spart portman: it's my -- senator portman: it's my understanding that the office of professional management recommended that mr. mccabe be fired is that correct? mr. horowitz: that's certainly correct as to the f.b.i.'s office of professional responsibility. as you indicated he's a career employee, they adjudicate in the first instance our findings so our report goes to them. they agreed with us on almost all but not all, of our findings so they made their own independent call that in fact he lied on multiple occasions but didn't fully find everything we found. they then sent it to, because deputy director mccabe's position, there's a different process for him, it went to the attorney general for review, then attorney general sessions and my understanding is, and this, i don't have complete insight too, but -- insight to but my understanding is that the attorney general asked a career official in the office of the deputy attorney general to handle the review and that person recommend red veufl -- removal as well. senator portman: the senior person agreed with your finding that the removal i

ranking member portman, thank you for holding this hearing. you know this committee really does a great bipartisan work and i'm grateful to both of you to have this opportunity to have this discussion about something really important. as we all know, reforming how inspectors general function in the federal government is fundamentally a good government initiative. simply put, i just make government work better for the american people and ensure tax each affairs are good students stewards of taxpayer dollars. have an independent watchdog as sure that federal agencies carry out their public service missions [inaudible] and their staff generated potential taxpayer savings of about 53 billion dollars in fy 2020, a 17-dollar return on every dollar invested in the office off inspectors general. and i'm going to ask a little bit more about that in a wild. so i really want to thank my colleagues for their serious attention to this issue, thank each of the witnesses for the public service, and commitment to transparency and accountability, not just of t

thank you. >> thank you, representative portman and i agree. look forward to moving it forward. >> can i just comment briefly on that? i just want to expand on one of the items you mentioned which is ag review and as justice department ig and has now been ig under five different attorneys general, you know, that has meaning, even though it's not a veto, for example. i just note, we, as igs and our law enforcement responsibilities and our investigative responsibilities work regularly with the justice department, prosecutors, and leadership. the fact that the attorney general would come into one of the igs, the ones that issued a subpoena and say, it could cause a problem with an ongoing criminal investigation, civil matter or national security matter, which would probably be a rare instance but the former might be, we would -- i can't imagine a scenario where we wouldn't say, we're not looking to interfere with anything that you're doing in terms of criminal investigation. so i think that's actually a very important process, and i appreciate you

we heard right before senator portman, we heard from moderate democrat kyrsten sinema of arizona. we'll talk about the selection of that senator to speak today in just a moment, but david, we interrupted your take on the significance of the moment. i think portman's remarks, even the remarks from senator sinema drive it home that this is funding that the american people will see in action in their communities. >> yeah, you know, i think lost in the sausage making is the fact that this is the largest infrastructure bill we've seen in generations. larger than the interstate highway bill, larger than that i think in the space program combined, and it's long overdue. this country really needs this bill because we're way behind in infrastructure repairs and modernization, so it's really historic from that standpoint and also clearly note worthy because it's so difficult to get republicans and democrats to work together on anything, and sadly, what we saw were 13 republicans in the house supported this bill for the reasons we just said and were attacked by many of their colleagues, and

this is republican senator from ohio, rob portman. >> this bipartisanship -- bipartisan support for this bill makes sense for our stichs but -- sandwiches but the approach should be the -- should be the norm, not the exception. the american people know despite our difference, we should be

as senator portman was talking about they get a list of i.c.e. offices because they don't know where they are going. i think that's absurd. do you agree with me that we have no idea where these people are going? >> senator, it is concerned to not have that information. >> do you think states and cities ought to be told when an airplane full or busload of people who have come to this country illegally and are being dispersed by dhs, do you think i ought to be told when they're getting a batch of these individuals? >> i think coordination with local state partners is very important. that's something i've experience with and i think it is important to make sure we are communicating information with them. >> but we are not sharing that with any state or local government, are we? >> i'm not in the role yet. >> when you were sheriff of houston to dhs judges that by the way, a busload is coming up from mcallen, we're going to terminated and trout these people often houston? were you ever told that? >> no, sir. >> how much experience do you have in houst

thank you. >> please welcome senator rob portman. senator portman: kyrsten, thank you very much. it was great being your partner in this. i heard you say, in fact, i heard president biden bill say this infrastructure bill will have a positive impact on every single american. and that's true. this is true today. it will be true for decades to come. and i want to congratulate everyone gathered here today for the role you played in making this possible. this is what can happen when republicans and democrats decide we're going to work together to get something done. [applause] the bipartisan process that resulted in this historic investment began with a meeting about eight months ago with my colleague, senator sinema, whose persistence was absolutely key to us being here today. we met, frankly, in response to the initial biden infrastructure plan, which included tax increases and also included substantial investments in so-called human infrastructure. by removing the tax hikes and strengthening the package to only fund core infrastructure, we saw an opportunity to find bipartisan con

senator ron portman, who is a rob portman who is a hell of a , good guy. i'm not hurting you, you're not running again, that's why i can say that but you are a hell of a good guy. and the most determined woman i know, senator kyrsten sinema. congratulations. i want to thank minority leader mitch mcconnell for voting for this bill and talking about how useful and important it is. and from the house of representatives, speaker pelosi, steny hoyer, jim clyburn and me -- committee chair pete defazio. democrats and republicans, progressives and moderates, i'd like to pause and ask all the committee chairs and ranking members of the united states senate and house who are here today, please stand. will all of you stand in come on. all right. thank you. thank you. thank you. to state the obvious, none of this would have happened without all of you. i really mean it. also to the governor, what are the governors? governors, stand up. come on. i want you to stand up. red states, blue states, you all contacted me, you all said you were for this, you all stepped up. mo

ranking member portman, you are recognized your questions. >> mr. hooks, we talk about what fema's role is, in terms of resilience. i know that as head of the carolina department of public safety, you have a lot of experience with natural disasters. i mentioned we recently passed this legislation that provides another $1 billion in funding for bric, the building resilient infrastructure and committees program. making sure the taxpayer money is that are spent -- is better spent to avoid the devastation of a hurricane, as you have had in your state or a tornado or other floods or fires and so on. have you worked with bric? >> yes. thank you for the question. through our very experienced emergency management team in north carolina, north carolina has successfully navigated the early rollout of the bric program. it is my view that with sustainable funding, the bric program can be transformative to the states and consummately to the nation. the bric program focuses on a necessary tool that we should be utilizing more, and that is mitigation. it is accept

senator rob portman who is a hell of a good guy. i'm not hurting you, rob, because i know you're not running again. that's the only reason i say that. you are a hell of a good guy. and the most determined woman i know, senator kyrsten sinema. congratulations. committee chair tom carper, ranking member shelley moore caputo. also minority leader mitch mcconnell for voting for this bill and talking about how useful and important it is. and from the house of representatives, speaker pelosi, steny hoyer, jim clyburn and committee chair pete defazio. democrats and republicans, progressives and moderates. i'd like to pause and ask all the committee chairs and ranking members of the united states senate and house who are here today, please stand. i want all of you to stand. come on. [ applause ] all right. thank you. thank you, thank you. to state the obvious, none of this would have happened without all of you. i really mean it. and also to the governors. where are the governors? governors, stand up. come on. i want you to stand up. red st

portman couldn't resist praising trump for furthering the discussion and on infrastructure. but he was only kidding, he is the actual truth as compiled by the daily show. >> today kicks off infrastructure week at the white house. >> it's infrastructure week for the white house but that may have gotten lost in the shuffle with president trump rekindling controversy on the violence in virginia yesterday. >> this is at least the first time they try to roll that infrastructure week. >> he's there and ohio to give it speech about infrastructure, it is infrastructure week. >> you may not have known this but this is infrastructure week in america. >> it is infrastructure week in america, yet again. >> he's gonna meet with nancy pelosi apparently, to talk about infrastructure, which may be talking me back. >> so this is mostly the friday of infrastructure week. >> he's also not visiting the cdc in -- he's trying to make >> well it's happening, and it's going to happen and, we're going a lot of infrastructure. >> so that's how that winds, and now the jobs are coming, lots of them. th

increasing polarization of our country is keeping us from getting things done. >> senator portman leaving the senate and not putting himself up for reelection. the white house has put former new orleans mayor mitch landrieu in charge of actually making the infrastructure plan a reality. president biden's big priority spending bill is next on his to-do list. the speaker told the house democratic leadership tonight that lawmakers will not leave for their thanksgiving break without passing legislation. tonight president biden was focusing on u.s.-china relations, holding a virtual meeting with chinese leader xi jinping. the two spoke amid rising tensions over china's expanding military presence in asia and global economic competition. also tonight we are following developments in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. the jury is to begin deliberations first thing tomorrow. he is accused of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during that 2020 protest over police use of force in kenosha, to which he brought an ar-15. with that, let's bring in our starting line on a monday night. jonathan karl,

and senator portman will introduce the third. the first panel is going to describe the current crisis at the border and the biden policies that caused it. the second panel, senator scott will introduce them because he has experience with the impact that this unprecedented flow of illegal immigrants are having on our local communities, on our states. as the governor of florida, he had to deal with that. and our third panel will really describe the impact on people. the tragedies of overdoses and violence as a result of this unprecedented flow of illegal immigration and senator portman will introduce that panel. senator portman has a great deal of experience shutting down the sex traffic aspect of this, looking into the opioid crisis, fentanyl, human trafficking with -- i guess it was an egg farm in ohio that held an earlier hearing. this is going to be kind of two segments. we're going to have two-minute short opening statements by the group, ask some questions, open it up to questions from the press. once that's over, we'll come

i want to thank my colleagues, senator scott and senator portman. i have more to say but those gentlemen later. why are we here? it's pretty simple. senator peters wouldn't hold a hearing on this unprecedented crisis of illegal migrant flow into this country. recently retired border chief scott wrote a letter to the committee that the chair man ignored, and when we requested a hearing, he simply wouldn't agree to hold one. now that's been pretty true of the democratic chairs throughout the house and senate. they will talk a little bit if there's a nominee where we can bring the border up as a issue but they don't want to acknowledge this crisis. and denying that this crisis exists, i couldn't believe it when the secretary before our threat hearing him and i asked him do you still contend that the border is closed and he said yes. it was a breath of fresh air yesterday and the commerce hearing where the commandant of the coast guard said that it would be disingenuous to say that the border is closed. so i appreciate that honesty from admiral scholz.

and senator portman will introduce that panel. senator portman has a great deal of experience shutting down the human trafficking aspect of this. so again, i want to thank everybody for attending. this is going to be two segments. we're going to have a two-minute opening statement. we'll open it up to questions from the press, and then once that is over, we will come back for full five minute statements and more in-depth questions. >> our first speaker will be mr. mark morgan. he has a 30 year career in law enforcement with dhs and the fbi. he was acting commissioner of u.s. customs and he is the acting director through the trump administration. president obama appoints as chief to deal as the acting assistant commissioner. he served for nearly 20 years at the fbi. in his tenure he served with the organized task force and hispanic gang task force. the fbis deputy on scene commander in baghdad and a special agent in charge in the el paso division. thank you for being here. >> first of all, thank you for your time and attention on t

rob portman wasn't just there. he spoke. i know he's retiring. again, i am not handing out courage medals to any republicans on these air waves ever, i promise. but that he was there is exactly what biden needs right now. what impact do you think that has? do you think they had to do any -- the portman i used to know would want to be there because he used to care about governing. just talk about the importance for this president of this image. >> well, i -- listen, kudos to rob for being there. i'm not going to give him a whole bunch of medals at this point because he is retiring. but, importantly, there are republicans there who aren't retiring. shelly cap at that was behind the president when he signed that bill. she's not retiring and she's from virginia. a republican from west virginia. she took the step of saying this is the right thing to do. and did you notice, the president name dropped mitch mcconnell. that was very smart. because he's reminding the country the top leader, the top elected leader of the republican party on capitol hill su

but rob portman, who ran the budget office for george w. bush saying this bill is a weapon against inflation, that should be put into an ad. that's the best argument for joe biden. how do democrats make sure to use the republican support to boost biden's approval ratings? >> well, we elected biden because he could speak to republicans. he could speak to moderates. so he's got to do that. from his voice in the communities where we felt we were weak in all of those blue collar communities, inflation is a kitchen table issue. the ability of a family to be able to go out and buy christmas gifts or a thanksgiving turkey is a kitchen table issue. he has to go out and start talking about that. going to congressional districts across the country and say guess what, this infrastructure bill is adding these jobs, this salary, these benefits in your community. we have to go out and get that much on the ground. if we don't do that, the fear is that we will be, we will be, the republicans are going to talk about us like they talked about jimmy carter an

portman says the improvement to infrastructure will lead to an economic advantage for the country and more importantly, counters inflation. >> which is so important right now. as american families. are facing higher prices on everything from gas to groceries with the infrastructure deal done. the president and democrats shift their focus entirely to the larger social spending bill. >> now, americans will also see more than 100 billion going to roads and bridges. more than 60 billion into freight and passenger trains and nearly 40 billion into public transit reporting live in washington. i'm basil john, thank you for that report. basil. coming next on the kron 00:00am morning news a colorado house trial in wisconsin is coming to a close. >> we're going to tell you when a verdict could be announced will have that. we get back. well, tomorrow marks the first national ruby bridges walks to school day to commemorate the event students in south san versus are going to be in downtown south san francisco. >> and they're going to walk to school in 1960 ridges became a national civil rights ico

this is republican senator from ohio, rob portman. >> this bipartisanship -- bipartisan support for this bill makes sense for our stichs but -- sandwiches but the approach should be the -- should be the norm, not the exception. the american people know despite our difference, we should be able to figure it out and work together to solve big problems. we can start by recognizing that finding common ground to advance the interests of the american people should be rewarded, not attacked. [applause] >> in a morning, you're going to sign this bill. you and i will disagree on the tax and spending and the other priority you have. the reconciliation bill. but i think we can both agree that this infrastructure investment shouldn't be a one-time bipartisan accomplishment. this should be the beginning of a renewed effort, to work together on big issues facing our country. host: republican senator rob part-man of ohio yesterday from the white house. we're talking about bipartisanship this morning, asking if it matters for you. rob portman, talking about that other priority of president biden, that t

thank you. [ applause ] >> please welcome senator rob portman. kyrsten, thank you very much, and it's been great being your partner in this. we heard president biden say this bill would impact every single american. and this is true. it's true today and it's true for every decade to come. i want to thank you all gathered here today for the role you played in making this possible. this is what can happen when republicans and democrats decide we're going to work together to get something done. [ applause ] >> the bipartisan process that started in historic investment began about a year ago when my colleague, senator sinema, was absolutely key to us being here today. we met and financed the additional biden infrastructure plan which included tax increases and also investments in so-called human infrastructure. by removing the tax hikes and shrinking the package to only core infrastructure, we found the opportunity to find bipartisan consensus on finally fixing our nation's outdated infrastructure. and from there the group quickly grew to the g-10 ne

rob portman i think you have a good working relationship with and rob portman one of the republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill and was at the white house today. i got to ask you what you think about this republican primary happening in your state. which really feels like a race to a bottom where you have one candidate running ads telling everyone josh mandel is jewish, you got josh mandel pulling over the side of the road saying everyone should massively resist vaccines. i mean, what is going on in that race? >> well, essentially they've all -- they are almost all of them are against the infrastructure bill which senator portman and i teamed up on and the number of senate republicans not all that many house republicans voted for it and they are paying a political price. they've lost their minds. we have a good strong candidate tim ryan who understands the dignity of work who is running his campaign putting workers at the center of his campaign as he will do that in the senate. i think this is a seat, not one people are counting on much because trump carried ohi

rob portman i think you have a good working relationship with, rob portman one of the republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill was at the white house today. i gotta ask you what you think about this republican primary happening in your state, which really just feels like a race to a bottom where you've got one candidate running ads, telling everyone that josh mandel is jewish, you've got manned josh mantle polling over the side of road and saying that everyone should massively resist vaccines. what is going on in that race? >> well, they essentially, they've all against the infrastructure bill which senator portman and i teamed up on. and a number of senate republicans, not all that many house republicans -- they've lost -- tim bryant who understands, running his campaign putting his workers at the center of his campaign as he will do that in the senate. and i think that this is a seat. so not one people are coming -- trump carried ohio twice by eight points, there's only three of us in the senate that red under -- trump won twice. jon tester and job -- the news is

portman got death threats on a bill to fix highways. here's the president. >> despite the cynics, democrats and republicans can come together and deliver results. we can do this. we can deliver real results for real people. we see in ways that really matter each and every day to each person out there. we're taking a monumental step forward to build back better as a nation. >> partisanship, not bipartisanship seems to be carrying the day. liz cheney is a traditional republican. her dad was the republican vice president of the united states, and she has over the years given democrats fits on how conservative she is, but to her party she's not a republican. the next task for biden is to convince his own party to pass build back better, and that got more complicated. democrats pay for it by collecting money people owe in taxes, but the congressional budget office will look at this as it scores the bill on this friday and tells us whether the math adds up, and the early indication is that it doesn't. that could give moderates cover to vote a

senator portman i believe will be our final live questionnaire. senator portman: thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate it. chief, i appreciate your testimony today. i got to hear some of it off and on. i appreciated our conversation about some of the challenges we are facing on the border today. the crisis at the border continues to in my view be based on policy decisions that we are making or need to make and the big one for me is the asylum system. i talked about this at some length. i would like to hear from you a little about your perspective on this. we recently saw the surge in del rio. but the overall numbers continue to increase and for the traffickers, those were exploiting people, unfortunately they have a narrative which is if you come up to the border with us and pay us $10,000, we will get you to the united states. just claim asylum and you will be let in with a 1.2 million person backlog at least. and with four to five, maybe six years before a hearing. with the acceptance rate being about 15%. and probably similar with regards to other countries that are increasin

>> senator portman, thank you for the question. we were able to have a conversation about some of these things. we rely on the challenges with the push and pull factors. and the factors that are bringing migrants and asylum seekers. but the poll factors are very evident and i think there is no one solution to this. obviously, domestic things are going to have to be cleared. we will follow the law and we will have to include at every level of government effective but, even social media, messaging. we will have to work with the mexican government. and i am, as i've mentioned, very interested in working with my counterparts in mexico and building relations there. so again, no one answer to this but i agree it's part of the challenge. >> i guess quickly, are you also willing to work with folks who believe that the asylum's -- i think you are one of them, from my conversation. but as an example of people applying for asylum into the country, an immediate adjudication, allowing -- i'm very interested in working with you and authors -- th

one republican senator, rob portman, who is not running for re-election, even dared to say a few words in support of what this moment means. >> you've heard president biden say that this infrastructure bill that will be signed today is going to have a positive impact on every single american, and that's true. this is true today. it'll be true for decades to come. and i want to congratulate everyone gathered here today for the role you played in making this possible. this is what can happen when republicans and democrats decide we're going to work together to get something done. we've got a major bridge in my hometown, and it's also a major bottleneck, desperately in need of replacing. we've been trying to do it for 25 years, but we haven't been able to pull together the funding and figure out how to do it. this new law finally gives us the tools we need to fix the spence bridge, and the same is true for major projects all around the country. that is why you see some of my colleagues here from every region of the country. because they know this is going to help to create more economic e

senator portman, i believe, will be our final questioner. senator portman, are you out there? >> great, thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. chief, i appreciate your testimony today. i got to hear some of it off and on, and i also appreciated our conversation, which was very frank, about some of the challenges we're facing on the border today. the crisis at the border continues to, in my view, be based on policy decisions that we are making or need to make. and the big one for me is the asylum system. and you and i talked about this at some length. i just would like to hear from you a little about your perspective on this. we recently saw the surge in del rio, but the overall numbers just continue to increase. and for the traffickers and the smugglers who are exploiting people, you know, unfortunately, they have a narrative which is that if you come up to the border with us, you know, pay us $10,000 or whatever it is, we'll get you to the united states. just claim asylum and you'll be allowed in for a period of time. with a 1.2-million person backlog at least, and maybe f

portman says the improvement to infrastructure will lead to an economic advantage for the country and more importantly, counters inflation. >> which is so important right now. as american families. are facing higher prices on everything from gas to groceries with the infrastructure deal done. the president and democrats shift their focus entirely to the larger social spending bill. >> americans will also seen more than 100 billion going to roads and bridges more than 60 billion into freight and passenger trains and nearly 40 billion into public transit reporting in washington. i'm basil john. >> well here locally sam, a san jose mayor. sam liccardo is celebrating the president's infrastructure bill to. he's hoping that it will bring an end to some of the rolling blackouts and public safety power. shutoff set to become all too common these days. the he says from this bill will help make the state's electric grid a little more reliable and help bring cleaner energy to san jose. >> that seems to be an issue that not a lot of folks pay a lot attention to, but it's really critical for us a

we saw senator portman or congressman gonzalez an ohio vote yes. judy: mayor holt, your party, republican party, much more opposition. polls showing bipartisan support republican support seems to be sliding. the entire oklahoma delegation voted against it. then you have comments from former president trump, saying it is a non-infrastructure bill, he is very sad rinos, republicans in name only, were for this. he says he is ashamed, that republicans who voted for this should be ashamed. mayor holt: a lot did. not all by any means, but leader mcconnell voted for this. we had a letter from a 400 shares, partisan mayors across the country in all 50 states supporting this. my state chamber of commerce supported this. i get the politics in this city and people do things that have different motivations than just the face of the policy, but mayors have been consistent over 10 years, they've come to that same white house in the obama and trump administration and now the biden administration, seeking virtually the same thing, a major package very similar if n

portman says the improvement to infrastructure will lead to an economic advantage for the country and more importantly, counters inflation. >> which is so important right now. as american families. are facing higher prices on everything from gas to groceries with the infrastructure deal done. the president and democrats shift their focus entirely to the larger social spending bill. >> americans will also see more than 100 billion going to roads and bridges more than 60 billion into freight and passenger trains and nearly 40 billion into public transit reporting in washington. i'm basil john. well, for your money this morning. amazon will pay california $500,000 for concealing covid cases among workers. >> and how expensive is assisted living here in the state. jane king is live. the nasdaq with these stories and more. good morning, jane. >> hi, james. good morning to a cost just over $4,000 a month for assisted living in california that's the 21st most expensive states. new jersey was the most expensive at 6,000. that is about comparable to a monthly mortgage payments on a million-dol

portman says the improvement to infrastructure will lead to an economic advantage for the country and more importantly, counters inflation. >> which is so important right now. as american families. are facing higher prices on everything from gas to groceries with the infrastructure deal done. the president and democrats shift their focus entirely to the larger social spending bill. americans will also see more than 100 billion going to roads and bridges. >> more than 60 billion into freight and passenger trains and nearly 40 billion into public transit reporting in washington. i'm basil john, thank you bays on the coast closer to home. we have local leaders celebrating this is well, san jose mayor sam liccardo, for instance, says the president's infrastructure deal is going to hopefully help bring an end to the rolling blackouts in the public safety power shut-offs that we've seen all too often here. the mayor says this money from the bill is going to help make the state's electricity grid a lot more reliable and it could also help bring cleaner energy to san jose. >> that seems to be

portman says the improvement to infrastructure will lead to an economic advantage for the country and more importantly, counters inflation. >> which is so important right now. as american families. are facing higher prices on everything from gas to groceries with the infrastructure deal done. the president and democrats shift their focus entirely to the larger social spending bill. >> americans will also see more than 100 billion going to roads and bridges more than 60 billion into freight and passenger trains and nearly 40 billion into public transit reporting in washington. i'm basil john. >> thank you, basil. well, san jose mayor sam liccardo is also celebrating the president's infrastructure deal. he points to the rolling blackouts and public safety power shut-offs that have become more common than anything is one of the things that could potentially be fixed with this. the mayor says billions of dollars in this new bill will help make the state's electric grid. a lot more reliable. he says it will also help bring cleaner energy to the city as well. >> that seems to be an issue th

portman when asked if the suspects was stay in custody or not, here is how the da responded. >> ultimately in every single case, including these, it is the decision of the judges or superior court of san francisco whether somebody stays in custody or if they are released. >> some of the people facing charges weren't necessarily involved in the louis vuitton incident? >> reporter: out of the nine people facing charges, five were specifically for the louis vuitton incident. three people are facing charges for the burglary of a cannabis dispensary, and one person is facing charges for a burglary of walgreens in san francisco. >> in some cases gunplay was involved. >>> across the bay area, efforts are underway to beef up security in shopping districts. one that greek police are closing streets around broadway plaza, and the pd is now out in force around union square. >> it is sad and scary and disappointing. >> i wish they would stop, and people with love and respect one another. >> our police departments are under control of elected officials, who are not necessarily as tough on crime as they

and in closing, i would just refer back to something senator portman said when he was speaking. he said i want to thank you for what you are doing, for going out and speaking publicly about the difficult tragedies that you had to endure. the difference between senator portman recognizing that and the acknowledgment of this with the biden administration is the message from the biden administration is you know what, the loss of your children didn't matter then and the loss of the children going forward tomorrow and the next day and the next that we all know are going to happen, whether it's drug overdoses or god forbid, the kind of violent deaths that these children have seen by these mobs to continue. it's time. thank you, senators. >> thank you, sheriff. is vaughan. >> thank you. i just want to add some more detail to some of the points that i mentioned earlier in my brief statement. on the costs to the states and local communities that can be identified, and as florida did, you can see they are staggering and it's possible to identify them. and i think every state should be doi

maloney: just like the comments of senator portman at the white house yesterday where he pointed out this infrastructure package is the important anti-inflationary measure we've done in recent weeks. why? because inflation is when demand outstrips supply. this provides huge investments on the supply side. more efficient ports. more efficient roadways. more systems to move goods and services to get our people to and from work you more efficient -- work more efficiently which reduces energy consumption and demand. the fact is a vote against this infrastructure bill is a vote against lowering inflation. and every republican who voted against this infrastructure bill voted against the most important tools yet to lower inflation in addition to the specific help that the chairman mentioned that the build back better act will provide for working and middle-class families in terms of their true costs. reporter: mr. schumer talked about oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in order to lower gas prices. do you agree about with that? -- do you agree with that? mr. jeffries: it's worth consi

allegations of sexual assault. tennis plays including serena williams and novak chocolate h, the wells, portman player have also voice that support for the chinese athletes. i mean, i hope that for you know, for the sake of tennyson and, and chinese tennis and pang shy to, to find her very soon because this is, is terrible. i mean, this could happen to anybody, the well tennis association has questioned the authenticity of an e mail released by the government, which retracts the allegations. this case has not been reported by chinese media. and any online discussion has been censored or removed. one saturday, the editor of the global times tweeted, pang will make public appearance. scene sola, china has remained largely silent over the tennis star. asked to respond to the mounting questions. china's foreign ministry spokesman had this to say we and hunter, they do. i have not heard of the issue you raised. this is not a diplomatic question. why fi but governments have valid players and her funds are waiting for answers her marriage shortly. i'm to say. the reason wildfires in california destroy

the difference between senator portman recognizing that and the acknowledgment of this with the biden administration is that the message from the biden administration is, you know what, the loss of your children didn't matter then, and the loss of the children going forward tomorrow and the next day and the next day that we all know are going to happen, whether it's drug overdoses or, god forbid, the kind of violent deaths that these children have seen by these angel moms and dads, will continue. it's time. thank you, senators. >> thank you, sheriff. ms. vaughan? >> thank you. i just want to add some more detail to the -- some of the points that i mentioned earlier in my brief statement on the costs to states and local communities that can be identified and as florida did, you can see they are staggering. and it's possible to identify them. and i think every state should be doing this kind of an exercise. in fact, the federal government should be doing that kind of exercise. but there's some things that i can report to you this afternoon. aside from the fiscal costs, i think the most

and beyond, not just with personnel on the ground, and i probably differ a little bit from senator portman is that it took some strong-arming from the trump administration to get mexico on board to do what they have done. they have never, ever put as much resources and effort into stemming the flow of illegal immigration as they did in the trump administration. that's just a fact. so when we're talking about what we did. so every single day, we were improving by building more miles of the wall. every single day, we were improving by putting more technology, like the asts, the autonomous towers, which really was state of the art, using machine learning, artificial intelligence. we were providing access roads to the border patrol agents. if you ask some of the agents, sir, what would you rather have, steel and concrete or access roads, a lot of them will say access roads. we didn't have to make them make that choice. because we were giving it all to them. we were developing not just those resources but also policies. look, we all talk about the remain in mexico program. but we haven't really

thank you senator portman and senator scott for hosting this important forum today. my daughter died in 2015 from a single pill that was made to look identical to a trademarked pharmaceutical product notice percocet. tiffany didn't seek to use fentanyl. tiffany didn't really have any issues at all before that day when she died and now we have an entirely new population of people being affected by the fentanyl crisis that we have never in the history of this country seem before dying and they are the non-addictive victims. young people who are getting counterfeit bills or are given to them by a friend or they are being purchased in online platforms like snapchat that make these available to anyone who has a smart phone including children as young as 12-years-old. these children didn't overdose. the majority of people dying right now are not overdosing and we need to start calling them what they are. these are poisonings. someone that takes a substance and disguises it as something else or puts it into something for another to consume, it doesn't matter what they are c

ohio senator rob portman, a lead negotiator. >> this is what can happen when republicans and democrats decide we're going to work together to get something done. >> reporter: on the other side, moderate kyrsten sinema of arizona. >> this is what it looks like when elected leaders set aside differences, shut out the noise and focus on delivering results on the issues that matter most to every day americans. >> reporter: for some americans, the impact will be felt immediately. new yorkers won't see a subway fare increase or service cuts. kentucky and ohio hoping for much needed repairs on the brent spence bridge. and in louisiana, this bridge in desperate need of a fix. but the white house acknowledging many projects will take time. when will americans start to see this in their communities in a very real way? >> well, there are some onents see rather quickly and some that will take a little bit more time. this is not designed to be a stimulus bill. this is designed to be something that is spent out over time. >> that is the key question, cecilia. how soon do we see it? cecilia with us l

portman: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, i thank my colleague from ohio. i'm on the floor today to talk about a major public health crisis facing our country, one that is resulting of, in thousands of people losing their lives, causing the death of over 100,000 americans a year, negatively impacted so many millions more in my home state of ohio and all around the country. and, no, i'm not talking about covid-19. i'm talking about an epidemic within the pandemic. i'm talking about the surging epidemic of drug use and addiction that has fueled a record number of overdose deaths and threatens to get even worse. in the past 19 months or so our attention has understandably been directed toward the covid-19 crisis. once again we see with omicron and the possibility of another variant coming and those public health challenges are real. but i've got to tell you, it's led us to ignore another crisis. the centers for disease control, the c.d.c., recently issued a report which was shocking and should serve as a wake-up call.

. >>> ron johnson, rob portman and rick scott held a discussion on border security. they also heard from a mother who lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose and another whose son died in a car accident involving an undocumented immigrant. from capitol hill, this is three hours.

host: rob portman, republican of ohio and retiring. he is not running for reelection. take a look at the makeup of the senate. as of late january 2021 the u.s. senate has 50 republicans, 50 democrats, two independents that side with democrats. democrats will control the chamber. there are 34 seats up in 2022 of which 20 are held by republicans. that party can retake control with a net gain of just one or more seats. here is stephanie potter on facebook from vermont, lee is retiring and it looks like peter welch will run. yes on that. being an independent i will wait until a month out to pick a candidate. another viewer said, betty mccollum has been very strong on local environmental issues. her bill is very strong. if she runs, i will be happy to vote for her again. stephen in chesapeake, virginia, republican. good morning. what do you plan to do? will you vote for the incumbent? caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my answer is i am down here in virginia, the fourth congressional district, and my congressman is donald mcgaiken. he has been here since 20