scott smith, the all of that budget dog to touch me to numbers wonderful results, go interested, a product to go. what are the elements of the menus for this or not? so that's a sonya namo, the quiz you and of course the daughter questions, i must say. good. so going a lot of this for me, but since case of troubleshoot, odds are good to me. isn't us a much send out of the set of bose. so it'd be we always on our salary. so records the, my assumption, canada, the senator is in a 3 foot day and it was by the end of the new year, but it'd be look and, but i fix it. it's been a minnesota service, a mode cost on the coast, on a community associated co sooner. so do you know, nicholas who and how much for the fence was going in was throwing this way and doing instead of going on in a marriage case that have been on the front of the case that have been on the, the new, much considered being on the through us case, to be honest with you, what the most likely it'd be with this level. of course, when we said the only, so go ahead and do moving into so that one in each of those really assessing might

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. a mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mr. paul voted in the affirmative. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, cantwell, cassidy, collins, fischer, graham, hyde-smith, king, markey, padilla, rounds, schatz, schumer, sinema, tillis, and it'll be the amendment and going for that. mr. president, i yield the floor. when social security trust fund becomes solvent, the fairies don't come back and replenish the social security trust fund. we don't have trust fund fairies. we have a debt that is already over $33 trillion and we're headed towards dealt crisis. so this bill by everyone's agreement, even those that will vote for it tonight, not that i don't want to fix an injustice for a small amount of people and deserve a few money dollars more a month. the way we've done -- gone about it is going to be costly and it's being done at a timeit'll become insolvent thinking abou

smith. >> see you doctor scott. >> yes, sir. >> if no additional members that the public would like to speakperson. i'm shifting to remote participants. we have one caller. >> good evening. this is daniel landry. i just wanted to again, you know, reverent arnold townsend. i know 30 minutes wasn't a long time. i tried that and reverent townsend and i spoke and we got more information about the fillmore. san francisco, and not obviously was he a storyteller but tying things into one and making it really. you know, i want to give my condolences. i'd like to thank you again oci,for acknowledging one thing i know about him. he meant what he said and said what he meant. i have so many stories i can tell. a few stick out that's dear to my heart. he came up with an idea to change it to marcus garvey way. we hoplated the city. he was the chair and stood with us on the proposal. i appreciate that. this is the kind of man we are dealing with. the reverent was the type of person if he believed in something he would break ranks. i didn't get a chance deliver him but finish my by yo bf my life in the fill

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 -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, butler, cantwell, cardin, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, heinrich, helmy, hirono, kaine, murphy, murray, ossoff, reed, rosen, sanders, tester, warner, warren, welch and whitehouse. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran -- senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, braun, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cramer, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hawley, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, moran, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, and young. met in president? >> a senator from michigan. >> first about i would say wouldn't you know i get laryngitis. [laughter] for somebody who is an elected office we know that's not a good thing.

scott williams. sixth seed david chisnall also went out, losing to ricky evans. it comes afterformer winners michael smithn ben stokes will be out of action for at least three months. stokes was injured during the final test against new zealand last week and he needs surgery on a torn hamstring — the same one he tore in august. he'd already been left out of the squads for the limited overs tour to india next month and the champions trophy in february due to the injury. his target will be the one—off test against zimbabwe in may, and then there are just five more test matches until england attempt to regain the ashes in australia next winter. australia play india in the boxing day test. the series is currently tied at 1—1 with two matches left to play. after the third test was drawn, with poor weather limiting play. the home side won the second test but won't let the dampener last time affect them. 0pener sam konstas is set to become australia men's youngest test batting debutant in 71 years. we said from the get—go going into the summer we wouldn't shy away and age was no barrier, and what he has shown is

scott williams. sixth seed david chisnall also went out, losing to ricky evans. it comes afterformer winners michael smithestive football resumes on boxing day — with several big games in the premier league. tottenham away at 11th placed nottingham forest is one to look out for, with spurs hoping to bounce back from defeat to liverpool, where they conceded six goals. we just wejust had a we just had a heavy defeat and i said i take responsibility for that because i see what effect that has on everyone involved with the football club so that it weighs heavily on you. i don't think there are many managers who bounce into interviews after being beaten that sort of feel cheery about it. yeah... fairto say that sort of feel cheery about it. yeah... fair to say i'm getting tired of the same questions and answering the same way. ijust questions and answering the same way. i just think questions and answering the same way. ijust think it is almost like people want to poke the bear to see if i react. and that's all the sport for now. kasia, we will have more later on. studio: looking forward to it, thank you so mu

scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. 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 -- bennet, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, heinrich, helmy, kaine, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, padilla, reed, rosen, schatz, shaheen, smith, van hollen, and welch. mr. murphy, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, braun, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cruz, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, ricketts, romney, schmitt, scott of florida, tillis, tuberville, and young. mr. moran, no. mr. coons, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. crapo, no. >> if there was ran attempt to create a body that influences them and government influences and the corrupt with the first trump administration and going to set out and they would sue and challenge in court and those are the

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. n.l. the clerk: mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- coons, gillibrand, manchin, rosen, shaheen, tester, warner, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- capito, cotton, fischer, lankford, lummis, marshall, paul, ricketts, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and young. >> it seems fitting to end with someone whose retirement is a departure not from just from the senate but from a long and honorable career on the national political stage. on the bingo cards of american politics, the governor of massachusetts, senator from utah, combination, -- his repeated success in public office is a testament to his transcendent appeal of his character. as it turns out uncompromising honesty, artist humility, and evident devotion to faith and family are as compelling in cedar city as they are in concord. of course, a certain telegenic quality, there i say, presi

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. trump wyden. -- mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, cantwell, durbin, kaine, kim, murray, padilla, sanders, schatz, smith, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- buzz, cramer -- budd, cramer, crapo, daines, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, mullin, we are in the middle of taking this country back. that deserves applause i think. not because i said it. because it's happening. i remember many years ago i was in academics and in fact i was reading a k. through 12 school and i read a book by someone who has become a close friend and a great thinker and along the lines of friendship someone you could disagree with which i still do occasionally. now in the great nation of hungary most of the time that one of his first books, i read it in two or three days. i devoured it because i thought as a lifelong movement conservative that you c

scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis.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 -- baldwin, booker, cantwell, hassan, klobuchar, lujan, murray, ossoff, stabenow, warren, warren. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, cornyn, cotton, crapo, hagerty, hyde-smith, lankford, lee, rubio, schmitt, wicker. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mrs. fischer, no. right young will. they tend to be bold and patriotic. i have the best of them on my team better prepared advocate government worked in the door 1999 anyone on the team is somewhere along the way kentucky basketball. honorary delivery. world they go and what only member of my staff in the director outside in some way is so. it is certainly not by accident. on my staff and. it is judgment. it is a complex problem. wound up falling the. it was really hard and and wound up on s

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: swearingen here. [inaudible] >> okay. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i have taken it. >> okay. raise your right hand. will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and,hi domestic. you will take this obligation freely without any mental reservation you will well and faithfully upon which you are about to enter so help you god. congratulations. family members here. >> we have to properly meet. i've talked to your dad about you guys. who is this. >> august. >> very nice to meet you. >> who is this? kamala harris. [laughter] >> i was one of the united states senator and i thank you giving permission for your whole family. thank you all. >> one -- two -- three. >> take care. >> bye, guys. i'll see you next time. >> every two years. [laughter] good to see you again. you

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. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis, mr. tuberville. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. houseboats the quickest, simplest spike we can make sure and deliver the threat of a shut them behind us the government open provide emerges supporters of doctors farmers. only way to get done this bipartisan. during the negotiation the government for accomplishing from the front of shutting down the government the government down about publish the goal they wanted to accomplish. get ready the government down and after a few the time of the day or at the most, 35 days six or seven years ago government opens up the the government is supposed to be of service for the american you can't serve the american hopefully by hope accomplish they are tomorrow seniors will automatically benefit drivers and has had congressional action. congress should be in short legislation to work this never hap

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 -- baldwin, booker, butler, durbin, heinrich, hickenlooper, ossoff, stabenow, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, braun, collins, kennedy, romney, >> working hard to set the stage for unified republican government next year. first, when we go through our swearing in and then the inauguration. americans can expect significant results if from a pro-growth and pro-family policy. that's going to be the focus that we have. we've had that focus at every stage of the last several years, and we've seen from the work that we did in 2017 that it has been extremely successful for those two concepts, to have a pro-growth and pro-family policy set in place, addressing wasteful government spending and looking out for our main street businesses to crafting tack policies that we know work better f

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 -- brown, heinrich, lujan, manchin, merkley, murphy, rosen, schatz, smith, welch. senators voting in the negative -- budd, cornyn, cruz, hagerty, hawley, kennedy, lummis, mcconnell, murkowski, tillis, wi we are being the development with what's happening on the ground and it is ironclad and we are committed to that. >> the great concern, is it the perspective of the united states? >> it is a fluid situation, i'm not going to jump to that, we are watching these developments and okay counterparts. >> every country has its own rules and laws and procedures, i am no expert and how sub koreans work in the ins and outs it is certainly hope and expectation laws and regulations are abided by the country. >> i'm not going to get ahead of. >> martial law to finish. >> there's obviously a lot in south korea over

smith, this case would probably have never even gone to trial. right that it was always a political justice department brought the case. it was always and this wasn't it, but wasn't to scott's point. >> i mean, wasn't it a lie? i mean, you can defend it, but wasn't it a lie that he was not going to pardon him? >> no, i believe the circumstances have changed. i think that we have now have a president coming into office who's talking about firing squads, who's talking about running people around the country and making sure that everyone who's his enemy is going to be punished and hunter biden lied about his drug use on a government form when he was buying a gun, and he failed to file and pay taxes when he was a drug addict. he paid back those taxes with interest. donald trump himself was indicted for 17 counts of criminal tax fraud, more than hunter and he's going to be the president of the united states for seven years. so you're missing you're missing 11 and a few years, 11 years, full and unconditional pardon the laptop on his laptop. >> there's been studies that show that he a study that showed that allegedly there were hundreds of crimes drugs allegedly. >> hold on a sec

chase smith was from maine, the first republican on the armed services committee and the first major candidate for president on the republican side. the bust of justice taney, who offered the dred scottecision, was removed and will be replaced with one of justice thurgood marshall. that stound -- that you understand 10s like a pretty good trade to me. when our restaurant workers fought to unionize, we fought to make sure they had a fair contract. my favorite moment -- we worked on a lot of detailed things which involve senators telling there's too long a line of vis visitors trying come to in the capitol, making sure we have people working at the gates, making sure that senators get their offices. what was really fun is when senator blunt and i worked to update the rule so that when senator duckworth who was just presiding over the senate, was able to bring her baby onto the senate floor. before that we only allowed dogs onto the senate floor. senator duckworth already had a toddler. if there were late knife votes is -- if there were late-night votes, she would have to bring her baby with her. we had to get this done because she wasn't going to burp her baby in the house. it was a dr