van hollen, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the ayes are 52. the nays are 14. so the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership -- 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of richard nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of state, elizabeth h. richard of virginia to be coordinator for counterterrorism. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: 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. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr.

van hollen, no. mr. lujan, no. ms. warren, no. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no o o. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, no. . mr. manchin, no. ms. murkowski, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 53, the motion to table is not agreed to. the senator from new mexico. a senator: mr. president, i rise in support of senator hawley's motion to table. mr. lujan: mr. president, i speak today on behalf of annie and henry and rosemary, tina, louisa, francisco, laura, wilbert, charles, and the thousands upon thousands of people who endured the suffering brought on by the nuclear weapon testing in new mexico and across the country. in july of 1945, annie was in her kitchen with her family when

. >> senator van hollen? sen. van hollen: thank you to all of you for your testimony and ms. gallagher, thank you for your ongoing work. a couple years ago former senator to meet and i teamed up to pass the accountability act to provide the executive branch with more tools to go after the chinese government officials as well as folks in hong kong cracking down on dissent. i am pleased it has been used. we need to do a lot more on that front. mr. abramowitz, great to see you. thank you for all you are doing at freedom house. in your testimony you say for too long democracies have allowed the actions of authoritarian countries inside their borders. such a pattern of impunity has emboldened states to act abroad without fear of consequences. that is what we are focused on. there is a little-known provision in the arms export control act that prohibits arms transfers to any countries that are engaged in a consistent pattern of acts of intimidation or harassment directed against individuals in the united states. not just citizens or green card holders, individuals. some of the coun

van hollen, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote vote: the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 65, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to to and the point of order falls. mr. schumer: mr. president, may we have a little order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. schumer: mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: mr. president, thank you. for the 62nd year in a row the senate is passing our national defense authorization a

van hollen: i would appreciate that. i would hope we can do that because it is egregious it has gone on for so long. thank you, mr. chairman. chair brown: senator britt is recognized. >> it is a pleasure to be with you today. over the last year we have seen a host of incredibly complex and market-altering rules command of nearly every financial, federal agency. interestingly, five of our top financial regulators set before this committee last month and unanimously told me they believe the u.s. banking system to be strong. while at the same time they argued for proposals that could fundamentally weaken it without providing any adequate answer to the question, why? you have seen actions and we have seen them here through the federal reserve, the fdic, the oc, the cfpb, many of which seem to go far beyond the bounds of their authority. equally as concerning is the apparent lack of initiative by these regulators to understand both the qualitative and cumulative impacts of all of these rulemaking's. for example, focusing on b

chris van hollen should be the president.n other words, the democrats all got together and they promoted this biden. he's infectionual. he's a projection of strength. he doesn't represent the united states' strength. he goes down to gaza and holds netanyahu's hand. instead of saying cut this killing of these children and so tpo*frplt it's ridiculous to put biden in there. we have no choices there. of course you go biden before trump. trupl is a complete chaos. trump is a complete chaos. if everybody looked at chris van hollen from maryland, senator from maryland. he's 64. he's fantastic. host: all right. go to kelly in rome, georgia. republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. merry christmas and happy holidays and happy hanukkah to everyone in the world. i'm going to give president biden a d going into an f. probably the main reason is the border. and mostly when i hear them wanting money for ukraine or even for israel they don't -- it's to protect their borders. yet we leave ours opened. i

. >> jonathan: the latest this morning with democratic senator chris van hollen. plus, analysis from our powerhouse round table. and -- >> is this a debate over abortion or health care? >> health care. >> health care. >> jonathan: 18 months after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, diane sawyer and rachel scott report on the realities of state abortion restrictions across america. >> jonathan: good morning, and welcome to "this week." not a single voter has voted yet, but with just four weeks until the iowa caucuses and five weeks until the first primary votes are cast in new hampshire, it looks like donald trump has an insurmountable lead, at least if you believe the polls. in fact, our colleagues it fivethirtyeight have looked at the historical data and found that no presidential candidate has been this far ahead in the national polls and gone on to lose the nomination. this week one candidate hoping to break that historical trend, nikki haley, secured the endorsement of new hampshire's popular governor, chris sununu. it's just the latest sign of momentum

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. >> but senator van hollen, who was on this program recently, faulted you. to listen to it. >> many of us were concerned, just a few weeks ago, when one of the white house national security spokesperson was asked if the united states has any red lines and the answer was no. which means anything goes. that cannot be consistent with american interest rates and values. >> he's talking ability what you said october 24th from the podium a democrat saying they need clear language from the white house. >> everything we do for a foreign military including israel when you give them security assistance there are expectations with that security assistance, that it's going to be used in keeping with the law of armed conflict and law of war. we are in constant touch with our israeli counterparts about the way they're prosecuting these operations. secretary blinken said it's not what you do but how you do -- >> are there red lines? >> we believe the approach we have been taking has had an effect. it has allowed israel to go after a viable terrorist threat to their existen

van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 15. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: the chair lays -- the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the following. the clerk: the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes on the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities so forth and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the house received from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same with an amendment and the senate agreed to the same. signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both houses. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the conference report to accompan

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into the question of aid and senator van hollen's amendment. spends trillions of dollars a year on a wide wage of programs, domestic and foreign. every single dollar that we spend council strings attached. >> reporter: we see the people, whether you're building low income housing or providing food to the hungry, or providing assistance to people abroad through our foreign aid products, hear the things we need to do. here is what our money is for, and here is what it cannot be used for. and with senator van hollen is saying is that the money we provide to the state of israel as it pursues its honor to have justice for october 7th, that there are certain things that can't do with our money. and that is a very, very reasonable approach. it is right down the middle of what should be american politics. you want to have money from the night states, then you have to use it in the way that follows american law and international law. >> reporter: much of the broader american public, the divide on this issue becomes most pronounced if you look along gene

chris van hollen should be the president. in other words, the democrats all got together and they promoted this biden. he's infectionual. he's a projection of strength. he doesn't represent the united states' strength. he goes down to gaza and holds netanyahu's hand. instead of saying cut this killing of these children and so tpo*frplt it's ridiculous to put biden in there. we have no choices there. of course you go biden before trump. trupl is a complete chaos. trump is a complete chaos. if everybody looked at chris van hollen from maryland, senator from maryland. he's 64. he's fantastic. host: all right. go to kelly in rome, georgia. republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. merry christmas and happy holidays and happy hanukkah to everyone in the world. i'm going to give president biden a d going into an f. probably the main reason is the border. and mostly when i hear them wanting money for ukraine or even for israel they don't -- it's to protect their borders. yet we leave ours opened.

van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, brown, heinrich, klobuchar, murray, reed, rosen, schumer, van hollen, warnock -- senators voting in the negative -- nraing, hawley -- hagerty, hawley, vance, risch, young. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. britt, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aisle. -- mr. padilla, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. graham, no. ms. butler, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. romney, no. mr. welch,

van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye u. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye u. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the ayes are 64, the nays are 22. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion is reconsidered, considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, today i rise to ask unanimous consent that the senate pass h.r. 1147, the whole milk for healthy kids act. before i start talking, i want to take a quick drink of the super delicious milk. here's to the dairy farmers of kansas and across the entire country. now a fun fact, besides water, milk is the only beverage allowed here on the senate floor. and as you all know, milk is the most delicious, most nutritious, wholesome drink known to humankind. there's nothing ever been made anything like it. now milk is pretty special to me. you might ask why. it's pretty simp

joining me now is the democratic senator, chris van hollen of maryland. he's a member of the senate foreign relations appropriations and budget committee, pretty much everything i just talked about. -- senator, first of all, good to see you again, thank you for joining us this morning. >> ali, it's great to be with you. >> let's just talk about this stuff, it's no surprise to you, or me, that donald trump says things that sound authoritarian and dictatorial. but there is an incremental increase in his rhetoric. there is enough stuff going on around him that can cause people to believe that this isn't just bluster, things could really be different in the second trump term. >> well, that's right, look. when someone tells you who they are, believe them. when trump tells you he wants to be dictator for a day, you can certainly believe it for the day, you also know that that's gonna be a pattern that he continues to do his administration. this is a very dangerous moment for american democracy. it is so important that people heed the words of people like liz ch

. >> but senator van hollen, who was on this program recently, faulted you. you to listen to it. >> many of us were concerned, just a few weeks ago, when one of the white house national security spokesperson was asked if the united states has any red lines and the answer was no. which means anything goes. that cannot be consistent with american interest rates and values. >> he's talking ability what you said october 24th from the podium a democrat saying they need clear language from the white house. >> everything we do for a foreign military including israel when you give them security assistance there are expectations with that security assistance, that it's going to be used in keeping with the law of armed conflict and law of war. we are in constant touch with our israeli counterparts about the way they're prosecuting these operations. secretary blinken said it's not what you do but how you do -- >> are there red lines? >> we believe the approach we have been taking has had an effect. it has allowed israel to go after a viable terrorist threat to their exi

earlier today, democratic senator chris van hollen criticize republicans for tying aid to immigrationtiments of many of his democratic colleagues. >> we do need to have good faith negotiations to address the immigration issues, the border security issues, in those conversations are ongoing. , the fact that republicans have made resolving that very tough negotiation a condition for providing military assistance to ukraine, shows how donald trump is essentially taken over the republican party. because they've essentially said that they are not going to be helping the people of ukraine secure their freedom and fight off putin. unless we resolve this other issue. and the reality is, well we should address those issues, we should not be tying that together. joining me now, california democratic congresswoman, sydney -- sydney kamlager-dove, thank you so much for being with us. you serve on the house foreign affairs committee, set the stage for us. this aid to ukraine, why is it so crucial? >> i'm very interested in what the senate is able to accomplish next week. biden, blinken briefed con

van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. mr. warnock. 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. d

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 -- cramer, heinrich, padilla, peters, sullivan is van hollen, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- hyde-smith, lankford and scott of florida. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. schumer aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. reid, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. ernst, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. hagerty, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. o

here's democratic senator chris van hollen talking to abc this sunday. >> we do have unacceptable levelsf casualties. we see loose rules of engagement, way looser than anything that the united states would exercise. we would not drop a 2,000-pound bomb on a refugee camp to target a hamas commander. >> a senior defense official tells cnn that austin will, quote, want to hear very clear articulation of the israeli self-assessment today. that same official has confidence in the israeli military and so he's there to ask questions and learn more about their plan. elliott gotkine is live from london. elliott, should that be read as a sign that the u.s. is concerned with israel's progress? >> i don't think the united states has shied away from expressing concerns its making. you can see the israeli defense minister sitting alongside secretary austin right now in tel aviv, at the defense military headquarters which is where he went straight from landing. so the u.s. has articulated its concerns. as you mentioned, secretary austin will be wanting real specifics on the milestones and metrics of is

. >> senator chris van hollen, thank you so much. we appreciate your time today. just updating our breaking news. the idf saying israeli forces mistakenly shot and killed three hostages today in northern gaza. we will have much more on this at thehe top of ththe hour. stay with,h, us we wilill be rit backck. a search is underway right now for four more terrorism suspects connected to arrests made yesterday in denmark. danish authorities have not yet outlined details of the charges, but israeli security services claim that terror suspects were arrested in denmark for acting on behalf of hamas. it all coincides with what officials say is a separate case in which for alleged hamas members were arrested in germany and the netherlands. they are accused of plotting terror attacks on jewish institutions in europe. cnn's fred pleitgen joins us now from berlin. fred, what's the latest details that we are learning about the suspects and the plot in germany? >> reporter: hi, boris. this is all moving forward in germany pretty quickly. these suspects were today in front of a

van hollen, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. zanes, no. -- mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the vice president: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change a vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 5

van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker.young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative brown, butler, cantwell, capito, casey, cornyn, ernst, gillibrand, graham, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, lankford, marshall, menendez, merkley, padilla, reed, sinema, tester, thune, tillis, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, crapo, daines, particularer, grassley, hawley, johnson, mullin, paul, tuberville. ms. hirono, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. booker, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of south 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. peter

democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland criticized the state department's decision to bypassongress. he told "the new york times" -- "the administration's decision to short-circuit what is already a quick time frame for congressional review undermines transparency and weakens accountability." we are joined now by josh paul. in october, he resigned from the state department to protest the biden administration's push to increase arms sales to israel amidst its siege on gaza. josh paul had served as director of congressional and public affairs for the bureau of political-military affairs in the state department, which oversees arms transfers to israel and other nations. josh paul, your response to this move friday night? >> first of all, thank you for having me. i think what this move demonstrates is that nothing has changed in u.s. policy. two months into this awful conflict, must 20,000 deaths later, so much suffering later, u.s. policy remains that we'll continue to flow arms to israel and support its operation in gaza. i think we have heard secretary blinken and other saying

it's not just senator van hollen, but isn't of colleagues who are also interest and conditioning, eighthis is something that came up in the last presidential election cycle, and among democratic party candidates. but it is something that is going to be discussed in the senate. it's unlikely that conditions are going to be attached to israel's aid, if only because there are other democrats ago support it as well as republicans who don't support it. i would point out that there are number of conditions on aid, military aid to israel and as well to other countries, but they rarely followed, and i think that if there is a conditionality, picking the middle of the, war these really are likely to ignore it. >> bill, let's talk about that with respect to ukraine. generally speaking, and i don't know that ukraine americans would associate the eighth ukraine to restrictions, but there are some key. once america doesn't want ukraine using long range missiles or aircraft in a way that, i don't have to characterize, it in a way that sounds like it's an offensive war on russian territory as opposed

van hollen, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven, no. mr. cramer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: s >> the presiding officer: the yeas are 80, the nays are 12. the nomination is confirmed. is under the previous order, the motion to recar is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately be notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. 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 those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 317. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. is the ayes d

. >> a democratic senator, a key senator, chris van hollen calling on president biden insist to netanyahu crack in the usually unified democratic support for israel because of the civilian casualties. there's a real concern in the administration, as you know, that they are not being listened to during these calls with the prime minister. >> reporter: we hear about u.s. pressure. we are hearing statements from the biden administration. if you look at what's happening in gaza, those calls do not seem to be listened to. the offensive is continuing, is continuing with the same ferocity it has from the past. they are continuing to hear public statements of support from the administration. while there may be pressure behind the scenes in some statements, not that much has changed since the beginning of the offensive. israel says it's going out of its way to warn civilians, to warn people before it attacks. it says it's doing this, losing the element of surprise. no military would want to inform an area before it attacks where and when it plans to attack. the result is still that large parts of

what these members of congress are asking for, what chris van hollen and i think 18 senators asking fornal aid, we have levers. we provide the aid. we provide unconditional aid israel. so if america means you have to change the way you are prosecuting this war, it actually has the power to change the way this war goes. >> not to mention watching this play out in realtime, america has diplomatic clout, a veto its united nations, and right now it is using that veto to shield israel from any kind of binding u. n. security council resolution which would carry the full weight of the one body in the member states. so you see firsthand how the united states, as i have described it, now becoming complicit in what israel is doing in gaza. not only are the moms in any missions falling on gaza some of them american made, but we also know that america has given weapons to israel with, as they said, no conditions whatsoever. then on top of, that are signaling to the israelis if we've heard from john kirby before, no red lines and what they can do in gaza. so you see the number of u. n. workers kille

what these members of congress are asking for, what chris van hollen and i think 18 senators asking forve levers. we provide the aid. we provide unconditional aid israel. so if america means you have to change the way you are prosecuting this war, it actually has the power to change the way this war goes. >> not to mention watching this play out in realtime, america has diplomatic clout, a veto its united nations, and right now it is using that veto to shield israel from any kind of binding u.n. security council resolution which would carry the full weight of the one body in the member states. so you see firsthand how the united states, as i have described it, now becoming complicit in what israel is doing in gaza. not only are the moms in any missions falling on gaza some of them american made, but we also know that america has given weapons to israel with, as they said, no conditions whatsoever. then on top of, that are signaling to the israelis if we've heard from john kirby before, no red lines and what they can do in gaza. so you see the number of u.n. workers killed, journalists k

van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 31. the motion is agreed to. ms. warren: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to ask the senate to cost ron co-hane to be assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs. in this role, mr. cohane will be the advisor on all matters related to military and personnel policies. he previously served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for military, community, and family policy. we need someone with m mr. cohane's sense of experience to oversee and develop policies to support our servicemembers and their families as well as to oversee our dod schools. strong leadership is also essential to address our military recruiting crisis. now, i recently held a hearing in my subcommittee which the senator from north carolina attended that identified a long list of areas where our military services can continue to step up to inspire more young peo

hollen about a foreign aid and border policy deal getting it across the finish line.io? >> gio: now to that warning about respiratory illnesses as the holiday season kicks into high gear. covid and the flu are climbing with rsv reaching its peak. abc's reena roy is following that. >> reporter: we are in the homestretch before christmas and people are starting to travel and get together all while numbers are going up across much of the u.s. this morning, respiratory illnesses on the rise across the country, including flu, covid, and rsv just as americans begin to gather for the holidays. >> people are getting sick and people are also gathering indoors and that risk is spreading those germs to one another. >> reporter: data from the cdc shows at least 17 states are seeing high or very high levels of respiratory activity. nationally, flu-related e.r. visits are increasing, and in the midwest, hospital admissions overall are up. >> rsv appears to be peaking in some parts of the country, but we are still seeing a lot of cases. influenza like it usually does, is running wil

van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye u the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye u the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. test: the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, madam president. as this body continues to discuss the need for a national security supplemental, i rise today to discuss the important elements that need to be included in this supplemental. and to once again emphasize the growing demands for increased border security in our country. for a nation as powerful and impactful as ours, there are obligations we inherently have to meet, both for ourselves and for

hollen of maryland on an amendment to the proposed national security supplemental reinforcing this basic point. the burden is higher in times of war for democracies, but adherence to such norms is what makes democracy distinct. this horrible conflict has caused so much suffering, and it is a wake-up call of the need for a two-state solution that allows for a viable palestinian state living in peace, side by side with a secure israel. for years i have warned that despite heroic efforts at such an agreement, spoilers on both sides repeatedly undermined progress. so we have two challenges, one very immediate. end the suffering and release the remaining hostages immediately. and the second, finally commit to finding a two-state peace agreement. this will take leadership from both palestinians and israelis. and let me be blunt, i do not see the current leadership of either having the vision or political will to take this desperately needed step, but it's the only way forward. it is the only way that the region and international community will fully commit to helping rebuild gaza and support a

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 south carolina, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk:

. >> senator van hollen, mr. campbell, thank you for your continued service to the country and for being open to all members on a bipartisan basis. the record will remain open until close of business tomorrow, friday, december 8th, 2023. please answer the questions are submitted no later than close of business tomorrow. this hearing is adjourned. >> hi, senator, how are you? this is coco, our daughter. >> welcome. congratulations.

. >> senator van hollen, mr. campbell, thank you for your continued service to the country and for being open to all members on a bipartisan basis. the record will remain open until close of business tomorrow, friday, december 8th, 2023. please answer the questions are submitted no later than close of business tomorrow. this hearing is adjourned. >> hi, senator, how are you? this is coco, our daughter. >> welcome. congratulations. >>> today, the nehampshire institute of politics is hosting a fo for lesser- known presidential candites to share their policy positions and campaign platforms. the event is taking place in manchester, new hampshire. you can see it live starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on the free c-span now video app, or online at c-span.org. >> all this month, watch the best of c-span's q&a. on sunday, musician darrell davis, who for more than 30 years has befriended members of the ku klux klan. he talks about his efforts to understand their hatred, and to convince them they are wrong. musicia

. >> senator van hollen, mr.pbell, thank you for your continued service to the country and for being open to all members on a bipartisan basis. the record will remain open until close of business tomorrow, friday, december 8th, 2023. please answer the questions are submitted no later than close of business tomorrow. this hearing is adjourned. >> hi, senator, how are you? this is coco, our daughter. >> welcome. congratulations. >> sees ben's washington journal. discussing issues in government, public policy from washington and across the country. coming up friday morning, we will talk about u.s. operation policy in the current design process. and the marathon initiatives on recent senate efforts to approve additional funding for ukraine and what that means for further assistance on other u.s. national secured concerns. she spends washington journal. on saturday, randy feenstra hosts conversations with presidential candidates, governor ron desantis, the former governor, nikki haley and ryan bingley ahead of the iow

van hollen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the eyes are 50, the nays are 11, 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 actions. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, christopher charles fonzone of pennsylvania to be assistant attorney general. united states and israel have never been more determined in their life and our shared values. in our shared interest in our shared goals. you have shown the people of israel and the entire world what get you to be a leader and a partner. there is no greater projection of our ties and sitting together discussing the more sensitive to issues of the

. >> democratic center chris van hollen speaking to annmarie hordern on balance of power last night.ng into the new year. good morning to you. equity futures on the s&p positive i .1%. elevated over the last couple of months. the prospect of 4800. yields are lower by two basis points. the everything rally continues. lisa: and there's no real reason for it to stop. the fed has told us there gain pan -- game plan. that's been the message regardless of how much walk back we try to hear from other fed officials. >> starting to consider a second wave. what's happening right now is traffic to the suez canal has been grinding to a halt. this is what we are hearing on the south side on wall street. the effective closure of the suez canal trade route is now an upside risk to goods inflation. we heard from that overrun apollo that rising uncertainty in the channel combined with the global economy rebounding because of easing financial condition should put upward pressure on goods inflation over the coming months. could put upward pressure. lisa: especially because it's unclear what the coaliti

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 -- barrasso, blumenthal, capito, casey, cornyn, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, fisher, gillibrand, hyde-smith, kaine, manchin, peters, reed, risch, rosen, schumer, scott of south carolina. shaheen, smith, tester, warner. senators voting in the negative -- lee, marshall, merkley, paul, schmitt, wyden. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. 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.

van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: vote: the vice president: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change a vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative 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. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote on the richard nomination occur at 5:15 p.m. and that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired and the senate vote on confirmation at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader. the vice president: without objection. a senator: i ask the senate resume consideration of executive calendar number 144. the vice president: the clerk will report the clerk: nomination, department of state, elizabeth h. richard of virginia to be coordi