the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 39, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a

mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. weems came together in the room. history was watching and it was four years since. the end of the most devastating world war the world had ever known. here, they gathered to make a sacred pledge to defend each other against aggression and collective security and to end the threat that was one because they knew to prevent future wars, to protect democracy to lay the groundwork for lasting peace and prosperity they needed a new approach. they need to combine their strengths. the members of congress, welcome, welcome to the 2024 nato summit. [applause] it's a pleasure to host in this milestone year and we have looked back up right at all we have achieved and to look ahead at our shared strength and with resolve. together we rebuilt europe and held high the torch of liberty in law in decades of the cold war. former adversaries cantella democracy in alliance. the war broke out in the balkans and we intervened restored peace. the united states a

mr. sullivan, no. mr. braun, no. mr. mullin, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. young, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. schatz, aye. vote: the clerk: there tillis, no. -- mr. tillis, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yea cans are 351. the nays are 43. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of state, margaret l. taylor of maryland to be legal adviser. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: madam president, i rise today in support of my bill, the truth and healing commission on indian board

mr. hagerty voted in the neg negative. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no.he clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. young, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. w. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cassidy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. moran, no.

hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, are cardin, casey, collins, cortez masto, gillibrand, hassan, king, lujan, murkowski, murray, peters, reed, rosen, shaheen, sinema, smith, tillis, whitehouse, and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- b

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: vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, cardin, casey, durbin, hassan, heinrich, kelly, lujan, manchin, reed, schatz, schumer, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, cotton, cramer, cruz, hag

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. graham, no.rk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. hassan, aye. >> becomes the command post of liberal democracy. it was my great honor to join with leader mcconnell can and my democratic and republican colleagues welcoming to the senate the secretary-general of nato as well as leaders of the u.k., germany, sweden and finland. for the first time ever. we were proud to welcome the leaders of nato's twoest new members, sweden and finland. standing in the same room with nato's newest members, sweden and finland was a proud moment for us senators. it was a culmination of the work that that began two years ago when the senate, in a bipartisan way, overwhelmingly approved their accession to the alliance. i told the leaders of nato that america will never t

mr. brown, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. hagerty, no.e: the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. cosponsor mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hawley, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk:

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: mrs. shaheen, aye. t the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, boozman, brown, cantwell, capito, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, kaine, klobuchar, markey, merkleyly, padilla, peters, schumer, shaheen, tillis, and

mr. hagerty, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. vote: the clerk: on this vote the ayes are 51. the nays are 43. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent that janice lapore, a fellow in our office be granted -- be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding

the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. kennedy, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. capito, no mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. daines, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. murkowski, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. s

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr.lin, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. manchin aye:. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. budd, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. moran, no. mr. thune, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. king, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lujan, a

mr. mullin, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. cramer, aye. vote: vote: good afternoon, everybody. do you want to kick us off. >> i saw the conversation taking place over the weekend after the rocket strike that killed 12 children and teenagers. what conversations has the u.s. been having with lebanon and israel since that strike? >> i will not get into the specifics, but, first, let me say we strongly condemned the rocket pack. killing 12 children. secretary antony blinken spoke with the israel president today. he expressed condolences for those killed. the protection of civilians in any contact. the blue line across israel and hezbollah. going on for long enough. it is in for

hagerty, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 82. the nays are 6. 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. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i ask the chair to lay before the senate a message from the house of representatives on s. 2073. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolve the bill from the senate s. 2073 entitled an act to amend title 31, united states code, to require agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative rir789s and an

stuart: senator bill hagerty is with us this morning. mr.ator, you're on the senate foreign relations committee. in the event of a wider war, will republicans stand united and firm behind israel and give them the weapons they want or need? >> stuart, be absolutely certain of that and we've stood steadfast and i don't know how they can hesitate to step up but this administration is trying to both sides the situation in israel time and time again. to provide support for activities of hamas and un-courbetable and look -- unconsciousable and 12 children were killed. stuart: you spoke at a bitcoin conference in nashville. are you in favor of trump's plan to make a national bitcoin stockpile? >> president trump announced a good plan with bitcoin in the coughers of the united states coffers of the united states and didn't announce a broader program to acquire bitcoin and not selling it and making it a benchmark that gives credibility to the bitcoin currency and also more articulate about what we'll do broadly speaking with crypto technology and he'

tim, scott and nikki haley bill hagerty, tom cotton is a whole list that i would pick before mr. mr. vance, senator vance but i think the reality is it's all about the president the vice president never really matters. >> last time it mattered was lbj helped carry texas for jfk. i think that'll be the case here. j.d. vance, have a very specific role in some of the wisconsin some swing state, ohio wasn't really at least according want him back an ohio dewine one by 23 points in 22 and vance won by two. >> i've said it myself that the vp doesn't matter except for the fact that you have seen donald trump have to defend his statements over and over. and if there's one place that donald trump does not like to be, is where the spotlight is on a problematic running mate. and not maybe the comments that he has itself is making. he likes to have the attention on the stuff that he wants to keep the attention on. instead, he's having to defend jd vance's comments. >> i agree with that, but also remember kamala harris called joe biden a racist and a very first debate they had just before she

the latest span is that jd vance is going to pull up mr. protectionism and massive tariffs. slaughter at the dollar even of that is not trump's policy and the platform says keep the dollars the world reserve currency. jd vance among all the democrats on wall street is now the villain for inflation and collapse of the dollar and whatnot. do you have a feel for that would like to respond to that question. >> by the way senators negotiate better that i do. i look at his voting record he voted solidly conservative. i do not know where this is coming from. on this laughable claim by all these economists your former friends on wall street. >> that deserted me 25 years ago it's unbelievable under donald j trump note small part because of the policy should put in place the average inflation rate slightly less than 2% 1.95%. which is below the fed target. his average inflation is. >> about 6%. >> aqua summit look at these two presidents records and say trump is the bigger risk the same thing on the debt they say he's going to raise the debt. since i