schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 649. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, kevin gafford ritz of tennessee to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to brin

this is exactly what chuck schumer did last year as well. you have patty murray and susan collins, of different parties, working together in a bipartisan fashion to figure out a path forward. i commend them for that. last year, we did 12 out of 12 bills that were marked up out of the senate committee, were allowed to be amended on tv in front of public by july 27th. yet, those bills sat. chuck schumer not putting them on the floor until november 1st of 2023. 127 days after they had been marked up. after that is when we saw the next bill come on to the floor. we actually didn't finish our process until 174 days into the fiscal year last year. that's not only fiscally irresponsible, it is morally irresponsible. the people send us up here to do a job and my question to the majority leader today is why aren't you letting us actually do it? i am extremely disappointed that not a single one of these bills, again, this year. has seemed to find their way on the floor. he seems to have no plan to do that. and the only plan seems to be to kick the can

schumer, leader mitch mcconnell. leader hakeem jeffries, senator steve da inch nmp es and the families of the 13 servicemembers who lost their lives on all 26, 2021 in cab >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson, speaker of the united states house of representatives. the speaker: my colleagues in congress, distinguished guests and the families of the 13 brave servicemembers we lost three years ago. as speaker of the house, i have the privilege of welcoming you to the capitol as we award the congressional medal. it is the highest honor that congress can bestow upon any group or individual. since the start of the american revolution congress has shown our national appreciation to the achievements and contributions of great americans. today we are here to honor some of our greatest. no greater love has man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. we honor that very love and that very sacrifice. on august 25, 20113 men and women of valor defended this nation in karzai international airport. the

but do you know it chuck schumer took his time doing yesterday? creating a showboat for commercials, for men and women on the other side of the aisle that are invulnerable seats. instead of putting the american people first. and mr. president, the american people are sick of that. bottom line, they deserve better and as long as i am in this body i'm going to keep pushing this issue. i'm going to keep moving it to the front too. we are going to find a solution to actually getting back to doing the work of the american people sent us appear to do. thank you and i yield my time. >> a senator from maine. >> mr. president, i just want to thank the senator from alabama for her eloquent words. for her passion and her leadership. she is absolute correct that there is no reason for us to be in the situation that we find ourselvess in just 12 days befoe the start of the new fiscal year. there is no reason why the defense appropriation bill the military construction the labor hhs bill, cjs bill, i could go on and on. there is no reason why the scent appropri

schumer: mr. president, i understand there is a bill at the desk that's due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 49s 73, a argues reacertificate the constitutional authority of congress to determine the general applicability of the criminal laws of the united states and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order to place -- mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business tays it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on use this day, september 10. following the prayer and pledge, the journal be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed.

schumer: madam president. (the majority leader. mr.chumer: -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: tonight, the american people can sleep easier, knowing we have avoided an unnecessary government shutdown at the end of the month. it is a relief for the country that, once again, bipartisanship prevailed to stop another shutdown threat. it took much longer than it should have, but because house republicans finally, finally chose to work with us in the end, congress is getting the job done tonight. because bipartisanship ultimately prevailed, the government will stay open, vital government services will not be halted, appropriators will have more time to fully fund the government before the end of the year. this bipartisanship is a good outcome for america, and i hope it sets the tone for more cons constructive bipartisan work when we return later in the fall. thanks to speaker johnson for working with me on the agreement, and thanks to leader mcconnell and leader jeffries for helping make it happen, and special thanks

schumer: thank you, madam president. now, madam president, yesterday afternoon i spoke with secret service acting director rowe after an armed suspect was arrested after fleeing from former president trump's golf course in west palm beach florida. ly say what i've said many times before. there's no place in america for political violence of any kind. i'm glad the former president is safe, and i applaud the secret service and all first responders for acting quickly before anyone got hurt. as for the perpetrator, he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we all must do our part to ensure an incident like this does not happen again. this means that congress has a responsibility to ensure the secret service and all law enforcement have the resources they need to do their jobs. so as we continue the appropriations process, if the secret service is in need of more resources, we are pro proposed -- prepared in providing it for them, possibly in the upcoming funding agreement. now, on ivf. two years ago donald tr

schumer, leader mitch mcconnell. leader hakeem jeffries, senator steve da inch nmp es and the families of the 13 servicemembers who lost their lives on all 26, 2021 in cab >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson, speaker of the united states house of representatives. the speaker: my colleagues in congress, distinguished guests and the families of the 13 brave servicemembers we lost three years ago. as speaker of the house, i have the privilege of welcoming you to the capitol as we award the congressional medal. it is the highest honor that congress can bestow upon any group or individual. since the start of the american revolution congress has shown our national appreciation to the achievements and contributions of great americans. today we are here to honor some of our greatest. no greater love has man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. we honor that very love and that very sacrifice. on august 25, 20113 men and women of valor defended this nation in karzai international airport. the

schumer: finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m., tuesday, september 24. following the prayer and pledge, the gerbil of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate resume consideration of the sf sfraga nomination. further, notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture motion with respect to the sfraga nomination ripen at 12:00 noon. the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. if cloture is invoked, all time be considered expired at 2:15 p.m. further, the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to calendar 457 h.r. 1555 ripen upon the disposition of the sfraga nomination. finally, if any nominations are confirmed during today's session, motions to reconsider be considered made and laid ton the

chuck schumer -- obviously, we know mitch mcconnell is getting ready to leave. what happens with the republican senate leadership as well? guest: those are all good questions. on the democratic side, i do not see any challenges, at the moment, emerging to hakeem jeffries or chuck schumer. certainly for hakeem jeffries, it is much easier to be leading the minority party, because the messaging is all about taking on the majority, taking on the incumbent speaker of the house, mike johnson. so democrats, after the dramatic summer we did experience, with the president of the united states stepping down from running for reelection, after that was behind them, they have really unified and then on this march towards retaking the majority. certainly the most interesting race shaping up on the senate side is between senator john cornyn, who is running to replace mitch mcconnell, as well as john thune. the two johns. senator barrasso decided not to run for that race. that will be an interesting race to watch. both men have been working pretty aggressively behind the scenes

this is why senator schumer is asking for bipartisan cooperation on both sides.ne senator can blow down this process can throw roadblocks in the way and try to drag this out and make it as painful as possible for the other side. what is mitch mcconl telling republicans in the senate? guest: mitch mcconnell has been insistent from day one that a shutdown would be politically catastrophic for his party. just 40 some odd days before the election. that is a similar message, interestingly enough, even though mike johnson, speaker of the house, is a fiscal conservative, at one point had been a member of these hard right factions, had been echoing the mcconnell line, saying it would be political malpractice for republicans to shut the government down in advance of the election. s show republican certainly would get the blame heading into the election. that would hurt a lot of the swing districts and swing state candidates that will be on the ballot >> on this november in very critical racess and the balance of power is at stake in both chambers of congress both in the h

schumer: mr.nimous consent that the committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs be discharged from further consideration of s. 91 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 91, a bill to award a congressional gold medal to 60 diplomats in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the holocaust. the presiding officer: without objection. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the hagerty substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time, and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs be discharged from further consideration of s. 815, and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the p

chuck schumer refuses to bring it up. i keep saying to our leadership why don't we hold a press conference and say every day why isn't the senate not bringing this up y are not bringing this up and why they are doing it? the other thing is the fact that it is a continuing resolution, and it continues the mad spending policies, in my opinion, of schumer and speaker pelosi, and forcing conservatives like myself to vote for it so they can attach the save act to it, which we have already past. it is too much inside washington, inside the ballpark, kind of play. i don't think america gives a rip about all that. i don't think they want to shut the government down. i am not afraid to do that. we have done it before. but i think going into an election cycle is probably not the best time to do it. again, you are forcing conservatives to vote for horrible spending policies that are in place. we at $1 trillion every 100 days to our debts, and neither party wants to do anything about it. the dirty secret is the democrats wanted to do

chuck schumer rendered 27 days they'd been marked up. after that we saw the next bill come onto the floor. 174 days in to the fiscal year last year. that is only fiscally irresponsible it is morally responsible. people send us up here to do a job. my question to the majority leader today is why aren't you letting us actually do it? i'm externally disappointed not a single one of these bills again this year seem to find their way on the floor he seems has no plan to do that only plan seems to be to kick the can down the road. as my distinguished college from colic for mississippi said every time he did that our men and women pay the price. secretary austin, obviously appointed by president biden confirmed by this body has said acr will hurt our men and women in uniform. so what we should be doing is figure out a path forward to fund defense and fund our veterans. so today standing up and saying let's get the chamber back to doing the critical work we were sent here to do. long overdue. for those who do not know i am new in this body. i've

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, from the moment the maga supreme court reversed roe as donald trump promised they would, many of us warned that the hard right would not stop there in eliminating reproductive freedoms. over the past few months we've seen how ivf has become the hard right's next target. a few months ago the alabama supreme court jeopardized access to ivf within their state causing millions of americans -- millions of women and couples to fear that even their freedom to start a family was now in danger. so in june democrats brought forward legislation to ensure ivf access would never be at risk. is and expand insurance coverage for this treatment but almost every single senate republican voted against this vital legislation are to have access to ivf. republicans be can't claim to be pro-family only to block protections for ivf. the american people deserve another chance to see if republicans are for access to ivf or against it. it's that simple. so next week, mr. president, the senate will v

schumer: i yield the quorum -- no. the clerk: h.r. 94678, an act -- h.r. 9468, an act making supplemental appropriations for the year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. >> chellie pingree democrat of maine representing the first district in that in theg us. thank you for being here. let's start with that spending bill proposed by the speaker of the house to fund the government for six months at current level. it included the save act. we been talking about here on "washington journal" this morning. how did you vote? >> guest: i voted against that. i i don't think the save act was necessary and honestly we see that what we call a clean cr probably for three months just to move this forward. that was a bill put on the floor for political reasons, yet the speaker didn't have the votes to pass it. this is one of those things were we all kind of have is going to end. we need to agree with the senate, have the president

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again, chuck schumer is going to put a show vote up today. we should be looking at in the fact that the government's going to shut down next we can be doesn't act on our appropriations bills were not this in my view, is just another irresponsible ploy to shift the narrative here in america. >> senator haggerty, thank you so much for being with us. we really appreciate it. and we'll be right back. >> from meat free monday sunday so many ways to say life ready while it happy, that's 365 by whole foods market when it comes to amgen, life, changing medical breakthroughs, every second counts but without investment, those breakthroughs are often parsed cities seamlessly connected markets and services, businesses deliver global financial solutions so client can keep investing in innovations for patients around the world love of moving our clients forward for the love of progress families, they have a 60% on family-friendly hotels. >> so many great trips, we might just leave here with another vacation days i'll take it easy. >> paris and u2 for mona

upcoming election by prevented noncitizens from voting, here's what senate majority leader chuck schumerr johnson's plan. >> keeping the government open will require bipartisanship, keeping the government open will mean no poison pills or reckless partisan posturing and keeping the government open will mean tuning out the bully tactics of the hard right last week house republicans released without even consulting the democratic leaders of the house and senate or the president a six-month cr that is transparently unserious and seemingly designed for scoring political points instead of avoiding a shutdown. cheryl: here is speaker johnson if he would accept a clean continuing resolution of the top democrats are pushing for. >> let's see if they have the guts to tell the american people they want illegals to votes in these elections since joe biden and the border czar we believe the number is 16 million illegals coming across the border, it's a small percentage of them registered to vote which we know many have already they can throw the election, this is serious business and we will stand a

arthel: we do not have sender schumer we do not have house speaker minority leader jeffries here. what you are implying or questioning i should say. but let me say this because you talk about kicking the can down the road. house minority leader jeffries said we want to find a full appropriation bill by the end of this calendar year. one of the chances of that happening? >> i would support that his version of my version might look different. we talk about appropriations bills were members can offer amendments. by the way this is not just a republican issue and let the chips fall where they may but we don't do any of that. except for him and a few other people and i think again people are tired of it. people in both parties in congress are tired of this. this is a bipartisan reform that hakeem jeffries is part of the problem. arthel: have you had a chance to ask him the minority leader if that is what is aiming for? >> and that senate i have read there are some democrats see a better way but chuck schumer has got his boot on the neck of any fairness in this process. we moved fo for

said no. >> you can't think of one because there never has been one, he is a rubberstamp with the schumerte inheres agenda and a lobbyist cashed of all candidates in the nation one of the top recipients and as you know with your experience on the hill chuck schumer will literally shake both in shake bills to protect people like jon tester and then the washington post in the new york times and the whole d.c. swamp media will go over time to ensure that they are patting his resume, to protect him and wrapping him a bubblewrap while sending terrible torpedoes at us misconstruing everything we've ever said or done to help them along the way its full mobilization with the radical left media in the democrat party and the dark money machine to protect jon tester and most important late to hide his record into hide when he's actually done in office which is a lot our veterans, sellout our country, opener border, but for record inflation, tinker in industry and for america last, this is what the democrats have been doing for the last three and half years yet now on 2024 ticket montana is going to

rick: it is up to chuck schumer we shut down the government or not this is a simple bill, here's what it says, save act is basically said, to register to vote in this country you have to prove you are a citizen that's basic is over the think they will not pass resolution of that is in it what they say is that they want all of these illegals that they brought in across the border the last three and half years, to vote in the november election that's exactly what they say and i do not know any citizen in this country that thinks it should be delivered by 70 is not a citizen in this country for the rest think the only way to thinking when it's out and there's a government shut down, hit is up to chuck schumer come he will be the one to decide whether we shut out the government about how to republican in the senate that wants to shut down the government i don't want to shut down and i don't know any and senator want to shut down the government so i will be up to chuck schumer. cheryl: talk about the events on tuesday night and remember this fiery moment at the debate, with david you're tr

jeffries: i remain in regular communication with leader schumer and the white house about finding a path forward and we are always ready to sit down and have a four corners, bipartisan discussion, so we can keep the government open and meet the needs of the american people in a serious and responsible way in terms of their health, their safety, their national security. this is not complicated. we have already resthoafd top line spending issue in the bipartisan fiscal responsibility act. so the extreme maga republicans just have to walk away from trump's project 2025, walk away from their obsession in trying to once again shut down the government and walk away from their willingness to criminalize abortion care and impose a nationwide ban. that's why we're in the situation we're in right now. the overwhelming majority of the american people agree with us and we're fighting for you. reporter: they talk about the bipartisan co-lead, china, number of bills on the floor this book. that committee has generally worked in a bipartisan fashion. what are the things, however, you might be disappoin

i would love to sit down with chuck schumer. we should debate the save act. have him on a national debate to do that. he won't. they have no way to the explain why they want illegals to participate in the election. but that's what the open border has been about the entire time. we know that this is going on and we have to stop it. we're not talking about contingency plans. we're in this to win it, to deliver for the american people. the american people demand and deserve we have a fair election. they're arguing right now, they're arguing it's already illegal. we have lots of things on the books. it's about enforcement of the law and that's what we're trying to push here. we're going to do that today and every day until we get it done. cheryl: real quick. can any provisions in the save act be implemented before november. we're less than two months from the election. >> yeah, one of the provisions is that every secretary of state needs to audit voter rolls before they have election day on november 5. some of the states are early voting. we need to do this. we p

we were able to get five euros appropriation that the senate as to get numb and as long as chuck schumerave a divided house republican conference, he knows he does not have to do anything. we voted on the save act and we had 14 republicans, maybe 15 who voted against the speakers plate to put on the save act. this is near and dear to my heart i am the cofounder and chair of the election integrity caucus, our election is going to come down to this, everybody says this is speakers correct is traveling all across the country as i have after my crazy rates of 2020 after the last presidential race of our security of free and fair elections making voting great again and making sure our voters are getting out the vote that they're not being undermined by noncitizen voting it was a great bill cosponsored by chipper, we added that the forces senate to vote for it. of course we got to it stuck to us by our own side. i don't like continuing resolution this does not have the things that are important to me, i understand the gm the speaker is in but if we could speak together and get some of our prio

schumer, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 43, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. i come to the floor to note that the senate today will vote on the confirmation of a terrific nominees, jeanette vargas. she will make an excellent addition to the bench. she was a clerk to then-judge now supreme court justice sonia sotomayor and served as a top lawyer in the southern district. she truly a -- she is truly a new yorker, both puerto ricoian and risch an s. ri, she is part of the qualified and diverse nominees voted to the bench. i thank my colleagues for voting to confirm. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 652, j

this is exactly what chuck schumer did last year as well. you have patty murray and susan collins working together on a path forward. i commend them for that. last year we did 12 out of 12 bills that were marked up on a senate committee on tv in front of public by july 27. yet those bills sat. chuck schumer not putting them on the floor until november 1 of 2023. 127 days after they had been marked up. after that is when we saw the next bill come on to the floor. we actually didn't finish our process until 174 days into the fiscal year last year. that's not only fiscally irresponsible, it is morally irresponsible. the people send us up here to do a job, and my question to the majority leader today is why aren't you letting us actually do it? i am extreme disappointed that not a single one of these bills again this year has seemed to find their way on the floor. he seems to have no plan to do that. only plans seems to be to kick the can down the road. and as my p distinguished colleague from mississippi said, every time we do that our men and

here's what senate majority leader chuck schumer had to say about the speaker's plan. >> keeping thekeeping the government open will mean no poison pills or reckless partisan posturingnd a keeping the government open will mean tuning out the bully tactics of the hard right. last week, house republicans released without even consulting the democratic leaders of the house and senate or the president a six month cr that is transparently unserious and seemingly designed for scoring political points instead of avoiding a shutdown. cheryl: here is speaker johnson on if he would accept a clean continuing resolution, the top democrats are a pushing for. >> let's see if they have the guts to tell the american people they want illegals to vote in the elections. since joe biden and the border czar opened the border we believe the number is 16 million illegals have crossed the border. if a small percentage register to vote which many have already, it could throw the election. cheryl: joining me is florida congresswoman laura lee, a member of the house judiciary, homeland security and administrat

schumer: mr. president, by all accounts, a vote to protect something as basic and as popular as ivf shouldn't be necessary. but sadly, it is very necessary. thanks to attacks against reproductive care by donald trump and his project 2025. from the moment donald trump's maga supreme court reversed roe, the hard right made clear they would keep going. as we saw earlier this year in alabama, ivf has become one of the hard right's next targets. today senate republicans must answer a simple question. do they support american families' access to ivf or not? if they support it, the only option is to vote yes on the right to ivf act. but -- if senate republicans vote no today and block ivf protections again, it will be proof they stand against the well-being of families. if senate republicans vote no today, it will be further proof that project 2025 is alive and well when it comes to women's rights and reproductive rights as well. republicans claim to care about supporting families while voting against iv

chuck schumer and house minority leader jeffries from the big apple, have not done so, for now.w york governor kathy hochul the power to remove adams from our office but she said earlier this week that she has yet to make a decision and if adams resigns, or is removed, public advocate williams would become the next mayor of the city of new york. joining me now, republican strategist, susan dell personnel and democratic strategists and msnbc analyst, basil smikle jr. oh boy, okay. i've been looking forward to this conversation because as a new yorker and in exile in washington i cannot imagine a better grouping of people to talk about this with. this is bad. this is super, super bad. he says i'm not going. i'm hanging in there, basil, can he hang in there? it is bad when it leaks out that you're going to be indicted on a wednesday, and then you've already put out your rebuttal and thursday morning 6:00 a.m., the feds are rating your home, the official residence of the mayor of new york. but that's bad, there's even something else worse that happened. >> one of his top aides, his

schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. hawley, no. brought their war on the united states to american soil. they fill the clear blue sky with smoke, fire, and shattered the lives of 2977 innocent people. before the dust had settled, the world witnessed the extraordinary heroism of first responders. the compassion of neighbors and volunteers and the will of a proud nation not to let this savagery go unanswered. the terrorists who started this war, and at times that has wavered. since the years since september 11, 2001, the administrations of both parties, not to shortchange or abandon our fight against the terrorists or adversaries. colleagues in congress, not to make the job of the war fighter harder by taking essential terrorism authorities off the table and i will continue to do so as our colleagues continue section 702, two years to further extend this vital intelligence authority. the biden administration pretend the war on terrorism is over. the vice president claimed last night but, quote, there's not one member of the united st

. >> brian: next to senator schumer debated world affairs for three hours. >> schumer is trying to talknto going. this year declined the invitation. in fact we have a soundbite. lauren green was asking cardinal dolan about it. >> we are disappointed. we were looking forward to giving the vice president an enthusiastic welcome. and we kind of -- we were confident that she would find this, you know, she speaks very much about the high ideals and how it's good to get away from division and come together in unity and all. that's what the al smith dinner is all about. we haven't given up yet. we're not used to. this we don't know how to handle it. this hasn't happened in 40 years since walter mondale turned down the invitation and remember he lost 49 out of 50 states. i don't want to say there is a direct connection there. but so we are not used to this. and we're not giving up. you know who has been a help to us, lauren, senator schumer and governor hochul. they both are working hard to see that they convince her to come. and. >> so there's still a chance? >> senator schumer said to me he s

it is chuck schumer's fault. it is not the house republicans. we have to have a resolution to continue funding the government. we did our work. we passed 12 approach brick -- appropriation bills. we put them on the floor. 73% of federal funding has passed through the house. we sent it to the senate. they've done nothing. not one bill. they would not negotiate with us. so here we are. we loathe the crs as much as anyone. this is a situation that the senate democrat leadership put us in. it would be political malpractice to shut the government down. everyone understands that. we hope that this will get done quickly and we can get everybody back home to the districts and campaign trail. speaking of political malpractice. janet yellen has a new op-ed out trying to tell the biden harris economic success. good luck with that. it's a piece of utter fiction as the campaign is. they are running a campaign of fiction. under the biden administration, american savings are at record lows. look it up. you all know it. interest rates reached 40 years highs. ho

look at schumer, they don't have a best. stuart: we will leave it right there. second hour of varney getting started. ♪ stuart: a group of pro-hamas protesters at the gates of columbia university where students need to enter, they are walking with signs come in chanting columbia, your hands are red, free palestine, no more war. jason chaffetz with me now. is biden effectively supporting hamas? >> he has been pro-hamas, the most pro-hamas pro-terrorist president we ever had. i thought we were united, we had an unbreakable bond, kamala harris and president biden stand for they go out of their way to make excuses, to praise these people, say they have a good point. that's what president biden said and kamala harris, where is the plan to victory? victory is peace and getting back our hostages and they have no plan to do that. stuart: we have legitimized the taking of hostages. >> i thought we didn't negotiate with terrorists. instead of taking a hard stance and understanding that iran is behind this and bringing the fight to iran and holding people responsible. this

and, why would we give chuck schumer the pen in december?ng continuing resolution into march, give donald trump and republicans the pen let's make sure we save our election . maria: i understand what you are saying i agree, this is probably the most important issue, for certainly for republicans and that is to secure the election ensure only american citizens are voting so i get that chuck schumer won't have it; right? a minute ago you said we should not do a cr than what is the problem he is doing it to -- six months what is the problem? >> the problem with democrats in washington, can't do the right thing for american people, conservatives last year in speaker's set up a construct seven out of 12 bills done processed more amounts than in decades we processed 15 last two years, we can't get the bills cross the finish line democrats don't believe in america they don't believe in security, they believe in. >> instead of national defense believe funding abortions respectives have to the fight american people want us to have i am sick and tired

and you knew schumer before this? yeah, i knew schumer before. and tell us how he reacted when i had been a democrat and a democratic. and in fact, at age 29, i became the treasurer of the democratic state committee in the state of new york. so i was pretty involved structurally, and i knew schumer from. but i. at one point gave him one of his early fundraisers anyhow. so i spent an hour chatting with him very amiably and at the end of it, since i had learned on wall street one thing i always for the order and. so a symbol must leader since. we've had this history. i hope i can count on your support for my designation as commerce secretary. and he said wilbur not a chance in the world. so not a chance the world. why is that? he said you must remember i'm the loyal opposition. and he didn't vote for it was. a very bipartisan, a good 72 yeses. 27 days and non-voting person. so we got confirmed. all right. the confirmation hearing itself was another scene. the lady showed up there dressed as mary and as started to make my she started throwing of cak

it is schumer's summer of scare tactics he has moved into the fall of the fear mongering.espicable because he is stoking the fear that should not exist. and unfortunately playing politics and the american people lose when chuck schumer is in charge. shannon: feels good about where they are. obviously this senate is in play as well. republicans are hoping to flip it. he says he's feeling bullish on places like montana, ohio even florida, texas and missouri. is it possible republicans are overconfident? is this possibly another midterm 2022 when the red wave did not materialize the way you all had hoped? democrats say when it comes to the issue of abortion which is on a lot of state ballots as well, they felt when to put them over the top and they are going to maintain control of the senate. >> look, i was actually steve daines last night he was the chair of the nr and see the senator there from montana. he is working diligently to ensure that we make sure we take back the senate. of course we hope to do that in a big fashion. he is being diligent and every single sector we