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the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 61, the nays are 35. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. cloture having been invoked, the motion to refer and the amendments pending thereto fall. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that it be in order to consider the following amendments to the substitute -- lee, 6482, lankford, 6496, rubio

6493, that at 3:45 p.m. on tuesday, november 29, all postcloture time be considered, period, that if any of these -- be considered expired, if think of these are offered, they be considered in the order presented. that there be two minutes for the debate, any remaining amendments, except senate amendment 6487, be withdrawn, that the substitute amendment as amended, if amended be agreed to. the cloture motion with respect to h.r. 8404 be withdrawn, the bill be considered read a third time and the senate pass on -- voigt with 6 -- vote with 60 votes required. finally, the remaining cloture motions filed on november 17 ripen on disposition of 8404. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: one more point, before i leave the floor. critz van hollen has been

waiting a while to give contribute to joan climan, his great state director, who has been working for him for 19 years, don't want to cut it short. and ones of her other additional great features is her family is from new york. so welcome and thank you for waiting. i yield the floor. mr. van hollen: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: i rise to honor a senior member of my office team who retired in february after 19 yearbooks, 19 years of working on behalf of the people of maryland and the united states. today i'd like to share with the senate the depth of her commitment to the people of maryland and her extraordinary

legacy of good works and have her story inscribed in the pages of the "congressional record" so that it might be a source of wisdom and inspiration for all time. i first met joan in 1990 when i started working at the washington, d.c., law firm of aaron fox. joan, who was also a fellow lawyer, was in charge of managing the staffing of cases in the litigation department. for those of us who were litigation associates, that meant we had better be on joan's good side. while i was practicing law at aaron fox, i was also serving three months a year in maryland's part-time legislature. i knew joan and her husband, sam, were raising their family in montgomery county and that joan had a keen interest in what was happening in our community. at the same time, i needed -- at the time, i needed someone to be treasurer for my state senate

campaign committee, somebody who was really well organized, somebody who cared about our community and somebody i could trust completely. joan fit the bill, but would she do it? i will confess, i will a little scared to ask her. i final lay mustered up the courage to knock on her office door and, madam president, likely for me, joan had no idea what she was getting into. and she said yes. the rest, madam president, is history. in 2001 with joan's encouragement, i launched my campaign for the house of representatives. that campaign started at the kitchen table of our home in kensington with my wife and a small cadre of friends and volunteers, including joan. we knew it would be a tough fight, but we thought we had a shot. our campaign grew quickly.

it was powered by hundreds of volunteers and thousands of small contributions that kept coming in, and now, as treasurer of my congressional campaign, joan would keep track of the flurry of small contributions that arrived every week. it was a ton of work. and joan also worked on other aspects of the campaign at the same time. as another veteran member of that congressional campaign recently told me, for joan, 3:00 a.m. was as much a part of the normal workday as 3:00 p.m. we won that campaign, and joan was key to our success. so when the campaign ended, i had some very big decisions to make, including who would run our congressional district office. i wanted someone who was dedicated to our community, someone who could manage that important job and, again,

someone who i could trust completely. the person who met all those requirements was joan kleinman. i'll admit, and we would all admit, that in those early days, we were flying by the seat of our pants and joan was charged with building out our constituent services program from the ground up. she had to do all the big-picture things like building relationships with community stakeholders and forging bonds with federal agency officials. she has also had to bring on our entire constituent service team and our community outreach team and develop an intake and tracking system for constituent cases to make sure nothing would fall through the cracks. joan built out our maryland offices day after day, week after week, month after month until we became the gold standard in constituent services. she instilled an ethic of persistence in our casework team

to ensure that we did everything -- and i mean everything -- in our power to deliver results for constituents. madam president, i started receiving buckets of handwritten thank you letters from people across our district. people would stop me on the street to thank me for our help. in fact, under joan's leadership, our office became so well known for our top-notch constituent services that we started getting calls from people in all the other congressional districts in our state. we solved that challenge when i ran for the united states senate. and after that campaign, joan assumed responsibility for maintaining excellent constituent services and outreach for all marylanders, and that she did. the letters of appreciation we received from constituents are now kept in large binders that filled up whole book shelves and

people stop me on a regular basis to appreciate their for something that joan did to help them. which leaves me with one big question, madam president -- how does that happen? how did we grow from that empty office space after my congressional election in 2002 into an operation that's renowned for delivering amazing services to people throughout our state? and the answer is joan kleinman. our story's success is the story of joan kleinman and the team that she built. and, madam president, i would like to reflect on the qualities that made that happen. and there are many, but three big ones jump out -- number one, follow the golden rule. joan established an ethic in the office that every constituent, every one, was to be treated the way we would want to be treated, with respect. she told our team that when

someone calls our office, handle the case like it's your mom calling or your dad or our brother or sister. and it did not matter if the problem related to a federal issue, a state issue, a county issue or anything else. we were there to deliver results, and joan knew how frustrating it could be to pick up the phone, call a government office asking for help, only to be told to call a different government office. even if the issue fell in someone else's jurisdiction, we connected them to ensure they could get the help they needed and joan constantly reminded her team that if someone is calling us, it is because they need help and they've likely tried and exhausted all other avenues to resolve the problem themselves. another of joan's sterling qualities is real leadership. now, leadership can mean

different things to different people, but you know it when you see it. joan is a strong leader and an excellent manager because she leads by example. like a good general who leads their troops into battle from the front, joan was always willing to take on any task, large or small, for the success of the team. she worked crazy hours, read every letter. there was nothing that she would ask others to do that she would not do first. her exemplary leadership also flowed from her emphasis on detail and determination. a good combination. good intentions about helping our constituents are great, but good intentions without implementation and accountability are empty promises. and good advocacy on behalf of constituents requires constant coaxing and constant follow-up. so let's be clear -- joan's team

has always been civil in pressing agencies and organizations to help our constituents, but her team has also been firm, polite but always persistent. and joan's leadership powered a sense of common purpose and joint accomplishment. she would always highlight the achievements of members of her team who served our constituents, from helping our veterans and seniors obtain their benefits to getting a passport approved so a constituent could visit a sick loved one, to getting student loans forgiven to reuniting entire families, to helping folks avoid foreclosure and hundreds and hundreds of other matters. joan ensured that the success of our office belonged to every one -- everyone on the team. she lifted everyone up and on those days when this job can be frustrating and discouraging -- and, madam president, you know we face our share of those --

and those days, reading the notes of appreciation that joan would circulate from constituents thanking us for helping them in their greatest hour of need or about how our work had changed their life for the better reminded me and everyone on our team of the importance of public service and the good that we can do. a third quality joan has in abundance is compassion for those she worked with. like the good jewish mother she is, joan brought that same sense of caring and nurturing to members of her family away from home. her office family. she was often the first to reach out to a new staff, inviting them for lunch for our coffee. she would circulate cartoons of ""the new yorker"" that particularly resonated, which mostly got chuckles. she would laugh generously at other's jokes even if they weren't all that funny. and she spent hours mentoring

and coaching each member of her team. as a senior member of my staff remarked recently, quote, joan believed in me more than i believed in myself. her good counsel helped guide staff members while they worked in our office and also served them well in their future endeavors. we're especially grateful that joan helped groom one member of our staff who started as an intern under joan's tutelage and then work as a staff member in our office before going to practice law as joan had once done. this member of our team later returned to our office well-prepared to take on joan's job when joan left the office in february. and joan wasn't just a mentor on professional matters. she was also there for staff members navigating the ups and downs of life. she has been a consoler of chief

in times of loss and a cheerleader of chief in times of joy. hadder warmth radiated in times of hurt and in happiness. and my office hasn't been the only beneficiary of joan's love. it also extended to members of her wonderful family who have joined joan in the senate gallery this evening -- her husband, sam; their daughter molly, their son ari and their son ben with his wife sarah. it's a joy to have them here for this special occasion. i also want to give a shout out to joan's grandson, little myles, who is at home. and i want to salute joan's late father and her amazing mother, evelyn. both of her parents helped to raise her to be the woman she is today, and her mother in particular has lulls been very vocal about -- has always been

very vocal about her thoughts about my cable tv appearances. thank you all for sharing joan with us all those years. and joan's commitment also extends to her family of faith. joan isn't just a good jewish mother to everyone, she's also a devoted member of her synagogue. her life has been driven by the spirit of preparing the world, and this year for rash hashanah, joan was invited to speak from the pulpit and offered an interpretation of religious text. in her remarks, joan shared this reflection -- and i quote -- i know we all want to be remembered for the personal qualities that we value, but i think it's important that we also seek to be remembered for how we respond to the challenges of our times. end quote. that isn't just a meditation on

faith. that is a meditation on service. in joan's eyes, each of us has a responsibility to match our strong words with even stronger deeds. we honor our values only through our actions. it isn't enough to envision a more perfect world. we need to build it ourselves, brick by brick, hour by hour, good deed by good deed. madam president, joan has spent her life realizing the promise of that creed. and because of it, she leaves behind a legacy of good works that not only fill up book shelves but also fill up the lives and hearts of countless people in our state of maryland. she has helped guide people in need. she has met the moment. she has changed lives for the better. she has done so much good for so

many marylanders for so many years that our state will always be better because of it. so on behalf of me and my entire family, on behalf of our entire staff past and present, on behalf of all the people of the state of maryland, we thank you, joan kleinman. your legacy of good works has left the world a much better place. joan, we love you. but, madam president, even though joan has retired from our office, i will continue to seek her counsel and relish her friendship for years to come. i yield the floor.

mr. van hollen: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee will be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 5796 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 5796, an act to amend title 35, united states code to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the patent and trademark office and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. van hollen: i ask unanimous consent that the leahy substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended 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 mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be

discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 810. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 810 designating the week october 2 through october 8, 2022 as national community policing week. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed to the mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of h. s. res. 849 submitted earlier today. -- 849 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 849 designating november 2022 as national hospice and palliative

care month. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 850 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 850 expressing support for the designation of september 25, 2022, as national ataxia awareness day and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without mr. van hollen: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until

12:00 noon on tuesday, november 29, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour 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 resume consideration of calendar number 449, h.r. 8404. further, the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. the presiding officer: without mr. van hollen: madam president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned