Bauer, who is my supremely wise, talented, and collegial codirector of the nyu law schools legislative and regulatory process clinic, i wanted to welcome you here today to the fourth year of the Sidley Austin forum. We are joined this year by another nyu law entity, the center on law and security, a nonpartisan, multidisciplinary institute. And the director, richard gold brenner who is here, has been invaluable in helping pull together the program for this afternoon. This forum would not be possible without the generous support of Sidley Austin, a Renowned International law firm. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce peter roskam him, who is a partner in their Chicago Office Company Knows a lot about what we are talking about today. He served his district in illinois in the u. S. House of representatives for six terms, from 20072019. And during that time he held a number of very significant positions. One of those most pertinent to what were talking about today is that he chaired
I see that as a feature, not a bug in our system of government. You help the president fight for his share of the turf based on article to authorities. Each branch takes care of what it has to do to defend its own boundaries. It makes it easier to just everyone will see everything through the lens of today, not 10 years ago or 10 years from now. I represented a lot of people in the u. S. Senate. They really love that they have a big say in picking who is on federal courts but in the constitution the president makes the nomination with advice and consent of the senate. The question when mike lee speaks, what about the stuff the senate has come up with over the years, Institutional Senate prerogatives where the constitution refers to the senate but is a subset of the senate. It is my job to say the senates view is i think we should take this seriously. The view is the president makes the choice and they will hate when i say this but i will get in trouble with somebody, and that is someth
Court of appeals judge for the ninth circuit. Confirmation vote is expected later today. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, how great you are today, lead our lawmakers in their work. May they be messengers of unity and hope. Make them productive servants who strive to honor you. Remind them to act with justice, love, mercy, and humility. May they speak words that bring life, as they seek to live with integrity. Sovereign lord, strengthen our senators to seize opportunities that bring peace, hope, and freedom. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding offic
The republicans had created this new definition. And this new definition is known as the investment contract assets. Now, we talked about this but, you know, even in the rules committee, while they were, you know, talking about how this bill was going to protect consumers, they did not debate us about this investment contract asset because they know that it created a void. It created a no mans land. This was created basically so that the Crypto Companies could be in a space without regulation. But it goes further than that. It also covers traditional securities so they can be in a space without regulation. It is not enough to says this about a bad bill. This is not only a bad bill,s that bill where the Crypto Companies decided they didnt like the s. E. C. They do not want to be regulated. And they were going to come to the congress of the United States and they were going to use their power and they were going to use their influence to change the rules of the game. And that they were g
Mr. Durbin mr. President. The presiding officer the minority whip. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , every day in america, we face the devastating reminder of the toll of gun violence. Today we watched the scene at the high school in parkland, florida, where yet another School Shooting has taken place. It is gut wrenching. We know that so many families have just had their worlds and lives changed forever by senseless gun violence. Ironically, this is the tenth anniversary of a similar shooting at Northern Illinois university in dekalb, illinois. Our prayers go out to the victims, to those families, and to the First Responders and of course to the parkland community. Yesterday, in the city of chicago, which i am honored to represent, we lost one of our finest. Commander paul bauer of the Chicago Police department, shot and killed by a gunman in the chicago loop. Commander bauer was a 31yea