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it's not one that i would use tuberville attempting to downplay the impact of his blockade.this is not the end of the world, even as he recommits continue to have a hold until i get to sit down with people in the department defense doesn't get resolved. the senate majority leader could work around this. schumer could bring up each and every one of the nearly 160 nominees to the floor on their own for an individual vote, rather than in mass like it's typically done, but that is a very time consuming process that could eat, updates. potentially even weeks of this, and it's time, erin. all right, sunlen. thank you very much, and i want to go now to someone you saw profile in someone's reporting. in the democratic senator michael bennet. he has been one of the most vocal critics of senator tuberville, and he's a member of the intelligence committee. so obviously national security ah, front front of mind for you. so you just took to the senate floor again tonight. senator to condemn senator tuberville's actions here when he's chosen to do on this blocking these nominees. why do y

senator tuberville is unilaterally blocking the promotion of dozens of military officers, as many ase affected at the moment. hundreds more, including admirals and three enforced -- four star generals, we'll need confirmation by the end of the year. some of these officers are slated to taking over strategic roles, like commanding naval forces in the pacific and middle east, and working as a pentagon liaison to nato's military committee. usually, this massive amount of promotions are approved in groups by unanimous consent, senator tuberville's maneuver means that for him to get, to get past him, the promotions would have to be approved one by one. which could take weeks. and if you're wondering what would make the senator decide to put a wrench in the deployment of officers and to risk the u.s. military's readiness? here is his explanation. >> as of 12 days ago, y'all got the american taxpayer on the hook. to pay for travel, time off for elective abortions. and you did not make this with anybody, in this room, our congress taken a vote. i'm not going to let our military be politicize

senator tommy tuberville of alabama is at the center of issue.mitting service members to travel to receive health services, specifically abortion health care. joining our coverage someone who has warned about this is amy mcgrath, the co-founder of operation liberty, a plan to protect troops and veterans no you that roe v. wade has been overturned. we have in the form of testimony from lloyd austin confirmation that is now happening. >> yeah, and senator tuberville is just putting our national security at risk to further his radical right-wing agenda and here's the thing, senator tuberville is not a veteran. he's a former football coach. the folks in the pentagon have worn the uniform, defended this country. this is their life. they don't tell football coaches how to he should be telling secretary of defense how to do his job. but we did see this coming. that's why i started operation liberty. we knew that the republicans with the repeal of roe vs. wade, it would have repercussions for military women. we're a unique group where we don't get a choi

when deciding if an athlete can play at the end of the day is this is about common sense while tuberville in nearly 2 dozen other republicans are trying to build support in the senate. >> this week a committee advanced the bill along party lines in the house who support should be welcoming of all students and serve as an opportunity for us to develop. and virginia democrat congressman bobby scott voted against the legislation. >> arguing there even fewer transgender student athletes than the number of members on his committee. it's ludicrous to suggest that such a handful of athletes who pose no evidence jury threat justify's national congressional action. scott said lawmakers should instead focus their time on unequal pay abuse and lack of resources in school. sports address the real issues facing student athletics on its own. the biden administration plans to release changes to title 9 in may. a spokesperson confirmed the education department is working on a proposed rule protecting transgender athletes but couldn't give a timeline on when it will be released in washington. i'm jessi te

that is a problem he says, big problem all of that and alabama republican senator tommy tuberville, het worried about the fed's boss, china's boss. far bigger worry, far bigger threat. very big show. i'm neil cavuto. i want to go to bob doll decoding the fed speak out there. to quote, britney, bob what are you anticipating? that is the end of my britney references by the way but what do you think? >> yeah. look, i think the fed chair is telling us yes inflation is coming down. it will not be a smooth path. we'll have bumps along the way. parenthetically, we're far from 2% a long way to do. he insisted again we'll get to two. we have a lot of pain in front of us if he really means 2%, neil. markets are reeling a bit. perhaps out of surprise. maybe he talked them into the rally we had earlier this year that got a little out of hand as people said maybe the fed's almost done, maybe we won't have recession. look i think probability of recession with speech and market reaction has gone up a little again. neil: he has an uncanny pattern to this behavior. i always like to say there is a powel

. >> senator tuberville. >> thank you, mr. chairman.en in your position now what, less than a year, right? >> four months, senator. >> four months. give us your number one priority for space force. >> i need to make sure that the guardians are ready to meet the threat. i've said this from day one. the systems that we're buying are exquisite. i want to make sure that the guardians have the training and the ability to practice their trade crafts, reps and sets, i call it. we've got to get those into the guardians so they validate their tactics and they are trained to meet any adversarial challenge that's thrown at them. >> more training and people than it is anything. >> there's a lot of challenges and that's what i'm focused on right now because i think it was the biggest gap from converting-- i like to use the example we're trying to turn a merchant marine into the u.s. navy, right? we have to convert this space force that we had for a benign environment into one that's contesting the domain. >> is this a slow process? >> sometimes it's

secretary of defense lloyd austin defended the pentagon's position and said that tuberville's actionsmpact military personnel, military families and could prevent the military from filling key positions in the near future. >> this policy is based on a strong. legal roundup. it is not a law. it is a policy. there are a number of things are happening globally that indicate that we could be in a contest on any one given day. >> democratic senator the leader there, chuck schumer says that tuberville is blocking nearly 200 promotions across the army marine corps and the navy. the clock is ticking on resolving a major dispute between the white house and congress on raising the debt ceiling. house speaker kevin mccarthy wrote a letter to the president on tuesday pressing him to negotiate. republicans want to find a way to cut back on government spending and reclaim unspent covid funds to reduce the national debt. president biden fired back calling on republicans to present their budget plan. tuesday in north carolina. president biden called out those gop lawmakers for their tactics. >> comin

tuberville: a little easier. matt: better than in my day.ricans. pushing it against the radical woke agenda. ladies and gentlemen, they you to coaching and senator tommy tuberville. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, paging the red dragon. please welcome from tennessee senator bill hagerty and your host, author and cpac board member, gordon chang. ♪ gordon: hello, americans. senator? >> thanks. gordon: china's regime is attacking america. joe biden is not an -- defending us. elites are not defending us. but we have great defenders like bill hagerty. senator, thank you for defending our country. sen. hagerty: thank you so much. gordon: i want to start with the most consequential issue of our time, the chinese ruler xi jinping is preparing for war. biggest military old up since the second world war and he is preparing the civilians of china for war. we need someone to help and protect us. why isn't a white house doing that? sen. hagerty: it's amazing to me the biden administration hasn't learned the most fundamental lesson from the trump administratio

someone on twitter tweeted they would pay to see tommy tuberville take the s.a.t.d is the thing that you keep hearing. that we have to ban this thing they have made up that they say is critical race theory that isn't because kids aren't learning to read and write, which is literally what they're learning. and they're saying that if i as a parent want my child to read the 1619 project or to learn the real history of black people in this country, they can stop my child from reading it. that's how i understand it. how do you understand these bans? >> yeah, so let's be clear that they are at once arguing two contradictory things which is we have to ban books but students can't read books anyway. you really wouldn't have to ban the books if students are graduating and can't even read their diploma because what are they going to do with these books in the first place. we know this isn't about honesty. this isn't about an actual concern that the 1619 project, critical race theory, and you just saw the catch-all of every kind of conservative bogeyman you can think of, tran

senator tuberville, i have deep feelings on certain issues. so do the other 99 senators. but we don't hold up military promotions and risk our national security because of those deep feelings. if every one of us did what he is doing, the senator from alabama is doing, the military would collapse. so, we ought to move forward. i implore my republican colleagues to speak out and prevail on the senator from alabama so we can get these promotions confirmed, get our military operating to its full capacity, and continue working to protect the nation. and now, a trint to one of the greatest staffers i think, certainly that i've ever had, and i think the hill has had in a very long time. i would quote tina turner -- simply the best. i will spare him and his parents, who are in the gallery singing it. though we did talk about doing karaoke together at some point. well, mr. president, that's what they'll say. what they already say about the person whom i wish to honor here today at the end of my remarks. it is never, never easy to say goodbye it a member of your team. we in schumer

when deciding if an athlete can play at the end of the day is this is about common sense while tuberville in nearly 2 dozen other republicans are trying to build support in the senate. >> this week the committee advanced the bill along party lines in the house who support should be welcoming for all students and serve as an opportunity for us to develop. and virginia democrat congressman bobby scott voted against the legislation. >> arguing there even fewer transgender student athletes than the number of members on his committee. it's ludicrous to suggest that such a handful of athletes who pose no evidence jury threat justify's national congressional action. scott said lawmakers should instead focus their time on unequal pay abuse and lack of resources in school. sports address the real issues facing student athletics on its own. the biden administration plans to release changes to title 9 in may. a spokesperson confirmed the education department is working on a proposed rule protecting transgender athletes but couldn't give a timeline on when it will be released in washington. i'm jessi

but there have been some i spoke with senator tommy tuberville of alabama before all of this went down just a couple days ago. and he essentially said that the only person really that this is going to help out a lot. is trump himself. and so that's how he's seeing it. where is you have a lot of democrats, of course, on capitol hill saying that this is a long time coming and it should exclude him. all right. jessi tenure, our washington correspondent live from dc tonight. >> with that analysis. thank you, jesse. that another big story we're following tonight. leaders of the san jose police officers association say they are shocked and angry tonight. now that their executive diractor who they call an office manager is facing federal drug charges. federal prosecutors are saying that joanne suh govia tried to unlawfully import fentanyl. >> into the country as part of a bigger plan to bring opioids. kron four's. dan kerman has that story. >> for 20 years, joanne suh govia worked for the san jose police officers association most recently as its executive director. now, federal prosecutors ha

alabama senator tommy tuberville weighed in too on alvin bragg. >> i think he should be accountable what he's doing. nobody's ever done this. this is unprecedented going after a former president of the united states that is running for president. >> what if he broke the law. >> if you break the law, you got to pay the price, but, i mean, i haven't looked into it enough. >> got it. this is unprecedented, but i haven't looked into it enough. that about sums it up. hammer the talking point, fact be damned or distant. we don't know what's coming down the pipeline or even if anything is coming down the pipeline but we do know enough to be able to wait and see what happens before suggesting people go to jail. let's start with democratic congressman dan goldman, former federal prosecutor who was the democratic counsel to the house intelligence committee during president trump's first impeachment inquiry. congressman, thanks so much for being with us. look, many of your republican colleague, you just heard speaker mccarthy there, are disparaging district attorney alvin bragg and the probe downpl

tuberville: madam president, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: madam president, i want to start out by mentioning the great respect i have for senator reed. i'm deeply grateful for the chairman's service to this country, both his service in uniform and as chairman of the armed service committee, which i am a member. i believe the chairman and i agree on a lot, more than we disagree on, but i take exception to several things said about me by democratic members of this senate. every day this week the majority leader has come to the floor and attacked me by name. it's not often that a majority leader attacks a senator by name three days in a row. in my former profession, i have called just about everything, but the majority leader tweeted about me. right now i want to talk about what i've done and what i'm doing. first of all, i'm not blocking anyone from being confirmed or promoted. every single one of these nominees can receive a vote if senator schumer wants it. in fact, one of the

senator tommy tuberville supports to we want. >> our more for kids.t staff side work in the i think i think people deserve advocates argue the extra hour of light at the end of the day, could boost economic activity, improved people's moods and increase exercise? could be healthier for americans. so we need to get it done. but even though the bill has some support from republicans and democrats in both the house and the senate, not everyone thinks it's a good idea were against it for several reasons. primarily due to health and public safety. doctor jocelyn, why chain with the american academy of sleep medicine says studies show staying on daylight saving time could lead to an increase in car accidents, heart attacks and strokes. because going off standard time disrupts our body's internal clock. our body has natural clock called the circadian rhythm. >> and it's driven by sunlight in the morning and reduced exposure to sunlight in the evening. some lawmakers also prefer a permanent standard time last year. the sunshine protection act made it through

what other kind of things besides what you mentioned to senator kelly and senator tuberville how are keeping our most important space assets safe from attack and increasing there was a yancey? gen. saltzman: i like to tal about two particular areas. i want to avoid operational surprise. that is a tenant in my serious success if you will. by avoiding operational surprise do we have the sensors in the ght places to see what's going on? that's cyber and space. do we recognize hostile activity, aggressive activity, the minute they occur? can we attribute them to the bad actors? that is the surprise i'm talking about. we have to establish norms of responsible behavior. developing a coalition of like-minded space nations that supports those norms of behavior is a powerful motivator to do the right things and call out irresponsible behavior. all of that, i think protects our capabilities as well. sen. rosen: i know my time is up but my next question is partnerships. we will take it off the record. we will submit that for the record. than you for leading me rit there so thank you very much.

senator tommy tuberville supports to we want. >> our more for kids. people that want staff side work in the i think i think people deserve that. advocates argue the extra hour of light at the end of the day, could boost economic activity improve people's moods and increase exercise? it could be healthier for americans. so we need to get it done. but even though the bill has some support from republicans and democrats in both the house and the senate, not everyone thinks it's a good idea were against it for several reasons. primarily due to health and public safety. doctor jocelyn, why chain with the american academy of sleep medicine says study shows staying on daylight saving time could lead to an increase in car accidents, heart attacks and strokes. because going off standard time disrupts our body's internal clock. our body has natural clock called the circadian rhythm. >> and it's driven by sunlight in the morning and reduced exposure to sunlight in the evening. some lawmakers also prefer a permanent standard time last year. the sunshine protectio

senator tommy tuberville supports to we want. >> i'm our more for kids. people that want to stay outside work in the i think i think people deserve advocates argue the extra hour of light at the end of the day, could boost economic activity improve people's moods and increase exercise? it could be healthier for americans. so we need to get it done. but even though the bill has some support from republicans and democrats in both the house and the senate, not everyone thinks it's a good idea were against it for several reasons. primarily due to health and public safety. doctor jocelyn, why chain with the american academy of sleep medicine says study shows staying on daylight saving time could lead to an increase in car accidents, heart attacks and strokes. because going off standard time disrupts our body's internal clock. our body has natural clock called the circadian rhythm. >> and it's driven by sunlight in the morning and reduced exposure to sunlight in the evening. some lawmakers also prefer permanent standard time last year. the sunshine protection a

senator tuberville? state othank you madam chair. ranking member both men i look forward to working with you on this very important bill. agriculture in my state of alabama is the number one industry we are proud of it. the problem we're having is we had to covid as we lost a lot of family farms in a state. doing this farm bill that would really keep in mind what we're doing for all farmers. especially try to keep as many family farms as we possibly can. most of my questions have been asked. i will ask this question about miss taylor. our cotton producers in alabama and throughout the southeast export most to their common overseas in one form or another. they know what map is. what fm dean. do you have any plans for this program? >> senator, i think they are well established programs they have shown a lot of success. they look forward to working with congress on any changes that you may be seeking. from our perspective they are highly effective. >> you are satisfied with them and how they are working? >> yes sir. >> thank you. miss m

stick with just what we tweeted out if you want to report that no evidence alabama senator tommy tuberville wade into on manhattan, d a. alvin bragg. thank you should be accountable what he's doing. i mean, nobody's ever done this. this is unprecedented going after a former president of united states that uh, is running for president? what if he broke the law? broke the law. you gotta you gotta pay the price. ah, but i mean, i haven't looked into it enough. got it. this is unprecedented, but i haven't looked into it enough. that about sums it up. hammer the talking points fact be, or at least distant. look we don't know what's coming down the pipeline or even if anything's coming down the pipeline, but we do know enough to be able to wait and see what happens before suggesting people go to jail. let's start tonight with democratic congressman dan goldman, a former federal prosecutor who was the democratic counsel to the house intelligence committee during president trump first impeachment inquiry, congressman thanks so much for being with us look many of your republican colleagues you just

tuberville: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that will bridges, in my office, be granted floor privileges until may 1, 2023. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president. on a lighter note than the majority leader, i'd like to talk about something a little different. a couple of weeks ago americans across the country lost an your hour of -- an hour of sleep to spring forward and reset their clocks for daylight savings time. i'm willing to bet losing that hour caused some of my friends in alabama to be late to church that day. but this practice has many more cons conventions -- consequences than running behind. congress should make this year the last time we ever change our clocks by passing the sunshine protection act. over the past two years, i are have received many, many calls from people across alabama to make daylight savings time permanent. many alabamans, including parents, seniors, farmers, citizens, mental health professionals have all reached out to my offic

tuberville: reserving the right to object. the senator from colorado may have good intentions, madam president, but he's wrong on the facts. i'm holding the dod nominations because the secretary of defense is trying to push through a massive expansion of taxpayer subsidized abortions without going through this body, without going through congress. three months ago i informed secretary austin that if he tried to turn the dod into an abortion travel agency, i would place a hold on all civilian, flag, and general officer nominees. other than a couple of calls from staff to ask whether i was serious, the dod leadership has yet to call me directly and justify this action. in fact, they have not explained this decision to congress, despite multiple letters, more than a dozen, from my colleagues on the committee. secretary austin's policy is immoral and arguably illegal. if he wants to change the law, he needs to go through congress. the dod refused to answer questions or justify this policy for months last year. when they finally an

my friend, senator tuberville, he's pushing back on the administration's veterans affair rule that wouldunnel taxpayer dollars toward abortions. and as senator capito shared earlier, she is leading us in resisting the obama-era wotus rule implemented late last year, the wotus rule, which i've been fighting sips since my firstm here in the united states senate, is the federal government at its worse. it -- at its worst. it encroaches on families, on communities, and on businesses by its brazen intrusion into states' precious water resources. the biden administration has a track record of prioritizing politically charged regulations over the financial and the economic well-being of americans. my colleagues and i are here to stop these rules from taking effect on more and more americans' lives before they damage the livelihoods of even more nebraskans and more americans across this country. as long as i have the honor of working in the united states senate, i will continue to oppose radical, far-left rules, and promote commonsense solutions instead. my colleagues on both sides of the aisle

tuberville: thank you, madam president. since coming to washington two years ago, i learned a lot about the senate and about how washington works. politics can at times be like a game. while we may be on different teams politically, we should all be focused on winning for all american people. and if there's one thing i know about in my last 40 years as a coach and educator, it's trying to win and how to win. 50 years ago we discovered a winning strategy for all of american female athletes. it was called title 9, probably one of the most successful pieces of legislation that's ever came out of this body. signed into law in 1972, title 9's 37 words empowered women to win by leveling the playing field and providing them access to the same opportunities as young men. i believe those words are worth repeating today to remind this body of their importance. no person in the united states shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational p

tuberville introduced a bill that would prohibit any guidance that would limit the type of investments that workers can make. he said, quote, the government has no business standing in the way of retirement savers who be want to make their own investment choices. so add up what the republicans have already told us with the legislation that they are sponsoring. retirees should have the freedom to invest their hard-earned money in crypto scams, but they should not even be allowed to consider whether a company relies on child labor or is polluting the planet or is underpaying its workers when deciding whether or not an investment is sustainable. it just doesn't make any sense and it's not supposed to. there is a bigger picture here that americans need to understand. republicans know that president biden will veto this resolution the minute it hits his desk. they know it won't succeed in nullifying the department of labor's rule. so what is the point of doing this? well, republicans have been explicit that the goal of this exercise is to help their buddies in the courts. president trump ap

>> i jefferson or tuberville. >> thank, you chairman. thank you, mr. cassidy. mr.schultz, thank you for being here. thank you. i know this is pretty tough at times, but it's good to hear your side of the story. i came from the coaching profession. four years, i taught young kids every year at the beginning of the year about, they all wanted and needed something. i always told him one thing. the only thing you will get from me and from this country is an opportunity. and you took that opportunity and ran with it. and you've got a lot of people that work for you over the years and work for your company, and their company. and made something out of themselves. so thank you for that. you've been a huge idol for this country, in terms of what you have done. we have heard a lot about what you give to your employees. health care, and all that. i fully support unions. people want to join a union, that's fine. i think that is what this country is all about. it sounds like starbucks employees as a whole, from what we've heard so far, have a great working environment. i under

. >> senator tuberville. >> the hard-working farmers and producers continue to face an uphill battle. inflation is skyrocketing and input costs continue to rise to feed fertilizer clement that cuts the producers bottom lines. despite the producers daily struggles to operate the farms and maintain their livelihoods, this administration isn't seeking the help. the usda is only focusing on two areas issuing increases in snap and obsessing over climate change. this farm bill will have a price tag of over $1.4 trillion with over 1.2 trillion of it going to snap benefits. we cannot lose sight of the importance of this farm bill for the next five years for the farmers and producers all across the country. our producers made a strong farm bill with sufficient funding for the crop insurance and farm safety net programs like a arc that keep the hard-working families whole. we must ensure each producer remains in charge of but operations occur within their own farmland and forest land. all conservation programs must remain voluntary, market driven and incentive-based. so, mr. sec., in alabama, 5

can't speak for senator tuberville. i can speak for myself. i will absolutely accept that right now, get them all done, get the pentagon to lift this policy, to suspend it until we can get it ironed out on the ndaa, i'll agree to that right now. if this is as bad, as dire, apocalyptic, dogs and cats living together in the streets, book of revelations stuff as you describe it, we should do that. but lift the policy. you can't legislate from the e-ring of the pentagon. we will stand up for our rights, and we must. ms. hirono: mr. president, very briefly, we are going to be working on ndaa, and i suggest to my colleagues, go ahead. put an amendment or whatever you want in the ndaa and let's take a vote on it, whether or not this policy should stand. the presiding officer: under the previous order -- hirono let's do it. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senator from colorado is recognized for five minutes. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i appreciate the senator from hawaii's perspective on this really important issue. it

tuberville: thank you.object and i'll give the reasons why. i'm happy to explain all the holds on my nominations and i'm glad to see my colleague, the senator from ohio, who will be here in just a moment to support these efforts. my friend from colorado says this hold is unprecedented. it's not unprecedented at all. in fact, there's very recent precedent just a couple of years ago the junior senator from illinois, a democrat, held more than 1,000 military nominations. the reason she held them was over one single officer she wanted promoted. my colleague from colorado threatened to do the same thing just a few weeks ago. mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a news article from january 24. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tuberville: thank you. the headline reads colorado democrat threatens to hold pentagon nominees over space command headquarters. that colorado democrat happens to be my colleague opposite me as we speak. he has given us emotion and opinion. let's tal