senator kaine: all right. when i -- when i was a kid growing up, my favorite president was another kansas city guy, harry truman. great democratic president, great democratic president. and let me tell you something that harry truman said that could've been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940's, and it is so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. let me tell you that one again. america was not built on fear! [cheers and applause] senator kaine: america was not built on fear. it was built on courage, on imagination, and on an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. friends, hillary clinton -- [cheers and applause] senator kaine: hillary clinton is filled with that courage. that imagination. and that unbeatable determination. and that's why we trust her to fight for all americans. that's why i am with her. that's why i am with her. are you with her? >> [crowd shouts, "yes!"] senator ka

senator whitehouse, senator portman, senator ayotte let led that. the f.a.a. authorization, senator thune, senator nelson -- that's going to protect the american people in the aviation space. but we have more important work ttoday on defense issues, on national security issues, and much of it is dealing with supporting our triewrntion which is not a bipartisan -- our troops, which is not a part sang issue. just this past week, the president, the secretary of defense have made many more commitment with regards to our troops. 8,400 troops in afghanistan, 560 additional troops in iraq, 1,000 additional troops in poland, in a battalion headquarters. two carrier battle groups in the south china sea. they're protecting us. they're supporting us. we should be doing the same thing. it's that simple. so like my colleagues here, i find it amazing -- i find it remarkable -- to be quite honest, i find it sad that the minority leader is encourage a filibuster of the defense appropriations bill again for the fifth time in a year. i think my colleagues on the other side of t

senator sam irvin, one of the women remembers senator sam irvin i think it was a story by paulette, senator sam ervin point together girl pages on the steps and saying do you want one of these frail things going to war? you shouldn't be considering the equal rights amendment. they reflect on how their senate experiences how their experience as a senate pages shaped their professional lives. and more importantly, their interviews as do all the interviews we try and collect in the historical office, they try and tell us something about the institution in the particular era that we're gathering information about. so in this case, it's the senate as an institution in the 1970s and the way that some of its male members resisted change even though the change of bringing in some female pangs. i encourage you as a final note to if you haven't already to take a look at the senate website. look through our list of oral history interviews. you'll find that we've got dozens of things there that might be of interest to you and probably many things there that mention the time period that you served in th

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: mr. president, the library is at a critical juncture and we only seldom talk about the library of congress because there have only been 13 librarians of congress in the entire history of the library of congress going back to the starting of the federal government here in washington. mr. blunt: it's an important time for the library to have a chance to focus on the technologies available to us today. i'm the chairman of the rules committee and the ranking democrat on that committee senator schumer and i proposed some legislation earlier in the year that would set a limit for the first time so this is the first nomination of a librarian to be limited. the ten-year term will replace what was previously a lifetime appointment, but it's a critically important ten years for the library. congress unanimously agreed to make this change. and then the nomination of dr. carla hayden was received by the rules committee the end of february of this year. now since that time the committee has thoroughly

thank you, senator sanders. senator sanders has moved in the spirit of unity to suspend the rul rules, to suspend the rules and nominate hillary clinton by acclimation as the presidential candidate of the democratic party. is there a second? all in favor of the motion say aye. opposed, no. the ayes have it. >> well, if it wasn't official before, it's official now thanks to congresswoman marcia fudge at the lectern. thanks to bernie sanders, who did what so many in the party, so many in the clinton campaign, hoped he would do. the thing to do at that moment. and now it's all official. >> democrats, unlike republicans, have now established a tradition. in 2008 and now tonight, where it is not the candidate's home state that puts him over the top or that seals the deal, it is the state of their primary opponent who does it. so it was new york, hillary clinton speaking for new york from which they nominated barack obama by acclimation in 2008 and tonight, bernie sanders himself speaking from the delegation in vermon

you talk about the senate conservative fund, you write about senator we. you have chapter entitled professor obama. why did you choose those words? >> thepresident is a very smart guy . i think he knows a lot about a lot of things. i think he would do a better job of dealing with others if he was less time trying to appoint weber he's talking to at the moment with his brilliance and more time listening. just to draw contrast between the president and vice president, i've been in a number of major deals with the vice president. they were worth doing for the country. he doesn't spend any time trying to convince me of things he knows i don't believe and i don't spend time trying to get mid him of things that he doesn't believe. in other words, you don't waste any time on all that. we get down to trying to figure out what we can do together because he knows how far i can go and i know how hard you can go. i think the president would be better off, he's a brilliant guy. he's a successful in his political career, rising quickly to the top in american politics bu

senator robert bird. wikipedia >> guest: could have been senate historian. >> host: during the presidential campaign, chris christie got all over marco rubio for repeating himself during the debate. when i start boring myself and i know i am beginning to drive the message home. >> guest: i am one of the few people who thought marco rubio was doing the right thing in that debate. good politics is repetition. if you are trying to drive a message you have to repeat it a lot to make the point, with our colleagues. one time is not enough. you can count on not paying attention the first time. if you are really trying to make a point, repetition is a good thing. >> host: i want to ask about a period of time and your immersions, after a few times your elected whip, the number 2 position, number 13, then a month later trent lott went to strom thurmond's birthday party, and had to resign from the leader. position you always wanted. you seem to be the logical person, took the position, and you had triple bypass surg

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. a senator: mr. president, i come to the senate floor today to remember those who have been affected by the tragic events in my state and across the country over the last week. ms. klobuchar: i am here today to remember the loss, to share in the grief and to stand with our community as we seek justice and healing and solutions together. last week was a tough, tough week in minnesota. there have been and there will be a lot of bleak moments when all anyone with do is to hug their family and their friends and ask why. how can this happen? how can we make sense of the senseless, and how can we go on as people and as a community that's hurting so badly -- badly? but amid all the horror, i also saw hope this weekend. sunday, i spoke at pilgrim baptist church in st. paul as well as greater friendship missionary baptist church in minneapolis. and when i looked around that room, i saw the horror, the frustration, the anger, but i also saw the hope. and being there with the grieving members of our community g

senate.three months we're going to help create a democratic majority by sending evan baye to the use senate. john gregg is our next governor of the state of indiana. and hillary clinton will be the first woman president of the oouf united states of america. we can say last week they conspired, but their ideas misfired. their bigotry expired. mike pence and donald trump you are officially fired. >> madam secretary, this year is the 200th anniversary of indiana's statehood. and madam secretary, we're giving ourselves a present. we're going to turn indiana blue one more time. we're going to send evan baye to the u.s. senate. we're going to elect my good friend john gregg the next governor of indiana. and by the way, he is a governor who wants to be the governor of indiana. with all of that, it is my pleasure to cast one abstension, 43 votes for senator bernie sanders. and 48 votes for the next president of the united states. >> indiana you have cast 48 votes for secretary clinton. 43 votes for s

[applause] senator barry goldwater: history shows us.t demonstrates that nothing -- nothing prepares the way for tyranny more than the failure of public officials to keep the streets safe from bullies and marauders. [applause] senator barry goldwater: now, we republicans see all this as more -- much more, than the rest of mere political differences or mere political mistakes. we see this as the result of a fundamentally and absolutely wrong view of man, his nature and his destiny. [applause] thoser barry goldwater: who seek to live your lives for you, to take your liberties in return for relieving you of yours -- those who elevate the state and downgrade the citizen must see ultimately a world in which earthly power can be substituted for divine will. and this nation -- [applause] senator barry goldwater: this nation was founded upon the rejection of that notion and upon the acceptance of god as the author of freedom. [applause] senator barry goldwater: now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as

, senator portman, senator ayotte. and we have worked together on this for a number of years. drug overdoses from opiates now claim more lives than car accidents every year. that's a pretty shocking statistic that i don't think most americans would expect. the crisis is ripping apart families from all different background and with deaths increasing nearly sixfold since the year 2000, it is a crisis on the rise. this deadly trend struck at the heart of minnesota. last year alone 336 minnesotans died after overdosing on opioids. since i started working on this bill, i've heard from people in communities across my state. in montevideo, 12-year olds courted by pushers who said, hey, kids, i'll give you a can of beer. if you go in, i'll give you a list, check your parents' medicine cabinet and if you find these drugs bring them out to me and i'll bring you a can of beer. that happened in montevideo, minnesota. sheri oakington sharing her tragic story. her daughter casey jo, champion swimmer hoped to study nursing like her m

as a senator at that time. letter thatpy of a is in the possession of the family, the smoot family. i wanted to bring it out because of some of the things, he gets president roosevelt felt about senator smoot. i have your letter, you are a start friend of the poorest service. as far as i have seen, -- forest service. you have been sound for the nation and the people of all questions that have come up. what you say carries great weight with me. senator, withg the very influence of president, he is able to lead a very positive impression. another thing i was impressed with as i read through some of , is how personal relationship he had often with these presidents. this letter here it from datedent woodrow wilson august 14, 1914. this is just a few months after president wilson had lost his first wife to illness. of course, this is also during the beginnings of world war i. a lot must have been on his mind. a very difficult time for him. writtensmith had hadident -- senator smoot written president wilton. presiden

to function as a senator at that time. we have a copy of a letter in ,ossession of the smoot family but i wanted to bring it up just it's indicative of how president roosevelt felt about senator smoot. it says i have your letter of the 20th. are a staunch friend and you have been sound for the nation and the people on all questions that have come up. what you say carries great weight with me. , thiss a young senator there he influential president -- very influential president is able to leave a very positive impression. another thing i was impressed by as i read through the papers is how personal of a relationship he had with these presidents. this letter from woodrow wilson just august 14, 1914, few month after president wilson .ost his first wife to illness of course, this is also during the beginning of world war i. been on his mind. it was a very difficult time for him. toator smoot had written president wilson, giving his condolences for the loss of his wife. president wilson writes back, i am sincerely grateful to yo

so, senator mor cow skew, senator can't -- senator murkowski, senator cantwell will work together to represent the senate. not represent democrats or republicans, but the senate. that's terrific. senators cantwell and murkowski have prief proven in the fast that they can work and good, strong legislation without poison pills and with bipartisan support. so i look forward to them working with other conferees to complete a final bill, final energy bill, that democrats can support and the president will sign. now, this legislation, the basis of it, has been going on for four or five years. four or five years. the effort was led by senator shaheen for years. we almost got it done. we almost got it done. but we had republican obstruction on that. so with we're where we are now. we can't legislate for things that were done in the past. but the republican leader should take a cue from the senior senator from alaska. we still want t to work together with republicans to get something done on zika. it is important to the american people, but that would require a good-faith approach from our re

it has -- -- john mccain, working with senator mccain and senator , orin and senator menendez whether it was when patty murray and barbara mikulski worked with congressman ryan and others to get that budget done for the work on the farm bill that senators have announced has just done recently. it is just an incredible story and despite everything, all the fights and the shout fests and the people standing in the corner of the boxing ring and people find it within themselves to stand next to someone they don't always agree with the betterment of this country, and that is what keeps me inspired and keeps me going. >> in your lobby, there is a picture of senator humphrey. did you meet them? >> when i was young because my dad covered hubert humphrey, i i metle to meet him and mary later, and their family and their son and others. there is one thing that people do not realize it hubert humphrey in addition to him being passionate and a leader on civil rights. there is a movie out on him, which shows how much he did work cross the aisle and that his effervescent manner and the way he dealt

signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate the debate on the motion to proceed to h.r. 5293 an act making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2017, and for other purposes shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: kau when i see potential i just got vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i enter a motion to reconsider the vote. the presiding officer: the motion is entered. the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. on roll call 122, i voted no. i

so five total for a combined 30 years in the senate. and during that time he was actually involved in several very important pieces of legislation that i'll focus on just a couple here. ride reed smoot was a proponent of the national forest service which had been around for a while but friendly towards the idea of government being able to manage the land, the public land of the nation. so he was trying to pass several bills over a series of years, basically establishing a national park service but, unfortunately, they failed for one reason or another. so when it came into 1916 ther was the senator william kent of california that was trying to draft legislation basically establishing the national park service that reed smoot jumped on board to try to help him and do what he could to push that legislation forward and -- and eventually they were able to be successful and so it was -- to him it was a great -- it was a great day because he finally was able to see this come to be. and so in reed smoot's personal diaries, july 12th, 1916, wher

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i'm going to address this morning, mr. president, two issues which the senate finance committee has spent a considerable amount of time on and both of them are examples of how the senate is leaving important work undone on its way out the door. and i'm going to begin by discussing the opioid bill. now, if there ever was an issue that ought to be unifying in the congress, that ought to bring democrats and republicans together to surmount an important challenge, it ought to be opioid addiction in america. this is a crisis indiscriminate of geography and politics. the reality is opioid addiction is ripping through our communities like wildfire. a recent editorial in one of my home state newspapers captured the urgency, the extreme urgency of the opioid struggle with the addiction, and i quote, "opioids are winning. after months of work, the senate and the house has come up with an opioid bill." i can give my assessment in a sentence. it is a half measure. the job is far from compl

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, for more than a year now, i have come again and again to the senate floor to highlight some of the remarkable work that's being done by the men and women who work at the department of homeland security for our country. that department, the department of homeland security, was created on the -- in the wake of the attack on 9/11. it has today over 200,000 employees. it was created by combining some 22 federal agencies, including the coast guard and others, fema and others. but the department's employees are stationed all over this country of ours. in fact, you find them all over the world. and from keeping drugs from crossing our borders to screening passengers at airports to safeguarding critical cybersecurity networks, the men and women at the department of homeland security take on some of the most diverse and challenging jobs really of any federal employees. last month i spoke on this floor to highlight the work being done by a small group of folks who work at the homelan

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. a senator: mr. president, a judicial emergency is an official term that refers to a vacancy in our court system for a court that carries a heavy caseload or a vacancy that has remained open for an extended period of time. ms. warren: in the u.s. we now face dozens of judicial emergencies. why so many emergencies? why so many vacancies in courts with heavy caseloads? why so many long-term vacancies? well, the reason is simple. when it comes to confirming judges, senate republicans simply refuse to do their jobs. their view seems to be pretty simple. if government isn't working for them or their rich friends or their right-wing allies, then they will simply refuse to let it work for anyone. yesterday the senate confirmed one judge, brian martinotti to sit on the district court in new jersey. one judge, one noncontroversial nominee for a noncontroversial job who had been waiting for a vote for over a year. the republicans who control the senate seem to think that is reasonable. it is not. 16 district c

senator from texas. this will bring us back to some debate over immigration again on are what's known as kate's law and a suggestion by senator cruz that we create a new mandatory minimum criminal sentence. this measure on its face is unacceptable and unaffordable. it would criminalize with mandatory minimum sentencing conduct which would affect thousands of people who have crossed over the border into the united states undocumented. and, of course, the senator from texas wants this message amendment during this apreifated -- apreifated -- abbreviated short session before the republican convention in order to make his political point. here we are with the republican leader telling us, first congratulating us on being bipartisan on serious issues, and then turning around and two of the four things he suggests we do these two weeks really have no chance to pass. one at least has been voted on in the last eight months on the floor of the united states senate. and they've acknowledged, they're only offering

the history of the senate? i'm thinking about senator byrd before you who spent so much time. do you find that your interest in history is not as shared among newer members as it was in the old days? >> i don't really know. i know there are a few who read a lot of american history. i've always been interested in it. in fact, i did my senior thesis in college on henry clay and the compromise of 1850. i have a depiction that you have which i'll show you subsequently. and so i've always had an interest in it. once i moved into this office and became the republican leader, we got interested in the history of this space and produced a pamphlet that sort of outlines the various things that occurred here over the years. >> so what did it look like in 1800? >> well, you know, everything was smaller then and there's a plaque out in the hall that says, points out that in 1800 this would have been shortly after they got here. the house of representatives actually met in this space and conducted the 36th ballot election th

and congressman sarbanes and especially senator whitehouse, senator casey, senator warren because they've all made major contributions to this and they voted for the funding over the last two years. and i'm sure they will this year, which will go up at least five times. five times. so let's put the hatfields and mccoys back in kentucky and tennessee. let's say young women all over the country are terrified by the zika virus. let's spend $1 #.1 billion or make it available to the centers for disease control now to help and let's take this opioids conference report that we're on the verge of passing, that we're all for and let's do it and go home and let's add and let's add to the fixing no child left behind, the 21st century cures progress, the mental health progress, our work on opioids abuse and our work on zika. that would be what the american people would expect of us, and i hope that by the end of next week we find a way to do it. i thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. presi

thank you senator sanders.enator sanders has moved in the spirit of unity to suspend the rules and nominate hillary clinton by acclamation as the presidential candidate of the democratic party. is there a second? all in fave of a motion say a yes. opposed no. the ayes have it. [♪] maria: an amaze night at the democratic national convention. and with bernie sanders comments, there is unity. the entire place on it feet cherishing this moment. i'm here with lou dobbs to talk about this. >> monday is dead and gone as the wells fargo center arena and tuesday is here and her nomination is now official. it is an extraordinary journey she traveled in just the past week let alone over the course since 2008. maria: yet a lot of people talking about the platform being the most progressive. what will the platform look like should she win the presidency. what will the platform look like this is a euphemism for left wing. we haven't seen anything near this since fdr. that impact will prove to be positive deleterious to the h

but please understand mike lee, chuck grassley, senator durbin, senator leahy, so many senators on both sides of the aisle have been speaking on this issue for years. in fact, since before i became a united states senator, this moment has come. but as senator durbin began talking about the issues of the day where there is so much frustration, so much concern, so much consternation, so much divisiveness on this issue of criminal justice in america. it's made me think personally a lot about this idea of hope because i tell you this week i've talked to a lot of people who seem to be indulging in a dangerous, toxic state of being, which is hopelessness about criminal justice issues in our country. i have appreciated senator durbin who has not just been a senior senator, not just been steadfast in working with this issue, but he has been a friend, calling me up not just this past week but weeks before where lots of americans were indulging in high pressure systemness about the divisiveness in our country, about the injustices in our country, about the ravages of a broken criminal justice sys

john mccain working with senator durbin and senator menendez and senator hatch and i contribute to that. patty murray and barbara mikulski worked with congressman ryan and others to get that budget done. or the work on the farm bill that senator stevan now has done recently. fights and the 24/7 tv shout fests, people standing in the opposite corners of the boxing ring, people still find themselves to have the courage to stand next to someone they don't always agree with. that keeps me going. ofve: you have a picture hubert humphrey and muriel humphrey. amy klobuchar: my dad covered hubert humphrey. and i met to meet him muriel later and their family and their sons. -- thing people do realize did not realize. there was a movie about him that showed how much he worked across the aisle. his effervescent manner and how we dealt with people. it really transcended party lines so in that way he is a role model for me. steve: do you enjoy being in the senate? amy klobuchar: i do. i think it is a place that needs improvement. rule changesof the while they are tough to deal with is the way to go.

you, senator sanders. senator sanders has moved in the spirit of unity to suspend the rules. to suspend the rules and nominate hillary clinton by acclamation as the presidential candidate of the democratic party. is there a second. all in favor of the motion say i . a posed, no. the show post, no. -- opposed, no. it.ayes have ♪ pursuant to the convention rules of procedure, secretary clinton has been invited to make an acceptance speech. inform you asked to that secretary clinton thanks you and will deliver her acceptance speech on thursday night. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor terry, from virginia. , fromry mcauliffe virginia. hello, democrats. this is an extraordinary day. it is a day that will change the political history of our country. it is the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. it is a day you will remember forever because you will be able to say i was there when we nominated hillary clinton to be the united states of america. more importantly, when we made andory, when we selected -- i am so proud to announce it for the first time -- th

it's something the senate should be proud of. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i rise in support of h.r. 4904, making government accountable for the acronym for the megabyte bill. h.r. 4904 is the companion to a piece of legislation senator gary peters and i introduced, senate bill 2340. i'd like to thank senator peters for being the lead cosponsor of the senate version of the megabyte act and thank senator thad cochran for cosponsoring. s. 2340 passed the senate by voice vote last week. my friends in the house of representatives, representative matt cartwright, representative will hurd, representative steve russell and representative elijah cummings are the lead sponsors of h.r. 4904. it passed the house june 7, 2016, by a vote of 366-0. the megabyte act reforms the federal government's management of information technology software licenses, the nonpartisan government accounting office called the goo found that i implementing the management software policy of software licenses saved a single agency

steve: what serving -- would serving somewhere other than the senate senate give you a bigger platform? senator kaine: i like my job as not lookingd i'm for another one. i am doing a time of work for hillary. i think she will be a superb president. i was one of the earliest supporters of as an obama. still am a friend and some order and think he has done a really good job under tough circumstances. in some ways though, in some ways, i think the existential choice posed for the nation in 2016 is even sharper than 2008. topresident obama had lost senator mccain i would have been bitterly disappointed, but it would not have represented a fundamental change in the direction of the country. that we have issues on the table like should you bring torture back? should we take the virginia value of freedom of religious worship and turn it on its head and punish people because they are because they are latino? ,hese are big challenging issues, and the choice for the is an existential one and i will do everything i can to help hillary clinton win. virginia is now a battleground state. a poll clos

the senate owes a great deal to former senator kerry and senator menendez for their work on the disabilities convention. through multiple hearings across 112th and 113th congress, it was established beyond a shadow of doubt that the treaties principles are firmly based on american values. from the u.s. constitution, the treaty borrows principles of equality and protection of minorities. from the declaration of independence it borrows the inalienable right to pursue happiness. and from the americans with disabilities act, the gold standard for disability rights, the treaty borrows the concept of reasonable accommodations. the united states ratification of the disability treaty would deliver material and palpable benefits to the 58 million americans who have one or more disabilities, including 5.5 million american veterans. ratification would impose no additional obligations on the united states. no additional obligations on the united states. it will give the united states a leadership position on the committee on the rights of persons with disabilities from which we could effectively promote

the roman senate was about 500 senators. cesar appointed them all in about 30 of them persuaded him to come on the side and stab him to death. >> host: do you share books with your colleagues? >> guest: yeah, we do. we mentioned senator enzi of wyoming. otherwise the book he read them book he read them he read himself a book report on the book and he'll tell me about books he likes. senator durbin reads a lot of books and he's been the gym when i am sometimes. >> host: let's go back to maryville, tennessee. >> guest: my parents, "the new york times" interviewed my mother wants an wrote that i grew up in a lower middle class family in the middle of the mountains and when i called home that weekend, my mother was reading how to deal with his family and she said he had a library card from the day you were three and a music lesson for the day you were for. you have had everything you needed that was important. people tell me my mother took me down to the public library and they said mrs. alexander, we don't have library cards fo

he worked for senator, who did he work for? the senator from arizona. he worked there.ok he wanted to make sure that they took care of this senator who just left the senate. so we wouldn't confirm mike o'rielly to the fcc but in exchange they would go with war rosenworcel. that would be the next congress. o'rielly was a longtime staffer was senator kyl. he also worked for senator cornyn.o do, it's very unusual to do what i agreed to do but i in good faith accepted the word of two republican united states senators. this, mr out of the goodness frankly mr. president my heart. i have never ever been experienced someone he simply didn't keep their word and that is what is happening. i wasn't alone.as someone who were, senate floor has for years was there when the conversation to place greater puppet leader asked me to make an exception and i did it i agreed with his personal commitment that when the next congress convenes republicans would reconfirm chaska and rosenworcel.romise i was promised that. would i didn't have to agree to this but i did it because republican leader

tammy baldwin may be the best senator in the united states senate. [applause] she is. when i took this job as chair of the dscc some 18 months ago, i volunteered for it, call me crazy, and i am, but the truth is, that tammy is head of an outfit called our women's senate network and she is one of those people who gets-done. that is a fact. she works hard and that is incredible. [applause] we thank you for sending tammy to the united states senate. i'm going to be a little bit presumptuous here. i will thank you for sending russ fine gold back to the united states senate too. [applause] i will tell you unequivocally, my mom passed away. i got elected in 06 and i was elected in 09. my father's favorite senator even after i was sworn in was russ feingold. we need him back in the united states senate. i tell you if wisconsin does their job, i'm confident they will, we will have russ back in the united states and we will have a working majority of democrats in the united states after this election in november. [applause] so, but we have our work cut out for us. and i will te

home of the former senator dick durban. home of the next united states senator tammy duckworth. for bernie sanders we give you senator clem. >> illinois proudly casts for a true progriessive and the fathe of a revolution, 74 votes for bernie sanders. for hillary clinton we give you hillary's life long friend betsy. >> if i can get in here. hello fellow democrats historic, in honor of dorothy and hugh's daughter and my sweet friend, i know you're watching. this one's for you, hill. 98 votes. yes. >> illinois, you have cast -- >> the midwesterner hillary clinton is one that i feel like the campaign is slowly trying to remind americans of, that yes, she was a new york senator, she's a child of the midwest. >> new york senator, went to yale. she has the illinois background which is both midwestern and middle class. that was kind of touching, wasn't it? >> that was a nice moment. it really was. let's go to indiana here. going to be a surprisingly competitive state this cycle up and down the ballot. >> in three months we're going to help create a democratic majority by sending evan ba

i want to commend the senate counterparts, senator leahy, senator grassley. and i simply want to say, we buried too many people. we know what crack did. we know they're drug epidemics. we don't know what is next. my city just tried to do something about push users because of the drain on the public health system. we need to realize that we can deal with this in a way that is more the way that we've looked at before. so i ask my colleagues to support the jackson-lee amendment and i'm not sure -- did the gentle lady want me to yield? yield to the gentlelady so sorry, i didn't see you. thank you. >> thank you very much and thank you to miss jackson lee. i'm speaking on behalf of co-chair for the bipartisan congressional task force to combat the heroin epidemic. i just want to join your comments. i come from a rural state. this is a new phenomenon for us. but i commend your amendment. i urge a bipartisan support. we have now 85 members bipartisan in our task force because we recognize that this is a public health emergency. just very briefly, one county in my dis

and senator kaine and senator whitehouse are exactly right about the reason. far right groups dominated by the koch brothers, they hide where they send their money but they dominate it all. they and other deep-pocketed energy interests have funded campaign after campaign against action on climate change. we know that the n.r.a. has a stranglehold on gun reform. well, the koch brothers with a stranglehold on any legislation on climate change, at least as long as our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are in the majority in either house. one of the key strategies, how do they do this? lots of different ways. you've seen those ridiculous commercials. they're afraid to say who they are. they have these ads, lots of poor people, minorities. the koch brothers are hurting -- are helping. koch industries. then they have one little sentence. get rid of regulation, that's all they say. so they have lots of different mechanisms for hiding what they believe, but profoundly influencing america. but one of the ways they've done that is to fund think tanks and academi

secretary johnson: yes, senator. i am pleased that the supreme court granted cert in the rodriguez case. the six-month requirement on those prior to a final order of removal was making it very difficult for us to hold onto people, and it was contributing to the number of releases, though the number of criminal has gone down since i have been secretary, the rodriguez case was very problematic and i am pleased the supreme court took cert. senator flake: thank you. let me talk about the process apprehendeded otm's at the order. it's a different case with children. some of them are resettled and have to be handled differently. children,who are not we can't repatriate them back into mexico. another process has to take place. can you talk about that process? reports that they are simply put on a bus from the border or taken to the bus station and let go with just a request to appear in court with not much more than date.t some future can you talk about that process? well, as younson: know, about a year and a half ago, we e

[applause] let us keep the senate. and let us select a president and vice president that really believe america is exceptional. [applause] friends, and god bless america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please

senator? senator: i ensure you are aware there was a widely reported story this week about weapons being stolen in jordan. to what extent do we think any of those weapons are going to isis? mr3. mcgurk: senator, i have seen those reports. i just cannot address the roots to that story. i might be able to address it in a different setting. senator: and to what extent does a story like that and the ability to steal under our noses and under the noses of the jordanians, who are one of our most important allies, are they used as propaganda for isis in attracting new fighters again and promoting their cause? mr. mcgurk: what i will say, having just been in jordan, i met the national security team, one of our close allies. they are on the very front line of this fight, and i think they would be just as concerned as anyone here with stories like that. senator sheehan: i certainly agree that jordan has been a terrific ally, which is even more reason why we need to get to the bottom of what is going on

the senate will be in order. the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, some have taken yesterday's announcement by f.b.i. director comey as vindicating secretary clinton for her use of a private unsecure email server, but that would be exactly the wrong conclusion to draw. while the f.b.i. did not recommend that the former secretary of state be indicted, the concerns that i have previously raised time and time again have only been reaffirmed by the facts uncovered by director comey and the f.b.i.'s investigation. it is now clear beyond a reasonable doubt that secretary clinton behaved with extreme carelessness in her handling of classified information and that she and her staff lied to the american people and at the same time put our nation at risk. first director comey said unequivocally that secretary clinton and her team were, and i quote, extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information, close quote. he went so far as to describe specific email chains that were classified at the top secret/special acces

senate majority.al step towards combating this crisis. of course, this would've been possible without the unwavering commitment of senator portman, center af, senator grassley, from raising awareness about thg christ is to serving as voices for the voiceless and working across the aisle to develop comprehensive legislative response, the senators are resolute in their support in no small part because of their efforts to drive the bill forward, communities will be better equipped to prevent heroin and opioid -- i also want to recognize the work of democratic members like senator white house and senator clover charm for the referees to help garner support for this bill and move it through the legislative process. there's a reason every senator should support it now. we send this bill to the deaths we can help our communities begin to heal from the prescription opioid and heroin d crisis. another way to do that is passed the conference report they would fight zika and enact record levels of funding for me

not here in the senate. mr. leahy: in fact, in the vermont legislature, is it not a fact that they had at least 50 -- 5-0 -- with at least 130 witnesses? sanders sanders m-- mr. sanders: my colleague from vermont makes a very, very important point. this vermont, this issue was seriously discussed. over 50 hearings were held, different points of view and objections were raised. and i would ask my colleague, just to confirm with me, how many hearings on this important and controversial bill were held hearing in the united states senate? mr. leahy: mr. president, i would answer my friend and colleague from vermont, especially as a member of the agriculture committee i'm well-aware of this, not single hearing, not one single witness. unlike vermont, 50 hearings, 130 witnesses. they expressed every single view over two years' time and debated it. we didn't have two minutes of debate and discussion. vermont did two years. mr. sanders: so here's what we have -- and i thank my friend from vermont for raising this issue.

>> yes, you are, senator. and one of the challenges of controlling this mosquito is that it can breed in tiny amounts of water, the amount in a bottle cap. so to eliminate standing water really means to eliminate all standing water. that's why it's been difficult to do it to an extent you actually see a large enough impact on the number of mosquitos to make a difference. but different communities are different. in one community birdbaths were found to be one of the important sources of mosquito breeding water. that's one reason why it's so important that communities in this country and around the world have the tlsoo to track the numbers of mosquitos and see if their mosquito control activities are succeeding. >> thank you. >> the bigger question is why do you have a canoe? we'll get into that later. senator markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. can i go to the pesticide issue? and what breakthroughs we might be making in pesticides. are there new pesticides that might be effective? that can supersede the need t

that year, senator dole would resign from the senate and his role in majority leader to focus on the presidential race. he would go on to win the republican nomination, but lose in the general election. . his speech at the gop convention in san diego. it is about one hour. ♪

to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeff sessions, a senator from the state of alabama, to perform the duties of the chair. signed orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on tuesday, july >> the senate is out for a brief july 4th recess at 10 am eastern, vote in the afternoon on judicial nomination on immigration bills. mitch mcconnell hopes to bring up a bill to combat the zika virus which was blocked by the senator earlier in the week. coverage of the senate when it returns on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv,television for serious readers. >> c-span, created by america's cable television companies and brought you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. >> afterwards is next. barbara boxer discusses her book "the art of tough: fearlessly facing politics and life" which looks at her life and career in politics. she is

what a great job she is doing in the united states senate. [applause] much of her work on women's equality is bearing fruit and will bear more fruit, when we have the first woman president of the united states, hillary rodham clinton. [applause] now we're having a great convention. everything is working out well. and you compare our convention to their convention, it ain't even close. you will see my view, my view, when this convention is finished, hillary clinton will be ahead in the polls and she will never behind till she wins in november. [applause] i want to thank this great delegation. we have one of the most active and engaged delegations in the entire country. i had some people come up to me. i know almost all of you, to share information, to chat, to discuss things, and one of the things i have been asked most about, is tpp. so i want to talk about that. let me say this. i have been very skeptical of these arguments that free trade is good for america. i have been very skeptical from 1994, when i was a congressman and someone who was

alabama, you have cast 50 votes for senator clinton and 9 for senator sanders. an abstention. alaska. [cheers and applause] alaska, you have 20 votes. how do you cast your vote? theadam secretary, alaska, state that is on the front line of climate change, with our receding glaciers and our rising ocean, alaska, which has the most diverse national -- diverse native population in the united states with 229 federally recognized tribes. makes the united casts and arctic nation, 6 votes for the next president's of the united states hillary clinton, and 14 votes for the inspiring progressive, bernie sanders. [cheers and applause] rawlings-blake: alaska, you have cast 6 for secretary for bernie 14 votes sanders. american samoa, you have 11 votes. have you cast your vote? democrats, and fellow americans, madam secretary, on behalf of the governor and lieutenant governor, american more ofhere per capita, our sons and daughters proudly wear the uniform of the u.s. armed forces than any other state or territory-- [cheers and applause] home of america's cleanest air year af