, secretary middendorf congratulations and happy 100th birthday. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, the majority leader has said he plans to schedule a vote on president biden's $106 billion -- request as soon as this week. he knows as well as i do that as written this proposal stands zero chance of becoming law. if senator schumer puts this funding request on the floor of the senate, i believe that cloture vote, the requirement here that 60 senators agree to cut off debate, that that will fail. in the house, the legislation is so unpopular, that it will never even make it to the floor for a vote. the strong opposition to the president's proposal is completely warranted, not for what it includes, so much for what it does not include. the supplemental's supposed to be all about national security, but it fails to deliver anything on one of the most urgent national security priorities and that is the crisis at the southern border. national security begins with home