vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: ms. baldwin. 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. 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. 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. sulli

vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. the clerk: mr. bud. 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. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. mrs. hyde-smith. 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

the clerk: ms. butler, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13, and the conference report is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the

quorum call: the clerk: ms. what baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schatz: as in executive session, with respect to the order holding nochl nationles in status quo, strike from the accepted list executive calendar number 375. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted, on the following dates and times and that following each pro forma session, the senate adjourn until the next pro forma session: friday, december 22 at 8:00 a.m.; tuesday, december 26 at 9:00 a.m.; friday, december 29 at 10:30 a.m.; tuesday, january 2 at 11:45 a.m.; and that the second session of the 118th congress convene on wednesday, january 3 at 12:00 noon for a pro forma session only, with no business conducted, and that following the

the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, butler, cantwell, carper, casey, coons, gillibrand, heinrich, kaine, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, marquee, mendendez, merkley, murray, padilla, peters, rosen, schatz, smith, stabenow, whitehouse, wicker. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, cruz, lummis, paul, rubio, vance. mr. kennedy no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoe

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. >> joining us is con tom tiffany propublica and wisconsin. us to talk about this very issue. you probably heard that last caller making the argument, we should fund ukraine so we can avoid u.s. troops on the ground in europe defending our nato allies. how do you respond to him? >> guest: as i think the issue of ukraine first of all should be separated out when we look at the supplemental bill that's coming forward and one of your callers earlier made mention that separates these things out. that's an important principle. people don't want all these issues mash together israel, order, ukraine, whatever. i think there was room to support ukraine but we're seeing increasingly people are skeptical. one of the main things i think we need to do at this point is just like the israel aid they came out of the house a couple of weeks ago, we had it as a pay for. we took money from someplace else to pay for that rather than adding on to the debt that is burdening the american people leading to t

quorum call: clerk ms. baldwin. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: >> i think part of the complexity and the nuance here is anyone that is followed negotiation knows emigration is been something approaching a white male. there have been variances about trying to claw back some really restricted asylum as part of immigration talks. there is been a push to fund the border security wall that people remember from the trump era. that is kind of the crux of it. negotiations are really complex. they will obviously matter quite a bit. >> is that your expectation that it is more likely we will see separate packages other than the big aid package at they originally asked for here? >> it is tough to say. they are supposed to be leaving town next week for the holidays. things don't move very quickly on capitol hill. i would be surprised to see separate packages moving at this point. it seems like it will be all or nothing. whether or not there could be some border security language in there that satisfies that demand and get these other aid componen

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. thune: mr. president the presiding officer: the republican whip mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be limited the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: this week the senate will vote on the final version of the national authorization act or ndaa. it's one of the most important bills we consider each year. we had a robust floor debate on the senate version of this bill in july featuring the kind of open amendment process that we should be using on a regular basis to debate important legislation. all told, more than 900 amendments were considered and 121 amendments were adopted during floor consideration making this the most open ndaa floor debate in years. i wish we'd been able to take up a final version of this legislation earlier, but i'm glad we're on track to finally pass it this week. mr. president, i've said it before and i'll say it again. if we don't get national se

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: a very serious thing. it should not be thrown around just to start an investigation on a person of such great importance as our president. i would say the most important thing to keep in mind is these are two separate people and president biden has had no credible evidence presented for this. >> congresswoman, i think that you are asked how did credited -- president biden accumulate wealth when he has not had a job outside of the senate and the white house? >> well, what i heard him say was hunter biden. >> what about the presidents money. that is what we heard from viewers as well. how could he afford the homes that he owns, et cetera. >> well, president biden, of course was able to serve in congress and, for many many years, and he was able to have independent jobs when he was not in office. of course, there were those years to get independent jobs while he was in between the time he was vice president and president. and, i do think that that would allow him to get a house and another house. i would not

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. and i don't understand that because the part about freedom everybody gets that when you start talking about dollars and what could potentially happen, i think i can begin to change minds about what we are doing there. >> host: that it's rick from sioux city, iowa. with the think thank you are getting that article from? >> caller: if you hang on just a minute, i will let you know. let's see. >> host: as you looking up the phone numbers again for viewers if you support additional u.s. aid to ukraine, 202-748-8000. if you oppose, 202-748-8001. and if you're not sure that's okay, we have a number for you to call in. 202-748-8002. is that enough time for you, rick? >> caller: cbc news, murray brewster he posted this back in 22 year may 27, 22. so you could kind that you could find that. it's a political analyst. >> host: canadian broadcaster. >> caller: correct. >> host: thanks for the call. this is taylor, michigan. terri is in taylor. good morning. >> caller: yes. that's a big no. big no

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. >> and the regulatory impact analysis will consider the research and this issue. >> let me tell you the advantage of having a representative form of government as many of us are in other industries around before we come up and trucking business, know it well. i know there's one other member also but he's not here today, did the same thing. i have two questions of concern for ongoing to express because you probably never drove a tractor-trailer up and down the highway but just an assumption maybe you have. but there is to problems. one, in a state of illinois when of the state legislature the problems with one limit for truck in one limit for cars and we discovered through a resource that actually cost more wrecks that what is it which is flow of traffic report. the other problem you have is if you have a driver who is a skilled driver and all of a sudden he's going to get in a situation and you you are nw limited his ability to use speed to react to get away and protect while driving

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum. mr. schumer: i ask it be diswhened it. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask the veto message on s.j. res. 32 be considered read, printed in the record and spread full fon the journal, notwithstanding rule 32, the message be considered at a time to be determined by the majority leader in concurrence with the republican leader, prior to january 31, 2024, that there be up to two hours for debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, that the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution, the objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: with respect to the military nominations i just asked consent for, there is one correc

marshall, vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the majority leader. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affairive texas the motion is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president, i enter a motion to career. -- to reconsider. the presiding officer: motion is entered. mr. schumer: now, madam president, tonight is a sad night in the history of the senate and in our country

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. it's been months since israelis were killed, some of them americans, including hersch goldenburg poland. for anyone watching 60 minutes this past weekend the ordeal shared by some of the hostages was harrowing and maujable. these hostages have been subjected to brutal, physical and psychological torture. i have long called for a humanitarian pause by both sides that includes the release of all hostages as quickly as possible. i believe this remains the right path forward, and i hope our government will pursue this goal. but make no mistake, this hamas attack was a reminder that there are still those who do not recognize israel's right to exist. i do, and i understand their right to self-defense. but what has happened since october 7 raises larger questions about how israel should defend itself, how it should retaliate and address the long-term need for two neighboring people to learn to l

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the congress. >> yes, mr. chairman you commit to providing prompt response in writing by any center of this? >> yes. >> we appreciate your responses, you're not 20 the questions. i'll take was on the mind because this is what members have asked me about the nomination. you have much of your political office, mayor, governor you are a candidate for president of the united states. this position is been nominated for is not about politics, about politics at all. it's about service to the millions of people talking about. how do you feel about this transition to a position is all about this? >> you just laid out is what made me excited to say yes and i didn't hesitate. i was honored to been able to run for office served in elected office. i was also -- how to say this? i don't miss all of the aspects of running for office and i have an enormous amount of respect all of you will find yourself what is required time duties at home. what excites me about this is it's all about improving first

quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.rum call: a survey in 2021, 16.5% of people with diabetes ration their insulin because of cost. this is not just due to lack of insurance coverage. among medicare beneficiaries with diabetes one in ten reported skipping, delay or taking less medication to save money. there has been so much excitement about the new medications in type ii diabetes and obesity. that's because some of the medications and really seem to work. they not only help people lose weight, but also important to reduce the risk of complications related to diabetes. but the price tag for these new medications are simply outrageous. the brand name approved for type two diabetes and marketed as a u.s. list price of over $900 per month. the brand name for the same drug approved for obesity is $1300 per month. if medicare were to fully cover all of this beneficiaries for one year, we as american taxpayers we didn't up with a $268 billion price tag. to get some perspective that 70% of all the money that was spent on prescr

ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr.carolina -- mr. scott of florida, no. mr. budd, no. mr. moran, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. braun, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: roll c vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61, the nays are 29. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the mo

ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. durbin, no. ms. butler, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. warren, no.

the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s.25, and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. i further ask consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the snaerl from wyoming. mr. mr. barrasso: reserving the right to object, mr. president. americans have a constitutional right to own a firearm. every day, people across wyoming responsibly use their second amendment rights to keep and to bear arms. today is about defending those rights against those on the other side of the aisle who wish to take them away from us. democrats are demanding that the american people give up the

ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, graham, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, marshall, murkowski, ossoff, padilla, peters, rubio, shaheen, smith, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, welch, whitehouse, and wind. mr. -- and wyden. mr. menendez, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barasso, brawn, budd, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, ernst, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lee, lummis, mcconnell, mullin, hall, ricketts -- paul, ricketts, risch, scott of florida, vance, and young. mrs. murray, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. schatz, aye. ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ay. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of s

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. 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. 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