relative to the death of the honorabl james g.aboris, former united states senator for the state of south dakota. appointments, united states senate caus on international narcotics control. signed, sincerely, cheryl. johnson, clerk. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to secti 3-c of house resolution 5, the house stands adjourned until 5 p.m. tuesday, march 21, 2023. >> to celebrate st. patrick's day, kevin mccarthy will host a friends of ireland luncheon at u.s. capitol. live coverage starts at 1:00 eastern on c-span. you can also watch on our free mobile video app or online a c-span.org. >> ♪ >> health care, the environment, education, the economy, and gun violence dominate the headlines and were the top issues addressed by students in this year's studentcam documentary contest. almost 3000 students from 40 states entered. for the first time in the history of the competition, students were asked to envision themselves in position of power by sharing their top priorities if they were newly elected members of congress. our panel of judges evaluated each entry based on presentation, research

but is it unreasonable for me as a citizen to think a united states senator should have basic cognitiveunctions? [applause] you make a solid point. why should a united states senator be held to a different standard than the president of the united states himself? we have to fix all of that. we cannot fix it until we play the game their way. the other way we have to start doing that is we have to start voting with our wallets. the number one thing we can do to make sure our values exist into the future is fueling the patriot economy. just this week, this was not even going to be my speech until yesterday. i started a news app with my friend taylor because i got sick of -- i knew about the hunter biden story but no one else did. it was in the new york post which of the second oldest newspaper in america but big tech made sure no one else saw that article. we note that 17% of joe biden -- 70% of americans would not have voted for joe biden have had they heard from this. we try to build your own and amazon web services throws you off where apple will not let you on the app store. they say b

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state of nebraska. madam president, i congratulate the senator and welcome him to the united states senate. mr. thune: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: madam president, i want to welcome and we get to add another plainspoken nebraskan to the united states senate and people who bring a common sens, clear-eyed realism, a solutions oriented approach to the senate and really grateful to have former governor and now senator pete ricketts join the united states senate along with his colleague senator deb fischer. that is a powerful, powerful dual and will be a great partnership for the great of nebraska and make great contributions to the united states senate and to the betterment of our country. and i know that like a lot of people from their region of the world, they understand, as he pointed out, his remarks, the importance of a strong and secure america, an america that projects strength in the world, not just militarily but economically, diplomatically, and so i -- as we work on these issues, we face lots of challenges, lots of dangers in the world

united states. but unfortunately, it is not just limited to the outside partisan rabble-rousers. it includes speeches made by united states senators on the floor of the senate. mr. chairman, i'd ask unanimous consent that this be made part of the record. this is a speech by a united states senator trying to discredit a judge, happens to be in texas, senator cruz and i recommended and he was appointed and now serves a lifetime tenure as a federal judge, calling him an partisan ideologue and antiabortion zealot. he goes further to say that regardless of how the judge may decide this particular case, that it will inevitably be affirmed by the activist fifth circuit court of appeals. then surely rubberstamped by the united states supreme court. i find this sort of rhetoric, particularly by a united states senator, to be appalling. i wonder if you will join me in condemning that sort of attack on the independence of the southern judiciary? a.g. garland: when i first got in the judiciary, i am several of my colleagues pounded our heads against the wall trying to get reporters to stop. this was more than 25 years ago. to stop reporting t

united states. but unfortunately, it's not just limited to the outside partisan rabble rousers. it includes speeches made by united states senatorson the floor of the senate. mister chairman, i would ask you to -- copy of the speech dated february 16th be made part of -- >> without objection. >> this is a speech by united states senator trying to discredit a judge. happens to be in texas, matthew kaz merrick. senator cruz and i recommended and who was appointed and now serves with lifetime tenure as a federal judge. calling him a lifelong right-wing activist, a partisan idealogue, and antiabortion zealot. he goes further to say that regardless of how judge has merrick may decide this particular case that it would inevitably be affirmed by the act of his fifth circuit court of appeals and then surely rubberstamp by the united states supreme court. i find this rhetoric particularly by united states senator to be appalling. and i wonder if you will join me in condemning that sort of attack on the independence of the fellow judiciary. >> when i first got on the judiciary, i and several of my colleagues hounded our heads against the w

senator cornyn: what better way to move drugs into the united states than to overwhelm the border patrol with migrants so -- and divert their attention from their drug interdiction responsibilities? secretary mayorkas: senator cornyn, more than 90% of the fentanyl, about 90% of the fentanyl that is brought into the united states is -- senator cornyn: that's a totally made up number. you had nearly a million people get away from border patrol, evade border patrol's detection and detention between 2022 and 2023. you have no idea how many of those people were carrying fentanyl or other drugs with them, do you? secretary mayorkas: senator, the expert view that i received is that approximately 90% of the fentanyl that -- senator cornyn: that's a totally made up number, mr. secretary, and you know it. that's a totally made up number. secretary mayorkas: senator, the expert information that i received is that approximately 90% of the fentanyl is brought in through the ports of entry. through passenger vehicles, through trucks, through pedestrians. senator cornyn: mr. secretary, you understand y

to have a united states senator have basic cognitive function? you make a solid point sir. why should a u.s. senator be held to a different standard than the president of the united states himself? we have to fix all of that, right? again, we cannot fix it until we play the game their way. the other way we have to start doing that is we have to start voting with our wallets. ok. the number one thing we can do to make sure that our values exist into the future is fueling the patriot economy. this week, this was not going to be my speech until yesterday, i started a news app, with my friend taylor. i got sick of, --i knew about the hunter biden story but nobody else did. it was in the new york post, the second oldest new paper in america. big tech make sure nobody saw the article. we know 17 percent of democrats will not have voted for joe biden had the heard of this. under build your own. now we try to build our own and amazon web services throws you off. or apple will not let you on the app store. or google does the same. they say build your own

thirty-six years as a united states senator, eight years as a vice president of the united states and now as our president, through it all we've had no greater champion of our department and mission. we are deeply honored on our 20th anniversary to be joined by the president of the united states of america. everyone please rise and give a warm welcome to president biden. ♪♪ [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] you're very nice. thank you. thank you, thank you. i don't know who you're talking about, someone that's been around that long. twenty years. no one thought there would be over 260,000 people. what you've done is an incredible job. i came for the simple reason, to thank you for welcoming me back here today as well as 20 years. you are a true patriot that's dedicated your career to protecting and serving the american people while upholding the nation's laws and standing up for american values. when i think of the department i think of it in that way, standing up for american values. i'm so grateful for everything you do and you've done for the country and for th

there is a custom in the united states senate that allow senator to revise and extend their remarks.exactly that, is senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. now senator, the last office you were a candidate for appearing on the show as the -- you announced your reelection campaign for the senate today. and in the middle of the interview, you use the word president when you said -- candidate for president. and i heard you say president. and here is a little secret for the audience involved. i heard that word and i thought, it's hard to kind of get back in there with a wrench and go back. the audience will figure it out. it turns out on twitter not all of them have. so there are some people out there who are wondering if there might suddenly be a challenge to joe biden. you have the floor, senator. >> no, no no. no challenge to joe biden. thank you for letting me come back and revise. i really appreciate it, lawrence. but i also want to say it does give me a chance to say how really excited i am to support joe biden for president and kamala harris for vice president. they have done

the ban on machine guns passed the united states senate unanimously.twenties, when they became increasingly aware that they could not effectively confront the famous machine gun wielding gangsters of that era, they asked congress to outlaw machine guns, which is exactly what the congress did in 1934. the ban on machine guns passed the united states senate unanimously. every democrat. every republican in the senate voted to ban machine guns. the senators from texas voted to ban machine guns. texas hands very different senators now. senator bob hawley is a republican member of the texas state senate. he said this about the 18 year old mass murderer who shot 21 people to death in that fourth grade classroom in uvalde. quote, this man had enough time to do it with his hands or a baseball bat and so it's not the gun it's the person. they will say anything. with his hands. senator bob hall believes that he can walk into a fourth grade classroom and murder to teachers and 19 children with his hands while they are presumably sit around waiting for him to get t

of political dominoes has begun, 30 years ago, dianne feinstein began her first term as a united states senator and went on to win five more elections, making her the longest serving female senator. last month, she announced she would step down, even before she declared her intent to leave office, two california members ofcongress had announced they would run for her seat. recently, another contender announced she would buy for the position, barbara lee. >> when it was legal to discriminate against the lgbtq plus community, i wrote the hate crimes reduction act and got a republican governo to sign it into law. what no one wanted to talk about global aids funding, i got president george w. bush to make it a priority. for those who say my time has passed, wind is making change go out of style? >> joining us now from washington dc is congress member barbara lee, thank you for joining us. >> nice being with you. what is it that made you now decide to run for senate? >> nice being with you. first of all there are so many issues that are not being addressed in the senate as it relates to california.

there is a custom in the united states senate that allows senators to revise and extend their remarkst is senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. now the last officer candidate for, appearing on the show, was the office president of the united states. you announced a reelection campaign for this senate today. and the middle of the interview you use the word president when he said you are a candidate for president, and here's a secret for the audience at home. i heard that word and i thought, a, it is hard to kind of get back in there with the ranch. the audience will figure it out. turns out on twitter not all of them have and so there are some people out there who are wondering if there might suddenly be a challenge to joe biden. you have the floor. >> no challenge to joe biden. thank you for letting me come back and revise. i really appreciate it, lawrence. but i also want to say it does give me a chance to say how really excited i am to support joe biden for president, kamala harris for vice president, they have done it extraordinary job over the last two and a half years and th

there are very few of them, in the united states senate and the republicans in the senate and democratsh on the same page. most of us that this, we need to give the ukrainians the support they need and we're pridoviding them with the weapons and weapons systems and i just sent a letter to secretary austin about f-16s and one of the steps we should take to make a decision to provide these airplanes to give them that next piece of edge to be successful. >> let's turn to the southern border. obviously, you represent arizona in the senate and president biden has new measures, cracking down on border crossings and restricting illegal migrants to claim asylum, cory booker from new jersey responded by expressing great concern calling the mood disappointing. what do you think? do you support president biden's actions? >> well, it's a crisis. it's been a crisis on the southern border for years, not just during the administration, but before this and border patrol has such a hard time handling the numbers. the numbers are down because some of the steps the administration has taken, and i've worke

josh hawley, probably at least since january 6th, 2021, the most conservative member of the united states senate, biden just reflectively opposes anything that he's for. in terms of senator hawley specifically, i recall in 2021 he was the sole vote in the united states senate against the establishment of a hate crimes bill having to do with asian americans in the wake of a plethora of hate crimes against asian americans. hawley was the only vote against that proposed legislation in the united states senate. here he opposes hate crimes bills when it comes to asian americans but he's for it when it comes to christians. we have to wait and see what this manifesto has to say. it's a hateful deed, an evil deed regardless of what the motivation of the shooter was. but we have to i think be patient and see what happens. >> i mean, it's pretty clear there was an attack on a christian community, a church, a christian school. and as you say, we're going to wait to see what is in the manifesto. i hope we get to see that soon. on another note, katie, looking at some background on the law today. geraldo, bri

announcer: the sky is the limit for the newest class of hearst's united states senate youth program. stories like this, sign up for our newsletter at matteroffact.tv. ♪ 3 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19. ♪ soledad: this week i found myself sitting in a room full of possibilities. a luncheon in the ballroom of the mayflower hotel, filled with more than 100 high school students from all across the nation. chosen through a competitive process and based on their interest in public service and leadership. harjasan: my dream is to, like, run to become the first elected turbaned senator that's a u.s. senator. nadia: my dream job is to work in the u.s. foreign service as a diplomat on behalf of the u.s. state department. soledad: the week-long experience gives delegates a close-up look at government, and i had the honor of talking with the students about the role of journalists in our democracy and offered a bit of career advice. a lot of my career i like to call leading with yes. because i would volunteer for ass

words next week hillary clinton an overtly political first lady who successfully ran for the united states senate served as secretary of state and then campaigned for the presidency herself. american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it whereve what's the status on that computer? she's right behind you, mr. harrison. so she handle analytic geometry? absolutely. and she speaks? yes, sir, i do. which one? both geometry and speaking. give me. you think you can find me the for a frame for this data using, the graham sharp analyzation algorithm? yes sir, i prefer it over euclidean katherine has had the fortune of having hollywood shine light on her life. there are people right here in west virginia that had no idea of what katherine did for nasa and for the united states of america. and so when the movie hidden figures came out, it showed everyone who katherine johnson was, what she did, and how profound was in the pages of american history. katherine hired as what they call then computer, where she came in and did mathematical type of equations for nasa what t

they walk to this podium may be short, but it represents a lifetime of service. 36 years as a united states senator, eight years as the vice president of the united states, and now as our president. through it all, we have had no greater champion of our department and our mission. we are deeply honored on our 20th anniversary to be joined by the 46th president of the united states of america, everyone please rise and give a warm welcome to president biden. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. you are very nice, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you, please. i don't know who he was talking about, 20 years, wow. you know, when we voted to set you all of, nobody ever thought of 260,000 people. no one thought it, but you have done a amazing job. the secretary, thank you for welcoming me back here today. as well as 20 years, mister secretary, you are a true patriot, you've dedicated your career to protecting and serving american people. while upholding our nations logs and standing up for american values. when i think of this department, i think of it and thought we. standin

donations to simple democrat senators at the same time that her nomination was before the united states senateone of those donations was given to a member of the commerce committee, which of course is the committee considering her nomination. mr. president, miss sohn may not have intended to influence senators considering her nomination, but at the very least her decision to donate to these senators while her nomination is before congress gives the appearance of improprietary and raises serious questions about her judgment. her ethical issues don't end there. she was less than forthcoming with the commerce committee about her time on the word of a -- board of a company found to be operating in violation of copyright laws. and questions remain about how she got the substantial settlement against her company drastically reduced. miss sohn has volunteered to recuse herself if confirmed on a variety of issues related to broadcasting and copyright violations because of her involvement with this company and the settlement. but i'm hard-pressed to understand why we would choose a commissioner who wou

i remember back in the 1980s when i was working in the united states senate for a republican member of if was a need for a voting rights act to be supported, was need for a voting rights act even the early 1980s and titled him back then yes, it is needed so they never again in this country will black people be denied the opportunity to vote anywhere. and he agreed with that and he was an early co—sponsor of that legislation back in the 1980s. it's still needed in the 2020s and president biden realises that and he's trying to build support for it. it's still going to be a heavy lift with republicans in the senate and the house, but nonetheless it is something that's so very necessary in order for all americans to have the right to vote. civil rights activist joe watkins speaking to me earlier on. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we speak to one of the record number of asian heritage nominees hoping to win an oscar next sunday. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours, then, the soviet

she's very effective in the united states senate. we've got a lot done. look forward to doing that, you know, over the next months and the rest of this year. >> before we go, though, i want to ask you, nasa and acxiom space just unfailed a new space suit for the artemis moon mission. what do you think of this design? >> i took a look at it the other day. jake, is this space suit like for the dark side of the moon. you fall behind a rock and a shadow, it had to go through some iterations. i'll tell you what i'm excited about. and i'm sure the suit operationally will be very effective and protect my former colleagues. it's exciting that we're taking these steps to go back to the moon. and then one day on to mars. i'm really excited about that. unfortunately, you know, now i'm out of that business and i'm in the united states senate and we've got a lot more work to do, including making sure that nasa has what it needs to be successful. >> dark side of the moon reference, i like it. senator mark kelly, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you, jake. tha

i am a united states senator, though i have tried to rise above it.ause] last year i spoke to you about what i believe. today, i want to talk to you about truth. the unadorned, unvarnished truth. the truth is important. without the truth, we cannot order society. without the truth, we cannot survive as human beings. without the truth, we certainly cannot thrive as human beings. can you handle the truth? i think you can. the truth is, it is important to speak your mind. i do. that makes some people mad. i try not to worry too much about what anyone thinks of me. except dogs. i really like dogs. [applause] [applause] sometimes my friend will ask me, they say, kennedy, how do you sleep at night knowing that some people do not like you? i tell them, with the fan on. i think i make the right people mad. what else is the truth? the truth is, god is great, beer is good, and the united states of america is star-spangled awesome. america is not perfect, but we are good. i cannot imagine what the world would be like without our country. the truth is,, since it

there's aul lot we should be dog in the united states senate. we should be unleashing american energy. we should stop the reckless tax and spending the democrats continue to promote. we should secure the border, stop this flow of illegal drugs. we need to crack down on the criminals that are terrorizing communities. we need to put china on notice. yet, the democrats are disinterested and ignoring it all. senate republicans are going to force a vote today that will actually help for the going to vote to protect americans retirement savings accounts. joe biden continues to spread lies about social security and medicare. joe biden is so concerned about people's retirements, he needs to look in the mirror. the only politician meddling with people's retirements is joe biden. that is right, the only politician actually meddling with people's retirements is president biden. the biden administration month retirement plan managers to invest people's retirement funds based not on the best return for the money, nope. based on woke ideology. democrats want

this nonsense that ultimately we see the outcomes and they are binot good talk about in the united states senate, how are you pushing back how are the senate and republicans on capitol hill pushing back against the biden administration and their policies quick. >> the coming after family they want to do five family they don't want gender want to attack everything we have done over the years and go by their ideology and the left knows especially the far left that if they can get their young kids it will change everything in a short period of time and they have been ableto to do that and i said this during the campaign if you want to make a difference go to the school board or get involved to be a substitute teacher or do something to recognize what is going on and we all found out what we already knew during covid when zoom was going on kids were not in school that watcher they were being taught on computers what is going on here? it's been going like that for a while. the country is in trouble starting with an education andh until we recognize that the left isun doing to change family and the th

and see what didn't make it into the ultimate legislation agreed upon by the united states senate. and there are a variety of items that fall into that category, including red flag traoepblgs risk protection orders that can help identify individuals who are potentially on the verge of doing something harmful to the american people while possessing weapons at the same time. universal criminal background check legislation has the support of more than 90% of the american people. the overwhelm magazine jotter of -- overwhelming majority of republicans support it throughout the country. a majority of n.r.a. members support universal criminal background check legislation. and so why are house republicans, extreme maga republicans, standing in the way? that's the question that all my colleagues on the other side of the aisle should answer. day after day after day, until congress acts, to stop the carnage, stop the killing, stop the slaughter of children and innocent americans. reporter: foreign affairs chairmaning call says he wants to do a repeal and replace of the 2022 aumf. do you agre

[applause] and on behalf -- and i ask the united states senate to move this nomination quickly so we can continue to progress this economy that works for everyone. julie, thank you for your willingness to serve, thank you for all you have done, thank you for all you're about to do. god love you, as my mother would say. [cheers and applause] ms. su: thank you. [cheers and applause] ms. su: thank you, mr. president, for your words and trust. 60 years ago my mom came to the united states on a cargo ship because she couldn't afford a passenger ticket. recently she got a call from the president of the united states telling her that her daughter would be nominated to be u.s. labor secretary. [cheers and applause] so i believe in the transformative power of america. and i know the transformative power of a good job. i know because it was the kind of job my mom got that had predictable hours, paid sick leave, health benefits, a secure income, and a pension when she retired. a union job that gave my parents a path to the middle class and gave our family the kind of breathing room that the pre

united states senator and asked the attorney general my son both and you are on both cases. i also want to thank kamala for leadership to protect rights for and. [applause] look, so many of you your work so hard to make history 13 years ago today and i want to start by saying thank you and i mean it from the bottom of my heart millions of people over youis used it . 13 years later is easy to forget you fought for hard-working families through the affordable care remember when a parent with a heart disease or diabetes or a child with asthma can get coveragebecause of pre-existing conditions . remember when we had to pay more for insurance because they had a pre-existing condition and they were alone? that was the case. remember when you leave and job as you can rest losing your insurance, you can be checked off his parents plan because he graduated from college. remember the whole when seniors on medicare reached the point every year as a full cost for theirb remember when millions of low income families, especially those families were locked out of health insurance because t

john cornyn represents texas to the united states senate has for many years.again, texas, the state that's being invaded by millions of people whose identities we don't know from the third world . so you'd think john cornyn be very concerned about the border of texas, but not at all. he's concerned about ukraine's border. he's so concerned that it's all he cares about, not his people, but people far away in a country knows nothing about his language. he doesn't speak. he's so concerned that he started attacking ron desantis on twitter because desantis didn't seem quite enough on board with the program. and that's when our friend sean davis responded this way, quote, stop risking our security and wasting our money on stupid wars that have nothing to do with us. so he's making a case a little harsh, but it's a case . here's a cornyn responded, you're a . quote, channeling neville chamberlain. i see. which, by the way, is not only a slur, but it's also the dumbest, most hackneyed cliche that any person could ever utter. you'd have to have a wikipedia ,a level und

by definition. >> after donald trump survived, excitement he's been trying united states senate, whereo complete donald trump, the republican senate leader said$lz this. >> president trump is still liable for everything he did while he is in office. as an ordinary citizen, -- still liable for everything you did, well use an office. then we get away with anything, yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country, we have civil litigation, former presidents are not immune for being coachable way through blood. >> during his knowledge and, sake former white house press secretary, in the biden white house, her new show inside with jen psaki airs sunday at 12 pm eastern on msnbc, and it's already a huge hit with the biggest weekend audience of last weekend, jen, congratulations on that first show. >> thank you for watching, and eating a bagel while you watch it. >> as there every minute, i was there before it started. >> while more bagels as, weekend put in your order. >> i'm so fascinated by the arc from nixon to hear, because when nixon said in 1977, no one believed. no one working

i would expect more from a united states senator than comparing you to neville chamberlain. >> it's pare with the democrats. everyone they don't like is a nazi and everyone who disagrees with them is hitler. i expected more from the texas senior senator. in his defense, it's not like can stand on his own record. he's been in congress, in the senate since 2002. he's got two failed wars, banking crisis, a porous border, fentanyl copouring into the streets. name calling is all he has. i wish he would read another book, maybe learn about it. i guess that's a little too much to expect from a u.s. senator at this point. >> tucker: john cornyn is just a liberal at this point. he represents basically a conservative state, one of the best states we have, texas, a really great state. why do places like texas get senators like john cornyn? >> yeah. it's a real problem. you have these guys who they campaign as conservatives then get to washington and get seduced by mitch mcconnell, his corporate lobbyist money and they become leadership mcconnell lap dogs. suddenly they don't have to represent thei