senator ricketts. as we discussed russia's president black sea great initiative until july when they pulled out. up until that point million metric ton of grain and since russia has pulled out they attacked port facilities and ships damaging civilian vessels through the thousand metric tons of grain was destroyed. and as the chair said using food as a weapon and threatening not just ukraine but other countries who rely on that food supply. however as we also mentioned ukraine has been very successful in driving off the black sea fleet they have had to retreat to the eastern part of the black sea. that open up that corridor which now the russians are trying to mine to interfere with that. this humanitarian corridor has been open at one point you suggested the success of the corridor along with insurers raising rates in moscow costs going up might change do you believe russia is considering joining that? it would only be lifting the sanctions they already demanded the sanctions be lifted on what is your

ricketts, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. marshall, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mrs. murray, aye. start start vote:{$} start start the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motio

lord ricketts, _ where we will get there. lord ricketts, thank _ where we will get there.ll get there. lord ricketts, thank you very - where we will get there. lord ricketts, thank you very much. here in the uk, after years of denials, the former conservative peer, baroness mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit made from personal protective equipment that was sold to the government during the coronavirus pandemic. the company was led by her husband doug barrowman. she says she did help broker the deal, but claims she was made a scapegoat for the government s failings. our political correspondent laura kuenssberg has more. questions about the pandemic, profit and politics have followed baroness mone and her husband to southern europe. for years, they denied links to a firm that received £200 million in taxpayers' money for desperately needed masks and gowns. only now the truth — that she does stand to gain. if one day, if, god forbid, my husband passes away before me, then i am a beneficiary as well as his children and my chi

ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, hassan, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, manchin, merkley, ossoff, peters, rosen, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warner, warnock, welch. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, fischer, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, menendez, sinema, thune, wicker, young. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. s

ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to to and the point of order falls. mr. schumer: mr. president, may we have a little order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. schumer: mr. president -- the presiding officer: t

ricketts. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, brown, heinrich, klobuchar, murray, reed, rosen, schumer, van hollen, warnock -- senators voting in the negative -- nraing, hawley -- hagerty, hawley, vance, risch, young. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aisle. -- mr. padilla, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. ernst, no.

peter ricketts, the _ effort. that's a good point. peter ricketts, the defence secretary i effort.is level? well, i think the catastrophe in gaza is - this level? well, i think the - catastrophe in gaza is intensifying all the _ catastrophe in gaza is intensifying all the time, _ catastrophe in gaza is intensifying all the time, now— catastrophe in gaza is intensifying all the time, now that _ catastrophe in gaza is intensifying all the time, now that israel- catastrophe in gaza is intensifyingi all the time, now that israel has in the south — all the time, now that israel has in the south 2 — all the time, now that israel has in the south 2 million _ all the time, now that israel has in the south 2 million people - all the time, now that israel has in i the south 2 million people gathered. i'm the south 2 million people gathered. i'm not— the south 2 million people gathered. i'm not surprised _ the south 2 million people gathered. i'm not surprised that _ the south 2 million people gathered. i'm not surprised that the _ the south 2 million people gathered. i'm not surprised that t

ricketts, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 15. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: the chair lays -- the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the following. the clerk: the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes on the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities so forth and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the house received from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same with an amendment and the senate agreed to the same. signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of

lord ricketts, peter ricketts, was the first national security adviser during david cameron's governmentore becoming uk ambassador to france until 2016. i asked him what he made of lord cameron's call for a sustainable ceasefire in gaza. this is a significant intervention by two countries that have been the staunchest supporters of israel in europe and i think what they mean is that however much we all want this awful fighting to end as soon as possible, there is no point in an immediate ceasefire which will only break down because hamas will continue to attack israel and israel would respond. so a sustainable ceasefire is one that comes at the point where the two sides are willing to stop the fighting. in the meantime, there is a very strong call from the two foreign ministers to stop this terrible killing of civilians, that israel should be conducting the war in a different way, more targeted, and also a sustainable ceasefire needs a plan for what happens after the fighting and it is the clearest statement yet i think of the uk approach on what that should be. i5 i think of the uk appr

and that's what we're asking for as republicans to get the supplemental passed. >> senator pete rickettsank you for your time. sara? >>> well, donald trump looked ahead to 2024, prosecutors in georgia are still looking to hold him accountable for the chaos that followed the 2020 election. a new witness has been added to the list, a person as close to the presidency as you can get. we will have that coming up. first time i connected with kim, she told me that her husband had passed. and that he took care of all of the internet connected devices in the home. i told her, “i'm here to take care of you.” connecting with kim... made me reconnect with my mom. it's very important to keep loved ones close. we know that creating memories with loved ones brings so much joy to your life. a family trip to the team usa training facility. i don't know how to thank you. i'm here to thank you. >>> this morning a cnn exclusive, former vice president mike pence could be a key witness when donald trump goes on trial in georgia for trying to overturn the 2020 election there. sources tell cnn that fulton coun

senator ricketts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of our witnesses coming here today for this hearing. the national institute of drug abuse report in 2019 rapes of substance abuse climbed in adults between 50 and 64 years old and those 65-year-old and older from the previous decade. it is been called in invisible epidemic of opiates in the second most commonly reported substance abuse by seniors for the number of fatal opioid overdoses among seniors has risen dramatically over the past decade. u.s. customs and border protection sees nearly five and 49000 pounds of illicit drugs nationwide in fiscal year 2023. fentanyl seizures of the so the board increase by 480% in 2023 compared to 2020. fentanyl seizures amounted to an i'm sorry 27000 pounds or pressing fentanyl seizures in the previous three years. the drug situation in our nation's southern border has gone from crisis catastrophe nebraska state patrol has stepped up. and mike laster's governor troopers confiscated two times as much methamphetamine, three times as mu

ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, brown, butler, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, grassley, hirono, johnson, kaine, klobuchar, manchin, murray, padilla, ricketts, schumer, police. senators voting in the negative -- marshall, paul, scott of florida. mr. sanders, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. sinema, a

that's james ricketts. bad lee wounded at first. bull run remembers stonewalled brigade overruns, his battery almost dies. so are they going to come across the upper bridge? why? because it's not defended. mcleod lane knows that lee does not have troops over the upper bridge. why he doesn't have men to defend the upper bridge. and so that's where he's going to send him across. and this is a period photograph and. this is a current photograph. and it's interesting. i don't know how many of you actually have seen the upper neat place. you can actually drive over it. it's still intact. it's still carrying cars and, people. this would be from the union side marching over. they're going to they're going to cross on the 16th, the day before battle at about 2:00 in the afternoon. and it's undefended. but they're not only that bridge. that's why i changed it to just below upper bridge is price for it. and you will have a double day's division splashing across price for it while the other two divisions are going to cross at the upper bridge.

that's james ricketts. bad lee wounded at first. bull run remembers stonewalled brigade overruns, his battery almost dies. so are they going to come across the upper bridge? why? because it's not defended. mcleod lane knows that lee does not have troops over the upper bridge. why he doesn't have men to defend the upper bridge. and so that's where he's going to send him across. and this is a period photograph and. this is a current photograph. and it's interesting. i don't know how many of you actually have seen the upper neat place. you can actually drive over it. it's still intact. it's still carrying cars and, people. this would be from the union side marching over. they're going to they're going to cross on the 16th, the day before battle at about 2:00 in the afternoon. and it's undefended. but they're not only that bridge. that's why i changed it to just below upper bridge is price for it. and you will have a double day's division splashing across price for it while the other two divisions are going to cross at the upper bridge.

the fourth new jersey was part of general james ricketts division. that was kind of held in waiting. ricketts doesn't cross and ultimately a confederate artillery shell just lands unfit to it, to sleep in its midst and kills him. so mary had a price and her husband had only been married for about six months. by the time of his death. and so she filed her claim september 15th, 1864. she didn't hear anything by december and she i've had enough time. is and so she wrote this message this is within her her widow's pension file at the national archives and she did erroneously when she begins my claim has been a year under consideration i realize that there are a great many claims to be considered and indeed there were by this point the pension office is looking at abt ,000 claims. but as she closed this out, she implored them she said i should be so glad if it could settled for me soon. now it's hard to. say if this little note had any sway in the pension office at all. but ultimately, you know, january 10th, 1865. so a few weeks after this, her claim ult

ricketts no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. warnock, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. daines, no. mrs. fischer, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. warner, aye. th

secondly, on a free state can survive in western ukraine - said former british diplomat peter rickettsit may even join the european union - writes the financial times. but at the same time, it will not be protected from repeated russian attacks regardless of the agreements signed with russia. third, russia will control about a quarter of the world. wheat exports and will use food as a weapon. putin's success will encourage other countries that are interested in invading a neighboring state, including china, venezuela, azerbaijan, and russia itself. the kremlin built a military economy, the population tolerates war, so putin can continue aggression against neighboring countries. by the way, the publication advises the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbán, to think about this, since hungary borders ukraine. well , well, the scenario is realistic and... the title itself speaks for itself, if he wins in russia, then a probable forecast of the development of events is still presented not only for ukraine, but also for the world as a whole, and i would say that he even quite restrained in

ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. brawn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. # the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mini vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. president -- the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 59, the nays are 40, the amendme

-- paul, ricketts, risch, scott of florida, vance, and young. mrs. murray, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. schatz, aye. ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ay. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63. the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii ms. hirono:}madam president, we now have one week left until the senate is scheduled to recess for the end of

what is an impeachment inquiry question ricketts office in impeachment without the president of the unitedhold his oath of office. the focus, at least on tv and elsewhere for the most part has been on joe biden and his family's financial dealings. the enemies of the nights knighs including the communist chinese. including the russians in moscow. including the prior ukrainian government which was a puppet of vladimir putin and charisma and all the rest of it. the front corporations, the money laundering, the failure to pay taxes, mr. 10%, mr. big, the laptop, got it. i want to ask you a question. do most of your neighbors or family members follow that as closely as many or most of you do? if you were to go into a 711 today and say hey pal, yes, yes how may help you? you know they have these front organizations the bidens a not paying their taxes. why don't you leave me alone i'm here to buy some m&ms. doesn't mean congress should uphold the law what is mark trying to say ladies and gentlemen? i successful impeachment and prioritize it properly. when it comes to joe biden he has violated the

our panel tonight — lord peter ricketts, who, amongst his many diplomatic posts, was the uk's permanenthe think tank the centre for strategic and international studies. we've misplaced our interview

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nevertheless, senator pete ricketts, we have to leave the conversation there. we very much appreciate your time. >> right. thank you. >> of course. >>> still ahead, former new york congressman george santos in federal court today facing multiple criminal charges related to alleged fraud and campaign violations. is he about to take a plea deal? some new reporting on that. >>> and a disturbing story out of turkey. the president of a top-flight soccer club quitting after he punched a referee in the face during a match. that referee you see on your screen is now claiming his life was threatened. more details when we come back. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? did we peak your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mob

ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: vote: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, butler, cantwell, casey, coons, durbin, fetterman, hassan, king, lujan, merkley, ossoff, padilla, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, tester, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse. mrs. murray, aye. senators voting in the negative -- grassley, kennedy, lummis, mawch -- manchin, marshall, ricketts, risch, wicker, young. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. graham, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk:

ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. the clerk: mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr.mitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. the clerk: ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative brown, butler, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, ernst, gillibrand, graham, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, lankford, marshall, menendez, merkley, padilla, reed, sinema, tester, thune, tillis, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, crapo, daines, particularer, grassley, hawley, johnson, mullin, paul, tuberville. ms. hirono, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar,

ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. complrk senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, booker, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, coons, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, hagerty, hyde-smith, lujan, murphy, peters, reed, ricketts, sanders, schatz, shaheen, stabenow, tester, warner, warren, welch, wyden. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, crapo, marshall, mullin, paul. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. grassley, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. hirono, aye. ms. capito, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. mr.

consider pete ricketts joins us represents nebraska serves on the senate foreign relations committee. senator, good to see what are your thoughts on the fact the houthis keep doing this without seemingly any meaningful retaliation against our forces? >> is exactly why houthis continue and the other a raining back to proxies continue to attack our forces. we are not showing a strong response. appeasement first strategy get that a strong strategy by rhenium best they add to that we have very little response back. that is what we have to change. with the iranians have to know we will come after the proxies maybe we need to start coming after them. the bite administration had a sanctions waiver for $10 million what kind of message does that send that if we are saying there's backed proxies are attacking us we are giving them money. eric: weight senator is at 10 billion on top of the other 6 billion that was the iranian oil being released to them? >> a yes. that's the whole thing. this biden administration has an appeasement strategy towards iran and giving sanctions away to give them acce

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. >> there is now a senator ricketts to that point. donald trump does a lot of things.m. is he not a dictator. he is not an authoritarian. there is no army in the field. it's just silly to me. it strikes me as silly. >> bret: this debate tonight. they are playing for second right now. >> um-huh. >> bret: it's a smaller field. >> yeah. you know, iowa is coming up in a little bit more than a month. donald trump has 27 point lead over desantis and haley. and so they are sort of going after each other, trying to see who can compete against donald trump. that's going to hurt them if there is any sort of sense of momentum, maybe haley gets it, desantis gets it. we are going to be waiting to see what this sort of narrative is but, this is also their opportunity to try to get that narrative forward. >> bret: all right. we will watch it analyze tonight. panel, thanks. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ >> bret: finally tonight, today's throwback 139 years ago today, 1884, construction workers placed a 33,000-pound marble capstone on top the washington monument. completing construction of the fam

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ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr.mitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennett, brown, coons, cornyn, fetterman, gillibrand, heinrich, king, lujan, shaheen, sinema, warner, whitehouse, and wicker. senator cotton voted in the negative. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, sara e. hill. v

ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. -- mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, bennet, booker, cardin, durbin, hickenlooper, lujan, ossoff, padilla, rosen, smith, and welch. senators voting in the negative, boozman, ernst, lee, marshall, paul, scott of south carolina, thune, and tillis. mr. schatz, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrr peters, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. hassan, aye. th

. >> senator ricketts. >> thanking mr. chairman. many americans believe that the chinese communist party is an external threat only however this hearing illustrates the tentacles of authoritarian regimes like ccp that knows no borders. this became obvious that the ccp is operating secret police stations in overseas centers around the world including here in the united states. to intimidate threaten and harass chinese dissidents. while the case in new york is well-known their reports including in my home state of nebraska this is a flagrant violation of our sovereignty and must be addressed quickly and forcefully. as countries have woken up to thee threat of these overseas center the ccp is adapted but according to a recent report by safeguard offenders they are running a global network of volunteers to its embassies to perform part of united e frontar influence to enforce operations on foreign soil. thesefo volunteers are mostly ud to help with administrative tasks linked to risk assessments and warnings and advisories to organizati

senator ricketts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you dr. campbell for continuing to serve our country. i appreciated a comment you made about people thinking this country was in decline and being wrong numerous times in the past. i remember being a young business school student in the late '80s, and japan's manufacturing base was going to take over the world, and obviously, they are very important ally, but it did not work out quite the way people were predicting at that time. anyway, when you and i spoke at my office, we talked about what we needed to do to deter the people's republic of china with regard to any military aggression toward taiwan, and we talked about a number of things, not only preparedness of the military, but what we need to do regarding investments in technology, working with our partners and allies, what we need to do with regard to our economic and investment policies, and i couldn't agree more on those things. you have highlighted some of the very positive developments that have occurred, that you have participated i

ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the eyes are 50, the nays are 11, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, christopher charles fonzone of pennsylvania to be assistant attorney general. united states and israel have never been more determined in their life and our shared values. in our shared interest in our shared goals. you have shown the people of israel and the entire world what get you to be a leader and a partner. there is no greater projection of our ties and sitting together discussing the more sensitive to issues of the agenda for prosperity and trust. thank you secretary for your commitment