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public service, row seat to democracy. >> the senate is coming in to work on a few of president biden's nominations, an including a vote on christopher hanson to serve another five-year term and continue as the chair of the nuclear regulatory commission and lawmakers are considering a couple of nominations to the d.c. superior court. live now to the floor of the u.s. senate here 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. eterl god, teach us how to act

with integrity, to permit our thoughts, words, and actions to match what we profess. lord, examine our motives and remove even the flaws that are hidden from us, the sins of omission as well as we acknowledge our total dependence on you to keep us faithful, fruitful, and fair. remind our lawmakers often of your unfailing love, as you continue to be their refuge, fortress, and bulwark. may our senators strive to serve you with reverential awe,

finding their safety in trusting you completely. we pray in your precious name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c june 4, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform diets of the chair. signed: patty murray president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved.

simply because the applicant was a woman. the struggle for equal pay for equal work continues to this day. in a today women working full time mages 84 cents on the dollar compared to men. and on and on it goes. women struggling with their basic human rights.

then oncades, after decades and decades of struggle, women in america finally won the right to control their own bodies as result of the supreme court decision in roe v. wade. no longer would state government able to tell women what they could or could not do with their own bodies. and when we talk about the history of how all of these happen, let's not ignore the lack of political representation that women had. in 1987, not so many, many years ago there were two met women in the united states senate senate and 98 member those are the folks allountry who are making decisions. the truths that men men would not tolerate them being subject to government decisions

regarding how they could control their own bodies. i am not aware of any state in this country that is d"stricted right of a man to get viagra or anyscribed by a doctor. i'm not aware of any state in this country that getting a vasectomy or any other medical procedure that men choose to get that has been approved by a doctor. we hear a lot of talk about freedom in this body. freedom to do what you want to do. and yet right now we are living at a time when half of our population or more has lost that freedom. and by the way when i talk about the right of women to be able to control their own body, is not just me talking. it's what the american people believe in poll after poll, in state election after state election. people are saying we may disagree politically may disagree on this or that issue but very shortly the american

people believe it is women not the government that has a right to control their own bodies. senator murray, the gavel is yours. >> chairmanyou so much for your statement and thank you for letting me share today's hearing on a topic that is deeply important to me and want to think all of our witnesses for joining us here today. today we take a close accounting of the trauma republicans are inflicting on women and families across our count are doing to basic reproductive health care to the horrific antiabortion crusade. the issues here and it cuts to the core of american values. freedom. many women everyday experience the joy of becoming pregnant and raising a family. they were able to make that decision for themselves. but no one no one should be dragged through a pregnancy

against their will. right now in america more than one-third of women of reproductive states where the essentially do not have the choice to end a pregnancy if they need to. instead, republicans have made the choice for them with extreme abortion bans and cruel restrictions on access to care. with these policies they hav told women in no uncertain terms you don't control your body, we do. that is horrifying. think about what it means what it really needs to be told something else can decide you have to stay pregnant, them out of the circumstance. think about how little power that gives a woman over her own life ander own health. and think about how much power that gives not just polit a woman pregnant, force her to stay pregnant so you can control over her or even get revenge for the rest of her life.

to every republican who hopes this issue will go away, or something the post postdoc to reality would become settatus quo listen. you never just get used to someone else taking control of your body, your m your plans for your family or your future. you never forget a politician rescinding the right to make decisions about something as personal as their own pregnancy and imposing his will instead especially when you live with the consequences every day. the consequences of the postdoc abortion ban are so much broader and so much more devastating than any one story or hearing can ever to justice. there are stories that give a lot of attention at a shocking almost beyond belief. stories of women denied care for a miscarriage because of abortion bans women turned away from hospitals because their doctors hands were tied, until

the lost over half of their blood, till there has unconscious until the only option was an emergency hysterectomy or tragically until late. or stories of children who can't get abortion care after being raped. some kids may be able to get across state lines to get the care they need. other children have been f into motherhood. i republican politicians. one teenager delivered a baby while clutching a teddy bear. these nightmares are happening acro our country. as a direct result of republican abortion bans. and there's so many other stories that go untold. women do not want to be pregnant -- women who do not want to be pregnant for whatever reason, maybe to can't afford to have another child right now. maybe there in an abusive relationship. maybe they just want to care for by politicians have no say in the matter. not unless they have the time

and resources often thousands of dollars to travel, in some cases hundreds and hundreds of miles. it is harrowing -- fix the -- [inaudible] >> it is harrowing to think that a reality where forced pregnancy has become so widespread and so rampant that only the most worse stories get national attention. but the stories of all the other women who are confronted by these bands their pain, their heartbreak, their anger and fears are also horrific, valid and an important part of the conversation. a forced pregnancy does not have to make headlines to make

someone's life a living hell. and let's be clear about a few more things before we get started. republican tax are not only the band abortions. they're not only hurting women who need an abortion and the attacks on our rights are not stopping at an abortion. when it comes to states like mine where abortion is legal providers are being stretched beyond capacity by women in desperate need of abortion care they can no longer get at their home. so when comes to women who not even seeking an abortion, bans are hollowing out healthcare for women in general especially for those who already faced some of the biggest care, women of color indigenous women, those in rural communities. because in a surprise to no one healthcare providers do not want to work in states where politicians get between a doctor and the patient and threaten providers with the jail time, and the loss of their medical license if they dare to help patients get the care they need.

so in states with extreme abortion bans were safe healthcare providers closing their doors and shutting down their practices. new doctors staying away and fewer options for patients to get a whole range of necessary health care services. the consequences extend far beyond abortion. and when it comes to what is next well, republicans already made it painfully clear they want the national abortion plan. and no matter what they're saying that we can just look at the record. look at how many republicans ha abortion bans. look at the life at conception act. that is built that is supported by more than half of the house republican conference that would enshrine fetal personhood nationwide. let's be clear what that would mean. not just an abortion ban. would mean women and doctors will be charged with murder for an abortion making them eligible toto the death penalty in their state.

it would be emergency contraception like plan b outlawed and would mean ipf ripped away from people who are trying to start a family. this is not theoretical. we saw how much chaos this dangerously extreme ideology already caused for families in alabama. and yet there are republican states and republican members of congress including the speaker of the house who support making fetal personhood law of the land. that is extreme and the extreme. but in the face of all this for we've also seen an outcry from women and men who refuse to let republicans keep dragging our nation backwards and stripping away our basic rights. every time abortion rights have been on the ballot since dobbs every single timee one. people are standing up and they are speaking out. democrats are proud to stand with them.

democrats are going to make sure women's voices are heard in our nation's capital including at hearings like this one. and we're going to keep fighting to pass the women's health protection act and restore the basic and fundamental rightf women to control their own body. while former president trump continues to brag about how we overturn roe and a clear he would go event. further to restrict and ban d reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s.4445, a bill to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertly an act to prohibit non-u.s. citizens from voting in elections, and so forth. mr. schumer: in order to proceed, i object to further proceeding en bloc.

the presiding officer: objections having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: mr. president, 105 years ago today, the congress passed the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote under the constitution for the first time ever. in the 240-year history of our country, the passage of amendment is without question one of america's best moments. it was one of the greatest leaps ever in our march to become a more perfect union. but it was also more importantly a great culmination of decades of sacrifice, struggle and persistence persistence, much of which was centered in upstate new york i'm proud to say, in seneca falls and other places. we cannot name the countless women and americans who sacrificed in ways big and small to secure for women the right to vote but we honor their memory all the same. today, i am wearing this yellow roseo to honor -- in honor of

today's historic observance. i am wearing this yellow rose totoric observance, and there will be a viewing for the original signed copy of the 19th amendment today in the capitol. i'll be stopping by and i encourage my colleagues to do the same because it was truly a landmark moment for america. of course we celebrate today's anniversary of the pçassage of the 19nd amendment mindful of the great task still in front of us. more than stands between this generation and the generation that made vote but in many ways we still share in their struggle for greater justice and greater equality. we still carry the same moral duty they bore to make our nation a more faithful reflection of our founding ideals. the march for equality for women and all americans is still not over.

when the fundamental right of women to make their own choices about their bodies has been stolen from them the march is still not over. when women are told by hard-right politicians that their health care decisions are not theirs to make that they mu in some instances across state lines and across time zones, to access basic reproductive care the march is still not over. when radical majority a radical conservative maga majority of the supreme court overturned decades of precedent, by repealing the protections of roe v. wade the march is still not over. on this 105th anniversary of the passage of the 19nd amendment we must confront the lugly truth that women, sadly, have fewer freedoms than they did just a few years ago. let's remember that as we are all commemorating the right to vote on this 105th anniversary of the passage of the 19nd amendment we must confront the

ugly truth that women sadly have fewer freedoms than they did just a few years ago. so tomorrow the senate will take action. tomorrow the senate will defend the freedom of choice with a vote on the right to contraception act, led by senators federal protections for contraceptives are a critical piece of protectsing women's reproductive freedoms. this would codify the right to contraception into federallaw, as maga republicans continue to block protections contraception on the state level, in states like virginia and nevadaizona, it is all the more reason to move to protect contraception at the federal level. to those who think that federal action protecting access to birth control is unnecessary, just hook at what's happening in -- look at what's happening in states like virginia nevada and arizona, where republicans are openly blocking these very protections. i would protecting access to birth control would be

the definition ofeasy uncontroversial decision here in the senate but the vote will tell all when we gavel in tomorrow. there will be more act began the rule 14 process for the right to ivf act, led by senators duckworth and murray and booker to place it on the legislative calendar and make it available for consideration on the floor. i intend to bring this legislation legislation, protecting access to ivf, up for a vote very soon. millions of americans relied on ivf to have stunningly radical decision by the alabama supreme court jeopardized that access to ivf, families are rightfully worried this option could be stripped away. so democrats willable to -- will act to safeguard and strengthen ivf access for all americans, so everyone has a chance to start a family. in the coming weeks, senate democrats will put reproductive freedoms front and center american people can see for themselves who will stand up to

defend their fundamental liberties. now, on the border. later today, president biden is expected to issue an executive order addressing the problems happening at our southern border border. as the president makes his announcement let's be very clear about one thing, gislation would have been the more effective way to go. president biden has been clear from the beginning he prefers legislation, but given how obstinate republicans have become turning down any real opportunity for strong border legislation legislation, the president is left with little choice but to act on his republican intransigence forced the president's hand. for years, republicans insisted again and again and again, that the bor crisis but when they had the opportunity to correct it they killed the strongest bipartisan bill congress has seen in decades. why did they kill it? at the behest of donald trump, who said he wanted chaos at the

border until after the election. shame on our republican friends. they say they want to protect the border? donald trump comes out with a very crass statement, let's keep it in chaos so i might win the election? and they go along? they do a 180-degree turn? that's a disgrace and it'se way he does which is a lot better than doing nothing, but not as preferable as passing legislation, as the president admits. we had an opportunity to pass a strong bipartisan border bill back in february and just over a few weeks ago. both times republicans put politics ahead of bipartisanship and blundered the best to pass a border security bill america urgently forget it. 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.

>> we won't women bobs to be helpful, successful prospers. and accumulates woman triggers the problem at -- the human life, those double lines come up come those double lines should not represent a burden as the other side would like to cast. it should represent a gift. but there seems when you do to make her life easier. i'm open to the tough conversations. i think we should all be. but we shouldn't minimize eye

dehumanizing and it must be with respect for both the mother and the defenseless and voiceless unborn child. there are participating in that debate. this is too personal for too many americans. with that i yield. >> we will now introduce these witnesses and moved to testimony. testimony. today will be hearing from madison anderson, young woman from texas who was forced to leave her state and travel hundreds of miles to get the abortion care she needed after texas passed the dec ban. doctor nisha verma ob/gyn and abortion provider in georgia and the fellow with physicians for reproductive health. destiny lopez acting ceo of the guttmacher institute and dr. allison linton, chief medical officer of planned parenthood of wisconsin, also in ob/gyn and abortion provider and a fellow with physicians for reproductive health. i will turn over to ranking member cassidy to introduce his

witness. [inaudible] -- both high and low risk hospitalized. she is a board member of indiana right to life and she is the seal ofn association of pro-life obstetricians and gynecologists. i will also represent ms. melissa ohden -- toy that right? yes, ms. ohden who is the founder chief executive officer of the abortion survivors network. melissa will tell us over story about surviving a failed abortion in 1977 that was intended to end her a life. she's made the charlotte knights recommends therk group provide support to other abortion survivors and mothers who have experienced a failed abortion. i look forward to hearing from you today alyssa, thank you for sharing her powerful story. >> again thank you to all our

witnesses. we will begin with ms. anderson. >> thank you senator. chair santa's, senatory and that's not 1.6 million known got-aways. fentanyl poisoning is now the leading cause of death among american adults between 18 and 45. the lethal pipelines that began with chinese chemical makers flow north across a broken u.s.-mexico border. and perhaps most disturbing is the increasing number of individuals on the terror watch list who have exploited the border chaos to set foot on

american soil. with an election just mon away the president hopes that issuing an executivez>rder will demonstrate that he cares about this crisis and is trying to fix it. never mind that his order would still allow more than 900,000 illegal aliens to come in every year at the southern border. this is on top of the half million illegal patrolees -- parolees president biden intends to continue waving into the country. combined that's more than the population of ten states. it's a new dallas texas every year. this is like turning a garden hose on a five-alarm fire and the american people are not fools fools. they know tha this play is too

little, too late. on a different matter i've spoken repeatedly about how adele mangi is unqualified for the bench.lags on this administration's nominees aren't limited to radical associations and lapses. judge nancy l. maldonado, a trial judge, has distinguished herself with sheer, sheer incompetence. anks to reforms put in place by then-judiciary committee chairman biden, federal courts keep track of how many fully briefed motions have been sitting without a decision at least six months. a report often known among judges in chicago as the biden

list. it was a good reform because justice delayed is justice denied. and as it turns out, maldonado has by far the largest number of motions pending for more than six months among thee seventh circuit with 125. she would need to rule on one of these motions every work day for the next six months just to clear her existing biden backlog. a handful of judges in the country who are this far behind on their work. judge maldonado's puts her beyond the 99th percentile of all district judges nationwide in terms of slowness. the biden list requires judges to explain why it is so far behind. judge maldonado blames her complexity

of the case unquote. voluminous transcript briefs to be read and heavy civil and criminal caseload. does the president think his nominees will face less complex cases on the court of appeals? lighter caseloads? less voluminous transcripts or briefs? why on earth would our colleagues consider giving new and greater responsibilities to a judge who's clearly struggling with theshe's already got? or for that matter why would they consider promoting someone whose instinct is to pass the buck? i wish i were making this up. our colleagues asked judge maldonado about her case backlog in questions, she blamed her clerks. probably cold comfort to prisoners seeking relief for

inhumane treatment or litigants paying months of legal fees awaiting her decisions. apparently it's not the woman with the judicial commission who is responsible for justice delayed. it's the 25-year-old brand-new lawyers on her staff. but passing the buck is what judge maldonado does. the junior senator for louisiana asked her how she defined assault weapon. in a brief supporting assault weapon ban and the judge said she didn't know because she didn't write the brief. she was only -- get this -- the counsel of record. do our colleagues really expect a promotion to the court of appeals to turn things around? do they really think one of the nation's least productive jurists actually deserves such a

promotion? it doesn't have to be like this. without even leaving chicago, washints will find a different trial judge, judge mary roland. judge roland has credentials. sheleft's desired diversity metrics. the only difference she's actually good at her job. her biden list is three cases. reason? these opinions are being drafted but need to have hearings. complex cases and voluminous briefing don't phase judge roland. so mr. president, this matters. the seventh circuit is a busy court. they hear oral arguments for every case that has a lawyer and publish all of these opinions as precedo the last stop for almost all litigants in wisconsi nois and

indiana. confirming judge tow to that -- maldonado would be taking a proven herself incapable of swimming in the shallow end of the pool and throwing her into lake michigan. the people and litigants of the seventh circuit deserve better. and if my colleagues want to see basic competence in their judges they ought to nominee. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination nuclear regulatory commission christopher t. hanson to be a member. mr. durbin president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, when i hear the republican leader come to the floor and talk about the fact that president biden has waited until this point in his first term to issue an

executive order on border security i can't help but think how long the senate has waited to do anything on immigration. the senator from kentucky knows as well as i do that for more than 30 years this senate has failed to pass any meaningful legislation. part of the problem on hearkens back to decades of neglect by the senate and the house of representatives to meet their constitutional responsibility to upgrade our laws. how many times have you heard said that our immigration legal system is broken? they're right. i happen to know that. i've paid personal attention to this issue for a long time. and for the senator from kentucky to berate p president biden because he waited until this moment in his first term to take action is to ignore the obvious. we passed comprehensive immigration reform in the united

states senate and it was passed by more than 60 votes. it was sent to the republican house of representatives. they refused to act on it. and to bring it closer to home we were told last october not to pass any defense supplemental bill unless it included a provision related to border security. and so we waited for a bipartisan group of three senators -- one republican one independent, and one democrat -- and senator lankford led the effort on behalf of the republicans, we waited until they produced a work product which in fact president biden embraced. and though it was controversial, i felt was a reasonable step forward. what happened at that moment? we had a chance to do something, finally to do something in the senate on dprags. we had a -- senate on immigration. we had a bipartisan bill a bill which was crafted by able members of the senate and addressed the major problems

facing us on the border. what happened? do you remember? i'll tell you exactly what happened. donald trump, the former president of the united states announced he opposed the bill and instructed any republican who happened to agree with his point of view to oppose it as well and then said and if you want to assign any blame, blame me he said. well i am blaming him. the chance to pass legislation was stopped by donald trump and the republicans in the initiated the process themselves. that's the that president biden faces on the border. we are facing the largest refugee crisis in modern history, all over the world, and we're seeing it on our southern border in the united states as well. the question is will we do anything? president biden has decided to step forward with an executive order which would limit the access of individuals between ports of entry on the border in an effort to slow down the pace of those presenting themselves. that to me is a step in the

right direction. i wish he would do more. i wish he would also do something to help those immigrants in the united states who have shown that they can be worthy citizens of this country, have contributed mightily toward the betterment of this country and have been here long enough to prove that that's true. i think they deserve opportunities and legal recognition, and i think this should be included. but for now to argue from the senate floor where little or nothing is taking place on immigration reform in more than 30 years, that president biden isn't moving quickly enough it's a really argument to understand let alone explain to anyone. let me say another word. to call those people who present themselves for asylum in the unit case to be resolved in court illegal aliens is a misnomer. they are here by legal recognition status as asylees seeking protection. their final status has not been

determined and that will establish what their final classification will be. but at this point they are legally in the united states awaiting a hearing. to call them illegal is not proper. let me say a word about the situation in illinois on judges. i was a littleraised this issue. as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, i spent a large part of my time in the last three and a half years on bringing judges to the federal bench. we now have over 200 judges profb approved in a -- be who have been approved in the united states senate. nancy l. maldonado is the nominee for the ninth circuit. she is serving as a federal district court judge in chicago. no one, absolutely no one on that court has argued that she is lazy or is noting her share of the load when it comes to the cases pending before her. she in a situation

where she was sent more cases than usual and has not had an opportunity as other judges have in the pasto relegate those cases to other judges for consideration. it is noteworthy that those who are critical of judge maldonado should know that in all the decisions she's rendered on the bench in the several years that she's been there, not one single rejected by court. shoos a worthy -- she is a worthy person to serve on the appellate court, not to take anything away from the judge senator mcconnell praised, mary roland. she is a dear friend of mine. it took me ten years to get h on the federal bench, and it is worth the wait because she is that good. but to argue that she is any better than nancy maldonado, i don't think even mary roland would try to make that case. i hope senator mcconnell will

reconsider the issues which he raised. mr. president, i'd like to speak on a separate topic at this point. 59 years ago this week the supreme court ruled in griswold vs. connecticut that all married americans have a constitutional ri use contraception. this decision has served as the foundation for other landmark supreme court decisions, including the expansion access contraception to other americans in 1972. for those of us who remember the time when griswold was decided, we remember what it meant for millions of americans. l with that decision finally the freedom to make their own reproductive family health care decisions, something which we take for granted in this country today. when griswold was decided in 1965 our nation still had a long way to go living up to the promise of equal justice under the law. as one example, 1965 women were often required to ask their husbands for permission to apply

for credit cards. hard to believe, right? in many banks widows or divorced women had to bring a man to apmriep for a credit card. we have made a lot of progress and 59 years later we have a long way to go but griswold vs. connecticut was a breakthrough. it was a glimpse of a nation that we can be. sadly, two years ago this monthx right-wing judicial activists sent us back in time. i'm referring to the supreme court's decision in dobbs, the crowning achievement of a republican-led decades-long decision to overrule roe v. wade and abolish reproductive rights in america. the ruling is the most irresponsible and dangerous decisions handed down by the supreme court. it ripped away a constitutional right from individuals and their families and handed it over to politicians. with the dobbs decision the

ultraconservative majority on the court not only overruled a nearly 50-year-old precedent that had been reaffirmed over and over again, but also twisted the facts to reach the outcome mean by that? in his majority opinion, justice alito claimed abortion cannot be constitutionally protected because it is not, and i quote, deeply rooted in the nation's history and tradition, close quote. judge alito is wrong again because whatever you may think about the issue, it has deep roots in our dissenting judges wrote it does provide support for abortion rights. justice alito's argument for overruling roe has no credibility. it wasn't originalism. it was an ideologically outcome based on historical cherry-picking. incredibly justice chairmans thomas wanted to go further.

he believes that the constitutional right to privacy is a fiction. in a concurring opinion in dobbs, justice thomas declared that the court should, quote, eliminate the legal doctrine behind the constitutional right vacy and, quote, reconsider all of this court's substantive due process precedents including griess waddle lawrence and aberg felled. that means that he thinks that the court that reconsider the right to contraceptive as well as the rights to marriage ecult and consensual relationships between lgbtq people. over the past years, republican lawmakers have picked up where the court left off. in state after state after state they have ripped away reproductive rights from millions of americans with devastating consequences. overruling roe v. wade has unleashed a health care crisis in america. 24 out the 50 states have either

barred or severely restricted access to abortion or are attempting to do so. many of these bans by the states provide no exceptions for rape and incest and many are grossly inconsistent in protecting the health and lives of mother's. some of these bans are written in a way that appear to limit access to contraception. you may hear some of our colleagues across the aisle exaggerating when we say the right to contraception is sat risk. they claim there is nothing to see here. well that to millions of americans impacted by the to overrule roe v. wade which has inserted politicians and judges into the mostgo personal decision imaginable. tell that to the americans who are worried that some of those politicians and judges have theircontraception, particularly after justice thomas urged his colleagues to reconsider his holding in griswold. that is why my colleagues

reintroduced the right to contraception right. would protect the right to access to contraception. it would codify the right to contraception the supreme court first rebelled in the griswold decision. this w senate has an opportunity to make history and counteract some of repressive policieses that republican state legislatures have put in place post-dobbs. tomorrow thee on cloture on the motion to proceed to proceed to the right to contraception act. my senate colleagues will have to decide how they want to be remembered during this vote. do they wasp to be remembered for blocking the effort to access contraception? i urge my colleagues to join me during this anniversary week of the griswold decision and help pass the right to contraception

act and ensure that americans will always be able to access free and safe contraception. mr. president, i yield the floor.

>> does not need to be ethical in order to ensure we can provide our patients with excellent health healthcare. women deserve fully informed consent and ongoing medical care. this is yet another point of agreement we should have attable. however, the same abortion advocates for positing women will die from atop pregnancies are the last several years been advocating for when to receive abortion drugs without first being seen by a physician. which is critical to ensure they do not have an ectopic pregnancy which accrued one o0 and are the leading cause of maternal mortality in the first trimester. this is not good medical care. and women seeking abortion deserve the same level of healthcare as any otherd abortion is no health benefit to our patients. it ends the life of one and often causes significant harm to the other. for example there are more than 160 studies that show an

increase risk of preterm birth in future pregnancies after surgical abortion. having set with a patient during the loss of her fifth child to two extreme prematurity of having surgical abortions with her first two pregnancies i can tell you this is devastating for women and their families. abortion also leads to significant increased risk of adverse mental health outcome. the vast majority of the literature on this issue shows long lasting mental health effects from abortion including depression anxiety drug abuse and suicide for at least 20-30% of women. when our country is already facing mental health crisis we should be minimizing things that contribute not encouraging them. as an ob/gyn we love caring for both our patients. we all desire for women to have the best possible health care and for them and their children to have the best chance to pursue their goals and dreams. pro-life laws have not created a women's healthcare nightmare. the idea that induced abortion is the only way women can be successfulealthy hast. when had the opportunity to

change course and i'd like my colleagues at the table the country and you senators, totally the ways we empower women with i could information exceptional healthcare, and better solutions for our maternal patients and ending the lives of their own children. thank you so much. >> ms. ohden. >> chairman sanders, ranking member cassidy members of the committee thank you for inviting me to i am alyssa open gov survivor a failed sailing induced abortion. babies survive abortion before roe v. wade we survive during roe v. wade and babies are still surviving abortion still matter where or how the abortion is performed. these experiences highlight the fundamental and u humanity of the pre-born and the expenses of their mothers. i appreciate this opportunity to have a serious conversation about this issue and for stories that highlight the impact of abortion to be told.

earlier this year the "washington post" wrote a story about a woman named evelyn i want to share with you today. evelyn's trips to abortion clinics in the differently than expected. to make separate attempt with medication abortions failed and she was found to be too far along to abort the third time. it were going to talk about with abortion, then we need to include these of stories in this discussion asll empathize with her shock and discover first medication abortion failed. as direct record, she fainted when she saw that there was a heartbeat on the ultrasound and was in and out of consciousness for a minutes. as as a journalist amber fuson wrote with an honest i appreciate the evidence that she did know the pill sometimes didn't work. she later learned three percenter medication abortions failed when the gestation reaches 70 days or ten weeks. according to the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists. i can surely the abortion survivors network it at the stores them in time and again they are shocked to discover they're stillregnant with the

baby attempted to abort. they try to keep it a secret and often navigate it alone. whether they continue the pregnancy or attempt multiple abortions as evelyn did as quoted desperate evelyn found website that ship abortion medication across the country. after speaking with a doctor by phone and paying $150, she waited for pills that were being mailed from india. this second course of abortion drugs also filtered in her pregnancy. her story and her daughters story, daughters life wasn't over yet. as article continues she found the clinic in albuquerque that offers second trimester abortions. she was approaching the third trimester. the clinic staff warned about the health risks of having a surgical abortion so late interpregnancy that health connector to two abortions that cover the cost of hotel food the $12,000 procedure. we need to pause here and truly consider evelyn and daughter. the support she was offered

after the failure of two medication abortions was to pay for a plane ticket, lodging food and a $12,000 abortion that pose risks to her health. this is an abysmal response to evelyn and her baby. evelyn needed emotional support medical and mental health care, financial assistance. evelyn's baby, like me, deserve more than to be subjected to yet another attempt to end her life. could you imagine a child in your own life being subjected to so-called medical intervention intended to weaken, starved burn or dismember them limb by limb until they die? this is the reality of abortion, and we should be ashamed of it. evelyn was found to according to southwestern women options, the doctors are trained to perform abortions after 20 weeks. evelyn soon gave birth to her daughter and she made an adoption play. plan. an option they both can live

with. the nightmare here is not abortion ban if the nightmare is that abortion continues to be aggressively promoted so that it is seen as the only option. like a plane ticket and $12,000 for a late-term abortion. i. i ask each how different women's and children's lives families, our society could be just as much money was spent to provide financial assistance housing education and appointed support child care, medical and mental health care. this would lead to a new era of women's empowerment that in the generational trauma of abortion. this doesn't have to be a dream. we can make it a reality. >> thank you to all of our witnesses. we will now begns i did ask my colleagues to keep track of your clock and stay within those five minutes. maddie comeau to start with you. first off thank you so much for being here today telling your story. i know it is not easy and

takes a lot of courage to be in front of all these people to talk about somethingto you. we really appreciate it. you touched upon in your remarks many hoops hewing to jump suggest to be able to get your abortion including traveling at the dissent over 700 miles round trip away from your help in texas to mississippi. talk a little bit about how whr

mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president.

mr. president, this week marks the 80th anniversary -- the presiding officer: the senate is currently in a quorum. mr. tuberville: i'd like to vitiate the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tuberville: thank you very much this much. 80th anniversary of the allied invasion of normandy operation over-lord, on june one of the most significant events in in those early morning hours, more than 24,000 soldiers and 1200 aircraft conducted a massive and daring airborne assault behind enemy lines. this was done to isolate the coast and prevent the enemy from reinforcing its defenses. then at dawn tus assault ever conducted, 160,000 u.s., british, and canadian troops poured out of 6900 ships and

vessels to storm theeaches against a crushing enemy fire. omaha, utah gold juneau sword -- the beaches' names are still famous today. the first days were not promising for the allies but slowly over the next several weeks the allies extended their tentious foothold and amassed more forces eventually these beaches of normandy. after a germanrly august failed the breakout would begin. paris would be liberated just weeks later, on august 25. and then five days later, the en -- the enemy would withdraw back against the scene into germany, the end of operation overlord.

losses were severe. june 6, d-day alone the allies suffered more than 10,000 casualties. at operation's end, that number would swell to nearly a quarter of million including more than 103,000 -- 153,000 wounded, and 72,000 killed or missing. more than was killed in the entire warvietnam. most-day's participants were young menly 20's. men with little or no combat experience. and their whole lives in front of them. they landed on those beaches. men like my charles tuberville a farmer from arkansas who was not yet 19. he was 18 years old when he landed at utah beach on that very day of june can't imagine what it must

have been like to carry such an incredible burden at such young age.r family and young ones knowing you might not make it home. my dad would tell you it's because it was their duty. they loved their country, and their country needed them. they also understood that america and the freedoms we enjoy were worth fighting i think of those men today and i can't help but for my sons and this country's future. in the months leading up to this important 80thniversary, we have been inundated with images from college campuses across our nation. we have seen young people of similar age to the d-day heroes protesting in support of terrorists openly calling for the destruction of the society

and freedoms that my dad and all these men paid for on d-day, with their blood. so how'd we go from producing the type of men and women w die on the beaches for freedom and our constitution how did we get here to college students who are openly supporting groups that chant death to america? sadly, our education system has failed the younger generation. universities are more concerned with woke ideology than with quality educatioest in teaching students the truth about our country and our founding principles. our students are being taught to hate this country, to hate america, and the results speak for themselves. more and more high school

students today can tell you everything you want to know about the made-up gender spectrum. they can carry on a conversation about that. but you know what -- they struggle to read at grade level and do basic math. our progressive education system controlled by teachers unions has made us ranked 26th in the world in math and 26th in the world in math and sixth in reading. it's embarrassing. it's unforgiveable. the teachers unions try to silence p and cover for incompetence while our children aret is now problematic. as our nation has been taken over by the marxist diversity, equity and inclusion, or better known as dei ideology. this woke teaching sows division by teaching our children to

resent each other. think about that for a minute. our young people are the greatest resource that we have but we are failing them. i worked in the education system for 35 years, and i'm embarrassed, i'm appalled. all to appease a radical ideology that has taken over this country. as a result the army h had to lower its standards becau enlistees can't meet the minimy

in the belief that america was a country worth fighting for. so please join me especially this thursday in honoring the brave heroes who risked and in many cases gave their lives for freedom in what we have here today. may we never forget their sacrifices and honor them by making sure our children know the truth about our great country and what happened on the beache of normandy that day, june 6, 1944. mr. president, i yield the floor. i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms.

i was going to say every situation is unique in our job is to take information and decide whats best.

>> i want to go to each one of your testimonies. i've seen young moms very high risk and couples who deeply desire pregnancies in the process of ms. carey and reality and number two how the relationship. >> it has been devastating to hear the you can provide the care and a huge amount in the

healthcare system and there's not a line in the sand and often the continuum and things like medical emergen including ob care that doesn't happen. if a patient comes in their options are delivery and

dangerous. 90% the first trimester and less than 1% after 20. >> thank you and make reference of the page and you pose the question. save the life of the mother you have a couple of examples. heavy bleeding in the first trimester and cardiac activityultrasound. can i remove the pregnancy to stop the bleeding?

and you continue at the top of the page a pregnant patient with unresolved ingestion of heart failure from her last pregnancy concern higher risk of dying this pregnancy what is that chance of death does she need? what about a newly cancer start therapy or radiation while pregnant is delaying treatment after delivery a risk to her life? friendly what about the patient with blood clotting disorder pregnancy brother pulmonary embolism or stroke do i have to wait until the actual stroke workers? you say these are real patients i've encountered. how has that r that dogs

decision changed your ability to care for patients. >> i would go back to the same idea and fear. my partners and i activated. lawyers >> without objection the rise today in support additional term member of the regulatory commission which you served for several years ooying a few words place

a critical role in our electricity grid and ongoing efforts crisis and to strengthen occupier nation's energy security. as many of our colleagues including the presiding officer, who is a member of the environment and public works committee, nuclear energy has become the largest source of reliable clean energy in the united states of america. the largest, p much our nation's electricity, listen to clean power. the biden administration is taking strong steps to ensure nuclear energy can continue to be deployed bothnd efficiently. for example, just last week the white house new administration-wide effort to bolster the domestic nuclear energy industry by further harnessing american ingenuity and cutting-edge technologies. the nuclear regulatory commission also plays a vital facilitating the deployment of clean nuclear energy by protecting the safety

of our existing nuclear facilities while also ensuring that new sources of clean nuclear power meet the same rigorous standards for safety. it's up to us and it's up to us in congress the house and senate to ensure the commission has both the strong leadership and the resources the 21{l1}st{l0} century. that's why i'm working closely with our ranking member shelly capito of west virginia and other members of our environment and public works committee to enact legislation known as the advance act. if signed into law, this legislation will provide the commission the tools, the resources, and the workforce that it needs to safely usher in the future of nuclear energy in our country. at thist for new nuclear technologies in our climate, the nuclear regulatory commission also needs a full slate of commissioners in order for thislan to succeed. president biden has nominated our current chair hanson to serve another five-year term on the nuclear

commission. he has skillfully led the nuclear regulatory commission during his tenure as chair for the last four years. under his leadership the commission has undertaken significant efforts to modernize the agency while dealing with constrained reso he's gone above and beyond to engage both the industry and our public and he has advanced our efforts to slow climate change by leading the commission to establish a regulatory framework for the safe licensi operation of new carbon-free technologies. i have no doubt that if he's reconfirmed, chair hanson will extend his trackinto a second term and beyond. last month the environment and public works committee advanced his nomination out of committee with broad bipartisan support and i hope to see chair hanson reconfirmed with broad bipartisan support again today. senator capito and i urge our colleagues t in supporting chair hanson's nomination so he can continue nation with skill and dedication.ident, i

yield the floor. mr. president, i'm going to ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote occur immediately. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the question is on the sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper.

the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy.

the clerk: ms. collins. co mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto.tton. 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. 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. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney.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. msouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

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the clerk: mr.

the clerk: mr. graham aye.

the clerk: ms. hirono aye.

mrs. murray aye.

the clerk: mr. paul no. mr. budd e.

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye.

the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye.7r

the clerk: mr. mullin aye.

mr. hawley no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

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the clerk: mr. lankford, aye.dl

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are 81 the nays areon is confirmed.

unonsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president willction. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 of executive calendar number 507 tanya montananique jones bosier of the district of columbia to be an aassistant judge of the by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of tonya moniquecolumbia to be an associate judge for the superior court of the district of columbia shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst.

mr. fetterman.s. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy.. 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. rubi 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: mr. sullivan, no. senators voting in the affirmative, collins, cortez-masto graham heinrich hickenlooper manchin, rosen, sinema and stabenow. senators voting in the negative barrasso budd cornyn cotton ernst, fischer, mcconnell, moran, paul ricketts sullivan and tuberville.

mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. butler, aye.

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

mr. fetterman, aye.ó mr. marshall, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk:cassidy, no.

th mr. kaine, aye. mr. king, aye.

clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no.

the clerk: mr. cramer, no.

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye.

mr. young, no. mr. padilla, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. schmitt, no.

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. crapo, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, a

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye.

the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tester, the clerk: mr.,mpeters, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. casey, aye.

clerk: mr. booker, aye. hagerty,

no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. grassley, no.

the clerk: mrs. capito, no.

the clerk: mr. risch, no.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. mullin, no.

the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye.

mmis, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. boh

the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye.

the clerk: on this vote the yeas are 57, the nays are 41, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the tanya monique jones bosier of the district of columbiaior court of the district of columbia. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.