the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 65 prid jet meehan brennan of ohio to be united states district judge for the northern district of ohio signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 657. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, charles esque fleming of ohio to be united states district judge for the northern distric

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate, executive calendar number 327, erin a. witkowsky of maryland to be assistant secretary of state for conflict and stabilization operations, signed by 17 senators as follows. ms. baldwin: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the president pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. ms. baldwin: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call for the crowrt motion -- cloture motion filed today be waived. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. baldwin: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. though in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. agreed to. ms. baldwin: i ask unanimous consent that when the that's completes -- that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. tuesday, january 4, thatling to the prayer and pledge, the morning hou

we, the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified elects from the state of georgia, do hereby certify -- you are not the duly elected and qualified electors for the state of georgia. you are not. but that language, or language just like this is in all of these. you might have noticed something when i put them all up there, when i put the real documents up there. again, all the real certificates from the state, they're all unique, with their quirks, fancy or not fancy paper. decorations and seals. contrast that with the forged republican documents. look at them. they all match. exactly. same formatting, same font, same spacing. almost the exact same wording, all of them. now, you might remember on last night's show, we noted that the forged documents from michigan and wisconsin looked really similar. looked really alike. but the arizona one actually looked a little bit different. here's the amazing thing we discovered today about arizona. it looks like there were actually two sets of forged electoral college documents sent in by arizona republicans. there was the sort of hoopy

we the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified presidential electors for the state of x. and then they have the votes cast from the electors, from the relevant candidate, they have the signatures and all of the people who are the qualified electors. that is with the real ones look like. can we put all those up on the screen together? i think we got them from a bunch of different states. there is the five that i just mentioned. as you can see, it is the same basic information on all of them. all of these documents serve the same purpose. they'll meet the constitutional threshold they need to me in order to convey this information officially. but they all looked a little different. they all conveyed information visually a little different, depending on how fancy the state felt about this particular topic. and what kind of nice stationary they have laying around, full seals and the rest of it. now, i picked these five states. to show you with the real electoral vote ascertainment documents look like. i picked these five. because thanks to the watchdog group, american oversig

states that created documents like this, the republicans who signed these falsely asserted we the undersigned being the qualified electors, they actually said they were the duly elected electors. they were not. they were neither duly elected or qualified. but they said they were in signed their names to it. republicans use that language on these false elector documents in georgia, arizona, nevada, wisconsin, and michigan. and in new mexico in pennsylvania. republicans file basically the same kind of document. certainly it looks the same. the same font, spacing, almost the same language. but in new mexico in pennsylvania they change the specific language so that they didn't assert they were the states legal electors. in new mexico in pennsylvania republicans instead inserted language saying ultimately someday they might be the real electors and in which case this document should be processed. it kind of makes all the difference right? whether or not you are trying to pass yourself off as electors when you are not? making that change to the document, at least in pennsylvania that may have saved

if you are if you are, the certificate of the votes of the 220 electors from wisconsin, we the undersigned being the duly elected unqualified electors for president and vice president of the united states. you signed that document. that goes to the national archivist in washington. that goes to the president of the senate. as cynthia said, this is defrauding the american people. this is defrauding 330 million people. this is how democracies get undermined. the fact that the former chief of staff said i love it about something that is a treasonous conspiracy it's mind-boggling. >> yes, mind-boggling indeed. katie, let's talk about judge deere who you mentioned a moment ago. former press secretary. are you worried about what testimony judge deer offers if you are donald trump, or no? >> i really can never say what donald trump would or not be worried about anyway. but i do think that if we were talking about possibly any generic person who is a close adviser with sitting in a room with them, you know, trying to figure out whether or not there is a way to pressure republicans to overturn the

code sectionn 11, please find michigan's electoral votes for president we, the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified electors -- no, you're not -- for president and vice president of the united states of america and the state of michigan do hereby certify the following. we convened and organized in the city of lansing and performed the duties and joined upon us being so assembled and duly organized proceeded to vote by ballot for president trump 16 votes, vice president pence 16 votes. they are purporting to be the duly elected electors of the state of michigan. they are not. and then these 16 republicans ze from michigan all signed their d name to this forgery as if they really are the michigan electors and these are the official results of the election, a forged document purporting to represent the election results in that state. again, that's michigan. again, it looks exactly like the document from wisconsin. in arizona, interestingly, the formatting is different there. and the "arizona republic" reported at the time that this had happened, that republicans in arizona w

certificate reads, we the undersigned, being the julia elected qualified electors for the united states certify the following, we organize in the state capitol in nevada on december 2020, they have joined upon us and we have received a ballot for president and vice presidents. the person they voted for is donald j trump of florida, he is received six votes. now we will sign the certificates that will go to the senate. >> donald j trump of the state of florida having received six votes is declared the winner for the state of nevada. really? declared by who? declared by you? what are you talking about? donald trump did not win nevada. he did not win any electoral votes from nevada. these folks claim that he did. it's one thing, and it wasn't, right to go say something like that if you wanted to on a soapbox on a street corner. and assisting you want to tell you relatives about your weird things about the election. but it is quite something else to put it in writing in a document that is made to look like of official documents. for the document to assert that is an official state document,

the seven states that created documents like this, republicans falsely, bluntly asserted we the undersigned being the duly qualified electors of the president of the united states, they actually said they were the duly elected electors. they were not. they were neither duly elected nor qualified, but they said they were and signed their names to it. republicans used that language on these false elector documents in georgia and arizona and nevada and wisconsin and michigan. in the two other states, new mexico and pennsylvania, republicans filed a similar document, likes the same, same font, same language, except crucially in pennsylvania and new mexico they changed it so they weren't the state's legal electors. in new mexico and pennsylvania the republicans instead inserted some language saying that ultimately some day they might be the real electors and in which case these documents should be processed as their votes. that kind of makes all the difference, right, in terms of whether or not you're trying to pass yourself off as electors when you are not. in making that change to the template

certificate reads that we the undersigned, being duly elected and qualified electors to president and vermont for the united states of america from the state of nevada hereby certify the following. we convened and organized at the state capitol in carson city, nevada, on the 14th day of december to you. we proceeded to vote by ballot first for president and then for vice president. name of the persons voted for is donald j. trump of the state of florida he received six votes want and we will sign database we will sign this certificate that will go to the senate and also to the archivist of the united states. >> donald j. trump of the state of florida having received six electoral votes is declared of the winner of the electoral votes for the state of notified nevada. declared by whom? declared by you? what are you talking about? donald trump did not win nevada. he did not win any electoral votes from nevada. but these folks proclaimed that he did. and, you know, it's one thing -- it's your blessed right to say something like if you want to on a soapbox on a street corner or to ruin yo

we the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified electors, no you're not, for president and vice president of the united states of america from the state of michigan do hereby certify the following, that we convened an organized in the state of capital, in the city of linking, michigan, and at 2 pm, -- we proceeded to vote by ballad for president trump 16 votes. vice president pence, 16 votes. they are reporting to be the duly elected reporters of the election. they are not. and then the 16 republicans from michigan all signed their names. to this forgery. as if they really are the michigan electors. and these really are the official results of the state of michigan. a forged document to represent the election in that state. again, that is michigan. and again, it looks exactly like the document from wisconsin. in arizona, interestingly, the formatting is different there. and the arizona republic had reported that the time that this had happened. the republicans in arizona were trying to do something like this. but as far as i know, we never actually see the forged documents thems

documents like this, the republicans who signed these documents, bluntly, falsely asserted that we the undersigned being the duly elected and qualified electors for president or vice president of the united states. they actually said they were the duly elected electors. they were not. they were nine thirdly elected, nor qualified. but they said they were. and signed their names to it. republicans used that language on those false elector documents in georgia, nevada, wisconsin and michigan. in the two other states, in new mexico and pennsylvania, republicans filed basically the same kind of document. it certainly looks the same, as you see there. same font, same spacing, almost the same language. however, in those two states, the change that specific language so that they didn't assert that they were the states legal electors. in new mexico and pennsylvania, the republicans, instead, in certain some language saying that ultimately, sunday they might be the real electors. and in which case, these documents should be processed as their votes. that kind of makes all the difference, right? as of wheth

people will undersigned einstein siri.nd then the times article gets picked up by other newspapers so he can track the accuracy is creeping in. some things like einstein's nationality isn't interesting : the fact that he is jewish kind of drops off the map fairly quickly as well. to the two expeditions, one to africa and went to brazil is stated the actual predictions disappear almost instantly. goodness only knows what would've happened to the blogosphere. [laughter] >> a doctor matthew stanley thank you so very much. it has been a true delight to be in conversation with you this evening. it is a delight at the national museum and at the library to stand in that space of trying to keep inaccuracies away from both history and science and to be bringing conversations like this to you in your homes, right now if you are watching live and in the future, if you've enjoyed this much to share you can certainly find it on our youtube page the easiest way to get there is good to the world world thought oh rg in the upper right han

. >> undersigned being the duly elected and qualified electors. >> yet, in arizona, the state's republicanentative jake hoffman signed. >> i am simply -- i was one of the electors. >> right. >> i'm not in charge of the electors. >> how did you hear? >> you would need to ask -- >> the party chair signed it, too. that's her. >> we aren't going to stop. we are going to continue until we get to the bottom of the problems in 2020. >> reporter: many on team trump never tried to hide the scheme. >> as we speak today, ultimate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we are going to send those results up to congress. >> reporter: it all fits neatly in trump's efforts to stop certification of biden's win. from the outset, many on team trump wanted to kick the results back to republican-controlled state legislatures, so they could cast aside the will of the people and award their electoral votes to trump. >> tom, it is pretty stunning to see that. you know, just when you put those two documents up, right? that they actually went around the vote, went around the law, went around

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 655, bridget meehan brennan of ohio to be united states district judge for the northern district of ohio, signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of bridget meehan brennan of ohio to be united states district judge for the northern district of ohio shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61. the nays are 30. the motion is agreed to. mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i don't believe we're in a quorum call but i'll check. the presiding officer: we are not. mr. merkley: thank you. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that pri

the clerk: the cloture motion, we the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 5746, an act to amend title 51, united states code to extend the authority of the national aeronautics and space administration to enter into leases of non-excess property of the administration, signed by 17 senators. the vice president: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 5746, an act to amend title 51, united states code, to extend the authority of the national aeronautics and space administration, to enter into leases of non-excess property of the administration shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the vice president: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. three-fifths o

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 5746, an act to amend title 51, united states code, and so forth, signed by 17 senators as followed. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: before i begin the substance of my remarks, i want to offer a few woferredz in reaction to the -- words in reaction to the terrible hostage situation in weekend in texas. saturday's hostage crisis at congregation beth israel was a horrifying reminder that the ancient poison of anti-semitism continues to this day. i'm relieved that all of the hostages made it out alive, and i commend the quick thinking of the first responders. and of rabbi charlie cytron walker who acted valiantly and all those present for bringing this cri

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 465, amitabha bose of new jersey to be administrator of the federal railroad administration signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of amitabha bose of new jersey to be administrator of the federal railroad administration shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61, the nays are 29, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of transportation, amitabha bose, of new jersey, to be administrator of the federal railroad administration. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois and the majorit

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22ding rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 327, anne a. witkowsky of maryland to be an assistant secretary of state, conflict and stabilization operations, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of anne a. witkowsky of maryland to be an assistant secretary of state conflict and civilization operations shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 24. the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. please take your conversations outside the well. the senator from nevada f. ms. rosen: i ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, the senate recess until 2:00 p.m. and that the postc

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 612, alan davidson of maryland, to be assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: under unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waive add. question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of alan davidson of maryland to be assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 64, the nays are 30. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein