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 cler

mr. graham: yes. ms. sinema: you mentioned that you thought the bill we drafted and introduced yesterday was a good start but not enough. mr. graham: yes. ms. sinema: i am wondering if you would remind us how you voted yesterday on the motion to proceed to the bill that had the border package that we worked on together. mr. graham: i voted no because i didn't see a process in place or willingness by my democratic colleagues to allow me to express i think it could be better. seeing the gang of 8 -- you weren't here but senator mccain was. senator bennet has been involved in all of this stuff in 2013. and weigh let the bill come to the floor, people amend it and we spent days and weeks. that's why i voted no. no, no, i reclaim -- the presiding officer: would you address your comments to me. mr. graham: here is what i'm saying. this has been a half-ass effort to deal with border security. ms. sinema: will you yield for a question? mr. graham: no, i'm speaking. you can speak later. to the people in irrelevant

so, i hired mr. chopra and i hired mr. graham. now, mr. graham is here and when i received this subpoena, mr. graham was here at the last hearing but he also had to go out of town, but he was present. mr. graham, i called and i had started getting calls from media and i told him to respond to the media, i think, and that was somewhere around whenever you subpoenaed me. so it was, i can't tell you that it was that instance of those calls for mr. chopra. but i had engaged mr. chopra and mr. graham at that time. >> okay. i'm going to ask the question again because i didn't get an answer to it. after you got the phone call from gabe banks and from nathan wade to your -- >> i think it was before that, but however -- i think it was before that. is what i'm stating. >> when you got the call from gabe banks, you called me immediately. actually, you texted me then called me. >> i didn't call you immediately, but yes, we did speak. >> and you texted me about it as well. >> that is correct. >> okay. and then we spoke after mr. wade called your friend

so i hired mr. chopra and hired mr. graham. mr.raham is here and when i received the subpoena -- mr. graham was here at the last hearing but he had to go out of town, but he was present. mr. graham i had called and i started getting calls from media and i told him to respond to the media, i think, and that was somewhere around whenever you subpoenaed me. so it was -- i can't tell you that it was that instance of those calls for mr. chopra, but i had engaged mr. chopra and mr. graham at that time. >> ok. i'm going to ask the question again because i didn't get an answer to it. after you got the phone call from gay banks and from nathan wade -- >> i think it was before that, but -- however, i think it was before that is what i'm stating. >> when you got the phone call from gay banks, you called me immediately -- actually you texted me and then called me. >> i didn't call you immediately, but yes, we did speak. >> ok. and you texted me about it as well. >> that is correct. >> and then we spoke after mr. wade called your friend, and we

>> was it after that so i heard mr. chopra and i heard mr. graham now, mr. graham is here and when i received this subpoena mr. graham was here at the last hearing, but he also had to go out of town, but he was president. mr. graham called and i started getting calls from media and and i told him to respond to the media, i think in that was somewhere around whenever you subpoena at me. >> so it was i can't tell you that it was that instance of those calls for mr. chopra but i had engaged mr. chopra and mr. graham at that time to ask the question again because i didn't get an answer to it. after you got the phone call from gabe banks and from nathan wade, do you think it was before that but however, i think it was before that is what i'm stating >> when you got me banks he called me immediately. will actually you texted me and then you called me. >> i didn't call you immediately. but yes, we did speak >> and you texted me about it as well? >> that is correct >> and then we spoke after mr. wade called your friend and we talked about that as well, correct >> th

the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. ms. lummis, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. cotton, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. rubio, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. fe

mr. graham: with that, i yield the floor. thank you. ms. sinema: that you want. mr. graham: no. can i take that back. i've got to say something to my friend in poland. this is the polish prime minister, like poland, been a great nato ally. there are republican senators of america. ronald reagan who helped millions of us to win back our freedom, independence, must be turning in his grave today. shame on you. to the prime minister of poland, i could care less what you think. to the prime minister of poland, if ronald reagan were alive today, we wouldn't have this broken border. to the prime minister of poland, i want to help ukraine. i want to help make a stronger nato. but my country is on fire. we've had seven million people come across a broken border. how would you feel if seven million people came in illegally into poland? would you have this attitude, we've got to put ukraine ahead of poland? i am not going to put ukraine, israel, or anybody else ahead of america. i am going to try to create an outcome where the bill gets through the house. it's got to get through the house.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 64, the nays are 33, the motion is agreed to. the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i ask unanimous consent -- [inaudible]. the presiding officer: objection is heard. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye.he clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: ■p the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. 2 mer padilla the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. ■pkelly, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. menendez, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. paul, no. deficits. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, no.■a the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. daines, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 43, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, the undersigned

mr. bradley: was it after that? i hired mr. chopra and mr. graham. mr. graham is here. when i received a subpoena, mr. graham was at the last hearing but he had to go out of town, but he was present. mr. graham i called and started getting calls from media, and i told him to respond to the media. i think that was somewhere around whenever you subpoenaed me. i cannot tell you it was that instance of those calls for mr. chopra, but i had engaged mr. chopra and mr. graham at that time. ms. merchant: i will ask the question again because i did not get an answer. after you got the phone call from gabe banks and nathan wade -- mr. bradley: i think it was before that, i think it was before that is what i am stating. ms. merchant: when you got the call from gabe banks, you called me immediately, actually texted, then you called me immediately. mr. bradley: i did not call you immediately but we did speak. ms. merchant: and you texted me about it as well. mr. bradley: that is correct. ms. merchant: then we spoke after mr. wade called your friend, and we talked about that as well,

the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. daines, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 41, and the nomination is confirmed. mr. carper: mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the senate will resume legislative session and resume consideration of the veto message with respect to s.j. res. 28. cloipt veto -- the clerk: relating to buy america requirements for electric vehicle chargers. mr. carper: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i ask unanimous consent

the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays are 47. and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. bennet: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nomination, calendar 515, cara l. abercrombie, to be an assistant secretary of defense, that the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the pres

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 -- cantwell, cortez masto, durbin, klobuchar, lankford, murray, rosen, schatz, sinema, stabenow, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, budd, joh

mr. murphy, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. moran, aye. ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. boozman, aye. ms. murkowski, no. mr. mullin, aye. mr. ossoff, no. mr. cotton, aye. mr. tester, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, no o -- no. vote: the cl

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, britt, brown, capito, collins, cortez masto, daines, durbin, ernst, graham, grassley, hickenlooper, kennedy, lankford, lujan

the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. test. vote: phish the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, a

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. the clerk: mr. change. -- the clerk: 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. the clerk: 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 -- britt, brown, butler, cardin, cotton, duckworth, ernst, fisher, gillibrand, grassley, kaine, lankford, peters, sc

mrs. fischer. mr. graham. mr. grassley. the clerk: 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, brown, butler, cardin, carper, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, hickenlooper, hirono, cain, kelly, king, lujan, menendez, murph

the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye u -- aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. vance, no. mr. manchin, aye. ms. murkowski aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. clerics cleric ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, ay

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, brown, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, ernst, fetterman, hassan, heinrich

the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. graham, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye, mr. king, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. # vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. carper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ranchers. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 43

madea, mr. welsh, mr. butler, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. gornick, mr. lee, mr. cruz, mr. holly, mr. cotton, mr. kennedy, mr. tillis, mrs. blackburn. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor picked up next to sarah russell nominated u.s. district court for the district of connecticut. does anyone seek recognition? senator lee? >> mr. chairman i have got some concerns with this nominee. made some statements that i think are incompatible with someone wanting to serve as a life tenured article three federal judge. during the height of covid, one of my many concerns relates to a letter that she signed on to. a letter that reflects a certain betrayal in term reflecting a lack of judicial temperament. the letter that she signed onto his captioned, urgent action needed to protect individuals and connecticut's prisons and jails from coronavirus 19. we call that on the governor on the state of connecticut and all connecticut jurisdictions to number one immediately released to the maximum extent possible, this is a quote, people incarcerated pretrial and postconvict

. >> mr. is from google promoting the videos on youtube. >> misinformation continues to be a very serious problem. very important people get high quality information. >> the doctor agrees pointing out in an age of misinformation overload, accurate information is the only answer. >> there is so much available on the internet right now and you need to know where you can go for the right information quickly. >> he says that's the mass general site on youtube. back to you, dana and bill. >> bill: keep an eye on it. lent begins. nice to see you. >> dana: want to remind you we're following the story. three police officers have been injured in a shooting in washington, d.c. in the southeast part of the city near the maryland border. apparently all of the injuries for the officers are non-life threatening. but schools are under lockdown in that area until further notice. we're following the story and bring you more as we have it. >> bill: four minutes away from the opening bell. yesterday was a wipe-o

>> happy monday, mr. graham. i hope you had a good weekend. >> best in the show, what's going on?every thing you do. >> he was booked today. what's happening? >> i'd like to know what do you think of birth him holdings -- >> a great performance of our time. it's really all the guts and the data center. remember who the chairman is, david cody. by the way, last year, that stop was in the snp -- it would have been a number one performer. it's already up 27%. now, i need you to go to bail in massachusetts. bill? >> boo-yah, mr. kramer. >> boo-yah, bell, how are you? >> for that's the benefit of being a member -- >> i love it. that's what i do. i will probably stay until at midnight. i don't know about you, what's happening? >> i can't wait. i can't wait. i'm coming from austin just to see you my man. >> well, i hope i'm doing a good job for you. >> your club is so good for me. i can't talk about it enough. i tell all my friends -- >> well, thank you, man. thank you. and jeff does a great job. let's go to the -- >> you know what? i couldn't believe it, you did a great job. >> he's unb

mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: vote: vote: vote: the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 38. the motion is agreed to. the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc -- calendars had 41 and 442. and that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and that the -- and that the president be immediate lay notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question is on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor, say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous con

so mr. lindsey graham says he hopes such a move would finally help push the mazda of phone. a package in congress with a bill has been stopped for months. i spoke to president trump earlier in the week about making the aid to ukraine alone. this was his idea, not mine, you know, we did lend leased to britain were $34.00 trained dollars in debt. you trained has minerals, they have a lot of resources. israel, uh, it has a stronger economy. they've been hurt, badly backed over the 7th. taiwan is a pretty rich nation. why don't we do this? make a favorable loan to all 3 of these allies. let them pass back when they can, if they can, because for 30, for training that, that's the trop idea. when we discussed this with us a contributor called jot, who you say is the republican proposal clearly on the lines the states as a new queen, as an american proxy, a scratch suggest is suggesting that it's, you know, taking long it may need to do as a to ukraine is ryan hi one as a conditional law. that is to be paid back to maybe ukrainian resources. natural resources is the idea that ukrain

republican uh, mr zuckerberg, lindsey graham, recounted epublican uh, mr zuckerberg, lindsey graham,nator, recounted the story of a teenager who took his own life in 2022 after sending a naked picture of himself to what he thought was a woman , but was in thought was a woman, but was in fact a criminal gang, which then blackmailed now the people blackmailed him. now the people to after there the to go after there are the criminals . yeah. aren't they? criminals. yeah. aren't they? yeah, absolutely. doing the blackmail the fact yeah, absolutely. doing the blac the il the fact yeah, absolutely. doing the blac the platform the fact yeah, absolutely. doing the blac the platform on the fact yeah, absolutely. doing the blac the platform on which :t that the platform on which the blackmailing happened, that's exactly saying. what exactly what i'm saying. what i'm platform . um, i'm saying is the platform. um, they platform. they abused that platform. the platform is there mostly for good and mostly facilitates people to get on with their lives better. if gang of lives better. if a gang of b

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. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, blumenthal, brown, butler, capito, cardin, collins, cortez-masto, duckworth, gillibrand, grassley, hassan, heinrich, king, lujan, mcconnell, menende

mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. ms. 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. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. ms. collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president -- mr. schumer: madam president, could we have order, please. the presiding officer: order in the ch

>> i spoke to mr. attorneys, charles graham and b.c. chopra. >> i have nothing further, your honor. >> all right. again, i'll double-check to make sure. did mr. cromwell ever join us by zoom? >> i think he's still having technical issues. he e-mailed me and said he had no questions. all relevant questions were asked. >> for the record, mr. cromwell has been watching the proceeding. he waived his client's presense and didn't have any other questions. so turning it over to mr. abadi. >> i have no questions. >> mr. bradley, you can step down. >> you want these exhibits? may by excused? >> i would like to follow up based on some questions. >> by way of proffer, what about the texts? >> just to admit. so when other people asked about the texts, they weren't record based. i organized them. they're the ones that were talked about today. i want to have a point of reference. >> do we feed mr. bradley for that? >> i don't believe so. >> have you marked them? >> yes. >> have you showed them to the state? >> i gave a copy to the state. >> hang on o

mr. couture? we have been going two hours. let us come back at 4:00. i will also note for the record that we received notification from mr. cromwell on behalf of ms. latham and he said he was waving her presence. i do not know if he later decided to join us by zoom, but i do not think he was electing to login. so after mr. couture, just in terms of timing, do you have any expectation of how long, if any questioning would last? >> i do not imagine my question would be very long. judge mcafee: ok. let's get back to it at 4:00. you can just step out of the room. mr. qatar, are you still with us? >> i am, your honor. judge mcafee: all right, let us go back on the record with mr. bradley here and everyone else's here as well. you may proceed. >> mr. bradley did you use any , documents to prepare for your testimony today? mr. bradley: no, i did not. >> the last time you spoke with gabe banks? mr. bradley: the day, i do not have the date, but it was the date of whenever the phone call happened.

mr. cromwell on behalf of ms. latham and he said he was waving her presence. i do not know if he later decided to join us by zoom, but i do not think he was electing to login. so after mr. couture, just in terms of timing, do you have any expectation of how long, if any questioning would last? >> i do not imagine my question would be very long. judge mcafee: ok. let's get back to it at 4:00. you can just step out of the room. mr. qatar, are you still with us? >> i am, your honor. judge mcafee: all right, let us go back on the record with mr. bradley here and everyone else's here as well. you may proceed. >> mr. bradley did you use any , documents to prepare for your testimony today? mr. bradley: no, i did not. >> the last time you spoke with gabe banks? mr. bradley: the day, i do not have the date, but it was the date of whenever the phone call happened. >> and you knew his wife kyra banks works for das office, right? mr. bradley: yes, that is correct. >> when was the last time you spoke

ali and graham jones?mber— right. when keogh became leader, the number one _ right. when keogh became leader, the number one thing he said he would do is to change _ number one thing he said he would do is to change the labour party to root _ is to change the labour party to root out — is to change the labour party to root out anti—semitism. i returned to the _ root out anti—semitism. i returned to the shadow cabinet because i was sure of— to the shadow cabinet because i was sure of his _ to the shadow cabinet because i was sure of his commitment, and he hasn't _ sure of his commitment, and he hasn't let— sure of his commitment, and he hasn't let me down the jewish community down and it is right both of them _ community down and it is right both of them have been suspended. in terms _ of them have been suspended. in terms of— of them have been suspended. in terms of their vetting procedure, my understanding is that this was a private — understanding is that this was a private meeting, that a labour party m

there was a question by senator graham earlier about tiktok. mr. chiu, you said you invest $2 billion in safety. my background memo says your revenue is $85 billion. you are investing $5 billion in safety. so what matters, what matters is the relative numbers and the absolute numbers. if there's anyone in this world who understands data, it's you guys. i want to walk through whether or not these voluntary measures of disclosure of content and harm are sufficient. i would argue that we are here because they are not. without better information, how can policymakers know whether the protection you testified about, the new initiatives, the starting programs, the monitoring and the takedowns are actually working. how can we understand meaningfully how big these problems are without measuring and reporting data? mr. zuckerberg, you referenced the national academy of science study that said at the population level there's no proof about harm to mental health. it may not be at the population level, what i'm looking at a room with hundreds of parents of --

there was a question by senator graham earlier about tiktok. mr.chiu, you said you invest $2 billion in safety. my background memo says your revenue is $85 billion. you are investing $5 billion in safety. so what matters, what matters is the relative numbers and the absolute numbers. if there's anyone in this world who understands data, it's you guys. i want to walk through whether or not these voluntary measures of disclosure of content and harm are sufficient. i would argue that we are here because they are not. without better information, how can policymakers know whether the protection you testified about, the new initiatives, the starting programs, the monitoring and the takedowns are actually working. how can we understand meaningfully how big these problems are without measuring and reporting data? mr. zuckerberg, you referenced the national academy of science study that said at the population level there's no proof about harm to mental health. it may not be at the population level, what i'm looking at a room with hundreds of parents -- pare

in his opening remarks, republican senator lindsey graham took aim at mark zuckerberg. >> mr.rberg, you and the companies befores, i know you do not need to be so but you have blood on your hands. [applause] you have a product that is killing people. >> putin was also -- zuckerberg was also questioned by josh hawley if you were asked if he would apologize to people in the room whose children's kied themselves as a result of social media conduct. [applause] >> i am sorry for everything you have gone through. the things that your families have suffered. this is why we invest so much and will continue efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things your families affected suffer. >> our north america correspondent was at that hearing. i spoke to her earlier. >> i know you tried to put some questions to these tech ceos while they were walking in the room. they had some fiery exchanges with lawmakers. what stood out to you? >> the ceos did not answer any questions this morning. it was quite the hearing. just because of the extraordinary collection of these big

>> i've got to say truthfully, omar, i don't agree with mr. rhule. certainly don't agree with senator graham with his actions in terms of targeting procedures. i don't agree with people saying the fighters left the area because there was a five-day delay. having fought in iraq for over three years, there's not that many places to go. and in addition to that, we hit major assets that would allow, as i said earlier, a more forceful entry later on with additional strikes, which the president has said is going to happen. the other thing senator graham said thursday before the friday of the first strike is he wanted to strike tehran, a city of 9 million people. i'm not sure what targeting procedures he's using, but i don't think that would allow the kind of action that we want to take against the iranian proxies that are in syria, iraq, and the houthis in yemen. we are trying to strike those targets because they form the decisive points and the center of gravity for the iranian strategy. they use their proxies as their forward forces. so, when you start d

in's opening remarks, lindsey graham took aim at facebook's mark zuckerberg. >> mr.rberg, u.n. and the companies before us, i know you don't mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands, you have a product -- [applause] you have a product that's killing people. and i used it. we all use it, there is an upside to everything here. but the darkside has not been dealt with. it's now time to deal with the darkside because people have taken your idea and they have turned it into a nightmare for the american people. they have turned it into a nightmare for the world at large. >> you heard some of the applause there. christian b. as a social media advocate that committed suicide after being a victim of anonymous cyber bullying. she sent social media companies were more concerned with profits than safety. >> we were looking for accountability from the social media companies, to actually follow through with what they say that they are going to do. we will hear a lot of promises today and we also see broken promises. >> what did we hear from the firms themselves? here's o

i landed at bob graham air phase -- airbase with a mr. rumsfeld and to see all that time that it along the afghan pakistan border with special ops. i was in the small afghan villages were 20-year-old captains were essentially mayors of these little villages trying to get girls to go to school and set up a water system and they did. amazing things were happening. i think we have written off a lot more then new original mission at how we got out and not would we get out that how we got out his sad anything former defense secretary gates on "60 minutes," i'd be remiss if i didn't say our condolences to the powell family and the loss of powell this week. he was a great, great man and he was larger than life when it came to washington but the stories that i have from researching reagan as his initial security adviser and i will just tell one very quickly and that is touring moschetto the final summit and family coming to the end where they are going to make the final deal and gorbachev keeps on saying there'll be a peaceful coexistence and we

mr. president, we have met that request. the bill was posted at 6:40 p.m. on sunday february 4 they want until 645 tomorrow evening and that is fine with me. actually mr. president we even offered to delay the vote until sometime on thursday. to give even more time for senators to make up their minds. i suspect they will not accept even that offer because they don't want more time. they are just using it as an excuse. in fact it will surprise no one some of the signers of that letter actually did not wait 72 hours before they rejected a bill. senator cotten declared his opposition after 16 hours 48po minutes, less than 25% of the requested time. senator risch took a little longer an additional 15 years to read the bill. before reaching his opposition. i can recognize an senators grandstand but this is no time for grandstanding. time for serious people to work together to solve serious problems. mr. president they are elected to vote, not to be afraid, not runaway, make excuses when it comes to voting on the tough issues. senators are elected to debate and d

the evidence tells us that it was mr. miller's firearm mr. miller's firearm struck lisa lopez-galvan >> this is graham, but this is what investigators are dealing with. this one victim, lisa lopez-galvan, authorities actually pulled a 38 caliber round from her match that to one of the weapons that was in possession of one of these individuals. now cnn and is attempting to locate attorney information for them. we do know that not only they're in custody, wolf are also still in the hospital. these two individuals were victims in the shooting as you had this dispute, multiple people pulling out weapon, shooting, shooting in different places. again, they injured. they were injured in this process. >> i understand also, josh, that investigators are calling for additional victims to actually come forward. >> now, that's right authorities say they know the number of gunshot wounds that were suffered, what they don't know is how many people may have been injured fleeing. you can imagine the chaos as shots ring out, people are fleeing over fences and

the evidence tells us that it was mr. miller's firearm mr. miller's firearm struck lisa lopez galvin now this is graham, but this is what investigators are dealing with. this one victim, lisa lopez galvin. authorities actually pulled a 38 caliber round from her match that to one of the weapons that was in possession of one of these individuals. now cnn is attempting to locate attorney information for them. we do know that not only there thank custody wolf are also still in the hospital. these two individuals were victims in the shooting as you had this dispute, multiple people pulling out weapon, shooting, shooting in different places. again, they injured they were injured in this process. >> i understand also, josh, that investigators are calling for additional victims to actually come forward now, that's right. authorities say they know the number of gunshot wounds that were suffered, what they don't know is how many people may have been injured fleeing. you can imagine the chaos as shots ring out. people are fleeing over fences and there c

graham, you can't say this ? graham, you can't say this but i'll say it.rael, you've been to israel ? yeah, he's been ? the security is that strict landing at the airport to your hotel to going into or any other towns, yeah? if you go in gaza ? i can't believe there is no way that israel knows there is a border there, there's a big buffer zone between gaza and that ? and that these people on paragliders that they had no intelligence at all. our political correspondent hannah miller is following the story from westminster — and told us how damaging this is to labour. it's been damaging on a number of fronts. it's taken nearly 48 hours, the time from the story first emerging in the daily mail, up to the point where azhar ali was suspended and the amount of things that have been allowed to kind of fester during that time leave keir starmer now in a position where he and the party would like to claim that he's taken swift action once the new comments emerged and were going to be reported. but it's left open a lot of questions. there are people on the left wing

mr ball said. interestingly, he said he knows graham jones well.ng what's happened in a foreign policy situation. so for me, the suspension of graham jones adds the crisis around the party but is different to what azhar ali said. and of course he now regrets those remarks. >> okay , a different perspective >> okay, a different perspective on this. join us now is a spokesperson at jewish voice for laboun spokesperson at jewish voice for labour, naomi winbourne idrissi, welcome to the show , naomi. so welcome to the show, naomi. so seems to be another um the palestine problem once again resurface to haunt sir keir starmer . do resurface to haunt sir keir starmer. do you think labour has an anti—semitic problem ? an anti—semitic problem? >> that's a very interesting way of putting it. i think labour has a problem identifying what anti—semitism is and as your last contributor just pointed out , there is a big question out, there is a big question where where do we cross the line from talking about israel in a pejorative or critical way and actually att

jones , as of azhar ali or graham jones, as charles moore has pointed out in today's telegraph, mr ali record of opposition to islamist extremism . this explains why the extremism. this explains why the jewish former mp louise ellman, initially stood by him when his comments were first revealed, considering the fact that he was in the past known for opposing islamic extremism and defending jewish people against anti—semitism , the fact that he anti—semitism, the fact that he was willing to make these remarks, these ones have been recorded and revealed to us. tell us something about the politics rochdale. surely and politics of rochdale. surely and perhaps more broadly, about labour's base in certain parts of country . charles moore of the country. charles moore puts as always , elegantly. puts it as always, elegantly. the fact, he said what he did is not proof that mr ali has joined the lunatic fringe . it is, the lunatic fringe. it is, unfortunately, evidence that in rochdale labour politics it is not a fringe at all. by speaking as he did, he must have seen those anti—semitic element