We break away from this portion of washington journal to fill our longtime commitment to bring you live Senate Coverage. Follow this at cspan. Org, senate gasoline and next coming up shortly. Senator Tammy Baldwin will deliver the annual reading of washingtons farewell address. After that the senate will debate the nomination of Robert Malloy to be a district judge for the Virgin Islands with the vote to limit debate on the nomination is scheduled for later this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the center of our joy, make us your captives so that we may live liberated lives. Provide our senators with the spiritual, mental, social and physical revitalization they need just for today. May they place their trust in you and experience your profound peace. Grant that they will relinquish their worries to you, as they permit your perfect love to cast out every fear. Lord, show them your redemptive purposes in every problem they must so
Mr. Lankford mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Lankford i ask unanimous consent to viscerate the quorum. The presiding officer the senate not in a quorum call. Mr. Lankford mr. President , i want to get a chance to address an ongoing conversation thats going on in washington, d. C. , right now and will be over the next 36 hours. As unusual as this may sound with all the drama thats happening here, just outside this building there are tens of thousands ofeople, most of them students, that are gathering in washington, d. C. , preparing for something called the march for life. This has happened for decades now. For students and adults that come from all over the country to be able to come to washington, d. C. , to quietly speak for those who cannot speak for themselves children still in the womb, to be able to speak out for the protection of life. It is an interesting conversation that has a tremendous amount of science and a tremendous amount of faith a
Banning abortions at 20 weeks is about a bunch of politicians intruding on one of the most wrenching decisions that a woman will ever make. Its been 45 years since roe v. Wade, 45 years since women gained the constitutional right to a safe, legal abortion. 45 years since the days of illegal abortions. Ive lived in that america. Ive lived in the world of back alley butchers and wrecked lives, and we are not going back, not now, not ever. Thank you, madam president. I yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Ms. Hirono madam president , i would like to thank my friend, senator murray, for organizing this block of time for us. You just heard from senator warren and for all the work senator murray has done to fight for women all across the country. Todays debate is the latest battle in the continuing assault on a womans constitutionally protected right to an abortion. As decided by the Supreme Court in roe and reaffirmed in casey, the right to an abortion is rooted f
Anyone to violate the ban. Senators may also take up a judicial nomination. Beginning wednesday, house and Senate Republicans will head to a resort in West Virginia for a policy conference. No votes expected after tomorrow. Live now to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The pree senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we lift our hearts to you. You are the source of our strength and hope for tomorrow. Today, show our lawmakers the path where they should walk, leading them to your desired destination. Inspire them to continuously put their hope in you. As they remember your unfailing love and compassion, remind them that nothing is impossible for those who believe. Amen. We pray in your powerful 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 s
Theyre back at it again, and this latest attack that will be that we will be discussing this week goes after womens essential health care decisions. In my view, and i want to be very clear about this point, mr. President , this of the trumf Health Care Discrimination, and this time its going after women , and this entire agenda is what the republicans are doing their best to blast through the congress into law. Its not just a one off either. So im going to spend a few minutes now to put this particular Health Proposal that discriminates against women in the appropriate kind of context, and to do that, i think its important to describe what has happened on health care since day one of the Trump Administration. The administration and republicans in the congress came right out of the gate with legislation that would have deprived hundreds of thousands of women of the right to see the doctor of their choosing. There was another attack on planned parenthood that completely ignored the fact