signed patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. >> its final hearing yesterday, a little over one hour in length. you can see the whole theory and all the other proceedings from the generous six committee on our website at c-span.org. you can still watch yesterdays at our app at c-span now. when it comes to the specific criminal referrals it was jamie raskin democrat of maryland a member of the committee who laid out the specific criminal referrals the committee plans to make to the justice department. >> the first criminal statute we invoke for referral therefore is title 18 section 1512 see which makes makes it unlawful for anyone to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding of the united states government. we believed that the evidence described by my colleagues today and assembled throughout our hearings warrants a criminal referral of former president donald j. trump, john eastman, and others for violations of this statute. the whole purpose and obvious effect of trump's schemes w

republican senator chuck grassley paid tribute on the senate floor to rehiring vermont senator patrick leahy, he's currently the longest running senator, elected first in 1974. >> today i come to the floor to pay tribute to the president pro tem of the united states senate. he's the longest serving senator currently serving in this institution and he's my friend from vermont, senator pat leahy. as many of you know, the senator from vermont also happens to be a talented photography. his photos have been published in the new york times, usa today, and elsewhere. senator leahy has also appeared in front of the camera in batman movies. but this shutterbug was bitten by the political bug and made his mark in vermont politics. at age 34 he became the youngest and very first democrat elected to the united states senate from the green mountain state. and today he's vermont's longest serving senator, having put his name on the ballot two dozen times during his political career. a year ago in november, my friend and colleague announced that he would not seek reelection to a 9th term. at vermont's stat

. ♪ >> senator patrick leahy is leaving congress after 48 years.s the first democrat to serve as a u.s. senator of vermont when he was elected in 1974. he went on to beco

america's story. >> my friend, the honorable patrick leahy gets tonight's last word.stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, a tough week gets tougher for dold

patrick leahy did? who wrote the bill? chairwoman delauro says it fills 98% of the democratic members' request in the house, $5.4 billion for democratic projects. i'm not sure your definition of people, i guess those numbers that you are really look after, that would be politics. our economy is already in a dire condition and passing this omnibus supercharges that disaster. you know what? inflation is higher today than 11 months og ago when president biden said it peaked. families are paying $400 per month. why? because you put them before your politics and didn't know they wanted to pay more. last month our deficit was nearly $250 billion. another record you own, a record for the highest for the month of november. it was fueled by 55% increase in interest rates. why? because you owned the majority, the house, the senate and presidency. meanwhile, personal credit card debt exploded by $400 billion in the third quarter. that's another record you own for the third quarter. inflation is the economy's number one problem. the f

it's america's story. >> my friend, the honorable patrick leahy gets tonight's last word.ts now. >> tonight, a tough week gets tougher for donald trump and it is only tuesday. americans are about to see what he is worth and who is paying him with six years of tax returns going public. then a humanitarian crisis at the border and the battle in court that can make it even worse. towns along the border bracing for what comes next. and a dramatic day in tech and business.

senator patrick leahy, thanks for your your time. and congratulations on your new book, the road taken. thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. welcome to bar

he criticized him, patrick leahy who's the chair of the appropriations committee, democrat, of coursecan-on-republican violence is something we've really not seen. you can imagine that escalating next year. neil: chad, thank you very, very much for that. we'll see what happens right now. chad pergram on those developments. now, a lot of republicans were saying for all the money we're providing not only in this measure, but certainly the 45 million tucked into this for ukraine, where is support for the border? well, it's in here, but it's maybe not mt. numbers that they thought. i want to get, dive into that with joe -- a city mayor. mayor, very good to have you. there are some provisions that call for hiring more at the border to deal with the migrant surge. it's already happening to say nothing of the big surge that's happening to the tune of about $3.5-4 million, allocations for temporary facilities and things like that to the tune of $7 billion. what do you think of all that? >> first of all, merry christmas, america. we are truly blessed to live in the greatest country in the worl

democratic senator patrick leahy is the sharechairman of the appropriations committee he confirmed that agreement has been reached saying in a statement that the pain of inflation is real and this cannot be delayed further. senator shelby says if all goes well they should be able to finish an omnibus package by december 23rd. lawmakers are expected to pass a one-week extension allowing negotiations to continue until the 23rd the package includes bills to keep the government funded through september of next year >> brie jackson for us, thank you. >>> and some haiklawmakers are looking to stop the clock on tiktok a bipartisan bill was introduced to both chambers of congress aiming to ban the app from tedance. marco rubio and mike gallagher worked across the aisle with a democratic congressman on the act. if passed it would block all social media from influences from china, russia and other nations of concern. >>> elon musk slashing the trust and safety team. the "new york times" is reporting that the social giant has not paid rent on san francisco headquarters or any global offices in wee

. ♪ >> senator patrick leahy is leaving congress after 48 years.e was the first democrat to serve as a u.s. senator of vermont when he was elected in 1974. he went on to become the state's longest-serving senator and president are temporary of the senate making him third in line , for succession. throughout his eight terms in office, senator leahy chaired several committees including agriculture, judiciary and most recently, appropriations. he gave a farewell speech on the senate floor with just a few days left before his retirement. >> there are some things we experience in life that we can never prepare for, no matter how hard we try. embarking on a life with the person you love is one. having, raising and loving a child is another. raising, and loving a child is another, and then there's this one today. i've bean here 48 -- i've been here 48 years. perhaps to the dismay of hundreds of distinguished presiding officers, i've delivered more floor statements. some were more eloquent than others, some less, but i've never delivered a speech like this

touchstone of his campaign for speaker mccarthy upgraded senate appropriations committee chairman patrick leahy the top republican on the panel, richard shelby for crafting a massive spending bill shelby suggested mccarthy's opposition was just posturing. he's running for speaker. and we understand that, and he's got to put a coalition of republicans together. mccarthy skeptics aren't budging. we will know at 11 59 on january 3rd. when negotiating up until that time, there hasn't been a second ballot for speaker since 1923. that's when it took three days and nine ballots for the house to reelect frederick. gillette is speaker, but the house is expected to vote and vote and vote into it finally settles on a winning candidate. the record was 163 votes over two months for the house to elect nathaniel banks's speaker in 18 56. the house can't do anything until it alexa speaker, including swearing in members, and even creating miti's. to investigate the biden administration on capitol hill chad program, fox news back here in california, celebrated mountain lion in los angeles that became a symbol fo

. >> senator patrick leahy, thank you for your time and congratulations onyour new book . >> thank youvery much . >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history t documents as stories and on sunday book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding comes from the solvation companies and more including charter patients. >> that is a force for empowerment /are you structure, and empowering opportunityin. he's big and small . charter settings. >> charter communications along with these television companies supports as a public service. >> good afternoon everybody, welcome to barnes and noble. today we are author martin dugard, the author of best-selling books including taking harris, and the explorers with bill o'reilly these the co-author of the killing series, the killing letters which is a bestseller so without any further ado to talk about "taking berlin" his latest book, martin dugard will. >> did you tell me if my voice is not. if you're out there are not going to hear-sanything i say . people at c-span have pulled me that you know

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chair patrick leahy announced there was some progress, but the sides are still around $26 billion apart on this top-line number, and that's out of a larger $1.5 trillion plus package. we're probably going to have another week long continuing resolution until the 23rd where they'll try to work out a weeklong deal in that i'm to period. >> host: why is the debate over $26 billion if it's $1.5 trillion overall? >> guest: republicans is have traditionally gone along with pairing defense spending with thee increase in nest domestic spending. they don't want that continuing increase. they say democrats had enough increases with the inflation reduction act and ore reconciliation programs. democrats are still holding on that line. so there's still disagreement. we expect will the not to be a government shutdown, but it really depends whether there's a year-long omnibus or a year-long continuing resolution which would be pretty impactful for the pentagon and other departments. >> host: let's set those two apart, the dumps between having an omni -- the difference between having an omnibus and a c

got to say, my winner is senator patrick leahy of vermont and also senator richard shelby.hese guys, democrat and republican, they're retiring. and yet they were tasked with negotiating this entire bill . it just so happens a lot of buildings and programs are now named after them. congratulations, fellas. they got it across the finish line, one point seven trillion dollars. all right, marie, you're winners. >> losers. my winner was president zelenskyy of ukraine. he came to washington. he showed the world that this is the fight for freedom. he had his churchill moment, mike and my loser. am i doing my loser right now? yes. okay, my loser is congressman elect george santos from new york . his whole life story appears to be fabricated. it's all falling apart. what an embarrassment for the republican party in new york . all right, byron, bring us home. >> my winner is the status quo . i'm talking about the big omnibus bill here. in four years, reformers have tried to stop congress from waiting until the very last second to pass a huge spending bill that nobody reads. and that'

. ♪ cooks senator patrick leahy, you are doing something hard that's a lot of senators to do.t is to retire voluntarily. what made you decide to do that? >> i never thought i'd be here that long. everybody said i would be a one term senator. i thought that is quitea possible. got easy to get reelected. i did not expect to be here this long. my wife marceaux and i talked about it we pretty firmly decide that would be the last one. i knew from the polls and everything i could easily be reelected this year. but i 82, we want to go home. we went to have more time to the kids and grandkids. t.we would both like to scuba dive, we have more time for that. but also sent for someone else to come inn there. i was able to think of the university of vermont and other places. tell people what's happened in the last half-century. clerks you are not the oldest senator. theree are four others older thn you. senator feinsteininrm is 89 shes just elected to another term. senatorr grassley's 88 he is in the middle of a reelection campaign. why is it so hard for so many senators to do what you ha

. >> host: senator patrick leahy, , thanks for your time ad congratulations on your new book, "the road taken." >> guest: thank you very much. >> weekends on c-span2 on intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's stories, and on sundays booktv brings you the lest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 c-sm these television companies and more including media,. >> at mediacom we believe that what you do here or right here, our way out in the middle of a newish up access to fast reliable in it. that's why we leading the way. >> mediacom, along with these television companies, supports c-span2 as a public service. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to barnes & noble. today we w are welcoming author martin dugard. is the author of several best-selling books of history including taking paris, into africa and explores, and with bill o'reilly he's a co-author of the killing series, most recently killing the legends which is a a current bestsell. so without further ado to talk about "taking berlin," his latest book, martin dugard. [applause] >> eve

patrick leahy did? who wrote the bill? chairwoman delauro says it fills 98% of the democratic members' request in the house, $5.4 billion for democratic projects. i'm not sure your definition of people, i guess those numbers that you are really look after, that would be politics. our economy is already in a dire condition and passing this omnibus supercharges that disaster. you know what? inflation is higher today than 11 months og ago when president biden said it peaked. families are paying $400 per month. why? because you put them before your politics and didn't know they wanted to pay more. last month our deficit was nearly $250 billion. another record you own, a record for the highest for the month of november. it was fueled by 55% increase in interest rates. why? because you owned the majority, the house, the senate and presidency. meanwhile, personal credit card debt exploded by $400 billion in the third quarter. that's another record you own for the third quarter. inflation is the economy's number one problem. the f

democratic aide told me progress was made over the weekend and the senator leading the talks, patrick leahyrom vermont is leading the spending bill one sticking point is the law the democrats passed over the summer republicans argue democrats got money for priorities like clean energy and healthcare. democrats say the law is fully paid for and shouldn't count against the comprehensive bill. the white house weighed in as well looking for $38 billion for ukraine. president biden spoke with president volodymyr zelenskyy last night and reaffirmed the u.s. commitment to providing security and economic and humanitarian assistance. brian, this is the make-or-break week because the government runs out of money midnight on friday. neither side wants a shutdown, but there's no solution just yet. >> so, dare i ask, what happens if they do not reach a deal? what are the options for averting a shutdown if they can't come to a deal >> reporter: so republicans and democrats are floating a couple of different ideas the problem is they are different ideas. democrats say if this big omnibus spending bill fal

senate appropriations chair patrick leahy said the two sides made significant progress over the weekend. but they will have to work faster to avoid a shutdown on friday. nbc news reports democrats and republicans still have not agreed on top line spending numbers for an om anybodious package that will fund the federal government through the fiscal year that ends in september 2023. without those numbers, appropriators cannot finalize details of the deal. complicating the gop internal politics is house minority leader kevin mccarthy who is courting right-wing votes to pressure mcconnell to walk away from the table until the new congress is seated in january. much. >> we're 28 days away from republicans having the gavel. we would be stronger in every negotiation. so any republican that is out there trying to work with them is wrong. >> so that shows -- does that you this mcconnell? >> yes. >> why you would want to work on anything if you have the golf? wait until we're in charge. >> though democrats control both chambers at this moment, they need ten republicans in the senate to vote in fa

. >> this week i would say that my winner is senator patrick leahy of vermont.se guys, democrat and republican, they are retiring and, yet, they were tanked with negotiating this entire bill it. just so happens a lot of buildings and programs are now named after them. congratulations, fellows. >> they got it across the finish line $1.7 trillion. your winners and losers. >> president zelenskyy of ukraine. he came to washington and showed freedom he had his churchill moment. am i doing my loser now? >> mike: yes. >> loser congressman george san toast from new york. his whole life story appears to be fabricated all falling apart. what an embarrassment for the republican party in new york. >> mike: all right, byron, bring us home. >> my winner is the status quo. i'm talking about the big omnibus bill here. for years reformers have tried to stop congress from waiting until the very last second to pass a huge spending bill that nobody reads and that's what they have just done again. the status quo has won again. the loser is the fbi. i mean, the twitter papers have re

speaker kevin mccarthy blasted the retiring shelby and senate appropriations committee chairman patrick leahyhe framework. no longer be here. be held accountable to the constituents. >> mccarthy is scrambling to secure the votes to become speaker. disavowing if you had a 40 seat majority that this would not -- this is not political here that you would say okay, let's figure out a way to fund the government. >> it doesn't matter whether we have a 30 seat majority or five seat majority. >> it takes days to finalize the omnibus. that's why leaders demand an emergency spending bill called a cr to avert a shutdown. conservatives balked. >> this cr is the gateway drug to an omnibus spending bill next week. >> with some republicans just want to continuing resolutions vote on the interim bill tonight, the senate tomorrow. bret? >> bret: we will follow it. chad pergram on the hill, chad, thanks. >> bret: we have stunning images tonight of the effort to rescue a police officer exposed to fentanyl on what was supposed to be a routine traffic accident. correspondent charles watson. >> dramatic body cam v

senator patrick leahy, thanks for your your time. and congratulations on your new book, the road taken. thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. welcome to barnes and noble. today, we're arthur martin dugard. he's the author of several bestselling books of history, including taking paris into africa and the explorers and with bill o'reilly, he's the coauthor of the killing series most recently killing the legends, which is a current bestseller. so without any further ado, to talk about taking. his latest book, it's martin dugard. could guys come in and my voice does not carry you and if you're out there, you're not going to hear anything i say. the nice people at c-span have me to let you know ahead of time. if we get to the q&a portion of today. if you have a question we will bring a microphone to you. everything is going to be on mike. so if you have question, raise your hand and they'll bring the mike to it. we'll do that. anybody for coming out. used to be as a writer, things like this were fairly common. you know, you'd y

mccarthy upgraded senate appropriations committee chairman patrick leahy and the top republican on the, richard shelby, for crafting a massive spending bill shelby suggested mccarthy's opposition was just posturing. he's running for speaker and we understand that, and he's got to put a coalition of republicans together. mccarthy skeptics aren't budging. we will know. at 11 59 on january 3rd. when negotiating up until that time, there hasn't been a second ballot for speaker since 1923. that's when it took three days and nine ballots for the house to reelect frederick. gillette is speaker, but the house is expected to vote and vote and vote until it finally settles on a winning candidate. the record was 163 votes over two months for the house to elect nathaniel banks's speaker in 18 56. the house can't do anything until it alexa speaker, including swearing in members, and even creating miti's to investigate the biden administration on capitol hill chad program, fox news, the leading republican candidate, and governor. gavin newsom recall election appears to have new goals. the host of ou

. >> host: senator patrick leahy, , thanks for your time ad congratulations on your new book, "the road taken." >> guest: thank you very much. >> weekends on c-span2 on intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's stories, and on sundays booktv brings you the lest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 c-sm these television companies and more including media,. >> at mediacom we believe that what you

patrick leahy and richard shelby. they're retiring. republicans want to put their stamp on spending next year. >> you need to get rid of the senators that decide to continue to spend like this. what is unfortunate is people that crafted this huge spending bill, nobody of them will face a vote of the people again because they're retiring. >> about half the house voted by proxy today. lawmakers are only supposed to vote remotely if they have covid. democrat rasheed talib voted present even those she was absent. this could be the last proxy vote in the house. >> neil: chad, just to be clear, this final bill covers what period in to next year? >> this will run until the end of the fiscal year. it will run until the end of next september. september 30th. right now there's another bill, an interim bull that they put together because it will take days for this president to sign. today the house again synced up with the senate, another interim spending bill which funds the government through december 30th. >> neil: chad, thanks very much. a re

. >> my friend, the honorable patrick leahy gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, a tough week gets tougher for donald trump and it is only tuesday. americans are about to see what he is worth and who is paying him with six years of tax returns going public. then a humanitarian crisis at the border and the battle in court that can make it even worse. towns along the border bracing for what comes next. and a dramatic day in tech and business. sam bankman-fried is heading back to the u. s. to face charges william lung musk elon musk might be serious about finding twitter's next ceo as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy tuesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening's broadcast with more bad news for former president, donald j trump. not long ago after more than four hours of a closed door meeting, the house ways and means committee voted to release six years of donald trump's tax returns to the public. trump has spent years battling to keep his returns secret, l

governsenate appropriations cha, patrick leahy, says the omnibus funding package will be released tomorrow. without any poison pills for republicans to take issue with. yes, republicans appear unwilling to vote for. it should we expect a shutdown, senator? or continuing resolution to keep the government and business for the next year? >> i think we will get a continuing resolution, i hope, for a week. to allow republicans to take a look at chairman leahy's plan, and to come on board. the problem is it takes a certain amount of runway to finish an appropriations bill. it is a big bill full a lots of details. for democrats for continuing to work in a bipartisan way as we can, to put forth a appropriations bill that republicans could agree with or at least form a negotiating starting point for fairly minor accommodations so we could meet that december 23rd deadline, i think that will be important. i think there is bipartisan desire in the senate not to go down the cer path any longer than is necessary. it's probably going to be great for senators christmas. probably gonna be there pretty late

said appropriations chair senator patrick leahy said the two sides made significant progress over the weekend, but they will have to work faster to avoid a shutdown on friday. complicating matters is house minority leader kevin mccarthy's courting of right-wing votes in his quest to become speaker. he's now pressuring senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to walk away from the table until the new congress in january. it's all about kevin. >> we're 28 days away from republicans having the gavel. we would be stronger in every negotiation. so any republican that's out there trying to work with them is wrong. >> does that include mcconnell? >> yes. why would you want to work on everything if we have the gavel inside congress? >> you just won the house. >> yeah. wait till we're in charge. >> joining us now from capitol hill nbc news senior national political reporter sahil kapur. sahil, what more can you tell us about the potential deal, i mean, is it possible to hold off as kevin mccarthy wants to do? >> it is certainly possible that they get a deal, mika, but it is 4 1/2 days away from

deal to get them to next year when they take over the house, the senate appropriations chairman patrick leahy, just put the brakes on a plan to try to jam through a democratic proposal today. saying that the two sides made some progress over the weekend, and it's possible if we get to thursday this week just on the verge of a partial government shutdown, both sides could agree to a stopgap deal to buy some time. there's no appetite for a government shutdown. i'm told by people close to the talks. what you could see is a one week continuing resolution in a sense to continue funding the government at the current levels for weeks so they can continue to negotiate a deal. but still deadlines here can also focus minds. can we do it in the next few days before the 16th? we can deadlines are absolutely appropriate. and there's another deadline here christmas with a lot of these lawmakers trying to get something, anything done so they can head home for the holidays. in washington, doug lose ader fox news. the annual toys for tots drive is lighting up the faces of children across america this holiday

it's an end of an era, this bill, because it was negotiated between richard shelby as well as patrick leahyoth retiring so it will get harder to pass bills in the future not just because of mccarthy but because of the fact that there's a lot of institutional knowledge that is going to be walking out the door. >> that's an important point. i was going to ask about that. glad you made it. thank you all so much. stick around. ahead we have a cnn exclusive. i sat down with capitol police chief tom manger who talked candidly about the increase in threats to the members of the senate and security changes in the wake of january 6th. it's the subway series menu. 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet! bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. lily! welcome to our third bark-ery. oh, i can tell business is going through the “woof”

this was something that was negotiated by two outgoing members of the united states senate, patrick leahytisan bill and enjoyed a number of votes in the senate and the house for republicans, but the vote in the house, largely along partisan lines as of course republicans set to take control of the house next year, and they have vowed to not allow this level of spending in the new year. that of course could lead to some conflict as we get closer to september. but as of right now, the congress avoided any type of government shutdown ahead of the holidays, and i have to tell you, this place was buzzing, about five minutes ago, and it is now completely vacant, as these members are going to get out of town to celebrate the holiday. >> yes, i'm sure there were sprints out the door. ryan nobles, thank you, and happy holidays to you. >>> joining me now is democratic congresswoman pramila jayapal. the chair of the house progressive caucus. congresswoman, thank you so much for taking some time out to be with us today. i'm sure you're exhausted. what is your reaction to the house passing this histor

d shelby and shelby, senator richard shelby of alabama and patrick leahy of vermont are engaged. and we'll see if they can strike a deal. okay, think about this for a moment. gop interests are being represented. nothing, nothing personalth against him, but by richard ric shelby, who is an old establishment guy. he's eighty eight years oldticaa and whose political career is overer. that is a joke now. well, look, mitch mcconnell prefers these obscene, gargantuan spending bills because it makes his job easier. and it means in the end, h e in th won't have to deal with concern . ith is quitconse as mucerh in y year, certainly not incertainly the house. now, more from this politico more ttoday. mcconnell also knowsoday, thate reaches a deal this month, an outgoing speakerthe , nancy pel, can be trusted to push it mccarth the house. can the same be said aboutnuary? mccarthy in january as one gop senator told politico this alre, nobody wants to handbody s kevin mccarthy a grenade with a pen already pulled. >> how he trusts pelosi more than mccarthy, mcconnelleal or washington. swamp re

deal to get them to next year when they take over the house, the senate appropriations chairman patrick leahyut the brakes on a plan to try to jam through a democratic proposal today. saying that the two sides made some progress over the weekend, and it's possible if we get to thursday this week just on the verge of a partial government shutdown. both sides could agree to a stopgap deal to buy some time. there's no appetite for a government shutdown. i'm told by people close to the talks. what you could see is a one week continuing resolution in a sense to continue funding the government at the current levels for weeks so they can continue to negotiate a deal. but still deadlines here can also focus minds. can we do it in the next few days before the 16th? we can deadlines are absolutely appropriate, and there's another deadline here christmas with a lot of these lawmakers trying to get something, anything done so they can head home for the holidays. in washington. doug lose ader fox news time is 4 39 . an annual deadline for healthcare coverage is approaching. if you don't have insurance cov

signed patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. watch live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. now we return you to our book tv programming. it started long before george floyd was alive when you start looking. the history of george floyd's family. discovered if he was a white man inin america, a wealthy fortuneo the great-grandfather. one of the most prosperous landowners in north carolina. all of that was taken away from him. taking advantage of the fact that he could not read because the government did not allow him to read. before he could make one transfer all of this was whittled away. that sets the floyd family for generations on a journey inside poverty. also, it a tells them something about america which was do your job, keep your head down. at any given point you can't mess up. think about what kind of message that does to a family to know that over generation. that is where the story starts. a

capitol to the senate has won the seat of the retiring presidentir pro tem human rights defender and patrick leahy off this conference in which we have heard from so many incredible lawmakers and other experts about the fight that lies ahead and j street's role in it. we are so deeply honored as we prepare uss to take on the off some responsibility of being a united states senator he has taken time to be with us today to share his impressions and insights. it's my personal welcome toreioe stage senator elect peter welch. [applause] [background noises] cocci everybody. i've got to tell you, it is my honor to be here. standing back here listening fair to say is in good hands. it's in really good hands. i heard my colleagues going to the senate it's kind of like it's a big deal they're treating me like i am a senator and it kinda felt good for a while. but it is not all it was cracker up to be. at the end of the day somebody came over handed me a key and send your offices in the basement of one of those buildings over there i think. and i went over in these dark rooms with no windows. they said come

the gateway drug to the mortgaging of our children's future this abuse must stop >> democratic patrick leahy that congress does have the power of the purse. guys, johnson's effort failed just 34 in favor and 63 against. back over to you >> i guess there's no way around it the only way they're going to get something done is if you buy everybody off, they get their own pet projects, right, ylan? >> reporter: earmarks were gone for a while. they just came back last year. so this is really a new and evolved version of earmarks that congress is working with now they did try to put in different safeguards in order to stem what a lot of people saw as baseless spending members were capped at 15 requests you have to certify neither you, your spouse, your family members have a direct financial interest the money has to go to a nonprofit, government agency they are trying to find ways to ensure this doesn't get abused constituent services, retail politics, that's what this is all about. >> 15 requests of what to do with our money got it thank you. >> for more on the spending bill, let's bring in senato

he's got some earmarks, including a measure renaming the lake champlain basin program, as the patrick leahylake champlain basin program. that came at a cost. we had to stuff $35 million each year for the next five years in order to get that. that's a pretty expensive name tag. i mean, gosh, you could buy the naming rights to a major sports arena for a lot less than that. he got that one in. but i've got to be bipartisan here. i'm not going to make this a strictly partisan speech. we've got other things in there. apparently, there are some buildings in the state of alabama that have yet to be named after our colleague richard shelby. i loved richard shelby. great man. distinguished career. i guess there are some things in alabama that still haven't been name after him. so, he's gotten the facilities of the fbi -- that the fbi has at the redstone arsenal. those facilities are going to be named the richard shelby center for innovation and advanced training. that's great. congratulations there. if you're a fan of presidential museums, this bill has some provisions you might like. this bill adds

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of s.j. resolution 60, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 640, s.j. res. 60, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, and so forth. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: first, mr. president, i understand there is a bill at the desk that is due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the leader is correct. the clerk will read the title for the second time. the clerk: a bill making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2023 extending various health programs and for other purposes. mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar, under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of state, lynne m. tracy of ohio to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the united states of america to the russian federation. test. test. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: the senate is not. mr. schumer: mr. president, i see you are in your ukrainian yellow and blue, as am i, and that's appropriate, because this will be a day to remember in the history of the united states congress when we welcome president volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine. this is president zelenskyy's first trip outside ukraine since the beginning of russia's invasion. the president of this young democracy will address members from

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, leadership time is reserved, morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will record. -- report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, jerry w. blackwell, of minnesota, to be united states district judge for the district of minnesota. >> weather was appropriate for congress to act in this case in terms of the two measures the house has passed extending the paisley and how concerned you may be for the potential of the senate not finishing at work and not taking up the measures passed by the house yesterday. the reporting from "politico" this morning on what is going on, democrat rail strike challenge say the economy and your ties to unions. push for paid sick leave in any glider two-step solution to the house. it may not survive the senate buzz saw. house progresses forced democratic leaders to boost a leave a rail

signed patrick j. leahy, if president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, jeffery paul hopkins, of ohio, to be united states district judge for the southern district of ohio. the day the vote came in in the general election. even though he was disappointed that we can close but not, and had to run again. we will win the runoff. to percent or 1% but by close to 3%. and it was because he did an amazing thing. he was just a person who had great faith. he had great strength. he had great conviction. he had great caring. he's a unique man who's had a great future. and i was brought to tears last night watching him tell his story and his concluding line in the sense where he talked about his mom. and he said she grew up in the '50s taking someone else's cotton and som