baldwin and i have introduced with senator feinstein in, senator portman senatorinemall and senator tillis. this bill recognizes the unique and extraordinary importance on an individual and societal level. would help to promote equality and prevent discrimination andin protect the rights of americans with same-sex and interracial marriages. to accomplish these goals while maintaining liberty and protection. i'm proud to be the lead republicans sponsor of this legislation grateful a similar bill passed the house with strong bipartisan support. p madame president as the senate prepares to vote on this ishistoric legislation i would be remiss if i did not begin by recognizing the progress lgbtq individuals in this country and our country has made in recent times to achieve equal rights. not long ago patriotic americans cannot be honest about their sexual orientation while fighting to protect our country under freedom and i'm in the fight was senator lieberman to repeal the discriminatory don't ask / don't tell. not long ago in america that a person could be fired for

collins, senator portman, senator sinema and senator tell us for their steadfast commitment. we wouldn't be where we are without their efforts. i also want to thank the staff of all these offices for the longla hours and hard work to gt into this legislation including my own counsel becca and mike chief of staff it can. lastly i want to thank all of the advocates who fought for marriage equality for decades. we are on the cusp of a historic vote in the senate. because of everybody's efforts. i decided in thinking about what i wanted tote share today i wand to put a face and more accurately three faces. let me introduce you to my dear friend margaret, a denise, and their daughter maria. and just tell you a little bit about them. but how this underlying issue impacts them. the marriage and long partnership that my dear friends denise and margaret share began in oklahoma in 1981. it's there as organizers looking to pass the equal rights amendment. they're organizing support for the era so we might add a few simple words at the bridge by th

senate. senator schumer and senator gary peters. that's the tweet. when chuck schumer talked very peters into becoming the chair of the democratic senate campaign committee, the covid-19 pandemic was still raging through the united states. people weren't yet vaccinated. and travel was still very risky in a job where senator peters was going to have to travel to dozens of states and support the democratic candidates running for senate. in a private, off record chat with sandra peters after he became the chair of the democratic senate campaign committee, i began by offering him my condolences for getting the worst job in the senate. and that is the inside view in the senate we, of running the democratic senate campaign committee. which is the single most difficult fundraising task any senator could ever take on. it is much more difficult than raising money for your own senate reelection campaign. it is much more complex. much more unforgiving. much more relentless. it's the kind of job where you have to kiss your family goodbye for two years. and, it's

that means that the democrats now have 49 democratic senators, the republicans have 49 senators. there are two senate races still not yet decided, one in nevada where we are still getting some numbers tonight, and then the other one, december 6th in georgia will be the runoff race between senator raphael warnock and herschel walker. about a, you have senator cortez masto running against laxalt. those numbers have moved somewhat in the democrats favor tonight, but there are more numbers to come. president biden has set a record by getting 83 federal judges confirmed at this point in his presidency, including one supreme court justice, ketanji brown jackson. that's taken control of the senate is a possibility that a senate led by mitch mcconnell would not confirm another biden judge for the next two years. but if democrats control the senate, president biden will no doubt continue to break new records in the number of judges he nominates, and gets confirmed by a democratic senate. joining us now is minnesota senator, she is a member of the senate judiciary committee. thank you very much for joining us

senator from oklahoma. a senator: mr. president, as the junior senator from oklahoma, i can't tell you what an honor it's been to serve with my senior senator. mr. lankford: jim inhofe for decades served our state. he's been reelected over and over again because the people of our state know he loves them, know he cares about them. they trust him in some very hard decisions that had to be made in this place and they know jim inhofe has been there for our state. i jokingly say and senator inhofe mentioned it in his passion for infrastructure and for the united states military that when i run into somebody that is griping about the construction traffic that they're currently sitting in, i'll jokingly say to them well, blame that on jim inhofe because that new road, that new place, that new infrastructure has been his passion all along to be able to make sure our state and our nation, quite frankly, continue to be able to advance. in the days ahead, senator inhofe will be dearly missed in our state. there's not a town that i go to as i travel around our stat

senator baldwin, questions.yes. as you saw when we tried it last time, there weren't enough republican votes. i'm working with senator mansion -- senator manchin. >> do you believe that president biden is the best democratic nominee for president? >> as i've said, if president biden decides to run, i will enthusiastically support him. >> yes, direct this question towards senator murray. >> actually, senator feinstein has indicated that she does not want to serve as senate president pro tempore. stay tuned next. >> you mentioned that you intend to sit down the leader mitch mcconnell? has that meeting happened yet? what is your approach? is it any different from this last congress? >> first, it hasn't happened yet. we're waiting until they have their elections. i think they're having a discussion in those about those elections today in their lunch, which is still ongoing. your question has been answered no, i'm teasing him bolton. so the bottom line is we want to get things done and we proved last time in a 5050 congress that we could now have a hierarchy, hierarchy, a the top of the hierarchy. get it done in a bipartisan way when you ca

senator menendez: senator schatz. senator schatz: thank you, ambassador, for willing to serve this country in incredibly difficult circumstances. i want to follow up on something senator shaheen was talking about and senator portman. i want you to describe the information environment in russia? i guess the most basic question is, do you think the russian people know that they are losing? ms. tracy: senator, thank you. my impression is that there are certainly russians who have sought out access to outside sources of information to be able to more accurately gauge what is happening in terms of russia's war on ukraine. but when you look at the polling that takes place inside of russia and i think some of it is pretty good and pretty credible, there are still many russians who, because of the years of propaganda, are still persuaded that this is a just cause. although the rationales keep changing. senator schatz: and whatever mistakes that have been made are tactical or a general's fault or about equipping and training and not s

senator ossoff: thank you. dr. mueller, we'll hear from you now, please. dr. mueller: thank you. senator ossoff, senators, staff -- senator oreceive: make sure -- senator ossoff make sure your microphone is on, please. dr. mueller: is this better? thank you. the first thing i want to do is take this opportunity to praise karina for her courage and bravery for coming today. although difficult to hear and heartbreaking, it certainly gives voice to the medical records that i reviewed and my colleagues reviewed as well. my name is margaret mueller, i'm a physician and i hold specialty board certification in ob/gyn and subspecialty board certification in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. i have a faculty appointment at northwestern university where i serve as program director for the female public medicine and reconstructive surgery fellowship. i was part of an independent medical review team made up of nine other board certified ob/gyns and two nurse practitioners. in 2020, we reviewed the medical records of 19 women who alleged medical abuse and mistreatment wile in detention at irwin count

senator chuck schumer speaking yesterday. the first time senator schumer learned that his party had won the senate, would be majority leader of and generous six, 2021, while the attack on the u.s. capitol was underway. jerry fifth 2021 was the day of the two senate runoffs in georgia, it was on january 6th while the capitol was under siege that the results came in showing the democratic candidates had won those georgia runoffs the democrats had had won control of the senate, and senator chuck schumer would take over as the man in charge. that was how he learned last time. that was the circumstances of how he learned last time. this time, much better vibe. this time he learned it at a chinese restaurant while he was out to dinner with his wife on saturday night. on saturday with the win of nevada of the incumbent senator cortez masto, senator chuck schumer learned over fortune cookies, that again solids, against history, the democrats will uphold the senate and he would remain leader. senator cortez masto's win and mark kelly's win in arizona the night before, i should say that senator schumer also maintains his perfect record

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senator casey: thank you, senator. we turn to senator smith. senator smith: thank you, senator casey and senator cassidy who i think had to leave, for pulling this together. i think the people here in this room today believe that mental health care is health care. and that every young person deserves access to the mental health care they need. and yet i think we also know we fail in that mission. but we're working hard on it. everybody in this room, i think, in one way or another, on this side has been working to expand access to mental health care in schools. i certainly have with legislation that i've introduced so let me ask you, ms. williams, if i could, so i first realized i was suffering from depression when i was in college. i'm quite sure now that i was having that experience when i was in high school but i didn't quite understand what was going on, i didn't really see how it was incapacitating me. so -- i'm quite sure now that my experience wasn't unique. it seems like with physical health care we do a lot of thinking around preventive

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bipartisan bill that senator baldwin and i have introduced with our colleagues senator feinstein, senatorportman, senator sinema and senator tillis. madame president, this bill denies his the unique and extraordinary importance of marriage on an individual and societal level. it would help promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the rights of americans in same-sex and interracial marriages. it would accomplish these goals by maintaining and indeed strengthening important religious liberty and conscience protections. i'm proud to be the lead republican sponsor of this distillation and i'm grateful that a similar bill passed the house with strong bipartisan support. madame president, as the senate considers and prepares to vote on this historic legislation, i would be remiss if i did not begin by recognizing the tremendous progress that lgbtq individuals in this country in our country have made in recent times in achieving equal rights. it was not long ago that patriotic americans could not be honest about their sexual orientation, while fighting to protect our country, our fre

senator mcconnell who stepped forward and provided 30 million bucks for ohio which is unprecedented and got him over the top even though he was former president trump's candidate in the primary not senator mcconnell's. so senator really stepped up. >> bret: all right. let's talk about foreign policy. you all just returned from a trip overseas and the stop being ukraine and the focus on ukraine and what's happening on the ground in -- with russia. >> well, bret, it was a real blessing to get to travel with senator portman and to go kyiv to present the liberty medal from the national constitution senator to president zelenskyy to have a chance to visit with our embassy and the great folks who are working representing the united states in country in ukraine and to get to see how our aid is being distributed. they are determined. they simply want our sustained support. rob and i made a number of important inquiries about the traceability and the transparency of our assistance i think going forward we should continue to be reliable and robust supporters of ukraine's fight for freedom. >> bret: what about the negotiation possibilities? >> look, i agree that president zelenskyy and the have to be negotiations on thei

senator-elect would have. i started forward, and the doorman said sorry, the senate is in session. senator church said, well, this is senator leahy, senator-elect leahy. it was the first time anybody called me senator. and i saw him go down his list. oh, good morning, senator leahy, and i'm like maybe this is going to work out. but i walked on the floor and i saw these giants of the senate in here for a vote. it took me a little while to get used to it. i think with congressman welch, when on january 3 i'll be privileged to see him sworn in as the new senator, he won't take any time to get used to it. he knows the decorum in both bodies. like the vast majority of vermonters, i'm very proud to have him here. also i realize the distinguished presiding officer is not allowed to respond to comments about himself, i would note for the record that there were cheers in our very small state of vermont when our country's largest state reelected the now presiding officer. and i'm pleased, both my wife marcelle and i looked forward to seeing that. with that, mr. president, i suggest the absence of a

the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until the senate todayorked on judicial nominations, off the floor negotiations continue on funding the federal government passed december 16. when the senate returns watch live coverage, here on cspan2. ♪ c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including cox. >> homework can be hard but squatting and a diner for internetwork is even harder. that's all we are providing lower income students access to affordable internet so hallmark can juste homework. clocks conne to compete. >> cox, along with these other television providers givinoug front row seats to democracy. ♪ c-span's washington journal every day we are taking your calls live, on the air with the news of the day and will discuss the policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, texas democratic congress cooked congressman discusses a government funding deadline and increasing the debt ceiling. the lame duck session and produce for the 118th congress. in wisconsin republican congressman

members of both sides of this committee, including myself, ranking member grassley, senator booker, senator lee, senator whitehouse, senator cornyn, and others, have come together to enact bipartisan legislation aimed at responsibly reducing the federal prison population. unfortunately, the implementation of this reform leaves much to be desired. more than three years, three years, after president trump signed into law the landmark first step act, many incarcerated people will have participated in reduction, are still waiting for the long time -- that were promised as a result of their work. the b.o.p. continues to -- for compassionate release, from eligible individuals for age, medical, and other compelling regions. when gop doesn't use -- congress as authorize, the experience has been positive. consider this, between march 2020 and july 2022, the bureau of prisons released 11,043 people to home confinement under the cares act. only 17 have been returned to prison for new criminal conduct. 17 out of 11,000. it is clear many of the people languishing in federal prison have paid their debts, they do not

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inaudible] [inaudible] >> following midterm elections senate majority leader chuck schumer met with newly elected democratic senators john fetterman and senator elect peter welch of months. >> here we are. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. thank you, everybody. thank you, folks. out this way, please. out the same way. thank you. >> senate democrats held their first party lunch meeting since midterm elections where they maintain senate majority. they welcome newly elected senators john fetterman of pennsylvania and current congress and peter welch of vermont. majority leader chuck schumer and other senate democrats spoke to reporters after the lunch. >> i don't think you are waiting for me but the person you're waiting for is going to take a while, i think. good afternoon, glad to be joined by our leadership team of seven and senator baldwin. we had a great, happy spirited discussion in our caucus, democrats are ready and eager and united to fish on a strong note. we are excited for the future with a new and hopefully larger majority than in the last congress. this senate, the longest 50/50 senate in history has been extraordinarily productiv

senate. and then there's this. on a conference call with republican senate leadership yesterday, senator lindsey graham went so far to suggest fraud in nevada if republican adam laxalt doesn't win the senate race there. quote, there's no mathematical way laxalt loses. graham said. if he does, then it's a lie. sitting senator planting seeds of distrust in our election system, but only if the guy from his party loses. we see what you're doing there, senator graham. like i said, as anxious as you may be, it looks like republican leadership is even more so. joining us now is the great steve kornacki at the great big board. steve, i understand that we still have some new voting coming in from arizona. what can you tell us about that? >> huma county, a tucson area, second biggest county in the. say we have another batch of 24,000 votes out there. mark kelly basically winds that batch of votes by a 2 to 1 margin. and so that extends his lead statewide. you can see this over blake masters, nearly a hung over 120,000 votes. nearly six points as well. six percentage points. so i think that really raises the stakes for what w

senate. she is the first woman ever elected to the senate in alabama. she succeeds republican senatorrs. election history was also made in florida. 25-year-old democrat maxwell frost is set to be the first member of generation z to win a seat in congress. he will represent the orlando area in the house. he takes over the seat relinquished by democrat val demings who lost her race for the senate to marco rubio. >>> in maryland, democrat wes moore will be the first black governor. he's the third black person elected governor in u.s. history. he replaces republican governor larry hogan. >>> in massachusetts, history was made on two fronts. democratic attorney general maura healey will become the first state governor in history and the first openly lesbian governor. she was elected eight years ago as the first openly gay attorney general. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings," we're going to continue our coverage of the midterm elections, and we'll have the latest vote counts in the battleground states and get analysis of the results. the chef's chicken sandwiches at panera, freshly prepared wi

senate. , . ., ~ senate. there is so much talk especially _ senate. there is so much talk especially from _ senate. k| especially from the democrats in recent days about democracy. and there's obviously mentions of then what happened on the capitol steps in the sixth of january in 2020. 2021. what degree do you think democracy in the republican party was the one hand in hand? the in the republican party was the one hand in hand?— one hand in hand? the one message — one hand in hand? the one message that _ one hand in hand? the one message that democrats . one hand in hand? the one i message that democrats love one hand in hand? the one - message that democrats love to use leading up to midterm elections was that democracy is on the ballot everywhere, from coast—to—coast, and republicans frankly rejected that. knowing what i know about many republicans, they felt that that was disingenuous, they were pushed back with things like this is a constitutional republic but many experts have said we have a representative democracy and a constitutional republic. so there is a sense that not many americans wer

senator booker, senator, the senator whitehouse. they have all come together. they have responsibly reduce the federal prison population. unfortunately, the implementation of this reform the leaves much to be desired. three years after president trump signed into law, many encouraging people participated in the reduction. they are still waiting for the products they were promised. b.o.p. continues to resist petitions from compassionate release from military individuals rage, medical, or other compelling reasons. when below does use the authority, the experience has been positive. consider this, between march 2020 in july 2022, the bureau prison has released 11,043 people to home confinement. that is under the act. only 17 have been returned for new criminal conduct. 17 of 11,000. it is clear that many of the people languishing in federal prison have paid their debt. they do not need to be there. they should be developing skills, receiving mental health counseling, and educational services. they should be reentering society is productive members of our communitie

senate senate and make life very difficult for president biden. and his agenda. now we're seeing the democrats, as we heard in that piece, a retaining the senate and the house of representatives is still not certain. so not the result that we had been predicting, let's say a month ago. or correspondence to me so has gone to in washington. there are u. s. president joe biden is set to hold high stakes talks with the chinese leader . she jim peng. both leaders are in indonesia for a summit of the g. 20 group of nations. they're expected to set boundaries on issues, dividing the 2 superpowers, including trade, taiwan and human rights abuses in, in, gen, pennsylvania. well, and joe, as president joe biden and chinese supreme leader. she, jim ping had much to discuss in their 1st face to face talks as leaders, but don't expect any breakthroughs. all the united states and china are at loggerheads over an explosive range of geopolitical issues. both leaders, head into their talks and politically robust positions. she emboldened after naming himself communist party boss for an historic 3rd term and biden boosted by a strong performance in mid term ele

senate senate and make life very difficult for president biden. and his agenda. now we're seeing the democrats, as we heard in that piece, a retaining the senate, and the house of representatives is still not certain. so not the result that we had been predicting, let's say a month ago, not that red wave that was predicted. i don't know many republican candidates who lost their races had also been endorsed by former president donald trump says this now then look like a failing strategy for republicans. that's what many observers here and republican pundits even are saying said the biggest names who he supported and endorsed these elections last and that has right wing media and even members of the republican party asking be it cautiously in most cases, whether donald trump is still good for the party, there were around 300 election deniers running in these elections across the u. s. so these are people who endorse the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. that is a movement that was started by and fueled on by the former president donald trump. it's been reported here by the new york times that every election deny or who sought to become at t

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senator durbin and many other senators have a very selective view when deterrence come in play. just yesterday, senator urban wanted to impose stiffer penalties for potential witches poisoning children across america. but the bills that senator grassley offered, senator booker has repeatedly offered legislation that would control fentanyl. our democratic friends seem to have a very curious view when stiff penalties will have an actual deterrent effect. now, let me move on miss peters. this is your first appearance before the committee, this is not a senate confirmed position. i would like to ask you a couple of basic questions that nominees for the committee always get asked. i assume you would agree that is important for you and executive branch officials to be responsive to requests from congress for information. >> yes sir. >> i think would also agree that it is important for you and executive branch officials to request from the public if information is requested properly under the freedom of information act, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> the reason i ask is because at the beginning of th

senate. senate republicans. this despite the lukewarm support he gave to senate gop candidates in the midterms from his remark ons in close races. 37 gop senators backed mcconnell while only 10 backed his challenger, florida senator rick scott. what can we expect when the new congress convenes? joining me right now is senate republican conference chairman john barrasso. senator, it's great to see you this morning, thanks very much for being here. >> thank you, maria. maria: i know you're focusedded on herschel walker's potential victory in georgia, but herschel walker was not able to vote for mcconnell or not for mcconnell. why did you keep the leadership elections in place despite many people within the senate republicans saying let's wait until after the georgia runoff to have these elections? >> well, paris, the good news is, is that the republicans have taken the house of representatives. we have derailed this runaway freight train of the democrats' reckless spending. we will now be able to hold this administration accountable and focus on the spending, and our focus is all on getting herschel walker elected

serving a full six years and democrats, they're looking for just one more senate seat to hold on to the senate majority, alex. >> -- senator john mccain certainly a favor of arizona. let me ask, you vaughn, when we will have the results for the governor's race. >> we are going to be expecting in about the nine, ten, 11 pm eastern hour tonight. another batch of several tens of thousands of ballots out of maricopa county here. those ballots, again, could provide us an idea of where this election is heading. that has been the case the last several nights, but it has not been defining enough for us to call that race here. katie hobbs expanded her lead last night in order to change the course and the trend line here. kari lake meets with this batch of ballots drop tonight, needs to cut into katie hobbs's lead right now or else is going to be a very difficult for her over these next coming days. alex? >> talk about a nail-biter, von. thank you for being on watch. let's go now to nbc stephanie gosk, standing by in north las vegas force. stephanie, welcome again. what are you seeing there as we await an update soon from the electi

senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 28, 2022. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mazie hirono, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 8440. the clerk: calendar number 449, h.r. 84404, an act to ensure respect for state regulation of marriage and for other purposes. >> she also is our moderator for the regular monitor breakfast with newsmakers and policymakers. here with us this morning to talk about what's ahead both here in the lame-duckand what's ahead for the 118th congress . there's just a pile of work left to get done in the last five weeks or so, 4 weeks. what our top priorities? >> the first is keeping the government going. the last continuation went through december 16, they have to fund the government through another continuing resolution or a big omnibus spending bill. remai

collins, senator portman, senator baldwin, and senator sinema but i also with aens to thank the church of latter-day taints, the seventh day adventists, the council for christian colleges and universities that represent 150 different religious institutions of higher learning here in the united states alone, and they have operations abroad; the national association of evangelicals, the have the for public justice, and its -- or its institutional religious freedom alliance. madam president, i believe this is a good bill. and bipartisan bills in any environment are difficult. and i think it's why it was so important that we qaim together, had the courage to work together, recognized the viewpoints at either end of the spectrum and come up with a carefully crafted compromise that i believe is good for all americans. and i look forward to everybody voting in favor of it. we will have some opposition, but at the end of the day, you think we'll prevail and that's a message to so many people out there who want this done. madam president, thank you. and i yield the floor. ms

too early to call. >> and maryland senator chris van holland will win his race, and call alabama senate race katy brent projected to win over the seat from senator shelby. >> that looks closer you ready. >> we're ready. >> >> in oklahoma both republican candidates lead it at this point, and mark wayne mullin hoping to replace senator jim inhofe. >> looking at balance of power. white are those not yet called, it is now 50/50. we'll track that. >> to governor race in florida. ron desantis will defeat charlie crist again. margins are eye-popping, we'll let brit talk about that. >> that is a huge number. for governor ron desantis in pennsylvania that will have a long lasts -- >> florida. >> that brit will fill us in on, looking at pennsylvania governor race shapiro with a strong lead against d mastriano this is too earlity call. >> oklahoma governor race too early to call, joy hoff meister against kevin stitt. >> and not enough data for race in maine. governor mills has lead against predecessor. we'll see what happens there paula page. >> massachusetts, project healthe healy will be next governor, and that goes to democrats. >> fox news decision des

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senator raphael warnock. that would give democrats the clear majority in the senate of 51. they don't need vice president kamala harris's vote and the senate to win every vote. having 51 votes in the senate meets democrats will have clear majorities on the senate committees, which means their legislation which move through those committees faster and much more importantly, president biden's domination's federal judges will move through the senate judiciary committee and the confirmation process much faster. very little will happen legislatively in congress in the next two years because democrats controlling the senate will find very little to agree on what the representatives control by republicans. might pass a bills to show america where they stand for, knowing that republican control of the house means that they will never have those votes passed in the house. but what will republicans do in the house of representatives when they have control? what legislation will they pass that america will support? the repeal of social security that republican senator rick scott talked about? the repeal of medicare that senator scott talked about? he