many other cities limited the use of rubber bullets. it is no surprise that in such a toxic environment, police retirement surged. 50 percent in chicago, 37 percent in las vegas, 72 percent new york the sixth grade and recruiting is just as bad as officers asked me when i travel around the country, and speak to them about how recruiting and retention is going, it would want to be a police. in today's environment. sob because they're not willing to putll themselves in harms wa, to protect the vulnerable it is because they know the probe criminal policies are making it impossible to do their jobs. it's concerted nationwide attack and police is nothing less than the greatest assault on the rule of law in modern times. the simple fact is today democratic party is prone riots, anti- cop and anti- prosecutor. congrats today and worst of the four violent criminals and part innocent victims when given power, turnout criminals justice system into a criminals justice system. democrats and leaders ignore obvious truth, if you stop enforcing the la

to attack us. >> you did just complain people were using it to tarnish groups of people is that now what you are doing right here with the media if you called him fake news media are you not tarnishing them in a collective way? >> there are two components the first part a straight to brand us as fake news to try to diminish the influence in general and constantly if we are getting any attention it's always negative. never anything positive they are in a battle against us. they are not coloring liberal opinion fake news because we don't agree with the opinion. so when the term is used by hehillary clinton to use these broad strokes and people putting out fake news they don't cite the falsehood. so there's not an equivalent. first of all thehe retaliatory nature is important. not looking to pick fights with people that react to people who come after us or our readers. i do think the term fake news, if you have a breitbart story right now i would sayou sure. but technically it's true. host: you focus mostly on three media companies. new york times, bloomberg and nbc universal. talk abo

they are in a battle against us. 's what we do is we use the term. but they have to earn it we don't just call a liberal opinion fake news just because we don't agree but we wait until there is the actual falsehood so using the's broad strokes and would actually cite the falsehood. so that's not an equivalent thing so the retaliatory nature of it is important we are not looking to pick fights with people but to react to people we think are coming after us or our readers. the term fake news if you got the breitbart story that was fake news i would say sure. we would try our best but it is true. >> you focus on three media companies new york times bloomberg so talk about "the new york times" and your decoder ring. >> they have the list of priorities that they use of that cure ration is the obvious of the front page story and who are the heroes and who are the villains. but i notice that they would get the glamorous photos on the front page and others would get no photo if you're writing on a story that fits the narrative like trump did something bad or

for my time in army, people used to ask me, why is a flag in your uniform backwards. i still do sometimes, that is true, on the right shoulder like vice backward. nancy goes back to theth days of horse mounted cavalry charges, is a calvary would right into battle, the flag would be playing in reverse in the wind. in our soldiers still have their flakes in reverse as a reminder to principal like that army always advances its retreat i thank you so a very good reflection for all of us at a time when america is under assault and under attack that we will never apologize we will never back down and we will never surrender, we will never retreat and we will always advances the defense of america. thank you and god bless you and god bless the united states of america. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you sen. tom cotton as i had the microphone back, what specifically make sure that i think for people in particular. first welcome thank you the sponsor for y events tonight pretty he wouldn't mind standing on a saturday pretty first rhinos that making - our program. [

hope the majority will join us to call this to be an redacted. three days later doctor anderson changed his story to say it you are crazy if you think it came from the lab and those that testified in front of this committee a couple of times this is what he said. i believe it is too much of a coincidence the worldwide pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus that cannot be found in nature started from a secret laboratory will that is pretty common sense i think he was on notice back on january 31st, 2021 but we all see as common sense he continues to say is not true. this thursday we just found out asking doctor fauci to come back in front of the committee for third time. but guess what? it will not be public it will be private. private briefing after all of these concerns have been raised anyone with common sense now knows the most likely origin was a lab in wuhan china but not in public, a private briefing. why? he has testified 18 times in front of congress. he has been on every news show you can imagine more than once you can go a day without s

a lot of us are concerned. but if the workforce is not what it needs to be in terms of morale and those are some challenges with it. >> i do think couple of things with respect to the mission i recommended congress update the statutory missions of the department there's operational reasons and around reasons to do that four out of seven main security ask pertain to terrorism and yet we know that is out of sync with the day to day activities. i do think if we mission of the department is mandated if employees could see their daily work reflected in that mission, that would be helpful. i also think one of the issues with the department that we recognize is that the independent agencies within the department operate very autonomously with less oversight structure and less common culture and in the roundtable with experts various former officials all have said they tried to do unity of culture but then the next secretary it falls off so it has never been able to grow throughout the course of the department i think

and america is on our side. 70% of americans now support legalizing adult use of marijuana. in the 2020 election, it was on >> in south dakota and even south dakota, one of the most conservative states in america, a majority voted to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana. if south dakota can do it, the senate should be able to do it and we're going to fight to make sure it happens. my thinking, of course, like so many others has evolved on the issues -- on the issue. when the laboratory of states led by senator wyden's state in colorado legalized, the opponents had listed this parade of horribles, drug use will go up, crime will go up. well, that didn't happen. none of those parade of horribles ever occurred. and now for justice and for freedom, it makes eminent, eminent sense to legalize marijuana. the number of states, including my own of new york, just legalized recently. the doom and gloom predictions haven't materialized in any of these states and as more and more states legalize marijuana, it's time for our federal cannabis law to catch up. we also very much bel

some departments know how to use and some don't interview using correctly, it was passed along. she was so successful and rapidly use the pond by police department around the country for the kennedy school of government foundation, innovations and in 1996 the department one program in 1994, the innovations in government for the most innovativeov system developed in that period of time everybody in new york city, it is now the algorithms, something i very proud of. >> you should be proud of it but i think in a lot of ways, your legacy an american policing because you will forever be associated with that and there are many police leaders have have that kind of influence in our profession, you are one of them. >> as you know the satisfaction is that af lot of credit goes to us individually but as you know we might have an idea huge orchestra behind me and together the individual instruments created symphony and isn't that the wonder of it you can get everybody working together and the pride they all feel, the source of the giuliani breakup i had was largely around the fact that you

i used that expression and i began the conversation and at the funeral i use the term in the funeral we are never going to solve this problem of this hatred of men in blue hatred of blacks hatred of latinos until we see each other. joe biden was in the audience and now president biden who is very frequently was here. president biden used the expression we see you and he was very taken with it because it's simplistic that but it says it all, doesn't it? we need to see each other. >> host: at his absolute powerful. a different phrase in saying that police have to learn to save policing through the eyes of those being policed as opposed to just saying it through our lens that blue lens. >> use the expression of looking in the mirror at the way other people cs, wonderful. >> host: let's fast-forward because we are running out of time and i want to talk about current issues. you go back to nypd and one thing i found interesting and i don't want to spend too much time on the second tour of nypd because i want to get into the funding and the current issues facing us but one thing that reall

some would use the term de-fund the police. president biden talking about the assault weapons, he said no one needs tohave. what do you think about the overall discussion about gun violence ? >> the hard part as we know from the last hour is the rhetoric is hard to control right now particularly in an era of social media anxiety and again also because we're in a pandemic, there is a risk of really engaging with other peoplebecause if you talk to a stranger , you can get the coronavirus so in a way that rhetoric feels very lame and of the moment there's a moment in the history of our history and the history of our planet so in a way, toning down the rhetoric is one responsible thing that government can do and i think theoretically and maybe a different planet other than ours a bipartisan conversation because if you think about issues like defund the police there's a great example. it's not like people are saying i want to go rob stores. it's like people are saying i want to go attack somebody. what they're saying is they don't f

can you tell us a bit more about this approach using an engaging systematically and seriously with the law that seems to be exceptionally promising for economic history? and for example where have fewer studies of zoning or tax codes or other legal changes been particularly important to the story? the second question is in relation to your pieces about the never ending conflict and investment and i wonder if you can say more about whether this really is never ending. you've finished the book as you say at the end in june, 2020 and you outlined the possibility of change in the structure of investment. do you see the recently discussed investment in material and in material infrastructure as a change of this sort and this is a melancholy note on which to end and what would be the consequences of an enduring shift towards liquidity and a long-term shift what is the never ending conflict if it had been won by the short-term? those are my two questions i look forward to hearing. >> let me start by saying thank you to everyone in the audience and of course thank you to the sponsors for the e

as you work with us. as i loomed back to the concern about july 31, there are some real challenges coming up that face the real people back home. sometimes we all get excited and pump adrenaline on both sides of the room and both sides of the building but the bottom line is we are here to represent the citizens back home to make sure they all have that ability to put the foot on the first rung of the ladder to carry themselves up and that we make things happen. as you address this issue of what happens after july 31, understand it is a sincere concern by many people we don't come up on what will be another catastrophe for good folks and along with that, if you don't mind, i'm a big proponent of bringing the covid-19 pandemic to an end and that is using science and technology to its best. we now have a variety of vaccines making a difference out there. can you discuss in your final moments how hud has worked to leverage the available resources for so there's access to those vaccines? >> two things. let me

in those days you could use that term. [laughter] excuse me. and my argument has always been wide but i talked, i started talking when i could charge for it. [laughter] >> you made up for lostho time. >> exactly right i did not know he wrote that book. i know someone who has a boy, w she's very worried, he's almost to i'm going to givek her that book c. i'm sure i could get it even if it's not in print but that is so typical of him to do something on an issue that has nothing to do with economics. as you pointed out you used the great term, there are no boundaries to his thinking. also, you have the sense that he loves life. [laughter] >> yes, i hope so because he's going to be 90 won this year so i hope he's enjoying it. he's got a very long one. [laughter] >> i hope he has many more if that's the case. if there is such a thing, if you could recommend 1 foot to start people off, what would you recommend? >> he put out a book called thomas soul reader in mid to thousands, maybe a little later and it is a family of chapters from books he's writt

for inviting us to testify today. and for the committee's continued attention to the most pressing matters that are facing congress and our democracy. a republic is built on the fundamental principle itself -- of self-government. the radical proposition that the levers of power in our society can only be exercised with the consent of the governed. we know throughout our nation's history, we have struggled to liver fully on this principle. to ensure democratic rights for all americans. generations of our fellow citizens have been systematically denied the franchise. people of color, women, the disabled, and native communities have been locked out of the ballot box for most of our nations history. while we have made progress in securing the rights to vote in america, it has been incomplete and increasingly under attack. across the country, restrictive state laws enhanced and almost entirely partisan faction by republican legislators in field special interest money, or seeking to limit the franchise under the guise of ro

the american people don't trust us. they went to see a border secured they want to see good faith effort on both sides to make sure it's secured for an extended period of time. yes the border was more secure december than it is now. i know fair-minded person can disagree if that. of my democratic friends completely bashed every time the trump administration from doings that. there's no feeling among the american people this is going to be sustained. i think ifng we had a bipartisan effort to really secure the border as best we can for a sustained period of time you would see the american people very sympathetic to a discussion of t amnesty. drafted someone drafted it on tipurpose. >> thank you for your indulgent mr. chairman. thank you. >> thank you. now senator durbin is off to vote he will return and a few minutes to ask questions. that will put you through to the second panel. first the point of clarification. i think some of my colleagues questioning through their statements of cost a little confusion. not sure ifnk

or parameters are used. this is an area of continual agitation and concern and it is important the economic growth of certain areas of the country not only like what i have also other areas as you know if these folks with everything else that's happening, they are hit too hard by fema, it is going to be tragic so it's a really big issue and i appreciate your work. i hope you come to new jersey sometime. just see some of the charges we have and i would like to take you around and show you around. 02100 this issue and so are other people. increases coming forward, we're going to get so much more. >> the judgment time is expired. >> i yield back my time. a pleasure to talk to you. >> the gentleman from new jersey missouri for five minutes. >> thank you administrator for being with us today. i am also very concerned and i think you are certainly aware, the missouri river is short 100 miles from the mississippi river so we are going to have problems every single year and the damage threshold is a problem, i repre

are you with us? >> it doesn't look like it. >> we will try to get somebody to see if his electronics are hooked up correctly. >> mr. chairman. i am back. i apologize there are terrible storms going through right now. >> just in time then. thank you for your testimony the homebuyers face to save for down payments and tax incentives and mile down payments are critical there are other structural barriers such as low credit scores, student loan debt debt to income ratios appear to high even mortgage documents are only in english and in your testimony you note a healthy tax deduction turned into tax credits would be better targeted assistance to lower and middle income people to earn their first home so what action could congress take and also what my colleagues said about the deduction about how this would work in my district in southern california that has been hit so hard by that 10000-dollar deduction? >> yes. we believe the recent changes to the tax code have rented the mortgage interest deduction co

i use the term little c. i'm prepared to look at the right and the people in the ivory towers that say we don't have a worker problem here. all you have to do is just sure you go out and get that workforce. it doesn't exist. get out of the ivory tower and talk to the farmers. go talk to a surviving spouse of a farmer who committed suicide because they couldn't make their generations old farm work anymore. and to the left i would say, go to your local harris teeter like i did over the weekend. i went into the seafood section and i saw east coast wild caught shrimp. $12.99 a pound. red shrimp from argentina $8.99 a pound. immigrant farmworkers are essential to feeding america and farmers are essential to feeding america. we have to get the numbers right. but i want to make it very, very clear. i'm not going to stop talking with members on the other side of the aisle who are serious about fixing this problem and willing to accept a compromise that can get 60 votes in the senate and make progress for the first ti

they can't cancel all of us. [cheers and applause] now one, two, three people are the guys that have the guts to run out there and take the arrows, yeah, they can try to cancel them, but if we get together and we're all in this, that game is over, folks. right? and that's why it's so awesome to be at something like that, matt and mercedes thanks for putting this together. it's absolutely awesome. [applause]. to have that, great to see it. texas has always led the charge. [cheers and applause] well, until about like a couple of months ago and austin sort of took over, i don't know, guys, texas was leading the charge, you're still top 25, we've got to work on that stuff because those people have lost their minds. right? the people's republic of california is wonderful, but honestly when i look around and i go around the country, i actually see that even in places like that, people are starting to get it. right? they've been watching, they've seen what's going on. for a while they believed the narrative because, you

that uses voluntary and they can use those rates as a. >>ou sofr needs to be put into legislation word is there need to be certainty on that? >> we do need legislation i think it would be appropriate to have sofr and legislation but not exclusive that could be the rate for capital markets. >> i like forward to continuing this conversation. >> the gentle man from california. is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. i agree with the ranking member. our witness deserves a second term. thank you to josh for bringing up the importance of the local and state tax deduction and also focusing our attention on libor and its importance. and mr. chairman you have testified how critically important it is to have legislation in that area. i do want to correct any misconceptions about the legislation that i amio proposing. it is not the purpose of the federal government to him polls sofr on any institution anywhere in the country that writes a good instrument to specify whatever rate they want. i'm old enough to remember mortgages were adjustab

, you really see us. and it's hard about it in the book, the highest accolade ever received. they cared so much for that woman and understood in our provision the issue of race grade if we don't get it right, the original sin that will carry forward. and we talked about this pretty not going to solve the reese issue in this country and help we own up to it that networks as we are self-involved pretty you have a wonderful talked about the speech that you gave you talk about the conflicts, that dread that the central thread of trying to reestablish new relations. in our conversation about protecting this in new york and at the funeral, i used the term in the funeral that were never going to solve this problem of this hatred of men and below and of blacks and latinos until we see each other. joe biden in the audience, he had given the previous talk and president of biden. president biden used that expression, we see you. it was just very taken with it because be simplistic but it says it all,, desmond. we ne

i would first like to introduce appearing with us virtually. for a company owned by a large private equity firm, twice tried to force her and her son out of their home. these attempted evictions came even though she filed for protection under the cdc eviction moratorium and secured offers of rental assistance funds. difficult experience highlights the abusive tactics that some corporate landlords used against their tenants and it makes clear the disruptive impact that aggressive evictions have on working families. i'd also like to welcome mr. jim baker from the private equity stakeholder process was done significant research and monitored eviction trends by the large corporate landlords who over the course of the pandemic. next i welcome ms. diane from the national low income housing coalition whose organization has studied the impact of the pandemic on housing stability and struggling americans. i would also like to welcome renÉe so lease who has appeared virtually. baker replayed to discuss the practices for local rental assistance. helping

we have before us today representatives from these organizations. i look forward to discussing in greater detail their recommendations for transforming dhs. as the department looks to refocus its operations to address emerging threats and longstanding challenges, the committee on homeland security stands ready to assist. unfortunately, the committee lacks jurisdiction to deliver a full dhs authorization bill or to advance legislation that reflects its oversight findings beyond a few narrowly tailored areas. today, over 90 committees and subcommittees have jurisdiction over part of dhs, and no single committee is involved in all measures relevant to the department. i am working to change that as i engage with house leadership and other committees. fixing jurisdiction over dhs is one of the only recommendations of the 9/11 commission that has yet to be resolved. this issue has hobbled both the committee and the department for the last 15 years. it is long past time for it to be addressed.. for dhs to be successful in carrying out its wide-ranging miss

these regulations keep us safe. so just like extra pieces and parts of an airplane that you don't need, we don't want regulations that we don't need a bit when it comes to addressing climate change, regulations are essential. having healthy neighborhoods where things do not stop working is a way to keep people healthy and working. it's why we have infrastructure like smoke detectors and fire hydrants and all of that so firefighters can keep us and the environment we rely on a safe. this is where you all come in, members of the subcommittee we want all the rules we need to create all the systems we need to address climate change. as you may know i grew up right here in washington, d.c. i rode my bicycle to the first event on the national mall. i walked it to a flagpole probably not allowed these days but back then we emphasized individual actions. when it comes to climate change -- can you hear me? >> 15 seconds. >> you're actually out of time but if there's something more you would like to say, please, do so during

whatever they want to use. the question is, do we want to have a voluntary system where the instrument does not specify what rate to use? involuntary means the creditor volunteers one rate and the debtor volunteers another rate, then my friends in the trial field will have a heyday. this is not to enforce anything on anybody if they draft an instrument that specifies what they want. if they have an instrument from which no one can determine what is the amount of interest to be paid, we need to provide that answer. we have to do it in a way that we are not indicating that this is the standard to be used in instruments going forward. it is not the federal rate, not the preferred rate, not the rate that small banks will choose to use of their instruments of the future. i want to thank the chairman for his testimony in the past on the importance of wire fraud. i am disappointed that you are not moving towards a system for wired fraud -- for wire fraud but i am pleased you are looking at other ways to make sure we d

fortunately, use of experience in the state and federal level have given us useful tools to make sure that highly qualified potential -- potential judicial nominees are not overlooked. i am pleased that we will be hearing from our witnesses so we can design a selection process to evaluate nominees fairly. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses on this important topic and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. we have now been joined from my colleague from california, who has been having some persistent technological difficulties and he finally is on. thank you, sir. the floor is yours for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for the poor video. i went to all the trouble of having everything set up perfectly, and the computer does not work, but the iphone does. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing. as our committee considers the expansion of this court, more than ever the question of getting it right with an additional perhaps 50 or more nominees in addition to the 100 current vacancies based upon retirements or senior status, i cann

you can text us at 202-748-8003. as a lineup calls, i want to play some of the criticisms yesterday come from the republican side of this. this is the house for yesterday talking about some of her opposition to it. i'll play that and then we will get your response. >> january sixth was a terrible day for this institution, for the capitol police, the members and the staff serving here in the country. and that's why the senate rules committee conducted a thorough investigation into the events that day and publicly released their findings. that's why they are still investigations going on at federal agencies. that's white house committee on appropriations, financial services, homeland, judiciary and oversight are still conducting investigations. the redundancy of another committee is not only unnecessary but it is a distraction. it's a distraction meant to mask to manage and failures at the border, mask speights and crimes across the country, inept leadership in the front our foreign adversaries here the speakers obsess

so when you say they are trying to westernize their economy against us to try to take us over. that be a fair statement. cement i would take wouldn't go as far to say the strategic competition with china but also monthly, deep questions about condition with other countries are really for the governance predict, the administration.h >> with respect serve, this is about monetary policy in the state of the economy is either be that things were affectedt would be something that we would talk about especially in a monetary policy. and we are sing that the chinese that they are the money is going over there to empower and help their economy against our economy. which we have interest in reducing but thosee are issues that are absolutely in the broadest of the treasury department the administration and the congress. have given us tools independence and all of that, we go over the landscape and taking over issues that are not excited to us and i have a hard time exciting to you why we should be that printed. [laughter] i appreciate your conversation. you are going to disagree of this.

unfortunately, years of experience of the state and federal levels have given us some useful tools to make sure the highly qualified judicial nominees are not overlooked. i'm pleased we will be hearing from our distinguished witnesses to design selection process to ensure the highly qualified lawyers know about the vacancy and can apply and are encouraged to apply and are evaluated fairly. i look forward to hearing from her witnesses unsupported topic and the yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you we have now been joined by my colleague from california three can you remember the subcommittee built has been having some persistent technological difficulties any finally is on previous thank you sir and the floor is yours for five minutes pretty. >> thank you i apologize for the poor video, went to all of thisu trouble to have everything set up perfectly the computer doesn't work, but the iphone does. i want for pulling this important hearing as our committee considers the expansion of the courts more than ever, the question of getting it right with perhaps additional 50 or more

trump denied us all of that. after shocking upset facing the country with her husband until everybody that you lost. al gore, they got more votes than the other guy and they had to do maybe less. trump won't do that i think is treason. >> what's the best concession speech? john mccain's concession speech in no way to what's the best one you've ever heard? >> well my boss speechwriter says adlai stevenson adlai stevenson. i looked it up again today but stephenson said was like oh boy is dubbed as to who said i'm too old to cry but it hurts too much to laugh. but i think al gore's was pretty darned good. al gore only lost by a point and w got 271. and gore believed i'm sure that he could afford a recount in florida. he lost tennessee and it was his fault. he could have won it but he didn't. he didn't have a campaign like the other guy but i think his speech had a certain cadence to it like lincoln's second and not grow which is the best speech along with martin luther king i have a dream. the civil war that cost 60

can you just start by telling us a little bit about the subject matter? your book is among the first to be published anywhere about new york's first wave of covid which is brutal family have a hard time reading about the pandemic especially here in new york city. so why do you think it's important to keep writing and talking about front-line communities and what we saw here in new york last year? and with those primaries coming up and then to have done so much with the pandemic and that's a really great question and an interesting place to start because i have heard from some people how it's a little too soon to this talk about the stories that have come out over the last year. first of all i'm hoping it's just a snapshot but it's ongoing around the world and here in the us and communities and this is a crisis that is ongoing and so to me it was a powerful story to tell and then to zoom in on that particular point in time because it was a frightening time for a lot of different reasons first of all my house were packed and then you could hear the sound of

they're asking us, they're asking us, they're begging us for a fix now to the voca deposit. i'm not hearing too many of them ask for chimp reform, the use of chimp is controversial. our legislation which would fix the voca deposit is not. mr. president, we cannot fail the many who dedicate their lives to serving victims and survivors. there was an alaska organization at the voca round table who said very neatly, she said it is a representation of our values as a society, how we help those who are most vulnerable. and, mr. president, we have the ability today to do what's right. so i would urge my colleagues to vote aye on the voca fix act. with that i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senator hyde-smith and i be allowed to use a prop or two during our next presentation. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: thank you very much. and my first prop is a front-page story from the northeast mississippi daily journal, mr. president, on thursday, july 1, 2021. it says hail st

they used that against us twice. they did it in 1994, they did it in 1980 with the mariel boat lift and president biden needs to be clear whether through private channels or publicly make it abundantly clear we will make mass migration towards the united states as a hostile action and act accordingly. that cannot be tolerated. i want to close with this. i recognize that most of the members of which chamber, most of the people in washington and most of the people in the country do not pay attention to cuba on a daily basis. i get it, i really do. but if you're not following the issue of cuba, you can be forgiven for not knowing that what we're seeing, what we saw yesterday, what's happened recently, none of this was started by politicians. it wasn't started by me. it wasn't started by anybody in miami or florida. it wasn't started by any think tank in washington. you know who started what's happening in cuba? artists. poets, songwriters, writers, actors, musicians. they are the ones who started it. because they came a

she'd made repeated requests for the chief of staff to use the white house. the first lady's office traditionally is in charge of events in the white house. that approval he succumbed to her offices why she was involved. it takes president trump a few days before election night to phone his wife frome air force one and plead with her to use the white house. they cannot go anywherech else. >> because of d.c. law they cannot use the hotel right? >> everywhere across the country that point. she effectively throws her hands appearances do whatus you want. you are going to anyway. think this is important in the sense of how many people around trump tried to act as guardrails for him. tried to dissuade his decisions one way or the other. it and up being more speed bumps and guard rail. >> is that also true. >> i think so. unsaved you want about them orr their policies, they are pretty effective relatively. they're keeping the president focused and drifters away for lack of a better term. an trump surrounded by experts and when it matters here he was on his own poli

when he left us, something in all of us wept. but we can't keep the spirit of john lewis alive by p defending the greatest cause of his life, the cause -- i should say that we can keep the spirit of john lewis alive by about defending the greatest cause of his life, the cause for which he nearly died as a young man on that bridge in selma, the right of every american to vote. madam president, i yield the floor. before i yield, i have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate with the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. inhofe: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i complete my remarks before the vote is called. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: thank you very much. madam president, this is the fourth speech this year that i had arguing how we're going to have to match our defense resources to our national defense strategy. as a reminder, this is

any of us. and i think that's a profound observation. it means that there's wisdom throughout this room and throughout this body, and that we have to tackle these difficult problems, difficult, challenging problems that we have, using all the wisdom that we can possibly get our hands on. and that means listening to other people, even though we may not agree with them. i just sat and listened to the senator from oklahoma make an impassioned and i think powerful statement about immigration. he raised questions in my mind that i want answers to. that's the way this place is supposed to work. but if i can't go back to maine -- if i can't go back and admit i listened to the senator today and he raised questions that bothered me, if i can't say that, if that in itself would endanger my career, then if people are coming here fearing that kind of being locked out, we'll never get anything done. so, to me, mike enzi was a hero and a model -- and a model of the kind of person we need in this body. i didn'

that were presented to us. we found that the number had increased federal law enforcement has persistently present as with secrecy orders eachch year for seven to 10 per day. is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. >> that's an amazing number of particularly when you try to imagine what thatt might he when you go to the other big tech companies. professor turley u. of the figure and forgive me but you have a figure in your testimony about you mentioned the national security letters have gone from 2000 to 2005 from 8,547,000 per year? >> that's correct. >> with a secrecy order mr. burt that you are describing be the same and would that include an overlap of national security? >> no representative it would be in addition to. >> so that would be separate. a national security order has similar concerns associated with adam that would be over above what you are talking about. >> that simply write. >> are those data published in there aggregate? do you understand what i'm asking mr. burt? >> gessen answers and there

he is out there to protect us. i don't understand how the republican party can sit there and say it didn't happen, it was a cordial visit, whatever. and the young lady that got killed, she knew right from wrong. she shouldn't have been there. they were protecting the congress. i don't understand, i really don't. it is almost like they are hiding something and they don't want the american people to see it. i think there should be a committee. they had an opportunity to choose people they wanted to be on there. they chose not to. i remember benghazi. what is the difference? this is more badder then benghazi was to me. they don't care about the american people. they care about themselves and donald trump in the party for all the republican party need to be voted out. get some young republicans in there who care about the american people. host: live view of the u.s. this friday morning. some of the callers eludes you a cloudy morning, but the temperatures are expected to heat up today, and dry conditions for the holida

laws they could not use the hotel, correct? >> she effectively throws her hands appearances do what you want, you're going to anyway. this is important in the sense of how many people around trump tried to act as guardrails for him. tried to dissuade his decisions one way or the other and end up being more speed bumps to him than guardrails. stay what is that true also for jerrod kushner and ivanka? >> i think so. jerrod anna baca controversial figures. they would you want about them or their policies that both are pretty effective relatively at keeping the president focused. in keeping drifters away for a better term. trying to keep trump surroundedre by experts and people with this best interest at heart. but again, when it really matters here the end of the term on january 6 jerrod had effectively washed his hands of it. he was onnd his own policy initiatives working his portfolio with movies and peace plan but he saw the direction this was going for the people in georgia they have the runoff. they are pleading with jared he