken. ms. murkowski: to thank my dear friend from delaware, always delaware, but truly a friend on many different issues but a man i have come to know is motivated not by the politics that goes on in this body but his passion and his interest in doing good policy and doing good things for people. and what we are speaking to today, recognizing the significant passage of the act for a.l.s. act that happened last evening, unanimously, as he has pointed out, that this is -- this is not only -- this is not only good for -- for the body, if you will, to say we were able to move good legislation forward, good policy legislation forward, but this is -- this is a gift -- this is a gift of hope for those who live with a.l.s., for those families who are part of that journey of those who live with a.l.s. a.l.s., as senator coons has noted, is