by president biden per brownsville could hardly be considered one of the most challenging immigration areas. it's the 29th busiest station this month with far less activity than san diego, tucson in el paso centers. the american people can see through that. since president biden took office there up in 8.7 million illegal crossings nationwide and 7.2 illegal crossings at our southern border. there is an executive action that president biden could take to address this crisis of the border that happened on his watch. our speaker has articulated those in you have that information on catch and release. he was expedited removal with a very simple things that president biden could do today to help alleviate the cartels from being able to run the border the way they are. we saw the death of lincoln

riley at the university of georgia. they threaten the safety of their citizens. by being at the border and showing the american people the tragedy and the crisis that's going on. this bill h.r. 2 although provisions within it are the strongest bill of security that the u.s. house put together. it's important we take real steps to end this crisis rather than staged photo ops. we contained work on behalf of the american people towards the solution. we have a great group of members and leadership team who will share their perspective with you. i will now turn it over. >> thank you very much. we continue to see the biden administration -- whether or not that small things like the fda programs that we are having to force through legislation to

build a happy will be hopefully on the floor for a vote this week that we can have whistleblowers with an ease of play on the fda's web site to talk about the $200 billion that we have given away to fraudsters and people from other countries who are taking advantage of our country and that our bills and a administration. we continue to see this. nowhere do you see a clear than what's happening at our border today. if you want to talk about giving away our country. from day one this president have all the tools on his desk to be able to maintain our secure border. and what did he do on day one? immediately he stopped work on the border wall. immediately he started directing instead of having homeland security do its job, no they became cabdrivers. it's a bus stop where people can get picked up and be brought to

a plane or a bus to the ships to other places around our country. mr. president you are down at the border now for a photo op. your policies have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of americans. how many more violations are we going to have? a 22-year-old nursing student was murdered by a venezuelan illegal immigrant who should never have been in this country. lincoln riley's middle name was hope. you have taken away her hope. you have taken away her family but you are down there right now for a photo op. your policies that you took off the table such as the remain in mexico. that venezuelan never would have been allowed in the country because he would have been stopped at the border and sent back to his country or remained in xxl.

you took away the rights of immigrations and customs enforcement to be able to get rid of criminal illegal aliens that were committing crimes within our country. what did you put in place? catch and release. catch and release is great because what that did was it allowed everybody in, over 10 million illegal immigrants since you've been in office. thousands of pounds of fentanyl have been allowed to enter into our country killing over 110,000 americans, five texans each day. you have the power to be able to stop it now. you have the ability, the policies that were there when you got into office, to be able to stop this problem and you haven't done it. instead you are at our border for a photo op. mr. president how many more daughters, how many more sons, how many more children, how many more of us will you have to kill before you take this seriously?

unless you are willing to get down to the border and tell lincoln riley's family i am sorry. this is my responsibility and i'm going to fix fix it now. you have no business being president. our country deserves better. and hopefully in november we will get there. thank you. >> thank you beth. today as representative van dine reminds us president biden is headed to the border for what i'm confident will be another vote people joe biden is busy making empty promises that are border the rest of the country is forced to deal with the consequences of his neglect. at this point we all know the numbers. they have been 8.7 million illegally -- illegal crossings nationwide. that this new thing include the known -- and joe biden took office in this is what we know

for the president knows the numbers and still does nothing to protect innocent americans from this invasion. so now we need to talk about the people. we need to talk about the real-life victims are biden's border failures. we need to talk about the two-year-old who was fatally shot earlier this month. we need to talk about the 14-year-old girl in louisiana who was raped and we need to talk about lincoln hope riley who went for a run on a college campus and never came home. the alleged perpetrators in each of these attacks, illegal immigrants. these are just a few of the innocent americans who have been victimized because of joe biden's open border policies. i know i've said it before. enough is enough. i have had enough. our majority has had enough. the american people it had enough. the question remains how many innocent people have to suffer for it to be enough for joe biden to say it's enough and take action?

the time for photo ops is over. the time for action is now and with that i'm going to turn it to our great majority leader steve scalise. >> thank you with amer. this president biden goes to the border for a full op he has the authority to fix this problem that he created. let's go back to his first day in office. joe biden with a pen undid the policies of president trump had in place that were working. remain in mexico was a negotiated agreement between our two countries. when joe biden says oh it's hard because mexico doesn't want to do it. mexico didn't want to get into the agreements when president trump was in office. president trump made it abundantly clear to the president of mexico why it was important to have it.

remain in mexico stopped a lot of that illegal flow and ending catch and release with something else president trump did that worked effectively. joe biden reverse that policy on his own. there were no laws passed to do that. it seems like he maybe ergot that he had that legal authority for her while antilla was pointed out to the president on multiple occasions that he has the legal authority today to fix this problem. we took our own action in the house. we came together as house republicans and said we are going to fix this problem and show the country how you can secure our border. we passed h.r. 2, critical piece of legislation that provides all the different elements that we gathered it and we worked with border patrol agents and other experts that know what's at stake to say let's fix this problem. to shame not a single democrat voted for that bill. because they are serious about the problem. they don't want to fix the

problem that when you look at what happened a few days ago to lincoln riley that woke up the country to just how bad this is, sadly in my backyard in louisiana as a whip pointed out a 14-year-old girl was raped by someone here illegally just days ago. this is happening over and over again across america and people are rightfully outraged. not just because it's happening. because it's preventable, because it was created by joe biden and joe biden gets the mess he created. he'll go to the border and i don't know what he will say. he'll talk about taking action. mr. president we have shown you the steps to take. i'll give you a question you can ask the white house today. does the president dare say he wants to secure the border but won't take the steps that we have been talking about today. ask president biden why today he has a lawsuit against the

governor of texas is trying to secure his own states border because the president won't do his job so governor abetz put up some razor wire to its that least give some protection to the state of texas to stop the flow of illegals coming in and you would think joe biden would applaud him and say hey thank you for least doing something. no, president biden is trying to force governor abbott to take that barrier down some more illegals can come in. it's so clear that joe biden wants them to come into this country so whatever he says of the border today he should be asked mr. president are you going to drop a lawsuit against the state of texas so they can at least protect their border since you won't take the necessary action to do it. we in the house that continued to stand for border security and perhaps legislation even without a single democratic vote because we care about this problem and we will continue to fight at our open southern border.

and our speaker every step of the way leading that charge, mike johnson. >> thank you steve. thank you all for being here. there's a lot going on. let me give you a couple of updates. on tuesday i went to the white house and met with the president the vice president leadership more and mcconnell and hakeem jeffries of the house but i told him the obvious truth for the obvious truth is simply end up repeatedly heard all over the country at multiple states over the last week all over the country the obvious truth is that we have to take care of america's needs first. we have two. the border is an issue to every american i matter where they live because every state is a border state. if we are going to take care for america's needs first that made securing the border. you understand what we are saying. we have to secure the border.

we have two and we have to fund our government. this week we are working hard to do both of those things. we are trying to urge the president to use his executive authority to do something meaningful to stop the hemorrhaging of the border and reduce the flow. the white house knows about this specifically the provision of the federal law that gives him broad authority to do this, to unwind the extraordinary unprecedented damage that he has done with his policies. this is a catastrophe of their design. as was mentioned earlier vice chairman said at the conference we documented 64 specific actions beginning the day he took office the executive orders and agency orders that opened up border whiting created -- and everybody in america knows it. the president had the authority to do something and he won't i can understand why he won't. meanwhile for getting funding done as well. i wish i could say the same

about the border security. the president's going to the border you have heard it's only his second visit in three years and everything as bad as it is the statistics are. he's only seen it twice and he's going for a photo op. it's the 29th -ranked hotspot on the border. why would he go to the 29th hotspot? he doesn't really want to see the reality. we tried to explain to him for border patrol council themselves call president biden said quote too little, too late. also today former president trump is in the legal battle where that if group of 64 house republicans on january 3 the largest congressional trip to many of us have been to the border many times. the side-by-side image of these to president could not be a greater contrast. when president was building a wall. president trump is cracking down on those trying to cross

illegally and supporting our cbp agents and give executive order to stop illegal immigration current president biden is doing the opposite. he halted importation and ceded operational control to the cartoon he did everything he could to incentivize illegal immigration. a long story short when president showed strength in the other showed weakness and that's what it is. when president stood for control the other stood for four chaos of the border so house republicans continue to fight. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 7463 which was received from the house and is at the desk and that the only motions and amendments in order to the bill be the following, paul 1614, marshall motion to commit which is at the desk, lee motion to commit which is at the desk,

and cruz motion to commit which is at the desk. further, the senate vote on the above motions and amends in the order listed with 60 affirmative votes required for adoption of amendment 1614, that on the disposition of the cruz motion to commit, the bill will be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill as amended if amended. with 60 affirmative votes required for passage. without further intervening action or debate and with two minutes for debate equally divided prior to each vote. further, that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in condition subtleation with the republican leader, no later than friday, march 8, 2024, the senate proceed to the consideration of s.3853, there be up to one hour for debate equally divided between the two leaders or designees, that upon the use or yielding back of time the bill be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage ever the bill, all

without intervening action or debate, with 60 affirmative votes required for passage. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: h.r. 7463, an act making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i am pleased that democrats have just reached an agreement with the republicans to pass a temporary extension of government funding tonight. we will have up to five votes, four on amendments and then final passage. this agreement is an important step because we not only avoid a shutdown on friday, we also clear the way for passing the first six appropriations bills next week. we want to move quickly, so i ask senators to stay in their seats or near the floor until we finish our work. we're going to try, starting on the second vote, to keep votes limited to ten minutes.

so please stay in your seats. now, mr. president, this year the good lord gave us an extra day in february, so let's make sure we finish the job and don't drag this debate into mrauch -- into march. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that all votes in this series, after the first vote, be ten minutes in duration. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm really grad we have clear consensus that no one wants to see a government shutdown and preventing one now will require a very short c.r. so we can continue making good progress on our full-year funding bills. i've been at the table for a long time now, pushing to make progress every single day, and we are genuinely close. if bipartisan cooperation prevails, i am very confident we can at long last, at long last wrap up our fy-24 bills.

as my colleagues are aware, we plan to release the first six bills in the coming days to give everyone time to review them before a vote next week, while we continue to lock up the last six bills. i'm confident we can get all of our funding bills done in the next few weeks, so long as partisan poison pills are taken off the table. we are working in a divided government. that means to get anything done, we have to work together, in good faith, to reach reasonable outcomes. that has been true from day one of these negotiations, and we will only reach the last day of these negotiations if that happens. again, mr. president, we're close, we are moving in the right direction, it is full speed ahead, and we will keep working hard, with our colleagues, to get this wrapped up and take a shutdown completely off the table by passing the strongest bipartisan spending bills we can and hopefully soon. i urge all of our colleagues to vote yes on the c.r. so we have the time to get these done.

thank you, mr. president. ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, several of the amendments we will vote on propose a full year continuing resolution that would lock in dangerously inadequate funding levels for our national defense and lead to cuts in other vital programs, serving our veterans, farmers, low-income families and older americans. in a briefing last month, the commander of u.s. central command told me this is the most dangerous security situation in 50 years, the idea that we would consider hamstringing our military under a yearlong continuing resolution, at such a time, is unconscionable. the department of defense has never operated under a yearlong c.r.

it would reduce defense spending by 27 billion collars relative -- $27 billion relative to the level called for under the fiscal responsibility act. further, there would be problems with the misalignment of funds that, in many cases, would prevent critical funding from being executed. for example, 30% of the navy shipbuilding requests could not be spent because the funding would be misaligned. according to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, under a yearlong c.r. thousands of defense programs will be imp impacted, with the most devastating effects to our national defense being to personnel, the nuclear triad modernization, shipbuilding, maint maintenance, munitions and replenishments and the u.s. indo-pacific command priorities. let us also remember we would be wasting taxpayer dollars as we

would forgo billions of dollars in potential spending, reductions and rescissions carefully identified by the appropriations committees. a year long c.r. would result in a military that is less able to respond to serious security threats around the globe, and it would harm important domestic investments in biomedical research, infrastructure, and other priority areas. it would result in furloughs or hiring freezes for food inspectors and air traffic con controllers, as well as slash housing assistance at a time when we already face a severe affordable housing shortage. i urge my colleagues to reject these motions and support the responsible approach of passing this short-term measure to fund the government.

we will then move to the six completed conference reports on appropriations bills and continue our important work on the remainder of the full-year appropriations bills. thank you, mr. president. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i call up senate amendment 1614 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. paul, proposes an amendment numbered 1614. mr. paul: mr. president, here we go again. senators of both parties will once again kick the can down the road. our national debt is over $34 trillion and growing at an alarming rate. the majority of the senate meets today to vote once again for more deficit spending. we now know that the federal reserve is not only buying the federal debt, they're buying the debt of proof leg at --

proflegate large spending states like california, new york, and illinois. my amendment would make it explicitly illegal for the federal reserve to buy the debt of these big-spending profligate individual states. it was neff intended that -- it was never intended congress give the fed the power. we should make sure it is explicit, the federal reserve cannot buy the debt of individual states. i urge a yes vote. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: mr. president, i rise in opposition to the paul amendment. as part of the effort to support our economy following the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, the federal reserve established a liquidity facility to help state and local governments better manage their cash flow and those pressures that ex ichsed -- existed that they face as a result of increase in state and local government expenditures related to the pandemic and delay and decrease of some tax and other revenues.

all funds borrowed by municipal it's have been repaid. tying the fed hands to prevents it from helping states and municipalities would be dangerous. congress has given the fed the flexibility to transact in state and local bonds because we knew it could be an important and helpful tool in times of an emergency, protecting millions of public workers including police officers, health care workers, and other first. as we have seen -- other first responders. as we've seen, uncertainty can hurt both big and small states, and the fed's simple abilities to assist state and local governments can provide stability and allow policymakers to address emerging crises, preventing emergency programs outright would be dangerous and uns in. finally, adopting this amendment would require the continuing resolution go back to the house to be voted on again. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the paul amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment.

mr. paul: mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. 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.

the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative, lee, marshall and paul. senators voting in the negative, butler, cantwell, collins, cortez-masto, hassan, heinrich, kelly, king, ossoff, padilla, sinema, smith, warnock and whitehouse. ms. murkowski, no. mr. graham, no. mr. durbin, no.

the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. tester, no. ms. baldwin, no. mrs. blackburn, aye.

the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. schumer is no. mr. rounds, no. mr. peters, no. mrs. shaheen, no.

the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. casey, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. reed, no.

the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mrs. murray, no.

the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. ms. warren, no.

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye.

mr. blumenthal, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye.

the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no.

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

the clerk: ms. duckworth, no.

the clerk: mr. budd, no.

the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. wyden, no.

the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. wicker, aye.

mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. mr. budd, aye.

the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. bennet, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. fetterman, no.

the clerk: ms. hirono, no.

the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. markey, no. m young, aye.

the clerk: ms. lummis, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, no. mr. booker, no.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. mendendez, no.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no.

the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye.

mr. sullivan, aye. mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye.

the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. brown, no.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no.test

the clerk: mr. coons, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 37, the nays are 53, under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to.

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: i have a motion at the donetsk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. cloich mr. marshall -- the clerk: mr. marshall moves to commit the bill -- mr. marshall: i move to dispense with the reading. the presiding officer: without objection. ma mr. marshall: mr. president, as we assess an embarrassing fiscal fee as co -- fiasco, i believe full year continuing resolution funding at last year's levels is the least of the evils we face tonight. our amendment will free spending and save american taxpayers at least $70 billion.

look, here we are five months late, i see no path to gathering in the reigns of an out of -- reins an out of control tax process, with we have a broken budget process and we have not done serious work on the senate floor with appropriation bills since october. and while the appropriations committee should be commended for accomplishing its job, last july american taxpayers realized these individual appropriation bills could have been brought to the floor one at a time, exposed to sunlight and cameras and should have been passed months ago. we realize the symptoms of a bigger problem. today we feel the pain of a disease of failed congressional process. just like american families, the

american government needs to learn to live within its means and i hope soon we can turn to legislation that will secure a more stable, competent budget process. we need to get this year's appropriations process behind us, pass a yearlong c.r. and then address legislation that brings teeth to an old budget law that forces the president congress to do our job in a competent timely fashion. and finally, mr. president, our amendment funds israel at the white house's request, that's showing the world once again america stands beside israel. thank you. i yield back. the presiding officer: the president from washington. mrs. murray: the house voted overwhelmingly to show us this -- send us this clean and short c.r. while we work on passing final funding bills which is what we should be focused on you in. this particular motion wouldn't just prevent the senate from averting a shutdown tomorrow, it would swap the clean short-term

c.r. for a full-year c.r. that means devastating across-the-board cuts and tie it to aid to israel for a yearlong c.r. we are not going to throw in the towel for our funding bills and we are not going to send aid to some allies while leaving ukraine in the dust. we have passed a comprehensive national security package in an overwhelming bipartisan vote. now the house needs to pass that and i'm confident they will as soon as the speaker brings it up for a vote. tonight, let's pass the c.r., getting funding bills done and keep working to get the supplemental signed into law. i ask my colleagues to signed -- signed into law are. mr. schumer: is there any time expired? mr. schumer: we are going to

enforce the 10-minute rule. stay in your seats, let's get the next amendments done with expedition. the presiding officer: the 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. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown.

the clerk: mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey.

the clerk: 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 -- blackburn, budd, cruz, hagerty, hawley, johnson, kennedy, lummis, marshall, paul, rubio, and scott of florida. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, boozman, brown, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, cramer, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, graham,

grassley, hassan, heinrich, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lankford, mcconnell, menendez, merkley, mullin, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, ricketts, rosen, rounds, schatz, schumer, sinema, smiltsdz, stabenow -- smith, stabenow, sullivan, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, warren, warnock, and wyden. mr. wyden, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. tuberville, aye. ms. hirono, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. markey, no.

mrs. shaheen, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye.

the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. young, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. welch, no.

mr. cornyn, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: there fetterman, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. -- mr. fetterman, no. mr. hickenlooper, no.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. braun, no. mr. thune, no.

the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no.

the clerk: mr. lujan, no.

the presiding officer: this motion the yeas are 14. the nays are 76. the motion is not agreed to. order in the chamber. the senator from utah. mr. lee: i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: the senator from utah, mr. lee, moves to commit the bill, h.r. 7463 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 in which the senate is not in session with changes that one, are within the jurisdiction of such committee and two, provide continuing appropriations for the entire federal government through the end of fiscal year 2024. the presiding officer: there will now be up to two minutes of debate equally divided. mr. lee: mr. president, this measure, this motion calls for a full year c.r. let me tell what you a full year

c.r., taking us to september 30 -- the presiding officer: order in the chamber. mr. lee: if we were to go to a four-year krr to september 30, we would save $130 billion. now, there have been comments made on the floor, even this evening that are not correct suggesting this would take disproportionately from defense. just not true. under a four-year, regular defense would be $1.4 billion higher relative to f.y.2023. regular nondefense would be $40 billion less than f.y.2023. in a day and age in which we're living with a $2 trillion deficit and crippling inflation coming as a result of that we should take this as an opportunity to achieve a win for the american people. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. mrs. murray: mr. president, right now our job is to avoid a government shutdown. the house just sent us a very

short bipartisan c.r. to make sure our agencies and programs continue operating as we work together to pass the first six of our final funding bills next week. the house did its job. we need to do ours. and we need to keep pushing to complete all 24 budgets. this motion would not prevent us from averting a shutdown. it would direct the appropriations committee to abandon weeks and weeks of very hard work and negotiations that reflect the input and interests of the members of this body. i urge a no vote. the presiding officer: any further debate? hearing none, the question -- the majority leader. mr. schumer: that one took 14 minutes. let's beat is on this one. please stay in your seats. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. 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. 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 -- blackburn, budd, cruz, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, maurnl,

rubio -- marshall, rubio, scott of florida, tuberville. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, boozman, brown, butler, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cornyn, cortez masto, cotton, cramer, duckworth, durbin, ernst, fetterman, fisher, gillibrand, graham, hagerty, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, hyde-smith, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lankford, lujan, menendez, mullin, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, ricketts, rosen, rounds, sanders, schatz, schmitt, schumer, smith, stabenow, sullivan, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, wicker, wyden,

young. mr. hoeven, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. hawley, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. braun, no. mr. murphy, no. mrs. shaheen, no.

ms. murkowski, no. vote:

the clerk: mr. crapo, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. merkley, no.

the clerk: mr. markey, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 12, the nays are 77 and the motion is not agreed to. the presiding officer: order, please. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i have a motion at the desk.

the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, moves to commit the bill h.r. 7463 to the committee on appropriations of the senate with instructions to report back, the same back to the senate in one day not counting any day in which the senate is not in session -- mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise today on a motion to commit to instruct that h.r. 2 be added to this continuing resolution. h.r. 2 contains a comprehensive plan to secure the border, to stop catch and release, to build the wall, to stop visa overstays, and to reform abuse of immigration parole and asylum laws. in the past couple of weeks we've seen tragedy across this country, including a 22-year-old woman murdered in the state of georgia, including a 2-year-old child murdered in the state of

virginia, including a 14-year-old child raped in boston, massachusetts; including a child under 14 raped in louisiana, all by illegal aliens released by the biden administration. it is time for this to end. this bill has passed the house. and if the senate wants to secure our open borders, we can do so right now today. i urge an affirmative vote. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, the clock is ticking. the clock is ticking. we face a partial shutdown of the government tomorrow night. we cannot let the threat of that government shutdown be used as leverage to set aside the bipartisan agreement on the c.r. before us in order to jam through deeply partisan immigration policies. we're not going to throw in the towel on our very carefully negotiated funding bills. we have worked on in favor of a full-year c.r. that would impose devastating across-the-board cuts to defense and nondefense

programs. vote no. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none the question is on the motion. mr. schumer: mr. president, the last one was 11 minutes. let's get to 10. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown.

the clerk: mr. budd. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell.

the clerk: 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.

the clerk: 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.

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 -- blackburn, boozman, budd, capito, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, ricketts, rubio, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tuberville, and vance. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth,

durbin, fetterman, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, hyde-smith, kaine, kelly, kaine, lujan, markey, mcconnell, mendendez, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, padilla, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, wicker, and young. mr. tillis, aye.

mr. wyden,, no.test. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. . the presiding officer: the yeas are 32, the nays are 58, and the

motion is not agreed to. the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, can we have some order? we're almost done. the presiding officer: please takes -- please take your conversations off the floor. mr. schumer: please. thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm happy to inform the american people there will be no government shutdown on friday. when we passed this bill, we will have, thank god, avoided a shutdown, with all its harmful effects on the american people. i thank my colleagues for working together. it's good we're not shutting down. and now, left us finish the job of funding the government so we don't have to do this again. as i've said repeatedly to the speaker, the only way to get things done in divided government is bipartisanship. i'm glad the speaker heard our plea and worked with us to avoid a shutdown. next week, we hope to bring the

first six funding bills to the floor and send them to the president's desk before march 8. can we have order, mr. president? the vote tonight is a strong indication that we can work in a bipartisan way to get those bills passed, and we hope to finish funding all of the government by march 22. that is the commitment the speaker made with us yesterday, and we're counting on him to follow through. what we have done today has overcome the opposition of the maga hard right and gives us a formula for completing the appropriations process in a way that does not shut down the government and capitulate to extremists. i thank leader mcconnell, speaker johnson, leader jeffries, chair murray, vice chair collins and all the appropriators who helped reach this agreement. i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin.

vote:

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.

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.

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, boozman, brown, butler, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons,

cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, cramer, duckworth, durbin, ernst, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, graham, grassley, hagerty, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, kaine, kelly, kennedy, king, klobuchar, lankford, lujan, lummis, markey, mcconnell, menendez, merkley, mullin, murkowski, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, ricketts, rosen, rounds, rubio, sanders, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, smith, stabenow, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch,

whitehouse, wicker, wyden, young. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, braun, budd, crapo, cruz, hawley, johnson, lee, marshall, smith, scott of florida, tuberville, vance. -- lee, marshall, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville, vance. vote:

the presiding officer: the yeas are 77, the nays are 136789 the bill is passed. majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to ploed it to executive session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no.

the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination is of executive calendar number 518, ronald t. keohane of new york to be an assistant secretary of defense, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion disagreed. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session. 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, federal mine safety and health review commission, be moshe z. marvit of pennsylvania to be a member. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 529, moshe z. marvit of pennsylvania to be a member of the federal mine safety and health review commission, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names 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. all opposed say no. 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 546. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion.

all those in favor say aye. 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, merit systems protection board. cathy ann harris to be chairman. mr. schumer: i sent a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 456, cathy ann harris of maryland to be chairman of the merit systems protection board signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be wavered. without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the document be wafrmentd the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate consider calendar 517 -- medicinal

medicinal that the -- douglas craig schmidt that the senate votes on the nomination, the motion 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 clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of defense, k k douglas craig schmidt of tennessee to be director of operational test and evaluation. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: the nomination is confirmed. 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 ask unanimous consent the senior senator from hawaii be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from february 29 through march 5, mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without

objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i have three 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: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s.3859, introduced earlier today by senators grassley and ossoff. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s.3859 to ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under federal law without regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim or the death itself. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i further ask that the bill be considered read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be

discharged from further consideration of s.3706 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s.3706, a bill to amend section 3663a of title 18 united states code to clarify that restitution includes necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by a person who has assumed the victim's rights. the presiding officer: without objection. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent consent the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 570, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 570 designating march 1, 2024, as national speech and debate education day. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate will proceed to the measure.

mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i understand there's a bill at the desk. i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title for the first time. the clerk:. is 3853, a bill to extend the period for filing claims under the radiation exposure compensation act and so forth. mr. schumer: i now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14 i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned to convene for a pro forma session only with no business conducted at 12:00 noon on friday, march 1, and that when the senate adjourns on friday it stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on tuesday, march 5. that following the prayer and

pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be 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 conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the keohane nomination. further, that the cloture motions filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m. on tuesday. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate is adjourned until 12:00 senate is adjourned until 12:00 u.s. senate voting to extend government funding in friday at midnight. legislation was already approved by the house earlier today.

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