billions, not just to the tune of a trillion more than we take in, but to the tune of many trillions more than we take in each and every year. that' -- that's what's hurting poor and middle-class families. this reverse robin hood that's so perverse. the reverse hobben hood effect where we're effectively borrowing against, stealing from the poor and giving it to the rich and the well-connected. giving the praise to the politicians who clamor for attention as a result of other people's spending, other people's money that other people will have to work for to earn back, to pay back. some of those people aren't old enough to vote yet. some haven't been born. some of them will be born years from now to parents who have not

met. it is not fair for us to do that. that's why this isn't just another debt ceiling debate. it's not just another debt limit discussion. this one is so much bigger than it has been in the past. the effects are being felt so much more directly than they have at any other time in the past when we've raised this. i know that this can come across to a lot of people as an intensely partisan place. you know, i understand how people could think that. in some ways it is. everything about it reminds people of that, especially the visual images that they see. you know, we've got 100 desks in here. 50 of them are on that side of the aisle. 50 of them are on this side of the aisle. and there are a number of issues

on which there is a division of thought, a set of pretty deep disagreements that sometimes lead to votes that break down more or less along partisan lines. there is a lot of that. in my view, it doesn't reflect a pet uant desire to disagree for the sake of being disagreeable. it tends to reflect something a little deeper, a little more heartfelt and more than anything, it reflects a genuine difference of opinion among the people we represent. we don't like to disagree around here. in fact, i like agreeing. i don't like being disagreeable with those on the other side of the aisle. many of my very favorite people in the united states senate are people who don't share my party affiliation and who are at the

opposite end of the ideological spectrum for me. and it makes it that much more fun to work with them because there are a number of areas where we can and where we do agree. so there are ways in which this place is portrayed in the entertainment media and in the news media that are accurate insofar as they show this sometimes heated debate that occurs across party lines. there is some of that that occurs. it is an incomplete picture because there are a lot of areas where we agree, where we reach conclusions that are good and we reach them together. there's another feature of that, though, that's very seldom portrayed in the news media, in the entertainment media or elsewhere in our society, in our culture, and it worries me. that is about the areas where

there's bipartisanship, bipartisanship that maybe is good for people in this chamber but leaves a lot of people out in the cold. it's good for politicians whether they have an r or a d after their name, but it's bad for everyone else, especially the poor and middle class that part concerns me. it worries me a lot. you know, we didn't get to this point where going into the pandemic at the peak of an economic cycle, where we were spending a trillion dollars a year more than we were taking in, we didn't get to that point without a lot of bipartisanship. we didn't get to the point of trillion-dollar annual deficits without a whole lot of republicans and a whole lot of democrats agreeing together to spend a trillion dollars each year than we were taking in with record-low unemployment, with

strong economic growth. we were still borrowing that much. 25%, one out of every four dollars spent by the federal government was borrowed. there was a lot of bipartisanship in that. but not all bipartisanship is equal, and not all bipartisanship is good for hardworking poor and middle-class americans. some of it is darn-right harmful. we didn't get to the point where we spent last year more than double what we brought in. we brought in $3 trillion, miraculously, during the height of the pandemic, and yet we spent $6.6 trillion last year. we didn't get to the that point without a whole lot of bipartisanship, without a whole lot of republicans agreeing, without a whole lot of democrats -- to spend that much more than we had. we didn't get to be almost $30 trillion in debt without a whole

lot of bipartisanship. there was a whole lot of republicans and a whole lot of democrats agreeing to do something that might have felt good in the moment, might have done a lot of good in the moment but didn't take into account the forgotten man and the forgotten woman in the picture, the poor and middle-class family that finds it harder to get by to buy everything from housing to health care, from gas to groceries, didn't take them into account. so, no, not all bipartisanship makes sense. not all bipartisanship has the best interests of the american people at heart. sometimes you need someone in the room to express hesitation, to express reluctance. sometimes it's one or two. sometimes it's half.

that's why i was elated, i was pleased when a few months ago nearly every member of the senate republican conference, 46 out of the 50 of us, signed a letter. the letter explained a few things, a few things that i think are pretty important to remember. it explained, for example, that we don't ever want to see the federal government default on its debt, pointing out that not raising the debt limit is a different decision than a decision to default on the debt, bring in more than enough money -- we bring in more than enough money every month and every year to meet the debt obligations of every month and every year, a significant amount more in fact. sometimes changing the prioritization of spending can allow us to borrow less than we would otherwise.

so nearly every member of the republican conditions signed this letter acknowledging that we don't want to default. would do find ourselves? an untenable position in which democrats are wanting to pass a $3.5 trillion bill that really, according to the nonpartisan committee for a responsible federal budget, would end up costing more like $5 trillion. we don't think it is right in the that circumstance to just suspend the debt ceiling and that we're not going to do it. so we signed this letter that said, you know, we, the undersigned republican senators, are letting senate democrats know, and the american public know, that we will not vote to increase the debt ceiling, whether that comes through a stand-alone bill, a continuing resolution, or any other vehicle. this is a created by democrat spending. democrats will have to accept full responsibility for

facilitating it. i want to be clear. it's not saying that the underlying problem was created entirely by democrats. but it is saying that what the democrats are still planning to do is the driving reason why we were willing to suspend the debt ceiling. we're not just raising it by a certain amount. we're creating a period of debt ceiling mardi gras, a period in which any amount of additional borrowing is allowed under the law. and when you've got one party that wants to add to the tune of many trillions of dollars to our already out-of-control debt, one that's now in the range of about 125% of our g.d.p., that's a problem. it was not unreasonable for us to make that commitment. it would have been unreasonable for us not to make that commitment. sometimes you need someone who's willing to say, well, maybe this

is not such a good idea. i commend those who signed the letter. i implore all who signed it to remember that commitment, to remember it to their voters. i don't think it helps for us to just suspend the debt ceiling anyway. and i don't think it helps to dismiss this as simply a cloture vote. the point of the letter was that democrats have the ability to do this on their own through the reconciliation process. if they want to do it, they should use that process. they haven't used that process. a lot of that we have no business facilitating it. i see i've got an additional colleague here who is interested in speaking. in temperatures -- in deference to him, i am going to let him proceed. before that, a i ask unanimous consent that we submit for the "congressional record" a copy of that letter dated august 10,

2021, signed by 46 republican senators. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: thank you, mr. president. mr. daines: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, first of all, i want to thank the senator from utah for his courtesy. thank you, senator lee. americans across the country, people around the world, and myself believe that in this room they know that president biden is failing at our southern border. that's not a secret. we've had months of record-shattering numbers of illegal immigrants crossing that southern border. we've had unfathombling amounts a of -- we've had unfathomable amounts of illegal drugs coming into our country. it's making its way across the southern border and into states like my home state of montana. many of you have probably heard me say that montana is a northern border state with a southern border crisis. well, that's true. the crisis at our southern border created by president biden is out of control, and we

all know we must do something to change the status quo to protect our families and our communities. but what which i'm here to talk about today -- but what i'm here to talk about today is how president biden is also failing at our northern border, the border between the united states and canada. while our southern border remains wide open to illegal drugs, illegal immigrants, many potentially covid-positive or unvaccinated, our northern border remains closed because of president biden. the hypocrisy here is stunning. it's infuriating. it is unexplainable. there's no reason or rationale behind president biden's decision. it can't be because of covid-19 or because of vaccination rates. canadians are over 80% vaccinated. 80%. haitians, on the other hand, coming across the southern

border have less than a one percent vaccination rate. so if covid-19 and the vaccination rates were the issue, then why did president trudeau lift his restrictions and start allowing americans to travel to canada on august 9? it makes no sense. president biden is prohibiting canadians from traveling into the united states. they can't come in to montana. who is paying the price for president biden's hypocrisy? montanans are paying the price. montana families, montana businesses, are paying the price. montana border communities, northern border communities across the country are paying the price. president biden's inexplicable policies are hurting montana's economy, destroying jobs, shuttering businesses, hurting our families. in fact, let me give you an example. in great falls, montana, proudly

calls maelstrom air force base its home, they've seen a decrease in revenue due to the closure at the border. canadians are no longer able to come visit our beautiful state. mr. president, this has been going on for far too long. since the president will not do the right thing to use some good old-fashioned common sense to listen to montanans, i've introduced a bill to do just that. i've seen some of my colleagues join me in calling on this administration to reopen the northern border, and i'm grateful for that. but actions speaker louder than words. today we have the opportunity to stop putting the power in the hands of president biden to make the right decision here. he hasn't made it. because we know that won't happen.

today we can pass my bill. it's called the restoring the northern border travel act, and require the biden administration to reopen the northern border. le -- let's help revitalize montana. how about the other northern border states? let's put an end to this irrational closure and this hypocrisy. a wide-open southern border and a closed northern border. it doesn't make any sense. so i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in passing my bill.

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on homeland security and governmental affairs be discharged from further consideration of senate bill 2196, and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. i further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to be reconsidered be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i appreciate our colleague from montana's efforts to get northern border travel back to normal. i understand that this is an important issue in montana. it's important to families along our northern border, not only montana but across our nation.

i just want to flag a couple of things, if i can. this legislation has not been considered just yet in the homeland security and governmental affairs committee on which i serve and formerly chaired. given the importance of this issue, i will be more than happy to work with our colleague from montana on a path forward from this time. i am concerned, having said that, that this legislation as is is a bit too broad and could have unintended consequences, including making it harder to address future challenges at ou. fortunately, having said that, fortunately the administration, biden administration is already taking actions to safely and responsibly reopen our border, including the recent announcement to expand the eligibility of travelers to enter the u.s. via air travel that will go into effect, i believe it's next month. again, i appreciate our colleagues' efforts here. i'm ready to work with him.

i said to him just a few minutes ago, more than willing to work with him on this bill within the homeland security committee where i serve as a senior democrat, and we can look at changes to the final legislation and hopefully build bipartisan support for it. unfortunately, however, tonight, i have to object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. daines: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, i am grateful for the support the senator from delaware has offered here. the reason i'm down here asking for the unanimous consent this evening is to provide a sense of urgency to try to get this done now. president trudeau opened up the canadian border on august 9, and president biden has kept the border shut down to canadians coming in during that entire time. it doesn't make sense. covid is a concern. we agree on that. however, it should not be a concern at the u.s.-canadian border with canadians having an 80% vaccination rate. canada began allowing fully vaccinated americans to cross the border two months ago. canada has a higher vaccination rate than the united states.

i find it a bit hypocritical to talk about the concern about vaccination rates at the northern border at the same time the southern border is wide open with vaccination rates, for example, of haitians of less than 1%. so anyway, we want to get this resolved. we are seeing businesses and families suffer at the northern border states. the administration continues to have a wide-open southern border policy while keeping the northern border closed. montanans can't figure that one out. many of us who live in the northern border states see the same things. hypocrisy has to end. the travel at the u.s.-ceap border needs to be restored immediately. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. carper: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, i ask to yield back the remaining time on both sides. the presiding officer: without objection, all time is yielded back.

the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 motion to concur in the house amendment to s. 1301, an act to provide for the publication by the secretary of health and human services of physical activity recommendations for americans, with an amendment numbered 3847, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to s. 1301, an act to provide for the publication by the secretary of the health and human service that physical activities -- offered by the senator from new york, mr. schumer, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll.

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the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 61, the nays are 38. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, can we have order? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, in a few moments, the senate will pass an extension of the debt limit through early december, avoiding a first-ever republican-manufactured default on the national debt. on monday morning, i said we needed to pass a bill to address the debt limit by the end of the week, and that is exactly what we did. republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game, and i am glad that their brinkmanship did not work. for the good of america's families, for the good of our

economy, republicans must recognize in the future they should -- that they should approach fixing the debt limit in a bipartisan way. what is needed now is a long-term solution so we don't go through this risky drama every few months, and we hope republicans will join in enacting a long-term solution to the debt limit in december. we're ready to work with them. leader mcconnell and senate republicans insisted they wanted a solution to the debt ceiling but said democrats must raise it alone by going through a drawn-out, convoluted and risky reconciliation process. that was simply unacceptable to my caucus. and yesterday, senate republicans finally realized that their obstruction was not going to work. i thank, very much thank my democratic colleagues for showing our unity in solving this republican-manufactured

crisis. despite immense opposition from leader mcconnell and members of his conference, our caucus held together, and we have pulled our country back from the cliff's edge that republicans tried to push us over. this is a temporary but necessary and important fix. i appreciate that at the end of the day, we were able to raise the debt limit without a convoluted and unnecessary reconciliation process that until today the republican leader claimed was the only way to address the debt limit. let me say that again. today's vote is proof positive that the debt limit can be addressed without going through the reconciliation process, just as democrats have been saying for months. the solution is for republicans to either join us in raising the debt limit or stay out of the way and let democrats address the debt limit ourselves. those are the two choices, and

it's very simple. senate democrats want a long-term solution to the debt limit to make sure financial markets remain stable and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith and credit must never be used as a political bargaining chip. i hope my republican colleagues relent from trying to make it one when we revisit this issue soon. so now that republican brinkmanship has relented, senate democrats will focus on passing build back better agenda so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class, to help people already in the middle class stay there, to fight climate change and create the good-paying jobs of tomorrow and rekindle that sunny american optimism that has long been the core of our national identity. i yield the floor and -- i yield the floor.

the presiding officer: cloture having been invoked, the motion to refer and the amendments pending thereto fall. under the previous order, amendment numbered 3848 is withdrawn and all postcloture time is expired. the question occurs on the motion to concur in the house amendments to s. 1301, with amendment numbered 3847, the yeas and nays were previously ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50. the nays are 48. the motion to concur with the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 nomination of calendar number 259, gustavo gelpi, of puerto rico, to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit. the presiding officer: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of

calendar number 259 shall be brought too a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory -- under the rule. follow -- the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 54, the nays are 39, and the motion is agreed to. cloture having been invoked, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the gelpi nomination. mr. schumer: now, madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: now, madam president, while most of the attention in this chamber falls on the elected members, today i want to recognize one of the many people who works behind the scenes who quite literally makes the senate come to life and someone we wish a fond, thankful, and happy farewell. megan mercer, there you are, megan mercer, thank you for all

you have done over the past few years in your role as senior floor assistant. we have seen you scurrying around, making sure everything works, and we so much appreciate it. day after day, you have made this body work, and we wish you well on the road ahead. thank you. now, madam president. i move to proceed to legislative session -- the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed 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 364. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, patricia tolliver giles of virginia to be united states district judge for the

eastern district of virginia. 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 nomination of executive calendar number 364, patricia tolliver giles of virginia to be united states district judge for the eastern district of virginia signed by 17 senators. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: finally, i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, october 7, be waived and that the cloture motion ripen at 11:30 a.m. on tuesday, october 19. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. and i yield to my dear friend, the senator from new mexico.

mr. lujan: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico hue i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar 346, xochitl torres small and that the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate. mr. lujan: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider calendar 346, xochitl torres small of new mexico to be under secretary of agriculture for rural development and that the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without

objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the department of agriculture, xochitl torres small of new mexico to be under secretary, consumer products safety commission -- the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed lew i ask consent -- mr. lujan: i ask consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all without intervening action or debate. , no further motions be in order to the nomination, that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without

objection. mr. lujan: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc. calendar number 356, 357, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators

permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc. calendars number 130, and s. 233, calendars 131, s. 1226, calendar 132, s. 2205, calendar 133, s. 2126. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection, the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the bills be considered read a third time and passed en bloc and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i have five requests for the committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the

majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to senate resolution 372. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 372 designating the week beginning september 13, 2021, as national hispanic serving institutions week. the presiding officer: without objection. without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. lujan: madam president, i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and that

the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and that the senate now proceed to senate resolution 400. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 400 designating september 2021 as national childhood cancer awareness month. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of senate resolution 411 which was submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 411

designating october 6, 2021, as energy efficiency day and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. lujan: i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions which were submitted earlier today, senate resolution 412,

senate resolution 413, senate resolution 414, senate resolution 415, senate resolution 416. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on veterans affairs be discharged from further consideration of s. 544 and the senate proceed to immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 544, a bill to direct the secretary of veterans affairs to designate one week each year as buddy check week and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is

discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate veterans affairs committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 796 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 796, a bill to codify maternity care coordination programs at the department of veterans affairs and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the tester substitute amendment which is at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered

read three times and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

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mr. lujan: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i move to proceed to executive session -- the presiding officer: we're new england a quorum call. mr. lujan: way ask unanimous consent to -- i ask unanimous consent to waive the quorum

call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 261. the presiding officer: 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. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, christine p. o pouf hearn of new jersey to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mr. lujan: i send a cloture motion to the desks. 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 nomination of executive calendar number 261 is christine p.o pouf hearn of new jersey to be united states district judge for the

district of new jersey signed by 18 senators as follows -- mr. lujan: madam president, you i ask consent the reading of the nails be waived. officer without objection. mr. lujan: way ask unanimous consent to withdraw the cloture motion on calendar 364 and that the mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, october 7, be waived and that the cloture motion ripen at 11:30 a.m. on tuesday, october 19. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and punish a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then reconvene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted, on the following dates and times -- and that following each pro forma

soldiers, the senate adjourn until the next pro forma session -- friday october 8 at 111:30 a.m., dawes day, october 12 at 12:00 noon, and thursday, october 14, at 5:00 p.m. when the senate adjourns on thursday you october 14, it next reconvenes at 3 p.m. on monday, october 18. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. and upon conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the giles nomination, which all provisions under the previous order in effect. finally, that if the giles nomination is confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made --

mr. lujan: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: finally, if the o'hearn nomination is confirmed, the motion -- h1n1 madam

president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i further ask that when the senate adjourns on nurse day, october 14, it next convene at 3:00 p.m. monday, october 18. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the o'hearn nomination, with all provisions under the previous order in effect. finally, that if the gelpi nomination is confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lujan: madam president, if there is to further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order.

the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.