senator hassan is a leader in the united states senator p -- unit state senate. -- united states senatecongressman pappas peered i met congressman pappas before he was a congressman knocking doors at one of the campaigns we were doing. i talked about the small businesses. the 4.7 million people that went out and created small businesses in our country making sure we have support to create our small businesses. supporting men and women in uniform. your congressman is a leader talking about these issues that are important in passing legislation that impacts everyday people from all the different cities and towns in new hampshire, in the country. working to make sure that works. annie custer, defending reproductive rights. combating climate change. investing in our infrastructure. when you think about -- i watched the news last night. i was watching the weather. they were talking about the number of states and cities and our town that is going to have triple digits -- over 100 degree weather. that has never happened before. i know we are in new hampshire. i know we have a lot of coastline

if you wait to get everything in the united states senate, chances are you will get nothing. progress is better than nothing. this measure will save lives. not all the lives that we want to save but it will save lives. and i'll be proud to vote for it today. after 30 years, hundreds of thousands of gun deaths after sandy hook and dozens of failed legislative proposals, we are finally taking this step forward. the sandy hook victims, the parkland victims, the uvalde victims, and so many more deserve so much better and they deserve more. but the bipartisan safer communities act is that significant step forward that responds to the nation's sense of urgency to get something done. one way the legislation will do so that i'm particularly proud of is investing in crisis intervention programs. this bill will increase funding for these programs, including red flag laws and programs already in place in 21 jurisdictions like connecticut which was the first. these laws keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who are dangerous to themselves or others. it separates those guns from p

it is a proud moment for the united states senate, and i think all ofue my colleagues for supporting this breakthrough measure. thank you, madam president. >> madam president? >> the senior senator from louisiana. >> madam president, let me begin by saying thatsi i am proudly pro-second amendment. i believe in a god given right law-abiding american to keep and bear arms. and the second amendment has given millions of americans the right to defend their spouse, their family, their children, their home. but if you consider yourself a supporter of the second amendment, you absolutely want to do something about uvalde, to do something about murders related to domestic violence, to do something about straw purchases, to do something about teen suicide by gun. you cannot be pro-second amendment unless you care deeply about these issues. that's why we have targeted legislation the safest community act that addresses specific problems that have led to mass shootings by restricting access for someone who should not have a weapon but also by providing additional mental health resources and by h

state at 53. but it only has two senators, which is the same number the tiny population of wyoming has, making wyoming the most overrepresented state in the unitedg 580,000 people cancel out california's two democratic senators representing 40 million people. our next guest, representative katie porter, one more votes than in her congressional district then wyoming senator cynthia lummis won in the entire state of why california. joining us now is democratic congresswoman katie porter of california, a member of the house oversight committee and deputy chair of the house progressive caucus. representative porter, i hope you don't mind that i used to california's election night as yet another chance for me to jump on my hobby horse about how on representative the united states senate is, and why it basically embodies minority rule and why america can never really call itself a democracy at the national level as long as they are two senators per state. i am sorry i used to the california primary to do that. >> no, it's a good occasion to talk about representative democracy. because people are going to the polling places. polls are just about to clo

why is it that the united states senate doesn't vote, the reason we are not taking that up because we don't have 60 vote. i think this is the issue that we need to focus in on. why hasn't congress done anything? implying that both chambers are not acting. you know that as we did yesterday, passing gun legislation is common sense legislation. it passed the house and it was bipartisan and i believe that the senate takes a vote and people know what the vote is, meaning that people are able to hold their elected officials accountable. that is what our founding fathers intended. people will know where you stand on this issue. the gun issue is such that you are standing on principle. let the public know where you stand on this issue. this is far more of a threat to our democracy then what transpired on january 6, but what transpires in terms of the threats on international terrorism, russia, china or global pandemic. if the united states congress, if this democratic republic that is designed with two houses, a system of checks and balances and people are asked to vote. we have sworn an alle

as representatives of the american people here in the united states senate. at the same time i reiterated my bottom line which i would not support invasions that infringed on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. again they are not theor proble. but i knew this effort was about the art of the possible. look at areas where we can agree in setting aside those areas where we cannot. i was fortunate to find partners who were thoughtful in realistic on how we could pass this bill i want to thank senators murphy, senator cinema, senator tillis, and a larger group of senators without whom this legislation would not be on the cusp of passage. thank you. thank you for not listening to the naysayers in the critics and those who would spew disinformation and outright lies about what we are doing here. but stood up to the responsibility that we all have as united states senators to do our very best to make progress and to try to answer the call in the face of these tragedies and try in the end to save lives which is what this is all about. not less than one month after m

> on january 5th, 2021, raphael warnock became the first black george began elected to the united states senateed by the might of black voters and voters of color. the very next day a maga insurrectionist mob stormed the halls of congress. senator warnock reflected on these two crucial days in history. warnock wrote of his late father, quote, on january 5th, 2021, his youngest son was elected georgia's first black united states senator and only the 11th in the history. what would he and the one he always knew he could become. joining me now, senator raphael warnock, author of the new book, a way out of no way: and more of two transformation and a new american stock which i'm very excited to read. senator, and our friend, doctor warnock, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate you. so, tell me what do these two parallel events, what do they say about our country? >> thank you so much, joy. it's great to be here with you. listen, every family has a complicated story, all of our families. and there are parts of family stories that we may not be eager to can. but that's the only way h

we are a body here in the united states senate. if you want to talk about the appropriations process, we can talk about the appropriations process, but in the process of those debates, you shouldn't be denying health care to veterans, which is exactly what the good senator from pennsylvania is doing today. and for that reason, i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. is there objection to the original tester request? mr. toomey: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 999. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all in favor say aye. opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of defense, to be deputy secretary. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion

starting with reforming the filibuster, the rules of the senate so that a minority in the united states senate cannot stop us from putting into place laws that the vast majority of americans want. the protections of roe v. wade are broadly popular in this country in the united states senate is unable to act on that because of senate rules. i'm talking about that and looking at reforming the electoral college or at least having some sort of law around a national topic so presidents who are appointing supreme court justices have to win the popular vote . and we can't get too distracted by that, the most important thing is winning elections at the state and federal level so that the people who are making decisions reflect the views of americans and that has to happen. that's what this election will be about. i believe roe v. wade will be on the ballot this november and the contrast between democrats and republicans could not be more clear. leigh ann: until the election, will the senate take anymore votes on protecting contraception's or access to other birth control or things that set -- the supr

see you and another united states senator. yep dredge of that the new president of south carolina state was hit starts poster child on this 50th anniversary right now. he's president of sacrament. i said university it start did not fail right for folks who may not know we should point out that head start as a program that ensures that poor children have access to learning and literacy in those critical years, you know when you're three and four years old when the brain is literally growing and the neurons are firing and if you don't engage parts of the brain during that time, the science says that it atrophies like it's really part of how you change the world as you invest in young people, but particularly the very very young and so along with my parents it exposed me to reading and a love for learning. and i like to say to folks all the time when i'm giving speeches particularly at an audience where they're all of these sophisticated folks who are there and people who have degrees and credentials and position. you know, i hate

states senate. sent its first jewish senator to the united states senate. sent there by a multi racial coalition focused on the future of this country. in this moral moment we have to decide if we're going to be the america of january 5th which is bigger than party that embraces all of us, where a kid who grew up in public housing can be a united states senator or the america of january 6th and give in to the forces of division and dem gogary? i choose january 5th. i choose democracy, freedom, justice, what dr. king called beloved community. >> well you are focused on the people and very focused on your message. and a lot of folks who come and do interviews should learn from you. the book is called "making a way out of no way" a memoir of truth, transformation, and the new american story by senator raphael warnock. thank you very much. i appreciate you coming on. please come back any time. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >>> a legislative stand-off coming to an end. family members of supreme court justices now set to get increased security protections

united states. this legislation is the most comprehensive toxic exposure package the senate has ever deliveredet to our country's history. generation after generation americans, one by one answered the call of duty with a promise that we, the citizens of this country would take care of them and their families yet generation after generation veteran after veteran return home only to be met with a process as they work to cobble together the care they earned and the benefits they deserve. veterans have spent years fighting bureaucracy to get the care they need and sadly there are those fighting up until now were no longer living to receive the benefits legislation will provide. senator from montana make this commitment today and i'm proud we are doing so together in a way and most important thisnt bl will deliver to thousands of veterans ill due to the exposure to burn fats and other toxic exposures. there's no doubt the cost of taking care of our veterans is high for the truth is freedom not free, we say that, it's evident that we believe that on the passage of this legislation. there's always a cost

who came to washington to meet with senator tester and with me and with every member of the united states senate to tell their story. and thinker the most effective -- and they are the most effective advocates there could be. many of them and others testified before our senate veterans' affairs committee. this legislation is not just a product of senator tester and i, it is a product of so many. it's so much more and perhaps -- no offense to senator tester -- but perhaps our role is really insignificant when you look at the people who have encountered these challenges but used those challenges as an opportunity to fight not just for themselves but in most instances more likely to fight for other veterans in similar circumstances. i thank them for their service. i thank them for their work in helping us deliver long-lasting solutions, comprehensive reforms for those who served. and i especially want to thank heath robinson's family, who turned their own loss and hardache into action -- and heartache into action. this bill will help many veterans like heath face the challenges that he faced that u

i am begging, i am begging for that to happen in the united states senate. and by the way, you know, that we have no gun laws of consequence here in the state of texas. and that we have had 1984, 12 mass murders, 151 dead, 183 injured. we are completely at the knees and the governance of the united states of america. we need laws to protect people in texas, federal laws to tech protect them in texas. >> and let's hope we get those laws before another mass shooting rips another community and tears families apart. texas congressman sheila jackson lee, thank you so much for being here with us tonight. greatly pre-show your time. up next, for years president donald trump has been hyping an investigation that he said, would somehow prove the mueller probe was a hoax. well today, we've got some very big news on that front, but not with the former president was actually hoping for. >> i look forward to bill durham's report, that's the one i look forward to. >> you know what happened to durham, where is durham? and by the way, where is durham? ? what happened? where

biden: as we used to say in the united states senate, a point of personal privilege. i think that sal must be related closely to my friend from high school. you think i am kidding. thank you, sal. before i begin, i want to say a few words very briefly about the january 6 hearings that were highlighted last night. the insurrection on january 6 is one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history, a brutal assault on our nation's history, a brutal attack on law-enforcement, some losing their lives. pres. biden: as we used to say in the united states senate, a point of personal privilege. i think that sal must be let in closely to my friend from high school. you think i am kidding. thank you, sal. before i begin, i want to say a few words very briefly about the january 6 hearings that were highlighted last night. the insurrection on january 6 is one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history, a brutal assault on our nation's history, a brutal attack on law-enforcement, some losing their lives. it is important the american people understand what truly happened and

we were the minority, we had a minority in the united states senate and a brand new democrat in the white house in 2009. sound familiar, but republicans came together, did all the things i just described. we told our story, we held them accountable, offered a positive governing vision and the fact is, we won 63 seats in the united states house of representatives. two years later won the senate two years later we won the white house and we'll do it once again starting in fall of 2022. [applause] >> truth of the matter is, you're here today at this great luncheon, this great tradition, 75 years in the making, because you know this isn't just about choosing candidates or choices between political parties, you know, as elizabeth said so eloquently. the american people are going to decide between two visions for the american future. the benefit we have today, as they saw our vision in the policies of the trump-pence administration, saw the extraordinary results at home and abroad. and now if there is one silver lining of united democrat government in washington d.c., we get to see what they're

senator connolly is next to sign for the united states. senator arthur vandenberg commander harold stassem former governor of minnesota a vital and a difficult job. well done appearing before the last formal session of the united nations conference president truman congratulates, the 280 delegates and expresses the world's. hope for the new international organization. the charter of the united nations, which you are now signing. is a solid structure upon which we can build for a better world. history will honor you for it. between the victory in europe and the final victory in japan? in this most destructive of all wars you have won a victory against war itself. if we had had this charter a few years ago. and above all the will to use it. millions now dead would be alive. if we should falter in the future in our will to use it. millions now living will surely die. well, there's a time for making plans. and there's a time for action. the time for action is here now. let us therefore each in his own nation and according to its own way. seek immediat

biden: as we used to say in the united states senate, a point of personal privilege. i think sal must be related closely to my friend from high school. you think i am kidding. thank you, sal. before i begin, i want to say a few words very briefly about the january 6 hearings that were highlighted last night. pres. biden: as we used to say in the united states senate, a the insurrection on january 6 is one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history, a brutal assault on our nation's history, a brutal attack on law-enforcement, some losing their lives. it is important the american people understand what truly happened and to understand the same forces that led january 6 remain work today. it is about democracy itself. we have to protect our democracy. i know it sounds corny to say it. i never thought it was going to be this straightforward of a challenge before. the rule of law matters in democracy. we are seeing how the battle for the soul of america has been far from won. but i know together we can unite , and defend this nation, democrat and republican, allowed n

and ukraine 24 marathon only news yes friends well, it is probably not by chance that the united states senate committee on international relations supported the resolution calling on the state department to recognize russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, the final decision must be made administration of president biden well, according to the co-chairman of the committee on international relations , republican senator james richard, this resolution should receive strong support during the vote in the senate and may influence blinkin's decision. and the day before, the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, mykhailo podolyak, emphasized the importance of legally establishing that russia - this country is a sponsor of terrorism, and trade with the russian federation should be equal to supporting terrorism with corresponding consequences in the opinion of the distant aggressor country. to join like-minded people in syria, iran and the dprk, the decision of the united states senate, well , let's talk about the perspective of this decision, mykola hrytskovyan, director of

the immediate obstacle has been in the united states senate where the united states senate where the e meaning that to enact legislation, instead of needing is set majority of 59 votes out of 100 senators you actually need 60 and it has effectively given the minority party or the republican party ever dinner majority the ability to block legislation. in addition the gun issue, support for gun rights has increasingly become a litmus test for republican conservatism in recent years, and so that means republican lawmakers have felt a certain obligation to prove their conservative bona fides by supporting an absolute gun ride point of view that is not allowing any kind of gun measures. blood given those and other related obstacles, this package of legislation really is fairly significant, arguably more significant politically than a policy terms but it is important in policy as well. my next question is how surprised are you that they have managed to reach an agreement, because it is so partisan, on this issue, are you surprised that the success of this? i issue, are you surprised that th

and the people of missouri elected him the united states senator in 2010. he shares the senate republican policy committee. he's the ranking member of the senate rules committee. he's on the senate appropriations committee the ranking member of the appropriate and if that's not enough, he's also on the senate commerce committee the transportation science and transportation and the senate select committee on intelligence. so we're lucky that he's here with us for a hot minute. and we want to be thankful to the people of southwest missouri who overwhelmingly elected now our senator, but first to the house of representatives seven times. when roy blunt went to the house of representatives he was the elected majority whip earlier in his career than any other member of congress. he came to the senate and was immediately included in senate leadership. one of the things that people are all saying. is center blunt? we're so sorry you're retiring because we know you want a life, but we surely enjoy what you have added to the life of the senate and to the life of the

and neither does the united states senate. the american people want their constitutional rights protected, and their kids to be safe in school. they want both of those things at once. and that is just what the bill before the senate will help accomplish. thanks to the leadership and dedication of senator cornyn, senator tillis and several other counterparts across the aisle, we are considering a bipartisan bill that will make our country safer without making it any less free. this is the sweet spot, madam president hout objection. afternoon afternoon mr. president, i rise today to acknowledge the years of bipartisan hard work on one of the most challenging subjects we have here, which is gun violence, mental illness and all of these things that basically contribute to these horrible treablgdz. something has to be -- tragedies. something has to be done and something has been done. some say this legislation is not enough. i can understand that. there are going to be other people saying it's too much, the camel's nose under the te

now, tonight, madam president, the united states senate is doing something many believed was impossible even a few weeks ago. we are passing the first significant gun safety bill in nearly 30 years. the gun is the safety -- gun safety is bipartisan, has common sense and is lifesaving, as in the braidy bill -- brady bill, the last legislative effort to fight gun violence in congress, i'm pleased this moment has come and we are taking meaningful action to keep our communities safe. i hope it paves the way for future action on guns in congress and at all levels of government. as i said, this is not a cure all for all the ways gun violence affects our nation, but it is a long overdue step in the right direction. passing this gun safety bill is truly significant and it is going to save lives. it was so, so significant that we let the process work instead of having just one vote that would divide us and not accomplish anything, and i hope that portends doing it again on guns and on other issues as well. i want to thank my colleagues for their incredible work. this is a great moment here on a

united states. [laughter] and members of congress and member of the congressional black caucus members of the united states senate to pass the bill unanimously. [applause] all of them collectively to deliver this bill to the president's desk and i thank you all. we thank you all. thank you all. we established a national holiday it makes an important statement. national holidays or something important. where we as a nation have decided to stop and take stock. enter knowledge or history when we establish juneteenth as the newest national holiday, let us be clear what happened on june 19th 1865. because that day was not the end of slavery in america. yes, on that day the enslaved people of galveston texas learned they were free to half years early the emancipation proclamation and the slavery and the confederacy. think about that. for more than two years in slave people of texas were kept in servitude for two years intentionally kept from the freedom for more than two years. and then on that summer day 156 years ago the enslaved people of texas they learn the news that they were free and they claim their freedom. in

the end of the day, this is going to come down to whether we can reach a consensus in the united states senateere are intensive discussions under way. it includes people who have not been engaged on this issue in the past. i certainly can't guarantee any outcome, but it feels to me like we are closer than we've been since i've been in the senate. >> brennan: so you can get four other republicans to stand with you, the six who are negotiating? >> senator: my hope is we'll get a lot more. my hope is we'll get at least half of the republican conference. that should be the goal here. we're going to have to be realistic about what can do that. senator murphy alluded to the idea it is not going to be everything, certainly, that the democrats would like. we'll see where it ends up. >> brennan: is there a risk the republican party becomes associated with gun violence if you can't get those votes? >> senator: you know, look, i think the republicans have been very consistently supporters of second amendment rights. republican voters expect republicans to defend the second amendment. i think there is a p

the first step of that, it would require the united states senate voting. i don't think many people are aware of the fact that there are 400 bills there they haven't taken up including the january 6 study bill that was passed bipartisanly in the house of representatives. that is the threat to democracy and our republic that the house and senate don't work the way our founders intended. not many people have been to a conference committee because they have been on the miss bills coming from there. host: we appreciate your time. gavel-to-gavel coverage of the january 6 committee. democrat from connecticut john larson. >> the house will be in order. the speakers room, june 9, 2022. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the prayer will be offered by chaplainld you pray with me. holy god, we humble ourselves and pray to you, yielding our wills to yours and giving ourselves over to your authority. we pray that you would be merciful in your discipline. search our hearts and melt all hardness that

the morning after the tragedy in uvalde, the united states senate faced a choice -- we could surrender to gridlock, or -- i'm sorry, the morning after the tragedy in uvalde, the united states senate faced a choice -- we could surrender to gridlock and we could swiftly vote on a bill with provisions many of us would have wanted, but because of rigid opposition from the other side had no hope of passing the chamber. it would have failed. or we could choose to try and forge a bipartisan path forward to pass a real bill. as difficult as that may have seemed to many. over the past four years, we chose to try -- over the past four weeks, rather, we chose to try and get something done. immediately after uvalde, i spoke with senator murphy, who asked me to give negotiators time and space to do their work. with his deep experience in this area, he believed that, given the opportunity, maybe, maybe, maybe, these talks could succeed. although, of course, there was no guarantee. i was happy to agree, because i knew that even if there was a chance to get something positive and tangible done on gun