i am here tonight because i am a united states senator. but i stand before you as the only senator who has ever worked at planned parenthood, and i know that when women have the freedom to make their own hoices about their reproductive health care we will be better. they can direct the lives of their own families, economic security, and i trust women to make those decisions. this is such an important moment. the supreme court makes decisions that shape the lives of every american. this is a pivotal moment. remember, you have a strong choice. all of you have a strong choice. all of you have a strong voice. but only if you use it. be strong. cheers and applause] nan: hello. i'm nal aron, proud president for alliance forment as we stand here, we are truly united . and speaking with one voice about the critical importance of our rights and freedom. tonight, we heard president trump nominate brett kavanaugh. we oppose brett kavanaugh to the d.c. circuit with all our hearts. and now 286 opinions later, we're opposing his nomination o the supreme

that is the conversation i expect we will have here in the united states senate. and that what president trump should be considering as he thinks about this issue, and hopefully as he slows this down and gives people across the country a chance to weigh in. mr. president, one issue i know women across the country will be focused on and asking about is their constitutionally protected right to control their own health care decisions affirmed in roe v. wade, because let me be clear. women and men in this country understand how directly tied this write is to a woman's freedom and economic security. and they overwhelmingly do not want to see that right rolled back. now, today is the anniversary of a ruling that further upheld women's constitutionally protected preproductive -- reproductive rights, and i wanted to take a few minutes to discuss what this decision meant for women's lives and why we will not stop fighting to protect the progress we made. almost a half century ago in its historic roe v. wade decision, supreme court ruled that every woman no matter where sh

from my oversight posts in the united states senate, i'll continue to apply pressure on the pentagon to step up the war on waste. i don't expect much help from the inspector general, mr. fein seems to be awol on waste. i raised the issue of the $10,000 toilet seat cover to him over a month ago and still haven't received an answer. his office found the time to update the media on the toilet seat cover, yet my letter has gone unanswered. however, after revelations about the $43 million gas station, secretary mattis' reaction was music, sweet music to my ears. he issued an an all-hands memo. in that memo he stated flat out -- i think these are his word directly -- i will not tolerate that kind of waste. nonfor being a man of -- known for being a man of his word, secretary mattis, i'm counting on you for your help. maybe together we can wipe out the culture of indifference twoord the american -- twoord

that's what i will doue as your united states senator. [applause] >> to judy and to the guests, thanks for giving this, for kicking off the season. i think theof choice is pretty clear. is it going to be trump first or virginia in the senate. i have a record of working with president trump on all kinds of things, but let there be no mistake. i'm going to stand up against this president when he's wrong for virginia and the country when he says thatt there are god people s on both sides in charlottesville and goin good to stand upal against them when hes hurting the workers they will stand up againstst them. my focus on virginia is why for years we've passed the state purpose of sand just managed to raise a child, low unemployment, high median income, like the focus on virginia is howpl we've been able to work to bring down veterans unemployed and working on his military employment, do smart things like allow the exports of crude petroleum. ien will work with the president when he's ready but i will stand up wheni he's wrong for virgina or t

that same divided senate voted 97-2 to in effect rebuke the president of the united states today. here is what provoked the senate to act today. >> they're going, will president trump be prepared, you know, president putin is kgb and this and that. you know what? putin's fine. he's fine. we're all fine. we're people. >> putin's fine. democratic senator jack reid of rhode island didn't like hearing that. >> and let's be clear. president putin is not, quote unquote, fine. as weechrecently reaffirmed by senate select committee on intelligence on which i sit president putin directed an attack on our 2016 elections with the intent of undermining public confidence in our democratic process. >> that is just some of what pr senator reid said when he rose on the senate floor today to introduce language to be attached to a defense authorization bill. senator reid is the senior democrat on the armed services committee. so that means he is the democrats' floor manager on this bill. and it was in that role as the floor manager of that bill that he introduced language to be attached to the bill

no one makes it to the supreme court without going through the united states senate. and in the united states senate everyone has a vote. >> minds whether the nominee will support roe versus wade. >>> coming up, the support for how i.c.e. is growing. >>> and while workers are celebrating san francisco for the minmage wage hike restaurant are respecting mare -- minimum wage hike restaurants are respecting the hike. what about him? let's do it. ♪ come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. at the mercedes-benz summer event. lease the glc300 for $429 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> as hundreds of thousands of people protested the trump administration immigration policy, today the situation at the border is intense. and it's prompting reaction from lawmakers. >> the streets in massen numbers across numbers across the country the lugestics for -- the agency was created after the 911 attacks and some democrats are saying its out lived its usefulness. >> we need to build their immigration system from top to bottom

in 1980, that's before most of you were born, i was elected to the united states senate, and during my early years in the united states senate, i met a man who had a significant impact on my career. his name was arthur earnest fitzgerald. but everyone called him ernie. i call him the father of whistleblowers. this is an original that we go from the library of congress. and we blew it up. but this is ernie fitzgerald. this is the famous $700 toilet seat that was representative of defense waste in the 1980's when i early got involved in -- in ove sight and whistle blowing. he was called ernie. you probably never heard of him. if you did, ernie's reputation preceeded him even way back before i knew him. in 1968, ernie testified before senator william proxmier's committee about the air force c-5 aircraft program. that testimony changed ernie's life and brought a lot of attention to whistleblowers. the c-5 aircraft was an important military priority. but it took longer and cost more than planned. the government did not want anybody to know that. all though he knew it might damage his career

i'm not trying to short the process in the united states senate by one vote. i'm not trying to piggyback and hide behind something. i just want the members of the united states senate to actually have an opportunity to debate this and to have a vote. and at the end of the day i think what we'll find is a majority of senators, i think over 60 would support it. a majority of house members would support it. there's one assurance i can give my colleagues. a majority of americans agrees with us. they believe that we should pass this. now we can have a debate as to whether we change it. we're the united states congress. we can change a program at any time. but why would we not provide the certainty that the program is going to extend? you know, many that are many the creation of the land and water conservation fund, it was authorized and capped at $900 million a year. it's never received $900 million a year because every dime that we get off of royalties is filed through the same appropriations process that we're currently engaged in. another reason why i would claim

no one makes it to the united states supreme court without getting a majority in the senate. and now the attention turns to the united states senate and the senate needs to hear from you. over the next few weeks and the next few months, it is clear. our job is to raise our voices. are you ready to be heard? people in the senate need to hear you loud and clear. are you ready? are you ready? are you ready? crowd: yes! warren: a i know this will be hard, but we did not get into this fight because it is easy. we did not get into this fight because the odds would be stacked and our favor. we got into this fight to build a country that embodies the best in america. and building that country starts with raising our voices. voicesople raise their in a democracy it is amazing what can be done. you know, we did not have the votes to stop the repeal of obamacare. but we raised our voices together. you raised your voices. you showed up at town halls. you showed up at rallies. you showed up in emails and tweets. you came to the united states congress to make your voice heard. and, in the e

i ran for the united states senate and headed to washington to change a system that was leaving so manyind. i knew it wouldn't be easy, trying to change a government that worked for the rich and powerful into a government that works for the rest of us, but i didn't go to washington to duck the tough fights. i went to washington to win them. and so did you. since 1920s the aclu has fought to preserve the promise of. here's what i love most about the aclu. you don't just fight out. you win. yes. you fight. you fight for the underestimated, those who are left behind and locked out of opportunity. women, men, african-americans, people of other color, lesbians, gay, transsexual, mentally ill individuals, prisoners, people with disabilities and the poor. you begin fighting against the harassment and deportation of immigrants in 1920. you fought for workers' rights. you fought against the ugly internment of more than 120,000 japanese-americans. you stood with civil rights leaders, activists and protesters through sit-in marches and freedom rides and fighting for racial equality in america. you

grossly unfair, insulted the intelligence of the american people and stained the history of the united states senate. jeffrey rosen was a democrat who worked in senator biden's office on the democrat side during that episode. here's what he wrote a few years ago. he said, i remember feeling that the nominee was being treated unfairly. senator kennedy set the tone with a demagoguing attack. bork's record was distorted beyond recognition. it was bad for the country. this was a man named jeffrey rosen, a democrat who worked in senator biden's office during this episode. and here's what a lawyer who helped lead the anti-bork effort wrote just last year. i regret, he said, i regret my part in what i now regard as a terrible political mistake. seized with guilt after all these years of having participated in this borking. because of that episode he goes on, quote, we have undermined public confidence in the judiciary. so there's widespread and bipartisan treatment that trying to -- agreement that trying to bork judicial nominees is harmful to our democratic process and to our judiciary. judge kavanaugh's

question that's going to be among them is, why was there such silence from members of the united states senate? or the united states congress about what is occurring right now? and nick burns, you're a man of the world. form 0er ambassador to nato. state department employee. tell us your view, your concerns, perhaps, about what has happened when you look at what has happened, a withdrawal from tpp by this president. virtually seedi ingcreeding the to the chinese, latin america, africa, the middle east, intent on becoming a bigger world power than they already are, virtually one foot out the door on nato, the collapse of nato after 70 years, perhaps could happen. give us your view, your concerns about what is happening right now to our position in the world, and the relative silence as we just spoke of from members of the united states senate about this. >> mike, i think it's clear now, 18 months in to this presidency, that the president is abdicating american leadership. in the following way -- he's dismantling our alliances and downgrading them. that's been the power base for the united state

mcfaul said bipartisan isn't dead yet in the united states senate. thank you all for your support. >>> later today the secretary of state will visit the united nations. he is expected to discuss issues including north korea denuclearization, un reform and the upcoming general assembly. is he also scheduled to met with leaders north korea and japan. >>> the justice department has announced a new strategy when it comes to foreign meddling during elections. the depu revealed a new 156 page report last night. it includes telling the american public of potential attacks. the department of justice is also considering new criminal statutes targeting operations that aim to spread misinformation to the public. the report was part of an effort set up by the attorney general earlier this year. the new rules come in the wake of russian interference in the 2016 election. >>> facebook will start removing posts that could lead to violence. this after the ceo's comments about holocaust deniers when he said that some aren't intentionally getting it wrong. he said tha

we need a strong united states senator, a senator who will stand strongly with president trump as we rebuild the military, as we protect our custom to she will rights, as we and force our nation's immigration laws, and as we protect our families. i will do as your u.s. senator and that is what we will all do together as virginians. thank you very much. want to thank i the virginia bar association for this tradition. judy, thank you for artistic painting is moderated. my campaign for the senate is based on my life work that i've done together with my wife. i want to build a virginia and the all. it is about three things. first, it is about virginia. i don't represent d.c. to virginia, i represent virginia two d.c. i listen to virginians and i either solve their problems or take their solutions and try to get washington to do more of them. a family came to me and told me their daughter had died of cancer at age 11 and told me we's and less than 1% of research money in this country on pediatric conditions, i worked with republicans and democrats to pass an act and we have put more than

united states senate. thank you all very much. >>> senators from both parties share their thoughts on judge be thegh's nomination to next supreme court justice yesterday on the senate floor. : madam president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: president trump has made a >>> president trump has made a to serve as the associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, judge brett kavanaugh of the d.c. circuit. circuit. judge kavanaugh poe owe sess an -- possesses an impressive resume, an outstanding legal mind, and an exemplary judicial temperament. he served 12 years on the nation's most consequential circuit court. during that tenure he's proven to be one of the most thoughtful jurists in our country. and importantly, that record demonstrates an understanding of a judge's proper role in our constitutional republic. judge kavanaugh understands that in the united states of america, judges are not -- not -- unelected super legislators whom we select for their personal views or p

united states. the house reading clerk: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the united states senate nominations in writing. the presiding officer: the message will be received and appropriately referred. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. mark jeremy bennett of hawaii to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, madam president, last night, president trump selected brett kavanaugh as his nominee for the upcoming vacancy on the supreme court. in selecting judge kavanaugh, president trump did

of one individual who brought the entire court together, i would not be standing here as a united states senator cory booker would not be standing here is united states senator. the decisions that one person makes on that court can have ramifications for the future of our country. pay attention to this, guys. pay attention. collects anything all of my colleagues for their amazing statement that some of the readiness, questions -- for any of us? too late, i think i know why. >> what about the fact that harry reid is the one who started the nuclear option so now you're faced with the nuclear option instead of the 60 vote? >> mitch mcconnell blocked george after judge after judge on the courts. then, leader reid had no choice. law, we saidd the supreme court should be different. then mitch mcconnell change that. and then to boot, he wouldn't let merrick garland have a hearing. mitch mcconnell has had as his goal to create a hard right supreme court and nothing has stopped him. if we weren't around we would not be in this position. >> sen. schumer: you talked a care,out roe and health but how much o

of one individual who brought the entire court together, i would not be standing here as a united states senator. cory booker would not be standing here as a united states senator. the decision that one person makes on that court can have ramifications to the future of our country. pay attention to this, guys, pay attention. mr. schumer: let me thank my colleagues for their amazing tatements. questions for any of us? >> what about the fact that harry reid is the one who started the nuclear option so now you're faced with the nuclear option insthofede 60 vote. >> mitch mcconnell blocked justice -- judge after judge after judge on the courts. then -- so leader reid had no choice. when we passed the la uh we said the supreme court should be different. then mitch mcconnell changed that. and then to boot he wouldn't let merrick fwarland have a hearing. -- garrland have a hearing. mitch mcconnell has had as his goal to create a hard right supreme court, and nothing has stopped him. if he weren't around we would not be in this position. >> senator schumer, you talked about roe and health care but how m

[indiscernible] back in the united states, senators from both parties spoke out against president trump's meeting with president putin. we will start out with check schumer who reacted during a press conference on capitol hill. rep. schumer ok, thank you everybody. sorry i am late. in the entire history of our americans have never seen a president of the united states support an adversary the way president trump has supported president putin. for the president of the united to side with president putin against american law fort smith, american intelligence agencies, is thoughtless, is dangerous, is weak. the president is putting himself over our country. starting with the president's trip to nato, ending with his shameful performance at today's press conference, president trump has strengthened our adversaries while weakening our defenses and those of our allies with a single on this question now hanging over the white house. what could possibly cause president trump to put the oferest of russia over that the united states? millions of americans will continue to wonder. the only possible

and it is time now to have the hearings and the discussions and debate in the floor of the united states senate we also got three of the appropriation bills off the floor of the house and senate we need to get together and get those bills on the president's desk. all 12 of the appropriation bills are out o out of the senae committee before the end of june and that work needs to continue to go on a. it hasn't been sold yet and is still the number-one cause of accidental death in the country in almost every state gets a higher cost. we increased the money available to address this by 13 times. for the money to be available by the states and its available by state by state grand square they can try to do things that work in their state and share that information with other people, for that money t the money to be need to get these bills passed as well. to see the problems we are trying to solve over this past week i had the opportunity to travel across western colorado where they are doing the number of forest fires the past several months the congress passed a number of policies that will help ad

united states to work together on a transatlantic energy alliance, specifically to make sure that they can become more connected to the united states and less dependent on russia. on the topic of russian interference. the senate intel committee that i serve on has reached the same the director of national intelligence has reached, that the cia director reached, that the russians tried to interfere in our elections. at the indictments that came out, that is the likely path that they used, which makes it more clear that the russian government was involved in the effort and that the effort was directed and financed by the government no matter what mr. putin says. i will also point out that the rules committee is looking at what we can do to share information better with local officials that conduct elections. there is no reason to believe that the election process was impacted, but there is every reason to believe that that is critical infrastructure and we need to be more defensive of that system in the future. worke going to continue to on those topics, and continue to do that based on the believe that russian interference was no interestey have in helping us with anything. we have to be alert, and visible in

regardless of the time involved, there is no more important task that we will undertake as united states senators then deciding his qualifications to be a justice on the u.s. supreme court. anything less would be a dereliction of our duty. thank you, mr. president and i yield the floor. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh akin to news to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the cap -- process leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span, watch anytime on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. president bill clinton and george w. bush sat down for an interview earlier this month and little rock, that is next on c-span. we look at the relationship between the arts and the states economies. pompeo talkd mike about u.s. investment in asia. >> former president bill clinton and george w. bush is set down for an interview at the clinton presidential center to talk about a range of topics am a including immigration and u.s. foreign aid. they look at get their careers and talked about lessons they have learned from their political defeats. thi

so whether that would be to run for govern nor or run for united states senate, who knows?ow. i'm not too surprised that scott pruitt did this. he seems to have a lot of moxie for someone fairly new to washington. >> abby, seems to me the president goes after the attorney general all the time and i guess you wouldn't be surprised that scott pruitt angling for his job and difficult for the president to fire jeff sessions and trigger a backlash of capitol hill. what do you make of this? >> we know that scott pruitt talked to the president in the past about sessions, that the president vented about sessions to pruitt. so they have had some kind of bizarre comradery over this other person even while pruitt is under fire and tells me that pruitt feels very confident in his standing with the president. you talked to conservatives on the outside a lot of them, i would venture to say, most of them still support scott pruitt and they want him in the job talking to the president, they urge him to keep him there and pruitt is confident. asking the president for favors. and the preside

power, the nominating power to the federal courts and the partnership responsibility that the united states senate has in that important impact. and i will yield the floor. >> mr. president, there was a time when blacks and whites couldn't get married or go to the same school. the supreme court changed that. there was a time when gay people could be an arrested for loving one another and when it was illegal for them to get married. the supreme court changed that. there was a time when thousands of women died seeking illegal, unsafe abortions. and the supreme court changed that. the justices on the supreme court matter to each and every one of our lives. that's why there's so much concern over president trump's nominee to fill the vacancy on the supreme court, judge brett kavanaugh. right wing groups like the heritage foundation and the federalist society have been working for decades setting the stage to pack our federal courts with i had -- ideologically invested opinions and they have engaged in these efforts. these two organizations have played the primary role in vetting tru vetting president

now, contrary to popular belief, on twitter and elsewhere outside of the united states senate, this will not be a confirmation process in which the democratic minority in the senate has any parliamentary procedural power or trick that they could use to stop this nomination. among more credible sounding misconceptions was the idea that the democrats could, quote, exploit the senate's unanimous consent structure to grind the senate to a halt. that was suggested by the president of the california state senate, a democrat, who is running for the united states senate against california's senior democratic senator dianne feinstein. he is certainly an expert on parliament procedure in the california senate. but they have nothing to do with the confirmation process of a supreme court justice. mitch mcconnell has the parliamentary right to bring the nomination to the senate floor any time he wants to. and senator mcconnell will then ask for unanimous consent to proceed to consideration of the nomination. the democrats will of course refuse to give unanimous consent. and then senator mcconnell wil

since 1981 he has served the citizens of iowa and indeed the rest of the nation at the united states senator. senator grassley has long been considered a champion ofn government oversight in transparency and has often been referred to as the patron saint of whistleblowers. he is currently the chairman of the senate judiciary committee where his fervent belief for the need for robust oversight has been on full display as of late. please join me in welcoming senator chuck grassley. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. if i can make one correction because i don't want to be misleading here but i was elected to the legislator while i was in the middle of that phd so i am one of those people -- it's a privilege too be here wih you. in 1989 is before most of you were born i was elected to the united states senate and during my early years in the united states and h minuteman who had a significant impact on my career and his name was arthur ernest fitzgerald and everyone called him ernie. i call him the father of whistleblowers. this is an original that we got from the libraryit of co

i know the united states senate voted 98-0 with the resolution standing with ambassador mcfaul and other diplomats being pursued by putin. let's not forget who putin is. moralis no equivalency between the officials indicted by the fbi for election interference in the 2016 election and what might be faulted as an ambassador in mcfaul did as an ambassador to russia. host: >> coming up thursday morning, -- we will discuss legislation that will advance career and technical education. be sure to watch it washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. sunday night on q&a. substitutional lawyer david stewart on his book "impeached: the trial of andrew johnson and lincoln's legacy." >> it is absurd. be chapter on johnson should expunged from every library in the country. it calls ross' vote the most heroic moment in american history. is that was purchased. saving johnson, i think it was not a heroic moment. store, -- stewart, on c-span's q&a. there are a lot of people that say i do not want my child to read stories that are sad or downbeat. that is like, not a tot

right there at the top of it is going to be a real decider for a whole lot of people in the united states senate. >> senator elizabeth warren, thank you very much for joining us on this important night. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up, this supreme court nominee will be asked how he will rule in the case of trump versus mueller, which is very, very likely to come to the supreme court. ♪ dear foremothers, your society was led by a woman, who governed thousands... ...commanded armies... ...yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my name is courtney mckinney, and this is my ancestrydna story. now with 2 times more geographic detail than other dna tests. order your kit at ancestrydna.com. well, esurance makes it simple and affordable. in fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of $412. that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. esurance. an allstate company. this one's below market price and has bluetooth. same here, but this one has leather seats! use

the historian emeritus of the united states senate who served the united states senate historical office for almost 40 years from 1976 to 2015. don and i were graduate students at the university of maryland together and he is also a member of the board of directors here at the byrd center. he is a graduate of the city college of new york, earned his ph.d. at the university of maryland and served in the u.s. marine corps. his books include the u.s. congress, a very short introduction, press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents and electing fdr, the new deal campaign of 1932. please welcome our panel. [ applause ] >> take it away, don. >> thank you, ray. i appreciate those nice introductions. we are talking about a year that those of us who can remember living through it was a very difficult year and, in fact, when i think of 1968 what i think of most is phones ringing late at night with people calling up to say, something awful has just happened, and one of those calls came at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning to say that robert kennedy had been shot in los angeles. there are tho

regardless of the time involved, there's no more important task that we will undertake as united states senators than deciding his qualifications to be a justice on the united states supreme court. anything less would be a dereliction of our duty. thank you, mr. president and i yield the floor. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearing and the vote. watch live on c-span. watch any time on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> this is what's live on tuesday. a senate panel gets an update on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts. the acting head of the u.s. border patrol is among those testifying before the senate judiciary committee. that starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in the afternoon, a senate judiciary subcommittee holds an oversight hearing on the structure of the federal courts. coverage begins at 2:3

right there at the top of it is going to be a real decider for a whole lot of people in the united states senate. >> senator elizabeth warren, thank you very much for joining us on this important night. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> kocoming up, this supreme cot nominee will be asked how he will rule in the case of trump versus mueller, which is very, very likely to come to the supreme court. this is important for people with asthma. yes. it's a targeted medicine proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, and lower oral steroid use. about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. fasenra™ is designed to work with the body to target and remove eosinophils. fasenra™ is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with severe eosinophilic asthma. don't use fasenra™ for sudden breathing problems or other problems caused by eosinophils. fasenra™ may cause headache, sore throat, and allergic reactions. get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. don't stop your asthma treatments unless your doc

time now to have the hearings and the discussions in the debate to go to the floor of the united states senate. >> we also got in the last period three of the appropriation goes off before both the house and senate. we need to get together and get the bills on the president's desk. all 12 of the appropriation bills are out of the senate committee before the end of june and that work needs to continue to go on. things like the opioid crisis hasn't slowed down, hasn't been sold, still the number one cause of accidental death in the country and it is a higher cause of accidental death of an auto accident in the last four years by reprioritizing other spending we've increased money available to address the problem by 13 times. for the money to be available to the states a lostates a lot of e in state-by-state grants where the states can try to do things that work in their state and then share that information with other people. to be available, we've got to get these bills passed as well and so hopefully we will continue to work in the house and the senate to get some of these bills on the preside

it is about the constitutional duty of the united states senate to advise and consent on the most important issues that ever comes before us, a nomination of a supreme court justice. in order to fulfill that duty, the senate must have the records spanning judge kavanaugh's career as a public servant, including his time as staff secretary for the bush administration. just this morning, senator feinstein released a letter to the national archives, signed by all members of the senate judiciary committee, including longtime member dick durbin. thank you. requesting the full set of documents. senator feinstein's leadership on this issue has been extraordinary. before we continue, i want to how clear for just a sec aggressive the obstruction is. as you know, breaking all historical precedent, chairman grassley has made it partisan request to the national archives , requesting only a small portion of george kavanaugh's time in the white house - -judge kavanaugh's time in the white house. from his time as a council office, but not as staff secretary. he held that job for three of the five years he

house of representatives or united states senate, you know, we do call the president the leader of the free world. it's nice to be able to get to know places outside the united states in order to make appropriate decisions. >> let's move to wrap up questions. because when you served there were relatively so few women in congress at that time, did you feel that you didn't only represent your constituents but you represented a larger group of women national? >> no doubt about it -- nationally? >> no doubt about it. no doubt about it. again, you felt that you were representing a larger group. i felt more -- i don't want to say pressure because i enjoyed it. i felt strongly about the need to get out there and be seen on tv, to opine on issues i thought were important. again, it's twofold. we all bring our experiences to a discussion, and there are all different experiences. i did take seriously the experience of being a female in bringing that to the discussion. i was not one of those people -- sometimes i would go up to somebody and say, you know, they did this. they'd say, i am not going

and finally, if i may, i would like to take a moment to thank the united states senate for their work on this treaty. the way of democracy is sometimes a complicated way. and sometimes trying. but it is a good way. and we believe the best way. and once again, mr. general secretary, i want to expand to you and to all those who labored so hard for this moment. my warmest personal thanks. y

the most outstanding thing that affords this person a chance for confirmation in the united states senate. to be on the vacancy on the supreme court. we thank you all very much. and keep in touch with us. i'm sure you will. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> so the house is back in about 15 minutes at 2:30 p.m. eastern for legislative business. when they come back, members will debate a number of financial regulation bills and legislation that gives the congressional gold medal to larry doby, who who was the second african-american to play in major league baseball. when the house is back, watch it live right here on c-span. until then, some of this morning's "washington journal." washington journal continues. host: joining us to talk about the pic of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court, president of -- what is anthony your organization has interest in that? guest: we care about the courts are we been involved in elections for so

finally, if i may, i would like to take a moment to thank the united states senate for their work on this treaty. the way of democracy is sometimes a complicated way, and sometimes trying, but it is a good way, and we believe the best way. once again, mr. general secretary, i want to extend to you and to all those who labored so hard for this moment, my warmest personal thanks. [ foreign language ] [ applause ] >>> american history tv brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> my fellow americans, it was >>just yesterday that i returned from my historic moscow summit meeting with general secretary gorbachev. it so happens that later this month, i will be visiting canada for an economic summit with the leaders of the world's industrialized nations. i thought i would take a few moments to tell you about both. first, my meeting with general secretary gorbachev in moscow. the event that held perhaps the most immediate historic iman

and then to see the responsibilities to your country of united states senator i will tell you that its a little more fun to be in congress in the senator. i am housebroken so the fact of the matter is that i enjoyed my time at the house but when you called on a thursday morning and said you were leaving, my first inclination is don't. we leave you --dash need you. you will be missed i'm still puzzled so for the next several days we have lunch and dinner several times making a decision i'm not sure who it will be and then having an interview with the new york times about all those people want to be the next senator. and he said the most amazing thing you could hear a politician say. don't choose me. for united states conversation who has an opportunity to weigh in and says for god's sake whatever you do, don't choose m me, if you want to see character on display, to have the deference to take yourself out of the running and not just to say choose a qualified person but that is not only gutsy but that is character and that in 2012, two years into the friendship not knowing him before to

we should vote to defend this institution, the united states senate, but our whole democracy. a world where the president of the united states stands shoulder to shoulder with vladimir putin and refused to condemn russia's attack on our election and attacked our own law enforcement intelligence agencies, my amendment is a necessary first step. i believe in america first, not russia first. i believe in protecting america. our state works very hard to protect our elections. we elect republicans and democrats in our state. in the last election, republicans -- i was reelected senator. it's obvious we split votes but we count our votes and we do not have interference from another country. that's not -- we're probably a small state and we go under their radar, but let me tell you, there is no question anybody knows there's no question russia has attacked us before. russia is continuing to attack this country today. and russia will attack this country in november. we must protect it. with that, mr. president, i don't think anybody else is seeking recognition, but if not, i would yiel

the country and, frankly, as a senator of almost 44 years, was in the best interest of the united states senate. achieving this goal, and i think senator shelby would agree with me on this, reporting strong bipartisan bills, it took considerable restraint on both sides of the aisle, but that restraint is required to get these bills through the senate. and i worry that the house is proceeding on a different path. they pass bipartisan bills filled with poison pill riders that cannot and will not pass the senate. madam president, funding the government is one of our most basic constitutional responsibilities. you go across this country, you find the american people expect us to work together. they expect us to reach across the aisle, to reach agreement on these bills. the programs funded in these bills make a real difference in the american people's lives, and they shouldn't be held hostage to unrelated partisan policy fights. so when we get to conference on these bills, the house will reverse course to do their work in bipartisan fashion for the benefit of all americans, not just republicans, not

i think we all have that opportunity is united states senators.ly the advise and consent authority that i have. so we want to take the time to uncover what he has done and said in the past. that will really require a number of things, to get all those documents, to get the opportunity to go through them, and have a judiciary hearings so we can question him based on what we find on those documents and partially meet with him. i want to be able to ask him about some of the concerns that , thatady have, know about i want him to address versailles because i want to see how he responds to it. shery: some of those concerns are abortion-rights. you believe that he poses a threat to roe v. wade? >> not only roe v. wade, but a woman's right to choose, a woman's right for freedom with respect to how she handles her health care decisions. i also have concerns about what i am seeing now,'s position that a sitting president should not be held accountable for any violations of the law or any impeachment while in office. i think that is outrageous. nobody is abo

and in the united states senate, everyone has a vote. >> the million dollar question now on lawmakers' minds, the landmark roe versus wade supreme court case that set precedent for legalized abortion in the united states for 45 years -- years. >> you cannot ask a judge how he or she -- a judge nominee how he or she would rule on a specific case. that's inappropriate. but i do get a sense from them on whether or not they respect precedent. >> democratic leaders are still smarting from the events of 2016, when they claim mitch mcconnell and republican led judiciary committee stole obama's opportunity to fill a court seat left vacant by scalia's passing. powerful senate democrat feinstein ranking member of the judiciary committee, she said it is time for her republican colleagues to reap what they have sown. jon? jon: gillian, thank you. >>> trouble with north korea, weeks after historic meeting between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong-un, why intelligence officials now believe the isolated nation is trying to deceive the united states. >>> plus, thousands of demonstrato

the question is posed pretty starkly and it constituents directly on our shoulders, will the united states senate take the steps to protect this country from the are destruction -- from the destruction we're seeing right now? there needs to be a briefing of the senate as to what was going upon last week and what was discussed with vladimir putin and what could be the justification for the horrible capitulation that we saw. we need to do all we can to protect the mueller investigation and let it reach its end point so we know who was culpable. the russians who invaded our election system need to be extra died to the united states, we need to implement the sanction russian sanctions and we need to tbraple with -- grapple with national security -- i ran with the bore of governors who ran elections, no one has confidence with this administration and this president that they will protect elections. i need to say this, and i have not said it since i have been in the senate, i think this issue in this time may be one of the most important moments in the history of the united states senate and we'll eith

it's a very productive week here in the united states senate. and contrast that with what the democrats are doing, whose hysteria when it comes to judge kavanaugh really is unmatched. the over-the-top statements that are being made and a continual efforts to throw spaghetti at the wall hoping something will stick is what they're spending their time on. but notwithstanding that, the process moves forward. judge kavanaugh continues to meet with members and would look very much, look forward to a process for fair consideration of the nomination hearings, debate on the floor but will continue to focus on the important work at the american people want to see the united states senate get done. >> and the economic numbers are incredible, 4.1% economic growth. it wasn't that long ago where lung -- larry summers to 2.2% was with a high level was going to be. wasn't going to get any better than that. it's republican tax cuts, regulatory relief. that is love economy continue to grow. consumer confidence is now at a 14 year high, and wages are now noted to