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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i think it's, after listening to the majority leader's comments, i think it's worth taking five minutes to recall how we got h here. you know, it's ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor of the senate about their support for israel, and there's no doubt israel is involved in an existential fight with iran proxies like hamas, hezbollah, the houthi rebels, the shi'ia militias in syria and iraq. but the house passed an israel aid package on november 2. israel was attacked october 7. the house acted on november 2, and the majority leader, who's the only one who can schedule a vote on anything here on the senate floor, has done nothing to help our best ally and friend in the middle east, the state of israel. nothing. and he's insisted that we package together aid to ukraine, aid to the indo-pacific, and there's been endless discussions about a border bill, which i'll come to in a moment.
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i think it's, after listening to the majority leader's comments, i think it's worth taking five minutes to recall how we got h here. you know, it's ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor of the senate about their support for israel, and there's no doubt israel is involved in an existential fight with iran proxies like hamas, hezbollah, the houthi rebels, the shi'ia militias in...
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mr. cornyn: mr.e presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, tensions in the middle east have escalated dramatically since hamas, an iranian-backed terrorist organization, launched its war on israel on october 7 of last year. -- killing innocent men, women, and children and taking -- and still holding -- up to 132 hostages. over the last few months, another iranian proxy, iran-backed militias, have intensified their attacks throughout the republican. there are houthi in yemen, there are hezbollah in lebanon, and of course as i mentioned, the attacks against americans and american interests by iranian proxies in iraq and syria. these conflicts are not -- are playing out thousands of miles away from here, but we are not just a distant and disinterested spectator. thousands of american troops are stationed in the region, not engaged in combat operations but in carrying out a range of security and intelligence missions and helping the residents and citizens of those nations defe
mr. cornyn: mr.e presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, tensions in the middle east have escalated dramatically since hamas, an iranian-backed terrorist organization, launched its war on israel on october 7 of last year. -- killing innocent men, women, and children and taking -- and still holding -- up to 132 hostages. over the last few months, another iranian proxy, iran-backed militias, have intensified their attacks throughout the republican. there are houthi...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i think it's, after listening to the majority leader's comments, i think it's worth taking five minutes to recall how we got h here. you know, it's ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor of the senate about their support for israel, and there's no doubt israel is involved in an existential fight with iran proxies like hamas, hezbollah, the houthi rebels, the shi'ia militias in syria and iraq. but the house passed an israel aid package on november 2. israel was attacked october 7. the house acted on november 2, and the majority leader, who's the only one who can schedule a vote on anything here on the senate floor, has done nothing to help our best ally and friend in the middle east, the state of israel. nothing. and he's insisted that we package together aid to ukraine, aid to the indo-pacific, and there's been endless discussions about a border bill, which i'll come to in a moment.
mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i think it's, after listening to the majority leader's comments, i think it's worth taking five minutes to recall how we got h here. you know, it's ironic to me that people give speeches here on the floor of the senate about their support for israel, and there's no doubt israel is involved in an existential fight with iran proxies like hamas, hezbollah, the houthi rebels, the shi'ia militias in...
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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, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 90, the nays are 5. motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from conkwon. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'd ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to complete my remarks before the scheduled recess. t
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...
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mr. cornyn: mr. president, tomorrow president biden will do something he's done only once before in his term as president of the united states. he'll travel to the u.s. mexico border, to brownsville, texas, in an attempt to address his biggest political liability. since the president took office three years ago, u.s. customs and border protection has logged more than 7.2 million migrant encounters at the southern border. by that, we mean people who showed up at the border and, by and large, have simply been released into the interior based on an initial claim of asylum, which is yet to be put in front of an immigration judge, and it may be along as, in places like new york, ten years in the future before they ever get in front of an immigration judge. or, as we have seen tragically here most recently, these migrants will be paroled or simply released into the interior of the country, even without a claim of asylum, given a work permit, and stay here indefinitely. 7.2 million is higher than the total
mr. cornyn: mr. president, tomorrow president biden will do something he's done only once before in his term as president of the united states. he'll travel to the u.s. mexico border, to brownsville, texas, in an attempt to address his biggest political liability. since the president took office three years ago, u.s. customs and border protection has logged more than 7.2 million migrant encounters at the southern border. by that, we mean people who showed up at the border and, by and large,...
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mr. kelly: mr. president, the federal government has failed arizona and other border states for decades, and for decades congress has done nothing about it, and we've lurched from crisis to crisis. arizona and other border states have always been hit the h hardest. this humanitarian crisis is bad for asylum seekers, bad for law enforcement, and bad for communities. the problem gets worse the longer it is ignored. and yet, for decades nothing has been done. i see it every time i go to the border. so have my colleagues, who've traveled to arizona to see it for themselves. i hear about it every time i talk to border mayors and sheriffs, and we talk about it every day here in the senate and over in the house. in fact, there are few topics we talk about more, while nothing changes. this week we had a real and rare opportunity to actually do something about it. there was a real plan, a real bill, ready to be passed and signed into law by the president. we got here because for months senators si
mr. kelly: mr. president, the federal government has failed arizona and other border states for decades, and for decades congress has done nothing about it, and we've lurched from crisis to crisis. arizona and other border states have always been hit the h hardest. this humanitarian crisis is bad for asylum seekers, bad for law enforcement, and bad for communities. the problem gets worse the longer it is ignored. and yet, for decades nothing has been done. i see it every time i go to the...
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you heard of the casey-cornyn bill. obviously mr. mchenry has his opinions as well as do others. we need to come together on this. >> you have had investigations into other investment firms. are those still ongoing? what are you still looking -- if they are what are you still looking to glean from them? mr. krishnamoorthi: they are ongoing. don't want to get into specifics except that probably most of you who follow this know that black rock and others have investments in some of these problematic enend teuts. when i say problematic entities they might be on one of those entity lists. they might be on the uyghur forced labor prevention act list. or one of the military sanctions lists. what we want to do is finish the investigation. publish our findings. then go to legislation. >> the committee's report last year laid out a number of economic recommendations. it called for an overhaul of the u.s. economic relationship with china. but that stopped short of endorsing ending normal trade relations with china. why did you stop short of that? mr. krishnamoorthi: i think thah is that if
you heard of the casey-cornyn bill. obviously mr. mchenry has his opinions as well as do others. we need to come together on this. >> you have had investigations into other investment firms. are those still ongoing? what are you still looking -- if they are what are you still looking to glean from them? mr. krishnamoorthi: they are ongoing. don't want to get into specifics except that probably most of you who follow this know that black rock and others have investments in some of these...
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mr. schumer: mr. president, i'm glad the senate took the next step tonight towards passing the supplemental. the senate will convene tomorrow at noon. as i've said, i hope our republican colleagues can work with us to reach an agreement on amendments so that we can move this bill more quickly. if no agreement is reached under the rule, the next vote will be approximately 1:00 p.m. on sunday. i yield the floor. no, i don't yield the floor. i ask unanimous consent that the commission on health, education -- committee on health, education, labor and pensions be discharged from further consideration of s. 1147 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 1147, a bill to amend the child abuse prevention and treatment act and so forth. the presiding officer: is there an objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the corn
mr. schumer: mr. president, i'm glad the senate took the next step tonight towards passing the supplemental. the senate will convene tomorrow at noon. as i've said, i hope our republican colleagues can work with us to reach an agreement on amendments so that we can move this bill more quickly. if no agreement is reached under the rule, the next vote will be approximately 1:00 p.m. on sunday. i yield the floor. no, i don't yield the floor. i ask unanimous consent that the commission on health,...