signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate adjourned until last of the book, and there are a couple of a couple of planks i still want us to get in place. one is about the role of religion for putin in terrorizing of russian society. you know, he assigned a patron to his nuclear forces, etc. yes. and i think we have a photo of putin crossing. there we go. so patron saint is, saint seraphim of seraph. a why? because that's where beria, the father of a russian project, decided to have the headquarters of the russian nuclear. so this monk, who who was canonized by nicholas second early in the 20th century, the monk himself lived in the first third of the 19th century. seraphim of seraph is a patron saint of the nuclear forces. putin went twice now their blessing. he sending to the former patriarch. that's aleksey. and they they blessed the procession on the 100th anniversary of the saints canonized by nicholas. the second and then put in again to pray at the relics of th

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signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, january 8, 2024. january 8, 2024. >> and the sin as gavel out for the week after ushering in the second session of the 118th congress on wednesday. the next vote in the chamber scheduled for monday when senators return to work as expected on funding the federal government. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. c-span2. we now return to booktv programming. >> i mean, unfortunately it is an ever more popular strategy in certain quarters especially the republican party but what you do say that we can do and should try to do is do you say we want the world not that notl but is hospitable to the continuation of the american experience. can you elaboratete on that? >> yet. i guess there, too, i'm going separate out, i'm trying to imagine a world in which without american hegemony we can still be confident in the future of the american experiment. it's harder than the last time we h

think susan collins, patty murray, they are the ones waiting for numbers on what the government fundingohnson's office. and they haven't gotten those numbers as of now. >> let's talk about the possible impeachment of president biden. republicans have yet to prove any wrongdoing. there's no there there, at least not yet but they moved forward with the inquiry. tell us what the time line is whether they're going to forge forward with this impeachment? >> right before they left for the christmas holiday they voted to move forward with an impeachment inquiry they said it's not impoopeaching biden but actually looking into the biden family, what those connections are. but really what we're going to see these next couple of weeks is those interviews, the investigating committee's house oversight, judiciary, they're going to continue to look into family ties between biden, hunter biden. they say they actually punted a lot of those interviews now that the impeachment inquiry was opened, and we'll continue to see that. they were saying i'm talking jim jordan, talking, you know, the members -- ja

host: senate pro tem patty murray should have the grander space?he would have a wonderful, hideaway ac yeah. host: from your bo. quote, "when it comes to capitol land grabbing, no one will ever surpass lyndon johnson. as majority leader, johnson occupied several hideaways along with a grand leadership suite. he had so many rooms, in fact, that they collectively became known as the johnson east ranch." betty: yeah. lyndon johnson was the master of real estate on capitol hill. particularly when he became majority leader in the 1950's, he gained every space he could get. he had his personal office, his leadership office, his hideaway office, then it just kept growing and growing. in fact to the point where as majority leader, he gained what we now call the lyndon johnson room on the second floor, one of the prettiest rooms in the capitol. . he took that space over and that became his leadership office. but he did not relinquish any of the other spaces. . when he became vice president in 1961, he also got the vice president's's office in the capitol, b

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore.residing officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday, january 5, 2024. >> and with that the senate -- of the 118th congress. next boat in a chamber scheduled monday when senators return work as expected on funding the federal government. you can watch live coverage of the sent here on c-span2. as we return now to booktv programming. >> extraordinary figure. >> yes. yes, i was very won by him. he's in a position, a tuscan doctor, and he at the time in the middle of the 1700 and now with italy is great as were inoculated to covid a smallpox and there'd been many attempts really to introduce inoculation into france. was rather. extraordinary. the book historical begins with a violent attack of smallpox experienced by voltaire. voltaire because he gets7, to england and was already seeing the english -- the princess of wales taking inoculation very seriously. voltaire then publishes in his letter is philosophical essay, the first account of how

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i understand that there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 6914, an act to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of and accommodations and resources for pregnant students and for other purposes. mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions rule 14, i would object to further proceedinge÷. the presiding officer: the objections having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and now to today's remarks. senate negotiators continue their work on a truly significant undertaking, reaching a bipartisan agreement to protect america's national security, to strengthen our border, and to

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore.residing officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume csideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 2872, which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 243, h.r. 2872; an act to amend the permanent electronic duck stamp act of 2017, and so forth and for other purposes. >> host: welcome back to "washington journal. " we'll be taking your calls shortly, but before we do, we're joined by representative can newhouse, on the appropriations committee and also the select committee on u.s.-china competition, a republican from washington state. congressman newhouse, welcome to the to the the program. >> guest: good morning. thanks for having me this morning. >> host: the house and senate leaders have agreed to temporarily extend government funding in two batches through march 1st and march 8th, that's according to sources. are you in favor of that? do you support tha

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. unde senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination amtrak board of directors, cer koos of illinois to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: this week senator lankford and several colleagues continue their work to finaliz the most substantial border security policy in 30 years. this agreement would come not a moment too soon. over the past three years, wehe flood of illegal immigration tick past 6.7 million encounters. 6.7 million sinceresident biden took office. and an especially alarming surge just last year. december reportedly saw the highest monthly total of border on record. the president's open borders have meant booming business for the cartels who specialize in traf and s

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore.presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. and, 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. karoline mehalchick of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district judge for the middle >> going back to seven october american forces by proxy forces aligned with iran. the groups in iraq or the hezbollah in syria, the attack our forces over 160 and ahead of the snake is iran. iran is behind all this. this. requited shrieking deterrence. >> the question is how do we do that? some of your colleagues on humal had been calling for strikes against iran inside iran. >> i think the right. just going after hezbollah militia groups in iraq doesn't deter iran. they don't care who attacked the proxy partners if they do care if you attack them. if we're going to regain de

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore.ing officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on tuesday, 3:00 p.m. on tuesday, >> a brief session and use senate today. lawmakers will be back for legislative business on tuesday after an extended recess for the martin luther king, jr. holiday. that's when we expect to proceed to put on short-term spending bill to avoid it partial commission before a genuine 19 deadline. as always live coverage of the u.s. senate is here on c-span2. c-span2. we now return to our programming. programming. we joined it in progress. >> and yet onto that the $9 billion in humanitarian assistance which is an additional tranche in that supplemental. what is that? why are we doing that? so i don't know that voting democrat is going to get you where you want to go on this particular issue, because i don't think this administration has any intention of winning this war. >> i'm not willing to die. i risked my life once for a hat wasa ill-defined, and poorly executed and anne

signed: patty murray, 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, john a. kazen of texas to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas. >> welcome everybody. it's my pleasure to welcome you here to the cato institute for foreign policy. thanks to those who are here in person. thanks to those are watching online on c-span. as always i want to thank the tech folks who denigrate job to manage make this all happen and the conference folks who make sure i shop where i'm supposed to be at any given time. for people are watching online and have questions that you want to post to our panelists, , you can use the hashtag catofp to ask a question on twitter or facebook or whatever the case may be. so it's no great mystery what we here to ta

signed: patty murray, 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, john a. kazen of texas to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, first, let me start out today by saying it's a great day to be a buffalo bills fan. for the fourth year in a row the buffalo low bills have won the afc east championship by defeating the miami dolphins 21-14. what an incredible night, what an incredible win, what an incredible team. buffalo is truly the beast of the east. it hasn't been the easiest season for the bills, but this team can be summed up in one word -- perseverance. they never gave up. they never threw in the towel. and last night it began to pay off because they're on their way to the playoffs. in true buffalo

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table -- 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, jacklin d. austin of south carolina to be united states district judge for the district of south carolina. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, well, the latest round of ukrainian security assistance was a $250 million package that included 155 millimeter rounds, stinger antiaircraft missiles and other weapons crucial for ukraine on the battlefield. that announcement was made on december 27. that's 28 days ago, four weeks. since then no more aid, no more aid has been sent to ukraine. and there won't be more unless congress acts. in t

signed: patty murray, 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 resume consideration of h.r. 2872, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 243, h.r. 287 2shgs an act to -- 2872, an act to amend the permanent duck stamp act and so forth and for other purposes. this time of work overseas or americans think foreign-policy a top focus of the u.s. government in 2024. the polls showing international concerns rising in importance to the public about foreign policy topics and an open-ended questions that ask about the share issues for the government to work from in the next year. it says long-standing economic worry overshadows that the findings will increase right u.s. involvement overseas. 20% voice that in the pole for 5% a year ago and take a look at what it looks like visually. here's the% of u.s. adults who want the government support the following issue in 2024. the economy is defini

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until stands in recess until i can't imagine it would be different today. , first and foremost what we have to do and by the way, you made reference to this, i would respectfully disagree. i didn't think it would constrain them in any way. the numbers alone are not as important. you can't trust these people. we made the mistake's in berlin wall came down and they started out that way but changed dramatically. you can't trust them, these treaties are not the beginning and end. those of us in the first branch of government are aware and this is a nonpartisan issue, an american issue. we have differences in my respects and deterrence to the united states is paramount for national security and i can sure the american people we are serious about it, dedicated. and so forth. >> obviously the concern is they coordinate use of arsenal and change the strategies. is it your sense the senate is beginning to think about

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. 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 report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, karoline mehalchick of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: here on the floor yesterday, i warned that the administration's efforts to deter iranian-backed houthi threats to international shipping and american credibility were grossly insufficient. just hours later the houthis proved my point with a significant escalation in the red sea. tehran's proxies fired more than 18 suicide drones along with anti-ship cruise missiles and ballistic missiles into one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. and at great cost, american and british navy vessels launched ex

signed patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, 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, department of labor. erika l. mcentarfer of the district of columbia to be commissioner of labor statistics. ■& >> host: welcome back. we're joined now by representative tim burchett a a republican from tennessee, a committee member on the oversight and accountability committee and also foreign affairs committee member. representative welcome to the . >> guest: thank you had me on. >> host: let's talk about spending. you have said you were not supporting the latest spending bill. tell us what threat to its $1.6 trillion, 886, excuse me, 886 billion for defense and that's 25 billion more than last year. the pentagon has not passed an audit since they started audits. they've lost over half a trillion dollars in assets. to me that is inexc

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. 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, gretchen s. lund of indiana to be united states district judge for the northern district judge for the northern >> and his core mission of the aging committee brings us to today's topic, the topic of assisted living. and that landscape. 20 years since this committee held a hearing on assisted living here but the dramatic growth of the assisted-living industry in recent decades is long past time for congress to re-examine this model and ensure that it is meeting our nation's needs. the best estimates reveal that nearly 1 million americans live in more than 30,000 assisted-living facilities across our nation, that is almost certainly and undercount of that number. assisted-living facility our sta

the senate's top appropriators patti murray and susan collins praised the deal as a step toward completinghe bills and get the votes and pass them in this divided government. that will be no easy task. the biggest obstacle is a familiar one, opposition from hard-right republicans who are alrey trashing the deal. here's coressman chip roy. he calls the deal terrible. the freedom caucus in a statement says the deal is worse than they thought. that marjorie taylogreene announced she's a no last night. all in all, speaker johnson has a real headache on his hands taming the hard right and getting this through the house. there are just 11 days before part of the government shutdown. the race against the clock begins now. >> lots of luck to the speaker. the honeymoon is over. sahil kapur, thank you so much. let's bring in dom chu. dom, i'm curious, we don't know how exactly this is going to play out on the hill, but it is a good start for those who don't want to see the federal government have a car wreck. how are the markets reacting? >> calmly. the idea that you have the odds of a potential gov