the senate and it's in the senate rules today. so we were founding this kind restored vision that would create leverage for the minority and leverage for the majority in a way that could produce compromise because the majority can't afford to have the floor tied up for six weeks, except in very major bills. and the minority can't sustain debate night and day for day after, day, week after week. and so an encouragement to get to a compromise. but in the end, if no compromise is reached. you can finally get to a final vote and make a decision and the way the inability to complete the loop election and having a majority and making a decision and implementing the law and it out, that's that's how democracy works. but if you can never complete that loop to pass a bill and try it the idea out then it generates not only failure to try to address rising issues in a rapidly changing world, but it also generates tremendous amount of cynicism. so what did we learn? well, we learned that we need 50 votes for reform. we learned that we needed

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from senators to senate staff to the biden administration. i must have called negotiators every day, multiple times a day. i want to thank you president biden for his leadership and making it clear from day one he was willing to compromise with republicans to get this agreement done. i wish to thank my senate colleagues, who worked cease leslie on this package -- ceaselessly on this package, as well as secretary mayorkas and the rest of the administration. and all of our staffs worked so long and so diligently. we are blessed in this senate to have great, hardworking, dedicated staffs. now, at times, i know, it seemed as if negotiations would fall off the tracks. many on the outside rooted loudly for this effort to fail. but everyone persisted and pers persisted, even in dark moments. i reminded my colleagues of the immense stakes there this bill, and to their everlasting credit they kept moving forward, and now we have a bill. the $64,000 question now is whether or not senate can drown out the outside noise, drown out people like donald trum

from senator chuck schumer, the majority leader in the senate. mitch mcconnell and i rarely saw i to i when it came to politics or policy preferences, but i'm proud at we cameogether to lead the senate forward at critical moments when our country eded us, like passing the cares act. finishing our work to certify the election on january 6, and we are working to fund the fight for ukraine. i wish them the very best. diane, republican. caller: yes, there is a new book out. peter schweizer. this is my mitch mcconnell is retiring because he has really deep ties to china. he has been working with china to kill america for years. everybody needs to read this book. democrats, everybody calls on their it -- it is just crazy. thank you very much. host: louisville, kentucky. mike from his home state. what did you think? caller: from his hometown. i am a lifelong democrat but i voted republican. i have known mitch mcconnell throughout his career. in louisville, we had a mayor and a county judge. we were split up. he was executive county judge for a long time

two other senators, senator sinema of arizona, who is characterized as an independent senator at this point in her career; and senator chris murphy of connecticut were the third senators who sat down and started negotiating together. they put together a package. it took them four months. we had to postpone the negotiations for christmas, for other breaks that were normal on the senate calendar. but they were given wide berth to come up with an agreement, a bipartisan agreement, and it was announced last sunday. senator schumer, the democratic leader, released it on sunday and said i'll heed the advice from senators on both sides of the aisle that members should have 72 hours to review this document before they have to vote on it. the vote we're talking about this afternoon is that vote, more than p 2 hours after the -- more than 72 hours after this proposed bill was released. what would this bill do that would gain the support of the republican and democrat senators negotiating it? it addressed many issues, primarily border issues that related to security. the current situation at our

today the senate passed that test and makes me proud of the senate. today the senate makes sure that the united states is closer to meeting the monumental and consequential moment that we are in and now it's up to the house to meet this moment, do the right thing, and save democracy as we know it. questions? we'll take this subject first. ryan, go bills. >> next year. >> you're wearing your ukrainian outfit. mine is on purpose as you can probably tell. >> speaker johnson has already put out a statement great skepticism with the package. will you speak to him directly and if you do talk to him directly, what will your message be? >> my message, i would hope to speak to speaker johnson directly and my message is this is a rare moment where history is looking upon the united states and seeing if we will stand up for our values, stand up to bullies like putin and do the right thing. i will say to speaker johnson, i am confident that there's a large majority in the house who will vote for this bill. i am confident there are many republicans in his caucus.

and then four is a proposal that senator bennet, senator graham, myself and senator warren have to establish an agency, a governmental agency whose responsibility would be to engage in this on a systemic regular basis with proper resources. and i just want to go through those. i appreciate the industry standard decisions and steps that you've taken in your companies. but it's not enough, and that's what i think you're hearing from my colleagues. like, for instance, where there are layoffs is in the trusted -- the trust and verify programs. that's alarming because it looks like there is a reduction in emphasis on protecting things, like you just added, ms. yaccarino, 100 employees in texas in this category. and how many did you have before? >> the company is just coming through a significant restructuring. so we've increased the number of trust and safety employees and agents all over the world by at least 10% so far in the last 14 months. and we will continue to do so, specifically in austin, texas. >> mr. zuckerberg, my understanding is that there have been layoffs in that area as well, the

what is a senate majority leader schumer saying about what will happen in the process on the senate floor? >> so far he is staying mum. he is not tipping his hand as to how he plans to approach this. but it will be short. it does not mean the senate led by democrats is ed to give the republican impeachment managers in the house any more airtime than they have already exhausted. they have been very clear they think it is a sham of a case. tons of legal experts including conservatives have said it is not the case. we are expecting there to be action shortly after the jury is sworn in. for the secretary to see action to truncate this. whether that ends up being a motion to dismiss, which could be raised by either the defense or by any senator on the floor or some procedural point of order or some other accelerating mechanism, that has not been specified. but it will likely be something that means this will be a far shorter proceeding than anything you may remember from the trump impeachment. where there was a lot of evidentiary presentations and instrument -- and arguments. i do not see that

>> yes, senator. >> yes, senator. >> senator, yes we will. >> thank you. >> i, again, want to think for the partnership and support as we seek one of the principles of congress, which is our fact- finding, fact-based investigation. we will work together on other investigations that you have expressed interest in following through on. this subcommittee will consider the testimony heard today and the formal legal objections filed that each of the consultants, this record will remain open for original comments or questions by any subcommittee member. with that, the hearing was adjourned, thank you very much. >> thank you.

the remarks of senator welch. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from vermont. mr. welch: mr. president, this is indeed a historic day, the passage of the national security supplemental appropriations bill and i want to commend the extraordinary work of leader schumer, of leader mcconnell, of our appropriation chair and vice chair, senator murray, and senator collins, and also our colleagues who worked so hard on the bipartisan border agreement that was ultimately repudiated by the republicans. the supplemental includes important additional military aid for ukraine and taiwan and aid for israel and humanitarian aid for the palestinians and other vulnerable populations. and i unequivocally support the additional aid for ukraine. it's facing an extensional threat and for -- we must pass that aid. i'm very pleased to see that ukraine is going to be receiving the aid it desperately needs. putin must be stopped. the other provision in the supplemental i strongly support is funding for the humanitaria

i love the senate. it's been my life. there may be more distinguished members of this body throughout our history, but i doubt there were any with any more admirations for the senate. after all of this time, i still get a thrill walking into the capitol and especially on this venerable floor, knowing that we, each of us, have the honor to represent our states and do the important work of our country. but father time remains undefeated. i'm no longer the young man sitting in the back, hoping colleagues would remember my name. it's time for the next generation of leadership. as henry clay said in this very body in 1850, the constitution of the united states was not made merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity, unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. so time rolls on, there will be a new custodian of this great institution next year. it won't surprise you to know i intend to turn this job over to a republican majority leader. i have full confidence in my conference to choose my replacement

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: first i ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, senators stabenow and wyden be permitted to speak up to five minutes each prior to the scheduled vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: here's a snapshot of what happened. republicans said that fixing the border was their top priority. they appointed a hardline conservative, my friend, senator james lankford, to come up with a bipartisan bill to fix the border. they said if lankford can get the deal, they'd support it. we got that deal. if it passed, it would have been the toughest border security bill in our lifetime. arguably, it would have been the toughest border security bill ever. $20 billion for border security. more detention beds, more patrol officers, more asylum officers, more equipment to intercept fentanyl. a new power for the president to close parts of the border when crossings get too high. an end to the era in which an asylum applicant could spend ten years in the country before thei

>> senator cruise? proceed. >> was chairman in 1964 ronald reagan gave what is now an immortal speech called the time for choosing. and i think of this committee we find ourselves similarly in time for choosing. senator from connecticut is trying valiantly to rehabilitate this nominee. and the arguments he is presenting are essentially, well she is not all that bright, she did not really read the letter, she did not really know what was in it, she signed it but should not mean to sign it, she if she knew what was and she would have signed it. now that is the defense of her. remember, we are talking about whether this person is fit to be a federal judge and it is the best defense that is she is too dumb to figure out which decided she did not mean to sign it, do not read it, did not know what it said, does not give you a lot of comfort with the kind of jobs you do she's wearing a black robe and assigning death warrants. be sure to read the piece paper in front of her, by the way, this is not some writing

, senator cassidy, senator mullin, senator tillis, senator murkowski and senator crapo and i know senator graham is the ranking member of the judiciary committee of the republicans. senator rounds, senator capito, of course many democrats, including senator coons, senator shaheen, senator king, senator blumenthal. this is about doing right by those who stood shoulder to shoulder with our troops. this amendment is supported by so many of the groups that stand with our veterans. and i note when i and i'm sure you, madam president, senator kaine who is with us today in the chamber, when we go and talk to our veterans, meet them wherever they are, they talk to us about things like burn pits, exposure to burn pits. oftentimes it's not the vets who are actually exposed to the burn pits, but they know someone that was, or someone's husband that was, or wife that was and they're looking out for them. oftentimes when they talk about benefits, it would be about someone they know that has ptsd or has mental health issues. it's very rarely about their own problem. that's the same thing going on here.

senator murphy of connecticut and senator sinema for what they have done. they brought together a troop truebipartisan piece of legisla. senator lankford most principled principalconservative voices are senate. calling from connecticut has a very strong liberal basis as i would say myself. but they came together. rather than being welcomed as a contribution to debate and progress in national security by state committee by commentators he would be destroyed. we develop a a compromise and issue for national security and national importance. we have come in the last six months to a very secure and strange paths to reach the point we are now. but, at least we have a chance to aid and assist people who are fighting desperately. not only for their freedom but for democracy over the globe. for the last six months the ukrainian people are keeping up their fight against brutal pollutants invasion with bravery and skill and dwindling resources. they are betting through another difficult winter trying to withstand ending discriminant russian attacks against the civili

senate. it might look like senators here in this chamber lead and legislate alone, but in fact we're only able to do our work with the support of the people in the wings, our dedicated, our tireless staff. tonight i'm here to bifarewell to one of the -- to bid farewell to one of the senate's most dedicated staffers and one of the longest-serving members of team merkley, my communications director, martina mclenon. march tina, like ann bancroft, is a daughter of minnesota. march tina, like ann bancroft, then connected with oregon and by attending the university of oregon, and march tina, by serving the people of oregon, for the last 13 years. she joined our communications team in 2011. back then, president obama and i were still in our first terms, social media was still pretty new, our world and our media landscape has in fact changed a lot since then. along the way, martina has done every role in communications, writing speeches, drafting press releases, creating social media content, crafti

senator cotton: almost as old as some senators. we often hear criticism like, well, we're flying aircraft that are older than general cotton. we are flying aircraft that these generals' grandparents for flying. i'm of the, if it ain't broke, don't fix it philosophy. it's highly effective. why is it critical that the air force re-engine b-52 for your needs? general cotton: thank you for that question. it gets picked on quite a bit on its age but as we look at what the capacity and what the capable is of that weapons system that platform, it's amazing. and what that will be able to do for us, and i said earlier, we need to think about thible for it to carry lrso. this is the platform that will carry lrso. it's the platform that has a lot of mass as far as capability. i want it to have a long-range strike standoff samebility -- capability even greater than it has. senator accountton: if it's well-maintained, it seems like a big part of our weapons. >> senator warren? senator warren: strategic command is responsible for strategic deter

in fact, a year ago senate democrats tried to pass senator duckworth's bill. senate republicans blocked it. so now it's clear. if colleagues really do support ivf, as so many were spending all weekend claiming, then they're in luck. they're in luck because senator duckworth is going to give them an opportunity to prove it by going on the record and this evening supporting this legislation. and as i say to my friend from illinois, i was thinking of coming over here today because back 30 years ago nobody ever thought we'd have to be out here trying to get started and making sure families had nchlths but what you're doing is so incredibly important, senator duckworth, because with your legislation in america, we will have the necessary protections for women to become mothers using ivf.

so the onus is on senate republicans to finally take yes for an answer. it would be an embarrassment for our country, an absolute nightmare for the republican party, if they reject national security funding twice in one day. today is the day for republicans to do the right thing when it comes to our national security. now, mr. president, it must be -- a senator: mr. president, would my friend from new york yield. the presiding officer: no, i will not. a senator: just for a question about -- mr. schumer: not now, i'm in the middle of my speech. mr. president, it must be said that the 180-degree turn republicans have done on border is the most stunning thing i've seen congress in a long, long time do. the damage done by republicans to their credibility cannot be understated. after all, how many times have we heard our republican colleagues give speeches here on the floor about the emergency at the border? how many times have we heard republicans say year after year that congress must act? the legislation, that legislation is the only long-term solution. the

in fact, a year ago senate democrats tried to pass senator duckworth's bill. senate republicans blocked it. so now it's clear. if colleagues really do support ivf, as so many were spending all weekend claiming, then they're in luck. they're in luck because senator duckworth is going to give them an opportunity to prove it by going on the record and this evening supporting this legislation. and as i say to my friend from illinois, i was thinking of coming over here today because back 30 years ago nobody ever thought we'd have to be out here trying to get started and making sure families had nchlths but what you're doing is so incredibly important, senator duckworth, because with your legislation in america, we will have the necessary protections for women to become mothers using ivf. i urge my colleagues to strongly support the duckworth legislation. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. ben

i congratulate senator whitehouse and senator risch for their leadership on that. it also includes the global center. it also includes atrocities prevention. we need to make sure that we have a comprehensive way to make sure russia is held accountable for what they have done. but it starts with supporting ukraine to defend itself and to win this war of aggression that russia started and make it clear that we're there in the middle east. there is no future for security of israel or the palestinians with hamas in control. they have to be eeliminated. the proxies in iran have to be neutralized. and, yes, in the indo-pacific, we must stand with our ally taiwan so there is no military action taken by the people's republic of china against taiwan. all that's in this bill, and that's why this bill is so critically important that we get to the finish line. so, mr. president, i urge my colleagues, we had a good vote a little while ago. we're not at the finish line in the united states senate. the next step is let's be reasonable and find a reasonable path forward to get thi

senator mcconnell praised senator james lankford's efforts on negotiating but said there is no real chanceto make a law. the minority leader urge the senate to take up israel and ukraine funding apart from border security. [background noises] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] [background noises] >> good afternoon everyone. you cannot imagine what we spent an hour talking about. we are obviously taking a look at a product senator lankford negotiated with the democratic presidents. and the democratic senate which has been endorsed by the council that supported president trump in 2020. that is the policy part of it i think senator lankford is done a remarkable job however we had a very robust discussion whether or not this product could become law. this been made it pretty clear to us by the speaker that it will not become law. so i want to congratulate senator lankford on a remarkable job of negotiating for the other side. getting the support of the council but it looks to me and to most of our members as if we have no real chance here to make a law. >> it looks like the january

in the senate, this decision was called historic, but 70 senators supported the document, 29 opposed it. today, we witnessed one of the most historic and important bills that ever passed through the senate. certainly, past years, maybe. decade since the senate passed a bill that had such a profound impact not only on our national security, not only on the security of our allies, but on the security of western democracy. and although ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi has already thanked the senators for supporting the bill. by itself, a vote in the senate does not mean automatic aid. now, as i said earlier, the bill has to be approved by the house of representatives of the us congress. where the republicans have a majority, a large part of them is focused on former us president donald trump, who has been critical of this bill and urged not to vote for it. the night before , speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson, who is considered close to trump, also criticized the bill, in particular, because it excluded the budget for strengthening the border between the united

senator murphy, senator lankford and i, we all negotiated in good faith. we delivered. we a bill that he thought impossible. our bill overhauls the broken system. it stops issues of parole and it closes the border during surges, ensuring quick detention and deportation of migrants who don't have a legal right to be here. plea and catch and release. we add more detention. we increased deportation flights. we quickly decide asylum claims. we put border patrol back catching the bad guys and the drugs and that's why the national border patrol council endorses our bill, not h.r. 2. we a bill that finally, after decades of all talk and no action, secures the border and solves the border crisis. our bill was ready for prime-time. we were ready to bring the bill to the floor, open it up for debate and an amendment, you know how the senate is supposed to work and then pass the bill. less than 24 hours after we released the bill my republican colleagues change their minds. it turns out they weren't all talk and no action. it turns out border security is not actually a risk to our

>> harris: senator marsha blackburn said they are concentrating on taking the senate.y lost most majority after the last election. what are your thoughts what that could look like? >> kayleigh: last best opportunity, seats up for reelection, difficult for next decade for republicans to win, this is cycle and looking good. we will see. i want to play mitch mcconnell in appropriate context. he does not get enough credit. it is hard to keep a caucus together, we see that in the house, he did so. ap noted while critics grew more vocal, they did not grow [inaudible] -- that is number one. number two, most importantly, if you are ideological conservative, you are thrilled with overturning of roe v. wade and religious freedom and this man held off merrick garland from taking that senate seat and person who got barrett through. this man in partnership with donald trump did it. secondly, biggest takeaway is recognizing when your moment has ended. i'm 82 years old, the end happened sooner than i prefer. he talked about ronald reagan and last words, but father time remains undefe

want to thank senator bennett for the floor. want to thank senator bennett for those comments. senator shaheen thank you for n,organizing this opportunity fr us to talk about the importance of this bill. but i must tell you it has been a long road and there were times when i think we thought we would not be able toac get this to the floor of the united states senate. the senator from colorado is one of the strongest voices that we had to make sure that we never gave up. many times over many months. senator shaheen has been in the forefront serving in the armed services and foreign relations to make sure again but cap the momentum moving forward to get this done. even last night without there is an impediment we could not overcome public the boats on the board doesn't look like we're going to get there. senator said we cannot give up. i have the honor of chairing the senate foreign relations committee presiding officers ons one of our distinguished members. fothere is no more important foreign policy priority for getting this bill passed and signed by the president. it is our nu

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, today i'm asking colleagues to support my motion to table the motion to recommit. even for seasoned senators, this sounds like a lot of technical language and it kind of it so let's put it in perspective and explain what it actually means. what's really going on here is we've got the majority leader, who has decided to obstruct an open and fair amendment process. the motion to recommit -- the motion to commit, which my motion aims to dispense with, is what senator schumer is using to block every member of this body from accessing the amendment tree and offering up amendments as they please, making them pending and then having them dispensed with. instead leader schumer is dictating which amendments are allowed to be voted on and which are not. to cut to the chase, essentially all of them are not. then he turns around and accuses republicans of being obstructionists for not wanting to play by his arbitrary rules. some have suggested that too many amendments have bee

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senate. it is a filibuster. it requires comity, compromise and requires individuals of different parties to work together to solve problems. and often it has been an object of contention in this body. but i, i support the filibuster because i believe it requires us to work together to solve problems. hear everyone's ideas and incorporate them as we move forward on legislation. but of course before you can actually amend a piece of legislation on the senate floor, you first must pass the motion to invoke cloture. we held that vote yesterday at 1:59 p.m. i've got the copy of the roll call vote right here in front of me. unfortunately there were only 49 senators who voted yes to move forward on yesterday's package. there were 50 senators who voted no to move forward on the package. of course what the -- cloture was was on the shell of the bill. the substitute that would be filed is this bill right here. this bill is 370 pages long. most of this legislation is the border bill, which we spent over

senator. they will have 60 seconds to respond to questions. 30 seconds for rebuttals. 15 seconds for follow-ups. >> let's start. it was supposed to take down last month but it went up. we noticed in the last debate, you spent a lot of times talking about the minimum wage. he wanted to double the federal minimum wage. he wanted to increase the minimum wage in california. congresswoman lee was talking about a $50 minimum wage. it's going up in april for fast food workers. a major change to $20 an hour. already, mcdonald's, jack-in- the-box, tivoli, say they will raise the cost on the menu to pay for all of that. i believe that pizza hut said they will laugh about 1200 driver said i want you to address to voters who think this makes the cost of living worse. speak to that. to the problem of inflation and how many so watching, their money will be less tomorrow than it is today because of inflation. can a senator do anything about it? congressman shift, we will have you start. >> there is a lot tha

president is vladimir putin taunting the senate. taunting america. we have a chancenc today to make him regret those words. republicans of decades past wouldor never have hesitated to support funding for nations like ukraine in previous generations both parties would have been to heaven and earth to stand up to russian dictators. i can hear ronald reagan giving a speech passionately asking the senate to vote for aid it's ukraine. we spent half a century safeguarding the free world against the malicious spread of communism, against tierney against those who try to undermine our values. those very same issues of western democracy and the sovereignty of free nations of the safety of our troops, our citizens are on the line yet again in the 21st century. they are the very things that stitch this supplemental together it is why we are here with this bill before house in the first place. there is only one right answer for the senate today to address the greha

>> thank you, senator. u.n. forces have maintained the ability to defend themselves when attacked. >> u.s. forces maintain the ability to defend themselves when they are operating lawfully on the world's oceans and they have the right, the obligation, to defend and protect u.s. shipping that comes under attack from various sources including piracy when they are transiting international waters. the president to direct the deliberate strikes, consistent with his article two authority as commander-in-chief, to protect and defend u.s. personnel and certain partners. the strikes are also necessary and proportionate actions in the inherent right to self-defense reflected in article 51 of the united nations charter. beyond that, i would certainly defer to colleagues in the office of the general counsel on appropriate occasions the president has forwarded to the congress a report, consistent with the war powers resolution, but i will defer to the -- to my colleagues to go further. >> senator young. >> thank you, ch

>> yes, senator. you have a strong commitment to trust and safety as i said in my opening statement, i intend to invest more than $2 billion in trust and safety this year alone. we have 40,000 safety professionals you know working on this topic. we have a specialized child safety team to help us identify specialized horrific issues, like material like the ones you have mentioned. if we identify it on our platform, we do a detection, we will remove it and report them to other authorities. >> why is it that tiktok is allowing children to be exploited into performing commercialized sex acts? >> senator, i respectfully disagree with that characterization. our live streaming product is not for anyone below the age of 18. we have taken action to identify anyone who violates it and we remove them from using that service. >> at this point, i am going to turn to my ranking member, senator graham. >> thank you. mr. citron, you said we need to start a discussion. to be honest with you, we have been having this d

>> yes, senator. as i have traveled to more than 40 institutions in the last year, i have had the privilege of meeting some of these companions. not only does the data bear that it is productive programs, but just hearing the anecdotal stories about their ability to connect better with a peer, if you will, then maybe a corrections professional would be able to do has been quite profound. they take their job so seriously. we trained them. we do not just select random adults in custody. we have a really clear selection process. and then we train them, like we train our staff on looking for those predictive characteristics that we are looking for. sen. booker: just to jump in. i want to try to get two more questions in. law enforcement in general has real challenges with mental health and the suicide rates of law enforcement in general are difficult. can you talk about the bop personnel real quick, then i will get my other question out on the staffing issues for correctional officers. can you provide the

bless our senators. use them to contribute to the forces for harmony and goodness in our nation and world. give them the wisdom to make decisions that will glorify you. may they seek to serve rather than be served, following your example of humility and sacrifice. we pray in your merciful name. amen. skal the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, february 6, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership

>> yes, senator. >> yes, senator. >> senator, yes we will. >> thank you. >> i, again, want to think for the partnership and support as we seek one of the principles of congress, which is our fact- finding, fact-based investigation. we will work together on other investigations that you have expressed interest in following through on. this subcommittee will consider the testimony heard today and the formal legal objections filed that each of the consultants, this record will remain open for original comments or questions by any subcommittee member. with that, the hearing was adjourned, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> since 1979, in partnership with the cable industry, c-span has provided complete coverage of the halls of congress from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, party briefings, and committee hearings. c-span gives you a for row seat to help decided with no commentary, no interruptions, and completely unfiltered. your unfiltered view of government. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be

deb fischer member senate armed sdz committee ranking member senate rules committee senator thanks for show tried to explain to some of the items that are most troubling for revenues like the 5,000 number the 5,000 people can come into border before, the border gets shut down what is your assessment of this bill? >> as to my first priority is to make sure that america is safe. we have to secure the southern border, that doesn't happen on this doesn't bull the wall down the reinstate "remain in mexico" policy president trump sad numerous concerns within the bill do i thank senator lankford trying to work with democrats on this but we have a bill here before us in senate sent -- house, h.r. 2, that can be a starting point the democrats may come to the table on that try and work with us on that. >> why wasn't that a starting point my question to the senator, who is trying to do the best job that he can do, to get some kind of legislation on immigration, of course, is a tall order. but, the point that you just made is -- is a really important one. >> you know, i think what senator lankford

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>> the senator from texas. >> mr. president, i think it's come after listening to the majority leaders, i think it's worth taking five minutes to recall how we got here. you know, it's ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor, the senate, about the support for israel. and there's no doubt israel is involved in an existential fight with iran and iranian proxies like hamas and hezbollah, the houthis rebels, the shia militias in syria and iraq. but the house passed and israel aid package on november 2. second. israel was attacked october the seventh. the house acted on november 2, and the majority leader was o te only one who can schedule a vote on anything here on the senate floor has done nothing to help our best ally and friend in the middle east, the state of israel. nothing. and he's insisted that we package together a to ukraine, a to the indo-pacific and there's been endless discussions about a border grill which i'll come to any moment. but this is come this problem that we're we run into iss own

the senator fromid texas. he. >> mr. president i think after listening to the majority leader's comments i think it is worth taking five minutes to recall how we got here. it isro ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor, the senate about their support for israel and there is no doubt israel is involved in an existential fight with iranian proxies like hamas and hezbollah the houthis rebels. the shield malicious in syria and iraq. but the house the past and israel aid package on november the second period israel was attacked october the seventh the house acted on november the second the majority leader is the only one who can schedule a vote on anything here on the senate floor has done nothing to help our best ally and friend in the middle east, the state of israel. nothing. he has insisted we package togetherra aid to ukraine. aid to the endo pacific there has been endless discussions about a border bill which i will come to in a moment. but this problem we are running into is one of his own creation. h