risch, mr. romney. ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders. [inaudible conversations] mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida. [inaudible conversations] mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. anna mom -- sinema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester. [inaudible conversations] mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville. [inaudible conversations] mr. van hollen, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren. [inaudible conversations] mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. biden, mr. young. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the sergeant-at-arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states and article of impeachment against donald john trump former president of the united states. >> mr. president? at the senator from kentucky. >> article ii, section 4 the constitution says the president and vice president all ci

risch. >> [silence] >> please raise your right hand.you solemnly swear they will support and defend the constitution of the f united states against all enemies foreign and domestic? do you bear true faithyo and allegiance to the same? do you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion? and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god? >> ideal. >> i do. >> congratulations senator. [applause] [applause] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] >> the clerk will call the names of the next pair. >> mr. round, mr. sasse. [silence] >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic? if you bear true and allegiance to the same? you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purposear of evasion? and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter so he

i went there with my colleagues, senator risch. in 2012, we went to georgia to observe officially, on behalf of the senate, the election between o the outgoing president and his united national movement party, and the challenge by georgian dream, which was a newly formed party supported and funded by a billionaire oligarch. it was a battle for parliament but also for control of the government. senator risch and i visited multiple polling places on election day, and we agreed with the international assessment that that election was free and fair and that georgian dream were the winners. but there was real concern in the country that the outgoing president was going to refuse to give up power, that that would lead to violence. it would end the nascent democratic reforms that were happening in that former soviet republic. and so senator risch and i, the day after the election, went to visit the outgoing president to try and talk him out of staying in power. and i remember very clearly going to his home, and we sat down with him, and w

risch. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next pair. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. sasse. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are

risch, thank you for highlighting that. useful and positive information tonight. thank you so much.hen we come back, wise words about where we go from here. the last bite explains. >> laura: thomas jefferson in a 200 ones have this about bringing the country together after a bitter election. "though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail that will to be rifle must be reasonable. that the minority possess their equal rights which equal must protect and violate would be oppression. let us then, fellow citizens, united with one heart and one mind. let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. and let us reflect that having vanished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long blood and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance of political as despotic, as wicked, andpproache country survived. jefferson is now on mount rushmore. but none of this made it into hamilton so i guess the left doesn't realize that magnanimity here would be to their advantage. tha

risch: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for three minutes on the nomination of antony blinken to be secretary of state. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. risch: mr. president, i bring to the floor this morning the nomination of antony blinken to be secretary of state. he's been nominated, of course, by president biden and senator menendez and i have had the honor and privilege to work together to move as rapidly as we could to move mr. blinken's nomination. obviously these things do take some time and we're fortunate to be able to bring it as quickly as we have to the floor. this is, in my judgment, the most important nominee that there will be to the president's cabinet in light of a number of things, but not the least of which is they are in succession -- the line of succession for the presidency. mr. blinken has a long and distinguished history when it comes to statecraft and foreign relations matters. certainly he is very qualified for this job. obviously, we don't

and so senator risch and i, the day after the election went to visit president saakashvili to try and talk him out of staining power, and i remember very clearly going to his home. and we sat down with him, and we pointed out that the hallmark of a democracy what he had worked so hard for his eight years as president of georgia, the hallmark of that was to turn over power and a peaceful election to the person that the voters chose. well. president saakashvili listen to us, and he did leave office peacefully, but. it's important that future generations recognize that america like democracies everywhere depends on a peaceful transition of power on believing in what the voters say and ensuring that happens. unfortunately we've heard from some senators today who have been enabling president trump's. no fur disregard of the votes of our citizenry, even as they speak out against foreign leaders who ignore their own people. they will fail and history will remember them, and i hope that future generations will view the actions of some of those folks today is little more than an unfortunate an

i went there with my colleague, senator risch, in 2012. we went to georgia to observe officially on behalf of the senate the election between outgoing president mikhail cashville lee and his united national movement part and the change by georgian dream, which was a newly formed party supported and funded by billionaire oligarch kabanishvili. it was a battle for parliament but also for control of the government. senator risch and i visited multiple polling places on election day, and we agreed with the international assessment, that that election was free and fair and that georgian dream were the winners. but there was real concern in the country that is they were gg to refuse to give up power, that would end up with violence, and would end the nascent forms happening in that republic. so senator risch and i, the day after the election, went to visit the new president -- the president to try and talk him out of staying in power. i remember very clearly going to his home, and we sat down with him and we pointed out that the hallmark of a de

risch and refused to extend the pact without concessions from russia.ow to the intersection of fashion with the conflict in the middle east. and you was really fashion house with its ion european markets is bringing together artists and artisans from very different backgrounds. reporter: it is a photo shoot, just like in milan, new york, or berlin. but the new collection his being photographed in tel aviv. in fact, the is really fashion startup is producing men the for the german market -- mainly for the german market. but the features go beyond the colorful fabric. take a look at their origin. fabrics from israel, cut and sewn by palestinians. >> a famous topic is the enemies against the enemies. the smelting -- this melting pot of a lot of different cultures. everyone living under the same place -- everyone living in the same place under a lot of russian. reporter: they work together to make fashion, that is what appeals to the group. >> we stay away from politics. i think that is what makes the brand so special. reporter: some of the materials come f

risch? mr. risch, no. mr. romney? >> no. >> mr. romney, no. ms. rosen? >> no. >> ms. rosen, no. mr. rounds? no. mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sasse? >> no. >> mr. sasse, no. mr. shots? no. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, no. mr. scott of florida? mr. scott of florida, yea. mr. scott of south carolina? mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen? mrs. shaheen, no. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema. ms. sinema, no. ms. smith? ms. smith, no. ms. stabenow? ms. stabenow, no. mr. sullivan? >> no. >> mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. tester, no. mr. thune? mr. thune, no. mr. thillis? mr. thillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen, no. mr. warner? mr. warner, no. ms. warren? >> no. >> ms. warren, no. mr. whitehouse? mr. whitehouse, no. mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wicker, no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. ms. harris? ms. harris, no. mrs. gillibrand? no. mr. blumenthal? mr. blumenthal, no. ms. hirono? ms. hirono, no. mr. portman? mr. portman, no. mr. cassidy? mr. cassidy, no. mr. menendez? mr. menende

risch. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next pair. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. sasse. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are

and so senator risch and i the day after the election went to visit the president to try and talk them out of staying in power, and i remember very clearly going tos his home and e sat and within and we pointed out that theha hallmark of a democracy, what it worked so hard for in his eight years as president of georgia, the of that was to turn over power in a peaceful election to the person that the voters chose. well, he listenedsi to us and he did leave office peacefully. but it's important that future generations recognize that america, like democracies everywhere, depends on a peaceful transition of power on believing what the voters say, and ensuring that happens. unfortunately, w we have heard from some senators today who have been enabling president trump's disregard for the votes of our citizenry, even as they speak out against foreign leaders who ignore their own people. they will fail and history will remember them. and i hope that future generations will be the actions of some of those folks today, if little more than an unfortunate anomaly. future opportunities may use this

thank you chairman risch and distinguishedmembers of this committee . i'd like to offer special gratitude to senator cassidy who has left us from my home state of o louisiana and senator coons for their generous introduction. i'm deeply honored to appear before you all as president biden's nominee to serve as us ambassador to the united nations and i'm so grateful to the president for placing his trust in me. my husband lafayette greenfield, a retired specialist is here with me today along with my son lafayette who you've heard we call deuce, our daughter lindsay serving our country currently in la paz bolivia. i'm so proud of them all and so grateful for their love and support and sacrifice as i take on this important position and i'd like to thank my extended s family and that includes all of the members of the department of state who have been sending me somany kind messages of support . when i joined the foreign service in 1982, i was not the norm. many of my colleagues had gone to ivy league schools and i've gone to segregated high schools as you'v

encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that been the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden problem here is are inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among nations again. i need to ask you an unfair question you are very close to someone who might have led the democratic ticket your own brother twin br

but to shut down the president of the united states means that they'll be shutting down the senator rischhutting down congressman issa, because they don't like what we have to say. the fact is, i'm going to continue to say things to my 290,000 twitter followers, and i know that twitter and the people that are monitoring it don't like what i have to say. and i know currently, they are more likely to shut me down or to sensor one of my tweets than they are a liberal or for that matter as you said earlier, iran, or some of the other evils around the world. jon: that's the double standard that many complain about. california congressman darrell issa, goods to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. jon: california governor facing growing recall effort as cases of coronavirus surge in the golden state. the details on that push, next. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ nicoreyou get advice like: smoking is hard. try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette

advance the democratic goal of seizing total power, in a frightening parallel to the burning of german rischo's redeemable? who can we bring over to say this is -- this is just wrong. this never happened this way. and we've got to figure out how to talk to some of those people and reach them, don, and get them back. >> okay, all right, all right. >> back to reality. >> for a moment i thought i was watching a repeat of up one of shows from a while back. >> well, what else can i say? >> let me ask you this. i understand what you're saying, but how do you -- how do you reason with unreasonable people, john? i think it's impossible. i think -- let me finish my point. >> go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. >> that's like asking the oppressed to fix a problem that is -- has been created by the oppres oppressor. i think that's like asking women to fks a problem of sexism. so, i think asking sane people to try to reason with people who are not living in reality is quite a tall order, and i'm not kw quite sure if it's fair because no matter how many times you tell them the election wasn't rigged,

risch? rishaad what: a day it's been, a second impeachment of a u.s. president. trump and the heightened political risk in washington ignored by markets, but our global economists paying attention? a professor of finance at the university of chicago school of business tells bloomberg the country's political stability is a big factor for steady economic policy. >> we are still a long way for these companies to become -- countries to become fragile politically, but it is one step along the way. markets have ignored this, and typically, they ignore political development until they are staring them in the face. it's not clear that they will forever continue to ignore that. >> in terms of what this means for where the country goes next, is it the pandemic? is that part of the reason why it has gotten as tense as it has? where the for schuurs already there, and trump presidency just made it worse? >> it's not president trump by himself. he exploited divisions that were already there. certainly, his behavior has made things worse. i hope this is the last hurrah of a cha

i went there with my colleague, senator risch, in 2012. we went to georgia to observe officially on behalf of the senate the election between outgoing president mikhail cashville lee and his united national movement part and the change by georgian dream, which was a newly formed party supported and funded by billionaire oligarch kabanishvili. it was a battle for parliament but also for control of the government. senator risch and i visited multiple polling places on election day, and we agreed with the international assessment, that that election was free and fair and that georgian dream were the winners. but there was real concern in the country that is they were gg to refuse to give up power, that would end up with violence, and would end the nascent forms happening in that republic. so senator risch and i, the day after the election, went to visit the new president -- the president to try and talk him out of staying in power. i remember very clearly going to his home, and we sat down with him and we pointed out that the hallmark of a de

risch. >> no. >> mr. romney. >> no. >> ms. rosen. >> no. >> mr. rounds. >> no. >> mr. rubio. >> no. >> mr. sanders. >> no. >> mr. sasse. >> no. >> mr. shotz. >> no. >> mr. schumer. >> no. >> mr. scott of florida. >> no. >> mr. scott of south carolina. >> no. >> mrs. shaheen. >> no. >> mr. shelby. >> [ inaudible ]. >> miss sinema. >> no. >> miss smith. >> no. >> miss stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> no. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune. >> no. >> mr. tillis. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> no. >> mr. tuberville. >> aye. >> mr. van hollen. >> no. >> mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> mr. ricker. >> no. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> no. >> what's happening is they are just tallying the votes that were just voted by the u.s. senators. you saw all of the senators, we believe are in the chamber. they voted orally. it's being tabulated by the clerks there. they are discussing with parliamentary staff there and ultimately we will here, i believe, from vice president mike pence as the presiding officer here. again, no votes were votes t

encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden problem here is are inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among nations again. i need to ask you an unfair question you are very close to someone who might have led the democratic ticket your own brother twin brother

encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden cobble harris or inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among nations again. i need to ask you an unfair question you are very close to someone who might have led the democratic ticket your own brother twin brother wh

the gentleman from ohio risches to reserve. >> i do. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i now yield one minute to the distinguished -- i now yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from illinois, mr. caston. >> what happened -- >> the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. >> what happens if we get this wrong is written in lincoln's second inaugural when one party would make war rather than let the nation survive. on december 7th, on september 11th we came together against an enemy from without but on january 6th we were attacked by an enemy from within. the president who would make war with malice for all and charity for none. we must come together in unity today against that domestic threat to our constitution. the alternative is too unbearable to contemplate. we much impeachment bipartisanly, unanimously if you have the soul. >> the gentleman from new york wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> mad ham speaker we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, i now y

thank you, chairman risch. thank you ranking menendez and the stingless members of this committee prayed i would like to offer special gratitude to the senator cassidy who has left us form my home state of louisiana and senator coons for their generous introduction. i'm deeply honored to appear before you all as president biden's nominee to serve asly u. ambassador to the united nations. i am so grateful to the president for placing his trust in me. my husband lafayette greenfield, of retired foreign specialist today who is here and my other son lafayette junior who is you heard is called deuce and our daughter is serving in bolivia. i'm proud of the mall and grateful for their love and support and sacrifice as i take on this important position. i would also like to thank my extended family and that includes all of the members of the department of state who have been sending me so many kind messages of support and a leg during the foreign service in 1982 i was not the norm. many of my colleagues had gone to ivy

. >> chairman risch, thank you very much. it's great to be back in the committee which i served on many years ago. senator menendez thank you for your leadership and all of you who have gathered here today. i have been asked and i am honored that mr. blinken has asked me to come before the committee and make an introduction. i am not going to do what most do and reread his entire biography, which you of all seeing and i'm sure are impressed with as i am. i just want to make a few points about the job he seeks a minimum he seeks it. on september 12, 2001, just hours after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the united states, the leading french newspaper le monde published a front-page headline of four words, we are all americans. with those four words the people of france acknowledged the danger and pain in the united states, and quite simply said we will stand with you. despite many differences on many issues that's what friends are for. that is the reason that alliances count. with the end of the top administration we face a stark

and so senator risch and i went to visit president sakashbili to talk him out of trying to stay in power and i remember very clearly going to his home and we sat down within and we pointed out that the hallmark of a tdemocracy, what he had worked so hard for hiseight years as president of georgia , hallmark of that was to turn over power in a peaceful election to the person the voters chose. well, president saakashvili was, and he did leave office peacefully. it's important that future generations recognized that america, like democracies everywhere depend on a peaceful transition of power on believing what the voters say in assuring that happens. unfortunately, we've heard from some senators today have been enabling president from his disregard for those of our citizenry even as they seek out against ringleaders ignore their own people. they will fail and history will remember them and i hope that future generations will view the actions of some of those folks todayas little more than an unfortunate and awfully . future opportunities may use this ill-fated effort to seek short-term poli

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now, i appreciate the senator risch, the present chairman of the committee, has been working with me to try to accelerate mr. blinken's nomination to the floor, but i would ask my colleagues, particularly those on the committee, to join he and i inen effort to bring -- in an effort to bring one of the important national security positions in our government to the floor for a vote. i don't think we should be leaving this weekend without a vote for the secretary of state. he is the right person to repair and restore our alliances, to rebuild and renew the state department, to reinvigorate the relationship between the department and congress, something that i think republicans and democrats alike have agreed have soured dramatically. his testimony, his opening statement, his answers to questions show that he will be a working partner with this institution but obviously confirming mr. blinken is not just about the nominee himself. it's about doing what the american people expect and the constitution requires. providing advice and consent to ensure that national security officials are in

boozman: i ask unanimous consent that the risch amendment to resolution be agreed to, the resolution as amended be agreed to, the risch amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble as amended be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on foreign relations be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 4508 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 4508, an act to expand the number of scholarships available to pakistani women under the merit and needs-based scholarship program. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed. mr. boozman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. i know of no further debate. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, the question is on passage. all those in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes have it. mr. bo