senate minority leader harry reid spoke about on the senate floor along with majority leader mitch mcconnell urged democrats not to block disapproval resolution we will hear what was at the senate said about an hour from now. .. 1:00 eastern on c-span3. now senator lindsay graham speaking against the iran nuclear accord in what "time" magazine said a scathing speech blaming president obama for overlook festering international problem in order to get cooperation on the iranian agreement. senator says quote evil is doing well on his watch and he be a poor champion of freedom. from the national press club this is about an hour. >> welcome to the national press club. my name is john hughes. i am editor for bloomberg's breaking news desk and the president of the national press club. our guest today is republican presidential candidate and south carolina senator lindsay graham who will discuss the iran nuclear deal. but first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table. this table includes club members and guest of the speaker. from the audience's right rachel oswald, online reporter for cq

for senator kaine. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, we listened to the comments of senator mcconnell, the republican leader. he has given us a litany of horribles when it comes to the conduct of the nation of iran. he has given us fair warning that this is a country that we cannot trust because of past conduct. i think the point that needs to be made at this moment is i don't disagree with his premise or his conclusion, but i ask him and all others in his similar political position, how can iran with a nuclear weapon be a better thing for this world from the middle east or from israel? i think the answer is obvious. that's why the president in league with our major allies and some of our not so frequent allies has broke end an agreement to send inspectors, to destroy the centrifuges, to core -- concrete core in the plutonium and in iran, to stop so that they do not develop a nuclear weapon. that to me is an ultimate positive outcome. does it cure a

[applause] senator cruz: that's day one. [laughter] senator cruz: there are 365 days in a year.years in a presidential term. and four years in a second term. [applause] years, -- eight years, this ballroom is going to be a whole lot bigger. [applause] years,the end of eight they will be a whole is of reporters, newspaper journalists, and journalists who checked themselves into therapy. [applause] in the days that follow, i will go to congress and we will repeal every word of obama care. [applause] [cheering] in the days that follow, i will instruct the federal department of education, which should be abolished, [applause]

senate. lack will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god of grace and love, you guard our lives with your peace. help us to not attempt to build a relationship with you on the basis of our merit and goodness. give our lawmakers the wisdom to make your grace, the foundation for their living. may your righteousness that comes from faith energize them to dare more boldly, attempting to accomplish great things for your glory. grant that their childlike trust in you will free them to serve others, inspired by your love. o god, you are our help and hope. thank you for your gifts of liberating grace, unconditional love and generous mercy. we pray in your marvelous name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: in one week, congress will host one of the world's

senator height cap. -- senator heitkamp. "phs probable that iran will use its additional resourcesources d being a he is to additional arms to increase its support for terrorist groups." senator merkley. "i do share concerns about parts of the agreement, including how iran could use funds from sanctions relief to continue funding hezbollah and other terrorists around the world. it is clear they have been funding these activities despite crippling sanctions. and we are right to be concerned that additional funds from sanctions relief or any other sources from other countries, if this agreement is to the approved, could be used to continue these outrageous activities." senator stabenow. here are the democrats on iran's continued nuclear activity and enrichment. request, with this deal, we are legitimating a vast and expanding nuclear program in iran. we are in effect rewarding years of deception, deceit, and wanton disregard for international law by allowing them to potentially have a domestic nuclear enrichment program at lev

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, senator blunt at 2:30, and then senator heller at 3:00. i hope that they'll be down soon. i will let the time be accruing against both sides by noticing the absence of a quorum. i ask unanimous consent that the, during the period of time that there is a quorum call that it be charged equally to both sides. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. corker: thank you, mr. president. and i would also like to note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, last week we experienced what i would think is a dark day in the history of the united states senate where on one of the most important national security issues that have confronted the country in the last 25 years, perhaps longer, our friends across the aisle led by the minority leader decided to filibuster the resolution of disapproval on the president's nuc

senator casey. when iranian extenze chant death to america and death to israel the first question we have is how in the world can we trust them to live up to an agreement? the answer is we cannot. senator stabenow. even under the deal we should expect the iran will cheat when it came, particularly at the margins. they don't continue our wrapup its these daily activities and sponsorship of terrorism. with additional resources provided but increased sanctions relief, that will seek to break that if the opportunity presents itself after 15 years with specialized

senator blumenthal, senator kirk, senator tester, the majority leader and their staff, my colleague michael bennet, for their leadership on this issue and of course none of this could be possible without the incredible work of missouri mike kaufman, congressman representing the area, the entire colorado delegation who worked so hard to make this happen. they have all provided a great service to veterans in passage of the legislation out of the house today. mr. president, years from now, when veterans go to this hospital to receive the care that we have promised, they will enter into what will be the crown jewel of the v.a. infrastructure, the crown jewel of the v.a. system. it took a lot of hard work to get here, and today i'm excited with the passage of the house bill, passage of the senate, a bill is on its way to the president to finish the job, to complete the hospital and to fulfill our promise. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: ms. klobuchar: mr. presid

senate. there is nothing bipartisan about support for this deal. only the opposition is bipartisan, and only the opposition is a majority. and the deal lacks the most important kind of support, that of the american people. a strong majority of americans oppose this deal, and they're right to do so. far from blocking the iranian regime's path to nuclear weapons capability, this agreement actually secures what mark devowitz, executive director for the foundation of defense for democracies calls a -- quote -- "patient pathway" to nuclear weapons capability. consider the time line. from day one the iranian regime will be able to use resources containing thousands of centrifuges and conduct research and development. after eight years iran will be allowed to begin building hundreds of advanced new centrifuges annually. it will be allowed to expand its ballistic missile program. after 15 years, iran will be permitted to stockpile significant quantities of enriched uranium, use advanced centrifuges t

senator ayotte: thank you. senator mccain: senator mccaskill. senator mccaskill: i'm worried, like the rest of my colleagues, and there have been a number of questions from my colleagues, about the train and equip mission. there are good news and bad news about america's military. the good news is you give them a job they'll figure out a way and get it done. the bad news is sometimes you give them a job and they're not willing to say it's not going to work. at what point in time, general austin, do you envision us admitting that while all good intentions and on paper all of the work was done but the job of finding willing fighters that can be screened appropriately when you have the vast majority who feel victimized by the current situation in syria are running for the exits? at what point in time -- and what is the discussion ongoing about the $600 million you're equesting for next year? that seems very unrealistic to me in terms of a request. if at this juncture we successfully completed five to six, and i believe you said the last information

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. scott: mr. president, i am a proud pro-life senator and i stand on the floor of the senate with a pit in my stomach, which comes from over the past 40 years over 50 million americans have not had the chaiens to have their feet on the soil of our country. that is why i'm thankful for the opportunity that we have this week here in the united states senate, and opportunity to celebrate life and to protect life, god's most amazing gift of all. i am proud to join my colleague and the senior senator from my state, lindsey graham, in introducing this version of the pain-capable legislation in the united states senate. and the studies are very, very clear that this legislation can save more than 18,000 lives each and every year. that's right, 18,000 lives each and every year. we aren't talking about anything other than the results of sound science. and because of that sound science, we know that at approximately five months babies can feel pain. we know that if a baby were to need prenatal surgery at th

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i'd ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided between the sides of the aisle and that following the recognition of a speaker on our side, an opportunity be given to the speaker on the democratic side to speak, and we alternate back and forth using the time that is allotted for the debate. mr. durbin: reserving the right to be object. the republican side has already used 45 minutes. i hope that you're saying that between 2:15 and 5:00 the time will be equally divided, and we will rotate from one side to the other. the president pro tempore: i'd ask -- mr. cornyn: i ask to amend the request. mr. mccain: mr. president, am i recognized? the president pro tempore: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: again i would say to the senator from illinois that the usual way that i've seen around here for many years is one side and then the other side. if the senator from illinois wants to stack up all of his time on that side so there's no back and forth, i don't think that's

senator cruz has been leading the effort on this in the senate.rs and applause] he is a great friend to the tea party pictures. he stands for freedom in america and it is my pleasure to welcome senator ted cruz. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> .as the united states of america. [cheers and applause] what an incredible gathering here today. i want to speak to three groups of people. i want to start by speaking to the american people. this iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic. it is the single greatest national security threat facing america. if it goes through, there will be three consequences. number one, the obama administration will become quite literally the world's leading financier of radical islamic terrorism. if it goes through over 100 leading dollars will flow directly to iran to the ayatollah company and billions of those dollars will go directly to hamas, to have blood, to the houthis, islamic terrorists across the world and those jihadist will use billions to murder americans, murder israelis, murder europeans. the second consequence of th

senator ayotte: thank you. senator mccain: senator mccaskill. senator mccaskill: i'm worried, like the rest of my colleagues, and there have been a number of questions from my colleagues, about the train and equip mission. there are good news and bad news about america's military. the good news is you give them a job they'll figure out a way and get it done. sometimes you give them a job and they're not willing to say it's not going to work. at what point in time, general austin, do you envision us admitting that while all good intentions and on paper all of the work was done but the job of finding willing fighters that can be screened appropriately when you have the vast majority who feel victimized by the current situation in syria are running for the exits? at what point in time -- and what is the discussion ongoing about the $600 million you're requesting for next year? that seems very unrealistic to me in terms of a request. if at this juncture we successfully completed five to six, and i believe you said the last information you had, ms. w

we've heard from senator murray, senator collins, senator casey, senator baldwin. it is an attempt on our part to ensure that students aren't going to fall through the cracks. they're go ting started this year in their colleges and universities and wondering is this program going to be there or are we going to allow it to expire? we have to make sure that this program to going to be here and they'll have the opportunity to get ahead by using this low-cost student loan option that's focused on the kids with the most need to get an education. since 1958 this program has been strong. one that works. by the way there is no appropriation involved here. it is a matter of letting the program continue. the program has what is called a revolving fund where when somebody gets a loan and pays that loan back, the money goes back to another student. so this is an opportunity for us to continue a program that's working. if we don't pass it, we're going to have a situation where new loans will not be awarded. college tuition is already too tough. i hear about it all the time from

control the senate.it makes no sense at all. in fact, as i said earlier, republican control of the senate has allowed confirmation votes on just five votes, five, one, two, three, four, five. taken vacations and long recess es, we don't have time to vote on judges which are normally unanimous votes anyway. we are voting on a sixth today. whoopie ay-yarn ay. it hasn't been this way before. at senate judiciary committee, the last two years of president bush's term, he put through 26 judges by now. the republicans have only allowed five judges. this kind of partisanship is really wrong and it's the on pace to be the lowest in history. with the majority leader spoke recently about the desire to avoid another republican-led shutdown. i agree. the american people deserve something better than obstructionist shutdowns. but something better than the shutdown over health services, senate republicans have virtually shut down the confirmation process. it's harming our judiciary system in the short- and long term. i

so we've heard from senator ayotte, senator alexander from tennessee, senator collins from maine. i spoke from montana. you can see the geographic diversity across our entire country, the support for this program. but it's only fitting that the senator from north carolina is here now, senator burr. he has been the leader in permanent reauthorization for lwcf. that's why both senator collins and myself are proud sponsors of senate bill 338, which would permanently reauthorize lwcf. and i want to thank senator burr for his leadership and what he is doing here to remove this uncertainty we have today on lwcf and get it prm permanently reauthorized. thank you for coming down today to speak. mr. burr: senator daines, thank you. let me say it was my intention today to come and ask unanimous consent for the senate to consider immediately a 60-day extension of the land and water conservation fund in its current configuration. i won't be doing that. i think we're making progress towards unanimous consent in the united states senate, which is the best way to get things done. so i will refra

the ranking member senator cardin in the senate today and senator corker for getting us to this point. a unanimous votin

senator sessions. senator session: thank you, senator feinstein. and you made some important points. i would note that san francisco proudly calls itself a sanctuary city. they are not hiding it. they are proud of it. they directed their police chiefs and police officers to act in that accord, too. we are focused, i think, more today on the sheriff's department who even the mayor has concluded acted improperly. i would offer for the record a letter just a week ago on behalf of the san francisco deputy sheriffs that work for the sheriff there, and that letter to the sheriff says this, as evidence by the tragic death of kate steinle on july 1, to coordinate much less cooperate with law enforcement agencies, recklessly compromises the safety of sworn personnel, citizens, and those who merely come to san francisco area. this association hereby demands the department immediately rescind the directives and comply with the statutory and contractual obligations to meet and confer in good faith. they go over, say moreover, it is the association's sincere be

the ranking member senator cardin in the senate today and senator corker for getting us to this point. a unanimous vote in our committee we got this bill brought to the house and the senate and we had a 98-1 vote in a bipartisan effort to bring this before the american people and today we sit here with a small minority of americans that support this deal and yet it's about to become law. this administration chose not to consider this as a treaty but is a nonbinding political agreement that means in the low for a year of our determine whether or not they will abide by this deal with iran. my question is what can we do now right now in the united states senate to continue to fight this president's nuclear deal with iran. i speak today to confirm that i will continue this fight individually if necessary. next 14 months am committed to finding ways we can mitigate the effects of this dangerous deal with iran. we need to ratchet sanctions on iran for terrorism and human rights continue to be vigilant in both of those areas. we need to be prepared to sanctions that can be snapped back swift

[applause] senator cruz: that's day one. [laughter] senator cruz: there are 365 days in a year.years in a presidential term. four years in a second term. [applause] senator cruz: by the end of ballroom is this going to be a whole lot bigger. [applause] and by the end of eight years, there are going to be a whole lot of reporters and newspaper editors and journalists project themselves into therapy. [laughter] -- who check themselves into therapy. [laughter] senator cruz: in the days that followed, i will go to congress and we will repeal every word of obamacare. [applause] senator cruz: in the days that followed, i will instruct the federal department of education -- which should be abolished. [applause] senator cruz: i will instruct the federal department of education that common core ends today. [applause] senator cruz: in the days that follow, we will rebuild the military and honor the commitments made to soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines. [applause] senator cruz: and we will protect our servicemen and women's constitutional right to keep and bear arms and defend th

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i'd like to thank the majority leader for scheduling this debate about the agreement struck by the obama administration and the leaders of the islamic republic of iran. and it's important to highlight right up front what this deal is. it's nothing more than a political agreement between president obama and the current leaders of iran. this deal does not have the support of the american people, nor will it have the consent of their elected representatives here in congress. at no point in the course of negotiating this deal did the obama administration seek the advice and consent of the united states senate or display any respect for the constitutional limits of the executive in foreign affairs. nevertheless, i'm glad that the senate has been debating this agreement because this is how the senate is supposed to function, on the basis of open and robust deliberation. and i hope it's how the senate will function well into the future on matters of national security and domestic

i, senator durbin, i listened to his comments and senator durbin is a dear friend of mine. the two of us have foughthts together on human rights around we have fought for civil liberties here in the united states. many important issues including mr. president, there are memberh on both sides that have reachedn different conclusions. but we are all committed to making sure iran does not become a nuclear weapons state and we honestly believe that our view is the best way for that to be accomplished.acco i don't challenge any other members decision. and i certainly don't question their resolve.ran against iran becoming a nuclear weapons state or their support o for our regional allies. i think each has demonstratedouh that throughout their career. some of us have come to different conclusions. i strongly believe that we mustn prevent iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state. it is a game-changer in the region. you already heard from my colleagues that iran is one of the principle purveyors of in terrorism in that region. it would accelerate an arms race that already has too

in the senate. we've had a lot of senators come to the house and try to tell us how to do our job. but nonetheless, we've been doing that. not always as smoothly as we'd like to. but we've been doing it. and i think to the extent that congress doesn't become the issue anymore, then those candidates have to look at the american people in the eye and say why they're the best candidate instead of throwing bricks at us. i think it does, i think, allow the spotlight to be fully on those candidates which is where it needs to be. >> now turning to energy legislation if we could. rep. flores: my favorite subject. susan: there's been talk on capitol hill about exporting crude oil. the senate and house both agree that we should be exporting crude oil. senator mcconnell has talked about talking to the president about that as part of the grand bargain at the end of the year that would include spending legislation. could there be some agreement with the white house work democrats on a bill to export crude oil? h

the senator. [applause] >> good morning. thank-you sell much for taking an interest in this issue that this is an issue that is not new to me in my opinion i started to talk about this even before there was a price decline because fundamentally commodities have to find their market. if we're going to be successful in america where 95 percent of all consumers live outside of the diastase of the american league cannot restrict them anything and certainly we are becoming a dominant energy power. most of you know, north dakota is heavily dependent on commodity markets. we produce the highest quality a a agricultural products rolled it is a pretty amazing news stories so we're dependent on the dollar values that we don't talking enough about the also heavily dependent on exports. this day and watches -- this was an anomaly of the '70s when they were scrambling to respond to the energy shortage that threatens the economic livelihood draconian measures were taken including a ban on crude oil is made of s

i want to thank senator cardin and senator menendez and senator perdue and others who were there. i'm sorry. i don't think we've had an advocate at the state. i don't know we haven't had an advocate. we haven't had anybody in the position since 2014, so to have somebody of this caliber who is absolutely first rate, who has lived a life around this issue and has been so committed, is -- makes this a great day for our country. i hope after her testimony today we'll move quickly to have her confirmed. i'm thrilled that she's here. and i think with her and her breeding some integrity and some advocacy that's been missing in this program will do a lot not just to restore, if you will, our preeminence in the world around this issue. i'm sorry. i think we have lost a degree of that. that has nothing to do with our nominee. i actually believe we're on the verge of doing something relative to slavery that is going to show real u.s. leadership. for that reason, i'm very pleased that susan has agreed to be nominated and to go through the process of this hearing and hopefully to assume this r

senator reed: on behalf of senator mccain, i recognize the senator. senator kaine: let me start with a compliment. then i will refer to to the form and express some major concern. i was in urbil, kuwait, jordan, turkey in late june and early july, i was in president barzani's office in urbil, and he said if president obama had had not started his bombing campaign we would not be here , today, he meant we the kurd, , kurdistan. he wanted to extend his thanks. however, everywhere else i traveled, to baghdad and to the other parts of the region, it seems like there's major problems. the effort to retake ramadi that was begun in mid july is apparently not going that well . and in syria, absent some successes in the kurdish area near kobani has been disastrous. i was not an original supporter when senator mccain raised the idea of a no-fly humanitarian zone in default to 13. i listened to general dempsey tellis why that was not a great idea, and i agreed with him. but by the time senator king and i went to lebanon in february of 2014 and saw a million refu

16 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 719 with amendment number 2689 offered by the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: is vote: sdz vote:

the senator who really kicked it off was senator frank lautenberg. what a star in terms of bipartisanship. i remember working with him when i was on the environment and public works committee for a long period of time on a very substantive piece of legislation. it was what -- it was so good we couldn't find much bipartisanship on it, and he understood that. it got out of the committee. it wasn't ready for prime time here on the floor. and so what we ended up doing was saying we need to go back to square one. senator lautenberg took that very seriously. he met with senator vitter, senator manchin played a role in that. senator manchin was one of the ones that was going to come to the floor and talk, played a role in getting them together. as a result, a bipartisan bill came out in the last congress, and it's continued now for almost two and a half years, and it's a very good product. so with that, i came down to speak on a different subject also, and i would prefer that be -- i would ask consent that it be in another place in the record, madam preside

senator peters. i acknowledge that legitimate concerns have been raised after the first ten years of the agreement. sometimes referred referred to as the out years. during this time, iran's breakout time could shrink substantially. senator reid of rhode island. when they begin to expire in ten or 15 years a blink of an eye to a country whose made its history and millennia, our country will still have to deal with an iranian leadership that wants to build an industrial scale nuclear enrichment program. that's the big problem. none of us know what life will look like in ten or 15 years. i have deep concerns about what it will look like you this horizon. here the democrats financing terrorism, iran will be disruptive in the middle east and fun terrorist activities. this regime will continue to deny him israel's right to exist. we'll still be listed as a terrorist organization. iran will continue to exasperate allies in the region. let's be clear, iran is a sponsor of terrorism and an abuser of human rig

senator: thank you, senator corcoran. senator graham. i appreciate: senator corcoran's concerns about this issue. the military option, obviously, is always on the table. it's a political agreement that any party can obviously pull out of, just to make that clear. again, i appreciate senator corker's comments. i'm not sure about the analogy of 50 versus 100. i want to get to that in a moment. i don't know if analogizing that to the size of our economy really gets us anywhere. but that aside, let's talk about sanctions release and this is the jurisdiction of this committee and the primary area of jurisdiction. i know you opposed, secretary sherman, a pay for performance model in the iran agreement, and i would like you to discuss, generally, the steps iran will have to go through before receiving any new sanctions relief under the agreement on implementation take, if you would walk through that with us. ambassador sherman: sure. iran has to uninstall two thirds of its centrifuges. it has to get its stock pile down 98% from 12,000 tons to 3

just a quick update on the senate side. senate democrats versus voters on iran. jennifer rubin is the author of the piece about the 42 democrat bhoss support the president on that. it said the senate democrats try to shield the president from the need to veto an overwhelming vote of disapproval. their predicament worsens. a pew poll shows public support for the deal has declined, currently just 21% approve of the deal on iran's nuclear issue. a few more calls. from georgia, on the democrats line, sammy. clip yes. i'm against the nuclear agreement. host: and what's behind your opposition to the agreement, sammy? caller: our united states of america military, we need to unite our military more than ever and we need to take care also of people here in the kids on tes, so many the street well, need to take kear of america first. then afterwards, you reach out. but right now with the nuclear thing, i disagree. host: appreciate your call. let's hear from mike in florida on the others line. caller: good afternoon, c-span, how are you? host: doing fine, thanks, mike. cal

minutes then senator cornyn the net senator pain and. are what to say again i know some people who want to go to war support this but the navy but that type of and in the united states. >> the distinguished senator who represents say beautiful state. >> thank you, mr. chairman president. mr. president, i want to thank the chairman of the foreign relations committee for his leadership on this issue and i also want to commend the senator from -- from maryland for his vote to do what he believed was correct that the courage to cast a vote was your conscience of was happy to be here to listen to his comments today. mr. president, president obama agreement with the iraqi cover rent with respect to the nuclear program, is one of the most important foreign policy decisions as well as america's leadership in the world. they are affected by this agreement known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. let me begin to make clear that i am supportive of the administration is with us iran and i was heartened when the president initially said in oc

i first want to thank senator mcconnell and senator reid for allowing the debate toake face this week without having a motion to proceed. i couldn't thank senator cardboard for being a colleague who really works to figure out a way for the senate to place appropriate role in foreign policy. it has been nothing but outstanding dealing with him since he assumed this role and i want to thank him for the way he has conducted himself. i would like to remind people about the iran nuclear agreement review back there would be no role for congress. one of the things that is confused a lot of american people and a lot of people would prefer this to have been a treaty. the fact is under our form of government, the president is able to decide whether he will submit an agreement as a treaty or an executive agreement. an executive agreement stays in place during the duration of the president's tenure and can be altered by the next president. a treaty is binding on future president. this president decided to go directly to the u.n. security council and let some congressionally mandated sanctions tha

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: i thank the senator for his report and i thank him. my remarks will be somewhat define yachted. tomorrow i rise about this very important issue, important crucial matter. it is important we hope that we have where we protect those who cannot defend themselves. that is why i'm a cosponsor of the pain-capable unborn child protection act. this bill which would protect children who each 20 years of pregnancy, have developed a brain to the point where they feel pain. and children who are born at this have a chance to be live. and it's one of only seven countries, mr. president who allow abortions after that seven countries. and how can we protect children when we allow it to happen? the majority of americans feel this is a horrible activity. and those are against it, we need to protect unborn children. and to those of us who are so disturbed by it, this has brought americans to understand what it means. this kind is a allows them. i want to commend the states who have stopped this

senate.>> host: minnesota house of politicians from hubert humphrey to jesse ventura, and of course walter mondale has played a role in your career. how did you need him? >> guest: walter mondale is someone everyone still loves in minnesota. i first got involved working with him when i was in college and applied for an internship. i ended up getting the job. it was so glamorous. i showed my first in executive office building. i show up in my assignment ready to read it a policy piece was to do the furniture inventory of every piece to crawl under the desk, with the numbers down. it took three weeks and as i like to tell kids that didn't turn to me, that was my first government job in washington and this is my second promise to take them seriously. >> host: walter mondale was someone who knew for years. what you take from his career by what he had ever taught you are told you by example. >> guest: the stability dignity he has is something missing in today's politics and i tried my best to crac

how the senate works. in that letter, all 47 republican letters acknowledged it takes three-fifths votes to get things done here in the senate. so, mr. president, that is over and done with. the resolution before us would take 60 votes to pass. but from senator corker, the direct quote i read, is in black and white. there aren't any words of mine. those are his words. that's a direct quote from the chairman of the foreign relations committee. that's what we have. republicans have clearly conceded it takes 60 votes to advance a resolution of disapproval. mr. president, filibusters stop debate. we're willing to have all the debate the republicans want. two hours, two days, whatever they want. it has to be completed by next thursday, that's the only dead lienl that i can see -- deadline that i can see. the good news is that we have a solution, we democrats of course on this side of the aisle. we continue to propose following ample debate the senate then proceed directly to a vote on final passage. of course i

senators bipartisanly, the two senators that know more about foreign policy issues than any other senator on the democratic -- senators on the democratic side oppose this deal, and now, in keeping with the iran review act, the majority, a bipartisan majority, is wishing to have the opportunity to vote on the substance of the deal. what is happening -- and my friend, the minority leader, is here. he began saying in august that he wanted to filibuster this. and my understanding is the administration has supported that. and so what we have now is a partisan minority of people that are keeping the spirit of the iran review act from coming into play by blocking our ability to actually vote up and down. so that's what's happening. i want to make sure the american people understand that. i know members of this body understand that. and i just want to close with this: our majority leader at every occasion when there's been an opportunity for this to devolve into something that was partisan and there was concern on the other side of the aisle about certain things that were occurring, at every poin

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i move to table the amendment for the purpose of offering my own amendment, 2901, and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there does not appear to be. the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the noes appear to have it. the noes do have it. the motion is not agreed to. mr. cruz: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: mr. president, there is a reason the american people are fed up with washington. there is a reason the american people are frustrateed. the frustration is not simply mild or passing or ephemeral. it is volcanic. over and over again, the american people go to the ballot box, over and over again, the american people rise up and say the direction we're going doesn't make sense. we want change. over and over again, the american people win elections. in 2010, a tidal wave election. in 2014, a tidal wave election. and yet, nothing changes. in washingt

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator maryland. mr. cardin: again i want to thank senator kaine for his leadership on the review act and i know his statement and position is heartfelt and one that he comes to with full passion. i'm now pleased to yield to senator sanderses. the two of us came to the united states senate together. we served in the house of representatives. he is one of the most passionate voices in this country, and it is an honor to have him on this issue. i yield to senator sanders. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i thank nigh my frd -- i thank my friend from maryland. i rise to talk about the joint comprehensive plan of action, the agreement that the united states negotiated. i support the agreement and will oppose the resolution of disapproval, as i believe that this approach is the best way forward if we are to accomplish what all of us want to accomplish; that is, making certain that iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, an occurrence which would destabilize the region, lead to a nu

senator portman, senator ernst, and others who've helped me so much, senator mcconnell, thank you for reserving some time to have this discussion. i hope it turnin it turning poia debate. but the -- i hope it turns into a debate. but the senate needs to be on record. this is an opportunity for all of us to be on record as to where we think the country needs to be in 20156789 i think in 2015 america needs to withdraw from the club of seven nations that would allow a baby at 20 weeks to be aborted for any reason at all. so i look forward to this discussion. i hope we can have a debate. many i'm noi'mi am not afraid o. to me it has always been about the baby. i think most americans will side with me and my colleagues and say, over time, with a very strong and loud voice, we do not want abortion-on-demand in the fifth month of pregnancy unless there is a darn good reason, because that doesn't make us a better people. quite frankly frankly, it's the opposite. so thank you, mr. president, for your support. to my colleagues over here and hopefully a few over there, i look forward to this jou

senat senator graham you mentioned you're calling for an additional 20,000 u.s.is in iraq and syria and you have said again this evening that anyone not willing to do that should not become-- be commander in chief. >> right. >> for iraq and syria, are you saying everybody to your right is not fit for the oval office? >> if they don't understand that barack obama's policies are not working that we're not going to destroy isil and iraq and syria from the air, they are not ready. what have i learned in 35 trips? i learned what works and what doesn't. we were in a good stop in iraq, president bush made mistakes but adjusted. to those who fought in iraq, you did your job and barack obama wasted it all. now we're in a spot where if we don't destroy isil soon, they are coming here. there are 3500 american boots on the ground. you would never know it hearing your president but we need about 10,000 to turn the tide of battle in iraq and there is nobody left, dana, to train inside of syria. we spent $50 million training 54 people and they are down to four or five. they hav

it's in the senate rules. and what does it take to suspend the senate rules? 51 votes. and the senate has that many votes. that know how bad this deal is. so take the 51 -- either call it on the executive calendar, because the president submitted . or suspend both the calendar rule and the cloture rule with 51 votes and then bring it to the floor of the senate for a vote and you won't get the 2/3 needed to ratify it and we can all proclaim this iranian treaty is dead. and then we don't risk defending iran against our friend israel, in the beginning of a war that should never have to start. the alternative to this horrendous treaty is not war. as michael oren once said, the day iran believes the united states is a credible threat to attack its nuclear facilities is the day they stop enriching uranium. and he's exactly right. . i hope he doesn't mind my saying that, but he was exactly right. war is not inevitable. it doesn't need to be. we don't need it. but if this iranian treaty is not stopped by the senate, it's going to be a war that we don't see coming, at least our

ground forces i would tell you -- >> thank you, senator. >> they are coming here. >> thank you, senator. let's turn to the top pick of immigration. for that i'll bring in dana barb. >> governor jindal has supported a pathway to citizen ship for undocumented immigrants once the border is secure. why do you disagree? >> just about everybody in this field supports some pathway to citizen ship. senator cruz, rubio, jeb bush, a lot of others, graham. all support amnesty at some point in time or another. this is really the interesting thing about this whole debate. this debate should not be about what we're going to do with someone here illegally. this debate should be about what every other debate on every other policy issue is in america. what's in the best interest of hard-working americans? what's in the best interest of our country? we had a focus because the other side set up here is who we have to be concerned about. someone who is here illegally and their family and what will we do about them? a great leader will see that the objective of every law in america is to do what's in the be

i want to say that i think senator donnelly, senator heitkamp, senator warner, center schumer, senator menendez all know that i have to supporting an agreement. i had one of the few conversations with secretary think heen i actually was listening to what i was saying. i emphasized the importance of the last pieces. i'm talking about the the previous military dimensions -- we all know they are involved militarily -- and how important that is not just from the standpoint of what it said, but the indication to us that we are really going to apply this thing. when i got the documents -- and i have been through all of them extensively -- i have to say, my temperature rose heavily. when i saw that we were lifting the conventional ban in five eight the missile ban in years, and on the front end, the missile test ban, and on top of what these agreements said, i was very troubled. i want to get the sanctions relief and perspective -- in perspective. i know you said 50 -- most are saying 56 -- overall it is 100. in fairness, it is about 100 million. to put that in perspective, their economy is $

>> sure, senator. i'll just add that i think the key is to be ready for all outcomes regarding north north a from a position of strength. so i tend tock a pessimist -- to be a possess list when it comes to dealing with the capabilities of other countries. so again, it's best to be cognizant of all outcomes. and that's why things like ballistic missile defense are important, and we strengthen south korea's ability in their bmd systems, and that is why -- and i personally believe the terminal high-altitude and missile defense system is important too. >> thank you. there's been a lot of discussion today and earlier this year. admiral roughead, for example, noted for the last decade the u.s. has flown with impunity in iraq and afghanistan with no threat to anti-air weapons. he notes that our capabilities to do that will be threatened this the future -- in the future as china has been able to field more capabilits. i guess i would first say do you agree with that assessment, and then can you talk about what

senator: senator. senator: i want to thank the witnesses for being here. i want to take this opportunity. it is probably going to be the last time general dempsey testifies. i want to thank you for your service and the service of your family. when you appear before the committee i was the person who asked you about -- there had been floated some views in the press at that time iran was pushing for lifting of the resolution on ballistic missiles and the resolution of arms, which we now know are at the agreement -- are in the agreement. when you can before the committee, you said we should under no circumstances relieve pressure on iran and those issues. was it your military recommendation that we not agree to lifting of those sanctions? martin dempsey: yes. i use the phrase as long as possible, and that was the point at which the renegotiation continued. that was my military advice. senator: thank you. i want to ask about an issue, i know senator ernest had talked about. the iranian cyber activity. a number of years ago we saw there was an interruption of i