van hollen. mr. lujan. mr. videa. mr. chairman. on this vote the yeas are eight and the nays are 11. >> we will come back to that. king three. cam three is the one that i discussed that would create the deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the fix of the family pledge under the affordable care >> van hollen six. >> mr. chairman colleagues this is the provision that creates a point of order against getting rid of the negotiating authority for medicare used to reduce the price of prescription drugs for seniors and i urged its adoption. >> i've determined it's out of order. mr. chairman nye will of appealed the ruling of the chair. >> the motion is not debatable and questions on the ruling of the chair. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. grassley. >> mr. crapo. mr. johnson. mr. marshall. mr. cornyn. mr. lee. mr. kennedy. mr. ricketts. mr. moreno. mr. scott. mr. merkley. misses murray. mr. wyden. mr. sanders. mr. whitehouse. mr. warner. mr. kaine. mr. van hollen. mr. lujan. mr. videa. mr. chairman. mr. chairman on this vote they y

van hollen. mr. lujan. mr. videa. mr. chairman. on this vote the yeas are eight and the nays are 11. >> we will come back to that. king three. cam three is the one that i discussed that would create the deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the fix of the family pledge under the affordable care to make sure 5 million family members who've been able to get premium tax credits by the epa are protected going forward and stopping cuts to that. >> we will stand by what senator crapo said. i have determined the amendment for the privilege of the budget resolution. nevermind, you are okay. that means i'm going to vote no for just a second. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. grassley. mr. crapo. mr. johnson. mr. marshall. mr. cornyn. mr. lee. mr. kennedy. mr. ricketts. mr. moreno. mr. scott. mr. merkley. misses murray. mr. wyden. mr. sanders. mr. whitehouse. mr. warner. mr. kaine. mr. van hollen. mr. lujan. mr. padilla. mr. chairman? mr. chairman on this vote the gate kosir eight and the 11. >> van hollen six. >> mr. chairman colleague

senator van hollen. senator van hollen: thank you. chair graham: we're done. senator van hollen. senator van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman, colleagues. my amendment is labeled van hollen number 4. it's pretty straightforward. it says it shall not be in order for the senate to consider any legislation that cuts funding to medicare or medicaid benefits. so i'm all in with anybody who wants to have more efficiency in the program or anybody who wants to go after medicare fraud. we should do that, but candidate trump did not campaign on cutting medicare. he did not campaign on cutting medicaid. as i said this morning when he was asked about project 2025, he said, i don't know anything about that. well, project 2025 does call for changes to medicaid. they want to cap medicaid benefits, lifetime benefits, which would have a hugely disproportionate impact on people with disabilities. if you look at the house republican proposals, they're talking about voucherizing, privatizing medicare, and they're also talking about block granting medicaid. so none of this, none of these are things th

senator van hollen. senator van hollen: thank you. chair graham: we're done. senator van hollen. senator van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman, colleagues. my amendment is labeled van hollen number 4. it's pretty straightforward. it says it shall not be in order for the senate to consider any legislation that cuts funding to medicare or medicaid benefits. so i'm all in with anybody who wants to have more efficiency in the program or anybody who wants to go after medicare fraud. we should do that, but candidate trump did not campaign on cutting medicare. he did not campaign on cutting medicaid. as i said this morning when he was asked about project 2025, he said, i don't know anything about that. well, project 2025 does call for changes to medicaid. they want to cap medicaid benefits, lifetime benefits, which would have a hugely disproportionate impact on people with disabilities. if you look at the house republican proposals, they're talking about voucherizing, privatizing medicare, and they're also talking about block granting medicaid. so none of this, none of these are things th

senator van hollen number 4. senator van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. as we discussed earlier, this creates a point of order against legislation that would cut medicare or medicaid benefits. we should all go after fraud, waste, and abuse in medicare or medicaid but no one campaigned cutting medicare or medicaid so this creates a guardrail against it. i urge its adoption. chair graham: thank you. i have determined the amendment threatens the privilege of the budget resolution. therefore, rule it out of order. i move to table the motion -- to table the appeal. the motion is nondebatable. senator van hollen: you're ahead of me. i haven't appealed the motion. i do appeal the motion of the chair. i do call for a vote on your motion to table. chair graham: being omnipotent, knowing he would do that, the question is on the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair. all those in favor of tabling the ruling say aye. and they want a roll call. call the roll. the clerk: mr. grassley. senator grassley: aye. the clerk: mr. crapo. senator crapo: aye. the clerk: mr. jo

van hollen: hell no, we are not going to let it stand. this is happening at the justice department. what we are witnessing is the biggest heist in american history. elon musk coming into the department of treasury and stealing social security numbers, personal data. are we going to let this stand? >> no! sen. van hollen: this is all about taking over the government in order to advance the interest of elon musk and the billionaires at the expense of everybody else in america. it was the big lie and the big betrayal. donald trump said he was going to -- >> lock them up! lock them up! sen. van hollen: it is pretty clear we have to fight this in the ports, we have to fight this in the congress, we have to fight this in the streets. we need to fight this all over america. and we need to make sure that the billionaires don't take this country away from the working people of america. that's what it's all about. stop the coup, stop griff, stop elon musk. take our country back. thank you all very much. it's going to be a long marks, but we will win! >> thank you, senator. thank you so much.

>> senator van hollen? senator van hollen: i would point out that trump did not run on implementing project 20 25. when he was asked on the campaign trail about the project, he said he didn't know anything about it, who are those people? yet early on and quickly he installed a key architect of project 2025, russ vote, as the head of the office of management and budget, which we know is the command control center for the budget overseeing all federal agencies. that's what elon musk is doing now, implementing project 25 -- project 2025 that he said he knew nothing about it he said that because he knew it would be unpopular to take the financial cop off the beat. i want to start by talking about what's happening over at the consumer financial protection bureau. that is the cop on the beat to go after fraudsters and scammers who cheat americans out of their hard earned money. they have returned billions of dollars to our constituents, to the consumers who have been victims of these scams. in doing so, they have

chair graham: senator van hollen. sen. van hollen: thank you. good to see you. look. we're just a few days into the trump administration and already seeing a huge gap between what candidate trump ran on, which was helping working men and women in this country and what he's actually focused on, including recently pardoning people who had been convicted of salting and bludgeoning police officers. including an executive order that stops ongoing initiatives to reduce the costs of prescription drugs. including, as we've heard today, a renewal of a tax plan that disproportionately benefited the very wealthy and the biggest corporations at the expense of other americans. as we saw on the dais during the swearing in, the golden age for america will be great for the billionaire tech titans who had seats better than those of the incoming cabinet officers. so president trump was very clear that he's going to govern in a way that was different than candidate trump. you're going to play a very instrumental role in this administration, if confirmed, and i believe the best way to so

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let me give you my good friend, senator chris van hollen. sen. van hollen: thank you to don buyer and all of our colleagues gathered here and all of you who are here at this moment of a clear and present danger for the future of our country. make no mistake, this effort by elon musk and to shut down the agency for international development is an absolute gift to our adversaries. to russia, to china, to iran and others. usaid is an essential instrument of u.s. foreign policy and u.s. national security policy. so this has nothing to do with making the u.s. government more efficient, and everything to do with aiding and abetting our adversaries around the world. if you doubt that for a moment, listen to what the former president and putin crony just put out on twitter. quote, smart move by elon musk, referring to shutting down usaid . the former russian president and stooge of vladimir putin. this is also a huge gift to the prc. it is interesting that vivek ramaswamy who was originally elon musk's copilot is no longer here. but here is what he said

and i'm going to talk to one of those members, senator chris van hollen, in just a few minutes. so we're seeing some signs of life. there needs to be more, but they're trying. that's some encouraging news, some much needed encouraging news. and we're seeing this not just among elected officials or politicians, but among unelected people, people who have spent their careers serving the public and have now found themselves caught in the crosshairs of this hostile takeover, trying to stand up for what's right. at usaid, yes, elon musk pushed the director of security and his deputy out, but not before they tried to stop musk people from gaining access to restricted spaces at the agency. at the treasury department, a career civil servant was pushed out because he refused to give musk's team access to that federal payment system that they eventually bullied their way into. and at the fbi, acting fbi director brian driscoll refused a justice department order that he assist in the firing of agents involved. in january, six cases, reportedly pushing back so forcefully that some fbi offic

van hollen: hell no. this is the most corrupt bargain in american history. elon musk spent over $280 million to elect donald trump, and donald trump has given elon musk the keys to the united states government. are we going to let that stand? this is a takeover. you see what they're doing here at the cfpb. you saw what happened over the treasury department, the biggest heist of americans' sensitive personal information that we've ever seen. are we going to let that stand? they access social security information. they access banking information. a judge told them to cut it out, and you probably heard the vice president of the united states saying, i'm not sure a judge has that power. well, judges have that power. they have the power to apply the law. so all of us need to do what we're doing right here stand, unite, and fight democracy over oligarchy. stop the billionaire grift. nobody elected elon, and that's why it's important that the american people gather here, because i will close with this. their ultimate goal is to shut down important services for the

you heard senator van hollen saying he's on board with that, too.esterday, schatz, his democratic colleagues, including van hollen, held a protest against musk at usaid headquarters. we saw a demonstration outside the headquarters of the office of personnel management, which has similarly been targeted by musk. in new york, protesters gathered outside the nyu langone hospital to protest the hospital stopping treatment for trans kids after trump's executive order attempting to halt gender affirming care for anyone under the age of 19. an executive order of, again, dubious legality. you can feel the momentum growing today. progressive groups led by congressional democrats held a protest called nobody elected ellen at the treasury. >> we are wide awake to the fraud that is being perpetuated on this country, inside this building, and we are not going to stand for it. and i don't know about you, but i don't think the united states senate should vote for a single nominee that's going to participate in this fraud. when we when we open up the senate every s

chair scott: senator van hollen. sen. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. i would point out that canada trump did not run unimplemented project 2025. in fact, when he was asked on the campaign trail about project 2025, he said, i don't know anything about that. who are those people? and yet he early on and quickly installed the key architect of project 2025, russ vought, as the head of the office of management and budget, which we know is the command and control center for the budget overseeing all federal agencies, and that is what elon musk is doing now. he is implementing project 2025, the same project 2025 that candidate trump said he knew nothing about. and he said that because he knew it was unpopular. he knew it would be unpopular to take the financial, off the beat -- the financial cop off the beat. i want to talk about what is happening at the cfpb because that is the cop on the beat to go after fraudsters and scammers who cheat americans out of their hard-earned money. and they have returned billions of dollars to our constituents, to the consumer

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senator chris van hollen will join me live to react. and later, an out of this world first for nasa. nasa. a twitch live stream with astronauts from the international space station. we'll bring it to you live. good morning. pamela brown is off. i'm phil mattingly in washington, and you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin with the breaking news, the markets reacting right now to the first big inflation report of 2025. the dow down, you can see right there about a little over 400 points. nasdaq and s&p both down as well. this is after that critical inflation report showing inflation is going in the wrong direction hitting 3% for the first time since june. i want to bring in cnn's vanessa yurkevich who is going to break down all the numbers. what are we seeing here, vanessa? >> yeah, we're seeing inflation heading in the wrong direction, heating up instead of cooling down. what we're seeing is month over month in january, prices rose by 0.5%. and as you mentioned, 3% annually. that's not a number that we have seen since the summer i

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. >> carley: you have congressman chris van hollen will fight doge in the streets. out their pitchforks to fight back to save taxpayer money but there is always tomorrow that will. >> todd: it is not chris van hollen's money although he thinks it is but it's our money. want to do j.d. whitworth show. don't mess cheryl casone's morning show. >> carley: $7 million defamation crisis publicists weaponized digital army against her. the actress legal team "another day another state and another nine figure lawsuit seeking to sue miss lively into oblivion for speaking out against sexual harassment and retaliation" lexi joins me now, lexi, good morning to you. this case is all over social media. there are some people deep internet following every twist and turn. a lot of us feel like we are already chapter 35 about the saga and don't quite know what to make of it. before we get into the latest, can we take a step back and who is suing and who is accusing people of what in the details of what is going on here? of course, carley, i am one of the people all over this. i have re

senator van hollen was very accurate in calling it ethnic cleansing.here is no other way to say it. palestinians are not being uh, asked for their -- whether they want to leave or not. and it is clear they have not left. after 15 months of bombing. they are not crowding at the egyptian border. they went back to their homes knowing that their homes are gone. let me also remind people that palestinians in gaza themselves are already refugees. they came from other parts of historic palestine in 1948. they already know what will happen to them if they, as senator rubio, secretary rubio said, if they temporarily relocated there is no such thing as temporarily relocating with israel. there are many negotiations, the most famous of which is 194 that asked israel to return back palestinians who are forcible ibly displaced in 1948 israel has not allowed a single one. this time around they know if they leave their home they are not going back. >> we heard in that tape, a good deal of the condemnation from nations all across the world. your own nation, jordan, is

thank you, senator chris van hollen, for being with us. turning now to chicago, a city that has been targeted by trump's administration's ice deportation raids. take a listen to what the city's mayor, brandon johnson, had to say this past week on the matter that. >> white house is being ran in one of the most raggedy forms of government that i've ever seen. if anybody is questioning whether or not what our country will look like had the confederacy won, there should be no question now. they want us to be afraid. do not be afraid, chicago. >> joining me now is chicago mayor brandon johnson. mr. mayor, thank you for being with us. to start, can you elaborate on your comments from wednesday and what has been the reaction? >> yeah, sure. thank you. and happy new year, reverend al. look, it's very clear that there is a real assault against working people, not just in the city of chicago, but america. and it. is quite clear. and there's evidence now that those who have not accepted the results of the civil war are now trying to literally roll ba

. >> senator van hollen. senator van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman and colleagues. it was just a few weeks ago i think that in the regular senate budget committee room we had a hearing for a vote, nomination to be head of o.m.b., at that time senator murray and i both asked him a direct question, whether he would commit to complying with the law, including the impoundment control act. he refused to say yes. now he's over at o.m.b. and we see a whole lot of illegal actions going on which is why our courts are now filled with various actions and complaints and judges are issuing t.r.o.'s. it would be helpful if our colleagues would help those lawyers defend article 1 because they're shredding article 1. and i think it's also important to remember who russell vought is. he's the architect of project 2025. what is project 2025? it's the plan, the blueprint, that candidate trump when asked about it said, i don't know anything about it. i don't know who those people are. and yet he went about installing russell vought in the command and control center for the budget of th

carl: senator chris van hollen, senator from maryland, thank you. as he mentioned, mr.uspending tariffs on mexico and canada for one month after both countries' leaders said they would do more to tackle drug trafficking. 25% tariffs on most goods imported into the u.s. were set to go into effect tonight. this after a day of negotiations between mr. trump and his counterparts to the north and south. the first announcement came from president claudia sheinbaum who said she would offer 10,000 additional troops to stem drug smuggling and in return mr. pledged measures to curb trafficking of weapons into mexico. >> then we talked about his interest and our interest in reducing the trafficking of fentanyl, and other drugs. he made proposals and finally we reached the agreement that was put in place to put more national guards on the northern border, to protect the border and prevent drug trafficking. in particular trafficking of fentanyl to the u.s. carl: negotiations with canada were down to the wire. they had prepared their own tariffs on u.s. goods ranging from live poultr

local members of congress, chris van hollen here in maryland, some of the virginia members, as well, who have talked about too many flights in and out of reagan national airport, that that is a safety issue. is there legislation to limit the number of flights, what could they do? guest: actually congress just approved an increase in the number of lights -- flights in past years, reauthorization bill. congress green lit five more round-trip flights from reagan to destinations that are usually further than the radius that airplanes go from. that includes places like san antonio, las vegas, i believe one to seattle. those are slated to start in the months ahead. i don't believe those flights have started yet. maybe that is something congress could reconsider. that was a very hotly debated topic at the time with that the faa reauthorization bill. that only comes up every four or five years or so. it would be a pretty heavy lift for congress to limit those flights, but not out of the realm of possibility. another thing they could do is further restrict the air for military flights, maybe

democrat chris van hollen called it ethnic cleansing by another name. the head of the jewish democratic council of america says it's not just extreme, but completely detached from reality. that level of norm busting brazenness and possible illegality reflected in headlines around the country. but in gaza, trump sees opportunity suggesting that he would turn it into, quote, the riviera of the middle east. >> i don't think people should be going back to gaza. i think that gaza has been very unlucky for them. they've lived like hell. they lived like you're living in hell. gaza is not a place for people to be living. why would they want to return? the place has been hell. it's been one of the meanest, one of the meanest, toughest places on earth. >> but trump's opinion doesn't match the pictures we've been seeing in recent weeks. tens of thousands of palestinians voluntarily returning home after the ceasefire with israel, even if it means pitching tents amid the destruction. and they're sending a message to trump that they're not going anywhere. >> we can't

democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland. all right. coming up, the trump administration is stripping down the federal government, firing civil servants, dismantling key agencies. one agency that's on the chopping block is the department of education. i'm going to speak to the former education secretary, arne duncan, about what's at stake for american families. also, the russian opposition politician vladimir kara-murza knows exactly what happens to society when big tech coddles dictators. he'll join us with a warning and some important advice ahead on some important advice ahead on velshi. hate and extremism in the united states are on the rise. in fact, there are more than 1400 hate groups in our country today. groups that vilify others for their race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. and extremist groups that spread dangerous conspiracies and encourage violent acts. this is a dark chapter in our history, but it can be rewritten. since 1971, the southern poverty law center has been fighting has been fighting hate and d

democratic senators like senator chris van hollen, who is just on our show called what the president wants to do ethnic cleansing. we are standing by for more reaction and maybe more clarity from the white house on steps forward. let's first get to the white house. cnn's alayna treene is standing by for us. and what are you hearing this morning, elena well, look, kate, i mean, these comments from president donald trump are very remarkable. i'm told. according to my conversations with those at the white house, that he is very serious about this. but i would remind you as well, exactly what he is saying when he says that, you know, he wouldn't rule out having u.s. troops go to gaza to have the united states help take over it. he said, we'll own it. i mean, that is suggesting putting american troops on the ground in the middle east. of course, as we are trying to find the america and the people working on behalf of donald trump, along with israel and those in hamas and other countries in the region, are trying to find an off ramp out of this war. now, one thing as well, that i think i w

with us now is senator chris van hollen, a democrat from maryland. senator, thanks so much.been a few hours. this has had a chance to settle in. so my question to you is, what now? what is the impact now of this proposal from the president? >> well. >> john, this is an insane proposal. and there's been a huge backlash already because the president of the united states was saying that. he would use u.s. military. >> force, if necessary, to forcibly remove 2 million palestinians from gaza. that's ethnic cleansing by another name, so that it could be redeveloped. you've seen very quickly that our partners in the arab world have said this is a nonstarter. it's really a gift to our adversaries like iran, because this is just pouring gasoline on an already burning fire. >> there's a quote in axios this morning that comes from a longtime adviser to donald trump, and i think it's meant as praise. it says, quote, he's moving the goalposts of crazy. a longtime adviser told axios. this time around, he's not intimidated by headlines or pundits. he's going to throw out there whatever he

van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, britt, budd, cassidy, cotton, crapo, curtis, daines, grassley, johnson, justice, lankford, moran, mullin, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of south carolina, sheehy, tillis, tuberville. mr. hoeven, aye. senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, coons, hassan, heinrich, kim, klobuchar, lujan, murray, peters, schumer, shaheen, van hollen, wyden. mr. mccormick, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. schatz, no. mr. marshall, aye. mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ms. ernst, aye. ms. collins, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. merkley, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotki

include education secretary pick and former wwe ceo linda mcmahon, maryland democratic senator chris van hollen said he doesn't think she's qualified. i'm trying to figure out what her background has in education and you need to search far and wide. and i can tell you after you do that, you're not going to find anything. the senate has not yet scheduled a hearing for mcmahon in washington. i'm maggie beer, temple. >> back here in the bay talking about all that rain that has been causing headaches across local airports. this is a live look from a saturated sfo tarmac. there have been lots of delays and cancellations all day long. that's right. kron four's lezla gooden is live from the airport. she continues our team coverage this evening was like, what's it looking like? >> oh, my if you all are outside, you shouldn't be if you don't have to be because driving to the airport was a little unnerving. high winds. difficult to see at some point. and we've been talking to travelers for the last hour or so. and they are very confused because a lot of their flights are delayed. now, according to sfo, o

please join me in giving a warm welcome to senator chris van hollen.se] >> thank you, jamie. hello, fellow democrats. it is really good to join all of you. the people who form the core of so much of the democratic party, representing others from around the country here at this critical moment in our history. we have seen in the last 12 days that donald trump poses a clear and present danger, not just to our democracy, but to working men, women in communities across the country. so, the comeback begins right now. and, i heard my friend donna brazil talking, we will be cooking, and we will be cooking with grease. as we prepare to pass the torch to a new dnc leadership, i want to take a moment to thank jamie harrison. i want to thank jamie harrison for his tireless service to the democratic party and to the united states of america. i have known jamie harrison as a friend since he worked for congressman clyburn on capitol hill. i have really been privileged to have him and all of us have been privileged to have him as a partner in the fight for our countr

and chris van hollen says we will have to fight this in the congress and in the streets. so what now? sec. leavitt: and may i just point out, if you heard that type of violent rhetoric from our side of the aisle, from republican leaders on capitol hill, i think there would be a lot more outrage in this room today. it's unacceptable the comments that have been made by these democrat leaders and, frankly, they don't know what they are talking about. because president trump was elected with a mandate from the american people to make this government more efficient. he campaign across this country with elon musk, vowing that elon was going to head up the department of government efficiency, and the two of them were going to look at the receipts of the federal government and ensure it is accountable to american taxpayers. that's all that is happening. for democratic officials to incite violence and encourage americans to take to the streets, is incredibly alarming and they should be held accountable for that rhetoric. reporter: sounds like the thing they are most concerned abou