this will be 1094 days longer than strom thurmond's filibuster. the voting rights act should not be a partisan issue. it should be a common cause. it wasinception, republican democrat together that introduced into congress. voting is at the heart of our democracy, and if we cannot fix with the decision did to nullify the freak clearance enforcement protections of section five, we must all again question america and the state of our democracy. number three, this will be the first presidential election without the full protections of the voting rights act. there is no greater example of the impact of new regressive voting rules on voters of color than in north carolina, which passed the nations most expensive voter suppression laws following the evisceration of the preclearance protection. the day that shelby was passed, the leader of voter suppression in our state said this, open boat now that the headache has been removed, we can move forward." north carolina is not alone. actions haveion been implemented across the south. we could for the first t

of time after three terms schumer finally elected the number two position than one month later strom thurmond went to attract lots but the party now suddenly had to resign from his leader position the you'll is wanted you would seem to be a logical person from senator frisk but then if the end of january you have a triple bypass surgery so what was your range of the motions? >> i think my feeling was i wouldn't have the opportunity because i was 10 years older than bill fortunately the whole problem i had worked out fine but i had doubts during that period but i was bypassed by someone 10 years younger than i was so i wondered if i would ever have an opportunity to have the job that i clearly had been hoping for for quite a while. >> so it was a challenging period but like others i now want to make my stories seem unique but just don't quit and just keep plugging the chances are you'll get where you're headed the only way to fail america is quit or die we all have speed bumps and sweat that -- setbacks are we defeated by them or keep going? and then bill decided to leave the senate and then i

then a month later trent lott went to strom thurmond's birthday party and said something about thurmondand suddenly he had to resign from -- as leader, a position you'd always wanted. you would seem to be the logical person to move up, but senator bill frist took the position. and then at the end of january, you had triple-bypass surgery, so what was your range of emotions during that two and a half months about all those events? >> guest: yeah. i think my feeling was that i probably never was going to have an opportunity to be the leader of my party in the senate, because i was ten years older than bill frist. fortunately, the health problem i had worked out fine. but i had doubts during that period. i had just been bypassed by somebody who was ten years younger than i am and had a significant health problem. so i, you know, i wondered if i would ever have an opportunity to have the job that i had clearly been hoping to have for quite a while. so it was a challenging period. but like other challenges i and others have -- i don't want to make my story seem all that unique -- if you just

this will be 1094 days longer than strom thurmond's filibuster. the voting rights act should not be a partisan issue. it should be a common cause. at its inception, it was republicans and democrats together that introduced it into congress. voting is at the heart of our democracy, and if we cannot fix what the decision did to nullify the enforcement protections of section five, we must all again question america and the state of our democracy. number three, this will be the first presidential election without the full protections of the voting rights act. there is no greater example of the impact of new regressive voting rules on voters of color than in north carolina, which passed the nation's most expansive voter suppression laws following the evisceration of the preclearance protection. the day that shelby was passed, the leader of voter suppression in our state said this, "now that the headache has been removed, we can move forward." north carolina is not alone. voter repression actions have been implemented across the south. we could for the

signed strom thurmond, president pro tem prooe. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> madam president, perhaps you've already noticed my colleagues that the senate seems to be extraordinarily well organized and effective today there is a reason for that. with apologies from the chaplain and majority leader i think we should note that a significant milestone in the 220-year course of the senate's history place. >> celebrating 30 years of coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span 2. >>> transportation secretary anthony foxx recently testified before a senate committee about highway and mass transit funding. andy answered questions about the recall of takata airbags. this is two hours. >> good afternoon. this hearing will come to order. mr. kret, welcome. great to have you here. thanks for joining us to discuss the implementation of the fast act. we just passed the six-month anniversary of the enactment of the first lodge term highway bill in more than a decade and after 36 short-term restrictions the fast act provides the reforms necessary to improve our nation's infrastructure and spur eco

>> i appoint the honorable susan collins from the state of maine form duties of the chair by strom thurmond, president pro tem for. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> madam president. perhaps you have already noticed my colleagues, the senate seems to be extraordinarily well-organized and effective today and there is a reason for that. with apologies from the chaplain and the majority leader i think we should note a significant milestone in the 210 year course of the senate's history taking place today. never before has a team composed entirely of women members and staff opened the day's proceedings. >> celebrating 30 years of coverage of the senate on c-span2. >> the u.s. senate is adjourned at 2:13 this morning after democrat chris murphy held the floor for nearly 15 hours calling for action on gun violence. today members continue work on $56.3 billion funding for the commerce, justice and science program. the white house posing the bill over inadequate funding levels for the 2020 census and bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, 200 additional agent to help enforce ex

i am standing here -- senator strom thurmond was just over here, going over the foreign policy languageht on the floor. the ford people are eager not to have a fight on the foreign policy front. what language have you written in? i noticed you marking off the buzzwords so to speak. >> i would not confirm that. leslie: i saw you do it. >> i do not know what a buzzword is. leslie: i saw you mark out the word day time. is that right? >> no, it's not. mark out: i saw you the word dÉtente. are you willing to seek a compromise, senator? senator thurmond: i am willing to talk to members of the committee. i am not a member of the committee. i have been able to talk to them to see if we can make a few changes to it. leslie: we know that there are conservative members of the committee who want stronger length which are a what is governor reagan's position? senator thurmond: i don't know. leslie: you don't. >> [indiscernible] leslie: well, i am told that he did. [laughter] we have a lot of strong conservatives on the foreign policy committee. leslie: this proposed language is really an attack on k