our goal today is to try to foster a discussion based on principles, not politics, much like the example of bipartisan bridge building said by democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch, passing some of the most important legislation of their times, such as the americans with disabilities act and the children s health insurance program, and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been the hallmark of the u.s. senate for more than two centuries. and now, without further ado,
m kennedy institute, hatch foundation and be our goal to foster a discussion. based on principles not politics. politics. passing some o and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement we ll try to find common ground. through constructive disagreement. and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been hallmark of u.s. has been hallmark of u.s. senate for over two centuries, now. without further ado, let s get started welcome new hampshire senior jeanne shaheen and iowa senator joni ernst. [applause] senators welcome. you know senator sanders an
senator ernst, what about the senator? she mentions the ukraine war and the bipartisan impact of support for ukraine. your party has had some fractures about wondering whether the money is worth it, whether it is worth the long term. there have been questions about that. how do you project your working together and where that stands now? first, the ukrainian are hungering for freedom, and i saw that in 1989 when i was a young college student living on a collective farm in ukraine, which was the old soviet union. and as we came together as young american students
senator ernst, what about the senator? she mentions the ukraine war and the bipartisan bret: senator ernst what about the senator shaheen mentioned ukraine war. the bipartisan impact of support for ukraine. your party has had fractures about wondering whether the money is worth it, whether it is worth the long-term. there have been questions about that how do you project your working together, where that stands now. first, the ukrainians are hungering for freedom, i saw that in 1989 when i was a young college student living on a collective farm in ukraine, chf which was
the 5:00 hour? there we are, jesse jr. joined us, we have a very patriotic scarf that you can see right there draping over my broad shoulders, can you buy that at a discount at the fox shop. and there is emma looking gorgeous as ever, sandwiched in between us. santa claus. who had some advice for me which i will not share. but, very, very interesting advice. let s do some text messages. doug from austin, texas, jesse, the christmas tree lighting was very inspirational, keep doing what you are doing. i will and if anybody tries to burn the tree down this year they are going to have to deal with hannity. christie from princeton depape was registered with the green party but he couldn t even vote? that makes sense. janet from ohio, i suggest every parent of a college student living off campus buy a ring doorbell or some other brand with a motion detector for their child. yeah, i don t think things are looking good over there in the university of idaho.