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To rise following those devastating wildfires. Maui. And it could take years to recover from them. But first, an official air quality warning for the bay area as we go live near the port of oakland after a fire tearing through a recycling yard. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman, heavy smoke visible in oakland after a large pile of scrap metal caused a fire near the citys port. That smoke could be smelled...

In recess with votes on judicial nominations expected at 5 30 p. M. Eastern and starting on g. O. P. Tax reform bill tomorrow. Watching live coverage of the senate floor here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, god, thank you that we see you in the world around us be holding your works in the earth and sea and sky. Your everlasting mercies sustain us, enabling us to borrow our heartbeats fro...

Quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Murphy thank you very much, mr. President. There are a lot of americans who dont understand what is happening right now. Republicans asked for control of the United States senate. They asked for control of the house of representatives, they asked for control of the white house. They got all three and they prom...

Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Ms. Hirono are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are in a quorum call. Ms. Hirono i i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Hirono mr. President , when donald trump was a private citizen during the last Government Shutdown, he said, and i quote, problems start from the to be, and they have to get solved from the top. And the president is the l...

Order to reach an agreement that republicans and democrats can support. And so i am here with several of my colleagues to make some fairly simple requests of the United States senate. It seems like if we are really adults, if were really going to operate like grownups, if were going to be true, responsible stewards of the federal government, then we could keep the government open for a very short period of time while we negotiate a way out of this. As many folks know, we on the democratic side a...

The senate. Here are senators from earlier this evening, talking about the Government Shutdown. There are a lot of americans who do not understand what is happening right now. Republicans asked for control of the United States senate. They asked for control of the house of representatives and the white house. They got all three. They promised that by doing so, they would be able to more effectively manage the affairs of state. That is clearly not happening right now. To governn inability as we a...

Actions by ending this illconceived Government Shutdown with a vote tonight. I yield theer the senator from ohio. Mr. Portman mr. President , tonight i want to talk about our responsibility here in the United States senate to reopen the government, to get back to work solving real problems and fixing the system so we arent tempted to play political games with Government Shutdowns in the future. Were now in the second day of what i think is a senseless shutdown. Its not helping anybody. A lot of ...

Tonight i want to talk about our responsibility here in the United States senate to reopen the government, to get back to work solving real problems and fixing the system so we arent tempted to play political games with government shutdowns in the future. Were now in the second day of what i think is a senseless shutdown. Its not helping anybody. A lot of disruption, dislocation, dysfunction for no reason. The situation was perhaps best described by democratic leader shuck schumer in 2013 when h...

Quorum call the presiding officer the majority whip. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , now that the government is up and running again, we need to look ahead at what our legislative priorities should be. I cant speak for everybody, but i can speak for myself. My priorities are threefold. First we need to expedite Disaster Relief. In december the house passed an 81 bill...

Which no one in either party, establishment of Neither Party responded to. And donald trump reached out to them. Whether they were wise to look to him as their trip and thats another can we can debate that. I have debated my relatives and friends in west virginia, but he noticed that those people were forgotten, or left behind, or look down on, were held in contempt, war was waged on their economy and he benefited. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome to lynchburg...