we are joined by senator murkowski. first i want to start by thanking her, for extraordinary leadership on this issue and so many other issues that involve equality and opportunity for all americans. itnt has been a journey we have shared together and i really want to thank her for her leadership sj rose for her is bipartisan.sj rose for her is will have a strong vote i will urge our colleagues not to filibuster equality. let's get onto this resolution and complete the work we have done.e the states of already completed the work, three fourths, 38 states have already approved and ratified the constitutional amendment for equal rights. it is not necessary for us to take the final step to remove any doubt on the validity on the previous actions of congress and the ratification by states. the court upheld we have done before it's up to congress to do this. we have the authority and we have the opportunity by the vote this going to take place. we just got a statement of the administration policy. president biden strongly su

president we will shortly be voting on the cloture motion for sj raise for and we are joined by senator murkowski. first want to start by thanking her for her extraordinary leadership on this issue and so many others that involve equality and opportunity for all americans. it's been a journey that we've shared together and i really want to thank her for her leadership on sj raise for. it's bipartisan and i know we will have a strong vote. i would urge our colleagues not to filibuster about to get onto this resolution and complete the work that we've done. the states have already completed the work. three fourths, 38 states have already approved and ratified the constitutional amendment for equal rights. it's now necessary for us to take the final step if there's any doubt on the validity of the actions, the previous actions of congress and thete ratifications by the state. the courts have held and it is up to congress to do this we have the authority and we have the opportunity today by the president that's going to take place so i do want to, we just heard the statement of the administration's p

alaska senator lisa murkowski recently warned -- sen.the reality is that the threats that that we're watching very very carelly -- where are they? it's russia. it's china. we are the eyes and ears. we are protecting that front line. prof. klare: remember the balloon that came over the united states, went across alaska on its way to the u.s. because that's the way planes or missiles or balloons will travel from china to the united states or from russia to the united states. the arctic is the shortest route. lisa: arctic water routes, appearing for the first time in recorded history, could cut global shipping distances by over 4000 miles -- about 2 weeks of precious travel time. claims of ownership and sovereignty are already being tested in these new open waters. for example, canada claims jurisdiction over the northwest passage, but that ownership is challenged by the u.s. and others. edward: if china decides at some point that they're going to test those waters and pass through what is canada going to do? , prof. klare: for china, the a

i again want to thank senator cardin, senator murkowski for their efforts to move forward on this. i want to thank the chairman of the judiciary committee. and as i close, i do want to say a few words about my friend and colleague from maryland's long-term fight for this. and applaud him for over a decade of working to make sure that we get the e.r.a. across the finish line. it's been one very important aspect, in fact the cornerstone of many of his efforts here in the united states, but it's a reflection of his fight for civil rights, for women's rights, for racial rights, and for human rights around the world. and i want to thank him for his persistence on this and so many issues that call upon us to be what we say we are as americans, people who believe in the equal dignity of every individual and the rights of every individual. so i want to thank my colleague. i want to thank him for teaming up with senator murkowski from alaska and thank her for her efforts. i said at the beginning that we have been defined as an american story by our struggle to make good on that original pro

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senator joe manchin and senator lisa murkowski and sutter mark kelly visit ukraine it was announced today. ambassador markarova: and brett paisley. >> you have better information than i do. ambassador markarova: i am the ambassador. i know who goes to ukraine. >> there you go. [laughter] i am on the joe manchin email list. you knew it before i did. how did the trip go? what are the takeaways? how important was the senate trip from your perspective? does it accomplish something that was not accomplished already? ambassador markarova: yet another bipartisan -- not only a great sign of bipartisan support which we need to have going forward. it is also very important to see -- also sometimes new senators and congressmen and congresswomen come into the country to see with their own eyes. it is not the same to see it on tv. it is another thing to go to my hometown and see it with your own eyes. it is very important. they had an excellent meeting with president zelenskyy. right in the central square in kyiv. it is something ukrainian people value a lot. we see how we became not only strategic pa

this is where the bill introduced last week by senators kim and murkowski, actually goes a pretty longhire someone who's going to enforce them, and that person then reports to us, the congress, when they find examples like the thomas examples, of noncompliance. >> and at a minimum, the court's credibility is on the line. so one would think that all nine justices would be in agreement that there needs to be something in place to keep everybody in check and to make sure that, you know, there are, there are no questionable dealings, nothing to in any way blemish the reputation of any of the nine. >> yeah, and i think, fredricka, there's a mentality that any kind of check on the court would interfere with judicial independence. and that's just not true and it's never been true. you know, judicial independence is not the same thing as traditional unaccountability. so i think that the real problem here, and i think it's reflected in justice alito's comments to the "wall street journal," is the court's sense that it's the critics and their attacks on the court that are harming the court's pub

mark kelly, lisa murkowski and joe manchin travelled to ukraine with country star brad paisley manchino are both from west virginia, performed this classic song. ♪ take me home ♪ ♪ country road ♪ ♪ to the place ♪ ♪ i belong ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what? >> west virginia >> terrible. ♪ mountain mama ♪ ♪ take me home ♪ >> that's a great song pace manchin's office says the delegation spoke with president zelenskyy about military readiness and rebuilding ukraine. >>> who let the diji dogs out? the robotic k-9 will be used to assist nypd in hostage situations, control confined areas along with another robot and the star chase gps system. it will be displayed in times square subway station, and the star chase system will be used to track fleeing vehicles by attach ago gps tag to cars these devices will be hitting the streets this summer. >> they're creepy. i'm not going to lie >> it's a new way to fight crime. >>> still to come, a smoking victory for several states another lawsuit rips millions from just. > lions from just. > try head & shoulders shampoo. dandruff is caused by irritation to a germ that liv

. >> we are joined by together senator murkowski and you say, that there needs to be discussions between president biden and speaker mccarthy and for what? cuts to raise the debt ceiling, a quid pro quo. it passed. the president needs to keep in mind that it has not been 24 hours since the measure moved u there. so let's not declare this dead. what needs to happen is discu discussions real discussions of moving forward, because this country cannot default. >> and senator, a discussion about what, because there cannot be a quid pro quo. >> well, there should be discussion, and within the budget discussion, and the budget cannot be used as leverage and lead to catastrophic power for t he one of fact that yesterday, it was said, because at the end of the month, you don't balance your checkbook by adding up what you know and ter ing all of the financial ka castro fi. >> i saw you what were you nothing about. >> sdwlb, so what are we trying to accomplish here. we have to say what we have to say in public, but these discussions need to continue on, and be done at the highest level. this x-date

lisa murkowski would be primary now.m open minded that there may be problems with it and they may have to fix it. without a doubt, lisa murkowski and other republican senators who voted to convict trump after impeachment, they would have been primary doubt. a lot of people are fine with that i guess. i voted for a republican governor in california. i vote republican too. without a doubt, rank-choice voting saved lisa murkowski and anyone else who voted to convict trump. host: jack is next in michigan on the republican line. caller: i am calling in because i am trying to stay on topic. the leaks are disgusting. it is kind of a sham that this democratic party and administration has put these people in place because from the supreme court, the pentagon, the leaks. everyone seems to be failing in that department and they have no answers for us. maybe we can get to the bottom of it sooner. thank you and have a good day. host: on the democrat line, duane from florida. caller: yes sir. host: you are on, go ahead. caller: all th

alicia mark kelly, lisa murkowski, republican. they went to key of sort a surprise visit and a powerful show of support reaffirming bipartisan commitment to ukraine, winning the war post the leak of documents the question ukraine's ability to do so. they met with president zelenskyy and country star brad paisley joins them and entertains them. ♪ ♪ to the place where i belong ♪ west virginia ♪ >> terrible. ♪ take me home ♪ country road ♪ lauren: that was shared by senator manchin. brad paisley said ukrainian folks, might have been a little more appropriate. stuart: the atlanta constitution journal stunned the democrat in atlanta hosting the convention. they are not happy about it and we will tell you why after this. ♪ sfx: [alarm] every day you get to choose. do i want more? can i grow stronger? can i get better? bodyarmor lyte. more than a sports drink. your wyndham is waiting... because after crushing yesterday's meeting... ...you deserve a little me time. with 24 trusted brands by wyndham to choose from, your wyndham is waiting.

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angus king and lisa murkowski wanted a piece of legislation that essentially leaves it up to the courtexactly what mcconnell is saying here, but it's also interesting though neither of those members serve, there were other efforts at for a to try to strengthen the ethics rules at the court. to police of please police yourself . >>> whether or not any moving forward, including a question of who will testify. >> can i say one thing about turning your back d. there are independent legitimate issues. this essentially says this will be the responsibility, but please take that responsibility -- if you may clear that you were going to take new steps, others wouldn't have to suggest that. thank you for your time today. this is "inside politics." we'll l begin after a break. have a good afternoon. n. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (water splashing) hey, dad... hum... what's the ocean like? ♪ are there animals living underwater? ♪ is the ocean warm? yeah, it can be very warm. ♪ you were made to remember some days forever. we were made to help you find the bes

an gus king, a senator from maine, an independent that caucuses with democrats and senator lisa murkowski, a republican from alaska. you noted there have been a couple of instances that have come to light and really garnered a lot of attention in the last several weeks surrounding justice thomas and gorsuch. thomas with these trips, vacations, real estate deals with a gop super donor and justice gorsuch with a real estate deal that again has all come under scrutiny and it's worth noting as well, jim, that senator dick durbin, who heads up the judiciary committee, had invited the chief justice, john roberts, to come testify and roe ro roberts declining yesterday. >> it was notable. seemed to frame it as a separation of powers issue. we'll see where this effort goes on the hill. thanks so much. boris? >> testimony is underway now in the civil battery and defamation trial against donald trump. today, eugene carol took the stand and described to jurors in chilling detail the alleged sexual assault by the former president. she alleges that trump raped her in a dressing room in a new york depar

. >> angus king is independent, but caucuses with the democrats and lisa murkowski said they want theto and commit to an ethics code. if it gets through the senate, i'll be surprised. see you on sunday. >> aishah: fox news has exclusively obtained a new photo of convicted killer scott peterson after nearly 20 years in prison. take a look. photo shows the convicted murderer chatting with family from prison almost 20 years later, they still say he is innocent and now he is filing a new appeal. fox senior correspondent laura engel has more on the story. how likely is it that scott peterson might get a new trial? >> we have to wait and see on that one. a couple new pieces of information, and the new appeal filed last week in california, and the document lays out six claims, some involving what scott peterson and his family call new evidence that they hope will eventually exonerate him. and as we take a look at this new photo we obtained for this report, we also obtained this shot. this is peterson with his family taken during a video call from san quentin state prison last year. peterson

against the tuberville resolution, 48 to 51 only two republicans, susa collins of maine and lis murkowskif alaska, joined th other democrats in opposition. joe manchin voted in favor along with the republicans senator tammy duckworth is a democratic of illinois, sh also retired army lieutenant colonel, - iraq war veteran in senato dark with joins me now first of all, just your view on this attempt by senator tuberville, who really playe hardball with a lot of wha many have said, crucia appointments, the pentagon, to get this vote. does this end now? as he released this whole of what goes, what happens? >> well, it's up to the one, men senator tuberville i hope he does release the whole thing. these are positions for folk who are going to be people lik the commander of u.s. forces europe and the folks who are in those positions now or will have t retire, they maxed out on number of years of service i the military so, we're going to end up at a time when there's a war in ukraine, without potentially u.s. forces to europ commander. it's absolutely ridiculous, an frankly, i think that it's pr

that, of course, coming from senators angus king and lisa murkowski. they think is right. we have seen in recent days republicans on the judiciary committee say that roberts shouldn't come testify, that think it would be overly politicized so the politics are still very prevalent even though we are seeing senators come to some sort of broad consensus that something may have to change in the way that ethics are reformed for the supreme court. >> ali vitali, it's great seeing you. i thank you so much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart you can always reach me on twitter and instagram and watch highlights from today's show at j.d. balart@msnbc. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> and right now on "and dreea mitchell reports" president biden welcoming south korea's president for a state visit, including an oval office meeting. they are scheduled to hold a joint press conference this hour with south korea's leader facing an escalating nuclear threat from north korea and the u.s. breakdown in communications with china. >>>

but additional kind of far from this was lisa murkowski basically saying i was duped by this judge ind not get the right information. i wondered what the reform is going to be on fighting these charges because the judge in texas was way off when he told that nominating committee he would do. >> martha: i want to talk about donald trump because donald trump this week, his spokesman said he believes abortion should be left up to the states. susan b. anthony listed antiabortion group blessed that position as morally indefensible and the group's president said we will oppose any presidential candidate who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week national standard holding to the position that is exclusively up to the states is an abdication of responsibility by anyone elected to federal office. this is a tough position for those candidates to be in, terry. >> the logic of the republican party is a national ban abortion. because the ranch in the primaries is that whoever is going to take a more pro-life antiabortion rights position is going to get more votes in the primaries because the ba

senators led by joe manchin and including senators lisa murkowski and mark kelly, you see them there,but this visit comes as the u.s. works to reassure ukrainian officials after classified documents leaked revealing possible weak links in ukraine's fight against russian aggression joining me now from kyiv is msnbc foreign correspondent matt bradley, since those documents leaked matt, secretary of state antony blinken i know has talked with ukraine's foreign minister. what can you tell us about the damage control and any indications of whether it's working? >> reporter: i mean, we're starting to hear more and more reaction from here in kyiv this is kind of trickling out as all those revelations from those leaked documents have been trickling out, and we're starting to hear actually kind of a shift in tone from the leadership here in kyiv. you know, back last thursday when we first heard that from "the new york times," those first documents, they immediately dismissed them and said this is just russian propaganda this is just cooking the books, but now as we started to see more and more

his name from an article during the judicial nomination process, and now yesterday, senator lisa murkowski judge's nomination she feels she got duped. tell us about this judge. >> judge kazmaryck as he was interviewing for the federal bench, he submitted an article to a law review in texas he submitted it with his name on it but then as the interviews continued, he sent an e-mail to the editors, you know, requesting to take his name off and replace it with two other authors, and that is the article that eventually ran, and it was an argument against protections for transgender people so, you know, when you do, you know, apply to be a federal judge, you have to submit to the senate a comprehensive list of everything that you have ever published, written or edited, and so, you know a lot of people are saying that he really should have disclosed that article. and i think, you know, that's what the senator was saying yesterday as well. >> so i want to play something that we just got today from the jennifer hudson show, the vice president who has sort of become the face of this for the administ

thank you mister chairman, i went over my time. >> thank you senator murkowski. senator baldwin? >> thank you chairman. i have been really amazed with the community health care centers in my home state. they really led the way when it comes to expanding services to meet the needs of their patients. it is especially true when it comes to behavioral health substance use disorder treatment as well as dental services. there have, however, been some frustration, or challenge, with the lack of funding for service line expansions. those grants. i support additional funding for a brand-new community health care centers. i also want to make sure that we also explore ways to make funding go farther by investing in our existing health care centers. allowing them to expand their services ray to me local needs. mr. harvey, can you talk about the importance, for health centers, to have the resources to expand service lines? >> that's a great question, thank you for pointing that out particularly services like dental services, for example. historically very expensive. historically white needed

now there were other republicans who sang a different tune that one coming from senator lisa murkowski, one of the senators actually voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial. she put out a statement saying that even though it's everyone deserves a fair legal process, she warned against a rush to judgment and urge everybody look at all the facts and the evidence before forming an opinion. manu raju, cnn capitol hill. francis has been released from the hospital after being treated for a respiratory infection or live in rome with the details, plus days after an american journalist was arrested in russia, the us president makes his first public comments on the matter here. his message to the kremlin ahead. youour dinner party was a hit your dishwasher t took a hit. your tm is giving laundry a tryry. your dryer left. you hung out to dry night with the crush your toilet won't flush. luckily american home shield is there to fix or replace covered appliances and systems stay on course and budget protect. please don't expect visit hs .com for 50% off this right here is conf

now, there were other republicans who sang a different tune that one coming from senator lisa murkowski, one of the senators actually voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial. she put out a statement saying that even though it's everyone deserves a fair legal process, she warned against a rush to judgment and urge everybody look at all the facts and the evidence before forming an opinion. manu raju, cnn capitol hill. russia is warning the us that it would quote reap a storm if it threatens moscow over the jailing of an american journalist. the russian foreign ministry says the us is exposing itself as a dictatorship with the way it has reacted to evan gorshkov itches. arrest the wall street journal reporter is being held in russia on suspicion of espionage claim the white house and his employer strongly reject. the claims this espionage claims against mr gorshkov itch are absolutely ludicrous. he was a working journalist for the wall street journal, and we want to see him released. more than 30. news organizations around the world have signed a letter to russia's am

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now, there were other republicans who sang a different tune that one coming from senator lisa murkowski one of the senators actually voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial. she put out a statement saying that even though it's everyone deserves a fair legal process, she warned against a rush to judgment and urge everybody looking at all the facts and the evidence before forming an opinion. manu raju, cnn capitol hill. alright coming up. i'll in less than 20 minutes. that's what one juror is saying about how long it took them to decide that gwyneth paltrow was not liable in the civil trial about a 2016 ski collision will discuss next. t think about the best night's sleep you've ever had a a temper, pedic. we're dedicated t to helping you sleep like that, with breakthrough solutions that help relieve pressure and pains. keep you cool if you sleep hot and even automatically detect and respond to snoring, so you get the deep , comfortable, undisturbed. rest you deserve for a limited time. save $300 on select temper pedic mattresses and experience your best sleep. every

there is also bipartisan bill, from sanders murkowski and angus king to try to reform some of these things as well. though that would actually require the court to hire an outside investigator to publish a public report every single year. it is not clear how that is going to go anywhere, but it is clear that this issue is gaining some steam on both sides of the aisle here. >> julie, i want to turn right now to the debt ceiling standoff. what is the latest after house republicans very narrowly passed a bill to raise the debt limit? >> katie, believe it or not, there is actually more concerned that the nation will hit its default for the first time in history after house republicans pass that bill. and it is because so many democrats, frankly, didn't even think mccarthy could push that through. and now that he has, he views it as a win. he laid a marker, he is the only one who was able to pass a bill in congress. democrats have not yet done so, i'm told, we are going to turn to negotiating around budgets instead. but, look, we are weeks away from a potential default deadline that will come a

that was the words of senator lisa murkowski, who has been a donald trump critic, and also silence tonderson from the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who has yet to have any sort of comment whatsoever in the wake of this indictment news, and neither has his number two john thune to republicans who have been eager to move past the trump era. unlike many of the republicans, particularly in the house, the manhattan d. a s office there once again, pushing back on threats of republican investigations. yeah that's right, because the republicans in the house three chairman sent a letter demanding alvin brags testimony. this came just days ago in the aftermath of the expectation is indictment would come down. they want to brag to come up to capitol hill. they wanted him to testify. they wanted records of internal communications. but today brags office pushing back sending a letter to those three chairman and essentially saying that they are doing donald trump's bidding and not have and don't have any sort of legitimate legislative purpose. in the words of the brags office, sayi

the evidence first before forming a conclusion about what happened here that senator senator lisa murkowski alaska, one of the senators who voted to convict donald trump and his second impeachment trial, she said that while everyone deserves a fair legal process, people should take their time and not rush to judgment. as many on capitol hill already have. later on camera. manu raju. thank you. let's dig deeper now with political white house reporter daniel lippman. daniel good to see you. we heard a bit of manos interview with congressman barry moore. let's listen to a little more because he goes after the manhattan d a. alvin bragg here. what about just the underlying issue here, which is sounds like it's him falsifying business records to cover up a extra mental affair within dubbed film actress. does that underlying conduct concern, you know, i mean, did it concern about when bill clinton did it with paula jones? i mean, that's the problem with this. they have weaponized the doj, the impeachment process, the russian collusion the spinal campaigns. so much has been done to this man that f

and thanks to the senators , senator manchin, senator murkowski, senator kelly for taking me with themthey didn't have to, but i think they just wanted free entertainment. it was very nice to them. that's very cool. and any time we can say a bipartisan group of senators did something that's also very cool. they introduced me as the largest constituency among them, which was really nice. i'm not elected to anything. that's awesome. brad. great to see you. thanks so much. thank you. next some of our favorite reporters join me to give us the low down on the biggest stories that they are covering. for tomorrow. we've got the latest on the fox defamation trial and what's going on with justice clarence thomas why he's now changing his financial disclosure forms all of that and more when i join our panel, great to see you guys that's next. how to grow more vibrant flflowers. step one. fed them with miracle gro, shake and feed. that's it. miracle gro, you need to know to grow. is about to learn her fear of missing out leads to overeating . totally eat stuff to not miss out. and that's just a b

he's certainly entitled his opinion, but there are a number of including republican senator lisa murkowskicapitol hill, who say i would have liked to have known all this. i feel duped and for context here, you have to submit these detailed paperwork when you have a confirmation process, and you're supposed to include everything that you've ever said or written publicly. this would have fallen under that category. now, he said, that it was like an honest mistake, but it certainly creates the appearance that he was trying to avoid scrutiny for this. and just coincidentally, he had a colleague. who was nominated for a federal judgeship, and during the confirmation process that came out. he made some controversial comments that exact radio show and then his nomination was derailed. there you go, so as this plays out the dobbs decision wiping out row v. wade significantly restricted abortion access across america. now you have the medication abortion question before the courts, which could significantly reduce it even more dramatically. so it's a huge issue as we talked about in politics right

thank you to senators cardin and murkowski for championing this resolution. i look forward to voting in its favor tomorrow. finally, the senate will take the first procedural vote on legislation to care for our nation's veterans, spearheaded by my good friend, senator tester, head of the veterans committee. the elizabeth dole veterans program improvement act of 2023 is the union of a number of important and impactful bills that will strengthen the v.a., improve caregiver program, expand home and community-based services for vets and ultimately give greater dig dplit to those who -- dignity to those who defended the nation. this is what the senate should work on to build on the success of the pact act. this is far-reaching and will make an enormous difference in the lives of our veterans. i want to thank senator tester, moran, and members from both sides of the aisle for working on this important veterans package, and i yield the floor. what we haven't seen as their tax plans either to generate revenue . we don't know whether they're going to go ahead and prov

senator murkowski snuck in on me. >> thank you mr.hairman and secretary welcome to the committee for its good to see you and thank you for what you've been doing over at the department. a couple of questions here on critical minerals specifically graphite and i want to tell you one up i favor projects and that's the geothermal and alaska. with regards to domestic graphite you know right now we are currently producing anything at graphite accounts for 95% of the ev batteries and 30% typically ev battery by weight. we have a significant graphite deposit and in fact our nations largest graphite project is in alaska in gnome. graphite one but you know what our situation is right now and some of you are reporting 100% of her natural graphite is 70 to 80% of what the batteries are coming from china. i don't think anyone likes that situation so in light of the projections in terms of increased demand for graphite can you share with me what the administrations plan is for domestic graphite and if a project like graphite is factoring into what

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russia is invading ukraine and i -- fast forward to a trip with mark and senator manchin and senator murkowskis moment, where i got to meet him, i -- he's exactly what you think. in that sense, it really was kind of surreal to be able to walk in and already have a history with him without ever having been in the same room and one of the first thing i said is i hope you like the song >> he likes the song, right? >> yes, he does. but it was really interesting to talk about certain things. we got to have some conversations. and i was in there a while so to be able to discuss the smaller things, the family things, the things that all human beings have in common, kind of like the song says, it really was -- it really was something i'll never forget. and one of those moments where i feel like i don't know how i ended up there >> brad, you both have young kids and so much of what president zelenskyy's speeches call on us to do is to act like our kids are watching, right? not to kick them out of the room and so much of what igor is talking about, the inhumanity, the monstrosity of the russians. how mu

. >> senatorat murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome back to the midi.tion for you regarding a project i've had time to spend with labor secretary labor marty welsh, secretary welsh was very helpful in his capacity as head of the department of labor and supporting this project, it is a resource development project in my state that promises great opportunity for alaskan workers, a time when our economy is struggling, he recognized the value of the, the value the project creates over 2500 construction jobs, 300 long-term jobs and contribute to our nation's energy security so as i look back over your tenure as the department, i see you have 22 meetings with the epa climate related advocacy groups, not too many with industry for in prior groups. the question is whether you would continue support for projects like the willow project that clearly creates jobs and improve energy security regardless of what part ofrt the energy sector they are in. one thing he said renewable energy jobs and in my state we are still at the basis of our economy is resource product

i'm sorry with that, senator murkowski's neck and i'll make work sites neck and thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, welcome back to the committee good to seeee a bird thank you for what you've been doing over at the department. a couple questions are going to focus first on critical mineral specifically graphite and i want to talk about one of my favorite projects that is the prospect for more geothermal in alaska. so with regards to domestic graphite you know right now are not currently producing anything and graphite accounts for about 95% in the ev batteries nearly 30% of typical ev battery by weight. we have a pretty significant graphite deposits. in fact our nation's largest graphite project deposit is in alaska above nome. graphite one. but you know what our situation is written on the stench of your imported one 100% of her natural graphite 70 -- 80% of what is using ev batteries coming from china i don't think anybody likes that situation. so, in light of the projections in terms of increased demand for graphite's can you share with me what the administration's plan is

. >> senator murkowski. >> thank you, mister chairman. acting secretary but su, welcome back to the committee. first question for you, as regarding a project that i had some time to spend with former secretary of labor, marty walsh. very hl in his capacity as the head ofhl the departments of labor, and supporting the willow project. this is a resource development project in my state. that promises great opportunities for alaskan workers at a time when our economy is struggling. we recognize the value of that, the value this project creates over 2500 construction jobs, 300 long term jobs, and really contributes to our nation's energy security. so, as i have looked back over your tenure there at the department, i see that you have held 22 meetings with the epa, or climate related advocacy groups. not too many, i've noted, with industry or employer groups. so, the question for you this morning is whether he would continue secretary walsh's support for projects like the willow projects, that clearly create jobs, improve our energy security, a

senator joe manchin and senator lisa murkowski and sutter mark kelly visit ukraine it was announced todayador markarova: and brett paisley. >> you have better information than i do. ambassador markarova: i am the ambassador. i know who goes to ukraine. >> there you go. [laughter] i am on the joe manchin email list. you knew it before i did. how did the trip go? what are the takeaways? how important was the senate trip from your perspective? does it accomplish something that was not accomplished already? ambassador markarova: yet another bipartisan -- not only a great sign of bipartisan support which we need to have going forward. it is also very important to see -- also sometimes new senators and congressmen and congresswomen come into the country to see with their own eyes. it is not the same to see it on tv. it is another thing to go to my hometown and see it with your own eyes. it is very important. they had an excellent meeting with president zelenskyy. right in the central square in kyiv. it is something ukrainian people value a lot. we see how we became not only strategic partners w

i want to thank senator cardin who has spearheaded this, along with senator murkowski. it's bipartisan. thank them for championing this e.r.a. resolution and i look forward to advance its voting this thursday. finally, in a few minutes my colleague from massachusetts will take the floor to ask unanimous consent that some of our brave military leaders get the promotions they deserve. it is absolutely outrageous that the senator from alabama is playing with the security of america, playing with the lives of these military leaders whose lives are being disrupted by his harsh action. he believes strongly that the military, that women in the military shouldn't have the right to abortion. almost all americans disagree with him. but no matter how strongly he feels, to hold up the promotion of military leaders, many of whom, most of whom dedicated decades of their lives to protecting our country and now living leaving those positions vacant risking our security is one of the most abominable and outrageous things i have ever seen in this chamber witnessed by the fact that no one