The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who shall abide in your tabernacle . Who shall dwell in your holy hills . Youve given us the answers. Those who walk upright and work righteousness, who speak the truth in their hearts will abide in your presence. Today, prepare the men and woman of this body to dwell with you. Lord, give them the integrity to be true to their duties, always striving to please you. Fix their hearts on you, o god, that everything they think, say, and do will be under your lordship. Send your light and truth into this chamber as you guide our senators in these challenging times. We pray in your wonderful name. Amen. The presiding officer 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
Thats our job, is to take votes, to try to make legislation better and to offer improvements to it, and that means amendments. Look, i understand in the house of representatives things operate a little bit differently. Youve got 435 people over tlchlt its a lot harder to have that. This is why weve always bragged about our status as the worlds greatest deliberative legislative body. On paper we are. Historically we certainly have been. Today we are not. Were kidding ourselves, were delusional if we want and expect the American People to believe otherwise. Heres the food news the good news, we still are that entity on paper, as it is envisioned, as its created, as its established and outlined by the constitution. We still are that entity, with our own rules, our own precedence, and our own customs. But alas, the best rules, the best constitutional provisions will amount to dead letter if we ourselves refuse to exercise our own rights and our prerogatives. The muscle of legislative proce
Now i remember it. Your next to the guy whose bad at being president. [ light laughter ] White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer today said, that President Trumps executive order on travel is not a ban, despite trump using the term in a tweet yesterday. And trump was so embarrassed his face turned red 30 years ago. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll 45 of republicans believe god helped elect President Trump. Though personally, i find it hard to believe that god would turn his back on his Old High School classmate. [ laughter ] youre leaving me hanging out here. [ laughter and applause ] i shared my sandwich with you. [ light laughter ] we rode the bus, and you forgot your sandwich. And i gave you half of my sandwich. Thats how i think it went down. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll, Chris Christie currently has the lowest Approval Rating for any governor in any state, in over 20 years. Wow, said former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich from prison. [ laughter and appla
Your next to the guy whose bad at being president. [ light laughter ] White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer today said, that President Trumps executive order on travel is not a ban, despite trump using the term in a tweet yesterday. And trump was so embarrassed his face turned red 30 years ago. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll 45 of republicans believe god helped elect President Trump. Though personally, i find it hard to believe that god would turn his back on his Old High School classmate. [ laughter ] youre leaving me hanging out here. [ laughter and applause ] i shared my sandwich with you. [ light laughter ] we rode the bus, and you forgot your sandwich. And i gave you half of my sandwich. Thats how i think it went down. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll, Chris Christie currently has the lowest Approval Rating for any governor in any state, in over 20 years. Wow, said former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich from prison. [ laughter and applause ] President Tru
Your next to the guy whose bad at being president. [ light laughter ] White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer today said, that President Trumps executive order on travel is not a ban, despite trump using the term in a tweet yesterday. And trump was so embarrassed his face turned red 30 years ago. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll 45 of republicans believe god helped elect President Trump. Though personally, i find it hard to believe that god would turn his back on his Old High School classmate. [ laughter ] youre leaving me hanging out here. [ laughter and applause ] i shared my sandwich with you. [ light laughter ] we rode the bus, and you forgot your sandwich. And i gave you half of my sandwich. Thats how i think it went down. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll, lowest Approval Rating for any governor in any state, in over 20 years. Wow, said former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich from prison. [ laughter and applause ] President Trump today met with executives from