swift reaction as you said from the republican chairman of the senate finance committee who called this round of terrorist reckless the retail industry leaders association says that american families are the ones being punished but what we're really waiting for and what matters most at this moment is how china will respond four days ago china responded within mediately retaliated with proportional tariffs to that first round those were tariffs on in merican imports of cars and soybeans among other products and china has vowed from the beginning to retaliate dollar for dollar from the american stance so certainly here we are waiting to see how china will respond and all indications are that this trade war will could only get worse rather joe hard for us in washington d.c. thank you very much. u.s. president donald trump says meeting vladimir putin may be the easiest part of his three nation european tour this week he's just arrived in brussels for what's likely to be a contentious nato summit with america's traditional allies then he's on to the u.k. for his first official visit there an

two month period of public comment on the proposed list now the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless brown is our correspondent following events for us in the chinese capital adrian what response from beijing to washington's threats so far. well so healthy fairly muted for the moment we've heard from the deputy commerce minister here in china a short time ago and he said that this action by the united states harms not just free trade but also the world trade organization and he said that china remains committed to free trade and remains committed to improving the investment climate for foreign companies wanting to do business here in china china has not issued a list of the u.s. products it will hit in retaliation we do know what the united states is planning to do though it has identified really a range of consumer products food products beauty products coal chemicals and tires amounting to a value of some two hundred billion dollars they will be subject to a ten percent levy unless there's some breakthrough in this trade dispute but as you pointed out in yo

consider the chairman of the senate finance committee orrin hatch. and remember that orrin hatch is the senator who said this about donald trump. >> we're going to keep fighting, and we're going to make this the greatest presidency that we've seen not only in generation bs t maybe ever. >> so the only member of congress and possibly the only american not named trump who has said that donald trump could be the best president fsh is now saying something that doesn't sound like orrin hatch at all. i actually don't recognize the current trump-supporting version of orrin hatch. the orrin hatch who i knew and saw virtually every day when i was working in the senate finance committee in the 1990s was one of the reasonable and sometimes cooperative and compromising republicans on the committee who helped get the committee's work done, especially on matters of international trade. and orrin hatch has always been the quintessential representative of mild-mannered utah politeness in the united states is that the. so imagine my shock when i read orrin hatch sayin

administrator, andrew wheeler addresses agency staff at the washington headquarters in the senate finance committee looks at page leave. c-span's "washington journal", live every day with news and policy issues that impact too. coming up on wednesday morning, former senate judiciary general counsel on the process of concerning the supreme court nomination. then we talk about the russian investigation and former fbi agent peter structs upcoming testimony. florida republican congressman, francis rooney had president trumps meeting in brussels. watch live at 7:00 a.m. join the discussion. >> the senate democratic policy and communications committee held

a two month period of public comment on the proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee has called the move reckless well adrian brown is live for us in beijing how do we think that china's going to react to this adrian. well i think expect a sort of tit for tat response which is what we saw on friday of course when this trade wall really shifted into gear now we've gone up yet another gear so i would imagine we'll hear from the commerce ministry but perhaps today outlining the list of u.s. products then are going to target of tariffs of ten percent the united states has said that it's doing what it's doing because china it says doesn't play by the rules of the world trade organization essentially the trumpet ministration has been accusing the chinese of behaving like criminals and what we have now i think is a situation where neither side appears ready to blink both sides have you know box them selves into a corner and it's difficult to see how they're going to get out of it i mean i don't think the cheating ping is the sort of leader who's going to back down in the fac

a two month period of public comment on the proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless behavior brown has more from beijing. china's industrial sector going after telecommunications and high tech now the united states is homing in on chinese consumer products saying that thousands of chinese food products beauty products pet food chemicals and tires will be subject to a ten percent tariff if there is no breakthrough in the current standoff between china and the united states in total we're talking about some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products on wednesday morning china's assistant commerce minister reacted he said that china regretted this decision by the united states saying that it harmed not just globalization but also the world trade organization saying that china wanted to cooperate with the united states and remained committed to improving the investment climate for countries companies that want to come and do business here in china in the meantime china is looking to build and strengthen alliances with other countries t

a two month period of public comment on the proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless let's go over to adrian brown our correspondent in beijing china not mincing its words in terms of what it thinks is washington's response to this. yeah it's basically said that the u.s. decision is going to harm the world trade organization system as well as free trade generally it says that you know china remains committed to cooperating with the united states and to improving the investment climate for foreign companies wanting to do business here in china but the u.s. trade representative office says the opposite it says that china continues to resort to what it believes are unfair trading practices basically using strong strong arm tactics which means that in some cases u.s. companies have to hand over their know how as a condition for doing business here that's why the u.s. says these proposed tariffs will be justified if they come into force but as you pointed out in your introduction there is going to be a two month consultation process now china has n

on the trade issue, a story from the wall street journal, the senate finance committee chairman ratcheting up pressure on president trump to reconsider his tariff policies. take us through how that may play out this week. guest 2: very rare to see this. could -- republicans had traditionally been a party of fair trade. tariffs are not related thing. they are deferential to trump. they are giving him a pretty long leash and saying we understand what he is trying to do and we know that it is going to be some short-term pain but if it means a better deal with china, the eu, then we are willing to give him some time to do it. i feel like that time is coming to a close. farmers are hurting, prices are going up and this is all coming months before an election. wages are going down. i believe they are starting to worry about how their own party is going to fair in the election and they are worried about all the pain going on out there. if they believe there is going to be a long-term gain, it is not going to happen quick enough. we will see if there is any effort to claw back some of the tariff p

a two month period of public comment on the proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless adrian brown has more from beijing. well last week the united states targeted china's industrial sector going after telecommunications and high tech now the united states is homing in on chinese consumer products saying that thousands of chinese food products beauty products pet food chemicals and tires will be subject to a ten percent tariff if there is no breakthrough in the current standoff between china and the united states in total we're talking about some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products on wednesday morning china's assistant commerce minister reacted he said that china regretted this decision by the united states saying that it harmed not just globalization but also the world trade organization saying that china wanted to cooperate with the united states and remained committed to improving the investment climate for countries companies that want to come and do business here in china in the meantime china is looking to build and str

listen to senator john thune who is on the senate finance committee. senator thune: i think this is a better course of action. they said they would use legislative approach as opposed to what they talked about previously. i think that makes more sense. if you look at the concerns we've had about potential retaliation from china with respect to the administration was proposing, i think that is walking back from that and, to me, represents a more logical approach. emily: what are we expecting in terms of legislation out of congress? shelly: we are expecting this bill and legislation and it will be more scrutiny and staffing involved. more scrutiny over the companies that are engaging in these deals. we have already seen the impact and the flow and china. some chinese companies that requires into the u.s. go down. we have seen some venture capitalists, chinese venture capitalists pull back a little bit. the idea is that maybe that will happen more. as the u.s. increases scrutiny. to ben's earlier point, there is nothing like telling someone they cannot do

in the senate finance committee during a confirmation hearing, they pointed out i have 19 enumerated duties as the commissioner of trade and border protection and they are broad in scope, but we've got tremendous leadership team. we've been in structure, authorized as a real agency, and we have got tremendous executives. we are authorized as a real agency. i think as demonstrated by the fact that my last two acting deputies have been selected for leadership in other agencies in dhs, and now at ice and ron. >> i have to ask that though, because there are a lot of people acting in their titles, a deep bench. mr. mcaleenan: sure. >> your director of field operations is now acting deputy. is that where you're at now? mr. mcaleenan: no. >> see i didn't get it right. so ron, who was chief of border pralle, acting deputy now moved over to act as head of immigration customs enforcement. mr. mcaleenan: he's a career acting director of ice, right. >> so who is now your deputy? mr. mcaleenan: who is my deputy, bob perez, former director of field operations in new york, and he has also been the

we also and i said this today in the senate finance committee. we need to see mr. trump's tax returns. it can be done in a closed session. >> harris: senator. >> it can be done in the finance committee, we have a right to know more about that. >> harris: you are going for a field of the russia talk. and i know that it has been a talking point for democrats to see the tax return. >> there is a concern that there is something more than we know in regards to mr. trump and russia. so we needed his see source materials. >> harris: interesting that you say that and i know that you and i can go back and forth on monies that were received through the clinton foundation as well and a certain speech that to mr. clinton gave for a half million dollars inside russia, but let's stay focused. i will hit you on this one fact, secretary of state pompeo is due to give an open briefing with reporters on north korea. that is coming up. the white house has announced that. you said you had not heard anything from north korea, and we are about to. and we will cover it as it happens. the

statement chairman of the senate finance committee released a statement saying and it's not a targeted approach. this section fall short that will get negotiating leverage with china while maintaining the health and prosperity of the american prosperity. by the new tariffs go into effect of the $200 billion would be extensive. we extensive. we'll see how the chinese respond. cheryl: obviously, markets reacting to all of this. markets opened sharply after news broke about the tariffs in the chinese and we see the pressure continuous learning. the dow is still down 218 points right now. s&p down 21. nasdaq 68 and a quarter. today supreme tape nominee brett kavanaugh is back on capitol hill looking to win bipartisan support making courtesy calls on those who will decide. confident they'll meet at a even if democrats are willing to fight the nomination. chuck schumer won in many key positions at the party at risk. >> we democrats believe in health care and health care prices they can afford. it would put the heart of the cherished believed that most americans have. the senate majority if s

dollars worth of chinese goods a member of trump's own party the republican chairman of the senate finance committee has called the move reckless meanwhile president trump is arrived in brussels for the first stop of his three nation european tour is there for what could be a contentious nato summit with tariffs looming the e.u. council president has said the u.s. needs to remember who its friends are the america after shared your allies after all you don't have the money. and you europe spend more on your defense because everyone expects that this will prepare and equipped money is important about generating solidarity is even more important the southern japanese island of okinawa is being lashed by winds brought by typhoon maria power outages have been reported across the region those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera has seen hobbling trial of a dictator. this is the first time an african head of state is to be tried by a special african tribe you know. he sent ab gray the president of chad from nine hundred eighty two to nine hundred ninety is on trial for crimes against hu

she's receive inquiry froms senate finance committee. he senate intelligence committee. and in none of these cases did she flee the country. he's arguing she shall be released on her on the other hand recognizance. the court asked to address specifically this question of whether it is true that maria butina could walk out of this courthouse, go to a russian embassy and immediately leave the country. her lawyer said he can see that that is a risk, but he noted that there were russian consular officials who were in the courtroom at the time. he wanted to confer with them to figure out exactly what the laws are. and that is why we are in recess right now. so maria butina's lawyer can confer with those russian consular officials. >> shimone, why is this one piece so significant in this overarching story and how has the russian foreign ministry -- they've weighed in as well, yes? >> yes, they did weigh in, basically questioning the timing of this arrest, saying it was is done to undercut the meeting between the summit, between the president be

but just last tuesday, he told the senate finance committee that the number was 2047 kids, precisely.>> those are the kids that a federal judge in california ordered the government to bring back to their parents within 14 days of the order's release. and the order was filed last tuesday. the secretary confirmed his department plans to comply with that deaddeadline. that plan includes dna testing to speed up the reunification process and adding 230 workers to oversee the testing and assist parents in filling out something called a family reunification packet. tuesday is just the first of two court mandated deadlines. after those toddlers and babies are brought back to their families that they were taken from, hhs will have 2,900 kids to go. the deadline for bringing all the kids back is the 26th of this month. whether mr. aczar's agency meets these deadlines or not, the fact the u.s. government separated these children from their parent wills be remembered as a sering moment in history. that will include the testimony documented in lawsuits filed against the government. this will be 90

senate finance committee chairman orrin hatch ratcheting up pressure for trump to reconsider his policy. warning republican senators may be willing to risk legislative confrontation unless the president starts to reverse course on trade take us through how that may play out this week. daniel: very rare to see this. republicans have traditionally been a party of free trade so tariffs are not really their thing. he will be hard-pressed to find republicans on capitol hill who agree with what the president is doing. they are deferential to him, giving him pretty long leash and saying we understand what he's trying to do and we know it's going to be some short-term pain. if it means a better deal with china, the eu, we're willing to give him some time to do it. i feel like that time is coming to a close. farmers are hurting, washing machine prices are going up. this is coming months before an election. i believegoing down they are starting to worry about how their own party is going to fair in the elections and they are worried about the pain that is going out economically because of this un

more supreme court senate nominations more than anyone we know of, senator orrin hatch, senate finance committeehairman, basically the dean of the senate, senator. this will be 15th nomination hearing. someone told me you participated in the confirmmation of every justice in the supreme court s that true? >> that's true. david: i imagine the process changed from the first confirmation hearings, those seemed a lot more civilized. >> they were a lot more civilized. it is a big political war where everybody comes up. i feel badly about that. david: thinking where it all started. i think of robert bork, that famous phrase you've been borked, that you were tweeted unfairly by whoever questioned you. clarence thomas sticks out in my memory. my wife and i recently had been married, he went through, we sat in awe at the confirmation hearing, he fought back. he did so successfully, while still on the supreme court. let's play a little of the sound bite for those that may have forgotten. >> this is circus. this is national disgrace. and from my standpoint, as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it

is tor russell long, who chairman at the time of the senate finance committee, warned, for example, that u.s. the orphany has been of u.s. foreign policy. now, there are many examples, merit our attention today. one involved helping japan world war ii. which had long term ramifications for our u.s. industry. eisenhower administration sought to integrate japan into he world trading community and rehabilitate it as a world -- as a cold war partner. one-sided agreement in 1955 in gap andmembership full access to european markets t our lowist tariff rates but it left the japanese home market and agriculture protected from competition.pean apan insisted on protecting infant auto. electronics, steel and other industry against foreign so as not to remain reliant on exports of textile yeah.ne by the 1980s, japan's new national champions has become world class competitors, while restricted foreign access to its home market. another example occurred during clinton's administration, when u.s. granted our lowest tariff rates to china. this was done to integrate china into the global trading regime.

there is the senate finance committee.e to share with friends on left why this is such a powerful tool to irrad indicate poverty. we should attack poverty and not poor people. >> exactly. that deserves a round of applause. i agree with that. something i want to get to that is coming to ground, criminal justice reform, police reform, prison reform. you gave a speech one time about how you have been stopped, i think, two or three times. >> being stopped seven times as an elected official driving while black. i share that on the senate floor. people are drig out the truth. got news is that through the advent of cameras everywhere, we found that walter scott in south carolina was shot in the back several times by law enforcement officer who said he didn't do it. when i was driving and pulled eefr, t over, the video was. there i want to validate the concerns and experiences of too many people that look like me and find a way to change that outcome. my personal experience was tragic and hard and not good but so many people lost

let's play hhs secretary, just last week, speaking with the senate finance committee about what he then said that they know. >> there's no reason why any parent would not know where their child is located. i could, at the stroke of -- keystrokes, i sat on the orr portal with just basic keystrokes, within seconds, could find any child in our care for any parent. >> in court today when you were there, did they essentially take that back? >> well, they didn't mention the secretary's comments, but it was very clear that they could not match a parent -- all the parents and child with a stroke of a keyboard. the judge asked very pointed questions. we originally went in there to talk about all 3,000 or so kids that have been separated. but that deadline is not until july 26th for kids 5 and older. what ultimately happened is the judge, i think, made the correct decision to focus the hearing today on the children under 5. so we could fix that problem. and he said i want the government to submit to the plaintiffs a list of all 100 kids and explain for each individual kid why you cannot unite the

but the fact that the russia investigation is still taking place, the fact that a key senate finance committee came out this week and backed up u.s. intelligence community assessments that the russians interfered in the election in order to help donald trump win it, that raises the stakes for this meeting. that's one much the reasons why there's going to be so much discussion i think about this one-on-one meeting between the two presidents before the wider summit takes place. >> steven collison, thank you for your insight. >>> we have the latest developments out of thailand this morning where a navy official says an operation to rescue the trapped soccer team may happen soon. we are live just outside that cave later this hour. ♪ this is important for people with asthma. yes. it's a targeted medicine proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, and lower oral steroid use. about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. fasenra™ is designed to work with the body to target and remove eosinophils. fasenra™ is an add-on injection for people 12 and up w

the very least by alex's are the health and human services secretary when he spoke to the senate finance committee on june twenty sixth he said at that time there is no reason why any parent would not know where their child is located with just basic keystrokes within seconds i could find any child in our care for any parent it's available well today the justice department lawyer said something very different on that she said the way a family separation is put in the system is not in some form so we can't just run it all in other words there is no list you can't find it from a keystroke and one interesting point is when the judge said you need to give this list by five pm on saturday the government lawyers said that they would comply but she could not personally comply because she had dog sitting duties and would have to leave town or show i'm sorry somebody would dog sit for her thanks john henson appreciate that. the u.s. seafood industry is feeling the pinch of tightening immigration policies with a shortage of labor those in maryland's crabmeat sector say many businesses that employ foreign wo

and one last story, and that is, pass along the powerful chairman of the senate finance committee. the son of the famous king fish and later chief of staff to hugh's brother earl. what we, the story is followed. we called all the leaders in just before a tough reelection and said, we have to get the boat out for me and he promised lavishly buildings, bridges and roads. when he won they come lining up waiting to be paid. they knew there wasn't enough money in the treasury. he said uncle earl what must i tell these leaders. they said just say your uncle earl lied. russell was a transformational figure. he cannot understand why this would not do the same. jimmy carter was the principal player. i described him in great detail coming from the manifested 500 person hamlet to the oval office. by understanding the mood at the time and wanting honest government after watergate. a smile as broad as the mississippi river, he was all things to all people and put together an improbable and unstable coalition of conservative southern whites anxious to have one of their own in the white house, af

additional two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods the republican chairman of the senate finance committee has called the move reckless the white house says the new measure may be finalized after two months of public discussion tuesday was the court ordered deadline for the trumpet administration to reunite parents and children under five who were separated at the mexican border by immigration authorities the white house admitted only a fraction of the families will be placed back together now the federal judge who ordered the reunions is not happy shihab rattansi reports from washington d.c. . at least one reunification of a father and his young child by tuesday's federally ordered deadline was captured on camera but the u.s. government admitted it would fail to reunite all migrant children under five with the parents it took away the government says of the some one hundred children in its custody just over a third of that number would definitely be reunited with parents by the end of tuesday officials said some parents have been passed background checks to ensure the child safety d.n.a.

the senate finance committee hearing ran two hours and 15 minutes.> this week booktv is in prime time starting tonight at eight eastern. >> sunday night on q&a, freelance journalist on his "washington post" magazine article, locked and loaded for the lord on the sons of the late reverend sun myung moon and the church in newfoundland pennsylvania. >> what is going on at the centy church and up in pennsylvania? is a co-mingling of a lot of religion, politics and guns, to a degree we haven't seen before. it's still a a small church, no question about that. shawn has a worldwide following. my guess would be maybe 200 people in the congregation total up in pennsylvania and 500, 1000, 2000 worldwide. in these days you can follow a church on youtube, webcasts and a week. it's that co-mingling of passion in america and what does this say about us as a culture, and what is this any, is there any precursor what we might see down the road? when you get the genie out of the bottle of mixing into religion in almost any society, it's usually been almanac. >> sunda

the resources they need, and historically it's been the ways and means committee, and the senate finance committee that has taken up that cause with the appropriators and omb to make sure these funds are available. now i know this budget year is a little bit better. that's because of a new tax law, not so much of a found religion for giving the irs the type of resources that they need. so i think part of it is to make sure we have the resources. and i think the chairman, ranking member bringing up the challenges that we have today with the changing of our economy. i think senator warner's point there is absolutely on target. we have also the challenges of technology and how we use technology that's a constant change, and the irs has never caught up, and as many of you pointed out, they are trying to deal with current problems, rather than to deal with the underlining capacity to use technology, and then i would add a third, and that is congress changed the law. i'm not saying whether it's good, bad or indifferent, when you change the law, it is going to add a challenge to the irs. they are going t

senator widen has a vital position as the ranking member of the finance committee and touching on many of the issues that we've talked about. >> thank you, senator whitehouse for put together this very important hearing. i want to thank all of our guests as well. we've all been reviewing the record of mr. kavanaugh. and he looks to me like if confirmed he would be a poster guy for powerful corporate interests in dark money. there is a path to higher rates for the working families that all of you represent. and it's not as if we don't have incredible challenges right now trying to keep dark money from seeping into the holes and campaign finance law. we barely held off an effort to repeal the johnson amendment which would have been the biggest gift to dark money since citizens united. basically would have allowed the churches to be used to carry out this far right agenda by in effect abusing the tax laws. all of you have given us very thoughtful presentations. i think what i would like to ask of you miss mcclean is if he's confirmed, what would you be most worried about? for example, hav

. >> chairman hatch, ranking member wyden, it is an honor to appear before the senate finance committee is a president's nominee to serve as the next commissioner of the internal revenue service. before proceed i like to recognize my family were here with me today. my wife, my sister-in-law, my other sister along with her husband michael, my stepsons, my daughter and my son and i cannot explain the degree and extent of their love and support for me today and throughout my professional and personal career mean to meet. personally, i would not be here, in my mind, without the ongoing support of my family. i need to also recognize two of my, three of my law partners who were here today, too who flew out from los angeles last evening and her head back this afternoon. steve, dennis and ed are here. my mentor inaw the practice of w and i'm very close family friend and another very, very close family friend. it is a sport of my friends attend friendships that allow me to be here today and things that i haves a compass to my life. my son, charlie, who is sitting behind me, serves as a captain i

carried radios, the helmets or what would protect them from shrapnel testifying before the senate finance committee mr. charles reddig talked about his strategy to restore trust in the irs to implement the new tax law. some democratic members challenged him on his disclosure property tied to president trump's businesses and comments made by vice president penn on the possibility of ending a prohibition by churches and charities. political activity. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the meeting will come to order. we are just guessing depending on the nation on mr. charles reddig irs commissioner very important position for this country we are at a critical juncture the american people are already seeing a myriad of benefits to tax reform as wages will rise and as irs is implement to put these two scrutiny so that they can be more realized that the irs has started to turn the corner with a large governmental organization there is always room for improvement. take for example the problems of aging technology services. and then dates back to the kennedy administration to inhibit t

the senate finance committee says it will work on the issue but the president would also -- almost certainlyit unless the provision is combined with other must past -- must pass legislation. president hassan in switzerland today. they are expected to discuss salvaging the iran new we are deal after the trump administration pulls out. switzerland served as a diplomatic intermediate -- intermediary since iran's islamic resolution in 1980. global news -- global news 24 hours a day on air and on tick tock on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery ahn: life were world headquarters in new york, i am shery ahn. >> welcome to bloomberg markets. we are joined by our bloomberg audiences. shery ahn: here are the top stories we're following from around the world. a new leader, elected as the country's first left-wing president in recent times. stock on a roller coaster ride in today'session. why there are skeptics on the latest presumption numbers. and lebron james takes the show to the west coast. one of b

. >> the senate finance committee on social security pension. s and family policy will come to order. i thank everyone and welcome everyone to today's hearing. examining the importance of paid family leave for american working families. i recognize distinguished colleagues with us senators ernst and gillibrand not here yet but will be. i also welcome ivanka trump and a fervent advocate for children and working families. . pleased to chair this hearing and i thank our colleagues for joining. after senator brown and i make opening statements we'll proceed with two panels of witnesses. two colleagues will give statements on the first panel followed by a second panel offics. perts for their testimony and questions from committee members. my statement begins now. working families are the core of our social fabric and economic success. american workers have increasingly felt good about their prospects. a recent poll shows economic optimism at a 13-year high. yet some families have been left behind. wages and growth have been stagnant, health care and

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secretary ross did testify before the senate finance committee last month and he discussed extensively the process, he mentioned the transparent public hearing and before theiod tariffs are instituted and then he described the exclusion process through which u.s. companies can apply. it is being done on an objective basis, the commerce department does have economic models -- >> i watch the experts -- the was merelyothing he that clear. >> just talk about virginia and the effect in virginia on the aluminum and steel tariffs and the retaliation imposed as a result, i was at a farmers county ruralifax, southern virginia and soybean farmers were coming to me to complain about the significant damage that they are now suffering under because of retaliatory tariffs and take that response to president trump's actions. yesterday, my poultry industry in the shenandoah valley and the eastern shore came in to talk to me. senator kansas have these conversations as well. they are being significantly affected by the retaliation by china and other nations. i got one right here. whiskey, this is a tiny

the senate finance committee hearing ran two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i i like to welcome everyoneo today's hearing on prescription drug affordability and innovation. we are pleased about our secretary here, secretary azar who i think is doing a great job before the committee. today, i know members of both sides that i'llho are eager to hear from him on the trump administrations plan to lower prescription drugs costs. i was in the rose garden when the president announced his plan to put patients first by lowering prescription drug and out-of-pocket costs to consumers. i commend the president and the secretary for their focus in this area and for releasing this comprehensive blueprint. i also appreciate that hhs is seeking feedback from the public on the policy ideas in the blueprint. the administration is prudent to work through options by properly consulting those affected by these policies first. as we continue to develo

secretary ross did testify before the senate finance committee last month, and he discussed extensively the process. he mentioned the transparent public hearing and comment period before the tariffs are instituted. and then he described the ek -- exclusion process through which american companies can apply. the commerce -- >> i watched the excerpts of the hearing. i don't think he was that clear. >> i associate myself with a number of the comments colleagues have made. just talk about virginia. the effect in virginia of the aluminum and steel tariffs and the retaliation imposed as a result, i was at a farmer's market in halifax county, rural southern virginia over the weekend. soybean farmers were coming to me to complain about the significant damage that they are now suffering under because of retaliatory tariffs taken in response to president trump's actions. yesterday my poultry industry in the eastern shore came in to talk to me. i mentioned senator coons has had these conversations as well. they're being significantly affected by the retaliation by china and other nations. i got on

the senator of illinois, chairman of the senate judiciary committee and the author of the 1866 civil rights act. or the senator of maine, chairman of the finance committee. these people count more than anyone else in making a possible for other senators to vote to acquit. they were critical. why did these good republicans in good standing vote to acquit andrew johnson? why did it happen? in fact, there were a few republican senators who let it be known that if their votes were needed for acquittal, they would be available. so it actually was not the suspense riddled story that we often see out there. well, in point of fact, it is not at all clear even that the senator from ohio that would have replaced andrew johnson as president would have voted, in fact, if his vote had really mattered much. in point of fact, it is a very nice thing about being at the end of the alphabet of a name like wade that you can cast her vote only when it is pretty much decided whether johnson will be acquitted or not, which was the case. so why did these people vote to acquit? as one of the, managers put it, treated the trial of the president just as he would a hors