i am sure senator cardin van hollen will speak to his accomplishments in these roles. i would also like to submit for the record a letter from our former colleague and friend senator mccull ski and without objection that letter will be entered. with respect to mr. rosenstein's nomination, i have a few things to say about the attorney general's announcement and the supplement testimony he sent to this committee just yesterday. during his conformation, attorney general session told this committee that what he would do if specific matters arose where he believes he might be questioned and he said he would consult with the justice department's professionals and listen to their advice. to those who question his independence from the president, attorney general sessions proved them wrong already by recusing himself. last week, he kept his word and unlike attorney general lynch, attorney general sessions recuseed -- recused himself and that means if there is any ongoing matter with the trump campaign it would be handled by the attorney deputy general. so if mr. rosenstein is

now i agree with congressman van hollen, it's not perfect, when you say it's not working and failingthat's so disingenuous and insult together 20 million plus americans who where are benefitting from obamacare. one of the things that secretary spicer needs to also understand is that listen, republicans have had seven years to criticize obamacare. right. and they've been talking about repeal and replace all this time. and then when you have an opportunity to present a plan to the american people, to try to basically create a better plan to move forward, what you do is you punish elderly people, poor people, and the middle class by giving a tax break to the 1% wealthiest people in the country. i think what you saw today was him trying to deflect, but the bottom line is this, speaker ryan and president trump are not on the same page. and if you see what they did with the breitbart audio releasing the tapes, they already tried to discredit speaker ryan and basically put this in his lap and force his repuic colleagues to try to pass his bill. >> ah, and tim kearny, the other thing yo hear

host: chris van hollen.uest: new maryland senator who dccc.rmer chairman of the host: nathan gonzales, always appreciate your expertise. thank you for stopping by. guest: always fun. host: what are the pfizer rules and how do they work -- fisa rules and how do they work? was the president wiretapped? what does that mean? we will get an explanation. we will turn to america's prison policy, why so many are being incarcerated and what needs to be done. we are moving ahead to the next hour of c-span's "washington journal." we are back in a minute. ♪ >> monday night on the communicators, we visit the state of the net conference and speak with the senior advisor to the house majority leader kevin mccarthy. we speak about how congress and companies are addressing policy and cyber security. >> the disruption by technology are so disruptive to our entire economy that government has no choice but to reflect that reality. we have been through this. i don't think we have ever been through this at quite this sale. -- sca

senator van hollen had a couple points i want to reemphasize. one, the importance of the chesapeake bay. a lot of those same exact issues apply to the great lakes initiative. the president has cut it almost 100% which is just ludicrous. senator portman and senator stabenow, it really won him the election. i'm old enough to remember what the great lakes looked like when i was a kid, and it is one of the great accomplishments of government and communities and the federal government especially to clean this up. we can't see us backside. i would emphasize the importance. chesapeake bay is pretty important. but the great lakes are the largest collection of fresh water in the world. chesapeake bay isn't even fresh water. anyway. >> i object. >> you could object. >> also, i want to emphasize and thank you chairman roberts' comments about ag and nutrition of the farm bill holding it together when there's always pressures to divide it. i know that the governor has supported that, too. but thank you, chairman roberts, for your statements about that and th

senator van hollen had a couple questions i want to emphasize. one is the importance of the chesapeake bay. a lot of them apply to the great lakes initiatives. the president has cut it a hundred percent which is ludicrous. all of us in the great lakes states are what won him the election. i am old to remember what the great lakes looked like when i was a kid and it is one of the great accomplishments of government to clean this up. i would emphasize the importance. chesapeake bay is important but great lakes is the largest collection of fresh water in the world. chesapeake bay isn't even fresh water. >> i object! >> he is a new member. he doesn't get to object. >> i know the governor supported the agriculture bill and the comments on the historic black colleges is really important and i want the central state in my state is important. i know you worked with georgia's hbcus as a governor. thoughts, if you would give us briefly because we are running out of time and a vote is coming, what are the next steps you plan to take in support of those unit

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chris van hollen/(d) maryland> "if you look at the cost to the taxpayer to fly to mar-a-lago each weekendit's about $3 million, estimated. this budget wipes out the $3 million for the meals on wheels program that helps feed 2.4 million seniors in our country."" i can't see how this budget can survive the light of day. speaker paul ryan stressed that right now it's just a proposal . when the president submits a budget, that is the beginning of the budget process. (pam) no tax returns... no spot on the ballot. that could be the reality president trump faces in 20-20 under new legislation in new jersey. lawmakers there, just passed a bill, requiring presidential and vice- presidential candidates to release five- years of federal tax returns in order to appear on the ballot. the democratic - led assembly passed the measure today. it now goes to republican governor chris christie's desk. donald trump broke with nearly four decades of tradition... when he did not release his tax returns. democrats have raised questions a

. >> with me, senator yes, sir van hollen, democratic from the great state of maryland. good evening, sir. >> it's great to be with you. >> late today, we got a statement from senator lindsey graham saying, i strongly believe these statements should not be a substitute for a public response from the department of justice on the matter, it's entirely acceptable for doj and fbi to make a simple statement that goes to the heart of the matter without jeopardizing classified information? are you satisfied loy eied sidi the house or senate. or do you think lindsey graham should be the final statement on this. >> i'm satisfied with the bipartisan statements out of the house and senate. i think it's worth having the fbi weigh-in on this, obviously, fbi director comey want to the do that, and i would welcome his statements. but greta, this just shows that we've got a really dangerous situation for the country. i mean, this is obviously bad for the white house, but it's bad for the country. when the credibility of the president of the united states is just zeroed out, entirely. be

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van hollen: thank you, mr. president. i was just listening to our friend, the senator from tennessee, and i think there are things we can do to improve the health care system and the affordable care act. i'm glad that the house soundly defeated the so-called trumpcare bill, ryancare, whatever you want to call it. many of us called for more competition in the exchanges through things like public option, and i think we can all agree that we need to reduce the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. i think there are other things we can do and i welcome that discussion. mr. president, i'm here now to talk about something else that is currently being done to help millions of americans save for their retirement, to provide a secure retirement. i know all of us have been involved over the years in debates about how we can strengthen our retirement security program for all americans. we really have are three-stool -- a three-legged stool here. one is social security. that is a bedrock of our retirement system. we need to make s

chris van hollen/(d) maryland> "if you look at the cost to the taxpayer to fly to mar-a-lago each weekend. it's about $3 million, estimated. this budget wipes out the $3 million for the meals on wheels program that helps feed 2.4 million seniors in our country."" i can't see how this budget can survive the light of day. speaker paul ryan stressed that right now it's just a proposal . when the president submits a budget, that is the beginning of the budget process. (catherine)a full budget is due to come out in early may. it will reportedly include plans to reform entitlement programs, from medicare to social security. grant? (grant) the chief justice of the california supreme court - is asking federal agents to stop making immigration arrests in courthouses. justice tani cantil sakauye.. says she's concerned that recent reports of immigration agents going to the courts to track down immigrants for arrest... will affect the public's trust in the court system. just yesterday in pasadena - a criminal defense attorney

thank you senator van hollen. >> [inaudible] or dramatically scale back in response to the financial meltdown, and a lot of bad practices that went on that helped precipitate that and helped people in the country and for closure in holding the bag. as you know, last year, goldman sachs agreed to a $5 billion settlement in a lawsuit that arose out of what happened during the financial meltdown. the acting associate attorney general at the justice department at the time said and i quote, the resolution referring to the settlement agreed when holds them accountable for the serious misconduct and falsely assuring the investors that securities sold were backed by sound mortgages when it knew that they were full of mortgages that were likely to fail. >> this was a very serious breach of trust with respect to the clients. you mentioned at the outset you wanted to put an end to shady practices. would you agree to what they did during the period and falsely assuring investors that the securities that were sold were backed by the mortgages when they knew they were not and that it was a shady p

, heinrich, hirono, kaine, markey, menendez, merkley, murphy, murray, sanders, stabenow, udall, van hollen, wyden and warren. in the house of representatives, the bill's principal sponsor is senator conyers. it is needed now more than ever before. and i say that for many reasons, one of which is that we have seen a large increase in hate crimes in our community. yesterday i was on the phone with a father from hartford county, maryland, whose son was the victim of a hate episode related to that person's religion and ethnic background. we've seen in our community a large increase in hate crimes against the jewish community. there has been a lot of bomb threats that have been called in to jewish schools and to the jewish community center, and we have seen physical attacks and desecration of cemeteries. so the minority community feels threatened. and, mr. president, that's been escalated as a result of the actions of our president and his executive order. the executive orders -- he has issued two now -- that are dealing with the immigrant community does raise the temperature in our community a

van hollen: thank you, mr. president. we've now had a little more than 24 hours to get a peek at the republican plan to get rid of the affordable care act, and, mr. president, now we know why they kept it in hiding for as long as they did because it is a total mess and it will wreak havoc on the health care system in the united states of america and severely harm millions of americans. i mean, mr. president, after seven years in waiting, is this really the best that they can do? the first thing people need to know about the republican plan to replace the affordable care act -- and let's be clear, this is no replacement, this is a fake replacement -- the first thing they need to know about it is it will strip away affordable health care for millions of americans in order to give the wealthiest households a huge tax cut. how big is that tax cut? well, first of all, it goes to households who make over $250,000 a year. here's the thing -- the richer you are, the more money you make over $250,000 a year, the bigger tax cut you

if the regulation is not effective, no longer valuable, and unnecessary, van hollen then why keep it around? around? hy keep it for those reasons, mr. chairman, i urge ply colleagues to oppose this amendment en-- my colleagues to oppose this amendment. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from oregon. ms. bonamici: i now yield one minute to representative davis, the ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education and work force development. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. davis: thank you, mr. chair. mr. chair, i rise to protect student loan borrowers. protecting our young people should be a priority for every single member of this chamber. in a major way that we're able to defend our students is through the safeguards that are at stake today. these protections, like provisions which ensures students are able to find gainful employment, or have recourse if a school misleads them, have been integral in the wake of unethical practices by certain schools. we have seen the damage that schools like i.t.t. tech and ashford university have done i

military and our infrastructuree [ applause ]ause >> the joining us now with wh reaction senator chris van holleni know it was late night for yoy all your colleagues on the hillh couple things we want to talk.to one is tone and the other isers message. let's start witness tone. w what did you feel?wh did >> look what i'm learning nowin with this president you never nr know which personality is goings to show up. is it the tweet that sent out o that, you know, is very divisive or is it this different tone? n mostly we've seen divisive president. >> the tone was different here.i obviously a little bit.e b. we've got to start watching actions. not words.t wds just the other day attorney general reversed course in an ia effort to try to make sure thatt the voters in texas had the the right to vote and access to the voting but you didn't hearidt anything about that last night g but that's what they're doing. on the tone itself before we ge to the messages you want to tall about. did it surprise you at ought aot last night this was a different sounding president from whatsid we've heard in the last mon

van hollen: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to talk about the so-called health care bill that is coming out of the house of representatives, that's been supported by the president. we just got yesterday, mr. president, the report from the congressional budget office that analyzes this legislation and its impacts on americans. and what we find in great detail and with great clarity is that this trumpcare legislation is a huge tax windfall to the wealthiest americans at the expense of affordable health care for tens of millions of our fellow citizens. and it is time that the senate began to pay attention to what was happening in this legislation. someone might look at this and now call it not trumpcare, but trumpcare doesn't care, because what we -- but trump doesn't care, because what we find out is in the very first year, in 2018, 14 million americans will lose their health coverage. 14 million in the very first year that this is implemented. those are moms and dads and kids, people of all ages, just fellow america