00:00Okay, thank you to Senators Whitehouse, Jill O'Brandon Gallego.
00:06Now, before I begin, a quick update on our dear friend, Chris Murphy.
00:12I spoke with Chris this morning.
00:14I'm happy to report he sounds great, is recovering well,
00:18and we're looking forward to having him back with us soon.
00:23Now, we just came from an incredible lunch
00:25where 11 new Senator-elect joined us.
00:30We're hopeful there'll be two more in a little while.
00:34Thanks in no small part to these extraordinary new members,
00:39we are on the verge of the single largest landslide
00:43for Senate Democrats since the 50s.
00:47These people are smart, tough, capable, compassionate,
00:52and they ran remarkable campaigns.
00:55They defied the odds and earned the trust
00:58of the voters in their state,
01:00where few thought Democrats could win.
01:03They represent the future of our caucus.
01:06They came to our meeting today,
01:08even though they're not yet senators.
01:11And I couldn't be prouder to welcome them there.
01:14But winning the election's only the beginning.
01:17Now comes the important part,
01:19delivering for American families.
01:21That's the most important part of all of this.
01:25Our number one priority is lowering costs,
01:29making life more affordable,
01:31and showing Americans that Democrats
01:34are fighting for them every single day.
01:37Now on permitting reform.
01:39And I want to thank Sheldon Whitehouse
01:41for his great work there.
01:44Americans are paying far too much for energy.
01:47We have an opportunity to do something about it.
01:51Our broken permitting system
01:53has held back cleaner, cheaper energy,
01:56driven up costs,
01:58delayed good-paying jobs.
02:00We need to bring more affordable energy onto the grid.
02:04We need to make sure data centers pay their fair share
02:08and protect our land, our water, our communities.
02:11Whitehouse and Heinrich deserve huge credit
02:13for their hard work moving this forward.
02:16I still have some concerns with parts of this bill,
02:19and I intend to fight to address them through amendments.
02:23But Americans can't afford years of delay
02:26and higher energy bills.
02:28That's why I'm voting to move this debate forward.
02:32Let's get this bill right.
02:35Now, one more issue,
02:38which is impeachment of Hegseth.
02:42Trump's disastrous war in Iran will go down
02:45as one of the greatest foreign policy fiascos
02:48in all of American history.
02:50Eight months into the war,
02:52Americans are paying the price.
02:54Our service members are being put in harm's way,
02:58and this administration still,
03:00still has no plans to end it.
03:03Hegseth defied Congress,
03:04concealed the sacrifice of our service members,
03:07and showed himself to be utterly unfit
03:09to lead the Defense Department
03:11or to protect our soldiers.
03:15America needs a serious Secretary of Defense,
03:17not a wannabe warlord.
03:21Republicans need to listen to the American people,
03:23end this war,
03:25put Pete Hegseth on trial before the Senate.
03:29I support a trial in the Senate for Hegseth.
03:32And this is bigger than just party loyalty,
03:35bigger than allegiance to Trump.
03:36It's about our national security,
03:39our service members' security,
03:40and, of course, our Constitution.
03:43It's time for Republicans to decide
03:46where their loyalty lies,
03:47with Trump or with the country
03:49they swore an oath to protect.
03:52End this war,
03:53put Hegseth on trial,
03:56get him out.
03:58And next is Senator Whitehouse.
04:02There we go.
04:04Thank you, Chuck.
04:05We are all fresh off an election
04:08in which affordability
04:09was the prime concern.
04:12And we have a bill
04:13that we have moved to proceed to
04:14that addresses energy affordability
04:17in a significant way,
04:18$10 billion a year
04:20in savings for American consumers.
04:22And then another $35 billion
04:25in savings
04:26from making sure
04:28that data centers
04:30pay their own way onto the grid.
04:32To vote against this measure
04:34is to vote a $35 billion handout
04:37to data center developers.
04:39As you all know,
04:41I'm also concerned
04:42that the climate upheaval
04:44that we are facing
04:44from fossil fuel emissions
04:46has a precursor,
04:48which is economic upheaval,
04:50as insurance and mortgage
04:52and real estate markets
04:53collapse in the face
04:55of the uncertainties
04:56of climate risk.
04:57We are seeing the leading edge
04:59of that right now.
05:00We have to begin addressing
05:02the climate danger seriously.
05:04This bill operates
05:05at gigaton scale
05:06to reduce emissions.
05:09So we look forward
05:10to working very, very hard
05:11to make sure
05:12that Americans get the benefit
05:13of these savings
05:15and this safety.
05:17And with that,
05:18I'll turn it over to...
05:20...Vendor Gillibrand.
05:21...Vendor Gillibrand
05:34From rural New York
05:36to South Carolina
05:37to Texas,
05:38the Americans rejected
05:39President Trump's cost-increasing chaos
05:42in favor of candidates
05:43who are committed
05:45to providing real relief
05:46for Americans' costs and concerns.
05:49Last Tuesday,
05:50voters demanded change
05:52from the broken promises
05:53of the Trump administration.
05:54He promised no forever wars.
05:56He promised he would get costs down.
05:59He did neither.
06:01But now,
06:02the real work has to begin.
06:04We actually have to serve
06:06the American people,
06:07get things done,
06:08and answer the question
06:10of this election.
06:11We have to lower costs
06:13by ending the war in Iran.
06:15That will immediately
06:15get fuel costs down,
06:17diesel costs down,
06:18transportation costs down,
06:19food costs down.
06:20We have to rein in
06:21President Trump's reckless tariffs,
06:23which has driven up
06:24the cost of everyday goods,
06:26from groceries
06:27to construction materials,
06:28to clothing.
06:29We have to restore access
06:31to health care.
06:33President Trump took
06:34so many people off of Medicaid.
06:36He has attacked Medicare
06:37at every step of the way.
06:39So bringing those health care costs down
06:41and restoring health care
06:43to the people who lost it.
06:44Common sense AI rails.
06:46You heard it across the country.
06:48People want accountability
06:49and they want guardrails.
06:51Protect our Social Security.
06:53We have our seniors
06:54who are terrified
06:55that Social Security
06:56will not be there in eight years
06:58and that will be cut.
06:59And finally,
07:00crack down on the corruption,
07:02including banning stock trading
07:04by members of Congress,
07:05this president,
07:06and top officials.
07:08Last week,
07:09Americans voted for change.
07:11Now is the time for Congress
07:12to actually deliver it.
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