senators like every state does, that's republicans, thune and rounds, both thune and rounds voted no against the infrastructure bill south dakota has so few people in it actually has one member of the house, that's a man named dusty johnson. johnson also voted no on the infrastructure bill. so there's the front page above the fold head line in one of the biggest papers in the state head lining how fricking, fracking is going to be for south dakota. and by the way, our entire delegation voted against it. that's south dakota. head to north dakota, grand forks herald. this time those who voted no against the bill is right there in the head line. armstrong votes against $1 trillion package. armstrong is north dakota's one solid member of the house, kelly armstrong voted no on the infrastructure bill. that's one in the state gushing about what the bill is going to do and how he was no help, he voted no. there's a description on the front page. the bill set aside significant funding from everything from roads to bridges. in order to access, many are keenly eager for what it could mean, roa

thune: mr. chairman, i would suggest that as has been pointed out, i think there are a number of things we need to address. congress needs to be heard from in the space and particularly with respect to the use of algorithms and the way users are manipulated and particularly young people, i hope we can move quickly and directly and in a meaningful way to address this issue. thank you. chair blumenthal: i think we have strong consensus on that interview -- issue. similar baldwin. sen. baldwin: i would like to note that the series of hearings began with a revelation that internal research at facebook revealed the negative impact on teenagers' body images from using the company's instagram platform and we learned, based on research by the chairman staff, how quickly someone on instagram can go from viewing content on healthy eating to being directed toward posting that focuses on unhealthy plaque to says including glorifying eating disorders. i know we do not have facebook and instagram before us to

thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, tomorrow the supreme court will hear oral arguments in the dobbs case which deals with the mississippi law that would prohibit most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. this case offers the best opportunity in many years to see roe v. wade overturned or modified. something that is long overdue. roe v. wade was a bad decision that should long ago have been reversed. legal scholars from across the ideological spectrum have criticized the decision, noting in the words of one expert, and i quote, this constitutional -- as constitutional argument, roe is barely coherent. the court pulled its fundamental right to choose more or less from the constitutional ether, end quote. or as another legal scholar put it, roe is, and i quote, a very bad decision because it is bad constitutional law or rather because it is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of an obligation to try to be, end quote. now, i should note, mr. president, that both of the individuals i just quoted ar

next is senator thune. senator thune: you served 10 years in the california bay area next to san francisco, a well-known sanctuary city that flouts immigration law and refuses to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents. if confirmed, you will oversee the enforcement of immigration law at our borders. do you support sanctuary cities and what message do they send to those seeking to enter the united states illegally? mr. magnus: senator, thank you for the question. as a chief for two decades, my priority has always been public safety. i appreciate how decisions around sanctuary cities are ultimately political decisions, but as a police chief, i'm certainly in this position where if confirmed, my first and primary obligation is to follow the law. that is what i has always done in the past and that is what i would commit to doing going forward. sen. thune: the biden administration is issuing these so-called notices to report and leaked documents show that tens of thousands of documents have been i

senator thune and senator warnock. senator warnock: this week i introduced the arrow act to expedite the development and adoption of sustainable aviation, fuel, and other technologies. i could not be more proud that georgia companies like lancity jet, delta airlines and gulf stream in my home down of atlanta, georgia, watch these emission updates take off. as we see a rise in exciting new technologies that increased fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, it's on the tower safety board have the tools and allow for the quick and safe deployment of these new innovations. mr. dixon, do you agree having the right in house expertise -- expertise will be crucial for the f.a.a. to partner with the industry on new sustainable products and ensure these technologies are deployed safely, without unnecessary delays? mr. dickson: thank you, senator. it's good to see you. the answer to the question is yes, we recognize how critical sustainable aviation fuel is and very much want to be a partner with congas people consider ways

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thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no. mr. thune: mr. president, let me begin this morning by saying how sorry we were to hear the news about the loss of former first lady jean rounds the state of south dakota. mike and jean have been friends of ours for many, many years. i was involved in senator rounds' first campaign for office when he ran for state senate back in 1990. i have known jean since i worked in the administration of late-governor george michelson along with her at the department of transportation and just can't tell you what a loss it is for state of south dakota. she was an individual who carried herself with incredible grace, always kind, had a humility about her that i think people just found infectious. she was very down to earth, never lost that as a first lady, conducted herself in a way that represented a great model for the state of south dakota, both in her character, her conduct, the style, the way in which she has served as first lady is something that i think made every south dakotan proud. so today, along with

clear to me that you are not going to be in a position to deal with all aspects of the supply chain thune tuna stabeno u improving processing, shipments through ports. how would you go about carrying that out? >> mr. chairman, thank you for the question. and i could not agree more that preserving and reinforcing america's supply chain is one of our top priorities and must be one of our top priorities. certainly something that i care deeply about. we see as we approach the holidays the impact of a supply chain that is struggling right now. and so although cbp is only one actor at the ports, and certainly not the only entity that has responsibility for the smooth movement of goods through the port, it plays a very important role. i would want to make sure if confirmed that the agency has the appropriate staffing at the ports. that we are working with the presidents guidance around hours and different ways that the ports are operational. i also believe that continuing to develop and modernize the resources that cbp has such as ace i think very important as we move forward. there is definitel

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thune: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: madam president, i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended and that i be allowed to speak for up to is a minutes and that senator carper -- up to 15 minutes and that senator carper being allowed to speak up to two minutes at the conclusion of my remarks prior to the vote. the presiding officer: time is reserved. mr. thune: madam president, just in the last day or so, the ever-evolving taxing-and-spending spree bill proposed by the democrats, it continues to change because they can't seem to figure out how to put together something that might pass in the house and the senate and are finding it increasingly difficult, i think, to try and contain the cost of all the things they want to do, which is why they continue to build in gimmicks and phony math to try and accommodate all the crazy spending in this bill and then also the massive run-up in taxes. this bill is the largest spending increase we've seen in history, largest tax increase in history, and we're

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we have senator warnocfollowed by senator thune. >> thank you, madam chair. this week, i introduced the arrow act to expedite the development and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel and other emissions reducing aviation technology. i could not be more proud that georgia companies like delta airlines and gulfstream in my hometown of savannah, georgia, have helped these aviation emissions reduction efforts take off. as we see a rise in exciting new technologies that increase fuel efficiency and reduce harmful carbon emissions, it's important that our safety oversight body has the resources and the technical expertise to allow for the quick and safe deployment of these new innovations. mr. dixon, do you agree that having the right in-house expertise will be crucial for faa to successfully collaborate and partner with industry on new sustainable products and insure these technologies are deployed safely without aunnecessary delays? >> thank you, senator. it's good to see you. and the answer to your question is, yes, you know, we recognize howec critical sustain

this is senator john thune yesterday. thin: we -- thune: we have seen for the past 10 months what democrat government looks like. whether it is the disaster at the border, at the ports, the pileup, what is happening in our cities when it comes to the safety of our communities. you can go right down the list and see example after example of where democrat governance is leaving the american people high and dry. the most obvious example is inflation. they passed a $1.9 trillion bill in march. that has fueled these inflationary pressures. instead of listening to what the american people are saying. the generic people -- ballot shows the largest lead for republicans in 40 years, the democrats are covering their ears. this reckless tax and spending spree is flooding the zone with more spending, chasing too few goods, leading to higher inflation. october to october, at the highest inflation rate in 31 years, 6.2%. but if you look at eggs, poultry, fish, meat, 11% increase october to october, all being fueled by the policies that

. >> bill: john thune republican south dakota. it appears the story from the democratic side they'll double down in the house for now. what does that tell you? >> i just think it's crazy. i think they are in a bubble now and not looking into what is happening around the country or listening to the voices of the people out there. the clear message coming out of the elections on tuesday night was there was a rejection, repudiation of this nanny state big government approach the democrats here in washington are taking. i don't know how you can conclude any other way. in virginia we saw historic victory, new jersey a close race but both cases i think it was a response to the biden agenda and the american people saying i don't want this. this isn't what i voted for. i think they are completely misinterpreting that message. i think they have to double down now. maybe they don't have any alternative because they have gotten themselves so extended but in the end the bill will be written by joe manchin and kyrsten sinema in the senate and

thune: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: madam president, the biden border crisis continues to rage. last month u.s. customs and border protection encountered 164,303 individuals attempting to illegally cross our southern border. that's more than twice the number of encounters, customs and border protection had the previous october and the highest october number ever recorded by customs and border protection. in all, more than 1.7 million migrants were apprehended attempting to cross our southern border in fiscal year 2021, the highest number ever. we are in the midst of a very serious crisis, madam president, and the response from democrats and the administration were mostly crickets. democrats seem to hope that ignoring the border situation will make it go away, or at least ensure that no one pays attention. i'm pretty sure the president and his administration spent more time earlier this year fightin

the mcconnell endorsement of herschel walker and thune, the whole leadership of the senate endorsed him after trump had tapped him shows that they are -- they know their fate is tied to trump for now. deep down, late at night, maybe they hope he'll miraculously disappear but they'll do nothing to make him disappear. even chris christie. he's not standing up to trump. he's sort of hoping people won't talk too much about trump. >> that's why it's so hard for all the republicans who said, after glenn youngkin won, this is our path. well, it's not going to be very easy for that to be their path if they are embracing trump and vice versa. look, it was easy for trump to stay out of the virginia governors race because it was kind of a one off to him. it didn't really signify power. the midterm elections signified power. especially if he's able to say that it's because of him that republicans took the house back. you also have a ton of republicans that aren't like glenn youngkin, that they are like mini trumps. you just talked about one. and so i think it's going to be really hard going into th

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senator thune. >> thank you, madam chair. ms. rosenworcel, the universal service fund of the fcc, particularly a high cost program, has had a significant impact on states like south dakota that have a large rural area. do you believe it's important to provide rural broadband providers, particularly rate of return carriers, regulatory certainty in the usf program? >> thank you for the question. the answer is yes. >> good. if confirmed as chair of the fcc will steps will you take to ensure that the fcc does better than other agencies on spectrum issues? >> this is an important issue. we are using more of our airwaves than ever before for commercial activity. every one of us here knows it, because we rely on those phones for much of our day to day life. and when you add it up with wi-fi and all the new ways that we're going to start connecting the world around us, you realize we need more of that spectrum for commercial activity. the challenge of course is the laws of physics mean we're not making more spectrum, so we have to reclai

this is john thune, another member of the republican leadership.he votes though mcconnell has had considerations with schumer with b this one. if you're the president of the united states you do not need the threat of a government default to rattle the market. how do they figure that how the? >> the democrats haven't committed to doing this through reconciliation wits only avenue that they are offering democrats at this point and we'll see if this changes especially as all the issues pile up on president biden's plate and he decides to take this off and do it this way. manchin is still singing the same tune that he's been singing for months now. we need more time, we need more time and bringing up inflation concerns that he's still talking about today and what's interesting is the white house has tried to take some that have head on. we heard the vice president kamala harris a couple of times talking about this bill is going to lower costs for america and help ease the inflation concerns but joe manchin doesn't seem to be accepting that and that's

both thune and rounds voted no against the infrastructure bill. south dakota has so few people in it, it has one member of the house. that's dusty johnson. he also voted no on the infrastructure bill. there's the front page above the fold headline in one of the biggest papers in the state highlighting how awesome it is for south dakota and our congressional delegation voted against it. that's south dakota today. head to north dakota. this time the bad news about the republicans who voted no on the infrastructure bill is right there in the main headline. armstrong votes against $1 trillion package. armstrong in this case is kelly armstrong who is north dakota's one solitary member of the house. kelly armstrong voted no on the infrastructure bill. there's one of the biggest papers in the state gushing on the front page about all the bill is going to do and about how he was no help. he voted no. there's the description on the front page. many have been interested in what it could mean for local airports, highway interchanges and underpasses. it's goi

johnson, thune, rounds opposed the measure. south dakota has two u.s. senator like every state does. that is republican food and rounds. both of them voted no against the infrastructure bill. south dakota has so few people in it that it only has one member of the house. that is a man in dusty johnson. johnson also voted no on the infrastructure bill. so there is the front page of both of the headlines in one of the biggest papers in the state highlighting how a multibillion optimistic event this is going to be for south dakota. and how are -- voted against it. that is south dakota today. grand folks harold. this time the news about the republicans that voted no on the infrastructure bill is right there in the main headline. armstrong, votes against one trillion dollar package. armstrong in this case is kelly armstrong, who is north dakota as one solitary member of the house. currently armstrong voted no on the infrastructure bill, so there is one of the biggest pepper in the states gushing on the front page about all the bill is going to do about how he

chairman cantwell, ranking member wicker for their support, i'm joined by senator thune and senator amy klobuchar, senator ed markey, they've all been extraordinary leaders in this effort. and today, i should note, is the first time that tiktok and snap have appeared before congress. i appreciate you and youtube for your testimony this morning, it means a lot. our hearing with facebook whistleblower frances haugen, was -- a powerful -- profits above people, especially -- and there is a definite and deafening drumbeat of continuing doubt about facebook. keeping -- and outrage. and have led to increasing calls for accountability. this time is -- accountability to parents and the public accountability to congress. accountability to investors and shareholders, accountability to the securities and exchange commission and other federal agencies. because there is ample credible evidence as we start an investigation here. today we are concerned about continuing to educate the american public and ourselves about how we can face this crisis. what we learned from disclosures and reporting since th

next, senator thune. >> thank you mister chairman. and magnets, welcome.let me just start by asking, a question dealing with sanctuary cities. you served ten years in california bay area. a well-known sanctuary city that flounce u.s. immigration on refuses to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents. if confirmed, you will oversee immigration law at our borders. do you support sanctuary cities and whatsapp message to those cities sent those seeking to enter the united states illegally? >> thank you for the question, senator. as a chief for two decades, my first and foremost priority has always been public safety. and so, i appreciate how decisions around sanctuary cities are ultimately political decisions. but as a police chief and certainly in this position, if confirmed, my first and primary obligation is to follow the law. that's what i have done in the past and that's when i would commit to doing going forward. >> let me follow up on the question with senator cornyn raised, the biden administration is circumventing immigration law in issui

. >> thank you. , senator thune. >> thank you madam care. miss rosenwurztel, do you believe it's important to provide rural broadband providers particularly rate of return carriers regulatory certainty in the usf program and mark. >> thank you, the answer is yes. >> if confirmed as chair what steps will you take to ensure the fcc is better fc coordinating with other federal agencies on issues. >> this is an important issue. we are using more of our airwaves than ever before tfor commercial activity . every one of us does it because we rely on those phones for much of our day-to-day life. and when you added up with wi-fi and all the new ways that were going to start connecting the world around us realize we need more of that wespectrum for commercial activity. the challenge is the laws of physics mean you're not making more spectrum so we have to reclaim it from older uses and sometimes that requires going to federal asters and asking them to choose to be more cefficient with their current allocations. for instance is how we were able to hold

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thune ub thune is -- mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: we are coming up on a year of democrat governance in washington. what do democrats have to show for it? nothing good. on the international front the president's most significant act was his disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan which continues to jeopardize our security. on the domestic front democrats have ignored a massive crisis along the southern border that continues to rage because they can't take on the open borders left in their own political party. you look at what's happening with the supply chain. there are 90 containers sitting at the port at long beach waiting to get into the country and the president and his team can't really do anything about it because they are unwilling to take on the teamsters. if you look at our cities, mr. president, homicides are up in all of our major cities across this country. it seems that perhaps they defund the police approach

thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we're not. mr. thune: okay. mr. president, the -- in all the time i've been in washington in both the house and senate, we have a lot of -- i've seen republicans in control in the majorities, i've seen democrats in the majority. i've been on both sides of that. i've seen republican presidents and democrat presidents. but the one thing that doesn't change is that when democrats get power in washington, they want to expand government. they would not to grow government. -- they want to grow government. they want to spend money. that's just -- if you just look throughout history, at least in the time i've been here, that's just a fact. and we've already seen this year since the president came to power and the democrats have narrow majorities in the house and the senate, which they've interprets somehow has a mandate, but a dead-even united states senate, them push through on a partisan basis a $1 .9 trillion spending bill, which expanded government. there is a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that has passed the senate