congressman david scott of georgia, chairman of the house agriculture committee, and a democrat, wrote to president biden saying, the step up in basis is a critical tool enabling family fartherring operations to -- family farming operations to continue from generation to generation. the potential for capital gains to be imposed on heirs at death of a landowner would impose a significant financial burden on these operations. this is a terrible -- i mean, a terrible tax on small business and the american people. so i agree with the congressman. the american dream is about working hard so that your kids can have a better life than you did. that's why my parents worked so hard to give me an my brother and sister a chance. my dad never made over $is15,00a year. we thought we were rich. we were actually poor. they never gave on to that. they worked hard to health us go on to school, get an education and try to make something of our self. i know millions of mothers and fathers across the country feel the same way. so when you boil it down, the tax plan is really just a tax on the american dre

in the criminal medical procedures performed on women without their consent at a detention center in georgia. i was relieved to hear earlier this year that that detention center would be closing. we heard similar complaint about the health and safety of detainees and other facilities managed by other companies. what would you consider with regard to contracting and the health and safety practices for our detainees? >> thank you. the health and safety of our facilities is paramount not only for those who are under our care, but also for our workforce. i understand the critical nature of it. i operate one of the largest jail systems. it comes with many challenges. i am attuned to those challenges and working with a team to work through those challenges. i also understand the complexity of working with a detailed oversight body when it comes to the review and inspections of our jail facilities. i understand that under ice, they operate directly five facilities, but there are other facilities where there are contracts in place. in total, ice operates four different sets of standards, so it is ve

when ien look at the label, it'a two what i see in atlanta and georgia and that his first off in the southern states were you very lax gun laws, it does lend itself to high proliferation of illegal weapons on the street. you lay on top of that there is a post covid component to it. individuals who were already marginalized were further set off to the side, in particular when you talk about kids now. if you have young people who not have the build in their lives, very often that sanctuary is a school, girls or book club, big brothers, big sisters. now you have a bunch of children, they don't have any place to be or anything to do. a person. so now we have the illegal guns. we have had kids with a bue time on their hands. we have a real backlash against policing, which in turn has prompted what you are seeing is in many areas, and i really think vx in louisville, a reluctance by the office to self-initiate his activities to be proactive. it's not that they are at the community or they don't want to police. this is not something should be -- it's really, last you put them in a massive s

mcconnell did a carve up for amy coney barrett there's the black and brown people live in texas and georgia and florida for our constituents to exercise their right to vote. we need to get this done today, time is of the essence. governor abbott is called the legislature back in session to start working on these things paper going to the most racist redistricting we've seen since the voting rights act at large districts when he's on the to protect the brave men and women standing behind me today that are risking so much for voting rights in this country. before i turn over too congressman doggett i want greg abbott and the republican leaders in texas, florida, georgia and anywhere else to know we are not going to stop. we are always going to push back against these sort of bigoted, racist, jim crow 2.0 style voting laws when ever you decide to bring them up, congressman doggett. >> thank you mark, thank you chris and all you have spoken. most of the focus around here these days is about infrastructure. it is right we should focus on crumbling bridges. but today we hear about something much

>> you are right to be concerned about that phone call with the georgia secretary of state. there are measures underway, discussions underway for election protections in washington. those are going to be difficult to approve. not just that congress is divided. urthere's a very large segment of the republican base that believe trump actually did win the election 2020 but even republican leaders know that is not correct. they think trump is onto something by using election security as a motivator. it says this is deafly something to watch in the next couple of years heading into the midterms. >> will go to the republican line, this is a plymouth, north carolina go-ahead. >> good morning how are you? >> host: find things you are on the air. >> caller: how are you today? >> guest: fine thank you. >> caller: it's been a long morning i have watched several segments. my comment, i'm going to try to keep it short, i think you're getting too wrapped around in america today inng american politics but always from bipartisanship up to the conversation about who won the election. and at

i'd like to shift to a discussion t on cybersecurity wh a particular focus on georgia's needs that as you well know posts the port of savannah which is one of the fastest-growing ports in the united states and indeed in the hemisphere and to the u.s. economy. we continue to see the impact of ransom where attacks and other cyber attacks on u.s. critical infrastructure, the, colonial pipeline attack also headquartered in georgia and i want to thank the personnel that assisted in the response to that incident. my request for you, mr. sec., is mr. secretary, is that you commit the next time you will sit downow with me and the authority personnel to discuss how they can best support cybersecurity to protect the port of savannah and perhaps you can comment on your efforts to protect the ports from cyber attack. >> this is a very important area for us. our cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency is very focused on the porch security init the cyber domain d yes, senator, i would be pleased to visit the port authority with you and address their concerns with respect to cybersecurity a

dictate period in which there are benefits, there are the benefits of long-term capital investment in georgia wage and sector, despite in exclusions from those benefits i see the new deal as in this respect as somewhat of a faded tragedy and that the 1970s, 1980s the breakup of the new deal order can be traced back to essential futures of the new deal . and so therefore, when i kind of spoke about the long-term investment regime you would need to grapple with climate change as well as other political and more problems, i don't think the new deal was the answer. there's a history there that informs certainly that question but i don't think going back to state is the way to go . >> i can ask a brief question on the issue of long-term investment when i think about the four ages you describe in the book . would it be fair to say that the two moments in which a liquid long-term investments have been made in american political economy have followed social t of people as social affairs. we have a period of the civil war and then we also have the kind of period after world war ii and one question wou

>> and in the united states going back through 2008 she promised ukraine and georgia no interim security guarantee so i will say first of all i don't think formal american alliances are something the bush administration would've argued against that and i making that promise in some ways we have gotten the worst we put it a bull's-eye a on and ukraine because those want to bring them in so he tries to destabilize those countries to keep them ineligible for any near-term membership. the only way out of this conundrum to my mind is to a large the conversation to allow putin in russia told their forces out of northern georgia and eastern ukraine what they want into the former soviet space think we have the right dialogue and concept we could do a better job to help georgia and ukraine but to some extent created those perverse incentives that putin look to destabilize with those that are east of nato in and that former soviet space. >> so would you say forget about the membership that's off the table? >> you want to get that unilateral concession to putin if we are partially responsive to rus

it is an event planning company in tucker, georgia. as you can imagine, amy's company took a significant hit during the pandemic. unable to book regular gigs and plan events, events that all of us miss as we have been clawing our way back from this pandemic, amy qualified for unemployment benefits this past year. and with that critical support, amy had temporary access to affordable marketplace plans created by the affordable care act. but with the end of georgia's unemployment benefits looming and the entertainment sector still suffering from the effects of the pandemic, her access to coverage, the coverage she so desperately needs, is on the brink. again. at the same time she will have to manage her thyroid disease, high blood pressure, pituitary gland, tumor, fibroids and all the other health hiccups that come along with aging. if georgia was to expand medicaid or if there was a federal medicaid program for nonexpansion states like georgia, amy would no longer have to worry about getting reliable health coverage for her chronic cond

the big lies, the fake outrage, failed in georgia. the big lies and fake outrage failed here in the senate. and they'll fail in texas. the big lies and fake outrage are totally failing to persuade the american people. the americans want to make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat. americans know that having widespread and accessible voting along with voter i.d. isn't an attack on democracy, it's the definition of democracy. so look, i understand the democrats may be growing nervous about the 2022 elections. i can see why. liberal policies are overspending, overborrowing and hurting our economy. they're destabilizing the middle east, weakening our southern border and increasing violent crime across our country. but, mr. president, the solution is not to keep lying to the american people about the health, the health of our democracy. the answer is not this desperate craving for an unprecedented partisan takeover so washington democrats can appoint themselves the board of elections for every county and state. the longer these ferrick hyst

>> a georgia representative marjorie taylor greene spoke about a recent suspension from twitter at a news conference held in her capitol hill office. on monday d social made a platform blocked the republican lawmaker for 12 hours after she reportedly violated the company's misinformation policy related to the pandemic. this runs 40 minutes. annoyed. trucks were squeezing in this little itty-bitty office i have here. it can stay there. great. thank you for coming. i really appreciate you coming to my office and letting me speak with you all about censorship. as probably most of you know i was banned on twitter for 12 hours last night's they said it was two tweets that i had tweeted, tweeting information that anyone can have access to on the internet, looking up and reading. also saying things that regular americans all over the country say a lot of people in my district in georgia, also people from all over the country say these things they are concerned about the vaccines that are not fda approved. my stance is been the entire time i am for people getting the vaccine if they choose t

priorities encountering influence in the middle east and turkey is a staunch supporter of ukraine and georgia's territory integrity and vocally supports their assumptions to nato. in libya, turkey torrance the resident others supporting blood human facilitated political process including prospect of elections december 24 this year and we are not discussing how to reduce the present these mercenaries before the election. in syria, you've mentioned turkey's presence in the northwest, protects 4 million syrians from them discriminate targeting this, new attacks that would be both humanitarian catastrophe and likely launch a new wave of refugees into turkey and europe. we are grateful for turkey's ongoing efforts to support for feeling refugees inside making turkey the largest refugee hosting country in the world. most recently, turkey has expressed interest in maintaining a robust force at the airport as the u.s. and nato military nations in afghanistan come to an end. this contribution, as you all know is vital to ensuring we and our allies and partners can maintain a strong thematic presence aft

thank you, and i yield back, madam chair. >> the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you again for a number of hearings that we've had regarding elections. would have been nice to have some of these, majority of these hearings before hr1 actually ran its way to the floor and i think that would have been very, very productive. i do want to follow up on something that my good friend mr. davis touched on and mr. cuccinelli reported on and it's what the courts and our founders intended which is the qualification of electors, who can vote. that's something that's clearly been within the federal purview. who can vote. times places and manner were to be literally and for the state. yes, the votings rights act my colleagues have cited are about the elect terse who can vote and that's in the constitution, that's a federal issue, the rest is reserved for the states ap also, something that mr. raskin growth up. the role of social media played in disinformation. maybe that could be why the current president of the united states spread false information about

majority of all filings and it may corporate landlords accounted 74 percent of eviction filings inin georgia. 33 percent of filings and harris county texas since last september some of the world's largest asset managers managing trillions of dollars to evict residents including morgan stanley, three-star real estate partners, the carlyle group prudential, and cbr e. while many renters faced hardships during the pandemic they have done extremely well and buying more housing private equity firm which owns rental home companies together filed at least 1700 eviction actions since last september a former goldman sachs banker made a fortune during the 2008 financial crisis getting rich is millions of homeowners lost their homes to foreclosure. purchasing a 25 million-dollar mansion in miami beach. largest owner of rental homes in the us 880 eviction actions since last september and to challenge the declaration of several residents stock prices increased by more than 44 percent over the last year. canadian owned apartment company filed to affectmp 30 percent of its residents some large landlords co

the president pro tempore: the senator from georgia. a senator: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the president pro tempore is recognized. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i always consider it a privilege to open the united states senate , be here for the pledge of allegiance, be here for the chaplain's prayer. but i must admit, this morning i felt such a sense of sorrow that we were praying for my good friend mike enzi, who i had the privilege to serve with him during all the time he was in the united states senate. we used to spend time together. we would talk to each other on votes coming up. he was old-school. he always kept his word. he knew i would mine. we worked out many things. i did remember through the tears this morning when i heard the news one day when i was chairman of the senate judiciary committee and senator enzi came to me, and he said, you

we are going to the state of georgia and we are doing that to make the point that this is as concerted effort from people who are trying to limit the right to vote with the bill that passed in georgia but it is also going to be a concerted effort in this place to protect people's right to vote. and with that i'm honored to turn it over to the chief author of the for the people act, senator merkley and then we will hear from the rest of us, not all of us. >> president johnson declared that the right to vote is the most powerful instrument ever declared or devised by man. in order to break down injustice. and who would imagine that here in the year 2021, we would be still in this fight to defend the right to vote. we thought the voting rights act of 1965 had put this to rest. that all of america said we understand the foundation, the pulsating heart of a democracy is the ability of people to vote in fair and free elections but today the republicans in texas are not standing for justice. they're not standing for their freedom and right to vote . they are working to tear down that ability.

the sky is falling down georgia. unfortunately for the people of georgia, many people in the press and corporate america bought it. major league baseball moved intt ulster out of georgia, actual work opportunities and prosperity for working people sacrifice to serve fake hysteria. today georgia might be what you call a weeker consolation prize. the week after the all-star game was about to happen atlanta democrat descended on the stage a bit ofra partisan theater. the traveling roadshow of democrats coming here to washington to fix democrat tutees power from their citizens and local governments. if you get on the subject injustice hysteria and to the conclusion all thehe same. unprecedented power and re- write all 50 state election laws. it's the same shift we been hearing here in this chamber for multiple years now. remember their takeover bill was long once before state laws which they now claim are prompting us. this outrage is wearing thin on the american people. citizens know it isn't attacking democracy to have

it is noxious georgia where this is happening. legislation has been introduced this year in nearly every state to limit access to the ballot box. we do not have time to wait and see what might happen. in georgia come we conducted an election with an undemocratic sb 202 as the law of the land, the next election will be here before we know it. the time to act is now. to anyone who wonders what they would have done during the civil rights movement, now is your time to find out. you're either on the side of democracy or you are not. i look forward to continuing to work with members of this committee and all of those ready to protect our democracy. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentle lady yields back. >> madam chair, a point of order, if i may. >> and what is the gentleman's point of order. >> did congressman stick around for the testimony or withdraw from the panel? >> well, his camera is not on, so he may have left. >> if he withdrew from the panel, that's a violation from the committee rules and i would move to strike

leaders as well as those who are leading georgia's trade efforts. of course for the port of savannah or the fastest-growing ports in theer country to discuss how we can work together to expand it georgia farmer access to export markets around the world very. >> that it if you sweeten your offer with a slice of pecan pie, it is a deal. [laughter] >> done lynn ford senior there next year helps. >> let the record reflects the commitment that has been made here today. i want to thank secretary bill sack for joining us, thank you for your testimony and insight pay will proceed to the second panel, senator durbin has returned i will turn the gavel to him to introduce the witnesses for the second panel. those who are here in person please comport at this time. >> special thanks the secretary of agriculture mention at the at set they appear before the judiciary committee please do not wait so long to come back you are always welcome pre-thank you for your service to our country. we have a second panel coming up. i will tell you who they are. rene is a farme

colonial pipeline also headquartered in georgia. i want to thank your personal who assisted in response to that incident. my request for you, mr. secretary, is that you commit that the next time your vacation to visit george and i hope to welcome you soon, that you will sit down with me and georgia ports authority personnel to discuss had dhs can better support cybersecurity to protect the port of savannah and perhaps you could comment now as well on your overall assessment of efforts to protect ports from cyber attack. >> so this is a very important area for us, cybersecurity structure agency is focus on port security and the cyber domain, and yes, senator, i would be pleased to visit georgia and visit the ports authority with you and address their concerns with respect to cybersecurity. and, of course, i would bring colleagues from cisa your most expert in that work. >> thank you, mr. secretary. finally on the same note we face a significant shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals. this is a field growing importance to n

as well as those leading georgia's trade efforts? we have the port of savannah, one of the fastest growing ports in the country -- to show how we can export around the world? >> if you sweeten your deal with a slice of pecan pie, it's a deal. >> it's a deal. >> let the record reflect the commitment that's been made here today. i want to thank you for joining us, grateful for your testimony. we'll proceed the second panel. senator durben has returned. i'll return the gavel for him to introduce the witnesses for the second panel. please come forward at this time. >>> special thanks to the secretary of agriculture. and i think it's been 20 years since he's prepared me for the judiciary committee. and thank you for your services to our country. we have a second panel coming up. and i'll tell you who they are. rene custra is from my home state of illinois. they operate a grain farm in wood stock. they were dairy farmers for 30 years. it's one of the highest producing farms in illinois. good for you. received several awards for production

how about raphael warnock in georgia, as much as $25 million of your tax dollars. new hampshire, maggie hassan, by the way, call chris sununu, the governor of new hampshire to make sure you want him to run for senate. if he does we will win. cortez masso in nevada as much as $11 million. in colorado michael bennett he'll get up to $11 million. or 16 million dollars. now let's talk about our good friend chuck schumer, now, chuck schumer, don't you just love the guy? so you know, he's not partisan at all. so he says we have to pass this bill, he's working on it really hard because we have to pass it to save democracy. no, he wants to pass it to save his skin. guess how much he would get? up to $45 million of your money to run attack ads. it's corruption for the democrats right out in the open and it's based on a complete, complete lie. there's no basis for this. now, first off, we all should congratulate the arizona g.o.p., they had a historic victory in the supreme court, right? [applause] >> so thank god for president trump's picks for the supreme court, they uphel

voting bill through the georgia legislature without meaningful debate. we heard about the provisions of the bill that basically say that nonpartisan -- that's already required and that's correct -- nonpartisan volunteers can't even give voters water when they stand in line despite the fact that there were voters that we heard from the day before that, with senator merkley and stacy abrams, that those voters stood in line for three hours, for four hours, for seven hours. we heard from the runoff changes, the runoff used to be nine weeks in georgia. it was reduced to 28 days. and during the runoff period, you can't vote under the new law on saturdays and sundays. you can vote that way during the general election. all of this, all of this is done in the words of north carolina, one of their judges many years ago in a decision who said this law discriminates with surgical precision. literally going through ways that people voted. literally noticing that 70,000 new voters registered during the runoff and then banning that because you have to register now 29 d

. >> this is mary from georgia, democrat line. >> hi, thanks for taking my call. a representative davidson, you are from ohio. my first question, how long have you been in office. >> summer of june 16 i came in in a special election because john when he was speaker of the house not only did he resign as speaker but a member of congress. we had a special election primary was in march of 16 and -- >> okay, june 16. you've been there long enough. i have been waiting emphasis a little off everyday software talking about. in the last 20 years we've had 15 million to 30 million acres of land, farmland that now owned byby other countries in our country, in other words, 15 million to 30 million in 20 years of land owned by foreigners and this is farmland. ohio and texas has no restrictions and states can restrict how much land foreigners in theirmu states can own. i will, nobody owns -- no foreigners on any land in ohio iowa. if you are in ohio and worried about illegals coming in, why are you worried about foreign investors coming in and buying up unlimited amounts of pr

the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. warnock: mr. president, since my first day here in the senate -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. warnock: i ask that the quorum be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warnock: mr. president, since my first day here in the senate, and even before that, one of the issues i have been working to address is how my own home state of georgia, where state leaders have been digging in their heels, refusing to expand medicaid, how it is that citizens can somehow provide affordable health care to their families. nearly 500,000 georgians who are uninsured. they are in the medicaid gap. and that's why last week i introduced the medicaid saves lives act, legislation that would create a program almost identical to medicaid that is administered by the federal government. it would allow people in states like georgia who have not expanded medicaid an alternative path to health coverage. because we know that medicaid literally saves lives. i was proud to introduce this legislatio

in a senate democrats' field hearing in georgia yesterday to highlight the supposed horrors of georgia's mainstream election law. mr. president, in his speech last week, president biden mentioned stopping the spread of disinformation. an ironic statement, mr. president, when democrats are engaging in one of the most massive campaigns of disinformation we have ever seen. because let's be very clear. the narrative that democrats are peddling that states are engaging in a massive campaign of voter suppression is simply false. in other years, i doubt whether any of the state voting laws that have been passed would be more than a blip in the national news, because they are nothing more than ordinary mainstream up dates of state voting guidelines. the georgia law which has provoked so much democrat hysteria is not only squarely in the mainstream when it comes to state election laws but is actually in some ways more permissive than voting laws in some democrat-led states. a piece in "the new york times," hardly a newspaper that carries water for republicans, concluded that the voting provisions

the big lies, the fake outrage, failed in georgia. the big lies and fake outrage failed here in the senate and they'll fail in texas. the big lies and fake outrage are totally failing to persuade the american people. americans want to make it easy to vote but hard to cheat. americans know that having widespread and accessible voting along with voter i.d. isn't an attack on democracy. it's the definition of democracy. so, look, i understand the democrats may be growing nervous about the 2022 elections. i can see why. liberal policies are overspending, overborrowing, and hurting our economy. they're destabilizing the middle east, weakening our southern border, and increasing violent crime across our country. but, mr. president, the solution is not to keep lying to the american people about the health, the health of our democracy. the answer is not this desperate craving for an unprecedented partisan takeover so washington democrats can appoint themselves the board of elections for every country and state. the longer these fake hysterics

regular americans all over the country say, a lot of people in my district and a lot of i people in georgia but also people from all over the country say these things. they are concerned about the vaccines that are not fda approved. my stance is i am forgetting the vaccine as people choose to and i'm for people not getting the vaccine if they choose to but i think it has to be a choice and not a mandate, not mandated by schools or businesses and not mandated by the government and this is an important issue for everyone. f right now we have many reports of side effects and according to the cdc website there are reports of over 12,000 deaths. this is important information for people to know. also i tweeted how obesity is one of the biggest risk factors that leads to hospitalization and death and this is a very important thing i don't see enough people talking about. if we care about people and we care about their health and their safety then we should care about helping them with the number one risk factor that could leave the hospitalization and that is obesity. if we talk about going door-t

the sky is falling down in georgia. unfortunately for the people of georgia, many people in the press and corporate america bought it. they got major league baseball to move its all-star game out of georgia, actual work opportunities, actual prosperity for working people were sacrificed to serve this faked hysteria. well today georgians got what you might call a very weak consolation prize. today a week after the all-star game was supposed to happen in atlanta, democrats themselves descended on the state to stage a bit of partisan theater. last week the traveling road show was texas democrats coming here to washington to beg senate democrats to seize power away from their own citizens and local governments. this week was our own colleagues' turn to get on the jets, but the rhetoric was just as hysterical and the conclusion all the same. washington democrats need to gain unprecedented power and rewrite all 50 states' election laws. it's the same shtick we've been here in this chamber for multiyears. their sweeping takeov

>> guest: well i think you are right to be concerned about that phonecall with the georgia secretary of state. you know i think there are measures underway for election protection in washington but it's going to be difficult to approve not just congress is divided that there's a large segment of the republican base that believes trump actually did win the election in 2020 and republican leaders who know that isve not correct. they think think the trump is onto on to something here by using election security as a motivator for the base. this will be definitely something to watch in the next couple of years here. >> host: we will go through the republican line. this is jane in plymouth, north carolina. go ahead. >> caller: good morning, how are you? >> host: i'm fine thanks, you n are on the air. >> caller: mr. bender how are you today? >> guest: fine, thank you. >> caller:rt it's been a long morning and i've watched several segments and my comment i'm going to try to keep it short is i think it was getting too wrapped around in american politics all the way from bipartisanship all the

overall so it doesn't need to be 15 million or a fraction of that it just needs to be enough people in georgia, pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona two or three of those and it's a totally different outcome. had silicon valley been fair and treated us the same, there would have been tens of thousands more that went at least againstes biden. i believe that would be the case. i cited that as an example of a case being made. it is a perspective that isn't aired at all and it isn't fair to dismiss it against because it is no common spirit to rail them on a consistent basis it's impossible to back up but it does make you consider the power of social media which is not being done. it is a given in our life and i do think people need to understand and hopefully the book makes this case taken seriously the power they have is so immense. >> you have a section in the back talking about how we should think about whether it has a concept i just want to drill down one tiny point so we have an unprecedented pandemic it's your intention democrats and the media push for the mail-in voting and it's more manipulat

in may the landlords accounted for 74% of eviction filings in the cap county georgia and 62% in maricopa county arizona. 53% of the filings in hillsborough county florida and harris county texas. since last september some of the world's largest asset managers that manage trillions of dollars filed including morgan stanley, eaton vance, greatest all real estate partners, the carlyle group, starwood capital, credentialed and cbre. while many faced hardships during the pandemic many corporate landlords have done extremely well and are growing in buying more housing. private equity firms that own rental home companies, progress residential together filed at least 1700 eviction actions since last september. it's run by a former goldman sachs banker who made a fortune during the 2008 financial crisis betting against the mortgage market getting rich is millions of homeowners lost their homes to foreclosure. in april of 2021, the company is filing evictions and he purchased a $25 million mansion in miami beach. the publicly traded investment homes is the largest in the u.s. and more than 880 sin

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the new rule in georgia provides for absentee voting than many blue states including new york. but the facts weren't about to stop the democrats' big lie. the absurd comparison to jim crow segregation and other kind of other horrors have continued apace. to provide a little more context about this fake hysteria, we can only look internationally. as one columnist recently observed in "the washington post," the balance struck by the state of georgia amounts to, quote, one of the most expansive voting access laws in the world. most other countries do not allow no-excuse absentee voting and drop boxes are also virtually unknown elsewhere. other democracies around the world. if georgia's elections are undemocratic, then almost all of our democratic allies are also undemocratic. if liberal activists around woke corporations believe their own rhetoric, they wouldn't stop at boycotting and threatening state of georgia. they couldn't possibly. they'd be busy trying to disinvest -- trying to divest from most of our any tow allies and -- nato allies and essentially the rest of the entire

and called secretary of state in georgia, raffensperger. rather than everyone apologizing for it and what do we do, now there's an effort to displace him and run somebody against him so they have a sycophantic secretary of state in georgia. what about that idea increa increasingly partisan-- and dean tolleson, start with you. >> thank you for that question. representative. i appreciate secretary adams' point because the states are important laboratory, but sometimes they produce disenfranchising in our history. look at mississippi constitution of 1890 a constitution where the state substantially disenfranchised most of the african-americans within the state and other southern governments followed suit and mississippi's effort, yes, the laboratory point is well-taken, but sometimes use their laboratories for ill. and a list of best practices, it's a list of things that will further a national conception of democracy. democracy could not be a state level conception we have to have some sense of who we are as a national democracy if we hold ou

he called the secretary of state in georgia and said just go find me 11,000 votes, that's all i'm looking for. after that appalling attempt election fraud, it was exposed to the whole world rather than everybody apologizing for it and trying to figure out what we do to protect election administrators, now there is an effort to displace him and run somebody against him so they have a sufficiently advantage and subservient secretary of state in georgia. it's amazing to watch that. what about the idea of the increasingly partisan election officials were being targeted around the country should be deferred to in terms of the voting rights of the people? >> thank you so much for that question. i appreciate the point of secretary adams. the state laboratories produced some of the most disenfranchised systems. the 1890 election disenfranchised most african-americans. other southern states followed suit. the point is well taken but at the same time, sometimes they are laboratories for ill. there is a list of things that will serve as a national conception of democracy. democracy cannot be a state

>> georgia has 17 days of early voting. >> you know how many arizona has? >> eighteen days of early voting. >> how about connecticut. >> zero. >> i thought no early voting was racist voter suppression. >> i don't think it is but certainly allegations have been bemade. >> maybe connecticut is an outlier, surely connecticut -- >> no early voting in delaware. >> not one day? >> not one thanks. >> why are democrats are claiming this is water suppression when connecticut and delaware have zero. >> it's politically convenient to do so. >> thank you. i might just say for the ranking member, by his own residence told me earlier today, i wish he had been there, the effects of the loss on their practical access to thee ballot place. the intimidation that has taken in place in texas as a result in in connecticut we are moving toward expanding voting access to both statutes constitutional amendment. it's exactly the opposite instead of constraining and restricting valor accepts, it's being threatened in texas. the state of connecticut is moving to expand voting rights.

the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. wicker: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. press pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i have my remarks but first i will do a little bit of housekeeping here. the presiding officer: the senate's in a quorum call. the presiding officer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum shall dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. now, mr. president, i understand there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the clerk will read the titles of the bills for the second time en bloc. the clerk: s. 2311, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for 2021 and for other purposes. h.r. 3684, an act for funds for highway safety programs an transit programs and for other purposes. mr. schumer: in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to furthe

in atlanta, georgia, we seen them jerk out suitcases underneath tables. and then a lady stood there and kept running the same papers through the machine, over and over and over. we seen it with our own eyes. wasn't no hollywood script. you are going to sit there and act like that didn't happen? but we seen it right here in tennessee on the local news. they were filming. poll workers out because of water main break, and then they didn't do nothing to allow them to come back in, and then that's when they started jerking the suitcases out. so don't tell me pennsylvania law that was in atlanta. but pennsylvania law strictly says only the state legislators can change voting law. and then they allowed a judge to go sit there and not answer. >> carol? >> i think it is important to address your question. i will tell you that one of the president's most ardent supporters and loyal deputies, the attorney general bill barr, who supported everything that president trump wanted to accomplish and wanted to see him re-elected desperately so, he had an entire team of pro

he obviously the department of justice is already taken action in georgia they will make decisions about fighting against the oppressive laws. we're continuing to implement the executive order and continuing to fund efforts around the country to educate and inform citizens so he's delivered the speech to make sure people knew what their rights are and make sure people knew what he was doing to fight against efforts to oppress. >> what about the pathway forward from this administration. your telling the coalition groups to go out and the president said yesterday what is the path forward, what is the formula if this administration has making sure that hr one is fast and hr four comes on and x1 are past and then hr for. >> i don't have details on a legislative strategy to outline for you. we're going to continue to work with leaders in the senate, leaders in the house as you know are huge advocates for moving these pieces of legislation forward and we will let up and empower voices across the country to ensure that people understand who i hope how important this is to citizens across the co

according to major general tom cardin who sent 1,200 members of the georgia national guard to the capitol after january 6, his unit is facing, quote, draconian cuts if congress doesn't replenish funding before this weekend. we must not, we must not let that happen under our watch. the chairman of the appropriations committee, senator leahy, has been working diligently to come up with a bipartisan agreement, and now senator shelby has joined with him, and they have crafted a $2.1 billion supplemental appropriation bill to fill the shortfalls of our capitol police our national guard, and a number of our other vital defense operations. it's not everything that we wanted. the house bill is bigger and broader, but it does fill the need, and we need to fill it quickly. i want to thank senator leahy particularly for his relent relentlessness in pursuing this. i want to thank senator shelby for realizing how important this was and prodding members on his side of the aisle to move forward. and i also want to thank senators klobuchar and blunt, chairman of the appropriations -- of the authorization

georgia is the number one forestry state in the nation and i'm proud of it but we have to address this and climate change but we have to address it with a policy that includes stable, reliable, affordable energy. i yield back. >> next up, representative kasten you are recognized for five minute. -- five minutes. >> if you can heat your home or drive your car without using fossil fuel, do it. but we need to invest capital to save money. it's a problem if you are in the business of extracting fossil fuel. we have to make sure those people are protected. ms. flowers, you mentioned energy efficiency. some people [indiscernible] a lot of utilities and states have tried to provide resources to pie the up -- to provide the upfront capital and it is not worked as hard as it should have to make sure we have access to more efficient homes. any suggestions on what we should do federally to accelerate the access to capital for people who might in the -- you might not be able to afford the initial investment? >> it's not my area of expertise but as a consumer who has talked with people who have had

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