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>> the senate and later the house are working to pass a short-term spending bill. you are watching live coverage of the senate on c-span2. 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. almighty god, who has placed us here and gives us work to do, we pause to thank you for sustaining this nation from

generation to generation in prosperity and in adversity, in peace and in war. we praise you for this season of new horizons, fresh challenges, and high duties. give our senators the wisdom to exert their best efforts for the security of america and for peace in our world. in the words of the prophet micah, may they do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you. join them in heart, mind, and soul to build a and soul to transform dark yesterdays into priet

tomorrow -- bright tomorrows. lord, guide by your higher -- that we may ever seek to know and do your will. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the uted states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, january 18, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben ray lujan,

a senator from the state of new mexico, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 2872, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 243, h.r. 287 2shgs an act to -- 2872, an act to amend the permanent duck stamp act and so forth and for other purposes.

this time of work overseas or americans think foreign-policy a top focus of the u.s. government in 2024. the polls showing international concerns rising in importance to the public about foreign policy topics and an open-ended questions that ask about the share issues for the government to work from in the next year. it says long-standing economic worry overshadows that the findings will increase right u.s. involvement overseas. 20% voice that in the pole for 5% a year ago and take a look at what it looks like visually. here's the% of u.s. adults who want the government support the following issue in 2024. the economy is definitely the

highest one but as far as changes, there's foreign-policy at number two interchange between 2023 -- 2024. schedule one that had a big changes u.s. involvement overseas down here is very related to the. another article is the washington post that says the u.s. navy carries out year-round abstracts in yemen. the u.s. navy large amount of missile strikes targeting about a dozen sites growing campaign went to several attacks at sea. fourteen missiles the houthis loaded to be fire. the missiles were on watch rail and possessed imminent threat are u.s. navy ships and could

have been fired at any time. but take a look at spokesperson john kirby yesterday at the white house. he had questions about the u.s. response to iran's actions last week. >> the president said -- what can you tell us? >> the same question you just asked. when to leave right there, a message was delivered with a clear we are going to continue to take action. i would remind them this

administration float, 500 mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have good news. last night the senate reached an agreement to pass a clean extension of government funding to avert a needless shutdown and give appropriators more time to finish their work many we expect to begin voting at 12:30 on two republican amendments and then to final passage. getting here wasn't easy. my colleagues and i worked late into the evening, negotiating with the on the other side with amendments and timing. of an a lot of hard work and compromise from both sides of the aisle, the senate will pass the c.r. today. giving the house enough time to act before friday's deadline. once the senate acts, i urge the house to move on the c.r. as soon as possible so we can send

it to the president's desk as early as today. in order to give our house colleagues time to act, i ask that senators vote quickly once votes are called later this morning. again, if we can send something to the president's desk today, that would be great. once we put the threat of a shutdown behind us, i hope we continue seeing even more bipartisanship as appropriators complete the very important task of fully funding the government in coming weeks. i thank my senate colleagues for working together to ensure the government stays open. avoiding a shutdown is very good news for the country. for our veterans, for parents and children and for farmers and small businesses, all of whom would have felt the sting of the government shutdown. this is what the american people want to see. both sides working together and governing responsibly. no chaos, no spectacle, no

shutdown. but amazingly, not everyone in congress feels that way. as we speak, there's still a loud contingent of hard-right rabble rousers who amazingly believe causing a shutdown is somehow a good thing. if it gets them what they want. the maga hard right think it's perfectly fine to have v.a. offices close or endanger nutrition programs that help seven million moms or kids or suspend disaster aid for farmers. in the twisted logic of the hard right, the theory is if enough people feel the pain of of a shutdown, the hard right can bully the rest of congress into enacting their deeply unpopular agenda. bullying, intimidation, chaos. this is maga extremism in a nutshell. but here's the thing -- the fact that we're passing a c.r. today shows yet again this kind of bullying almost never

works. the hard right's bullying didn't work when we avoided default or avoided shutdown last year, and it didn't work today either. i thank my colleagues for their good work. i expect a strong bipartisan vote later this afternoon. now, on the supplemental, senate and white house negotiators are getting closer to reaching a bipartisan agreement on a national security supplemental. for the first time i believe the odds are a little better than 50% that we can get something done. but certainly, it's not a done deal yet. we have a number of disagreements we are still working through. on issues as complex as immigration and national security. what matters is not just what we do but how we do it. matter immensely and it takes time to work through those details. nevertheless, talks are trending in the right direction, and i remain optimistic we'll get it

done soon here in the senate. the good news is once congress avoids a shutdown, it is my goal for the senate to move forward to the national security supplemental as soon as possible. now, yesterday i joined with congressional colleagues for a ming with president biden at the white house to talk about the latest on supplemental negotiations. it was a respectful, positive and constructive meeting, and everyone walked out with a sense we need to get something done. while both parties have plenty of disagreements, all sides did agree on a couple of important points. first, congressional leaders understood that we need to pass additional emergency aid for ukraine. again, both sides might disagree on a lot of things, but on ukraine everyone agreed we must act. i made it very clear in the room that right now, the war in ukraine is beginning to turn against ukrainians.

while ukrainian fighters have no shortage of courage and resolve, they will soon face a shortage of supplies of ammunition, of armaments that america provided to a large extent. if we don't pass another round of aid, a mere month from now the situation could become dire for ukraine. a year from now, america and nato will be on our back foot, paying a far higher cost to ensure putin does not sink his tentacles deeper into the european continent. second, everyone agreed we need to do something to fix the situation at the border. the president said over and over again he's willing to work with republicans on the border, but it has to be bipartisan as republican leadership knows. you cannot, cannot do things with one party in a divided congress. anyone who says it's my way or the highway on border is not serious about reaching an agreement. it must be bipartisan. so, we feel good and remain

hopeful about the direction of the talks, but i caution my colleagues that nothing has been finalized yet. there's still more work to do. but we're going to stay the course. our national security demands nothing less. our friends in ukraine demand nothing less. the future of western democracy demands nothing less. now, on the judiciary committee mark-up today. off the floor, the senate continues its work on considering more of president biden's outstanding nominees to the federal bench. this morning the senate judiciary committee will be holding its first mark-up of the year on over a dozen highly qualified individuals for seats on both the district and circuit level courts. once they're reported out of committee, we'll look for the best opportunities to bring them to the floor. the nominees being marked up today will continue adding to the court's diversity -- more women, mo, people of color -- more people of color, more individuals from i hope our republican colleagues

will work with us to move many of these nominees through, and i thank the judiciary committee and chairman durbin for their good and hard work. i yield the floor. and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the presiding officer: the majority leader. the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the order from yesterday be modified so that the only remaining amendments in order to h.r. 2872 be the following -- paul 1384, marshall motion to commit. further, that there be up to six minutes equally divided prior to each vote, and that upon disposition of the marshall motion to commit the murray substitute, 1381, as amended, if amendment, be agreed to and all remaining provisions remain in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: as a result of this agreement, senators should expect three roll call votes

beginning at 12:30 p.m. on the paul and marshall amendments and passage of the c.r. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

always forms of military installations all over the world. the united states will favorite life, it's completely ridiculous as far as our concern and it's funny you mentioned foreign-policy and integration. i find those two interconnected because when we have these interventionist like historically and in the 20th

century you have some new people displaced as an unintended consequence from these countries so it's only natural many of them migrate and many over here especially so i think we need to be neutral and a good start would be the only cutting all aid to israel objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday, the biden administration added the houthis to the government's terrorist list. in light of the group's sustained terrorist violence against u.s. military, to commercial ships in the red sea, it might seem like the sensible

response clear-eyed commander in chief. except that iran-backed houthi terror isn't new. for years this group has made no secret of its aims. here is their motto -- god is great, death to america, death to israel, curse on the j jews, victory for us all. why on earth did president biden remove the houthis from the terror watch list in the first place? and why did it take so long to admit that denying the reality of iran-backed houthi terror was a mistake?

it's good that the president has finally mustered the fortitude to authorize strikes against the terrorists who threaten america. but just like its response to putin's war against ukraine, the biden administration's response to iran-backed terrorism has been hesitant. half measured. and openly conflicted over the risk of escalation. it is iran that should fear the cost of escalation, not the united states and our allies. iran must fear that terror against americans' interests will result in military responses against its interests, that its complicit in houthi attacks on global shipping will

produce devastating economic pressure from all across the free world. that continued terrorism whether by proxy or by iranian personnel themselves will be met with swift and costly retribution. it's all well and good for president biden to authorize yet another round of strikes houthi missiles, but having to do so multiple time in a span of a week is a pretty good indication that his initial effort did not exactly send the desired message to tehran or its proxies. the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism is actually stepping up its violence against u.s. personnel in the middle

east precisely because it doesn't believe we have the resolve to respond with strength and impose serious costs. in a chronic, compulsive effort to tie our hand s validate ther is assumption, it only encourages our adversaries to lash out with impunity. we know exactly what an undeterred iran looks like. after three years of the biden administration desperate policy of conciliation, it's what we're experiencing right now. regardless of which corners of our politics are willing to acknowledge it, america cannot hope to deter aggression with weakness. we need to stop -- start

investing seriously in the capabilities and capacity to meet the task at hand. we're facing anpe axis of connected threats that stretches from moscow to beijing and tehran and china. our adversaries speak the languages of strength. america can't afford not to be fluent. now on another matter, this las still has taken to the road trying to sell the american people on the wonders of

bidenomics. but working families still see right through him. on average they're spending more than $11,000 than they were when the president took office just to maintain the same standard of living. less take-home pay means less spending and small businesses are feeling the pinch. out in iowa the owner of a one of a kind manufacturing operation is closing its doors after 125 years in business and the owner says lower discretionary spending is to blame. and three in arizona recently admitted to reporters, quote, it's probably been one of the worst years. it's been very difficult for us. it's been difficult just buying

groceries and paying bills. and across the country, working families sympathize. one poll last month found that just 14% of americans thought that biden's economic policies were actually, actually helping them. so the president can moonlight as a traveling salesman all he wants, but pretty soon he'll have to face facts. bidenomics is a dud. on one final matter, today the senate judiciary committee will decide whether to recommend a lifetime appointment for a the circuit court of appeals. his nomination is just the latest example of the biden administration's practice of rewarding bad behavior in the

personnel business. as he explained last month, this nominee served on the board of a law school organization with an international reputation for amplifying the voices of anti-semites and terrorist sympathizers. as a letter from the coalition for jewish values recently noted, his affiliation raises genuine concerns about his judgment and his commitment to american principles. unfortunately the nominee's testimony before the judiciary committee last month did nothing to assuage these concerns. in fact, even after claiming ignorance of this disgusting and well documented history of the organization with which he chose to afliate, he declined repeatedly, repeatedly to disavow it.

it would be hard to sum up his record more succinctly than the joint statement of several other american jewish organizations. quote, repeatedly donated to an extreme anti-semitic, anti-israel, anti-american terrorist affiliated organization, evaded vital questions made improbable claims of ignorance and has no judicial record. at some point the senate has to decide -- at some point the senate has to decide that this is unbecoming of a nominee to a lifetime tenure on the federal bench. i would urge my colleagues on the judiciary committee to reject this nomination.

i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

event with family members on many occasions, that was leaders in the world and we continue to do that everyday village will

not forget our commitment to bring them home safely. thank you for being willing to bring us together we can strategize and do everything humanly possible to make that reality. >> checking in on social media, if we had troops on the ground in ukraine and israel, it would be more important to me. i have faith and joe biden and his team but i would like to know what donald trump would do about cause and palestinians but darn it, the media doesn't want to ask that question. became want to washington general, we only ask him a question. >> i'm concerned about a candidate will most encourage a strong dollar so we have valuable treasury notes so

everybody in our country and the world will want to invest in america. >> what you think i would be? >> i don't know yet, i don't know who's running on the democratic sleep in california primary. i will have to investigate because i will have to pick one. >> what about joe biden? >> pretty good but he's old and doesn't seem to have any ideas and he might be the only one left on the californiarimary by the time i get the boat so if that's the case, i'll definitely vote for him. >> michigan republican tom wheelock it's amazing how many people from office cold war never would have happened had trump still been in office. you can say what you want but

trump shut everyone down and the clip you showed when trump was in office is exactly what we have a problem when biden undid all that. we've been supporting that war through buying oil to support iran to become this in the middle east and thus the problem but nobody recognizes that biden's problem. biden also funded border security we have trump. when you step back and listen to these people who hate trump and they say why do you hate trump? why do you hate him?

>> michigan detroit only independent line anthony. >> foreign-policy is very important and it's a bad situation. definitely genocide in israel, palestine gaza, how many people killed so fast it is all over social media that is at the crux of the united states entire foreign policy in the middle east backing of israel and it's a problem, it's got missed into a lot of wars we shouldn't have in the middle east and ukraine. total didn't need to happen. economic interest, would ukraine be more aligned or was ukraine more aligned with russia?

it goes back to 2014 with this group of people running biden's foreign policy secretary deputy national security jake sullivan, fair wallace and reckless. >> have you decided what you will do for 2024? >> probably vote the party again. she's right about palestine and breakfast foreign-policy. >> baltimore maryland, good morning foreign-policy is very important to me. it's our claim all over the

world. the question i had right now you have people coming in, do it the right way. the way they are doing it is ridiculous. >> you got to talk into the phone, put your tv down the neck you are talking about the border. we will move on, at the white

house yesterday and reporters after. >> thank you all for being here, we had a productive and. the president, i told the president what i've been saying for many months and that is we must have change of the policy. twenty-four instances where executive action for national security and humanitarian in the meeting now. we understand there's concern about the sovereignty of ukraine but the american people have concerns about our own safety and security. we've talked about necessary elements and past arco the

relief. upon the particular name but we are consistent the element has t leh problem and that is critical. we understand this is the about ukraine's funding and want to say the status quo is unacceptable. we need to president to show strength on the world stage and not weakness. we understand the importance wit zelenskyy he said a necessary ingredient of proper weapon system they need, things needed to ensure. the accountability the american.

we must insist that the border around the table, i want to thank the jurisdiction for being here. epublican. good morning. >> lost 3150 guys. all of this, i hear young veterans talk anyway, i wish they would quit talking about the and

get it together. the rest of his group get it together including skiers of all shutdowns. a lot of disabled veterans. >> have you decided how you're going to vote? >> i think going to go with not biden, that's for sure but i'm going toote. when he was president we work having all of these years about shutdowns and he didn't give cell phones it like he's so i'm

going to go with trump. >> independent line, andreod mo. >> good morning. foreign-policy is very important as taxes and spending. all the issues going on right now, the war in gaza and ukraine in v and i'm interested in foreign policy as it relates to trade policy because that's why we have the immigration issues we have right now so you

have foreign-policy just as important. >> i was just saying that the foreign-policy support of the policy in the united statesi

want to know how vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: i# my amendment number 1384, and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. paul, proposes an amendment numbered 1384 to amendment numbered 1381. mr. paul: today we are gathered once again to kick the can down the road. to continue spending money, not individually in appropriations bis, accountae money being spent but to keep spending. but at the rate we are spending the money, weave accumulated a $34 trillion debt. we are accumulating debt at thr months. the spending, if you look at how

we spend the money, about two-thirds of the money is spent on mandatory programs, and there are no v mandatory programs. they are on autopilot growing at 5% they are two-thirds of the spending, when we say we're voting on the budget and spending weeks are voting on 28% of the budget. that's called discretionary. about half is military and half a great itary. agreement they came to, they said we're going to increase the military by 3%. so this big chunk we're not voting on is mandatory, it's gone up 5%, 6% and then we vote on discretionary, a h that has gone up 3% and so we are looking at about 14% of the budget and say we're going to do something. in fact, the debt equals the

entire discretionary spending. when we vote on whether it's 1.5 or 1.6 or $1.7 trillion, it's all borrowed. the taxes that y pay essentially pay for only the entitlement programs. everything else is borrowed. why does that make a big deal? why does it a big difference to the average american? because that's why your grocery prices go up, it's why your gas prices go up. why? because the federal government buys your debt and prints money and your dollar becomeses less, that's what inflation is. we're just days into the new year and the treasury department announced that the debt has surpassed $34 trillion. the situation's only getting worse. we're spending money and borrowing at about a trillion dollars every 90 days. so it used to be, you know, i

can remember before, you know, back in the 1980's when we were -- in the hundreds of llions of dollars, now we're adding a trillion in 90 days. if that pace continues, that would amount to mind-boggling $4 trillion added to the debt every single year. we're spending ourselves into since last fall, the u.s. is borrowing over $5 billion every day. over $220 million an hour, nearly $4 million every minute, and over $62,000 a second. this is literally out of control. we are destroying the dollar. we are creating inflation, $62, your family's share of the cost of that borrowing amounts to about $15,000 a year.

our nation's greatest threat comes not from abroad but from the halls of congress, which at every opportunity looks for ways to ignore our spending problem and expedite our economic decline. the nonpartisan congressional budget office predicts that we'll add an average of $2 trillion a year in debt every year for the next decade. that's another $20 trillion in debt. you see the debt climbing? 33, 34. we're going to be up in the 50's in ten years, within a decade we're going to go from $34 trillion to 50 some odd trillion. it's literally out of control. the real consequences are, home prices are doubling, interest rates are rising, grocery prices are rising, gasrices are rising. it's not a mystery.

the value of the dollar declines. thisscience. you watch the evening news and they will go, the mystery of inflation, it's transitory. nobody's addressing the root cause. it's congress. congress can creates the student debts. nning massive this wreck -- massive deficits. the ever-increasing heights of our debt mean a weak high inflation and confiscatory tax rates. in other words, today's spending threatens tomorrow's pros surpr that our financial institutions are beginning to sound the alarm. j.p. morgan described our $34 trillion in debt as a boiling frog phenomenon for the economy and expects a debt-related recession in the next year or two. moody's recently slashed its

rating outlook on the u.s. sovereign debt. there will come a time when other countries refuse to buy our debt. there will come a time when the federal reserve buys all of the debt. it seems that the whole world can see it coming. the warning signs, everyone can see it except for those members of congress who are so by giving everybody everything they want, free money for all. it's only a matter of time before the world wakes up and refuses to buy our debt. we are approaching the most predictable economic crisis the united states has ever faced. and that's why i'm back on the floor today drawing attention to our out-of-control spending. americans are starved for a voice of fiscal sanity. americansstand better than our nation's elites that time is running out. americans will pay dearly for congress's inability to every c

and every pinstriped lobbist. we will pay more t the form of taxes, we will pay more for our groceries, we will pay more for our homes, we will suffer higher interest rates and we will find a generation of kids who can't leave their parents's -- parents' homes. it doesn't have to be that way. america can be a rising nation. we can take first step today. i have filed and amendment that would have across-the-board ion reduction. if we were to spend money at 95% of what we spent last year, we could wall the -- balance the budget in five years. it would still take five years. you tell people at home, just spend 95% of what we spent before, even if it's for good causes, we can't do it forever,

and most people would say, that sounds reasonable, we're not going to eliminate■a government just spend 95% of what we are spending. my amendment would put us on the right course towards balancing our critics would say, where can we cut? where can we possibly cut spending? every year we celebrate fes festivist in our office. last year we presented $9 billion worth of waste. i will give a couple of highlights. this is from us-aid, this is foreign aidspending. we sent $6 million to boost tourism in egegypt. does anybody he believe we don't have enough problems at home that we should i'm sure a lot of people think this one is really worthwhile, the defense department spent

$8000 acquiring a lst guess som lobster tank for his office. i have no idea why they were spending $8,000 on a lobster tank. during covid, we passed out money like there was no tomorrow. they couldn't print it fast enough for the government to send it out during covid. $200 billion was found to have been sent to the wrong people or illegally gained through the defensive end money -- through the covid money. one of our favorites was a guy printing out his i.d. and the b. he took a picture of a toy, put it on an tdi, digitalized it -- put it digitalized it, put it in for the money, and he got some. one of the other ones that really i think gets my gall, gets me up, is we spent -- we

gave money to a thousand dead people. we gave ar billion dollars -- we gave a billion dollars to a thousand dead people. when i came to the floor to complain about it, there was opposition. we wanted to unanimously pass a bill allowing the covid money givers to look at the social security death notices to cross match the death notices to make de an objection, senator s to hurried to the floor, and his objection was it would violate the privacy of the dead people. i kind of think the dead people's privacy is pretty much over at that point. i also think it's a terrible government policy, and makes government look■ ludicrous at al levels to send a thousand dead people a billion dollars. i tried to get it fixed in legislation. there was opposition. na nancy plopsy pulled it out of -- noncey pelosi pulls it out of a

bill i had it passed in. they said we can't money back f dead people, but we'll try to do better in the future, not giving money to dead people. what did we discover in the last year there were still 38 million. not quite a billion, but 38 million handed out to dead people. throughout all of this covid waste, both partie money to evey restaurant, arena, movie theater getting money. the money would run out so fast they'd put up$45 billion and in two days the money is gone. we want to extend it and give another $45 billion. if you give people free money, they take it. even people who say they're conservative and government is having problems, free money will be accepted. but it's not free. the free money given out, the supposedly free money, caused the inflation. it's still causing the inflation. nolly free. the fed bought it. the fed created money to do it.

that's where your inflation comes from. it's not ovecause we bought so much stuff, gave away trillions of dollars. throughout my time in the senate i've tried time a ain to offer budget plans that would stem the tide, that would balance our budget. this amendment won't get a vote today, but we will have a vote on whether to continue things, whether or not to kick the can down the road or just keep spending money. but realize, for those who vote to keep spending money at this level, they're voting for about a $1.5 trillion to $1.6 trillion debt which may well be approached $2 trillion as this goes on. it's unsustainable. those who vote to continue government spending at this level are responsible for the consequences. responsible for the inflation, responsible for the high home prices, and responsible for the high interest rates.

i will today offer to have more scrutiny on foreign aid. earlier in this week, there was a vote to have scrutiny on the aid given to one of our allies, and i voted for that, because i believe friend or foe, whoever is getting american money there always should be conditions, there always should be catches. we should always ask what are you doing with our money? we should ask if it's being used honestly. i've harangued for over two years now the money sent to ukraine ought to have an inspector general looking just at that money. in afghanistan we special inspector general and i've tried several times on the floor, we haven't been able to get a special inspector general for ukraine. one of the most corrupt countries in the world. it's often said, though, that american foreign aid is to project american power and values, and fortunately year after year, decade after decade,

the only thing consistent about american foreign aid is that the money continues to flow regardless of the behavior of the recipients. in 2023 alone, the united states government took $43 billion of americans' tax money and gave it away, sent it as welfare to other nations. money to our friends? d that sometimes. but sometimes your tax dollars go to countries better described as frenemies. and often to countries described as authoritarian idea that we'r see if our values are being embedded, allowed, exemplified or made to shown the countries that receive this just doesn't ex its -- doesn't exist. in 2022, the u.s.cn a 1.5 billion to egypt. but egypt is a tran cal

nightmare. the -- tir yanickal nightmare. the state department admits that president al-sisi has effective turned the country into a prison, where force engage in extra judicial killings, torture, and harsh treatment of of speech. this is a regime that tortured 14-year-olds for the crime of participating in public demonstration. is this what america stands for? are these the american values we're pushing on the world by send over a billion dollars to evening inincorporate? -- a billion dollars to egypt? over the last 30 years, peeve sent close to -- we've sent close to $60 billion to egypt. the mubarak family ended up being worth personally somewhere between $$15,000,000,020,000,000,000. that's the big skim -- somewhere between $15 billion and

$$20 billion. they're sent to dictator ships and the dictator takes the ship off -- takes the skim off the top. it always happens. i can give you a thousand examples. we never change. people freak out, saying you're going to 3u79 conditions on foreign aid? they have to behave or have elections or notíz persecute thr people, not hoist up a 14-year-old by his arms and electrocute him? that's happening in egypt. everybody goes on and on. if i propose conditions, oh, we can't have conditions. america just must be generous. we don't care what they do with the money. if we don't do it, somebody else will. the russians or the chinese will. we have to give away our money, or somebody else will give them valued be damned. we don't care. we look the other way. the majority here, not me, but the juror here votes to -- the majority here votes to continue foreign aid everywhere, all the time, without conditions. today i offer an amendment that will be conditions.

today's amendment will be conditions on aid to palestinians. you would think, with the massacre and everything else, why give any money to the palestinians? it will be interesting, because probably the vast majority here will vote to give money to the palestinians. shouldn't they have to earn the money, at least say we believe israel has a right to exist or the massacre on october 7 was a bad with thing? if they can't say that, should they get any of our money? we need to know what america stands for. why should we reward governments that he terrible humif foreign american values, then we should write those values into the law. let's say you onlyf you are exemplifying american values. we have made such attempts in the past. for example, we have laws senat patrick leahy that pro hiblt u.s. assistance to --ohibit

u.s. assistance to countries with gross human rights. if our government strictly adhered to the leahy law, it would insist recipients abandon their despotic ways before they receive american money. if our government ens forced the -- enforced the leahy law, which is well intended, and i support, foreign aid to egypt would have ended years ago. there's always a loophole or presidential waiver. they always use it, and the only thing for certain that never changes is your money will be sent to these foreign countries, there will be no accountability, the deficit will by golly the money gets shoved out the door every year. there never seems to be concern about what it does to americans, our dollar and our economy. unfortunately, the government always has a way around the rules. they're incredibly effective at circumventing the leahy law. your money still flows around the globe, regardless of the

belars o the behaviors of the recipients. it may surprise americans to find we have -- in 2023 alone, we spent over 280 million in the west bank and gaza. since 1993, the united states provided more $7.6 billion in assistance to palestinians in the west bank and gaza. i say not one penny more of foreign aid to countries unwilling to renounce violence. all american aid should be conditioned on recipients' practice of protecting basic human rights. i votedthis way recently for one of our best allies, israel. th aid should be conditioned as well. not because i dislike israel, but all foreign aid should be conditioned on how it's spent. it's our money. it should be conditioned on human not be too much to ask that the recipients of american aid renounce terrorism and cease

trying to destroy israel. is that too much to ask? are you willing to keep giving money to the palestinian authority that will not, has n renounced and condemned the massacres of october 7? after these attacks, this principle is even more relevant over 100 days ago resulted in the killing of over 1200 innocent men, women, and children, 250 people taken hostage, at least 33 americans killed and six remain unaccounted for and are presumed taken captive by hamas. that kind of barbarism cannot and should not be rewarded with american ■' how can we allow the flow of money to groups that call for the destruction ever israel? how can we continue to allow taxpayer dollars to go to the very entities that lob rockets towards civilians in israel? how can we reward the slaughter of innocent people?

the old ways of doing business have not brought peace to the region. we have not bought peace. we don't buy off and somehow eate peace and all of a sudden peace because of the 7.6 billion we've given to the palestinians. they won't recognize israel. they violence. they won't even condemn the massacre where 1200 people were killed october 7. but time has come for the united states to mean what it says in the defense of human rights. this is why i offered an amendment to the spending bill today that should be something every senator can support. the amendment would end american aid to governing entities in gaza and west banknl recognize israel's right to exist, pledge to renounce terrorism and the october 7 massacre, terminate funding to anti-american and anti-israeli incitement as well as release all of the hostages

abducted october 7. additionally, that the secretary of state report on rachel and the palestinian -- on hamas and the palestinian authority foreign assistance laws. any use of funds received from the u.s. that could have been involved with committing these atrocities. american resources should always promote american security interests and values, and any recipient■íif of our tax dollar should be more than willing to adopt the principles that recognize the liberty and dignity of the individual. but we cannot recipient of aid to change their behavior if america does not demand it. we speak of human rights but rethem. we can no longer afford empty rhetoric. it makes no sense to borrow money from turn around and give that money away to foreign countries. it is fiscally irresponsible and it is weakening our.

america must demand a change, a change in behavior from those who do not accept israel's right to hose who actively seek the destruction of the state of israel and murder innocent israelis. to that end, i ask for a yes vote on my amendment that will end aid to palestinian authority. thank you, and i yield back my time.

the presiding officer: those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion to agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, amtrak board of directors, christopher

coops to be director. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to thed= desk. e presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, 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 executive calendar number 358, christopher koos, of illinois, to be director of amtrak board of directors. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: all those in favor say aye. the ayes appear to have it, the ayes do have it the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to executive session to consider calendar number 357. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report.

the clerk: cloture motion -- nomination, amtrak board of directors,kosha to be director. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. ph cloture motion -- 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 357, anthony coscia, of new jersey, to be director of the amtrak board of mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. e a ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to consider calendarumber 356. the presiding officer: all in favor say aye. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it the motion is agreed to.

the clerk: nomination, amtrak board of directors, sg -- joel matthew szabat, to be director. the clerk: cloture motion 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 on9k 356, joe matthew szabat, to be director of amtrak. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be waived. that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it, the ayes do have it, the motion is mr. schumer: iqu

quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: n( the clerk: ms. baldwin.

the senate will classically extension of government funding to avert a need to shut down and give appropriators more time to finish their work. voting at 12:30 12:30 p.m. on two republican amendments and then to final passage. getting your wasn't easy. my colleagues and i worked late into the evening negotiating with the other side on amendments and on timing. but after a lot of hard work and compromise from both sides of

the aisle the senate will pass the cr today giving the house deadline. once the senate acts i urge the house to move on the cr as soon as possible so we can send it to the the president's desk as early as today. in order to give our house are called later this morning.d again, if we can send something to the president desk today that would beonce we put the threat a shutdown behind us i hope we continue seeing even more bipartisanship as appropriators complete the very important task of fully funding the government in coming weeks. i think my senate colleagues are working toget to ensure the government stays open. avoiding a shutdown is very good news for the country, for our veterans, for parents and ch■i■cildren, and for farmers ad small businesses all of whom would have felt the sting had

the government shutdown. and this is what the american people want to see, both sides working together and governing responsibly here know chaos, no spectacle, no shutdown. but amazingly not everyone in congress feels that vacated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, shoredly we'll be voting on annual amendment offered by our colleague from kentucky, senator paul, that deals with u.s. support in regards to the middle east. i'm going to urge my colleagues to vote against that amendment. our ally israel is at war to destroy hamas terrorists. not a a war against the palestinian -- not at a war against the palestinian people. but this amendment by my colleague threatens u.s. efforts that supports stability and security efforts and that serves israel and u.s. interests. what it would do is put certain

restrictions on what funds america can make available in the region, particularly in regards to the pale■/ pas. -- to the palestinians. it would undermine the united states' ability to work in lockstep with israel on critical security cooperation and on■÷q counterterrorism efforts with the palestinian authority in the west bank. today we have a partnership in regards to security on the west bank. the u.s. is helping in regards to the training of palestinian security forces. and, mr. president, one of the pleasant surprises, i would say, is during this war between israel and hamas, we've seen relative peace with the west bank. the security forces are doing their perfect by any stretch of the imagination. there's too much violence taking place everywhere. but the security forces have paiduccessful in providing more stability in the region.

that would be compromised or eliminated under the paul amendment. it would prohibit the u.s. from meeting long-standing commitments to providing lifesaving assistance for hospitals, vaccines for children, and water treatment facilities. this goes beyond tailor force in cutting off potential funds to the palestinians for their lifesaving type of activities from hospitals to water treatment facility plants. it would also prohibit future assistance, including humanitarian assistance to any governing entity for innocent palestinians the day after israel has destroyed hamas. undermining the united states' ability to work towards a political -- for palestinians that protects israel's security. we are all concerned about what happens after the war ends with hamas. after hamas is destroyed. we need to have an entity that has the credibility among the palestinians and that will

require us all to have partnerships to make a lasting peace, so we can have lasting peace between the israelis and the palestinians. the paul amendment compromised that from being able to be done. it would restrict what we partn reality. we know the tragedy of this war with hamas. but we hope coming out of it will give us a new opportunity for peace in the region. and that will require us to able to help deal with the crisis that's been created through hamas' attack, particularly with the palestinian people and to work to make sure there's a future for the palestinian people living in peace with israel. so this amendment does not serve our national security interests. it compromises our ability to have a successful conclusion after hamas has been destroyed. it compromises our current abilities to keep peace in the region, particularly in the west bank. it compromises what we need to

do in regards to the humanitarian needs in the region, and reasons i would urge my colleagues to reject the amendment. mr. cardin: mr. president, i know of no further debate on the paul amendment. and i would ask unanimous consent that we begin the vote on the amendment. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none, the question is on the am 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.

the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito.

mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. ■■ the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman.

mrs. fischer. 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.

the clerk: mr. kennedy. mr. king.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. the clerk: mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. 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. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz.t. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith.

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thun mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. young.

th cornyn, hyde-smith, rubio, andn -- bennet, cardin, fetterman, gillibrand, hassan, king, manchin, menendez, and welc

cleric cleric ms. smith, no. cleric the clerk: ms. smith, no.

the clerk: ms. butler, no.

the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye.

the clerk: mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no.■ the clerk: mr. carper, no.uckwo.

vote:#

the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye.

the cl kaine, no. mr. markey, no.■

the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. murray, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. ricketts, aye.

ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no.

the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye.s

mr. tillis, aye. mr. coons, no.

the clerk: mr. tester, no. mr. cramer, aye. ms. wa mr. van hollen, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. ms. schumer, no.

the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. young, aye. ms. lummis, aye.

mrs. shaheen, no.

the clerk: merkley, no. mr. moran, aye.

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. brown, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. reed, no.

mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. mr. booker, no. mr. cotton, aye. ms. baldwin, no.

the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. johnson, aye.

mr. warnock, no. ms cortez masto, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. wyden, no.

mr. kelly, no. mr. peters, no.36 ms. cantwell, no.

the clerk: ms. sinema, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no.,[

the clerk: mr. cassidy, no.

the clerk: mr. casey, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye.b=

the clerk: mr.

mr. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye.

the clerk: cleric lankford, aye. mr. h ■

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye.

the clerk: mr. thune, aye.

the clerk: mr. schatz, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. cruz, aye.■ko.

the presiding officer: on hispanic vote, the yeas are 44, the nays are 50. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, there will now be up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the marshall motion to recommit. mr. marshall: mr. president, i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. marshall: mr. president, i have a motion at the desk.

the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kansas, mr. marshall, moves to commit the bill, h.r. 2872, to the committee on appropriations of the senate with instructions to report the same back to the senate in one day, not counting any day on which the senate is not in session, with changes that provide continuing apop for the entire federal government through the end of fiscal year 2024. mr. marshall: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: i rise in support of my motionommit this continuing resolution to the appropriations committee with instructions for them to return to the floor a new continuing resolution to fund the fiscal year. the requested modifications to this continuing resolution are nothing more than date changes. and miner anomalies that the appropriations committee is more than equipped to handle with a 24-hour turnaround time. gives time for the senate and the house to send it to the

president's desk befeadline. under the bipartisan agreements made as part of the fiscal responsibility act, a full year c.r. through september 30 would result in a spending -- the presiding officer: senator, excuse me. we need to have more order, please. take your conversations off the floo the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: under the bipartisan agreements, a full year c.r. through september spe of $73 billion, bringing our total discretionary spending down to $1.56yj trillion, a significant cut from the $1.66 trillion funding deal that's in the works currently. this is fiscally responsible decision that the american people deserve and congress has an obligation to make. we should agree to this spending cut, roll back to work on an even more responsible funding package for the next fiscal year that will start to address ourtion's $34 .

thank you. i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from washington thank y president. i rise in opposition to promote the c.r. with instructions. the senate has before it a bipartisan, bicameral c.r. which keeps the government open and gives us time to negotiate and pass full-year funding bills under the schumer-johnson top-line agreement. the junior senator from kansas wants us to walk away from the bipartisan compromise on the c.r., guarantee a government shutdown, and a a devastating yearlong c.r. rather than do our jobs as senators and write full-year bills. i spoke at length recently about how a full-year c.r. would lock us into last year's spending plans and policies as if nothing has changed in over a year, and it would force devastating across-the-board cuts to programs that our country and families rely on --aw defense a

nondefense alike. it is simpl not an option. we need to pass this c.r., keep working 24/7 t hammer out the strongest possible funding bills. and for all those reasons, i strongly oppose the motion and urge my colleagues to vote no.■ ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i too urge our colleagues reject this motion that calls for the appropriations committee to put forward a yearlg continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024. adopting this motion would wipe out the work■( of the appropriations committee that led to 12 stand-alone bills being reported last summer with. it would also lock in dangerously inadequate f■=un

levels for our national security and lead to cuts in other vital programs serving ourveterans, older americans, low-income families. it would stall biomedical farmers, and slow progress that we are making on our infrastructure. a yearlong c.r. would result in defense funding levels that are nearly $27 billion less president's request in the fiscal responsibility act. according to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, underc.r of defense programs will be impacted with the most impacts personnel, the nuclear triad modernization, and

maintenance, munition reduction and replenishments and the indopacom priorities. a yearlong c.r. would result in our military being less to respond to the serious security threats around the globe. i urge my colleagues to reject this motion and support the reasonable approach of completing our work. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: i'm reminded of two dates -- a date in june when the appropriations committee did their job. they got all their appropriations bills done. and another date in november, when we last worked on this on this floor through a minibus. we asked for more time. we stand at the ready. we're begging to bring these bills to the floor. t day.

let us finish our job. but in the meantime, i believe that this c.r. is the best pat for american citizens. thank you. i yield ckhe question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. 6l

the clerk: mr. braun mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. 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. lee.ford. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley.mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters.ed. 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.&u mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wyden.. mr. young.

senators voting in the affirmative -- hawley, johnson, lummis, marshall, tuberville. senators voting in the negative --7@■% boozman, britt, cantwell, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, ernst, fetterman, gillibrand, hassan, hoeven, hyde-smith, king, manchin, moran, mullin, murray, ossoff, reed, rickets, romney, rounds, sanders, schmitt, schumer, tester, thune, van

hollen, welch, whitehouse. mr. heinrich, no. mr.peters, no. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no.

mr. wicker, no. mr. mr. lujan, no. ms.hirono, no. mr. budd, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr.

the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. sinema, no. mrs. blackburn, no. . mr. tillis, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. kelly, no. mr. vance, aye.

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. murk. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. ■oyoung, no. ms. warren, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no.

ms. stabenow, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. risch, aye. mr. crapo, aye.

the clerk: mr. lee, aye. ms. cortez masto, no.

the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. rosen, no.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. w. mr. paul, aye.

mr. coons, no. mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no.■o

the clerk: mr. carper, no.

the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. kaine, no. ff

the mcconnell, no. ■> the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.

the clerk: mr. menendez, no. ms. bult -- ms. butlerno. mr. booker, no.■o

the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. markey, no.c

the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr.

mr. merkley, no. ■

the clerk: mr. cardin, no.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: the yeas are 13, the nays are 82. e is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer:■ --

the presiding officer: under the previous order, amendment number 1381 is agreed to as amended is considered read a third time. e up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote onb$ passage of h.r. 2872 as amended. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will in order. mr. schumer: mr. president, we have good namerica. there will not be a shutdown on friday. because both sides have worked together, the government will stay will not be disrupted, we will avoid a needless disaster. my colleagues and i, on both sides of the aisle, worked late into the evening last night to reach this agreement. so i thank everyone for their good work, keeping the government open wasn't a given.

we stayed up negotiating amendments and timing. but thanks to both sides working tog together, the senate is passing the c.r. with enough time for the house to take it up today and send it to the president's desk well before deadline. avoiding a shutdown is very good news for every american, especially for our veterans, our parents, our children, our and so many others who would have felt the sting of a government shutdown. i thank my colleagues on both sides for their goo precisely w want to see -- both sides working together and governing responsibly. no chaos, no spectacle, no shutdown. and i yield to the chair of the appropriations committee, who has done such a good measure. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i urge all of our colleagues to join us in voting to pass this c.r. so we can

ntinue the work of negotiating and passing full-year funding bills without a shutdown, causing needless harm and chaos for fhome. we know a shutdown come end of day friday would be devastating. i'll be frank -- just the fact that our agencies have plan around the potential of a shutdown nearly constantly is a huge opportunities cost. a shutdown tomorrow would for staff administering our nation's veterans and nutrition assistance programs and so much else to either work without pay or stop working■' altogether. the chair of the national transportation safety board said a shutdown this week would force the board to hit pause on investigations it is conducting, including the recent incident when a door plug blew out mid flight. this should not be ananyone. i have been working nonstop with my colleagues in both chambers to keep this process moving as quickly as we can so

that we can right and pass the -- write and pass the strongest possible funding bills. passing this measure will allow us the time we need to hammer out those funding bills for fiscal year 24 after many months of needless delays. we all want this to be drama free and reliable process. i hope house republicans will work with us to make that possible now too, which means leaving extreme partisan demand. we are all working as quickly as possible, but we aren't going to lose sight of the millions of americans who count on the programsefund, whether it's wic for so many moms and babies we don't want to go hungry, or lifesaving health care research. we have a lot of work left to bn way. so let's get this c.r. passed and then work to make sure it is the last by keeping our■a focusn finalizing serious appropriations bills which means no partisan poison pills and understanding that there needs to be a bartisan agreement

when it comes to key investments in our country's future. thank you, mr. president. i yield the the presiding officer: the question occurs on passage of h.r. 2872 as amended. the yeas and nays have been requested. all in favor aye. is there a sufficient there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet.

mr. blumenthal.

mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown.■n mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. 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. ha mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king.■x ms. klobuchar. mr. lee.ford.

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. 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. 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. the clerk: senators voting in a blumenthal, boozman, brown, butler, capito, cassidy,

cortez-masto, daines, ernst, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, manchin, markey, mcconnell, merkley, moran, mullin, murkowski, murray, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubi■@o, schatz, sinema smith, sullivan, tester, tillis, welch, and wicker. mrs. gillibrand, aye. senators voting in the negative crapo, cruz, hawley, johnson, paul, hm south carolina, and vance. ms. warren, aye. ■1

the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms. baldwin, a

wyden, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mrs. fischer, aye.éç

the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. cornyn, aye.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. cotton, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. ossoff,itehouse, aye.

mr. thune, aye.

the erk: mr. tuberville, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. ■

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. sanders, aye.

mr. risch, no. mr. young, aye.padilla, aye.

the clerk: ms. rosen, aye.

the clerk: mr. durbin, aye.■dg■g

the clerk: mr. schume■z

the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye.

mr. casey, aye.z8

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the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye.■

the clerk: mr. murphy, aye.■■$ep

the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. kaine, aye.■kuué.

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the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. mendendez, a.

the clerk: mr.■ van hollen, aye

the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 77, the nays■n the 60-vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. as amended. a senator: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators speak th minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: after barack obama

selected joe biden to be his vice president in one news columnist labeled him tehran's favorite senator. he has become tehran'sor president. he has taken every opportunity to enrich his terrorist proxies. there's perhaps no single grst his obscene coddling of the yemeni backed terrorists known as the houthis. these barbarians withockets kidnapped, tortured and murdered american citizens along with shooting down american aircraft. they have attacked our allies and slaughteredni civilians. the houthi motto isn't subtle. god is great, death to america, death to israel, a curse upon ws in case anyone missed it, they also put it on their flag. yet in his first days in office, joe biden removed the houthis from the list of foreign terrorist organizations.

the houthis quickly rewarded this one-sided, generosity by launching a major military offensive against our friends in saudi arabia. at that point joe biden could have simply admitted that he had ma redesignated the houthis as a foreign terrorist organization. he refused. in the two years since the houthis raked in money, expanded their territorial control and stockpiled iranian supplied weapons. unencumbered by an american terrorist organization they gathered strength and waited for an opportunity to live out their creed of, again, death to america, death to a curse upon jews. after the october 7 atrocities in israel, they saw that opportunity. weeks after the deadliest days for the jewish people since the end of the holocaust the houthis began launching missile a state. in november the houthis began

hijacking ships and launching missiles and drones at■ both civilian and u.s. navy vessels, all in an attempt to put pressure on israel and protect their terrorist brothers in hamas. since november the houthis have attacked american and allied forces and international shipping an an estimated 31 missiles, 94 drones, and 1 drone ship. yet president of accomplices stood by for a month and a half as these terrorists attacked withinally did take action last week, its weak pinprick air strikes only took out a small fraction of the houthi's offensive capabilities. even "the new york times" acknowledged and headlined that much of houthi's offensive ability remains intact after

u.s.-led airstrikes. the least this do is to redesig houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, yet joe biden refuses even to fix that mistake. americans are dead, joe biden's pride and his ambition for a grand rapprochement with iran are aaren■4tl important to him and his aides than american lives. instead president biden opted to label the houthis as specially designated global terrorist group. that sounds like progress, but unlike the previous foreign terrorist organization designation,s prohibition on houthi travel and no sanctions on entities providing material support for these terrorists. how convenient for the ayatollahs in iran. and this designation won't even take effect for 40 morekh days time to clear out their bank

accounts and sanction proof their operations. most amazing and most of all th administration also an announced waivers for even these weak and limited sanctions. these waivers allow the yemeni terrorists to keep receiving food, medicine, fuel, personal remittans, telecommunications and mail and to maintain port and airport operations. perhaps it makesion don't want to punish groups and individuals providing materiel support for the houthi terrorists. they would have toah,- themselves in after three years of appeasement and conciliation. this administration must rer in. redesignate the houthis as a foreign terrorist organization and put real pressure on iran and its terrorist proxies. not swiss cheese-like sanctions

designed only for a good is thf the american people, their interests, and our allies. yield the floor. ■u

mr. thune: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. con res. 25. the presiding officer:con res. providing for a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 2872. the presiding officer: without objection, proceed to the measure. mr. thune: madam president, i further ask that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made a laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: thank you, madam madam president, as they have for 50 years now, in rain, in cold, in sunshine and snow, pro-life americans will take to tomorrow to march for life. they come by the tens of thousands from all across the country in■t buses, in cars, an on planes.

young people, so many young age from every walk of life. they come to washington, d.c. for a simple reason -- t enshri in our declaration that all men and women are created equal, that they're■9nd their -- undo you do by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among those are pursuit of happiness. the6t and that that right of life applies to every person, not just those the allowed to be born. every person, born and unborn. madam esome level i think everyone knows the truth of what abortion is -- killing of an innocent human being. the pro-abortion movem one and the same these days, have tried to obscure this truth. they davoid talking about the r

of the issue. but i think even they are well aware that when we're talking about abortion, we're talking h being. i think they are well aware that a 7-pound unborn baby is jus as human and just as worthy of life as a 7-pound baby who's already been born. but although i think everyone knows the realty of the issue, it can be easy to ignore or forget the fact that every year in this count■;ry hundreds of thousands of babies are being killed by abortion. and when i say hundreds of thousands, i hundreds of thousands. the pro-abortion guttmacher institute reports that, and i quote, in the first, there were 878,000 abortions in the formal

u.s. health care system, end quote. 878,000. to put that number in perspective, 878,000 is more than the entire population of some u.s. states. that is a lot of lives lost, madam president. a lot of love lost. and we cannot afford to forget that this is happening. and every year the march for life provides us with a powerful reminder. madam president, the march for life is a vast assembly of pro-lifers, and as i said, a powerful witness. and it's just one facet of the pro-life movement. and even bigger check. to moms in need. that goes on every day inform every state around the country,

at resource centers, at maternity homes where moms have access to care for their babi their feet, at churches, on college campuses, and in many other places. supporting moms and babs pro-li, and it's what it will continue to do no matter how many obstacles are placed in its way. madam president, i'm committed to doing everything i can in washington to protect babies and support the work of the pro-life movement, whether that's opposing pro-abortion rules from the administration or working to advance legislation like my born-alive abortion survivor's protection act, which would require that babies born alive during a botched abortion be antedhe medical care as any other baby would be. and i'm grateful to all of my colleagues who stand up for life

countless americans who spend each day standing up for moms and their babies. and today i want to especially thank all of those who will march through the streets of washington tomorrow to remind us all of the reality of abortion and the importance of defending the right to life. madam president, given the grim reality of would be no surprise if the mood at the march for life each year were somber, but i'mope and enthusia emanates from so many of the marchers, especially theng people. and i think, madam president, it's because the marchers know that no matter how long and how ha that at the end of the day life will win. i firmly believe that, madam

president. and i look forward to the day when we fully live up to our founding principles and ensure that the right to life of every respected. madam president, i yield the floor. test.

mr. lankford: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: madam president, it's january, it's coldfact, it here in washington, d.c., today and tomorrow. it's late january which means what it has meant for the last five decades. pro-life americans will gather by the hundreds of thousands in washington, d.c., and will converge on this city to say we think every child is valuable. now, you every march that i've been to and i've been to a lot, they are all cold, they don't all have snow, this one will. and i'll bet it won't dampen the spirits for a lot of students,

moms, dads, little wurngs who come -- ones who come to say we're an american and we think life is valuable, is prec is it an important issue. we hr life. actually. d5 it's interesting enough when nellie gray and other pro-life leaders organized the march for life in 1973 after the roe v. wade decision, they were recognizing an anomaly in the american law, our nation has been a nation for 250 years, but abortion was instated in everyplace during that short time period under roe v. wade. for the other two centuries of ou issue about the value of life was decided in every state and among the people. that's what's occurred again. we still haveng all over the country. but individuals are rising up and saying, our state, our

leaders, and e congress needs to have a conversation about when is a child a child? and when does a child become valuable in ourulture and when is a child disposable in our culture? and which child can be disposed of and which child is celebrated? i love this side-by-side picture here, and i don't know if you can really see it. this is and in the womb with this baby with arms over her head and then a baby sleeps like that. both of my daughters often slept like that, we called them touchdown positions when their hands were raised up over their heads, and it was crazy to see this picture of a baby sleeping in the womb the same way they would sleep in a crib. you know why? there is no difference. that's a baby then, that's a

baby then. thetime. the only difference between myself now and myself nine months ago was time, nine months of time. the only diffend that child laying in a crib is just a little bit of time. and there e millions of americans that have this very simple perspective, that we should, as the march says this year, we should march wit every woman for every child. that we should stand up for those individuals and to be able to honor those families. we march in support of pregnancy source centers, those folks who are waug with women through very difficult decisions and through very hard moments. there was a recent study resour j 2022, donated to individuals through pregnancy resource centers all over the country. those are diapers and wipes, those are baby■ seats, that's i

ultrasounds, that's free pregnancy tests, that's after abortion support and sometimes it's stroller and clothes. a vast majority of those who work in these resource centers are volunteers full-time jobs, tasks and they value every single child, even the children they donld donate their time, money, and effort just to be able to say that child is just as valuable as that child. and then in america we shouldn't pick and choose which child is precious and which child is disposable, we should just say they all are. th has been exceptionally aggressive on taking on this issue of life. pushing back from theg. for instance, there's a nurse that was in the process of -- of dealing with her employer because this nurse had informed

the hospital that she worked with that she was personally opposed to abortion, morally personally opposed to abortion, and she was told you don't have to participate in abortion, you are protected under the law that individuals to work with abortions. one day she had a doctor and nurse compel her to p she wld le her job. she was not able to have her conscientious without job, in the early days of the biden administration, that litigation was dismissed. we understand that it is federal w should have con is science protections, but we n't agree don't get conscience protections, only people we agree with. that's wrong. in my state funding from this hy

state for aids testing, for screenings, breast cancer at mo allocated in my state to help in health care in rural communities. that money was cut off by this administration. do you want to know why? because our state would not promote abortion, and the termination was made, you won't get federal assistance for aids testing or for breast cancer screening or for assistance in your county health departments, we're going to cut your funds off for that if your state does do not fund our stat are valuable and we will find a way too on our own, but this innings is -- administration is cutting off funding for aids

this administration has just proposed to cut off temporary assistance for needy families to pro-life centers. as i mentioned before, some of these pregnancy resource centers give out food, clothing assistance, they have been part of the tanf program, but this administration said if you assist families but don't promote abortions, you can't actually assist families, you're not one of us. literally telling those americans, you don't agree with this administration so you don't count because you're trying to protect life, we won't help you do that. this administration is currently trying to use the medical treatment and labor act to force doctors to provide abortions even though that law that they're using specifically explicitly protects pregnant moms and unborn children, but they're currently trying to twist it the other

this administration is currently fighting an issue on chemical abortions. chemical abortions that have been around for years, two-drug cocktail that the first drug actually disconnection the child from the connection in the and starves them. the second pill causes that delivery, causes the contraction of and they have an abortion at home. a do it yourself kit at home. that, for years, has been aery specific issue, only a specific time period that you could actually use that drug cocktail knowing if the child was just a few weeks older, it causes a real dange to the mom or if this was an ectopic pregnancy, you could take -- it could take the life of the mom or if the mom a certain blood type, it could cause the mom not to have children in the if future. so in the past a physician would have to connect withng the drug

cocktail. this administration has continued to fight to say, no, they don't need to see a physician, they can just get to situation with an etopic pregnancy, the side having the do it yourself abortion at home, may look similar to the side effects of an ectoppregnancy, but there's no way to know until you get an ultrasound. this administration is aggressive o provide more boorgz in this -- abortions in this country, but why would they put women's lives at risk to have an abortion? it's january, so we're talking about this issue of abortion because the m for life is happening. but there are literally millions-americans -- millions of americans all around the country that they're going to be able t continue to talk about

this issue of rife in -- life in every way that they can because they look at these two children literally a few weeks apart thi valuable, and i don't think that's a radical concept. we live in a culture in america that is comtted t tolerance, acceptance and diversity, but it seems to be for that child. that child doesn't get to have tolerance, acceptance, and be welcomed into a culture. that child is sometimes determined to be disposable. and i want to say to the millions of americans that see both these kids and both think they're valuable continue to be able to love people, to be able to walk alongside those moms, to be able to encourage in every way we can. as we talke, more and more people will look

at these two picktures and say, you're right, they both look like children to me, why don't were that's what we should be all about as a country and that's why we march in every cold january. with that, i yield the floor. mr. booker: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. booker: madam president, i have not onv■ not three, but five requests for committees to meet during today's session of the united states senate, of the the d states of america. majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. booker: be beseech you, madam president, and ask for unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 527, which is at your desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: to commend and congratulate the university football team for

winning the 2023 national collegiate athletic divisionamp. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. the presiding officer: -- mr. booker: i ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate -- with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without incredible senator presiding that we get some unanimous consent that the senior senator from montana be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from january 18, 2023, through january 22 -- there's a typo. at was not last year.

it's january 18, 2024. let me note that for t#khe reco. 2024. throughan 22, 2024. the presiding officer: without objection.■i mr. booker: finally, i think -- yes, timely, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it on monday, january 22, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of the time for the two leaders be the day, and morning business bn of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideti further, that the cloture motions filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m.

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. booker: i know that the senator fmto speak. so i ask, after the senator from oklahoma speaks, if there's no further business before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of senator lankford. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: madam president, no one reads the bothering stuff better -- the boring stuff book new jersey. i want to recognize his cape and to be able to go through the details. i've had a staff member that has served with me for 11 years. his name is derek osborne. he's a remarkable gentleman. he came onto our team as an intern. he is leaving as an attorney, as

a professional, as a patriot, as a brother in many ways. he served in just about every location we have as far as our office space. hel started out in oklahoma cit. he served there. he served as an intern. we brought him on here to washington, d.c. to be able to work on indian affairs issues and immigration. what he called his forced deployment to washington, d.c. he eventually wore us out that to be able to return back to oklahoma. i don't blame him. he returned to tulsa and has led our tulsa office and has been d. he's a person that's incredibly whip smart. but he's also so warm in how he interacts with people. people love to spend time with derek, just as a person, they they ask him the hard policy questions and he answers it. because he's knowledgeable, but

he's passionate first, not about issues but about people. he's also exceptionally funny, though please don't tell him so because that would just encourage him to do it even more. we've had a lot of memories and a lot of av traveling and worki together, because i've given him some of the hardest assignments in our team, because he was capable of taking every one of them on each time. i will never forget we were under the trump administration heading to camp david for a time, and we use he was doing were doing a working weekend on immigration at camp david. we headed out, got on the osprey, and thendavid to be abl and head in. it wasn't until later he told me he's terrified of helicopters and has been and has never been on one. i got to assure him an osprey is an airplane, not a helicopter, though i couldn't convince him of that, backdoor was open during the whole flight and he is staring

right out into the abyss below us. it's a good moment forimo get a little therapy to work on his fear of helicopters. he's been great about mentoring young staff. great about being anencourager. he is passionate about his faith, but someone who really wants to be able to help our state and help our staff membe that every one of us wants on our staff all the time. i have a fantastic team. in the united states there's only one derek. and he has proved exceptionally capable on our team and in our state. he will be sorely missed in the position he's in. i will still connect with him in the days ahead because he knows state and he's a great guy just to spend time with and listen to you. i'll still continue to be able to push him in h pushes me in mine.

i'll check in on him and hopefully at some point i'll be able to atten wedding -- his wedding because the boy needs to get married. i will be there to ce the days d to maintaining a friendship with someone who has been an employee and a partnern the state. mr. president, i want to say thank you to a great staff member, derek osborne, and i thought you shoul know a little more about him before we ended this day. the presiding officer: absolutely without objection. mr. lankford: with that, i yield the floor. the presiding offi t united states senate, of the great united states of america, stands adjourned until when? 3:00 monday. ♪♪

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