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About his decision. This is 20 minutes. Mr. President , i rise today to address a matter that is very much on my mind. At a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by the discord and dysfunction than by our own values and principles. Let me begin by noting the obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours indefinitely, indefinitely, and we are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is not the point of seeking office, and there are times when we must risk ...

Hour to the republican senators policy luncheon. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell saying tax reform is the top priority. Lets get it done for the American People so the country can get going again and growing again. Connell mcshane is on the hill with all the action. And were also going to take it outside the beltway to tackle this. Former republican governor of nebraska and former north dakota democratic senator byron dorgan are here in a fair and balanced debate on the substance of the u...

You saw kentucky senator rand paul coming out and members of the Senate Republicans had their weekly conferences. Democrats, to but on the republic inside their meeting with President Trump for the first time up on capitol hill for one of these tuesday mornings. Were expecting comments from leaders shortly and the senate gaveling in momentarily. Cant bring those, live to you on cspan2 we are streaming them live online at cspan. Org. We will take you back to the next senate floor. Live coverage o...

Freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth andes enzi, the and decency, the provocation for the most petty reasons, reasons having nothing to do with the fortunes of the people we have been elected to serve. Nonethese appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal. We must never allow ourselves to lapse into thinking that is just the way things are now. If we simply become used to condition, thinking that it is just politics as usual, then heaven hel...

Morning. Join the discussion. Kevin hassett, the head of the president s council of economic advisors, testifies wednesday before the joint Economic Committee on tax reform. Live coverage begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan3. Online at cspan. Org. Or listen on the free cspan radio app. All five members of the federal Communications Commission testify wednesday on a number of topics including media ownership, the f. C. C. Emergency Responder Network and net neutrality. Our lye coverage begins ...

Depends on it, because it does. I plan to spend the remaining 14 months of my senate term doing just that. Mr. President , the graveyard is full of indispensable men and women. None of us here is indispensable. Nor were even the great figures of history who toiled at these very desks in this very chamber to shape the country that we have inherited. What is indispensable are the values that they consecrated in philadelphia and in this place. Values which have endured and will endure for so long a...

Our own values and principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices we hold are the offices we hold are not ours. State incumbents he is not the point of seeking office. Time. It must also be said that i rise today with no small measure of regret, regret because of the state of our disunion, regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics, regret because of indecency of our discourse, regret because of the leadership, regret because of the compro...

We said we would do that accomplishes that. Well take you live to capitol hill where we just learned another powerful republican senator is retiring in the wake of the atmosphere around the trump presidency. And now we await the press briefing from the white house coming shortly. That should be quite the show. Lets get to it. Never in collective memory has washington ever looked like this. Now we wait to hear what comes next from the white house. The press secretary Sarah Sanders set to take to ...

Briefing but that wraps things up for me this hour. Ali very well she, i wonder what you have to talk about. Honestly, from the time i got up from my office to come and replace you this news has developed. This was already a particularly busy news day. Breaking news that chris has been reporting on from capitol hill. Arizona senator jeff flake says she is not seeking reelection according to the reporting of the Arizona Republic. Garrett headache is on the hill. Hes working with casey to get to t...