Online at cspan. Org. We will take eli back to u. S. Senate with a couple of judicial nomination both coming up and live coverage here on cspan2. P stepped down, creating two vacancies. These has resulted in increased caseloads for the two judges. Things are almost as bad in tennessees Western District. Fortunately help is on the way. In july of last year chip campbell was elected to serve and tommy parker to serve. Im pleased to see that the president nominated such qualified individuals. I thank tom mccain for working with us. Senator corker recommend both positions. Ee lie richardson and mark norris is also nominated. Todays votes are a good start. Chip campbell and tommy parker will be assets to the federal bench. Tennessee is fortunate to have such wellqualified nominees. They are men of good character, good temperament, and today i encourage my colleagues to support their nominations. I thank the president. The presiding officer under the previous order, all postcloture time is c
Objection. Mr. Sanders thank you. Mr. President , i rise today to speak on behalf of nearly 800,000 dreamers, young people who were brought to this country as children who today are living in fear and uncertainty. As a result of the Trump Administrations decision to end the daca program, these young people are at risk of losing their legal status and in fact face deportation from the only home that most of them have ever known. And that home is the United States of america. This is one of the great moral issues of our time and it is an issue that must be dealt with now as part of the budget negotiations. It cannot be kicked down the road any longer. We must pass the dream act now as part of the current budget negotiations. Mr. President , in the last six years since the daca program was established, these young people, again people who were brought to this country as infants in many cases, were finally able to breathe al sigh of relief breathe a sigh of relief. For the first time in th
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is critical to patients and families in my home state of washington and across the country. Today parents are wondering if they will be able to get the health care that their kids need, and communities are wondering if theyll be able to provide it. Thats unacceptable. Congress has to swiftly and fully restore the Childrens Health insurance program, or chip, and funding for other Services Families need, Like Community Health Centers, which have been waiting now more than 100 days for a longterm solution. And they should do so without making deep cuts to successful prevention programs in the ce
It could come down this hour. Were monitoring reports from the white house for any news. And the biggest private employer in the country making a huge announcement today. Walmart handing out bonuses, boosting its minimum wage thanks to tax reform. So what are the naysayers saying now . First to the markets, the dow closing at a record high for the fifth time this year. Chevron, boeing, intel, caterpillar, they are among the biggest winners. For more lets go to Nicole Petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole, what is driving the markets today . Pretty amazing across the board optimism is back. Yesterday we talked about a few, to the downside, just fractionally. Today a different picture. As you can see dow, nasdaq, s p, russell, transports, all at record highs. Oil, an interesting story as both west texas and brent crude move to highest levels in three years. We look at chevron winner on Dow Jones Industrial average, hitting alltime high after an outperform reading
This comes on the heels of other immigration news. In california, state attorney general Javier Becerra praised the decision by a federal judge in San Francisco to stop the Trump Administration from ending daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. Becerra had sued the administration for ending daca. The program has helped about 800,000 undocumented people who had entered the u. S. As minors. Becerra also took aim at the department of Homeland Securitys decision to end temporary protected status for undocumented immigrants from el salvador, calling it, quote, backwards and reckless. Attorney general Javier Becerra, thank you for joining us. Thuy, thank you for having me. This week President Trump questioned why the u. S. Should accept immigrants from haiti and countries in africa referring to them as quote, shithole countries. The president has issued a vague denial about that. What is your take on this . This is what happens when you cant trust a president with his word