of the senate.cheering and applause] now, if youers: to, senator mcconnell, you could vote against that legislation but we live in a democracy the senate is entitled to a debate and the american people are entitled to the vote. [cheering and applause] the truth is that there is no state in this country, including vermont, where working people and low-income people are not struggling, but the crisis facing the working class of this country is especially acute kentucky, where 10 out of the 25 poorest counties in america are located. hear that, senator mcconnell? 10 out of the 25 poorest counties in this country are located right here in your state . stop turning your back on your constituents. [cheering and applause] we're talkings: to 40%ounties where 30% of people are living in poverty , where many thousands of residents and senior citizens are trying to get by on 10, 15, $20,000 a year. we're talking about a state here in kentucky where over 22% of the children are living in poverty, where more tha

senate, to do the right thing.cheers and applause] senator sanders: and that is to stop using his office to simply represent the wealthy and the powerful and billionaire campaign contributors -- [cheers and applause] senator sanders: -- but to start representing the working families of kentucky and the united states. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: and here is -- here is the simple truth. at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, when three people now own more wealth than the bottom half of america, when the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 92% -- when large corporations are earning record-breaking profits, and ceo's make 300 times more than their workers -- [crowd booing] senator sanders: it is not the billionaire class that needs help today, it is the working class. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: senator mcconnell, take a look around you, take a look at kentucky, take a look at america and tell your wealthy campaign contributors that enough is enough. they can't have it all. [cheers

of the senate, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the motion, all those in favor say aye, opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 407. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: international bank for reconstruction and development, jennifer d.nordquist, director of the international bank. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to thing bank. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators,, in accordance rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring a a close for debate of jennifer nordquist. moim --. mr. mcconnell: i consent the reading of the names be waived and the manda

senate. keep in mind a couple of facts about the senate in our history and in our system of government. if you remember, the senate is endowed with certain responsibilities unique in our politics. the senators, for one thing, have six-year terms. longer than any other federal official. the senate has the responsibility to ratify treaties and to advise and consent on appointments to the judiciary and other high government positions. unique responsibilities invested in the united states senate. so i want to quote -- rather than start with burton k. wheeler tonight, i want to quote one of his contraries, a guy named mansfield, mike mansfield. in 1963 mike mansfield was the senate majority leader and was preparing to deliver a response in the senate to some of the critics that he had had to encounter in the senate who were complaining about his leadership style. he was too laid back, they thought, not aggressive enough in pushing the democratic agenda in the united states senate and the kennedy a

senate. keep in mind a couple of facts about the senate and our history.f you remember, the senate is endowed with certain responsibilities. unique to our politics. they have six-year terms. longer than any other federal official. the senate has a responsibility to ratify treaties. and to advise appointments to the judiciary and other high positions. unique responsibilities invested in the united states senate. so, i want to quote, i want to quote one of his contemporaries. a guy named mansfield. mike mansfield. in 1963 mike mansfield was the senate majority leader and was prepared to deliver to some of the critics who complained about his leadership style. they said that he was too laid- back and not pushing the democratic agenda. and mansfield, the mansfield so this all rather politely and decided that he would respond to this. unfortunately he was scheduled to deliver that speech on the friday afternoon when john f. kennedy was assassinated. he never gave the speech until many years later when he is invited back to speak in the old senate chamber to ina

those are all republican senate seats right now. what is the chance that the senate flips?hat you don't hold enough, and democrats take over the majority? >> i think we got a really good opportunity to hold the senate. fight,ing to be a democrats clearly see their shot, they would like to own it all. that is their very obvious goal. if i were them, that would be too.el, to -- my goal, i think we are going to nominate somebody competitive enough to defeat doug jones. if president trump is reelected, i think there are some good reasons why he would likely be, it becomes insurmountable for them to be able to get to 51 votes in the senate. happen,that doesn't we've got a good shot in these other races and most importantly, we got really good incumbents who have been doing their work, raising the money. they don't have obvious vulnerabilities. the main problem is that in some of these states, we got tough terrain and that is going to be the challenge. host: what is the role of the president here? the president is often somebody who can carry the other members of the party over t

senator bennet? >> senator harris is my friend as well. but i have to say if we can't admit tonight what's in the plan, which is banning employer-based insurance, we're not going to be able to admit that when donald trump is accusing democrats of doing that as well. we need to be honest about what's in this plan. it bans employer-based insurance and taxes the middle class to the tune of $30 trillion. do you know how much that is? that is 70% of what the government will collect in taxes over the next ten years. we don't need to do that. >> thank you. governor, i'm going to come to you in a second. >> health care in this country. >> i do want to bring in senator harris, because he just suggested you were not being honest. >> he -- we cannot keep with the republican talking points on this. you got to stop. the reality is that under my medicare for all plan, yes, employers are not going to be able to dictate the kind of health care that their employees get. they will be able to make that decision. private insurance companies and private carrie

senator mcconnell is the majority leader of the senate the longest-serving leader of his party and senator in kentucky history and certainly one of the most consequential men of our age as cicero was in his. what you may not know but the students know because he gave them an incredible historyhe lesson on the reelection of abraham lincoln, that he is a for reader. you will see that today.ok toward his position. i remember he was fortunate enough to have me help staff him on a number of overseas trips and travel. we were on a trip to afghanist afghanistan, which is a long, long flight. i member centers joining us and i was sitting there and taking interest in what people did during this long stretch of time. most of the senators after they finish their materials would not off and take a nap for maybe read a magazine or checking out on the phone. remember the conical mcconnell reached into his the flag, without a james patterson 700 page book on the life of senator taft of ohio. i remember at that time thinking he likes his history and appreciate it. this book project is an outgrowth of the

and a democratic senate. the point is i was in a critical role as a defense of ordinator with both on our side that empowered me to negotiate with joe biden and did that on vacation. poor joe had to apologize for it now. [laughter] >> you mentioned the chapter of the majority whip and it touched on a little bit and i think we have a quote in the book which talks about everett durst once said people's vote is water down like candles promote helicopter where you stuff them in your pocket and send it doesn't work like that and it should take effort. important -- effort is important around here. you talk about what it's like to be whip andnd to reach out in control and persuade your members? >> my best story and you know what i will tell but i was whip for four years before i became leader but the previous whip -- we had a bill that was absolutely critical. it was one we could pass with 50 votes and i was the whip. we had 55 senators and i had to get at least 50 votes. i bargained and negotiated and twisted arms

>> senator reynolds. >> thank you very much. thank you, senator question. as i said to senator king neeley , you also came for capitulating a falsehood. there is nobody -- no detention center there. i would also note senator mckim that you were not detained in papa new guinea either. senator mckim, i think there is nobody in detention in manus island. as i said to senator ken neely, we had a productive meeting today, senator corbin was there. we had very coiled discussions with the papa new guinea prime minister and ministers on the way forward including in manus island. again, i have nothing further to add because what he said is a falsehood. >> order. >> thank you. the minister has said she has nothing further to add, but a specific question i asked her was whether or not the australian government has provided a timetable as requested by mr. maroc by. by the prime minister and i ask you to direct the question. >> you know full well i cannot direct the minister to any part of the question. you yourself said it was a question. the minister is being relevant

and my sentiments are reflected the words of senator durbin and senator white house. members that you and senator kennedy and mccain nvited to join the group when we were brand new senators to work on the immigration renorm ill when president bush was president and i remember those times when we were unsuccessful pushback if you remember which was so sad. it was a moment in time we could have gotten it done and i don't we are would be where today. that was part of the work you did. when ast forward to president obama is in and you stood up and worked with us on a bill. bill but on that bill and you stood up when the dreamers, when we were trying to out that compromise. and my view is we have someone in the white house right now and not going to go on my views. i've made them very clear. been out there on rhetoric that has been so all acrossimmigrants this country. not just people at the border or trying to seek asylum. i think there are some common sense solutions here like trying to allow people to seek down in the northern countries like passing comprehensive immigr

policy, focused on the senate. in 2018, we raised and spent about $190 million. i think we will get somewhere in that range. the focus will be on holding the majority. our focus is to make sure our senators come back and pick up the one senate seat, especially in alabama, that we lost in 2017. greta: what states are you focusing on? steven: that is yet to be determined. these races are starting to shape up, but we see contests in colorado, north carolina, arizona and possibly maine, kentucky, iowa, maybe georgia, a distant maybe texas. that is the range. there are others that are possible. a possible pickup we are hopeful about. that is the general range where we might be planning. greta: you have an interesting situation in the senate where there is a three-vote majority for republicans. you need to hang onto that majority. the democrats need to pick up three seats. if there is a democrat in the white house, the vice president could break the tie. this is a very competitive situation. today, john hickenlooper anno

in the senate. we could go on and on , but we will not because it is his turn to speak. sen. chuck grassley . [ applause ] >> thank you. as far as i'm concerned, you could go on and on. thank you for the recognition by the historical society. it is an honor to be here to recognize the originals standing committees of the united states senate. the original ones. committees on finance, it was established more than two centuries ago on december 11, 1850. contrary to what my predecessor may have led some people to believe. sen. hatch and i were not original members of this committee. for more than two centuries a senate committee on finance has steered legislation through congress that is shaped american society and our way of life. i think you gave a better historical description of that that i am prepared to do. i appreciate your perspective of that. more than 100 years ago , it took passage of the 16th amendment to allow the federal government to raise revenue through income tax. since then, the most

that is totally different from the plan that senator warren and senator sanders and senator harris havesed, which would make illegal employer based health insurance in this country and massively raise taxes on the middle class to the tune of $30 trillion. as joe biden said, we don't need to do that. it doesn't make sense for us to take away insurance from half the people in this room and -- and put huge taxes on almost everybody in this room when we can pass a public option, trust the american people to make the right decision, and have universal healthcare in this country in two years, not 10 years. mr. tapper: thank you, senator. secretary castro, i want to bring you in -- sen. harris: i -- i need to respond. mr. tapper: your response. i'll come to you right after secretary castro. secretary castro. sec. castro: well, i know that this is something very personal for all americans. you know, i grew up with a grandmother that had diabetes and i watched as her condition got worse and worse. that whole time she had medicare. i want to strengthen medicare for the people who are on it and th

eastern with senator, and senator warren and cory booker. watch the 2020 presidential candidates live at the iowa state fair, starting thursday on c-span. watch anytime online at c-span.org or listen live from wherever you are on the go using the free c-span radio app. >> this week, the senate judiciary committee approved legislation that would change asylum laws. the party line vote since the bill to the full senate but the house is not expected to take up the bill. this is one hour and 15 minutes. incoming chairman january, i've been trying to find a solution to the problem that we all acknowledge which is a border out of control, laws being abused, humanitarian crisis, a national security crisis in the making, and in march, the committee held a hearing to learn the scope of the problem. , the numbere of families have doubled, the problem is beginning to be unmanageable, we are all concerned about the humanitarian conditions which is why we supported a $4 billion appropriation to provide better housing, but we have done nothing to stop the

i hope the cr is not necessary senator leahy and senator shelby are trying to work things out with threeoh two b and it is better than a sequestration. but republicans have the impetus but with these huge forces like technology around the middle class and hopefully can get this done. >> with that legislation and with those concert one - - with those issues like i.c.e. quick. >> some of them are poison pills but hopefully we can work them out. >> but what about senator wyden and senator grassley expo gets a good step but it doesn't go far enough and we democrats will caucus it unless we get a vote on negotiation and is far more sweeping despite the senators very fine efforts. not letting you get away with those issues along the edges. and then to raise drug prices and make them less accessible. into vote for those amendments and maybe others. thank you and have a good break. >> look at the european union. and look at other countries that are not doing well. and after this last budget and then at some point very soon we had to rebuild the military didn't have a choice.

senator langford and myself and senator burr was on the bill, warner. basically the administration made calls directly, don mcguyana the white house council and stopped the bill. calling republicans. >> let's listen to what the president said today about russian interference in the election since this is so relevant to what you were fighting for in the senate floor today. >> robert mueller said last week that russian interfered in u.s. elections right now. did you raise that with vladimir putten >> you don't believe this? do you believe in do you believe this okay, fine we didn't talk about that. >> so, there is the president of the united states saying in next, he doesn't believe that russian -- russia interfered with the election or russia plans to interfere with the election when he is confrontwood that by robert mueller's testimony through a reporter he says you don't really believe this. >> same old thing. robert mueller said it under oath that the russians are doing it as we speak. trump's own fbi director christopher wray under my questioning and

senator johnson said. and so for republican senators who are brave enough to float warnings about the trade war, it is peter navarro's trade war suddenly. a person most americans have never heard of. it is donald trump's trade war, but by this time next year, for political survival, who knows how much republicans running for reelection to house represent tic tichrepresenttives in the -- representatives in the senate might have to break with the president on what is most definitely not peter navarro's trade war. senator toomey, and senator johnson are speaking to the white house about this, and quote however delicately they are urging trump to show more flexibility on china and it does not seem to be working. >> pat toomey, who i know you respect, a republican from pennsylvania says quote there's no question the trade uncertainty is contributing to the slow down in our economy. is he right? >> so what does pat toomey want me to do, does he want me to say, let me put my hands up china, continue to rip us off

of the senate. republican senator announced that he will retire at the end of the year for health reasons. senator isaacson has suffered a series of health setbacks and will be resigning his senate seat halfway through his six-year term. he issued a statement saying he really did not want to leave the senate but with the mounting health challenges i am facing i have concluded i will not be able to do the job over the long-term in the manner the citizen of georgia deserve. it goes against every fiber my being to leave in the middle of my senate term but i know it's the right thing to do on behalf of my state. this now means senator isakson's seat will be on the ballot in georgia where the other republican senator david perdue is running for his reelection next year, and president trump's numbers in georgia had already been encouraging to democrats for what was supposed to be a campaign for one georgia senate seat but will now be a campaign for two senate seats. donald trump's approval is now below 50

senate. strongly object to proceeding with committee business today. this will be the first time that our committee, and i have been on it for 26 years, will blatantly disregard quorum and holdover rules. it should also be noted by moving forward today, the majority will be breaking the rules of the senate. states each6.2 committee shall adopt rules, not inconsistent with the rules of the senate, governing the procedure of such committee. any amendment to the rules of a committee shall not take effect until the amendment is published in the congressional record heard our committee rules do not have a mechanism for modifying or suspending the rules after they have been adopted and published at the beginning of the congress. nor is there a provision for waiving either rule 1.3, which grants each member the right to 3.1,a matter over, or rule which establishes our core requirements. in my 26 years, i cannot remember a time when the chairman and ranking member did not come together to develop bip

to senate leader mcconnell, you are overdue. it is time to lead the senate to pass hr-8. thank you. mr. hoyer: i want to thank all of the speakers and my colleague, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee. eliot engel. he does not have something to introduce, but represent millions of people subject to gun violence on a daily basis. the statistics are stark. the statistics are daily occurrences. you said, summons the courage. i've been in politics for a long time. it takes no courage to put on the senate floor a bill that is supported by 90 plus percent of americans. what takes courage is to look a special interest group in the eye and say, "enough is enough." it is time to act. one of the great poets of our time, bob dylan, wrote a poem called "blowin' in the wind." sung by peter, paul, and mary, who sang at that march on washington in 1963. i want to read you six lines from that poem. "how many times must a - the -- must the cannonballs fly before they are forever banned? how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just didn't see? how many deaths will it take

[inaudible] >> i also wish to thank my hometown senators, senator shelby and senator jones for the very kind introductions. and especially to senator shelby and the staff regarding me through this process. also want to thank the committee for taking the time to consider my nomination. finally i'd like to thank president trump for nominating me. recently i would like to introduce my family who accompanied me here today and those unable to do so and watching from home. behind is my wife suzy picked she is my biggest advocate and supporter. she is an attorney and is a shining star in our state bar and judiciary. my daughter is also your today. she's a rising junior in high school and came down on the train from new york city present in a summer program. my son robert is here with us. he's a rising sophomore. he's a little reluctant in being a because any trip to washington involves attending many of the museums are which the 15-year-old is not exactly, i would also like to thank my -- was her from oklahoma city and my in-laws who are here from decatur. finally it with me today is a sister-

who ends up controlling the senate? i'll head over to the big board to show you which races to watch. >>> almost every day i am right here at this board talking about the presidential race. the 2020 campaign for president. tonight we'll talk about one of the other major races. one of the other major series of races. not just the presidential race. also the house and the senate. and there was some big news this week. big news just yesterday on the senate front. it comes from the state of georgia. republican johnny isakson announced he will be resigning from the senate at the end of this year. for health reasons. that means immediately the seat will be filled by an appointment. the governor of georgia who is a republican. brian kemp will appoint someone to the seat when isakson steps down. presumably a republican. it also triggers a special election that will take place next year. it will coincide with a normally scheduled november election. so this senate seat and whoever is appointed by the governor probably will be up

that is totally different from the plan that senator warren and senator sanders and senator harris haveyer-based health insurance in this country and massively raise taxes on the middle class to the tune of $30 trillion as joe biden said. we don't need to do that. it doesn't make sense for us to take away insurance from half the people in this room and put huge taxes on almost everybody in this room when we can pass a public option, trust the american people to make the right decision and have universal health care in this country in two years, not ten years. >> thank you, secretary kals str -- castro, i i'll come to you afte secretary castro. >> i know this is personal for all americans. i grew up with a grandmother with diabetes and watched her condition get worse and worse. that whole time she had medicare. i want to strengthen it for those on it and expand it for anybody who wants it. i believe if somebody has a private health insurance plan that is strong that they want to hold on to, they should be able to do that. i don't believe the profit model should ever determine in our grea

senate to protect people and as a check on the house. >> with congress and the united states senate. >> conflict and compromise using original interviews the video archives having unique access to the senate chamber. >> bernie sanders speaks at a campaign rally in kentucky this is about 45 minutes. [cheers and applause] ♪ louisville thank you. [bernie] [bernie] [bernie] >> thank you to relic with their great music. and richard who organized the ad robber and the great work he is doing let me think your member of the united states congress john for all that he has done. [applause] we have worked together on many issues and you're so lucky to have such a great congressman. let me thank all of you not only for being here today but for the support that you gave me during the last campaign. [cheers and applause] in 2016 we were not expected to do well when we came within a few votes of winning and this time around he will not come within a few votes. [cheers and applause] not only are we going to win here in kentucky and the democratic nomination. not just asking for your political suppor

senator collins: thank you. senator cinema. [applause] >> thank you, chairman collins and ranking member casey, for hosting today's important hearing on the special diabetes program. i also want to give a shout out to our children's congress delegates. especially to grant from gilbert -- from gilbert, arizona and rachel from flagstaff. are they here? racial grant is here. -- rachel, is grant here? oh, my gosh. you can do that all day. so, grant, age five, was diagnosed with type i diabetes just a few days before his second birthday. he was recently recognized for raising almost $50,000 for jdrf. and he would like to be a firefighter when he grows up. but, he is already a hero to so many of us in arizona. rachel is 16. she is managing multiple chronic conditions, but that has not slowed her down. she likes to hike, lift weights, and has excelled in both varsity volleyball and swimming. i could take some swimming tips from you. you are really an inspiration to me. grant and rachel are two young arizonans who are in d.c. today, re

elizabeth, senator kamala harris and senator bernie sanders. among republicans, 97% support donald trump, 3% support governor bill weld. governor weld will join us tomorrow on the c-span bus. he will also be at "the des moines register" on the political soapbox, speeches by the candidates. you can see a huge crowd getting ready for kiersten jell-o brand, coming up in seven minutes. florence next, joining us from ohio on the republican line. good afternoon. i would like to say i would i would likeee -- to see miss williams on the circuit next time. i would also like to see them talk about issues instead of talking about each other or one ient trump the only would look for right now for the democrats -- i vote either party, not just one party, and i vote for the best person that .as the best answers to issues either pete to see buttigieg or maryann williams on the ticket. steve: the president taking aim at the new york times, writing on twitter, maggie hagerman reported i was annoyed by the lack of cameras at the hospitals in dayton and el paso w

jay inslee, sender kamala harris, senator amy klobuchar, senator kitchen gillibrand, -- senator kristen gillibrand.

the senators. should i be so lucky to be confirmed i will work every day to live up to the trust and confidence that they have all placed in me. i do have a few people that i want to specifically introduce to the committee. i'm joined here today behind me and blew by my brilliant and beautiful wife soraya rudofsky. we met and fell in love and law school. >> she's an accomplished attorney, a highly talented photographer and a loving wife and mother. i'm incredibly thankful to the joy she brings to our lives and her family. we have twin 3-year-old girl charlotte and vivian. i hope you take it as a sign of my good judgment that they are otherwise engaged this morning. vivian wants to be an astronaut and she loves spanish and math. charlotte wants to be a doctor and she very much enjoys indoor rock climbing which was interesting to me is that through but she's very good at it. we also have a 7-month-old. he was very sick very early in his life but thanks to the wonderful doctors and nurses at children'

of the senate. our nation needs universal background checks in order to make all americans safer from the horrors of gun violence. reports indicate that in 2018 alone, approximately 1.2 million firearm classified ads were posted on arms list.com that do not, do not require a background check for purchase. this loophole helps feed the legal, underground gun markets in cities and communities across our country. if implemented, however, the universal background checks bill, hr eight, would close the loophole and require a background check for all firearm sales between private parties. 1994, background checks have prevented over 3.5 million gun sales to dangerous criminals and others prohibited from owning guns. the bipartisan, universal background checks bill has not seen the light of day in the senate thanks to mitch mcconnell. senators are sent to washington, d.c. to debate and vote on big issues. yet the majority leader has not called for a debate on any gun violence legislation in years. public off

senator michael bennet. "the new york times" reports that they talked about the possibility of john hickenlooper dropping out of the presidential race and running for senate in colorado. the democrats need to win just three senate seats to gain control of the united states senate. and john hickenlooper right now is polling 13 points ahead of republican incumbent senator cory gardner. so john hickenlooper is one of the presidential candidates who, if he chooses to drop out and run for senate, has the power to possibly knock mitch mcconnell out of the majority leader's office and so that conversation in the ride around the lake yesterday was, like, wicked important and we are lucky to be joined tonight by one-half of that conversation riding around the lake, senator michael bennet will join us at the end of this hour to discuss the presidential campaign and the democrats' campaign to retake the united states senate and how john hickenlooper might play a major role in winning back the united states senate. we w

over to thebill senate. there is a lot more that we could send, but we said, let's act on this one where there is almost universal consensus that this is an important step to make. so as we stand here today, and a call for more efforts, which is improving mental health and mental health services addressing of thought weapons, high-capacity magazines, let's start with passing universal background checks which have bipartisan support in the house, and almost universal support among the american public. it is a real privilege for me to be here this morning with my colleagues as i mentioned. also, to introduce dr. wendy edmonds. dr. edmonds, who is my sister, sylviar fraser was one of 12 people murdered on september 16, 2013 at the washington navy yard. sylvia worked as an information -- at naval sea systems command as an information assurance manager since 2000. she is a patriotic american dedicated to our country. she should be alive today with her family. she is not. dr. edmonds. i watch my sister sylvia rene

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a senate potentially broken. is that impacting -- if you could put on your campaign hat, for a minute -- sen. schumer: what hat is that? reporter: the campaign hat. sen. schumer: we are all living in a few minutes. [laughter] reporter: is that making it difficult to attract candidates? is the climate here impacting your ability to attract candidates? sen. schumer: we have great candidates. if you look at the candidates we have they are fabulous in state after state. they are not your traditional old-time politicians. the majority of our candidates are women, many are veterans. many have unique backgrounds, brought up on a farm, created a new business that was successful. we are excited about our candidates and we are excited about 20/20. reporter: but it is no secret that there are two governors running for president that had been for all as potential senate candidates. sen. schumer: i think the candidates we have are as good as any traditional politicians , probably better in this day , and age. reporter: do you

i think senator thune, senator markey and many of the cosponsors of the traced act for their support of this important fight. the ag' look forward to providings comment, and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you, mr. peterson. >> chairman soon, ranking member senator schatz, members of the subcommittee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to appear before you today. i am a partner in the telecommunications media at my law practice firm, and i am here today to talk to you about the u.s. association. we share the concerns on is a probable cause that we are pleased to support the traced act. since i last testified before the senate in 2018, there have been through significant developments in the area, and i would like to mention a fourth point. first, since last year, industry has taken considerable efforts caller identification policies, commonly referred to as a shake and star that the diminish ability of a legal robo callers to spoof caller i.d. information. companies are deploying the standards into the networks today and will continue to do so through 2019. s

that the senate passed senate 347, that the senate passed senate 929, that the senate passed senate 1196at the senate passed senate 1272, that the senate passed senate 1759, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 540, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 828, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 829, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1198, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1250, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1449, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3305. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on july 31, 2019, at 2:48 p.m. that the senate passed senate 2055, that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 53, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 639, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3245. with best wishes i

it has strong bipartisan support. 68 senators signed a letter to senate leadership that senator jean shaheen and i authored advocating for this program. i am pleased to report to you that just last week the senate health committee on which i served approved a 5-year authorization of the special diabetes program. that is the longest authorization program ever so that is really good news. finally, let me just say that i am very concerned about the spiraling cost of insulin. the cost of managing diabetes is growing at an alarming rate. between 2012-2016, average spending per patients with type i diabetes nearly doubled and last year a father from maine testified that he turned to drug importation from canada after the price of a 90 day supply of insulin for his son with type i tripled to $900. i am going to put the rest of my statement into the record so we can expedite the hearing but let me end by telling you two things. first, until last fall, i had no personal connection at all with type i diabetes. then my nephew married a young woman who, has her own blog. i feel i am now a cure a

is it background checks or are there other avenues the senator could be comfortable pushing in the senate ? >> guest: reporters and i were surprised that mitch mcconnell who has been a staunch nra ally and is up for reelection in 2020 and obviously needs the support of his conservative base to turn out, to push him over the top for another six years in office, we were surprised on friday when mitch mcconnell said he was open to the idea of background checks . among other measures including red flag legislation. that was encouraging to some, although as i mentioned before, until we start to see this process into motion and start to see activity on capitol hill, there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of democrats who feel like they seen this movie before and seen a lot of inaction in the past. >> we heard over the weekend about the president talking about these issues with senator pat toomey, senator joe manchin, what are they endorsing when it comes to legislation? >> guest: to me and manchin are known for theirbackground checks legislation . this would be legislation close g

we will make sure our senators come back and pick up the one senate seat, especially in alabama, that we lost in 2017. >> what states are you focusing on? steven: that has yet to be determined. these races are starting to shape up, but we see contests in colorado, north carolina, arizona and possibly maine, , atucky, iowa, maybe georgia distant maybe texas. that is the range. michigan is one that is a possible pickup we are hopeful about. that is the general range where we might be planning. >> you have an interesting senate situation, a three-vote majority for republicans. you need to hang onto that majority. the democrats need to pick up the receipts. if there is a democrat in the white house, the vice president could break the tie. this is a very competitive situation. hickenlooper announced that he is going to run in this competitive race for senate where you have cory gardner, the incumbent, in a tossup race. what do you think john hickenlooper will do entering this race for your candidate, and you think you can hang on to colorado? steven: i think john hickenlooper's entry is no

that is from senator enzi and senator casey. it requires doctors and insurers with price quotes on their expected out-of-pocket cost for cares so patients can shop around and proposal from a number of senators including cassidy, young, murkowski, braun, hassan, bennett, kc, whitehouse and rosen. it increases the fox nation rates for disease outbreaks by senator roberts and peterson. there are more proposals. for example banning anticompetitive terms that prevent patients from seeing other lower-cost higher-quality providers. the wall street journal identified dozens of cases where anticompetitive contracts between health insurance and hospital systems increase premiums and premium choice. banning pharmacy benefit managers or pbm's from charging employers, health insurance plan in patients plan more for a drug than the pbm paid to acquire the drug. which is known as bread pricing. eliminating a loophole with the first generic drug to smitten obligation to the fda that can block other generic drugs from being approved. provisions

or senator mary landrew of louisiana, that happened.ourage an ally, a friend in israel to do the same is just beyond belief. and as i said earlier this afternoon, it is not a sign of strength. exporting intolerance that is a sign of weakness and our country is so much better than that. democracy thrives on a vigorous discussion of the issues, and you can have big disagreement but you don't ban people from going to another nation. >> i want to get to a presidential campaign issue that has been low volume up until now, but as the global economy starts to stagger including it's for reasons beyond just the trump tariffs but very much including the trump tariffs. i want to listen to something president trump said today about the trump tariffs. i don't normally show video of donald trump on this program because it's such a waste of time. >> special treat because i'm on, thank you. >> i'm doing it just for you as a presidential debate rehearsal because there will come a time when one of you democrats is on the stage with this person listening

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