Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i think were waiting for somebody on the other side. Ill yield, but i want to thank everybody for joining senator shelby and i on this vote. Its going to help us move forward, where i noted, as i said earlier in my remarks, republicans and democrats came together and worked extraordinarily hard on these appropriations bills. It shows what can be done when we do that. I think the vote here is an indication that if nobody is seeking recognition, i will suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Thune mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i understand the national . A quorum call. The presiding officer it is. Mr. Thune i wo
July 25 phone call, fiona hill who was in a meeting between sondland and the ukrainians in the white house who have testified that they raised concerns about the president s conduct and people around the president s conduct regarding ukraine. Do you share any of those concerns . Do you think anything you have seen or heard so far from these fact witnesses is alarming and inappropriate . Rep. Walden the question is whether we deserve to have the president duly elected removed from office. That is the threshold of impeachment. When i went through the transcript, i was not happy. I probably would have done it differently. But no one said there is a crime, nobody who does this kind of law said there is a crime. I dont think it rises to the level of taking a president out of office, especially with an election coming up. Nor does it rise to the level of what nancy pelosi said earlier this year, which is she would not move forward on impeachment unless it was overwhelmming, compelling, and b
Fdacurrent ambassador, and commissioner. You can see live coverage on cspan. This week, the Top Republican of the energy and commerce committee, thank you for being here. Rep. Walden thank you. Also with us as a congressional reporter. Go ahead. Thank you for being here today. We know nancy pelosi is plowing ahead with impeachment. It does not look like a single republican will be joining democrats in voting for the articles of impeachment. We do have testimony from a part of these witnesses like colonel vindman, who was on the july phone call, fiona hill, who was in a meeting between Gordon Sondland and ukrainians, who testified they raised concerns about the conduct regarded ukraine. Do you share any of those concerns . Do you think anything you have seen or heard from these fact witnesses is alarming and inappropriate . Rep. Walden i dont think that is the question. The question is does this deserve to have a resident removed. That is the threshold for impeachment. When i read throu
Gaveltogavel coverage of the u. S. House. Members will begin work on an bill. R trading live now to coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father con rye. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of wisdom, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Prior to the great compromise, Benjamin Franklin addressed the constitutional convention. Quote, we indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom since we have been running about in search of it. This situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, have we now forgotten our powerful friend . Lord, you are the powerful friend referred to by franklin and we turn again to you to ask that your wisdom might break through the political discussions of these days. Bless the members of the peoples house and all of congress with the insight and foresight to
A senate agent on robo call fraud. A pennsylvania sheriff, u. S. Postal inspector and Telecommunications Consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. An hour and 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. Using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. To protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. In may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million robo calls las