wyden: mr. president and colleagues, if i started the work day with the opportunity to help 16 million kids from low-income families make america more competitive with china, build affordable housing for hundreds of thousands of americans, and pay for it all by cracking down on fraud, i'd call that a hell of a good day at the office. tomorrow we're going to find out if senate republicans agree. the vote on the tax bill tomorrow has been more than six months in the making. in fact, i've been working on this in a completely p bipartisan way for two full years. the only reason this didn't get done a long time ago is delay on the part of the senate republicans. so no more delay. it's time to vote. everybody is going to see where each senator stands. and over the next 45 minutes or so, i'm going to have a number of my colleagues talk about why this bill is so important. so i'm going to start with just a few key points. for starters, the bill was designed with balance in mind. for every dollar in tax

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blumenthal, booker, boozman, braun, brown, budd, cantwell, capito, cornyn, cortez at that -- cortez masto, hickenlooper, hoeven, johnson, kelly, klobuchar, lankford, lummis, manchin, murkowski, ossoff, petereds, reed, ricketts, rounds, smith, stabenow, thune, tillis, warner, young. mr. -- mr. mullin, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, ernst, hawley, hyde-smith, kennedy, marshall, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. risch, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. collin

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, cardin, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, graham, kennedy, klobuchar, merkley, murkowski, reed, shaheen, sinema, warnock, wyden. ms. stabenow, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, budd, cotton, cruz, grassley, hawley, johnson, mullin, rounds. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. tillis, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. ricketts, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. king, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. ernst, no. vote: the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- collins, lujan and sinema. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, brit, budd, capito, ernst, fischer, grassley, hyde-smith, lankford, lee, mcconnell, mullin, moran. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. van w hollen, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. # the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. of ou the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. klobuchar,

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wyden. mr. young. vote: vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, cardin, casey, durbin, hassan, heinrich, kelly, lujan, manchin, reed, schatz, schumer, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, cotton, cramer, cruz, hagerty, johnson, ossoff, rich, rubio, thune, tillis, tuberville, young. mr. kennedy, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. mu

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: sfishg sfishg bennet -- senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, browne, collins, durbin, coons, kennedy, lankford, murkowski, murray, padilla, rosen, schatz, warner, whitehouse and wyden. mr. casey, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cornyn, cotton, kaip, hyde-smith, lujan, marshall, paul, rounds, rubio, schmitt, and tillis. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. peters, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. m mrs. capito, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. barasso, no. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the cle

wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, are cardin, casey, collins, cortez masto, gillibrand, hassan, king, lujan, murkowski, murray, peters, reed, rosen, shaheen, sinema, smith, tillis, whitehouse, and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- barasso, boozman, braun, britt, cornyn, cotton, daines, ernst, hyde-smith, johnson, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, ricketts, rounds, and rubio. mr. tester, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. . the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. shats -- m mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. welch,

a little later, the white house announced that wyden personally spoke with trump on the phone; in the world, events in pennsylvania began to react before biden. the british prime minister said he was shocked, his japanese colleague called, i quote: to resist aggression against democracy. benjamin netanyahu said he was shocked and prayed for trump's safety condemnation. trump is being lifted up, he is in a tight ring of security, he is literally covered with bodies. obviously, in self-sufficiency, the ex-president lost his shoes; he can be heard saying several times: “let me put on my shoes.” agents want him. lead, but trump stops them, and then raises his fist and, judging by his lips, says three times: fight, the ex-president has blood on his face, his right ear is also bloody. his supporters chant usa, usa, and to the accompaniment of these exclamations, trump is led out to an armored car, closely surrounded by agents. his taken to a local medical center. within minutes, the campaign headquarters announced that the ex-president. he’s okay, he was slightly injured, and doctors are no

on tuesday we learned that senator sheldon whitehouse and ron wyden have asked merrick garland to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate supreme court justice to clarence thomas for tax fraud. the next day alexandria ocasio- cortez filed articles of impeachment against thomas and samuel alito, citing failures to publicly disclose financial income, gifts, and other transactions as well as the recusal -- refusal to recuse themselves from cases in which they may have had a conflict of interest. >> in january, 2021, after the former president of the united states incited an insurrection on the capital in this chamber, to interfere with the results of the u.s. election, justice samuel alito and his wife flew and upside down american flag, a symbol of solidarity with the attack outside their home. despite the overwhelming appearance of a conflict of interest, justice alito refused to recuse himself from cases surrounding the 2020 election and questions of the former presidents legal immunity in the attack. justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financially and personally invo

with the same difficulty and without a mask, wyden got off the plane upon arriving home and briefly tweetedt the day before the american president. trump at a rally in wisconsin. this time it became known that eyewitnesses saw the shooter with a weapon on the roof at least an hour before the event and reported it to the police. the man was caught on the broadcast footage. while sneaking toward the building from which he later opened fire. estonia follows latvia and lithuania banned entry by car from belarus. the statement was published on the website of the local foreign ministry. checkpoints were closed for cars with belarusian license plates, regardless of the purpose of the trip; an exception could only be made for diplomats or humanitarian travelers for humanitarian reasons. the measures that were introduced against belarus in minsk are considered illegal. from them, as noted earlier in the ministry of the republic , first of all. mixed families, citizens of two countries who travel to visit their relatives, and tourists with children suffer. the same restrictions were extended to belar

wyden dropped out of the race, and vice presidential candidate jay. that i fully support you 100%. well, that's in case you quit the race too. dicrete and san diego union. the machine immediately started working to its fullest, in addition to party bosses, like clinton cheats, obama cheats and nancy pilosi, kamala was already supported by first-rate stars, beyoncé, billy alish and, most importantly, teilar. swift, the person of last year according to time megaworld magazine of world pop culture. now, if she decided to run for president, there would definitely be no obstacles for her. inflation had barely dropped in europe in the spring when a new problem appeared - taylor swift. the grandiose world eres tour, which started from the usa back in 2023, has reached europe. economists are seriously concerned that fan spending on tickets, restaurants, travel and hotels could trigger a price hike. in may, a surge was noted in spain and portugal. statistical office acknowledged that the demand for hotel services in lisbon against the backdrop of a large-scale

wyden. mr. young.rk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, casey, collins, hickenlooper, kaine, king, merkley, murkowski, murray, ossoff, padilla, reed, shaheen, tester, warner, welch, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, cornyn, cramer, crapo, johnson, lankford, paul, rounds, smchmit, sullivan, tuberville, wicker. mr. cotton, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. braun, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. # mr. barrasso, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye.

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mr. barasso, no.ators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, cantwell, hickenlooper, merkley, murkowski, sinema, tester, welch. senators voting in the negative -- barasso, britt, cornyn, cotton, johnson, lankford, paul, schmitt, scott of florida, and wicker. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. crapo, no. the the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. kaine, aye. preponderance vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. ree

wyden. mr. young. clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, braun, budd, cantwell, carper, casey, crapo, daines, fetterman, gillibrand, grassley, johnson, king, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, manchin, peters, romney, rosen, stabenow, whitehouse, young. mr. durbin, aye. senators voting in the negative -- cruz, ernst, paul, rubio, scott of florida. mr. marshall, no. mr. risch, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. cosponsor mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk:

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. t the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, boozman, brown, cantwell, capito, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, kaine, klobuchar, markey, merkleyly, padilla, peters, schumer, shaheen, tillis, and tuberville. no senator voted in the negative. mr. sanders, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, mr. cotton, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, ay

wyden, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. graham, aye. test. vote: the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. mrs. -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch,

obviously a democratic majority would be required to permit but at least it is out there and then senator wyden special counsel to look into the facts surrounding justice thomas gifts and loan forgiveness and tax payments if they were related to all of that because that is another place you can go to get the facts found and we have not heard back from the attorney general on whether or not he plans to take that up in any fashion. >> you would think that a chief justice could, given what is going on the last couple of years, could see this coming to the point of deciding, we really must work on some kind of real regulatory process about supreme court behavior, just a similar process to what you have to live with as a senator. >> and what all other federal judges have to live with. he should be aware that our best information is that justice thomas never paid a penny of principal on a loan for more than a quarter of $1 million to purchase a fancy motorcoach, it was then forgiven by the wealthy the visual who made the private loan and time is refused to explain how that ended. he said it was never

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, duckworth, gillibrand, hickenlooper, king, markey, murphy, smith, tester. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, crapo, hawley, manchin, marshall, sinema, tillis. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. kennedy, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. capito, no mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. daines, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the c

again, i think the advocates for being here in chairman wyden for his important work on this issue. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator crapo. and let me just say n/a polarized political environment it would be so valuable to have a bipartisan solution to the problems the report has uncovered. we are going to hear about today. going to do everything i can to make that possible. with respect to the record first ls condemns consent to enter into the record committee's report titled warehouses of neglect how taxpayers are fighting systemic abuse and youth, residential treatment facilities, this report contains shocking examples of abuse and neglect it to many facilities. second, about to introduce a panel of witnesses that bring the committee valuable expertise from across the spectrum of these facilities. one perspective that's not represented on the panel the voices of former patients at these facilities. many of whom are survivors of abuse and neglect bread there are over 100 of these persons in your room today. many have submitted testimony about their experiences i unan

senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island and ron wyden of oregon are urging attorney general merrickgarland to appoint a special counsel to investigate thomas' failure to disclose lavish gifts and luxury travel and other perks gifted to thomas by wealthy friends, including billionaire conservative megadonor harlan crow. the senator said in a statement, "no government official should be above the law." another democratic congress member has called on president biden bow out of the presidential race following his disastrous performance in a debate against donald trump last month when biden appeared disjointed, confused, and frequently lost his train of thought. on tuesday, new jersey congressmember mikie sherrill said in a statement -- "because i know president biden cares deeply about the future of our country, i am asking that he declare that he won't run for reelection and will help lead us through a process toward a new nominee." it was at least the 10th such call by house democrats. members of the uncommitted movement to democratic voters have asked the democratic national committ

we learned that ron wyden asked attorney general merrick garland to appoint a special prosecutor to criminally investigate supreme court justice terrance glamis-- clarence thomas for fraud. citing their failures to publicly disclose financial income, gifts, and other transactions, as well as their refusal to recuse themselves from cases in which they had a conflict of interest. >> in january 2021, after the former president of the united states and cited an insurrection on the capitol, in this chamber, to interfere with the results of the u.s. election, justice samuel alito and his wife flew an upside down american flag, a symbol of solidarity with the attack outside their home. justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financial and personally involved operative in the stop the steel movement and capitol attack, also joined opinions in these cases, even as clear evidence mounted that not only was his wife fully committed to overthrowing the results of a fair election, but she was actively lobbying members of the trump administration attempting to do just that. >>> these efforts are

a letter sent to attorney general merrick garland on tuesday, senators sheldon whitehouse and ron wyden called on garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate thomas and said the justice may have committed tax fraud by not reporting the gifts. a bipartisan group of senators announced the ethics act wednesday, which would ban members of congress, their families, and the u.s. president and vice president from stock trading while in office. democratic senator jeff merkley said, "we must be here to serve the public, not our portfolios." jury deliberations are expected to begin today in new jersey senator bob menendez's corruption case. the democratic senator, his wife nadine menendez, and three new jersey businessmen are accused in the bribery scheme. senator menendez is also accused of abusing his official position to benefit interests in egypt and qatar. if convicted, senator menendez could face years in prison. chicago's democratic mayor brandon johnson has spoken out after a spate of shootings over the july 4 holiday weekend, which injured more than 100 people and killed at least

so i brought the petition to the capitol and met with senator ron wyden. and to present my petition. i can't even what the. oh that's me talking to the press freedom of speech chopping that's not really in the constitution. but i try to get into the mindset. so i, i tend by writing my horse in manhattan and oh, i did join a reenactor group and fought in the battle of monmouth. there's my wife and son and i die, by the way, but i died in the shade so it wasn't actually that that hard and then my favorite part is i hope we get to that i hope i brought the 18th century tradition of election cakes to celebrate, to micro, say and remind ourselves our catch was democracy is sweet and we have to fight to keep it because. it is fragile. so that's just a quick overview and holly, tell me what interests you most of it? what do you want to talk about? well, election cake is actually a very important. we'll get to that later. that's an important throughline. but you mentioned originalism and there definitely a push and pull throughout the book about originalism versus

rather than an actual special counsel i think is the hopeful route even though white house and ron wydenne this in a way that puts attention on an outrageous situation, not just the millions of dollars but the failure to disclose. we have never seen anything quite like the whole lifetime that thomas has enjoyed because of one highly conservative benefactor. >> justice thomas, he's more or less given ammunition to judge eileen cannon and his concurrence on trump's immunity willing to casting a shadow of a doubt on the legitimacy of special counsel jack smith's appointment. trump's lawyers used it in their latest filings. jack smith responded late friday asking cannon to not rely on that. how do you expect judge cannon to proceed? >> you never know with judge cannon. it's the equivalent of a conference call but through the federal reports. here's what thomas wrote, he said i totally agree with roberts, i totally agree with my colleagues. i write separately to highlight another way in which it may violate our constitutional structure. really? he write separately just to talk a little bit ab

we just heard from two democrat senator, blumenthal and wyden, about what they want out of this lunchtimes some doubt on the ability of president biden to win in november, which is why i think that the analytics presented by his advisers in this meeting will be very important. >> what i want to hear is how they're going to win the election. thank you. stuart: okay. as we said, the pressure is mounting. and, by the way, the cracks are appear being. let's get back to biden at the nato summit. he meets with ukraine's president zelenskyy, then he holds his first solo press conference of the year. edward lawrence with us. start with zelenskyy, that meeting. what can we expect, edward? if. >> reporter: yeah, we can expect ardent support from president joe biden, and that's what he wants to talk about, is ukraine. the president likes to say watch me, and other world leaders are. the reviews, concerning so far according to mike johnson, the house speaker. listen. >> these foreign leader are coming in, prime ministers, heads of state, and they are the telling us privately that they're deeply conce

. >> know, for don't get away in the back right there reaction to senator whitehouse and senator wyden's request that the department justice is it a special counsel to investigate clarence thomas? >> is this something you'd support look, the bottom line is the supreme court is way off the deep end and in so many different ways as we've documented today. >> and center whitehouse, senator durbin i have many ways of trying to get to the bottom of this, clean up the court and a variety of ways and i'm looking carefully at all of them but admin sara murray who just left, made a statement last night saying that she believes biden needs to do more to demonstrate that he is strong enough to beat donald trump, articulate a vision and must seriously consider the best way to preserve his legacy. do you agree with her sentiment? >> as i've said before, i'm with joe, senator schumer, did i do difficult position. >> what do you say okay. >> you're listening to majority leader chuck schumer there who said repeatedly, i'm with joe, it's what we heard him say when they returned from recess yesterday. it'

wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, blackburn, britt, brown, cornyn, crapo, duckworth, ernst, fischer, grassley, heinrich, kaine, kennedy, reed, rosen, sanders, scott of florida, shaheen, sinema, sullivan, tuberville, warner, whitehouse, wicker, young. ms. hirono voted in the negative. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. johnson, aye. ms. warren, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. butler, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. paul, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. ms. bal

sheldon whitehouse and ron wyden write this to merrick garland.y suggested that justice thomas has committed willively violations, and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with the federal tax obligations. presented with opportunities to resolve questions, justice thomas has maintained a suspicious silence. gabe roth and former deputy choor chief, christy greenberg. gabe, this is the kind of action you've been calling for for a long time. your thoughts. >> i have been calling for a special counsel investigation since i think since april 13th of last year when some of the first propublica stories came out. it's clear the judiciary doesn't have the capacity to conduct its own fact finding. just this last week we learned of a judge in alaska that had been sexually harassing his cleerks for weeks, and it too 21 months to push him out, which is pathetic. the idea we'll have something similar in the supreme court, would the idea that we're going to have something similar in the supreme court, though, wo

naturally, joseph wyden could not do without ukraine; that night he recorded an address to the nationlina, and during a speech to his supporters, trump accused kamala haris of being very i lied for a long time americans about the condition of joseph biden. if kamala will lie so blatantly about joe biden's mental incapacity, then she will lie about anything, she cannot be trusted, just like rogue joe biden, kamala haris is unfit to be a leader, she will destroy our country, in a year this country will be destroyed. not a bad scenario, by the way, is trump’s prophecy, so maybe it’s worth rooting for kamala haris, however, yes, yes, yes, by the way, however, kamala haris’ supporters are already predicting her victory, that’s what the democrat, hillery, says. clinton. next 15 weeks will be unlike anything the us has ever experienced. i love kamala haris. this is a new start for american politics. haris is talented, experienced and ready to become president. i know she can beat trump. now the choice is clear. on the one hand, there is a convicted criminal, on the other, an experienced form

wiley, if you could chair wyden is important for both the private and public sector are integral to protecting dei particularly in recruitment and talent development. ms. wiley: thank you for that question. if corporations themselves have pointed out, both being in compliance with the law as they do it, it has increased their ability to be competitive. the more diverse the workplace, the more competitive the business. there's data and research behind this. in addition it helps attract better applicants for the job and they know it. they know it. they've been hearing from people they've tried to hire that they are looking for diverse workplaces and it has increased the job satisfaction of people on the job. one of the biggest misunderstandings about the programs is what they do. a huge part of what they do is give employees ways to get to know each other and find ways of working together effectively. so money -- we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion, we need to remember it is identifying unfair barriers to opportunity for highly qualified people whether promotion or harry as well as to

absolutely pure the tax agreement you are referring to was a bipartisan effort between senator ron wyden myself to members of congress that are not alike politically, but we found common ground. in fact, it proved it was common ground because it passed the house of representatives in january with 84% of the vote. for anything to pass united states house of representatives with 84%, we got five more votes than the tiktok bill, so i'm quite happy with that. i believe the votes are there. it will help millions of americans. it will fix several of the tax provisions that have expired from trump's tax cut. joe: we have had a long-running debate here, and i know it's going to continue. kevin brady has been speaking to us about this. there are questions about how you make all of this happen. i know there is an effort to increase defense spending. nobody wants to touch social security or medicare but we want to make the tax cuts permanent. if that's all that happens, potentially add a good amount of money to our deficit, in the trillions, which i don't think something you want to see, so then th

wyden is in the latter stages of dementia and everyone surrounding him has been engaged in a cover-upver the last five years. it is disgraceful. everything he has done -- he said yesterday his historic accomplishments. his economic agenda has been destructive to our nation. his foreign policy has resulted in the worst war in the european continent in 80 years, the worst war in the middle east in 50 years. his border policy has been a catastrophe. we have tens of thousands of americans dying of fentanyl overdoses and being murdered. this man has been a disaster and everyone around him has been complicit in propping this up and i thank you for listening to me. host: marissa in montana. caller: good morning and shut out to the founder. i appreciate you guys so much. you are a shining light. i am grief over c-span. i would like to address the american people directly. the first thing i like to say is please back off and give joe biden a little time. we will not even have a democracy if it was not for him. does everybody remember the long lines in the parking lot when people did not have a

senator sheldon whitehouse, a democrat of rhode island, and ron wyden, a democrat of oregon, said theytter to attorney general merrick garland last week requesting he appoint a special counsel to probe whether thomas violated ethics, false statement, and tax laws. and we will watch that if there's any new developments on that at and talk to sarah, independent, washington, d.c. caller: thank you for taking michael. i just. wanted to -- taking my call i just wanted to comment a little bit about president biden's age and trump stage. i understand they are both old. i do not understand why everyone is making a big deal out of president biden's age. he is doing a great job. i did not vote for him but he's doing a great job. and i will vote for him next time. i think this is gas lighting that they saying he is not well. i know what happened at the debate but that does not mean that he has not done a great job. and trump has had issue with his speech, at times. i just don't understand why everybody is harping on an older person that is doing a great job. in a test -- in the past, people use t

i also tried to get ron wyden, the senator here to help me.is aid shut me down and delayed the problem until the complaint was completely over. he never, ever said anything to the u.s. senator or try to help me. -- tried to help me. i want to let everybody know that if you are one citizen, you can't get any kind of help at all from any of our government agencies. i am old school. i don't have a smart phone or a computer. i'm a senior citizen. i can't get anybody to help me in any kind of government agency. that is my complaint. host: i prescient your calling in -- appreciate you calling and sharing your concerns with us. jill, jamestown, north carolina. democrat. good morning to you. caller: it is gill. host: sorry about that. caller: i would like to make some important points regarding j.d. vance and his wife. they are models of political expediency. his wife was a lifelong democrat. when donald trump asked him to be vice president she just changed her registration to republican. no surprise there. i would like to make two other points. to my

wyden is in the latter stages of dementia and everyone surrounding him has been engaged in a cover-upver the last five years. it is disgraceful. everything he has done -- he said yesterday his historic accomplishments. his economic agenda has been destructive to our nation. his foreign policy has resulted in the worst war in the european continent in 80 years, the worst war in the middle east in 50 years. his border policy has been a catastrophe. we have tens of thousands of americans dying of fentanyl overdoses and being murdered. this man has been a disaster and everyone around him has been complicit in propping this up and i thank you for listening to me. host: marissa in montana. caller: good morning and shut out to the founder. i appreciate you guys so much. you are a shining light. i am grief over c-span. i would like to address the american people directly. the first thing i like to say is please back off and give joe biden a little time. we will not even have a democracy if it was not for him. does everybody remember the long lines in the parking lot when people did not have a

we had 12 senators, democratic senators, senator wyden, lujan, booker, casey, hickenlooper, peters, sinema, senator gillibrand who represents the capital markets of the united states from new york, and her colleague, new york senator schumer, who also happens to be the democratic leader, the majority leader in the senate. so i'd say to my democratic colleagues, this is not a unsafe vote to override the president's veto but is a very safe vote to say to your constituents, i'm pro crypto and will do the right thing for chairmannity for crypto. we should have a wide bipartisan vote and override this veto and provide clarity under law. we should do this for consumer protection. and we should do this to be best in class in the world for digital assets. so i ask my colleagues to support this veto override. vote yes. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is, will the house on reconsideration pass the joint resolution? the objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding. under the constitution, the vote m