days before the helms campaign infamously sent tens of thousands of postcards targeting black north carolinians not only were they not ineligible but risking prosecution if they did we know he misled members of the judiciary committee about that incident expressing either concern or remorse for the way he actively participated to undermine the right to vote. in 2016 as mentioned by my colleague mr. farr lost one of his biggest cases defending north carolina notorious discriminating - - discriminating voter id law. this is not about right or left but right or wrong. there are so many good judges that can serve in this position conservative judges with track records of upholding ideals consistent with jurisprudence why this person? why a state in eastern district with a sad history of voter suppression in the past ever african-americans and others come before hand and to question the authenticity and integrity of the judge and therefore the judicial system. we can go another way. we must go another way. confirming this judge for the undermining the faith that americans must have in our judicial s

target those north carolinians to be disenfranchised from their right to vote. time and time again, mr. farr has worked to advance an agenda aimed at turning back the clock on our democratic advancements, about our common ideals, about the commonsense fairness that in this country every vote counts, every person has the right to vote. time and time again in this process, mr. farr has offered misleading and incomplete testimony regarding his record and his work. this is a body that has shown in its history a capability to work together in a bipartisan way to protect the right to vote. this body is the one that passed one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history, the voting rights act of 1965. but the weight of history isn't just on this body in this moment because it still weighs heavily on so many voters in north carolina who remember receiving one of those postcards from jesse helms in 1984 at the direction of mr. farr and others and who may have received another postcard from the helms campaign in 1990 threatening federal prosecution if they

the ultimate torture that report should've come out in the main reason it didn't come out as a north carolinian by the name of richard burr who is chairman of the senate select committee on intelligence prevented that report from being read by the american people and as far as i'm concerned that's complicit with the war crimes committed yes because what's reported in that report. war crimes senator byrd declined our request for comment. earlier this year senator byrd a republican also chaired the confirmation hearing for president donald trump's controversial nominee as the new head of the cia or jena high school truth. in hospitals confirmation hearings here back in may reignited controversy over the cia's pace nine eleven torture program not least her a record hitting a detention facility in thailand in two thousand and two where a detainee was water boarded. the. do you believe in hindsight that those techniques were immoral senator what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to is answer the question. and i think i've answe

the north carolina high country's economy by providing jobs and livelihoods for thousands of north carolinians. the fifth district is one of the largest producers of live cut christmas trees in the country. producing over 20% of the real christmas trees in the united states. representing over 95% of all species grown in the state, the north carolina frazier fir christmas tree is the most popular in the u.s. -- christmas tree in north korea. it is shipped to every state in the u.s. as well as the caribbean islands, mexico, canada, bermuda, japan, and all other points all over the world. congratulations once again to mr. smith and thanks to thanks to christmas tree growers across the country for contributing to our economy and providing the joy of having a real christmas ree to families worldwide. mr. speaker, i rise today to share some good news with the house. over a year and a half ago we passed a small business health fairness act. small businesses were hit hard by flawed mandates, soaring cost, and limited choices under obamacare. the education and work force committee worked hard to produc

back i tried to squeeze into 12 minutes up went there to learn and one woman, turkish by birth, north carolinian by choice, an expert on social media. i put her description of social media. this is really personality for layer one i. put her description of social media in the book. she said as a lot like doritos. bear with me. can make this work. just takes a minute. she says, torritos only an to be tortilla chip. they are really delivery mechanisms for salt and fat. which creates a craving for. >> more salt. >> more salt and fat. that's the way social media works. you into facebook or whatever your social media scene might be, it knows you at least as well as you do, and the business model, the way it makes money, i is to keep you there, and science teaches it can keep you there by showing things that please you and with which you agree. so the first thing that comes up are things that you would have a natural interest in. the longer you're there, the more the doritos want you to eat more doritos. the longer you're there, the algorithm think core algorithm, drives you into more extreme, more co

swept across that terrain and had to take in that fire from the sunken lane where alabamians and north carolinians were positioned, that this was a formidable task. this was the first significant fighting at the 14th indiana. i say that. i should note they started fighting at cheat mountain and encourage town. they've seen fighting, but in nothing like this. first day after the battle, david bean wrote what in essence was a declaration of survival. yesterday, we fought a terrible battle. i came out safe after being engaged from sunrise until dark. lieutenant lundy is killed, 19 are wounded, several morally. ? ? mortally. last night we laid on the battlefield and still hold it. it was a horrible battle, and providence strangely protected me. strangely protected me. since i was a kid, i'll always thought that was an odd conclusion. because you can see in that final line, he was suffering what you might call metaphysical confusion. there was this notion before the war that providence would direct human affairs in an orderly and predictable way. but as he wrote in other letters, he saw men fall on eit

across the open terrain, that have taken the fire, the sunken lane where alabamians as well as north carolinians were positioned and this was a formidable task. really the first significant fighting of the 14th indiana. i say that, i should note, seeing fighting a chief mountain, now west virginia, also encourage down a little bit of fighting, but nothing like this. first day after the battle -- he wrote, in essence, what was a declaration of survival. yesterday, we fought a terrible battle. i came out safe, after being engaged from sunrise until dark. lieutenant lundy is killed, 19 are wounded, several mortally. last night, we laid on the battlefield, and we still hold it it was a terrible battle, and providence strangely protected me. strangely, protected me. since i was a kid i always thought that that was an odd conclusion because you can see in that final line that he has something that one might call metaphysical confusion.>> [ laughter ] >> a notion before the war that providence would direct human affairs in an orderly and predictable way. but as he wrote in other letters that he saw men

committee for their work in resolving this and my office will remain committed to serving western north carolinians every day to the west of our ability. so that's that. thank you, mj, for your reporting. >>> so the husband of one of the president's top advisers says the administration is, quote, a dumpster fire. hear his wild interview next. >>> plus, a trump-appointed judge rules in favor of cnn, ordering the white house to reinstate jim acosta's trespass. hear what happens next. hi. i'm paul. i switched to sprint because they have a great network and i knew i'd save a ton of money. sprint's nationwide lte advanced network is now up to 2x faster than when i switched. and their total lte coverage is 30% larger. that's big news!! don't forget unlimited. sprint's unlimited can save you nearly $1000 in the first year over verizon and at&t. just think what you can do with all that extra money. (vo) up to two times faster than before. see how you can save nearly $1000. for those with hearing loss sprint. visit sprintrelay.com. i'm thomas carrasco with the department of defense. you were employed at the

our friend senator burr has testified that his fellow north carolinian as the requisite expertise, character and judgment required for the federal bench and he will serve in this role honorably. so i would urge all of our colleagues to join me in voting to advance this nomination later today. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: and consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: yes. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of commerce, karen dunn kelley of pennsylvania to be deputy secretary. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 11:00 a.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders

i am in north carolina and i would like to congratulate north carolinians for voting for the way the state needed to go. as far as immigration, i am a firm believer we need id. you cannot go anywhere. i am disabled. i cannot go anywhere, cannot pick a check up, cannot do anything without an id. i recently bought a new car. i cannot go through my dmv ithout up-to-date picture id, do not understand what the big problem would be with that. host: you had said you were happy that the people voted for the way the state needed to go? who are you referencing? caller: i'm referencing the republicans. i voted split ticket. i am in raleigh. we have people on the democratic side including my sheriff and my local community, split ticket. i feel like in north carolina we are starting on a new economic upturn. raleigh, i have seen the jobs, the people in my community, going back to work in making decent money. i keep in touch and watched c-span. i would like to see this continue. i'm afraid at this point that with all the animosity and stuff, divide between the urban and inside city, with the count

we're willing to work with anybody when it comes to meeting the needs specifically for me and north carolinians>> >> bill: a quote constantly playing defense we need to work as a team to use our messaging tools to drive our agenda. i imagine you don't disagree with that? >> no, we've been talk about that as far as setting a path or tone when it comes to messaging. too times we found ourselves reactionary opposed to proactive. republicans have to do a better job in building the relationships to build the conduit to take our policies to our under privileged communities. how many times i have heard republicans don't care. republicans do care but it's time we proved it. >> bill: what is your sense about the ongoing battle for the senate? arizona's battle and we'll see which way it goes. you may have a long and nasty fight in florida, sir. >> we may. i was raised in santa rosa county, florida. it looks like the broward blunder will happen again. it's amazing, bill, to me that folks in some counties some without power can count their ballots but once again broward has a problem. >> bill: did you say