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and those committees and the united states senate as a whole i've been able to do some good things, some long lasting things for montana and the united states of america. and i want to visit for a moment about why i was deemed one of the most effective senators by a nonpartisan group from a policy perspective. i am the product of my grandparents, fred and christine pierson, both who were homesteaders in north central montana. my grandfather fred pierson passed away when i was 6 years old. so my memories of him are dim. but i do remember him smoking cigars, white alls and roy tans, a family tradition. and i remember him being pretty daf. i remember riding in his 53 chevy pickup and the motor just jeeping before he shifted gears because it -- he was deaf and hearing aids didn't work so good in those years. he also was missing an index finger on his hand. but what i found out since his passing is that he loved to work and was literally outworked by no one. whether it was pitching bundles into a threshing machine or picking rock, this was a man who knew how to work and he knew how to work ha

and those committees and the united states senate as a whole i've been able to do some good things, some long lasting things for montana and the united states of america. and i want to visit for a moment about why i was deemed one of the most effective senators by a nonpartisan group from a policy perspective. i am the product of my grandparents, fred and christine pierson, both who were homesteaders in north central montana. my grandfather fred pierson passed away when i was 6 years old. so my memories of him are dim. but i do remember him smoking cigars, white alls and roy tans, a family tradition. and i remember him being pretty daf. i remember riding in his 53 chevy pickup and the motor just jeeping before he shifted gears because it -- he was deaf and hearing aids didn't work so good in those years. he also was missing an index finger on his hand. but what i found out since his passing is that he loved to work and was literally outworked by no one. whether it was pitching bundles into a threshing machine or picking rock, this was a man who knew how to work and he knew how to work ha

lifetime to serve in, i think, the greatest deliberate body the world has ever known, the united states senate. god bless the state of west virginia and may god continue to bless the united states of america. [applause] >> a few of us have some remarks to make about the honored senator from west virginia, when he's finished with his hugs. we'll continue. [inaudible conversations] all right, mr. president and i want to say to my friend joe manchin, wonderful speech had a lot of meaning for me as someone who knows you very well to all of us, you've touched everybody's life in this room and many people beyond. i want to say a few words about my colleague, my friend, my fellow senator from west virginia. senator joe manchin in a few short weeks, senator manchin, we all call him joe will be retiring, but safe to say he's guaranteed us that it will not be the last time that we hear from him. before he leaves us, i'd just like to take a moment to highlight my perspective as impressive successful career for the country, but particularly for our state of west virginia. i'd also like to acknowledge joe'

years as speaker of the house, 20 years in the house of representatives, and 18 years in the united states senate, including now chairing the senate foreign relations committee. let me start by thanking marylanders for giving me your trust to represent you in this august body. you have supported me in 18 elections. the hebrew letter for 18 is hai, which also means life, 58 years of my life. my grandparents came to this country over 100 years ago to escape in europe. they settled in baltimore and built a life for their family. their grandson now serves in the united states senate. this is a great country. marylanders have allowed me to pursue my ambition of public service to help others whose voices and needs are often ignored in the halls of power. in my family, i was taught from a young age that it's our responsibility to make the world a better place. repair the world. and help those that are less fortunate and are in need. saduka, charity. these were demonstrated to me by the communal activities of my parents. these values have been my north star that guided my public service as a legislator.

to my colleagues, thank you all for being here to celebrate an incredible united states senator. someone we're so proud of in the state of maryland. our friend, my friend, ben cardin. >> hear, hear. [applause]. >> senator from maine. >> thank you, mr. president. after senator ben cardin announced his retirement in the spring of 2023 he and his wonderful wife myrna recorded an extraordinary video reflecting on a life in public service nearly as long as their 60 years of maryland. touching on the highlights of a career that brings from the sanctions which we've heard so much today, to protecting maryland's precious chesapeake bay, ben said the unifying force behind his work has always been the jewish tradition of helping wherever and whenever help is needed. observing ben for the past 18 years i have seen a statesman of keen intellect and profound decency. he is always guided by the ideals of america, his service to maryland, and by his faith. he consistently has demonstrated the character that earned him the trust of the people of maryland, from the house of delegates to the third

unlike elon musk, bernie sanders actually has a vote in the united states senate, but he has not been able to cut defense spending. elon musk who does not have a vote in the senate or the house will not be able to top the f-35 or cut defense spending. the f-35 is one of the most massive defense projects with contracts spread out over dozens of states so that it is guaranteed the support of members of the house and the senate who have pieces of that contract in their states as well as the support of champions of defense spending who states don't even get a penny from the f-35. only congress can vote to cut the f-35, and so as i've said before, elon musk is simply another lobbyist in washington trying to convince congress to do something that congress does not want to do. and he's the most ignorant lobbyist washington's ever seen. united states has been selling f-35s to other countries, including the united kingdom, japan, and israel, where it is the now the most popular flying weapon of war. saudi arabia desperately wants to buy f-35s. what do you think donald trump's going to do when

so today i seek to do that on the floor of the united states senate. i begin with an expression of a deep abinding attitude to the people of pennsylvania, who i have served for in three state executive offices. first as auditor general, then as state treasurer and for the last 18 years as a united states senator. it has been a privilege to have served our commonwealth, to have served the people of our commonwealth. now for 39 and a half years, i've been blessed by the unconditional love and unfailing support of my wife teres, the oldest daughter of john fapiano. every day that i've been a public official, teresa has been the fouvendation of our -- foundation of our family. her love for me and our daughters has been boundless and constant. i want to thank each of our four daughters who are with us today. and for me just saying their names is like a prayer of thanksgiving, elise, caroline, julia and marina, they, like terese sacrificed so much while i was in public office. i'm so proud of the accomplished young women they have become. elise and her husban

he's serving in his 14th year as united states senator. after serving our state in the house of delegates, in the state senate, secretary of state, as governor, we went through a couple of tragedies, really you tough tragedies when joe was our governor. i can say with maybe one exception, maybe my dad, they might be equal, itch' never seen such a compassionate, empathetic, and effective governor during really, really tough times. so i'm going to miss working side by side with him but i know the relationship that we've built over these years will continue for years to come. joe has been the senior senator from west virginia for all of my ten years of my tenure and the reality is i got big shoes to fill here. and in case i forget that, joe reminds me of that every single day. sometimes we disagree, but when we disagree, we do it respectfully and on the merits. we might disagree. we don't become disagreeable. the next day we get up and fight for the things we both believe in. and that is to focus our energy on improving the lives of our neighb

i have been beyond the united states senate. i have been involved in county government, the statehouse and senate, the u.s. house. i hate to say it because it makes me feel so old, but i have them -- have been involved 50 years. i always say i started when i was five. the truth is after 24 years and working hard and being able to get a lot done for michigan and being in a top leadership role, number three role in the united states senate, i just felt it was time to pass the torch to the next generation, and a couple of things came into play for me. one, we have such great leaders in michigan now. we have all kinds of new, young leaders. that are making an impact. and i knew that it would be very clear that we could have somebody step into this role who could do a great job and in fact, alyssa slotkin will definitely do that. secondly, from a family standpoint. my mom at the time i my mom at the time i made the decision was 96. she's always been there with me. i always make sure i see her and so on, but it was a moment where i rea

years as speaker of the house, 20 years in the house of representatives, and 18 years in the united states senate, including now chairing the senate foreign relations committee. let me start by thanking marylanders for giving me your trust to represent you in this august body. you have supported me in 18 elections. the hebrew letter for 18 is hai, which also means life, 58 years of my life. my grandparents came to this country over 100 years ago to escape in europe. they settled in baltimore and built a life for their family. their grandson now serves in the united states senate. this is a great country. marylanders have allowed me to pursue my ambition of public service to help others whose voices and needs are often ignored in the halls of power. in my family, i was taught from a young age that it's our responsibility to make the world a better place. repair the world. and help those that are less fortunate and are in need. saduka, charity. these were demonstrated to me by the communal activities of my parents. these values have been my north star that guided my public service as a legislator.

appreciate the time that montanans have allowed me to serve as their representative in the united states senate. in the end, i was able to chair two major committees that have an incredibly large, in fact the biggest impact on the united states's budget. the senate appropriations subcommittee and the senate veterans affairs committee. these are the two largest agencies from a funding standpoint in the u.s. senate. in those committees and in the senate as a whole i have been able to do some good, long-lasting things for montana and the united states of america. i want to visit for a moment about why i was deemed one of the most effective senators by a nonpartisan group from a policy perspective. i am the product of my grandparents, fred and christine pearson, both who were homesteaders in north-central montana. my grandfather fred pearson passed away when i was six years old, so my memories of him are dim. but i do remember him smoking cigars, white howells and roy tans, a family tradition. and i remember him being pretty deft. i remember writing in his 1955 chevy pickup, and the motor just scre

as a member of the house of representatives united states senate, i have helped preserve and strengthen hospital rate system. i was the leader in the state of maryland for the development of the circuit breaker breaker property tax programs that allos seniors to remain in their homes. as speaker of the house i can quote the first woman the first african-american to chair standing committee. one of my proudest accomplishments as a legislator came in the united states senate. it was the passage and enactment of the accountability act. this was inspired by the death a russian tax attorney who was at murty 15 years ago last month for uncovering corruption been told by his client came to my attention of the helsinki commission. first elected to congress in 1987 my family is deeply involved out of the soviet union. my wife myrna was a leader of the maryland committee. my close friend representative hoyer chaired u.s. helsinki commission that took up the cause of soviet jews. gave me the opportunity to become involved. we traveled together to several countries behind the iron curtain to give h

birthdays or christmas or take a vacation and so on. >> c-span began in 1970 nine with one female united states senator. when you were elected to the first female senator from the state of michigan. now about a quarter of the senate, what does that change for you for the institution. sen. stabenow: i think that more women in decision-making roles everywhere makes a huge difference, a huge difference. and in the united states senate, when i think about coming in in 2000, maria cantwell and i were the first two women to be incumbents in the history of our country. we came in together in 2000. but that was the year where with women elected, 13 of us, there were enough women to have one woman on every committee in the united states senate. so a woman's perspective invoice. not that we ran everything, but just our experience, 2001. and then you got many as chairs as committees, many in leadership positions. what we've seen with two major candidates, women running for the presidency. there's been a huge difference in what you see, obviously. women tend to work across the aisle. we had dinners with the women

walk the walk, and i just want to say, as others have said before, because it's true, the united states senate will be diminished because of your absence. and appreciate the opportunity to get to know with you and work with you and get somes you. ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: first of all, itch to say wouldn't you know i'd get laryngitis. i want to thank chuck for his comments this morning and for being a dear friend. today is bittersweet for me stand here on the floor of the united states senate making my last speech, my last major speech. so many of my staff from michigan have traveled to be here as well as staff members who have worked for me in d.c. over the years. i am truly overwhelmed that over 100 michigan and d.c. staff are here in the gallery and on the floor. and family and friend who are not able to fly in today are watching on c-span. as we come back for thanksgiving, i am filled with so much gratitude and respect as i think back over my years of public service. and i'm thinking about the incredible number of people

position in history who has pledged to stop drinking if and only if he is confirmed by the united states senate. "new york times" published a report, well sourced, within the trump transition team but without any apparent sources in the united states senate about what the headline calls the resurrection of support for pete hegseth's confirmation. but the only resurrection that that actually reports on is the resurrection of donald trump's personal support for pete hegseth after donald trump's apparent attempt to abandon pete hegseth. the times reports mr. trump was getting sick of hearing about it all, and he told confy dants he was serious about picking governor ron desantis of florida to replace him. within 48 hour, mr. trump had changed his mind. trump allies appear to compete in that article for credit in reviving the hegseth nomination. jd vance is obviously trying to be seen in that article as helping hegseth, as is steve bannon and other trump worshipping private citizens with microphones, but no access to united states senators is reported in this article. this long, authoritative artic

he's an incredible united states senator. someone we're so proud of in the state of maryland. friend, my friend, ben cardin. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president. after senator ben cardin announced his retirement in the spring of 2023, he and his wonderful wife a myrna recorded an extraordinary video reflecting on a life in public service nearly as long as their 60 years of marriage. touching on the highlights of a career that range from enacting the magnitsky sanctions about which we have heard so much today, to protecting marilyn's precious chesapeake bay, ben said the unifying force behind his work has always been the jewish tradition of helping wherever and whenever help is needed. serving for the past 18 years, i have seen a statesman of team intellect and profound decency. he is always guided by the ideals of america, his service to maryland, and by his faith. he consistently has demonstrated the character that earned him the trust of the people of maryland from the house of delegates to the third congressional district to the united states senate. ben's hometown newsp

and i just want to say, as others have said before because it's true, the united states senate will be diminished because of your absence. and appreciate the opportunity to get to know you and work with you and get some stuff done. >> madam president. >> senator from michigan. >> first of all, i have to say wouldn't you know i get laryngitis, and for somebody who is in elected office we know that's not a good thing so please bear with me and i want to thank chuck

but, no access to united states senators is reported in the article. this long, authoritative article describes the intense pressure being put on united states senators by right wing media paid for advertising by elon musk, and threats of a republican primary challenge against any republican senator who votes against pete hegseth. but, the article does not describe the conversion of a single republican senator to a "yes" vote. and even though joni ernst has not changed to a "yes" vote, the times does describe what it calls joni ernst's turnaround. that is the word they used for it. a turnaround for joni ernst would have been going from expressing concern to the nomination of someone accused with rape in monterey, california police report. as someone who opposes women serving in combat which is offensive to joni ernst who served in combat herself. joni ernst was actually the first woman elected to the united states senate who is a combat veteran. a turnaround for joni ernst would be telling the new york times, or anyone, publicly, that she is a "yes" vot

i've never really had a close election since i've been in the united states senate even though i've had pretty aggressive opponents. >> what is the state of american politics today? >> i think i would characterize it as uncertain. it is hard to figure out. it is too expensive for campaigns. disinformation has been legitimated as a campaign tactic, which we should never use. guard rails on the way the people campaign. seems like there are no guardrails. i worry about our political system. having said that, we have the strongest democracy in the world. i think this democracy will continue to be the guiding democracy of the world. >> what is the future of the democratic party? >> the future of the democratic party will be fine. everyone is looking their wounds because we didn't do well in this election cycle by the democratic party believe the government is there to help people, we believe in inclusion, we believe in workers rights, they get a fair share of the profits of this country. the bedrock principles of the democratic party will hold us in the future. we need to communicate better

and your time here in the united states senate, the gift that the good lord gave to me to work with you and eight other folks besides us on that infrastructure bill is something that i will never forget in this body. and you stood up time and time again and talked realism to all of us. vote-a-rama. and as you go out, just know that there's not a soul in here that doesn't know you are a man of faith. and i appreciate that because you exhibit that faith. you don't preach, you walk the walk, and i just want to say, as others have said before, because it's true, the united states senate will be diminished because of your absence. and appreciate the opportunity to get tow

state senate and the u.s. house she was elected to serve in the united states senate in 2000 and she made history once again as the first woman to represent michigan in the senate. as soon as she arrived, debbie hit the ground running. and i think it's safe to say she never stopped running. and she has always fought to make meaningful, positive change for our state as well as for our entire country. in the very first piece of legislation that she passed into law as a united states senator, it banned oil and gas drilling in the great lakes and her commitment to protecting and preserving the great lakes didn't stop there. in 2010, senator stabenow with the great lakes restoration initiative a landmark program that has literally transformed the health of the great lakes by helping to combat against invasive species, strengthen our wildlife habitats and protect the entire great lakes watershed and for nearly a decade now, she has served as the co-chair of the great lakes task force, delivering countless wins to ensure the lasting health of the great lakes for generations to come. i've been honored to work with her

danny brewster was the only united states senator -- sorry, the only democratic united states senator south of the mason-dixon line that cosponsored the civil rights act of '64, the voting rights act of '65, the fair housing act of '68. there were some republicans back then that does support civil rights, but the democratic senators in the south led the filibuster. the richard russell and strom thurmond and all of those. they were the ones that southern -- after the civil rights act of '64 past, they eventually flipped over and became republicans. with regard to maryland at the time, the civil rights act of 64 , danny brewster, the democratic u.s. senator from maryland, cosponsored it. the other u.s. senator was a republican, and he supported civil rights too. maryland can be proud that it's two u.s. senator is in '64 both voted for the civil rights act. then joe tidings comes in in '65. for the voting rights act, again, maryland can be proud. both of the u.s. senator is, danny brewster and joe tidings, supported the voting rights act of 1965. >> i have a question about the civil righ

, adam schiff went from being a member of the house of representatives, to a member of the united states senateen he was sworn in to serve the remainder of the late senator dianne feinstein's term in office, giving him a head start on the class of senators who won six year terms in the last election, who will be sworn in, in january. senator schiff also won a six- year term in the last election. senator schiff distinguished himself in the house of representatives as chairman of the house intelligence committee, then impeachment manager in donald trump's first impeachment trial in the united states senate, then a member of the january 6th committee. in an interview this weekend, donald trump said, on the basis of absolutely nothing, that all members of the january 6th committee, and the staff of the january 6th committee should all go to jail. that is, of course, not going to happen, because none of them committed any crimes. it is one of donald trump's many, ridiculous, empty threats that can only be believed by his most weak minded followers. the chairman of the january 6th committee, congress

which is why i have worked to expand access to capital since i served in the united states senate.nd as vice president, have made sure we invested over a billion dollars in native community banks, banks run by people who live in the community, and understand and are in the business position then to understand the needs of the community, the capacity of the community, in a way that in particular other banks may not. and the impact of that approach is profound. as just one example. soon after taking office, i spoke with ana, a member of the omaha tribe. and we had an extensive conversation. she understood that basically as an executive director of a native community bank in south dakota, that the entrepreneurs in the community, many of them just were not being recognized by those who could invest in their work and in their growth. we talked, for example, about entrepreneurs in the community who make traditional quilts. and the challenges that they often face in securing loans. as big banks often don't fully understand the culture. and therefore don't understand the value of the produ

lifetime to serve in i think the greatest deliberative body has known and ever will know, the united states senated bless and god bless the united states senate.

state. where we lost the presidential race, we lost my senate race, we lost three major races for the united states congress, we lost all three statewide offices by more than 300,000. one of them for state treasurer by more than 400,000. big losses across the board, mine was narrow, but when that happens i think you have to engage in a period of reflection about why that happened. i don't necessarily have a broad-based remedy or soundbite to sum it up, but there is no question that when you serve in public office, one of your duties is not simply to represent your state and to vote in accordance with the best interest of your state, one of your duties is to tell people what you have achieved or what you have delivered for them. i think too often, democrats are not as effective as we need to be on communicating those results to people. it is not simply about boasting about your record. if you have a large number of politicians who are constantly demo grading -- denigrating government and knocking it down and when people don't have a sense that government has delivered or brought a result, i t

state senate, and u.s. house, she was elected stoarve to serve in the united states senate in 2000 and she made history once again as the first woman to represent michigan in the ?ats. senate. as soon as she arrives debbie hit the ground running i think it is safe to say she's never stopped running and thought to make meaningful positive change for our state as well as for our entire country. in the very first piece of legislation, as she passed into law, as the united states senator, it banned oil and gas drilling in the great lakes and her commitment to protecting and preserving the great lakes didn't stop there. and in 2010 senator stabenow authored great lakes restoration initiative it is a land mark program that has literally transformed the health of the great lakes. by helping to combat against invasive species strengthen our wildlife habitats and protect the entire great lakes watershed. and for nearly a decade now she has served as the co-chair of the great lakes task force delivering countless wins to ensure lasting health of the great lakes for generations to come. and i've been honored to work w

>> every one of those flags that he walked by were flags in front of the door of a united states senator whose door was closed to pete hegseth. that is an awful long way to walk in the russell senate office building between meetings with senators who would normall be very eager to speak to a nominee for secretary of defense, and i mean senators from both parties. and remember,na on that walk two weeks ago today when matt gaetz was doing that walk, jd vance was proudly and smilingly walking at matt gaetz's side, walking around the senate with him. it was a parade of clowns. they were full of smiles and confidence, publicly, but as ice said that night, they were obviously the walking dead in the united states senate that day. and if you're wondering just how dead the hegseth nomination is, today jd vance was no -- senator jd vance, remember, he has one of those offices in one of those buildings, senator jd vance was nowhere to be seen when pete hegseth became the dead man walking through the senate hallways. leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congresswoman marilyn strickland

and p i think we would all agree that if we are here in the united states senate blocking decisions, ominations made for judges back in our states or our local jurisdictions, that would be kind of a bizarre thing to do. so i want to make it clear that today we're not talking about the supreme court of the united states or the u.s. court of appeals or federal district court judges. we're talking about the local judges for the people of the district of columbia. and in that local court system, they have a commission that determines who the nominees are, that the president nominates the local judges because of the statutes governing the district of columbia within the united states congress. p and i've heard p on the floor of the senate many times legitimate concerns expressed about a crime in the district of columbia and a backlogged court system in the district of columbia. yet, some until today -- and i hope today will be different -- have blocked consideration of votes on the judges for the people of the district of columbia. and because of that, washington, d.c.'s court system has b

think about this, danny brewster was the only united states senator -- sorry, the only democratic united states senator south of the mason dixon line that cosponsored the civil rights act of 64, the voting rights act of 65, the fair housing act of 68. there were some republicans back then that did support civil rights, but the democratic senators in the south led the filibuster. the richard russell and the strom thurmond, all of those. ma they are the one the southern democrats after the civil rights act passed they flipped over and became republicans. with regard to maryland at the time, the civil rights act of 1964 the democratic u.s. senate for maryland cosponsored it. the other u.s. senator was a republican. he supported civil rights. maryland can be proud it's two u.s. senators in '64 both voted for the civil rights act of '64. tydings comes in and '65 and in '65 for the voting rights act of '65 , again, maryland can be proud both other u.s. senators, danny brewster and joe tydings supported the voting rights act of 1965. >> i have a question about the civil rights act of '64. if my

there had been a one-seat democratic majority while democrat lester hunt was in the united states senate. but when he vacated his seat in the u.s. senate, that flipped senate control to the republicans. they got their way when lester hunt indeed vacated that seat. and lester hunt vacated that seat in the senate by killing himself in his senate office in june 1954. those republican senators, those allies of joe mccarthy, they used their political power for political reasons to abuse and pervert the legal system into pursuing a young man for, yes, something that he did but for something which anyone other than him would never have faced serious legal consequences. and they did it because of who his dad was, and they did it because they knew this young man's dad loved him. and they decided that father's love for his son would be their best and most effective weapon against the father. get him right in the heart. one of the most despicable episodes i know of in the entire modern history of american politics. just a shakespearean crash of -- of evil against love. with the result being a good

begins his fourth term in the united states senate next month. senator whitehouse, the contrast we see there between what christopher wray had to say and what kash patel had to say in that same collection of comments, kash patel is saying he wants to destroy the intelligence division of the fbi. the people who are preventing the next 9/11. >> in fact, the intelligence division operation of the fbi was set up to remedy the problem of the firewall between the intelligence community and and domestic law enforcement. and one of the signal achievements -- >> set up by a republican administration, george w. bush. >> yep. and one of the signal achievements that have helped keep us safe is to have that cooperation between the fbi on the domestic side and the intelligence community that is providing intel to the fbi and supporting it back and forth so. the idea that you would take down the domestic component of that makes no sense at all. >> you're a former u.s. attorney, federal prosecutor, working with fbi. >> yeah. >> every day in everything you were do