senator orrin hatch by the things that he remembered every day here in the senate and in his private life. every day upon entering his senate office, orrin hatch would look upon a prominently hung painting depicting his utah pioneer grandfather and great-grandfather. they were on horseback. this image like so much else in his life was a reminder of senator hatch's pioneer legacy, his ancestry and destiny. in utah, there's almost no more honorable title than that of pioneer. in the particular parlance of our state, a pioneer is not merely someone who goes where others haven't gone before. a pioneer looks toward the future without forgetting who he or she is. a pioneer who settled the utah valley and much of the united states does so not out of conquest or in search of glory. a pioneer goes and works out of duty and responsibility and faith. orrin hatch always remembered his roots. raised the son of a mechanical laborer, he grew up in a family of little means. orrin was one of nine children raised in a cramped depression-era home without indoor plumbing. two of orrin's siblings died yo

president, i strongly second senator schumer's request and also ask that the senate agree to it. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and thank you, my friend, the senator from idaho. thank you, mr. president. and thank you, my friend, the senator from idaho. now, as we move on, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on foreign relations be discharged from further consideration of s. 3522 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3522, a bill to provide enhanced authority for the president to enter into agreements with the government of ukraine so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further d

senator durbin went on. we created a situation because of our inattention and unwillingness to tackle an extremely controversial area and congress elected to the judges. i think went to accept some responsibility. and he went on, i don't know if you meaning may have sponsored a bill to change this, , i'll be looking for it, if we're going to tackle it we should. i agree with that, 100%. i agree we should tackle it. this is a d time to tackle it ad i had to do that today. i am proud to sponsor and introduce legislation along with my fellow senators mike lee, thom tillis, rick scott and ted cruz to get tough on child porn offenders but let's be clear, when congress wrote the child pornography federal sentencing guidelines, and it is congress that will come substantially way back in 2003, when congress wrote them they wanted them to be binding. congressman for these guidelines to bind federal judges, the supreme court struck that part of the guidelines down. now it's time to put it back into place. my bill woul

senator carper: senator merkley, thank you. senator markey, got a couple of people in line ahead of you. thanks for coming. senator lummis is next. are you out there? joined us by webex. senator lummis. senator lummis: thank you, mr. chairman. secretary buttigieg, thank you for your time today. on february 11 a federal court issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits 11 agencies, including the department of transportation, from using the metric known as the social cost of greenhouse gas. it prohibits from participating in the interagency working group by president biden. his administration figures to help justify its sweeping environmental agenda. has d.o.t. fully stopped using this figure as required by the court? secretary buttigieg: we are making sure to comply with all court decisions and relevant laws. we are reviewing this injunction. it certainly has the potential to impact a number of rule makings grant programs and other projects. we are trying to work through that in a way that minimizes the disruption to our abil

the senate last night.t's no coincidence that he is raising this issue within hours or days before her confirmation vote. it's one more very transparent attempt to link judge ketanji brown jackson's confirmation with this highly emotional issue of federal sentencing when it comes to child pornography or child exploitation. there are some political groups -- at least one well-known political group -- that manufactures theories about child pornography and pedophilia and the like and even inspires deadly reactions to them, and they're cheering this on. i've seen their reaction already this morning in the newspaper. they're watching this and hoping that someone can keep this issue alive on the floor of the united states senate for them. the senator from missouri has even gone so far as to make the outrageous claim in this woman, judge jackson, the mother of two wonderful girls, who i had a chance to meet, a mother who comes to this issue not only as a judge but as the daughter and niece of law enforcement offic

i want to particularly commend senator susan collins of maine, senator lisa murkowski of alaska and senator mitt romney for their political courage and their willingness to support her to the supreme court. when senator romney announced his support for judge jackson's confirmation, i couldn't help but remember his father, the late george romney who served as governor of michigan in the 1960's during the height of the civil rights movement. governor george romney knew a thing or two about political courage. as a proud republican governor in 1963, he marched alongside of the naacp detroit president edward turner in support of civil rights. that same year when dr. martin luther king organized a march in detroit, governor george romney declared the occasion freedom day in michigan. to my colleague senator mitt romney, you are your father's son. this week marks 54 years since the shot rang out in memphis, tennessee claim be the life of dr. martin laoser king, an american who spoke with greater moral clarity than any other in our history. the night before he died, dr. king spoke at a rally in sup

senator ben cardin is the senior senator from maryland. he has served in the senate since 2006.e is a member of committees on small business, environment and public works, finance and foreign relations. he is chair of the commission on security and cooperation in europe, known as the helsinki commission. a third-generation verlander, he has served the people of maryland in the house and senate for 35 years. as the ambassador just said, today's discussion is on the record. it is being recorded. and we will be taking questions from the audience using the q&a cab at the bottom of your screen. let's start. senators, you were the lead sponsor and cosponsor of the ukraine democracy lend-lease act of 2022. yesterday's historic boat in the house sends the bill to the president's desk and re-creates one of the most important military assistance programs in history that helped lead directly to the defeat of the nazi regime in europe in the 1940's. let me address the first question to senator cornyn. what led you to introduce this bill for lend-lease for ukraine? sen. cornyn: in the senate

that the senate recess from 12:30 to 2:15 and at 2:15 the senate vote on confirmation of the brainard nomination. if any nominations are confirmed during tuesday's session, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that at we stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the the senate today advance the nomination of a brainard to serve as vice chair of the federal reserve board of governors. president biden nominated her for the position in november. more executive nominations later this week including lisa cook as a member of the fed board to the federal trade commission. as always live coverage of the senate on cspan2. former senator oren hatch died saturday in salt lake city at 88. the utah republican surfer at 42 years in the senate from 197,722,019 he was the longest-serving republican senator in the longest-ser

senator carper, then senator cardin. senator carper, are you online? senator: can you hear me? chair: great. senator: welcome, ambassador tai. thank you for your leadership and service. i want to talk about digital trade policy in the trading solution process that i have been focused on through the intellectual-property waiver. the first is our approach to the digital trade policy. thank you for testifying today and thank you for your service going way back. i applaud the biden administration's commitment to engage with our allies through the creation of an indo pacific economic framework. when every of bipartisan interest is the development of standards to promote openness and transparency in the digital economy. through digital trade, we will have the opportunity to uplift workers, help small businesses compete and promote innovation and entrepreneurship. what approach should the u.s. take when negotiating digital trade standards? and how can this enhance the binding administration vision for 20 is -- 21st century trade policy? ambassador tai: senator carper, a pleasure to se

senator durbin: 11-10. senator durbin: we will now vote on evelyn pa dean. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] the clerk: the votes are 12 yeas, 10 nays. senator durbin: the nomination will be reported favorly to the floor. nip one seek recognition? [roll call] the clerk: 22 yeas. senator durbin: the nomination will be reported to the floor. vanessa avery appointed to the u.s. district of connecticut. bleum plume i would like to put a statement in the record and i would like to say how proud i am of this nomination having held this job myself. he is a trial attorney with broad experience and enormous and serving the people of connecticut and i thank the members of the committee hopefully for your approval. senator durbin: the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] senator durbin: all those in favor of this nomination say aye. the nomination is agreed to. senator lee recorded as no, cruz, hawley as no. nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. this meeting is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] captioning perform

they are hoping to replace senator pat toomey who is retiring after serving two terms in the senate. secretary of state antony blinken testified on the 2023 budget, the war in ukraine, and president biden's priorities. the hearing was held before the senate foreign relations committee.

>> ay. >> senator kennedy? >> no. >> senator kennedy? -- senator king? >> no. senator lankford? >> no. >> centre leh keen? >> no. >> senator lee? >> no. >> senator loomis? >> no. >> senator manchin? >> ay. >> senator markey? >> centre o'connell? -- senator mcconnell? >> no. >> senator menendez? >> ay. >> senator merkley? senator moran voted in the negative. >> senator murkowski? >> ay. >> senator murray? >> ay. >> center asked self? senator padilla? >> ay. >> senator paul? senator peters? >> ay. >> mr. reed? >> ay. >> mr. rich? no. mr. romney? mr. romney, no. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, ay. mr. schatz? mr. schatz, ay. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, ay. mr. scott of florida? no. mr. scott of south carolina? no. mr. shaheen? ay. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. mr. cinema -- ms. sinema? ay. misstep now? ms. stabenow, ay. mr. chester? mr. thune? no. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. van hollen? >> ay. >> mr. warner? mr. warner, i. -- ay. ms. warren? ms. warren, i. mr. wicker? no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, ay. wister yo

but the democratic-controlled senate said if you want to devote, we have a vote on the senate floor -- a vote, have a vote on the senate floor. he did have a vote on the senate floor, a couple democrats voted for him. there were 70 republicans who voted against him, he lost. -- so many republicans voted against him, he lost. had they voted for him, he would have one. their publicans felt the same way, the name should have been withdrawn. it makes a nice logan, but i think it would -- slogan, i think it would be wise if we used history. we are going to take one of our most consequential duties to consider a vote whether to advance a nominee to the night state supreme court. the nominee, judge ketanji brown jackson, embodies the highest ideals of the judiciary and legal profession. during the confirmation proceedings, she put on a master class about what it means to be an independent, fair-minded justice. her grace, intellect, temperament, wit are exactly what americans want and deserve. on the nation's highest court. i will probably and confidently vote i to advance her historic nomina

the senator from utah is recognized. recognized. >> mr. president senator hatch will be remembered for many things in his 42 years of service in this body are marked by successes. nhistoric and prolific legislation and statesmanship he served longer as us senator than any other in the state of utah or in the history of the republican party. and he passed more bills into law than any other legislator alive and astounding 750 while the record of his services remarkable and memorable i would invite the senate and the nation for the things that he remembered every day here in the senate and in his private life every day upon entering the senate office he would look upon a prominently home d painting to look back it has grandfather and great-grandfather to forge a stream on horseback this image like so much else was a reminder of the pioneer legacy and his ancestry in utah there is almost no more honorable title than that of pioneer and in that parlance of state a pioneer is not nearly someone who goes where others have not gone before a pionee

you worked in the senate, on the senate judiciary committee. you have guided others through the senate confirmation process in the past. you have seen so much of this. and here you are as a white house chief of staff, from that position and the first time in your work, managing one of these confirmations. from that perspective, you are in the white house with the president and the nominee as the votes were counted. what did that feel like for you? >> i mean, it was a magical moment. to see judge jackson, the president there, hugging and her excitement over the opportunity, you see in judge jackson's face -- and in all my interactions with her in this process -- the combination of joy and responsibility. the joy to have this opportunity and the honor to serve. and the responsibility that she feels. she has talked about standing on the shoulders of giants and standing on the shoulders of constance baker motley. and stand on the shoulders of those who have come before her. she knows she did not get here alone. she knows that many people broke the

senator manchin and senator sinema, they have been the most vocal objectors in this process. they don't object to the same things, in some cases object to each other. sticking the landing on that is tricky. some of the things that will get sinema to the table is a nonstarter for manchin and vice versa. host: democrats, (202) 748-8000 even republicans, (202) 748-8001 . (202) 748-8002, independent. marianne levine and josh wingrove to your question for the next 25 minutes or so. we are talking about the midterm elections coming up. in terms of, you mentioned barack obama coming back to the white house this week, ahead of the midterm elections that he was a part of. a lot of discussion about where he would go, bill. the clerk: senate 3294, an act to obtain and direct placement in the capitol or on the capitol grounds of a statue to honor associate justice of the supreme court of the united states sandra day o'connor and a statue to on nor -- honor associate jus thousands of supreme court of the united states ruth bader ginsburg.

senate and is the longest serving republican in senate history.s always, live coverage of the senate on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. 123450 the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite, thank you for the exemplary life and legacy of former senator orrin hatch. lord, i am personally grateful for his friendship, integrity, and faithfulness. i cherish the many conversations we had each morning before he convened the senate and invited me to pray. he blessed us by striving to do your will. lord, he consistently upheld the standards of excellence, civility, and accountability. inspired by his long and consequential life, may our lawmakers seek to faithfully and obediently honor you. and lord, we continue to intercede for ukraine. we pray in your sovereign 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

as senator chris coons. there's a bipartisan group trying to see if they can get in a package that would basically have money for therapeutics, testing, vaccines to address the possibility of anothervariant . now the level of urgency, but times depends on what which side of the isle you're talking to but we're expecting to see a real push for that bill but it's hard to say what weather that comes together. there's issues with the offsets so it's not really clear that they can pull it together by the end of the week and also the senate gets a little antsy on thursday and they been in session for six weeks already so it's hard to know what is actually going to get done besides jackson's nomination but the aid is a topic that senate democratic leaders will be talking about. >> we saw the president use a bully pulpit on this issue, expecting more of that this week and will the administration be okay with a $10 billion package down from the original ask ? >> come down a lot as you know. when it collapsed out of t

whatever the senate thinks it means. think it is safe to say now after back-and-forth, bork, others, dÉtente, that we generated appointments like ginsburg and breyer. the senate is in a full assertiveness mode. in other words, i thing no matter who is in the majority of the senate for the foreseeable future, i think the confirmation process is going to be viewed by senators as a core responsibility. in other words, we are full partners in the process. reporter: you think that was not the case before? sen. mcconnell: off and on. when i was a young staffer when nixon had appointments defeated, you owed the president deference , and this is the argument of susan collins yesterday. she was focused on share qualifications and not philosophy or how you might rule. i think that is not the view that most senators on either side now, and that explains why we have had easily -- she tickly contested nomination processes. -- heatedly contested nomination processes. the best way to sum it up is the senate believes it is a copartner w

senator orrin hatch. a man of vision and unparalleled legislative accomplishment as the longest-serving senator in utah's history's unwavering dedication to the stateur and country during four decades of public service will be remembered for generations to come. fewer have left such a remark on the united states senate. he did this through his legislation and through the relationships with other senators, he did it through bipartisanship and his relationship with presidents in both parties. like his good friend, ted kennedy, he was a lion of the senate. i know there have been a number of senators who take responsibility for accomplishing many things, but i don't think there's been a better legislature that has gotten more done legislatively van orrin hatch. a judiciary, fundamentals of the economy and character are more elevated and more secure thanks to his leadership, thanks to his capacity to plow ahead. for more legislation than any other member of the time of his retirement, he used his time in this

chair khan. >> senator senator fischer. senator king. >> thank you mr. chairman. first, two observations. one is the important day in u.s. history this represents. 2020 years ago the state of maine juned the union. i just wanted to note that. secondly, i'm sorry that our ranking member has gone because there is no senator that knows more about african that senator inhofe and has committed more time and effort and diplomatic and outreach to that continent. and i just wanted to recognize that as this may be the last posture hearing involving africa that he's still a member of this committee. a couple of questions to follow up on senator fischer's questions, general mckenzie. what's the statest of the a lock with pakistan? and do we have any understanding whatsoever with regard to the a lock for a kinetic strike as opposed to isr? >> so, right now we are flying up the a lock to conduct our isr. for further discussions on that, senator, i really prefer to go into closed session and i will be able to answer your questions very directly in that session. >> okay. can you

what does senator chris coons say now?> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by -- and by -- corporate funding is provided by -- >>> senator chris coons, welcome to "firing line." >> thanks. great to be on with you. >> you're a senator from delaware and you sit on the judiciary committee. >> yep. >> just this week you voted to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson to be justice ketanji brown jackson on the supreme court. >> the ayes are 43, the nays are 47. this nomination is confirmed. clause [ cheers and applause ] >> 115 nominees have preceded her but not one has been a black woman. you cited the iconic normal rock well painting of bridges being escorted into her public school in new orleans by federal authorities. what does judge ketanji brown jackson's confirmation mean to you and the country? >> first, i was hopeful that we would see a retu to a normal confirmation process, a respectful, reasonable confirmation process, where she'd be asked engaging, tough questions about her approach to serving,

of senator? it would be wrong to draw that conclusion. there may have been other instances where he agreed with them, but it was rare. what i'm saying is if you can take one vote and measure a senator and realize that it's far short of an accurate and honest measurement, the same thing is true for a judge. to take one opinion and say, well, she ruled against president trump on the issue of immigration, therefore, she is after activist liberal judge. she ruled as well for president trump in other cases in his favor and ruled against democratic presidents when they came up with the proposals before the court. so generalizations are not fair for her, for individual members of senate based on one opinion, one vote, and that's what many are trying to do. i will also tell you that this notion -- and it pains me to even bring it before the floor but i know it's going to come up in the next day or two -- that she is soft on crime. as i mentioned, the law enforcement groups would not be endorsing her if t

now it's senator johnson's turn. a senator: mr. president.er: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: thank you, senator grassley. what senator grassley and i have shown over the course of six speeches are the actual bank records of financial transactions tying president biden's son hunter and his brother james to businesses that have essentially the arms of the communist chinese regime. but the biden business ventures include activities in many more countries than just china. in our september and november 2020 reports, we showed a vast web of biden family foreign financial entanglements that were largely ignored by the media and falsely labeled russian disinformation by our democrat colleagues. as outrageous as the suppression of the reports and the false attacks were, perhaps the most egregious behavior came from 51 former intelligence agency officials who let their names and reputations to an effort designed to convince the american public that hunter biden's labtop had, quote, all the classic earmarks of a russian disinformation operatio

, and a dear friend, senator orrin hatch. he was a man of vision and unparalleled legislative accomplishment. as the longest serving senator in utah's history, he is un-- his unwavering dedication to our state and country during four decades of public service will be remembered for generations to come. few individuals have left such an indelible mark on the united states senate. he did this through his legislation, he did it through the relationships he had with other senators, he did it through bipartisanship, he did it through his relationship with presidents of both parties. like his good friend ted kennedy he was a lion of the senate. now, i know that there have been a number of senators who take responsibility for accomplishing many things, but i don't think there's ever been a legislator that's got more done legislatively than orrin hatch. our judiciary, the fluments of our economy -- fundamentals of our economy, even the national character are more elevated and more secure thanks to his leadership, thanks to his undaun

plbs, the senate is -- mr. president, the senate is not order.the presiding officer: senators will take their conversations off the floor. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, talking about these issues, it is just unthinkable to me that anyone would not support this program. what are republicans here talking about? they're talking about once again taking this health care away from millions of patients and tonight they're forcing a vote on it. and some extreme republicans, by the way, are even talking about how they think griswold v. connecticut, that's the u.s. supreme court case that first struck down a ban on birth control might have been wrongly decided. this is chilling. the message republicans are sending tonight with this vote loud and clear is that they won't just stop at banning abortion with cruel laws like the ones we have seen in texas and oklahoma and across the border from washington state and idaho. they are determined to restrict access to all kinds of reproductive health care, from ab

senate from 1977 to 2019. over his decade in the senate he shared three committees, judiciary committee, finance committee and the health education committee. he ran for president in 2000 but --. >> senator hatch, longest republican senator in history. what has kept you here in the senate all of these years? >> you now, i am one of those few people who have cherished committees. the work that i do is important. when i shared the human resources committee in hundreds of bills, to governments and you name it. host: why do you call it the lords work? guest: i believe this nation was brought upon by our father in heaven, and that we have a obligation to live worthy of that and keep it going. i do not see anybody can have any doubt. year after year with all of the problems with civil war and etc. and at the world wars that we have, we have been not only to survive, but also to become the world leaders. that just cannot happen without higher help it seems to me. host: why retire now? guest: i have been here 43 years

senator rand paul. while we watch that play out, let's go to our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, assuming this confirmation goes through, what kind of -- what's going to be on her plate as she joins the court? >> a couple of notes, lester, if it is 53 votes in her favor, that's a greater majority, that's one more vote than either clarence thomas got in 1991 or amy coney barrett got two years. so it's not by my means the closest supreme court vote. it's a more comfortable margin than some recent nominees have had. second, lester, i have to say that she's not going to be a supreme court justice until stephen breyer leaves the court. she may get a ceremonial swearing in tomorrow at the white house, but she has to take two oaths to become a justice. she also has to take the judicial oath and they didn't give her that until stephen breyer leaves the court and makes room for her to get on the court which will be late june or laterally july. these sorts of overlaps are unusual, but she's making hist

senate. and, now david perdue is desperately running for governor of georgia, with donald trump support against incumbent republican governor brian kemp. donald trump's hatred of brian kemp is based on governor kemp's refusal to commit state and federal crimes and try to overthrow the election results for the president in georgia. and before i tell you which of these candidates is way ahead of the other, take a look at the republican disarray in georgia caused by donald trump and senator john ossoff, who will be joining us on this program tonight. >> first off, folks, let me be very clear tonight. the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen. all the madness we see from the biden administration, all of the other, take a look at the republican disarray in georgia caused by donald trump and senator john ossoff, who will be joining us on this program tonight. >> first off, folks, let me be very clear tonight. the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen. all the madness we see from the biden adminis

senate, arguing the incumbent three-term senator had served too long. but that first term turned into a lifelong career. and the senate, he said, into something of a family. >> we may get very partisan from time to time. may fight each other very hard, may get irritated may scream and shout. but, you know, we look towards the person. we look towards somebody who is a member of the family. >> over his seven terms in the senate hatch favored corporate tax cuts, limited government, deregulation and military spending. he consistently voted against gay rights, abortion and stricter gun laws. >> the second amendment and the right. >> but despite his ardent conservativism hatch occasionally reached across the aisle supporting aids education, the dream actin a stem cell research. in 2000 he made a bid for the republican presidential nomination. >> the reason i'm running for president is because i have more experience than all the rest of these candidates for president put together. >> but he lost to george w. bush. as the ranking republican on the senate financ

. >> the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee, republican senator chuck grassley, and senator ron johnson release document on the business dealings of hunter biden, the president's son. this is about 30 minutes. sen. grassley: today, senator johnson and i will present something on the biden investigation series. today, we will focus on james biden, the president's brother. hunter biden was not the only biden family member who had connections to the chinese communist regime. james biden did as well. before we begin our discussion, i think we need to mention the main company once again, the chinese company that goes by the initials cefc. in the first two speeches, senator johnson and i established the connection between cefc and the communist chinese government. we established the connection between cefc and hudson west three. we then established the connection with hunter biden, hudson west three, and cefc. we show that hunter biden and james biden actively assisted cefc as their work to expand its footprint and its holdings in the global and u.s. energy sector. and today, we w

senator hatch retired from the senate in 2019 after 42 years.gacy. >> do you solemnly swear. >> he was one of the longest serving republican senators in the chamber's history. orrin hatch spent more than four decades crafting a legacy of unwavering conservative ideals. the grandson of mormon settlers hatch grew up in a poor mill town outside of pittsburgh. tragedy struck his life early when his older brother died in world war ii. >> i have a white streak in my hair right here because it affected me so drastically. >> in the late 60s hatch moved to utah where he practiced law and raised a family. in 1976 he won a seat in the u.s. senate, arguing the incumbent three-term senator had served too long. but that first term turned into a lifelong career. and the senate, he said, into something of a family. >> we may have been partisan sfrimt. may fight each other very hard. may get irritated may scream and shout. but we look towards the person. we are looking towards somebody who is a member of the family. >> over his seven terms in the senate hatch fa

host: senator hatch, longest-serving republican senator in u.s. history. 42 years in the senate. what has kept you here in the senate all of these years? sen. hatch: i am one of the few people who has chaired three major committees. the work that i do is really important. for instance, when i chaired the labor and human resource committee, there was hundreds of bills that covered everything from health care, the government to you name it. i felt like i was doing the lords work and everything i possibly could. in the process, helped to bridge the gap between democrats and republicans. the most notable was ted kennedy who came over to work for me when they became the party. and hatch-kennedy, kennedy-hatch blossomed into all kinds of important legislation. i worked with so many other democrats to do good work. to get it done they would have to come across and do it the right way. host: why do you call it the lords work? sen. hatch: i do not believe i would be here if it was not for extra help. i believe this is the most important government in the world. the most important country

>> i do, senator. i see them using part of our playbook against us, actually, and they don't have partners but clients. when we do big exercises and bring 20 something countries to the region, they don't do that but they have a lot of funding to bring large groups of personnel from the military forces to education in beijing for either a year or two years. if they do that, and if i take the country of guyana, for example, they can get to their defense force in about, you know, five years. so we have got to -- as i said before, i don't need to out spend china to out compete them, but i need to have the funding and a little bit goes a long way. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator peterson. senator scott, please. >> thank you, chairman. general richardson, first off, thank you both for being here, for your service and the men and women that work with you. can you describe what you have seen from our enemies over the past six months that you have had this commend and what do you believe their

the senate majority said it was unfortunate the senate had to vote to discharge the supreme court nomination and went on to outline the qualifications and judicial record suggesting she's more prepared to serve on the court then perhaps any nominee in living memory. >> madam president, it was just a short time ago in the senate judiciary committee that we voted to advance the nomination of judge ketanji brown jackson. the nomination will come for the senate. judge jackson is an outstanding nominee. she's earned support across the political and ideological spectrum and her qualifications areo second to none. most importantly, the record on the bench is one of evenhandedness, impartiality and independence. despite this, not a single republican on the judiciary committee would vote in favor of her nomination. i'm disappointed, not surprised, but disappointed. as a result, judge jackson will be the first supreme court nominee in the modern era to require discharge from the judiciary committee. it's unfortunate in one respect given she's more prepared to serve on the high court then perhaps any n

named the senate when you were a member. >> well i think that when i first got to the senate for, there were liberal republicans and conservative democrats i think what's happened over the years is basically realignment in which there is one right of center party in one left of center party read i don't think that's necessarily bad but the labels were not quite as clear y first got there, think there's been a steady movement in the direction of having to come up mostly defined of parties, one right of center in one left of center. >> now sitting here today, 31st, you could be in the majority of next year and you might not be, you have a cut off from considering a supreme court justice if you are the majority. >> yes, i would not want to address that. [laughter] >> that your example. [laughter] >> i know you're not going to answer me. >> i hope you will answer what about senator rick scott, and was yesterday he considered himself to ulysses s grant, they seem to be saying, i'm always going to be perceived as an outsider and he said he does what he believes with the people whether they li

senator grassley. when you mentioned going home your first day and your wife saying the things she liked best was judge jackson's opening statement. thank you for sending that tone and sharing that story and you senator durbin , having to chair this. i was remembering justice roberts allowing this . if he was adjudged he would be calling balls and strikes and i was thinking you had to do a lot more than that. you have to call wild pitches and foul balls and as training starts this is all on my mind. you have to take a lot of curveballs what you did for all of us, for both teams was to remind us why we are here. democracy brought us here. and this isn't just our ballpark or our playing field . this is america's ballpark. this is america's court. thank you so much for that. on the first day of judge jackson's hearing, i talked about how the fact that she was here to open things up, we were literally opening things up. this was the first hearing where we had guests because of the pandemic and as we emerge

he used to work in the senate. he is now white house chief of staff and heavily involved in what we saw in the senate. and in our policy in ukraine. ali, i will be asking him about ukraine and about weapons delivery to ukraine. and about the gaps between what ukraine seems to be asking for and what the united states is capable of already to supply. we will cover all of that with ron klain. >> that is a critical conversation. i will be listening. have a great show, lawrence. >> thank you. we all saw who presided over the vote in the senate today. but who was the other black woman with an official role, a very important official role, in today's senate confirmation vote for the first black woman supreme court justice? this black woman is also a first. but if you do not work in the united states senate, you probably don't know anything about her. she had a very important role here today. we will be telling you about her later in our discussion tonight. most of the time, history moves slowly. slower than the hands of a

senate.d, now david perdue is desperately running for governor of georgia, with donald trump support against incumbent republican governor brian kemp. donald trump's hatred of brian kemp is based on governor kemp's refusal to commit state and federal crimes and try to overthrow the election results for the president in georgia. and before i tell you which of these candidates is way ahead of the other, take a look at the republican disarray in georgia caused by donald trump and senator john ossoff, who will be joining us on this program tonight. >> first off, folks, let me be very clear tonight. the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen. all the madness we see from the biden administration, all that must be in georgia when they allowed radical democrats to seal our election. >> i don't need to be lectured by some on the lost their last election about what our voting laws are. >> you're the top cop in the states. is your job to make sure that we prosecute voter fraud. >> the fact is, if you ha

i appreciate senator cantwell and senator thune's questions. one of the things i just want to make clear is that these price increases, the consumers have experienced, are in fact related to the supply chain problems when it comes to shipping. and do you believe they are, mr. maffei? not the only reason, but a reason? >> with that qualification, yes, of course, they are a reason. >> okay. thank you so. so i look forward to moving our bipartisan legislation swiftly. i will note there is another bill that there is been some mention by me and a few others tangential about the antitrust piece of this and that in fact there is immunity right now, correct, mr. maffei? >> there is -- yes, there is limited immunity. as i said, that can be gained by filing with us and letting 45 days pass and we have the burden of proving to the court that that wasn't be right within 45 days. i personally feel that's almost impossible, impossible standard. and by the way, those immunity never expires, which is something else that i would like to talk to you about, senat

senator richardson i want to echo a point that senator and off made. i continue to believe that southcom is underresourced could you talk about the value of the security corporation program to describe the kinds of activities that you engage with our regional partners with the security cooperation program. >> we have a myriad of things that we do in terms of training and equipping and we do things with small teams. eight to 13 man teams and we do it in all the domains special ops included cyber information. we do big exercises as i mentioned before and defense of the panama canal exercise. 29 countries participate in that with this. we have tradewinds winds. it's a name that's been around for decades and that's a security operation in an environment that we talked about. that will bring 21 countries together. and my navy components brazil will host that and that will bring in 19 countries together and when you see the picture of unicom of all the different vessels and ships and vessels from other countries and the navy and the coast guard it's really a

he at the time was in his senate office. i asked that we could get together at some pointrd to talk about how we could move forward and provide the security funding that might be necessary to protect our games. without hesitation he said, come over to the office right now. i did so. when we got there we sat down. he said, what do you think you need? i described the need for fencing and personnel to evaluate the security threats that might exist, a military air capacity to secure the skies over salt lake city during the games. andy said, well, what's the biggest challenge you will face? i said, well, senator, john mccain of arizona has not been a fan of providing support for olympic games. he w thinks that money has been misused in the past.pp he said, well, and with the misuse now given what's happened in 9/11. let's go see john mccain right now. he picked up the phone and called senator mccain. he said he would be happy to see me and his friend senator hatch. we went over to his office and orrin hatch proceeded to describe

chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator rosen, please?thank you to senator imhoff for holding these hearings. i would also like to thank general mckenzie and general townsend for holding this hearing, and general mckenzie, as this will be the last time before our committee. thank you for your distinguished service and for leading our men and women of navigational forces and central command. thank you. general mckenzie, i want to talk a little bit about combatting iranian aggression. as i noted in several previous hearings, iran and iranian-backed militia groups are increasingly targeting u.s. installations and servicemembers in both iraq and syria via drone and rocket attacks. we don't even have to look beyond this weekend when the igc claimed responsibility for missile attacks. on a regular basis in iran, the leading response to terrorism, threatens allied interest in the middle east and around the world via direct attacks like the ones we just witnessed and through its support for hezbollah and other terrorist proproxies. can you discus