opportunity to live decent -- decent lives and clean, affordable, safe housing. she's led a team of policy analysts overseeing all aspects of single-family mortgage policy at fannie and freddi. hundreds of thousands of homeowners and seniors with reverse mortgages are at risk of losing their homes because they've fallen behind. we need her on the job immediately. unfortunately my colleagues on the banking and housing and urban affairs committee thought it important to delay, delay, delay, to boycott, boycott, boycott. the presiding officer today has seen it up close as a member of that committee. her breadth of experience will help her work with a have a right of stakeholders to design policies across the office of housing that will strengthen families and communities and help us bring down the cost of housing. i urge my colleagues to confirm

julia gordon today. let's focus on the results that americans expect from their public servants. i ask unanimous consent to have the rest of my remarks in a different position in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i rise to speak in support of keeping roe v. wade, the legislation that the house -- that the senate failed to pass earlier today. i will enter nigh remarks in the record. i just want to highlight a couple of things that we don't want mitch mcconnell, we don't want governor dee wine -- governor dewine in my state making personal health decisions. i surely don't want the state legislature in my state making those decisions when these decisions are the most personal decision that a woman and perhaps a religious counselor, perhaps her doctor and her -- her doctor and her partner should be making those decisions. men often don't understand how

women's bodies work and how preventive care like birth control works. this is not just about roe. this will ruling would open the door to all kinds of other government interference into people's most personal, private decisions. i would -- and i've seen a state legislator in ohio said if a woman is raped and gets pregnant, there is an opportunity for that woman. that was said by a typical far-right legislator in ohio. she's one of the leaders in the next step, what they're going to do on issues of women's health in my state legislature. it's important we act. i know there are other things we're going to do in this body, and i will support those efforts to make sure that women, not mitch mcconnell and mike dewine, make decisions about women's health. i yield the floor.

the presiding officer: under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. the question is on the gordon nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the clerk: federal reserve system, philip nathan jefferson of north carolina to be a member of the board of governors. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator -- the vice president: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak up to one minute prior to the vote. the vice president: without objection. the senate will be in order. mr. brown: he will be a key voice on the fed as it tackles inflation, a -- he'll serve alongside dr. cooke, it will be the first time that two black governors served on the board at the same time. his first job out of school was to work at the federal reserve. he literally wrote the book on the economics of poverty. the vice president: the senate will be in order.

mr. brown: he was voted out of my committee unanimously on a strong bipartisan vote. he'll fiercely guard the fed's independence. i urge my colleagues to vote for philip jefferson for the federal reserve. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears -- there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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vote we took earlier for alvaro bedoya to be a member of the trade commission. not only is this going to help american consumers, alvaro bedoya is the right person to get this job. if a company is lying to its customers about its products, about what they can do or teaming up with competitors to keep prices high, the f.t.c. is the officer on the beat to protect those consumers. now we need the f.t.c. to do more than ever. we needed them during the covid pandemic when scammers were looking to capitalize on pandemic and stole $9.5 million out of the pockets of americans. it doesn't include people who never knew they were scammed or too embarrassed to report their losses. we need them to continue to help us during the pandemic stop scammers from selling fake cures, counterfeit masks and to

tackle rising prices that threaten all of us today. protecting consumers is a bipartisan issue. in the senate we worked across the aisle to support the f.t.c. and congress -- when we passed the legislation to root out fake treatments an cures. we gave f.t.c. $30 million in the rescue plan to help americans against scams. today we will take an important step in helping consumers by having alvaro bedoya fill the last seat on the federal trade commission. he has the experience to help us with the issues we are facing from provides to online -- privacy to online privacy and he was a professor at georgetown law, he did amazing work and prior to joining georgetown, he served as chief counsel of the

senate judiciary committee on privacy technology and law. many of my colleagues know mr. bedoya and i'm glad his nomination has finally passed near the senate and we look forward to working with him. i also, mr. president, want to speak about the historical significance of another nominee that will be voted on shortly, that is tonight hopefully in the wrap-up, we will be passing on the nomination of admiral linda fagan to be the next commendante of the united states coast guard. the coast guard serves as the american people for safeguarding life at sea, protecting the environment and ensuring our national security. the roll of commandant is to lead the kawferred's prohibition -- coast guard volunteers and the execution of the coast guard's 11 difference missions from managing vessel

traffic to saving lives in rough seas to protecting endangered marine life. no military service does more with fewer resources and yet the coast guard's mission is only growing. the coast guard faces unprecedented environmental and geopolitical challenges. due to climate change, men and women of the coast guard must respond to extreme weather disasters. the arctic where melting ice sheets provide new opportunities for shipping an tourism and trans -- and tourism and transportation, it is -- the coast guard will make sure that we know how and have the capacity for the united states to lead in ice breaking compass -- icebreakerring capacity. admiral fagan assumed the role of vice commandante in 1991. i want people from the northwest

to know she started her career on the polar star a 399-foot icebreaker and during her career she served on all seven continents. she was a marine specter and -- inspector and led all coast guard operations in new england and commander of the coast guard operations across the entire pacific and an impressive science background, a bachelor degree, and a degree from the university of washington in marine affairs many in addition to the extraordinary qualifications, admiral fagan will be the first woman and mother to lead the coast guard. she will also be the first woman to lead any branch of our armed services. now, more than ever we must have

a strong leader as commandant it is clear from her record that admiral fagan is the right woman for the job. i look forward to working with her to ensure that the men and women in the coast guard have the tools they need to execute their mission and support their families. and it means continuing to make investments on shore infrastructure, aircraft, and as i mentioned earlier, our polar icebreakerrers, but just as we have fought hard to work with the coast guard on their people, it's time to work with comawn daunt fagan -- -- to improve access to child care to champion efforts to underserved minorities in the coast guard. we secured $429 million for the coast guard in the infrastructure bill and $120 million of that investment will go to construction of

on-sight child care facilities. as our working mothers and daughters serve in the coast guard, admiral fagan knows the realities of a coast guard family. she knows with 40% of the coast guard being women that we need to have good policies that will encourage them to stay in the coast guard and move up in leadership just as she's done. i know under her we will build world-class state of the ard facilities to help -- state of the art facilities to help our coast families and we will continue to be proud of the mission of the coast guard and continuing to have those many, many challenges that they help us deal with every single day. but tonight we're doing more than just helping. we are confirming admiral if fagan, we are sending a strong message to women serving in the coast guard. we're sending a strong message to women cadets and training people at cape may and we are sending a strong message to

young girls who dream of some day serving in the coast guard many we are saying now that the leader of this organization that your service matters, your contribution to the coast guard and to the country matters, and yes, you too can be commandante some day. i thank admiral fagan for her service and i thank my colleagues for voting to confirm linda fagan to be -- cammandante of the coast guard. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

quorum call: wanting to overturn roe versus wade. landmark case that was decided nearly 50 years ago that recognize the reproductive rights of women.

this decision centered on one of the most fundamental rights we have as an american. the right to control our own bodies. for nearly half a century, roe has protected a woman's right to make extremely personal decisions about her own body, her own health care, her own family. but now, now we are seeing a clear coordinate attempt by antichoice politicians to roll back the clock on the rights of american women. to control what happens to their bodies and strike down reproductive freedom. if the supreme court moves forward with this action, it will have an immediate, immediate and devastating consequences for women's health. let's get something straight. overturning roe is not going to stop abortion. it's only going to stop women

from getting safe abortions and women will die as a result. this will also have a severe impact help miscarriages and other life-threatening medical issues related to pregnancy, how they are handled. for example if roe is overturned ectopic pregnancies could become a death sentence for women and states that ban abortion. this is just one example of the harm this will cause. and this will disproportionately impact women who lack the resources to go to other states to seek care. this will also make it harder for women of color to access the care they need. unfortunately, many states across our country already have a rigid, extreme rigid and extreme restrictions on the books. and if roe falls, many of those laws will go immediately into

effect. and in the states that don't have those restrictions, extreme legislatures are pushing new, dangerous restrictive antichoice laws as we speak. in my home state of nevada, abortion rights have been in strident state laws overwhelmingly voted -- mike they voted for it is a ballot initiative in 1990. this means women across nevada for reproductive care if roe is overturned. but, this year antichoice politicians are working to eliminate this protection from our state code and take away nevadans of women's rights. women's rights and nevada to make decisions for their own body. this is exactly why the senate needs to pass the women's health protection act today to and sure women of all 50 states and sure

to make their own reproductive healthcare choices. i helped introduce the women's health protection act last year because it is the best option we have to codify roe versus away into law. this will codify the right to receive and provide reproductive healthcare. it would prohibit states from enacting on necessary restrictions that make it harder, make it harder for women to access care. we are not living and a hypothetical anymore. we are staring a post world war in the face and the time to act is now. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have also made it clear if they regain control of this chamber, they will pass a national ban on abortion rights and they may go even further. i urge every senator who cares

about women, who cares about women's health, who cares about women's autonomy and they are ready urge them all to join me to pass the women's health protection act. nevadans are watching. the american people are watching. and women everywhere are depending on us. we cannot let them down, i yield. >> editor at lankford just said that this bill is all about legalizing abortion anytime, anyplace in this country. he is right. i am going to add that this legislation is being discussed for political purposes and we are wasting time on this issue because we could be spending time on things that people want too. i've been hearing the democrats speak for a year end a half about the necessity of getting

prescription drug prices down. and why couldn't we be talking about that instead of wasting time on this legislation that is made to make a political point instead of accomplishing something. i would like to speak then about the very extreme legislation being voiced by democrats, the women's health protection act. democrats are using a leaked supreme court draft, not even a final decision as an excuse to push a very radical legislation that goes beyond public opinion or even common sense on abortion. this bill goes much further that its stated position to codify roe v wade decision.

as ranking member of the senate judiciary committee i have raised many concerns about this legislation. the so-called women's health and protect act would invalidate hundreds of abortion -related laws in our various states such as clinic regulations, admitting privileges requirements, regulations on abortion inducing drugs, reflection periods, conscience protections, selection bands and limitations on the use of state funds and facilities for abortion. iowa, and many other states have taken action on their own to enact common sense restrictions. i don't think this bill is

common sense because it allows late-term abortions which could be up until the date of birth. some states, have protected individuals from having to perform abortions against their own religious beliefs. we cannot stand by as those common sense laws are under attack by the democrats and this legislation attacks those laws. the bill before us would invalidate the state laws and would allow abortion providers to set the standard of care for their patients with no oversight from the states. it would allow healthcare workers to determine when a life is viable, which will lead then

to inconsistent practices across the country and endanger the lives of mothers everywhere. the bill before us were to be signed into law the federal government would send a message to states that enacting laws to protect patients and regulate the health and welfare of their citizens is not the right of the federal government. it would allow congress to intrude on states rights and nullify a life saving laws on the books. it would invalidate the powers of the states under the tenth amendment in regard to those police powers affecting the health of its citizens. in addition this establishes no private right for women harmed by abortions. how can we, as congress stand up and say that we are protecting

women went really this bill disregards any loss of life of babies including full-term infants and even some others. democrats claim this bill is a necessary and moderate step. how can a sweeping piece of legislation that would overrule dozens of state laws and establishing terminating a pregnancy as the only option be classified as a moderate piece of legislation. this proposed legislation is an example of extreme, extremism. it is unfortunate the majority is using this issue to appear compassionate and concerned about women's rights when a reality that protect women and

children across the country. large majorities of americans strong abortion restrictions, this bill would overturn. i understand and appreciate the robust debate around the subject. however, i am uncomfortable with the rhetoric of some of my colleagues. they refused to discuss important priorities of what the american people want and only want to push one extreme option. let me be clear, abortion should not be promoted as a default contraceptive and family-planning tool. let's have a productive discussion on what can be done to support women and families. it is important to be open with our colleagues and peers on our

differences. but we must unite to protect life because every single life is precious. women's health protection act is an extreme piece of legislation that completely disregards human life. i intend to vote against the motion to proceed, i yield. >> mr. president a quick senator from washington. >> ask unanimous consent senator schumer be recognize following my remarks prior to the scheduled roll call vote progress without objection brickwork thank you madam president. madam president, last week the country learn the supreme court is preparing to overturn roe v wade and the constitutional right to abortion and make this the first generation of women in this country to have fewer rights than their mothers. think about that for a second

period my daughter, my granddaughters will have fewer rights than i did. i truly never thought i would say that and it breaks my heart. these past few days have just been a heart wrenching. i have seen the emotion and i have felt it. but let me tell you something, madam president, as heartbroken as a people are, they are also matter. you cannot blame them and i am mad to because we are watching the supreme court prepare to drag this country backward by half a century across the country republicans and state legislatures are manning abortions and they are making it crystal clear they are going to go even further. they are coming after your mail they want to make it illegal to send abortion medication in the mail. they are coming after your birth control. they are coming after plan b and

iuds. right here in the senate they are talking about a federal abortion ban. a federal abortion ban that means abandon even in states like mine were the right to abortion is now protected. bennett republicans want to make sure women from seattle to new york cannot make their own health care decisions. for many republicans this is just the beginning. but to everyone who is scared, and those who are furious know this they got big roadblocks in the repaired me, senate democrats, house democrats and millions across the country are going to stand up and speak out so i rise today to make sure women across the country have their voices heard. i rise to make sure republicans have to show their true colors, to make sure every single one of them is forced to go on the

record when it comes to abortion when it comes to the right of every patient to make their own decisions about their body. every mother to make their own decision about their family. every woman to make their own decisions about the future. republicans have constantly been attacking the right to abortion and pushing that day in and day out for decades by the way, they have been almost silent on what overturning roe v wade will actually mean for people. taking a way of woman's autonomy impacts her whole life takes away her ability to determine that forces women to be pregnant

and give birth when they do not want to no matter their individual circumstance. it hurts people in real and irreparable ways. i know after so many decades of precedent and end the right so many people have looked at their entire life seems completely unthinkable. but this is real. this is happening. and republicans have been preparing for this for decades. we are about to see a tidal wave of abortion bans across the country. this will force republicans to face up to the hurt and suffering they have caused and will cause. the lies that hang in the balance. and we all know if those fall the heaviest burdens mothers are barely scraping by or face severe maternal mortality crisis

it is women with disabilities who may already face discrimination in routine medical care. it is women and rural communities have less resources are often already forced to drive miles to get the care they need. it is immigrant women especially undocumented women and it is our day entrance neighbor who republicans ever seem to miss an opportunity to scapegoat or bully. people in my state need to know this will impact them too. and many of my colleagues and no i am not want to grandstand or exaggerate the scope of a crisis that comes before the senate. when i said this was a five alarm fire, i meant it. we need to be clear eyed this will impact all of us. for one thing, we know the health care crises caused by

abortion ban and that is what they are, crises will stretch across state lines. when texas passed a law letting people sue strangers for getting or providing an abortion, desperate patient rushed to oklahoma only for that state to pass an extreme ban as well meaning more patients, traveling even further with fewer options to get the care they need. my state have brace for incoming patients surging into washington. there can be no question if roe is struck down nationally, if individual states across the country ban the right to abortion people in every single state will live with the painful consequences of that decision. they will not forget republicans

are the ones responsible for this. and madam president let's also remember republicans have been clear, they have been explicit even they are not going to stop at roe. they're not going to stop at the state level they're not going to stop at abortion. i cannot say this enough republicans are already talking about passing a federal ban on abortion. republicans are already talking about how griswold the case it struck down a ban on birth control might have been wrongly decided. republicans are already talking about belt banning iud, plan b, the even held a vote a few weeks ago to undermine our federal planning plug or make it harder for people to get birth control. madam president, it is clearer than ever that because a republicans extremism not only the right to abortion at risk but other important rights are as well. that is by people are so scared

and that is why they are so shocked. someone back home said to me last week, what can i tell women and our state so they don't worry? i said straight up i am not telling anyone not to worry. i am scared and i'm frightened for women in this country more than i ever have been before. i am very fearful, madam president but i am also determined and i know people across the country do not want to go backwards. they do not want politicians planning their families for them. they do not want politicians forcing people to stay pregnant. they do not want this to be the first generation of women with fewer rights than their mothers. which is why today we are now voting on the women's health protection act. but this bill does is simple, it follows the constitution and nearly half a century of

precedent and gives the patient the right to get an abortion no matter where in america that patient or dr. live in the question every single senator is asked as well do you trust women? do you trust patients? do you trust doctors? do you believe every american should make deeply personal decisions about pregnancy and parenting according to their own beliefs? without government interference if your answer is yes then your vote on this bill should be as well. and if your answer is no if you think women should have fewer rights, if you think it is okay for republican politicians to force someone else to stay pregnant or give birth when they don't want to you were going to have to go on the record to let your constituents know you think your personal opinion matters more than their own medical decision. and you had better believe no one will forget this.

thank you madam president i yield the floor. correct senate will be an order for the senate will be in order. thank you. >> expressions of approval are not allowed by the gallery. >> and madam president for. >> the majority leader brickwork's first i think my dear friend and colleague from washington for her powerful and heartfelt words. and for her leadership as well. now madam president, the question before the senate is simple. as a women's rights face their greatest threat and half a century, will visit chamber step into the breach and protect the basic right to choose? will we enshrine into law what courts have held for decades that decisions women make about their pregnancies belong to them and them alone. or will five unelected justices presiding without accountability in a courtroom across the street

take a fundamental right away from millions upon millions of women in this country. in a few minutes it will be time for members to vote. that legislation before it this chamber is straightforward. it would codify what americans already believe that the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion belongs to women, not elected politicians. it will preserve the safeguard a conservative justice seen ready to strike down in just a few weeks. if they follow through with their decision the united states, which has always aspired to the expansion of rights will take a shameful and repressive step backwards. our kids will grow up in a country with fewer rights than those who came before them.

this decision to formalize, can we have order madam president recollects please check your conversations off the floor. >> this decision formalize would be remembered as one of the worst and most damaging cases in the entire history of the supreme court. so this is not a theoretical exercise. oh no. protecting the right to choose at this critical moment is where the most consequential votes we could possibly take. and the american people are watching. the public will not forget which side of the vote senators fall on today. they will not forget who voted to protect their freedoms they will not forget those responsible for the greatest backside of individual liberty and half a century. across the country the hard right is hell-bent on sending women's rights back to the stone

age and we in the senate must respond. we must respond to radicals who what to ban abortion as early as six weeks before many women know they are pregnant. we must respond to extremists who want to prosecute and imprison women and doctors for carrying out an abortion and even friends whom really provide rides to clinic and end up in jail. we must respond to the swell of ideologues who openly champion restrictions without exceptions for rape or incest. we must oppose the vision that mega republicans clamor for, forced pregnancy, punishment for women and doctors and zero exceptions for rape or incest. this is not what america once. i hope it is not what members of this chamber want either.

i implore everyone whose conscience has been jolted over the past week to vote in favor of today's measure. indeed i implore everyone who cares about the rights of not just women but of all americans to support this measure. because a five unelected justices are allowed to decide the fate of millions of women, if the rights of women have relied upon for 50 years wither away we do not take a stand now to protect a woman's right to choose, then mark my words it will be open season, open season on our god given freedoms in this great and grand country. today it will be low tomorrow will be a national ban on abortion and beyond that something even more dreadful. we cannot allow the shameful backside to happen.

we cannot allow the whims of mega republicans to bully the rest of the country into submission. i urge my colleagues, take a stand. i urge my colleagues and americans to fight back. i urge americans and everyone here to defend the right to choose. i urge my colleagues, vote yes. i yield the floor and called the vote. next madam president let's get to think straight about the abortion legislation on the floor before us today. one, this legislation does not represent the views of the majority of the american people. and two, this legislation is some of the most extreme abortion legislation in the world. madam president it's a little hard to believe we are having a vote on this bill again near weeks after it was defeated in the senate but when the abortion lobby called our democrat colleagues come running.

madam president the bill before say the so-called women's health protection act would prop up the abortion industry and make abortion on demand at any time for essentially any reason the law of the land. my democrat colleagues would like to convey the impression this legislation, with this legislation they are merely merely attempting to codify a widely held belief are much no reasonable person to sense. that, madam president is baloney. the american people don't even come close to supporting abortion on demand up until the moment of birth. gallup has been pulling on abortion for decades and it all that's on the percentage of americans who believe abortion should be legal under any circumstance has always remained under 35%. associated press bull from this past june found 65% of americans believe abortion should generally be illegal in the

second trimester. from about 13 weeks of pregnancy while what whopping americans believe abortion should generally be illegal in the third trimester. why? well, madam president i suspect it is because the american people are well aware we are talking about abortion we are taught but the killing of human beings. innocent human beings. and that is not exactly something most americans are comfortable with. these to defending the weak and the innocent not killings. so it's not exactly surprising the democrat embracing abortion up until the moment of birth. everything they can to run away from the humanity of the unborn baby but they are closing check

fighting a losing battle and medical technology in plain old common sense all point to the humanity of the unborn child. it is pretty hard to look at a fully formed baby on ultrasound kicking her feet and sucking her thumb to think she is anything but a human being. on sick knowledge the self-evident truth that that baby is a human being it is pretty hard to argue she should not be protected. and so it is no surprise that almost 50 years after roe americans still do not wholeheartedly embrace abortion. mr. president in addition to being totally out of step with the american mainstream, democrats demand act is far outside the mainstream of abortion law globally.

thirty-nine of the 42 european countries that allow elected abortion limit such abortion sue 15 weeks earlier. thirty-two of those countries limit abortions to at or before 12 weeks gestation. meanwhile democrats here in the united states senate want to enshrine abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. mix it roe versus wade countries already outside the main street when it comes to protecting unborn human beings. in fact we are currently one of just a tiny handful of countries in the world that allow elective abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy. it was on that list among the other countries? china, north korea, not exactly

the kind of company we want to be keeping when it comes to defending rights. the so-called women's protection act is more extreme. not only would it allow abortion to all 40 weeks of pregnancy, it would just sweep away almost every common sense restriction that is been upheld since roe. parental notification, informed consent waiting periods all of those would be gone under democrats abortion on demand bill plus open the bill to oppose abortion to subsidize with tax dollars something that is been bipartisan for decades in this country furthermore

conscience protections for doctors and hospitals who do not want to perform abortions would be in jeopardy. a democrat leader has suggested this bill tried to perform abortions i would like to believe them. but it is pretty hard to do when this bill removes the right to invoke the religious freedom religious freedom restoration act as 1993 law passed by congress that americans constitutional right to live in accordance with the religious beliefs has been protected. that law was actually sponsored by the democrat leader. back i should add when the democrat party still believed in protecting religious freedom. while i would love to believe the democrats are still

interested in protecting conscious rights it's hard to believe to prevent providers from claiming protection under religious freedom restoration act. biochip have such provision in your legislation unless you're intended to make sure healthcare providers could not cite the religious faith to ensure they are not forced to participate in abortions. mr. president with the legislation before us today democrats are attending to codify some lively health consensus on abortion. rather they are attempting to codify the most extreme views of the extreme pro- abortion lobby. make no mistake about it. it is pretty sad when the democrat party has come to this. the party that has historically

portrayed itself as a defender of the little guy is now the party seeking to deny even the smallest protections to the littlest and most vulnerable guys and girls among us. unborn human beings. but hey, i guess democrats can at least claim they are standing up for the abortion industry. mr. president i believe we are better than this. we have to be better than this. and i hope not only republicans but so my democratic colleagues would stand up today and say we can do better than a law that rips away even the smallest protections for unborn americans. mr. president i yield the floor projects thank you so much i find it very frustrating to hear

from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle how we are extreme because we are supporting a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health decisions. that is the vote today. the vote today is about who decides. who decides under roe v wade when the third trimester which abortions can only be done to save the life of the health of the mother, who decides that? the people on this floor the republicans think it's the right to decide it? who decides at the united states supreme court? who decides in the most personal decisions and sometimes the most agonizing decisions eight woman will ever have to make. the question is, who decides? fifty years of freedom is what we are talking about republicans eliminating with this vote. fifty years of freedom for women

to decide what we need to do as it relates to our own health care and reproductive freedom, i strongly support the women of this country. i believe in them, i believe in us, i trust them, i trust us this is about their choice, not a bunch of politicians deciding what is best for them, i yield the floor.

the presiding officer: the senate's in a quorum call. the presiding officer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask that the -- the commerce being tied on the moving, i move that the commerce committee -- to be commissioner of the consumer product safety commission. the presiding officer: the presiding officer -- under the provisions of senate resolution 27, there will be now up to four hours of debate on the motion equally divided between the two leaders or their designees with no motions, points of order or amendments in order. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following

nomination, calendar 777, christopher joseph lowman to be assistant secretary of defense. that the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate, if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record when the president -- and that the president be notified immediately of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations, calendar number 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be made in order, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions and the senate then resume legislative session.

the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i have eight requests for 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. ms. cantwell: i understand that there are three bills at the desk and i ask for their first reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bills for the first time. the clerk: s. 4190, a bill to provide for the independent and objective conduct and supervision of audits and so forth. s. 4191, a bill to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds for the establishment or operation of the disinformation governance

board in the department of homeland security. h.r. 7691, an act making emergency sum -- supplemental appropriations and so forth and for other purdz -- purpose. ms. cantwell: i object to my own request. the presiding officer: without objection, the bills will be heard for the second time on the next legislative day. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i move to adjourn until 8 -- i move to adjourn until 8:26 p.m. today. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no.

the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the senate stands adjourned to date the senate blocked legislation that would have protected a woman's right to have abortion rate the vote was 49 -- 51. sixty votes were needed. west virginia senator joe manchin was the only democrat to vote no along with all republicans. earlier in the daily floor senators spoke for and against the abortion rights bill including majority leader majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> madam president, before the day is over every member of this body will make a choice, vote to protect the fundamental rights of women acrossta the country or

stand with five conservative justices ready to destroy these for half a century roe v wade has been the bedrock. reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bills for the second time. the clerk: s. 4190, a bill to provide for the independent and objective conduct and supervision of audits and so forth. s. 4191, a bill to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds for the establishment or operation of the disinformation governor unanimous board in the -- never unanimous board in the department of homeland security. h.r. 6191, a bill for emergency sum supplements. ms. cantwell: in order to put

the bills on the calendar, i object. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, i bill the will be placed on the calendar. ms. cantwell: i ask that the senate proceed to s. res. 630, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 630, expressing support for the designation of the week of may 1, 2022 through may 7, 2022 as national small business week and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. cantwell: i further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 29, s. res. 122. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 29, senate resolution 122,

reaffirming the importance of united states alliances and partnerships. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment to the resolution be agreed to, the resolution, as amended be agreed to, the committee report amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble, as amended be greed to and -- agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 316, s. res. 427. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 316, resolution to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the 1991 paris peace agreements with cambodia, and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure.

ms. cantwell: i further ask that the committee reported substitute to the resolution be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i know of no further debate on the resolution as amefnedded. -- as amended. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on the resolution as amended. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. -- the resolution as amended is agreed to. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to, the motion to be reconsidered be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 322 s. res. 473. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 322, senate resolution 473, expressing the sense of the senate on the necessity of maintaining the united nations

arms embargo on south sudan and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. cantwell: i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on the resolution. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent the preamble be agreed to and that the motion to be reconsidered be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 324 s. con res 20. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 324, s. con rez 20, concurrent resolution, condemning the october 25, 2021 military coupe in sudan and standing with the people of sudan. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. cantwell: i know of no

further debate on the concurrent resolution. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on the concurrent resolution. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the concurrent resolution is agreed to. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 339 s. res. 456. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 339, senate resolution 456, expressing support for a free, fair, and peaceful december 4, 2021 election in the gambia. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. cantwell: i further ask that

the committee reported amendment to the resolution be withdrawn, the durbin substitute amendment at the desk to the resolution be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i know of no further debate on the resolution as amended. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on the resolution as amended. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution as amended is agreed to. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the committee reported amendment to the preamble be withdrawn, the durbin substitute amendment at the desk to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble as amended be agreed to, and the motion be agreed with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, may 12, that following the prayer and pledge the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of

the 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 consider the motion to discharge the boyle nomination. further, that the vote on the motion to discharge occur at 12 noon. finally, if any nominations are confirmed during thursday's sessions, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: if there is no further action to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until ♪ ♪ today the senate blocked legislation that would have protected a woman's right to have an abortion for the vote was 49 -- 51.

sixty votes were needed. west virginia senator joe manchin was the only democrat to vote no along with all republicans. earlier in the day on the floor senator spoke for and against the abortion rights bill including majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> madam president. before the day is over every member of this body will make a choice vote to protect the fundamental rights of women across the country, or stand with five conservative justices ready to destroy these rights in one fell swoop. for half a century roe v wade has been the bedrock upon which women have secured the freedom to make their own decisions when it comes to their bodies. few questions are more personal, more