the senators had a concept of what the senate was about.l and imperative. we have the biden administration and the schumer majority senate, which ma contrasted so dramatically from the mcconnell controlled senate, which failed this country and gave us the extreme supreme court majority that has imperiled our rights on a continuing basis. >> you had a quote that i had forgotten in this edition from senator -- he makes the point that in the next century, america has to consider how the representation pattern in the senate. the two in state and how that turned out in a way founders could not have imagined. the way the state of california size is, and the state of dakota having two, people are wildly overrepresented in some states and underrepresented from other states -- such that now, you pointed out that there are nine states were you have almost a majority of the country represented by only 18 senators. >> the senate's legitimacy hangs on that. the notion that california has only two senators. wyoming has two senators. offends our concept a

senate. i don't think -- i don't know if you noticed that or not. we thank you very much. helen rogers of my staff is also here. the staff do incredible work for us. i always want to acknowledge them. thank you for being here. thank you for what you. do i want to thank the sponsors. i want to thank you for putting this one on. i know my colleagues from the house of representatives will be here a little later on. they have some voting that they're doing at this particular moment. it is a challenge because of the leadership in the house of representatives for them to get anything done. so hopefully they'll be able to move some legislation. i just really wanted to start by saying, 100 years is too long to wait on this thing. we've got to get the acknowledgment of the amendment as being part of the constitution. that's bottom line. i strongly support the efforts of senator gillibrand and representative bush are doing, my legislature, the maryland ledge slay sure has a resolution to acknowledge th

just one example is the bill that senator blum, the senator -- senator bmenthal and i introduced callednd keep prices high. this legislation was approved j february last year along with four other bipartisan bills to bring down prescription drug prices. the majority leader bring those bills to the floor tomorrow or today, actually. that would be doing something worth doing, not show votes scaring people into thinking that invitro fert indication or -- fertilization or contraception ever somehow going to be -- are somehow going to be limited or it's actually a serious debate. it's not. each of these drug prices bills was crafted on a bipartisan basis. each went through the committee process which is important. and each was approved by the majority of the judiciary committee. but here we are 16 months later without any progress being made on the senate floor on something that the american people really, really care about. five bipartisan bills that ommi nearly a year and a half ago, and the leader has more -- has higher priorities in partisan show votes involving invitro fertilization and

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: mr. president, i ask that we vitiate the quorum ficer: without objection. mrs. capito: thank you. well mr. president, here we go again. i rise today in this chamber as president biden and his administration enter yet another summer of executive overreach. as the administration adds layer after layer of bureaucracy that spells negative consequences for nearly every aspect of american life. i actually just had the home builders in my office today making this very point. the west virginia home builders. throughout the president's time in the white house, we haven't really seen much consistency except when it comes to his desire to grow the influence of unelected government bureaucrats or to defy attempt, intent or to impose unnecessary rules, regulations, and red tape. thes

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. a senator: mr., my intern, have privileges to the floor for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. ms. rosen: i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to five minutes and senator cardin speak for up to five minutes prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. rosen: thank you. mr. president, the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, it was a wake-up call for all americans. it demonstrated that a fundamental right, the right of women to make decisions over their own bodies could be taken away in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, by antichoice extremists. and since that decision nearly two years ago, we've seen countless attacks on women's reproductive freedoms across our na we're seeing antichoice states enact rigid abortion bans without exceptions for rape or in incest. states that are forcing, forcing emergency room doctors t

that the senate proceed to the following senate resolutions -- senate resolution 719 senate resolutionnate resolution 721, senate resolution 722, senate resolution 723, senate resoluti the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measures en bloc? without objection. the senate will proceed to the consideration of the measures en bloc. mr. blumenthal: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to the preambles be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. blumenthal: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 378, senate resolution 385. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: 378, s. res. 385 resolution calling for the immediate release of evan gershkovich, united states citizen and journalist and so forth. the presiding officer: proceeding to the measure? without objection. the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. blumenthal: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution b

what the senate was about.te is an absolutely critical imperative. we had the biden administration and the schumer majority senate which contrasted so dramatically from the mcconnell- controlled senate which failed the country and gave ■çus the extreme supreme court majority that has imperiled our rights on a continuing basis. >> you have a quote that i had actually forgotten in this edition from senator daniel patrick monaghan who i worked for where he makes the point he said in the next century america will have to consider how the representation pattern in the senate, the two per state, and how that has turned out in a way the founders could not have imagined, with a state the size of california having two and each dakota having two. , so that people are wildly overrepresented in the senate from some states, wildly underrepresented in the senate from other states such that now you pointed out ■çthat there's nine states where you have almost a majority of the country represented by only 18 senators. >> the se

i want to thank senator durbin. holding the first hearing last year and gave us the opportunity to establish the clear record about why the bill resolution that i introduced should be past the we then had a vote. thank you for scheduling the floor on the senate. the majority of the senators voted in favor of moving forward to pass that legislation. taking steps we can reconsider that at any time, so we can have more votes this year on this issue. be and i know there are some areas you might think is important to slow down legislation. i do, but this has gone on too long, and there is fundamental legislation they should allow us to vote on, and that has been denied in regards to the legislation and clarified the enactment. we think that is an exception and we should be able to get it passed in the senate, but we have to get it signed by the president that we are determined to continue this effort. want to get it done this year and we know we need help. that is why i was so pleased this is taking place and want you to

senators.t effective is because i will work with anyone. let's focus on what we agree on. china, russia, north korea, they're using the internet to divide us and people listen to that garbage and they continue to divide because they think it is a political opportunity. this country was built by people working together, it will continue to be the greatest. i take that example to washington dc. >> thank you, senator. mr. sheehy? mr. sheehy: we agree on more than we disagree. i've been t93 with christians, muslims and jews. there are no republicans or democrats in a foxhole and we need to heal the nation. we are so divided and the senator is right, we are succumbing to the internet, for adversaries are using tiktok to target our children, turn them against their own country and we have members in our government who are empowering that. they are increasing anti-american sentiment instead of making quds proud, there tell them why they should hate it. they're telling kids why the military is bad. we

senate and one of the most bipartisan senators.ere. this race will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, which is insane, but in the end this is the race against jon tester, a third-generation farmer, and a guy who just moved to montana. i have a lot of equipment i've owned longer than he has been in the state of montana. to have those values and know what montana means and what makes montana tick is going to be important moving forward for the greatest state in the greatest country that ever existed. >> as you've been speaking, nbc news has moved tim sheehy into the projected winner category. 75% of the vote as of right now. senator, in reading about the race i have read that some people say you are coming to the end of your third term. that is 18 years on the senate and i have read from some montana voters who said they voted for you in the past, that they think you have drifted away into the washington world and you are not the guy they voted for in the past. what do you say to those folks? >> i would say the forefathers have it

senate. that's where the senate's role starts and ends.thority to drag the supreme court justices beforef some political agenda. there are clear limits to congress's power under the constitution and for good reason. the independent judiciary has been justly described as the crown jewels of our democracy. we have our fights, we have electionings, but -- elections, but ultimately the supreme court gets to decide what the law cas in marbury v. madison. we have three separate but equal branches. the system of checks and balancesles is to -- if chairman durbin and our senate colleagues on the judiciary committee respect the sep resist this latest attempt to hijack the court. the supreme court is a separate and coequal branch and its operations squarely fall outside the authority of the legislative branch. mr. president, i often think back to a statement issued by chief justice roberts in 2018 when he said, we do not have obama judges, we don't have trump ■h clinton judges. what we have is a of dedicated are doing their level best to do right fo

d the senate. i was proud of leading the gang of bipartisan with john mccain over ten years ago to pass reform which pamsed the house with -- which passed the house support, got 678 or 69 -- got 6tes before house republicans killed the bill house republicans poise beyond by the thinking of the maga republicans in their midst. i today celebrate today's announcements, but congress must do its part. republicans must stop getting in the way ofmeaningful, comprehensive immigration reform and in the way of border se even support our tough border bill put together with vote. we're going to keep working until we get the job done bot border and in making america welcome will work hard become american citizens eventually. thank you, and i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. presiden the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under be dispensed with. the presiding officer: we're not in a quorum call. mr it's been a few weeks now since most of went home

quick senator from texas. quick sometimes eat folks from home find what happens a parliamentary procedure on this more phi confusing. which explain what's going happen and mona going to ask unanimous consent to pass the ivf protection bill into law. one of two things will happen in response. one, the democrats in this chamber can decide ivf should be protected by federal law. in which case this bill will pass the senate 100 -- nothing. the other thing that might happen is senate democrats will enter two words, i object. i want you to listen very carefully to the senate democrats. whatever else is included in the speech, understand the remarks and with the words i object, senate democrats will have made the decision ivthat democrats don't want ivf protected and federal law. they do not want to provide reassurance and comfort to millions of parents in america because instead they want to spend millions of dollars winning campaign ad suggesting the big bad republicans what to take away ivf. i get way that could b

hi, senator. my name is claudia, i'm the deputy executive director at the young feminist party, a 14,000-strong youth-led movement to finalize the equal rights amendment. i'm also a proud marylander and i want to say you marylanders are so proud of you and your astounding leadership in t senate just pioneering the e.r.a. sen. cardin: i'm glad i recognized you for a question. >> i wanted to ask, so gen your experiee and expertise in the senate, what is your outlook regarding whether or not the e.r.a. will be passed in t senate, given the fact that the e.r.a. is not regular gislation, it's legislation relating to article 5 matters and shouldn't be subject to the senate filibuster? sen. cardin: that's an excellent, excellent question. we have not been able -- we need 50 senator we don't need 51, we need 50 senators that are willing to allow senator schumer to make that interpretation and will support that interpretation. as of last count, we had a maximum, wasn't 100% sure we had that number but a ma

united states senate and one of the most bipartisan senators in the united states senate so i look forwarda lot of money out there. this race is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars which is insane in its own right but into end, this is a race against jon tester, a third-generation farmer and the guy that just moved to montana and quite frankly, i've got a lot of equipment that i've owned longer than he's been in the state of montana and to be able to have those montana values and know what montana needs and what makes montana tick is going to be critically important moving forward for the greatest state in the greatest country that's ever existed. >> as you have been speaking, nbc news has moved tim sheehy into the projected winner category. he has the checkmarked now, 75% of the vote as of right now. in reading about the race, i have read that some people say you are coming to the end of your third term. that's 18 years in the senate, and i have read from some montana voters who say they voted for you in the past, that they think you have drifted away into the washington world,

all those judges you're talking about were brought before the senate and confirmed by the senate, a senateople. those people on the supreme court that were put there were voted in by senators who represent 41 million fewer americans than at the time the minority party, the democrats. of course, the judge in texas, the people in the supreme court, aileen cannon for pete's sake, they are not representative of the will of the american people. how can the united states via democrat representative country of the senate continues its present structure because you continue to have the courts and the senate move further away. two senators from wyoming have the same photos to senators from california and new york and represent a fraction of the number of people. one man, one vote goes to die in the senate. >> senator booker: let me drive home a bit more what you're saying. [applause] wyoming, south dakota, north dakota have less than a million people. california has 40 million people. >> stephen: wyoming, north dakota, south dakota. wonderful states, wonderful people. that doesn't mean the senate i

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senate here on c-span2. .... the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eterl god, teach us how to act with integrity, to permit our thoughts, words, and actions to match what we profess. lord, examine our motives and remove even the flaws that are hidden from us, the sins of omission as well as we acknowledge our total dependence on you to keep us faithful, fruitful, and fair. remind our lawmakers often of your unfailing love, as you continue to be their refuge, fortress, and bulwark. may our senators strive to serve you with reverential awe, finding their safety in trusting you completely. we pray in your precious name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: w

senate. how does ohio become maybe the most expensive senate campaign in the country?ifornia is a bigger state, more expensive media markets, but ohio seems to be exploding and how much it cost for you to run. >> it is a big state that trump carried twice, by eight points both times. mitch mcconnell and donald trump, it is his number one targeted senate race. mitch mcconnell has pledged to spend somewhere upwards of $90 million once labor day rolls around. he is spending millions already. the drug companies want to beat me. wall street wants to beat me. the oil companies want to beat me. we stand up to these interest groups. it makes it expensive and makes the race tough, but it is also why i win. we have talked before, lawrence. most people don't see politics as left to right, liberal and conservative. they see it as whose side are you on and that is why i ask people to contribute five dollars or $10 or whatever you feel like doing, but help us out. >> the voters of ohio know who you are. they don't really know your opponent as well. this is one of those opponents who

senator shaheen and tillis are the senate nato observers group which was established in 1997 in anticipation of the cze republic joining the alliance president clinton just marked a quarter century of the alliance through a major speech in progress past the lap somewhat and theestablished based senator tillis in senator shaheen with russia's intervention crimea in 2014. senators thank you for being re it's a pleasure to have you at hudson. >> we are pleased to be with you. >> we are here together an auspicious moment weeks ahead of the washington summit whichma it's not just going to be a celebratory moment looking back there's lots of work to be in the present going for perhaps senator shaheen the spigot with you. he was in town making final purpose for the nato summit i saw on his meeting with secretary blinken was meeting with members in the senate. he headed up after meeting w he is back in town today how do you think we are faring in the run-uprepared is the alliance and positioned for this rather important >> hethe war in ukraine really forced nato to relook at what it needs to do it o

all 100 senators every single senator agrees that birth control should law.d yet what did we just see? who saw senator ernst introducinger legislation of which i'm a co-sponsor together we are leading the fight to protect the right to birth control and what happens democrats object and why did they object? understand why they object, because they want to use this as an issue in november to scare people and they don't want to talk about their own radical record. instead they want to falsely ts contraception. that is deliberately false. so when you see millions of dollars at cbs paid for by democrats ask yourself one question why did the democrats just block senator ernst and my legislationt' protecting the rit to birth control? because this is not about protecting rights, it is about politics for the democrats hiding their own radical view. i wish we would come together and by the way next week i predict democrats will do the same thing but i've legislation protecting in the troop rotation and other incredible medical miracles and to the best of my knowledge a

senator: mad the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr.chatz: madam president, pe being hysterical for saying that republicans would take away people's, the prevailing republican decision to ban abortions in every instance was so unpopular, people said, they would never go through with that. two years ago, it finally helped. roe fell appeared tens of millions of women across america lost their right to reproductive freedom overnight. and now once again people question whether republicans will actually go through with the thing that they say they want to do. it's too morally extreme, it's too politically risky, but the fact is republicans have shown no restraint whatsoever when it comes to shredding people's reproductive rights. overturning roe was never going to beenough. the project also included banning birth control and ivf. it doesn't matter how unpopular it is, it doesn't matter that 92% of americans support birth, it doesn't matter that women and families would lose the ability to plan and whether or when to have kids. dismantling re

a senator: mr. president. senator from west virginia. mr.anchin: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with ro the see cloture motion be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. manchin: mr. president, i spoke at some length about the important work of the federal energy regulatory commission yesterday. i spoke also about the statutory requirement the commission members be able to assess fairly the needs and concerns of all interests affected by federal energy policy. i believe that is why in earlier congress when it created the department of energy in 1977 and concentrated most energy functions in the hands of the secretary of energy insisted on maintaining a separate independent five-member collegial body for electric and natural gas regulation. when it comes to fairly assessing all interests, five heads are better than one. bringing together five different people with five different life experiences and perspectives helps ensure that all affected interests will be heard and fairly consider

thank you, senator. of course, we appreciate the work you have done on this legislation and support as it aligns to the administrations conservation goals. thank you so much for all of that. we actually don't foresee any issues and i can assure you that blm will follow the law as active and consistent with other applicable authorities. >> my time is up. i just want to thank you for this. you know, we call it home and these ranchers, tribes, stakeholders, are really amazed we have gotten to this point and i think that is because there has been a lot of goodwill between the department and our team that has been working on it. we look forward to continuing that. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. now, senator barrasso. >> secretary haaland , 2023, the united states produced amount of crude oil and natural gas. is that a good thing or a bad thing? >> senator, i believe that president biden wants it -- been a good thing or bad thing, that we produced a record amount of crude oil and

i am one of the most effective senators in the u.s. senate, i rk thank you, senator. tim?has a huge responsibility because the senate hangs in the balance and we seem what democratic control does. runaway spending, executive government out of control, record high interest rates and inflation and jon tester supported that 95 percent of the time. these are just facts. this agenda has been empowered by the democrat-controlled senate and votes that could have stopped 95% of these bills. we disagree and right now democratic control has led our nation to the worst situation in 40 years. our economy is on its knees. we've got crises that we cannot address. america is not heading in the right direction. host: senator tester? mr. tester: an infrastructure bill that is the biggest investment since eisenhower, something that has been talked about and never been done. to make sure every road and bridge, people have■2 transmission grid is up to the 21st century. toxic exposure for veterans. be bringing jobs back, those are a few of the things. sheehy. questionfo >> china continues to g

senators.the reason i am the most effective is because i will work with anyone. let's focus on what we agree on. china, russia, north korea internet to divide us and people listen to that garba and they continue to divide because they think it g thank you, senator. mr. sheehy: more than we disagree. i've beeno 93 countries with christians muslims and jews. republicans or democrats in a foxhole and we need to heal the nation. divided and the senator is right, we are internet, for adversaries are using tiktok to target our children, turn them against their own country and we have members in our government who are empowering that. they are increasing anti-american sentiment making quds proud there tell them why they should hate it. ry is bad. we need to increase and set examples of working together. we talked about montana values, a handshake means working together is another one of those. woworkplace, community home, does not matter. your relationship with your wife. the fact of the matter is we

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the senated. ms.twell: i ask unanimous consent that the bi to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: witht ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 747, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 747, recognizing the importance of pollinators to tem health and agriculture in the united states by the presiding officer: is there objection? the senate will proceed. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i ask una con set the resolution be agreed and the motion to reconsider be considered laid upon the table with no intervening action oresiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by t. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i have two requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: dul

senator. .hank you for coming. i am the president and ceo here in montana. ting in billings we are all excited to be here. mr. sheehy, jon tester, thank you. jon tester is a third-generation montana farmer, proud farmer and former schoolteacher. jon ran for and was elected to the montana 2005 he served as montana -- they voted him to senate in 2012 and 2018. jon and his wife stillthe same land. mr. tim■x sheehy is a graduate f the naval academy class of 20.te u.s. navy and completed al training. in 2014, mr. sheehy founded a company. it is a major montana employer having created over 200 montana jobs and is one of a few publicly traded companies in montana. mr. sheehy and his wife are raising their four children on their cattle ranch near bozeman. the format for today will be a direct question to a candidate from one of our panelists. the candidate will have 90 seconds to answer following by a 60-second rebuttal. the original candidate will have 30 seconds to respond to the rebuttal. each candid

senator boozman and senator hassan were there. i wanted to start off asking you some questions about your personal experiences. there. both of your fathers served in our armed forces. boozman, i want you give your reflections on being there a couple weeks ago also s and his service to this country? sen. boozman: thank you so muchthis is so important. when i was elected to congress, it wasn't too long, then, committee meetings. you would look around and see that nobody really was paying much attention to what everyone was saying. you get in these venues and you fic things and people are interested. thng it possible. my b-17's during the join the service when he was 17, said he was 19. junior in high school joined the national guard. the immediately mobilized him. he went off and started getting rerld war ii. never talked about the war much at all. i would ask him questions as i got older realized its importance. but that generation truly was very special. they stepped forward and did what was needed. i think the thing, to me, i kno

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i'm working with senator scott to pass the senate bill 2516. veterans accessibility act which will require the va to establish a veterans advisory committee on equal access, to evaluate the va's compliance with all, all federal disability laws. i want to thank senator scott for your support on the veteran's accessibility act and for the dole foundation for endorsing the bill. thank you for that. we have our work cut out for us, obviously. we need to uphold our duty and it is our duty to support our veterans and their families and make sure the programs designed to serve them are working as intended and make sure that va resources are accessible. we need to take our lessons learned from the va to ensure that all who provide long-term care support and services, whether they're military or civilian, family members or direct care workers, we need to make sure that these individuals are valued and compensated for their work. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses to hear about their essential work and congress, and especially the senate can be

you senator.id you talk to the individual responsible for complying wi did you have a meeting with that individual or group of individuals? mr. calhoun: senator johnson, my team knows, i talked to them oue level of transparency at every level, at every stage. beyond that, a backdrop, no, i did not review. sen. johnson: who be your direct report responsible for submitting information requested? mr. calhoun: a combination of my counsel and my government affairs office. sen. johnson: did you tk mr. calhoun: yes, they are right behind me. i'm surehas stered. sen. johnson: you said you looked into whistleblowers. have you directly spoken to any of the whistleblowers? mr. calhoun: i have not spoken to any of the whistleblowers. sen. johnson: do you think that would be a good idea to do that? mr. calhoun: yeah. : i would recommend it. exactly whayo then, to investigate whistleblower compla them correctly, did you submit it to oun: we have a team that has . we wanto make sure we donterview everybody that

>> thank you, senator. secretary, your opening statement. >> chair, memberererererof the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of the fiscal year 2025 budget request. i appreciate the support this committee and your staff have shown the department of interior. i've enjoyed visiting so many of your home states. every trip informs my understanding of the issues important to the american people , the impact of the work we do and how our budget can support those interests.'s budget has $18 billion in current authority . i want to highlight several proposals. permanent legislation and reforms for wildlife workforce funding for indian water rights settlements and reclassifying contract support cost and releasing payment for mandatory funding starting in 2026. the administration has made a steadfast commitment to strengthen relationships with tribal nations. we are doing so thanks to significant investments from congress hoping to address the sufficiency is that have created. i am working t

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you know it is time for the senate to take ts? have you spoken with the biden administration about this about the text or anything like that? the tiktok bill in the way the house that worked■u out that was successful. you guys worked with the administration on the wording of this bill? sen. blumenthal: i have talked about this resolution. they are certainly sympathetic he specifics and we will continue to work them, but i think it is time now for us to move forward. and they understand that we might have diand i think they rr what we sen. graham: he has i've worked with the state department. i do not think we are being provocative about labeling putin a state-sponsored terrorists. i think we are being rational. it is earned. but after the defense agreement it is time for us to push back. now is■j"7ments. so i would urge the putin has done yesterday, let us go all in in designating his regime for what it is, a state sponsor of terrorism. anyone who does a defense agreement with north korea should be a state sponsor of terrorism. >>

you know it is time for the senate to take this. any questions? yes. >> so, have you spoken with the biden administration about this the text or anything like that? the tiktok house that worked that out that was successful. have you guys worked with the blumenthal: i have talked about this resolution. they are certainly sympathetic to the goal. we have worked on some specifics and we will continue to work with them, but i think it is time now for us to move forward. and they understand that w have differences of approach or opinion. and for what we are trying to do. sen. graham: he has worked with the state department and i've worked with the state department. i do not think we are being provocative about labeling putin state-sponsored terrorists. i think we are being rational. it is earned. but agreement between north korea and russia, it is time for us to push back. now is the moment above all other moments. administration, given what putin has done yesterday, let us go all in in designating his regime at it is, a state sponsor of terrorism. any

you won't know what hit you senator schumer said.go forward with these awful qudecisions close what we are seeing today, in my opinion. is parking lot of the promised whirlwind. ihat we should try to undermind the integrity of the incidence institution of the supreme court of the united states because we are unhappy with onee' of it's opinions. i will with hold my objection to allow my friend senator lee to speak. objection? >> senator fromof utah. >> reserving the right to object. the united states of america benefited for 2.5. one of the world's best most objective object judicial systems in the entire world. no system run by umhumans can be described as perfect. ours is as good a system aisted in the world. it's as good as any that the world today. solution, the solution that's been ran throughme today. it's a solution insearch of■í a. that probably wasn't there. one of the greetest straights. independentre functioning tra editional system. of law in the country nearly want. it's not what the contemplates. we must ask the question

>> i was just in the end o end h senate.at struck me on that trip was how closely our allies in the end of pacific are watching what happens in ukraine. because they understand it is not just our allies that are concerned about that war. not just europe concernbo it. but she and adversaries are also watching. vladimir putin thanks he wait us out. he can conform an alliance as we saw north korea this week. that supports him and his fight in ukraine. we have seen china continue to be supportive.la it is very important for us to ween what happens in ukraine and what happeno pacific with our adversaries are watching very closely. i think one of the deliverables for the endo pacific is to continue to see the support that is going to be there for ukraine. ca case in territorial waters in the endo pacific. >> senator tillis same question to you. >> putin's was member of congress about a month or so ago who is talking about putin is only in ukraine because he is worried about future nato aggression. too that member of congress you m