ms. hassan, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. warren, no. begins.

the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. cantwell, no.

the clerk: ms. hirono, no.

the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. graham, aye. ms. stabenow, aye.

the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye.

the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. cardin, aye.

the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. daines, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. thune, aye.

the clerk: mr. cotton, aye.

mr. kaine -- mr. ossoff, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, no.

the clerk: mr. booker, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. rubio, aye.

the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. boozman, aye.

mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye.

vote:

the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no.

mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye.

the clerk: ms. lummis, no.

the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. lankford, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye.

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye.

the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. bennet, aye.

the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye.

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye.

the clerk: mr. hawley, no.

the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye.

the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye.

vote vote:

the clerk: mr. young, aye.

the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no.

the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, no.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye.

the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to to and the point of order falls. mr. schumer: mr. president, may we have a little order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. schumer: mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: mr. president, thank you. for the 62nd year in a row the senate is passing our national defense authorization act, one of the most important bills we work on each year to protect the american people, ensure our long-term security. at a time of huge trouble for global security, pafth defense authorization bill is more important than ever. it will ensure america can hold the line against russia, stand firm against the chinese communist party -- mr. president, may we have order, please. the presiding officer: senators will take their conversations

off the floor. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: it will ensure america can hold the line against russia, stand firm against the chinese communist party, and ensures that america's military remains state-of-the-art at all times all around the world. i thank my colleagues on both sides for their great work on the ndaa. i applaud the leadership of chairman reed, steady, steadfast, always getting it done. chairman of the committee, as well as the great cooperation from ranking member wicker and all the members of the committee. i commend them for their good work. and thanks to the good work on both sides, the final version of the ndaa contains many of the most important bipartisan provisions we had in the senate's original bill. we'll give our servicemembers the pay raise they deserve. we'll strengthen our resources in the indo-pacific and give

resources for the treasury in taiwan. we'll give resources to p deploy and develop a.i., protect against foreign cyber threats, increase the transparency of unidentified aerial phenomena which i was proud to work on with senator rounds. and critically, will approve president biden's tri lateral nuclear submarine agreement. the aukus agreement is a game changers create a new fleet of nuclear powered submarines to combat the communist threat. i want to commend all the staff that made this possible. liz king, kirk mcconnell, damia -- i want to thank the floor staff and legislative staff and everyone knows i love my staff gunner, raymond, megan, and so many others. the staff has put in long hours and all 100 senators thank them.

as i have repeatedly said, we began the month of december with three major goals here in the senate before the end of the year. before we had to end the blockade of hundreds of military nominees, wooech done that -- we've done that and second we had to pass the ndaa, we're doing that now and now we need to reach agreement on an emergency supplemental. we have had protective talks with our republican colleagues today but of course we have a lot of work to do left. we're going to keep working. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all post-cloture time high school expired, the question comes on the conference report to accompany h.r. 2670. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso.

mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal.

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins.

mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven.

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski.

mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance.

mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, blackburn, boozman, budd, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, casey, cassidy, collins, coons, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, duckworth, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono hoeven hyde-smith

johnson, kaine, kelly, king, mcconnell, menendez, mullin, ossoff, ricketts, rounds, schumer, schatz, scott of florida, stabenow, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, van hollen, warnock, whitehouse, wicker, and young. mr. brown, aye. mr. wyden. mr. moran, aye. senators voting in the negative -- booker, braun, hawley, lee, paul, sanders, warren, welch, and wyden.

the clerk: ms. butler, aye. ms. baldwin, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, no. ms. murkowski, aye.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye.

vote:

the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. marshall, aye.

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. warner, aye.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye.

the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.

the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye.

mr. vance, no. ms. sinema, aye.

the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye.

vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye.

the clerk: ms. rosen, aye.

the clerk: mr. padilla, aye.

the clerk: mr. cruz, aye.

the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.

the clerk: mr. durbin, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.

the clerk: mr. risch, aye.

vote:

the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye.

the clerk: ms. smith, aye.

the clerk: mr. peters, aye.

the presiding officer: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13, and the conference report is agreed to.

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motions filed during monday's session ripen at 12 noon tomorrow, thursday, december 14. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 430. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, christopher fonzone to be assistant district attorney general. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 430, christopher charles fonzone, of pennsylvania, to be

assistant attorney general signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session rchl the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 444. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, sarah e. hill, of oklahoma, to be united states district judge for the northern district of oklahoma. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture

accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 444, sarah e. hill, of oklahoma, to be united states district judge for the northern district of oklahoma, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc, 90, # 343437, 438, excepting colonel benjamin r. johnson, that the senate vote without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor senate's

action aye. all appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. schumer: madam president, the senate consider the following nominations en bloc, 366, 411, 412. that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate. the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session, be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i have four requests for committees to meet

during today's session of the senate, they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask that the senate proceed to the following senate bills, calendar number 173, 261, 262. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendments where applicable be agreed to, the bills,ingas amended, if amended, be considered read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions, s. res. 4 the 9, # 500, 501, and 502. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed en bloc.

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: finally, i ask unanimous consent that web the senate completes its business today it stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, december 14, that following the prayer and pledge the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the edwards nomination. further, that if any nominations are confirmed during thursday's session, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate eaks action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order.

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