there's now two minutes of debate prior to vote in relation to the lee amendment numbered 6576. mr. lee: before i begin my remarks on this, i would like to know how long the vote was held open on the last vote. the president pro tempore: the -- it was 16 minutes total. mr. lee: longer -- the president pro tempore: 18 minutes. mr. lee: 18 minutes is longer than 10. mr. president -- the president pro tempore: the senator will withhold until the senate is in order. on both sides. the senate's in order. the senator may proceed.

mr. lee: ridge alconas is one of the best and brightest naval officers this country has. and in late may of 2021, he was involved in a serious car accident in which he had an unforeseen medical emergency that forced him to lose consciousness, in that accident two japanese nationals lost their lives. it was, indeed, an accident. it was not foreseeable. under the japanese legal system, he now stands convicted of a crime for which he is serving a three-year prison sentence. this was an absence not avoidable by lieutenant alkonis. i believe under these circumstances we must stand behind him and his family. lieutenant alkonis has a wife,

brittany, and three young children. they are set to lose their benefits from their sole breadwinner in their home one week from today. we must stop that. the department of defense supports this. they wish they could do it on their own. they don't believe they have the authority. this will fix that. i urge my colleagues to support this and will gladly accept a voice vote. the president pro tempore: the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, there are now two minutes of debate prior to a vote in relation to lankford amendment number 6577. mr. lankford: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president, the next point of our business today is going to be the fairness act, coming up in a

couple of votes from now. this is simply an amendment to be able to clarify one section of it. i want to be able to. the president pro tempore: the senator will withhold. i again ask order on both sides of the aisle so we can proceed. the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: thank you. mr. president, thank you. this amendment simply clarifies one area. faith based groups have reached out and said they are support of this -- supportive of this and would like clarity. 7-b, this title is subject to applicability of religious employment set out in section 702-a, which is the civil rights act. what we're asking for is straightforward. everyone received a copy of this. it changes that language to say this division shall not be construed to require a religious entity described in 702-a of the civil rights act of 1964 to make

accommodation that would violate an entity's religion. it reinforces the civil rights act. i think it was an oversight in the way this was written. there are faith-based groups we're uncomfortable with this. it is narrowly tailored in the way it is written. i would accept a voice vote as well. a senator: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i commend my colleague's efforts to ensure this bill has strong religious liberties protections. we share that intent. i'm told the title 7 religious exemption which is specifically referred to and which, by the way, was drafted by house republicans of virginia fox, addresses the issue. analysis from senator burr's help council shows federal courts interpreted title 7 broadly beyond hiring and firing. this is based upon decisions from the liberal and ninth

circuit and more conservative fourth. i'm told by attorneys that adding language to the bill paradoxically increases the ability of a liberal court to reinterpret previous jurisprudence. i don't strongly oppose this but because of the attorneys telling me that would increase the likelihood of changing previous jurisprudence, which clearly is in favor of these religious employers having abilities that we all want them to have, i will oppose. with that, i yield. the president pro tempore: no time remaining. the question is on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll.

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the president pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 44, the nays are 53. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the -- on this vote, the yeas are 44, the nays are 53.

the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, there is now two minutes of debate prior to a vote in relation to braun amendment number 6569. mr. braun: mr. president, calling up my amendment at the desk which has to do with the cassidy bill that we're going to hear next. in 1794, congress passed the 11th amendment, and it was ratified a year later. this constitutional amendment prohibits --. the president pro tempore: we do not have order. senators will suspend. the senator is entitled to be heard. we have order in the chamber. mr. braun: thank you, mr. president. this constitutional amendment prohibits federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states. a state can waive immunity if it

wants to, and states do so now and then. there's a proven process for eliminating or changing the protections of a clear constitutional language. it's not the role of the senate to repeal constitutional rights through legislation, which is what the cassidy bill does before us. this this bill would nullify the 11th amendment, opening public sector entities in states to more federal compliance issues and litigations. hoosiers did not elect me to roll back excuse me pro techs -- constitutional protections for indiana. this is why i'm offering this amendment, to strike section 6 of this bill. i ask for the yeas and nays. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. is there a sufficient second? the yeas and nays are ordered, but the senator from pennsylvania still has time

reserved. mr. casey: this bill is about protecting pregnant workers. we shouldn't be treating pregnant workers, who happen to be state and local employees, differently than we treed private sector employees or differently than we treat federal workers. this bill does is give pregnant state and local workers the same protections. so if a pregnant -- if a woman is pregnant in the workforce, and she needs accommodations that are reasonable as the bill provides, we should provide them, whether she works in state or local government or whether she works in the federal government or private sector. the health, education, labor and pensions committee, on a bipartisan basis, considered this amendment and rejected it and voted the bill itself, the pregnant workers fairness act, out of committee 19-2. i'd urge a no vote on this amendment. the president pro tempore: the question is on the amendment. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll.

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the president pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 40, the nays are 57. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, there are now two minutes of debate

prior to vote in relation to the cassidy amendment, number 6558. a senator: mr. president, could we have order? the president pro tempore: don't start the clock until we have order. the senate will be in order. mr. casey: thank you very much. i want to say something very simple about what we're about to vote on. this bill is about two words -- reasonable accommodations. it's as simple as that. more than 30 years ago, we passed the americans with disabilities act that said something very simple as well. it said that a worker with a disability in the workplace should have reasonable accommodations. not any accommodation, reasonable accommodations. 30 years of case law, 30 years of testing that principle has shown us that pregnant workers should have the same protections. reasonable accommodations. so that if a work is pregnant in the workforce, she can do her job and have a healthy and safe

pregnancy. that's all this bill is about. the organizations supporting it across the board, every organization you can think of is supporting this bill. i'd urge a yes vote, similar to the house vote on this, which was 315-101. more than three-quarters of the house. i turn to my colleague, senator cassidy. mr. cassidy: the benefits are clear, we include virginia foxx's house amendment, endorsed by the national association of evangelicals, u.s. conference of catholic bishops, march of dimes and u.s. chamber. it passed the health committee 19-2. it allows employers to help a pregnant woman support herself, her family and unborn child. this -- this is pro-life. this is what we would want for ourselves, wives, sisters and daughters. i yield. the presiding the president pro tempore: majority leader.

mr. schumer: this is a great example of how this body can work in a bipartisan way and get things done. i want to salute senators casey and cassidy and thank senators murray and burr, this makes a simple assertion, if you're pregnant and working during your pregnancy, you should have a right to basic accommodations. this is one of the most significant improvements to workplace protections in years. tens of millions will be covered under this legislation, especially millions who work low-income jobs, work long hours and get little support. i urge a yes vote. the president pro tempore: the question is on the amendment --

is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the president pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 73, the nays are 24. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, there are two minutes of debate prior to a vote in relation to padilla -cornyn amendment number 6588. and if the senate could be in order. a senator: mr. president, the senate is not in order. the president pro tempore: the senator is correct. it's not in order. the senate will stand in order. the senator from texas. the senator from california. mr. padilla: thank you, mr. president. colleagues, this bipartisan agreement which i've had the pleasure of working together with senator cornyn on for more

than a year now, and which has already passed the senate by unanimous consent twice before, would give state, local, tribal, and territorial governments the flexibility and the support they need to fully recover from the covid-19 pandemic. as we all know, each community has been impacted differently by the pandemic and has different needs to recover from the pandemic. this amendment is about flexibility and prioritizing the local governments that are closest to the people. i do want to thank senators cornyn, tester and murkowski for their work on this effort. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, this is a very popular piece of legislation, as the senator from california pointed out. the senate unanimously passed this on two previously occasions, so hopefully this third time is the charm. what it does is unlocks covid-19 relief money which states and

local jurisdictions have that they no longer need for that purpose, but it allows them now more flexibility to spend it on infrastructure and disaster relief and the like. the best part about it is it doesn't add one penny to the debt. i would ask for a voice vote. the president pro tempore: those in favor --. mr. schumer: mr. president. the president pro tempore: major ity leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the 60-vote flerbled -- threshold be vitiated with respect to this amendment so we can have a voice vote. the president pro tempore: witho ut objection. the question is on the amendment. those in favor signey foi by saying aye. opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is grate to -- the amendment is agreed to. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent to modify amendment 6607

and 6596, to modify the instruction lines. the president pro tempore: witho ut objection. so ordered. under the previous order, there are now two minutes of debate prior to vote in relation to the graham amendment number 6596 as modified. mr. graham: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you very much. i want to thank senator whitehouse for this long journey we've been on to think, congressman -- we've been on together. this amendment would allow the department of justice through the secretary of state to transfer proceeds from seized oligarch assets or other sanctioned entities to the people of ukraine. it will be a godsend to the long-suffering people of the ukraine. it will be a relief to the

american taxpayer. billions of dollars are subject to being seized and transferred. it will be a bad day for oligarchs. and i want to ask for a voice vote. a senator: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i endorse the remarks of my friend, senator graham, and i want to thank him for his persistent work on this issue. i'd like to recognize senator blumenthal and senator bennet who had significant roles. representative molanarski has come from the house side as well. i join senator graham in asking for not only an aye vote but a voice vote. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the 60-vote threshold be vitiated with respect to this amendment. the president pro tempore: witho ut objection,so ordered. the question is on the amendment. those in favor? opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to.

under the previous order, there are now two minutes of debate prior to a vote in relation to the murray amendment number -- merkley amendment, in relation to merkley amendment number 6995 america --. mr. merkley: mr. president, this broadens the scope of the bill we passed 12 years ago to enable nursing mothers to be able to return to work and breast pump mil for the benefit of their children. for 12 years this worked so well for better health for the babies, better health for the mothers. it turned out to be a big win for businesses because they found that workers returned to work and were much happier doing so. the chamber has sent out a letter endorsing it. they note that it protects small businesses, providing a hardship exemption opportunity for those with less than 50. we have cassidy bill come daimented the -- we have accommodated the concerns of the

airline and railroad businesses. i hand this to my cloag and thank you to -- to my colleague and thank you to senator murkowski. ms. murkowski: mr. president, this is god for mothers -- good for mothers, good for employers. i would encourage and i vote. the president pro tempore: is there a sufficient second for the request for the yeas and nays? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: on this -- the president pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 95, the nays are 5. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, there are now two minutes of debate

prior to a vote in relation to klobuchar-lee amendment number 6597. can we have order? ms. klobuchar: mr. president, senator lee and i rise in support of this amendment to the antitrust provisions of this legislation. for one purpose -- to ensure that they match the language of the original bills that earned strong bipartisan support in this senate, as well as in the house of representatives. we are simply restoring the language that passed in the senate and passed in the house before this bill went through the mixmaster that is called the omnibus. if i want to thank senator grassley for his work on the merger filing fee act, which updates and reforms a merge he fee, something we haven't done for 22 years. senator cotton's foreign subsidy

disclosure act is included. and the state antitrust ep forcement venue -- enforcement venue act, strongly supported by all members of the judiciary committee, which senator lee and i have led. this bill passed the senate by unanimous consent, and this language restores the language originally in the bill. senator lee will speak briefly. and then, in the spirit of the holidays, with santa claus on our side, we will ask, we will ask for a voice vote. thank you, mr. president. mr. lee: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: this bipartisan bill is something that i stand behind, and yes, this amendment simply restores the previous version that senator klobuchar and i introduced and passed by unanimous consent. i urge our colleagues to support it. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. paul: there's probably no more incompetent people in

government than those in our antitrust division. these are the people that, as blockbuster video was in the throes of demise, decided to block the merger between hollywood video and blockbuster. i don't want to give these people any more money. i will object to any unanimous consent to make in a voice vote. the president pro tempore: the question is on the -- mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the president pro tempore: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the president pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 88, the nays are eight. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption for this amendment. the amendment is agreed to and under the previous order, there are now two minutes to debate prior to vote in relation to gillibrand amendment number 6607, as modified. the senator from new york.

jillmrs. gillibrand: i rise to k in support of my 9/11 survivor act. this is a bipartisan compromise that we orkd tout of out to make sure there is not a shortfall in funding for the health program. it was stood up about ten years ago and we created a formula based on inflation, unfortunately the rate of inflation for health care has been higher. this was unanimously agreed on its inception and i hope you can support this. as you know our 9/11 first responders have been suffering from lung cancer, different kinds of pulmonary diseases and res. respiratory diseases. if they have to worry that the money is not there for their cancer treatments, it creates more anxiety and ptsd for these individuals. it is important to fund this program. this funding will allow for the next five years to be covered.

it's not everything we need, but it's enough to get us started. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: can we have order. first i want to thank my friend and colleague, senator gillibrand for the great work she has done championing the 9/11 survivor health fund. we know how many people sacrificed. we know how they ran to the towers when they were still smoldering and for a while this country left them high and dry, it would be like leaving our veterans high and dry. but, no, we stepped up to the plate with a good and successful health care program. unfortunately it runs out very soon. this amendment will extend it so it can last another full five years and the worry that those firefighters, construction workers, police officers and others who ran to the towers and now beginning to contract diseases they never should have

gotten, they'll be taken care of. i hope everyone will vote for this patriotic, important bill that remembers those who helped us in a great time of need. the presidingthe president pro e senator from kentucky. mr. paul: last year we voted on an unlimited appropriation for the 9/11 9/11 resonders. we appropriated as much as -- we're in the midst of a $1.7 trillion bill yet we have to add another billion dollars. is there no end to the amount of money you think we can print without repercussions. i urge a no vote. mrs. gillibrand: it was an authorization. this is the money to pay for the shortfall and it is fully paid for. the president pro tempore: time

has elapsed. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the president pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 90, the nays are 6. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. and under the previous order, there are now two minutes of

debate prior to a vote in relation to menendez-cardin amendment number 6617. and the senator from new jersey is recognized. mr. menendez: mr. president, the senate is not in order. the president pro tempore: the senator is correct. the senator may proceed. mr. menendez: mr. president, this amendment is about justice and restitution. 21 years ago on a cloudless morning in 2001, nearly 3,000 americans, including 750 from my home state of new jersey, were senselessly murdered in the terrorist attacks on september 11. 9/11 families are the reason why never forget continues to be a clarion call in this congress. they are the reason we seek a vote on the fairness for 9/11 families act. i do this alongside senators cotton and sullivan, who worked with me to bring justice and

relief to also the 198 beirut bombing victims and so many other americans who suffered at the hands of state sponsors of terrorism. our amendment is straightforward. it expands coverage of the u.s. victims of state sponsored terrorist funds to deliver justice and relief to previously excluded 9/11 families who because of this exclusion lost out on the ability to get some of the compensation as well as the families of the victims of the beirut marine barracks bombing and the khaibar -- khobar tower attack. many families waited for years, in some cases decades, for relief. that's what we seek today. i believe that we can take a voice vote. i turn to senator whitehouse, yield to him for a moment. i know he wants to speak to it. mr. whitehouse: colleagues, i want to say on behalf of senator reed and myself that we urge a yes vote from rhode island in memory of the nine rhode islanders who perished in the beirut bombing blast on that

deadly day. a yea vote and a voice vote. the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i want to thank senator menendez and senator cotton, another good example of bipartisan progress. families have been left out in several different instances who are victims of terrorism, who had relatives victims of terrorism. we are saying we stand by you. let's vote, let's vote by voice. mr. cotton: our amendment achieves a goal desired by all of us, equal treatment for all the 9/11 victims, beirut bombing families and all victims of terrorism. to those families, we know nothing we do here cadge assuagr grief but we pray that this act by congress on behalf of your fellow citizens will serve as a reminder that we hold you close in your hearts. as a show of support and love for these families, i suggest the senate accept the amendment

by voice vote. a senator: mr. president. mr. president? the president pro tempore: the senator from --. mr. paul: we all have a great deal of sympathy for the firemen, policemen, those first responders who responded to 9/11. but like most things government does or gets involved with, they have completely disturbed and destroyed who we're actually helping here. the definition of victims fund also includes anybody in manhattan at the time. so really donald trump is part of this fund as well. anybody who is in manhattan is part of this fund. so you dilute what you're actually trying to do, helping first responders by making your fund so large, so ill defined that everybody in manhattan can apply for your fund. that's why you're short of money. that's why we spend $1.7 trillion in this bill and yet we come back, the last vote was for $1 billion. this is for another $4 billion or $5 billion. there is no end to this but it's because government does a poor

job of trying to define who they're actually helping. the president pro tempore: the question is on the amendment. all those in favor? mr. paul: i object. there is a unanimous consent order and agreement. i ask for the yeas and nays. but i don't think you have to --. the president pro tempore: has anybody asked for the yeas and nays? is there a sufficient second? mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the 60-vote threshold be vitiated with respect to this amendment. the president pro tempore: is there objection? objection is heard. the yeas and nays. is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 93, the nays are 4. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. can we have order? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order.

senators, take conversations out of the senate cheab. mr. schumer: we're about to have a vote on final package. senator leahy will speak no more than two minutes, senator shelby no more than two, and i'll speak for less than a minute. senators, be advised there may, may not be, a vote or three military appointees after final passage if you -- well, it will be unanimous consent to get it done. right? okay. some people want to try -- are trying to do it. we'll see what happens. is there -- it's not me doing it. okay. all right? if your side -- let's go to the statements now. senator leahy. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to refer and the amendments pentagon thereto and amendment 6511 are withdrawn. there are now two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the motion to concur

with amendment 6552 as amended. president pro tem. mr. leahy: may we have order, mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. we're close to the end. the senate will be in order. the senate from vermont is recognized. mr. leahy: mr. president, i brought a lot of bills to the floor here. this is the last one i brought to the floor of the senate, but it's one that we have to act quickly on, or we're going to be closing down our government. this bill provides $1.7 trillion, the omnibus appropriations bill, $42 billion in aid to ukraine, $27 billion for victims of natural disasters, most of what's in here has been put together in a bipartisan fashion, funding things that we all say we agree with. i'll put my full statement in the record. especially thanking the hundreds

of people that worked under both my direction and vice chairman shelby's direction. but those who met with me throughout recesses when everybody else was gone, evenings and weekends to bring it here. i hope we have a strong, positive vote. mr. shelby: mr. president, i rise today for the last time here to address my colleagues on the floor. after nearly 100 years of combined service between myself and the chairman, i think that we understand the senate a little bit. this bill, we know what it is, we know it's omnibus and it's not perfect, but it's got a lot of stuff in it, a lot of good stuff, and i urge all my friends and colleagues to vote for this. it's the right thing for the government, the right thing for the nation, i believe. also, i want to thank the entire

appropriations and leadership staff on both sides of the aisle here for their years of service while i've served on the committee. also, once again, without them, we wouldn't be where we are today. i ask that my entire statement be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. the majority leader. mr. schumer: this is one of the most significant appropriations packages we have done in a very long time. the range of people it helps is large and deep. after a lot of hard work and compromise, the senate is funding the government with an aggressive investment in american families, workers, and national defense. here's who it helps -- working families, parents who can't afford child care, pregnant workers, students, and so much more. it's one of the most significant packages for women across america, including protections for pregnant workers, part of the momnibus and new moms who will now get one year of postpartum care. it's fitting we're ending the 117th congress by protecting our democracy through reforming the

electoral count act. i want to thank the great staff of the appropriations committee -- chuck kiefer and shonda and all of those who worked so hard and the members of the committee. it's only appropriate to conclude with a round of applause for our two great leaders, senators leahy and shelby who have done a great job through the years on the appropriations committee! mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. this will be, by the way, couldn't work out that military thing, this will be the last roll call vote. a merry christmas, a happy new

year to and one all. the presiding officer: the question is on 6552, as amended. is there a sufficient second? there is, the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the president pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are 29. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment number 4 with an amendment is agreed to. the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent thoot senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the president pro tempore: witho ut objection,so ordered. mr. merkley: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

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there was a under this past. you got it done this time despite losing the house. you had a lot of big accomplishments. to list them again? >> do think the first two years of president biden's administration has been more productive than two years of barack obama in terms of legislation? >> this, these two years in the senate and house and congress was either the most productive in 50 years, great society, or most productive in 100 years since the new deal. so think it's been extremely, extremely productive. >> you mentioned you haven't met kevin mccarthy it. you waiting for him to be elected speaker. are you concerned there could be a maga republican to his right -- >> i think what you will find it there there will be a lot of republicans to the left or more to the middle than the maga republicans. i've talked to some of these folks. some of them are from new york.

and they know that following the maga republicans is thelma and louise come over the cliff. i think you'll be surprised at how much poll this could be on mccarthy, which is elected, to move to the middle rather than to the hard right. >> the focus. and if he's a smart politician he will know that's the right place to go. >> do you think the folks in the middle will have some sway when he gets to be speaker? >> i can't tell you that. >> a question about the break in parity on defense and nondefense funding. republicans including mitch mcconnell seemed to see resetting the table and demand new parity going forward. you see this as a one-time breaches that you try to -- >> look, we believe in 50-50. we have real needs on the defense side that with ukraine now more than ever but would believe there are just as many and just as important really on the domestic side. we got a whole lot done here. the budget was bigger so if you look amounts, the increases in both of the amount of money more

importantly the substantive changes made on the nondefense side were great and would compare favorably to meet other omnibus even those that had 50-50 parity. but it's 50-50 parity something will continue to aspire to. yes? >> can you talk a little bit more about what about leader mccarthy is body language when telling you yesterday in that meeting -- >> no. that was my observation and hope. okay? yes? >> you spoke a little bit about your hope. can you continue to work with republicans in divided government but you weren't able to get some of these bills through with a moderate republicans willing to compromise. was this your last chance? >> oh, no. >> to get things like the -- >> if you look at the seven or eight because bills we did this year, the vast majority were bipartisan. let's look at the summer. let's look at this great summer we had, the pact act was

bipartisan, guns was what partisan, chips was bipartisan,, admission to nato was bipartisan, post office was bipartisan, most of what we did was bipartisan and i believe that's going to continue. i believe that's what republicans want to be to try and work with us where they can. that is me will always agree with them or get everything we want but i think you are going to find bipartisanship continuing at the next congress more than the prognosticators believe. >> do you worry though, to the next congress, some of those those you were just citing might've been 62, 63 votes, but you look at across the aisle next time you're not going to see rob portman, you'll see j. d. vance. you will not see roy blunt. it's going to be -- >> i am -- >> we will see how katie britt is but she's not going to be dick shelby. do you worry the conference across the aisle is going to be a different type? >> i think, i think that is on

the one hand, we have lost some of the republicans we were very, blunt, we dealt with in a bipartisan way very successfully but i think the republican party as a whole and the mainstream of the republican party has learned and is learning that, you know, the trump way doesn't work in the maga way doesn't work. and that's why we got an obvious that was as successful as it was. that was the first test, and it did have the people who were still there but you can be sure, if you look at the votes there was a desire on the republican side, despite the pressure from the maga and what the house republican said, to get this done. and i think you were going to see the same pressures continue. i think that is indicative your last one. yes. >> appropriations ndaa farm bill, what are the must pass bills for your next to? >> i haven't really, i'm going to sit down between christmas

and new year's and when we get back and start thinking seriously about next two years. there will be a lot to do but i'm going to withhold judgment until i come back. okay? thank you, everybody. good holiday to one and all. appreciate it.

>> cal cheney is a reporter with political is been following the work of the january 6th committee following to its and enter the release of its final report as well. kyle cheney that report was

supposed to be out yesterday. what delayed its publication until we understand today, right? >> guest: to be honest the report was supposed to be out back in april was the original intention and the committee prolonging and prolonged because of investigation itself. the fact were having this discussion about the holidays is an indication of how much evidence they have obtained and approval they felt it was being. it was supposed to be released yesterday but i think the combination of volodymyr zelensky visiting augers and these negotiations getting the omnibus spending bill passed overshadowed the report and it wanted it to have more of its own news cycle i think. >> host: you had a chance to see some that is been released? >> guest: summit transcript of been released and executive summary as well. some components. >> host: when the report finally comes out how are you going to tackle it? what he most interested in finding out? >> guest: from what, the

little window with report will look like, if it captors that will track very closely with the public hearing, so my instinct is a look from what is new, what goes beyond what we've already seen in the public hearing. the actual transcripts themselves will be quite illuminating. that expand on some of the key moments in the hearings like a graham-cassidy huntington at her interactions with senior white house officials who were helping donald trump in the postelection parade back and members of congress, a lot of interaction with members of congress and i would like to learn more about those conversations she had with republicans who were part of that effort. >> host: we know from the hearing the other night the public hearing the committee is making four referrals to the justice department on the conduct of the former president donald trump. what of the referrals did doj are we expecting out of this report? >> guest: the other ones they previewed work against john eastman who is a lawyer who helped and strategize around the

january 6th session to try to overturn the election. i don't know if they will make any others explicit referrals beyond those but he will point to a lot of concerns about people not being honest with them and maybe other types of referrals, like campaign-finance matters or things i could go to the ethics committee. we may see more like that. >> host: the referral let's talk about the ethics committee for mode. the referrals are obviously things will be addressed in the 118th congress. the ethics committee is one truly bipartisan committee on capitol hill because it is split even democrats and republicans. have we had any indication so far that the ethics committee in the 180 would take up the january 6th recommendations? >> guest: we don't, however my understanding is if any single member can make and lodges as concerns in the new congress and trigger an ethics committee

review. now again even a bipartisan typically means these explosive more politically explosive referrals don't go anywhere. the question will be for some of the newer members, and again there still a speaker fight going on. we don't know how the committee's will be constituted and when they will get on the ground, off the ground so there's a lot of question marks before we get to that point. >> host: our guest is kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for political. we welcome your calls and comments, 202-748-8001 is a life for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats and 202-748-8002 for independent and all others. as we started the conversation we see kyle checking is so because that report is coming out, could come out news of the report coming out could, at any moment. what other things might we see in the report that we did not see in the public hearing that may not have been made known,

made public earlier? >> guest: the chapter i am the most eager for is the eighth chapter and that's what we learn is an attack analysis. that means the committee's poured over surveillance footage and court records and interviewed people who were inside the capitol or at the capital and january 6th and really are breaking down how the breach occurred, who were the actual individual members of the mob that caused, , that broke through the police lines and how did you all play out in real time. so i'm very interested to see a fuller picture, again prosecutors in the justice department have been prosecuting these individuals but doing that on a one-off basis or small groups. this is going to be a holistic look at the entirety of the mob and how they managed to get themselves inside the capital. a lot of that will be new and it will focus on extremist groups. there is only limited discussion of that during the public

hearing so could be illuminating. >> host: does the report look at the breakdown of security on capitol hill that day? >> guest: we reported yesterday that two of the appendices will focus on capital security. that's things like capitol police proper does which has been fairly publicly scrutinized in other forums, and as well as the national guard, the issue of getting the national guard to the capital quickly. the executive summary suggested they generally believe there wasn't some nefarious or sinister reason the guard didn't get there faster, but that it was more about miscommunications and cumbersome processes but there would be more detail on that in the appendices. >> host: it seems like on reflection looking at the whole issue, the whole chain of command in terms of who was responsible for the national guard in d.c. and getting them to respond quickly was part of the issue. >> guest: exactly and that to me is one of the most

substantive policy recommendations we will see come out of the committee which is streamlining those processes, making sure it doesn't take four or five different approvals with all these delays. in a true emergency were you need guard activation quickly that these major events like this you of the guard ready. i think that will be a big component of what comes out of the process. >> host: calls waiting for kyle cheney. let's hear from frances in new jersey, republican line. >> caller: how're you doing, kyle? there's a whole lot of exculpatory evidence that doesn't seem to have been shown. there is a whole lot of what they used to call tradecraft going on. as of last night the report came out that nancy pelosi has known back in december was briefed on the security about what's going

on at the capital. and it's going to come out. it will have to come out. this new guy, whatever his name is, he's already been overruled on mcdonald case of withholding exculpatory evidence by the supreme court. so i think that are going to some interesting times ahead and i think you're going to see a whole lot more come out. >> host: kyle cheney, is more evidence expected to come out? >> guest: yes, and i think what frances was talking about was the republican rebuttal report about some of the security issues at the capital, and i read that report and essentially suggest that the speaker's office was clued in on some of the intelligence briefings. but to be honest a lot of that has been known and has been dispute about how, what the intelligence was that was being

briefed to the speaker's office and others about the type of violence expected on january 6. there was an expectation of violence but it was street clashes, groups like antifa clashing with the proud boys are other types of scenarios like that. no one really envisioned or if they did envision it it never hobbled up to the leadership the way it should have, and actual concerted attack on the capitol. >> host: let's go to bill syracuse new york democrat's line. >> caller: hello? >> host: good morning, bill. >> caller: good morning. yes. the thing that bothers me with my fellow democrats is that we have a good platform. we really are, want to restrain the corporate entities but i think they are playing as a bit and that makes us able only focus on what's happening with

trump. i don't believe it's a good idea to put our political enemies in jail. it simply, that's not the way we do things. we do have due process and that sort of thing. and i was wondering, with the new congress in there and with more people sort of on the line as to what they're going to do, is it possible to get some sort of anti-trump vote through the house on that basis alone? if we can't, , can we shut up about it? >> host: kyle cheney, go ahead. >> guest: are not quite sure what you mean by an anti-trump vote. however, i think look, i hear your point which is the select committee making criminal referral, you know, congress is a political body at its core and it's not their job to tell prosecutors what to do. they felt like they wanted a voice on what they believe the

evidence showed but the end of the day that all rises and falls on evidence. whatever special counsel jack smith uncovers and whether it justifies a criminal charge against a donald trump, again the evidence is all that matters and that's why to meet the referrals were a bit of, they were a moment for the committee but a bit of a sideshow to the actual evidence that still hasn't come out. a lot of transcripts and full report that detail what donald trump did and, you do, can be tested in the scrutinized. >> host: that attorney jack smith was brought on board by merrick garland in mid-november. is any evidence he has been kept closely abreast of the january 6th committees work? have been fairly separate? >> guest: until recently they have been fairly separate. in fact, doj has been extremely frustrated after individually to get the transcripts that the select committee had been collecting over many months. they first asked akin april and

we now know as of this month, in fact, the last couple of days really the select committee have started sharing those transcripts. jack smith made an explicit request of them on december 5 in a letter. we reported yesterday at least a few key transcripts have got over like pat cipollone former white house counsel, former doj official including former attorney general bill barr, those transcripts of all gone over to jack smith and his team as special counsel with a special counsel. i think we'll start to see more of that show up in what doj is doing. >> host: the likely house speaker of the 118th congress kevin mccarthy told the chairman of the select committee a january 6th committee thompson to retain records. what do you think is next in terms of what leader mccarthy might have planned, or what an oversight committee might have planned in the 118th congress? >> guest: a lot of that appears up in the area because mccarthy even if he makes it through the speaker but may not

have the robust majority was expecting to before the midterms. however, if there is some sort of a post-january six committee committee review by republicans i expect the focus largely what the report they voted release which is capital security failures, the contingent essentially that missteps and ill-prepared by the capitol capitol police possibly fueled by democrats and their concerns about the optics of an overbearing security presence basically contribute january 6. they have done that review without subpoena power, without the ability to compel testimony from some other key witnesses so i would be interested to see if the want to revisit that once they have the gavel. ..

>> host: we go to clinton, cassandra, independent. >> see this january 6 and was totally from from texas on under representatives that stood out showing that nancy was the result is the one that will not last the national guard i think it is in on so before. they had all kinds of warnings that there were three groups next to with the peaceful supporters to cost all see one again to that chain of command in terms of thenational guard . made that call on january 6, what do you? >> we'll see the totality of

their is when they release their results in the menaces but what was has come out from the select the, the speakers, to see yourself as and i don't have a rule in a day security decisions by professionals, the capital sergeant-at-arms is the goal that you are meetings security presence to have on january 6 and we now know that was some intelligence suggesting violence in that congress concerned that wasn't taken seriously on this that suggested clashes. is like what they saw in november and december whenever previous from protests so they were. as always of those kinds of protests where will treat violence and i think the establishment but when he said they found the all these intelligence is fine.

>> senior legal appears recorder with politico, sierra john in maryland before i actually just more interested about looking at things in context in comparison and strikingly when you look at what the charges are against comes administration, look at the onset of what has happened under previous presidents. you have presidents that are complicit in war crimes. our loan is on syria for eight years, until today has withdrawn strikes. you have bush who did all his weapons of mass destruction which we all knew didn't exist. how many thousands of lives were lost?

are all complicit in war crimes. nancy posey and she was in all in all three things at the white house about enhanced interrogation procedures where were going to one ormore these people . so let's not pin badges on one group and try to demonize what some have done. is the worst thing from an ever done is to tell his people to go and voice their in about three due process, then i have no problem with. unfortunately lives were lost because the process was corrupt. the only thing i need to say that you. >> okay, a response. >> it's hard to compare things like under his foreign policy decisions to what happened in 20 action. there's not an apples to apples they i heard those arguments about the former

president at their moral responsibility and their legal responsibility for choices overseas actions and enhanced interrogation and torture. i think he would and that and the evidence shows it wasn't just trump exhorted people capital, he knows it all effort to overturn question he knew he had lost. that's something that's unprecedented american history and context of the transfer of power. you will in any four-year cycle to exploit that desire to stay in power knowing you lost, with no real evidence to suggest otherwise is actually pretty. so that was as soon as you can constitutional structure and constitutional order today is unprecedented. >> in transcripts last night

we saw all of your tweets about the transcript and will january 6 lawyers saying every day terrio, thank politicians are somewhat deserted i indicate terrio's lawyer said i said before every net scene. so in all of transcripts you going through. one also that you report is sometimes the was in my interview in that setting. in thatsurprise you ? >> the committee previously said. witnesses led to which the grand scheme of things may not thousand witnesses is not a huge number. what we will be).

meaning some, roger stone, a pleading but others in some of the smaller players, people have the burden is anyone close ally of ron. interview. the whole experience finance january 6 rally. alex jones, we knew about and you using the these witnesses that they didn't want to answer. see pieces of is a half didn't know they have also reading the transcripts. was investigating exercise referrals. >> ,washington pennsylvania, in line. >> hello. , can you tell me and the public who ready apps is?

the gentleman that was standing in front of the capital waving and telling everybody to go into the capital? nothing has been said ray. >> he is not. interview with the selectivity want to occasions and i'm looking forward to reading histranscript when that gets released . he is someone that all allies you as kind of oil will order the select committee has made is a little far-fetched. he was out there on january sixth people will. and then he said he's. all of the crown said he sounds like a. you sound like a plan but there's been no evidence of that whatsoever he told the selectivity he had no relationship with other government agencies.

and according to the little we learn about it he's someone who was carol on january 6. didn't possibly slide back and it's who were there said he tried to calm tensions will reachher . fbi did not pursue charges in the house and are eating at home after he realized it was someone he was on the looking into so these walls on this year's theories the breach was some sort will. >> and his transcript should be on the ones released today. for. >> always came out with a report should be released sometime in the next 10 days with the other transcripts. >> we on in. see for the morning, thinking that the me all.

this is show the democrats is that they will said call for c-span on his board of directors. he practices own workers in their. >> host: will go in the house and home arkansas republican line. >> caller: to know what are the fbi playing this. the records are out to interfere soft and they had it was reported 50 agents in the crowd they never testified what that plan was for. but i'm curious what their real goal was to investigate it c1 doesn't reveal the presenceof fbi agents in the crowd ?

>> guest: some evidence is in the criminal. there were informants with cowboys, not as undercover wondering if cooperating witnesses who told the fbi about boys were up to, what people keepers were up to the january 6. in fact, there were failures related to that because there was a sea keepers plans to have a big presence on january 6. maybe on january 6 and the same with the proud boys and yes they were still too bad was for. it was intelligence around generally was not taking seriously. there are cases where people are calling in its the fbi in december saying i'm a little concerned that this person is if you do something and nothing happened until six and then that person was seen

at the capital as a mom and. so yes, is not the pi monitored some of these groups are known to be amazing for extremism but didn't monitor them closely and located on january 6 see one of the worst business, when talking about the slow response of the bar unit line from fire the top brass at dot after he lost. no one can call on national guard except the president. a response to that? >> amazed at times and i'm looking forward to, we know that in summer is nothing nefarious on the slow rise of the national guard, rather is thecumbersome process . what we learned is that the acting defense secretary had the authority to do what you

need to insert a car, the presidential approval, he already had it everything else that happens all seems to get a lot in competing issues again as processes. so i think in hindsight in which they had been more streamlined and hopefully in the future those processes will be clocked seeing want less. from on the line. >> caller: you for taking my call. i'm saying that it's so sad and your people calling in with all these as theories and it's just, just don't know where people's lives are i'd like for you mister cheney to just send a message to congress who are dependent january 6 and was some kind of political, political discourse.

, not maga person's life is but it seems like all alexa is art in the maga and i find it very american to be supporting this person when the united states fought for world war to rid us of the search not season. currency. that the congressman who go down the radicals of conspiracy theories, really be in the congress understand why are jewish, scared to death of this group. to send a message to these massey and gates and marshall retailer rain. there are american people or to rid the world of nazis, why are these, you.

c5 you made a on a related note: injuries to see if agency transfers plans as who is (who has died with donald recently his own trafficking. is supporters were also there. i attended the panels love and is now invested but on others were there and the 's role in motivating people capital and possibly fueling a contingent of those that were there last you a for quite some time and it is old, his presentation was then a week seen before in may. the model, the use of video

in these hearings, these really earrings maybe from in hearings and days ahead? >> i think the answer is probably the is the is it took a lot of unusual circumstances to have these exist and function related data and because it has no array. you have is cheney as they're all online on purpose and mission whereaseven days after minority at five, works in the procedural election, the qualities you hearings should run so these are envious of the fact that this that he would operate in a emissions led to an more authentic hearings, will see

it. unless you also see in the decision by minority participants in our future softly after class a few more calls here, starting with tom in florida. >> thank you, my question it isokay your will is in jail for . and i wonder, this might have on the presidential race. anything results in being removed from c-span's board of directors. he refused to negotiate a fair contract c1 the first part of thequestion if you want to address the idea of reasonable the . >> is a lot and the answer is obviously no, it's not okay to jail these. again will always be this

rises and falls on the evidence, as the evidence of a crime was committed. the select committee has a theory of christ is also in his answers on and are other potential. so that he will always come down to what is does the heart is shown, not congressional the evidence chose. will pass, operating very and i think they believe a play a role in convincing americans about the threats to democracy that helped lead to a piece of endorsed candidates for state senate and governors raises vegas americans is essential to the country and only they usually these things are on issues and in this case is for sure democracy and the survival

play a role in probably. >> letter from bill on crestline, cincinnati . >>. they themselves with grace and a lot of others were the more they see that in half a block on board of directors. >> matter, are on israel's side of xor weighing in. cheney, thank you for senior people of their work for politico and you will look forward to today'srelease .

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now it's five years. five years that benefits will be passed so people who are first responders police, fire, our construction story that operated a their friends start getting cancer.. that. so we're about as well. people are not questions for on the bill, ominous. by the way i've been i think we find six promises. we really have a cr reroute. >> you're a political dynamic next year. first, what decisions have you had the what is real concern to ray and? >> first, i seem to be just as we have today with prime minister's honesty and wait

until after his actions as. i have sat down with huge efforts to start talking work room he says, this is old information. there is not all is our. they are love is but there's a large chunk of, perhaps a majority in the house is large enough. i talked to them. that following market is a please read action. and reject both news and even in the house to some mainstream republicans to say let's work there are a lot of issues can work together to define response but i believe these two years, the next two years the jewish two years of

all. it is a lot more productive than people think and judges and this. as the debt ceiling is to be done in a bipartisan way. party that stressful and as of the service will. yes. >> you just now is mainstream on the versus transistor moments, is included $5,000,000.03 green cmos next year if you anticipate needing more you create your work, the house. >> will buy some of these right-wing begins don't want to ukraine. as always been thought hard right you are, the more anti-soviet you are awesome they are pro-. i hope it's not to do with prompt. come with.

that was poisonous for american security if these. calling him tuesday is not the majority of the republicans. the record of money ukraine as you know numbers are in the bill. what were the number of votes ? ccac a large number of them. 18 votes for, the more who is here might have voted for it as well. we have to stick by ukraine is watching carefully the body language of kevin. >>

brennan, my chief in washington have been with me virtually since i began in the senate 24 years ago. people stay a while. these two have and i will miss

them dearly. i will start with the director of economic policy, anna taylor. how did i meet her, blanch lincoln lost her race and she came into my office and we hugged and cried a little bit, but she said, i want to give you a gift, and she said anna taylor, is from northeast arkansas. they come from the rice country. and she has been the best tax staffer, trade, economic policy on the hill. every senator on our side of the aisle and many on the other side of the aisle, when they have a problem on tax policy, the watchword is, go to anna. are they here? no, well, i hope they're listening. anyway. go to anna, she knows it better than anyone. and she is. she is brillal brilliant.

she is hardworking. she takes the most complex problems and figures out how to solve them in a substantive way and a way that could be acceptable politically to a broad and diverse senate. and she is -- she just knows it all. when there are these complicated economic issues that need explaining, she explains them in a way that is totally accurate and deep but also makes us able to understand them. and, of course, she knows she's number 38 on my speed dial, on my well known, famous or infamous, flip phone. she takes my calls from about 6 in the morning until midnight. she is also a decent person. she's amazing, she's kind, nice, and caring. she is so dedicated, during the

ira, one of the most important pieces of legislation, and she wrote as much as anyone, she was having her first baby. she got married while working on our staff. and she had little posey, what a nice name. she kept working. i said, anna, don't get -- don't come here. don't get on the phone. you just maim a new mom. but, no, there she was being a great momma, as well as somebody helping us get past this historic legislation. so anna is moving on. it will be a little less frenetic life and a life where she can enjoy pose y and her husband. and all of us, not just chuck schumer, but all of us, she leaves a huge cavity of knowledge, of dedication, of reliance. we'll miss you, anna, you

deserve the best and you will always be a member of the schumer family. she's not the only one leaving. another great one is leaving is, my chief counsel and that is reggie babbin. this guy from brooklyn is hiring a lot of southerners. he is from louisiana. he still loves l.s.u. he is my departing chief counsel. when i became leader, then minority leader, i needed a really good counsel. the minute i interviewed reggie, who worked on the house side for cedric richmond and the black caucus, i said this guy has it all. we've got to hire him. and sure enough my faith in that initial meeting was vindicated. reggie's deep. he's a thinker and when you have a problem, he's turned it over

six different ways in many -- in many -- with many different sides of the prism, he sees them all. and he's careful and thoughtful. i'm sort of a yes person. i like to get everything done. he's a little bit more of a no person and stopped me from doing things that i'm glad i never did. he's just amazing. and he's had such dedication in so many pieces of legislation that we have passed and probably at the top of the list is judges. as senator durbin, the chairman of the judiciary knows, we appointed so many good people on the bench and dick and his committee did a great job, but so did reggie babbin who worked with the white house, the judiciary committee and worked with everybody and we have a record number of judges and i would say it is the finest cohort of judges that has ever come before the senate in two years and it is in good part because of reggie.

there are a couple of things that he didn't get done, his goal to decriminalize marijuana. she came close, but we -- we came close but didn't make it. reggie, we will continue to work on this, you have built a great bipartisan coalition and i believe we can get it done. so, reggie, just like anna, we will miss you. you have left your mark on this institution, they both left their mark on our country. there are millions of americans right now whose lives are better because reggie babbin and anna taylor did great work for all of us. so i want to thank them for their sacrifice, i want to thank them for their goodwill. i want to thank them for their friendship. we got to know each other on a personal basis.

you are always a member of the schumer family. we will always be in touch. we wish you godspeed and know you will continue to have great success with your families and making the world a better place. i yield the floor. i do not yield the floor. i have a little housekeeping business. the last bit of the season of 2022. a great year for us. not last bit. butbut only lasts today. we don't have to do anything tomorrow. good. the presiding officer: pro forma. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. con. res. 51, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. con. res. 51, providing for a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 2617. the presiding officer: without

objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on the concurrent resolution. all in favor say aye. all opposed, say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i -- the presiding officer: the current resolution is greed to. thank you. mr. schumer: i ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no inveeng action or debate. the presiding officer: -- intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 310, h.r. 4373. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 310, h.r. 4370, aning appropriations for the department of state foreign ons and so forth and dops and so -- ops and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed to the

procedure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the leahy amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on passage of the bill, as amended. all in favor say aye. all opposed, say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill, as amended, is passed. mr. schumer: i ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. con. res. 52, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. con. res. 52, providing for a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 4373. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the motion. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the

question is on the current resolution. all in favor say aye. all opposed, say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the concurrent resolution is agreed to. mr. schumer: i ask the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i yield the floor and note the -- i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

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the last two years. on stern and drank, a lot of ups and downs but at the end a great result that helped the american people. that is true of the compass which allows say something about now. a lot of hard work, a lot of compromise but we funded governance with an aggressive investment in american families, american workers, american national defense. is one of the mostsignificant appropriation process packages need a long time . and it really helps when. i was proud of those aspects in the ominous and pregnant workers parents act. was added to the bill, the merkley amendments dealing with eating was added to the bill. and this will, but things and go to happy year of

postpartum maternal care is an amazing thing as well. childcare, an increase in 30 percent. there is only good things in the heart. as you know the world college was in and he thought it was a promises such as the ship still and the bill to help the parents who were hurt. the packs the pact act to with those who were armpits lunches every summer, increase in helmets. so we included this progress, one of the most productive in decades with one of the best on this package in decades. there's one of the thingsthat amazes me . the amendment process made it better. usually when the omnibus process makes it worse because the minority is on a lot of the things in the bill here we stood firm and got it done. and again, as i said.

it was a great 2 years. one of the most productive congresses we've had in a long time and i'm so proud of my colleagues, every single one. to do this in is said that had 65 utilizes, to do it 50 was the status of my colleagues, their unity was miraculous. so i feel that all of this. all of these things. we go on and on all the things that we did. all the things in ominous and carefully. because there was so much in his not everything out again. so with that, there's not much a importance. she's giving me fingers eyes.

yes, of course. that's what she said. i'm so proud of that. i want to thank senator gillibrand was the partner on those issues were two aspects of 911 there. on the compensation, some of the family that have been left out is, what we are in. so terrorism is excellent as well below the horse extending the bill, but health benefits by a year and now it's five years. these five years and it will be passed so people who are first responders, our lease, our fire, workers don't worry they want is to answer for that sony instances so we're

about as well. the questions first on the bill, leonidas by the way here six years six promises. we rarely have a cr as well. >> is a political with the same house? what discussions have you had with kevin mccarthy next year and what is your level of concern the issue of raising the debtceiling . >> first, i've been having the is this week. yesterday was prime minister so i see but i'm going to wait for his actions as down and talk have sat down in jeffries when we started talking about outsourcing the status. this is my old version. there is not all holidays are maga and the maga on allows the party is a large chunk

of's, perhaps the majority in the house and said are not maga and this election showed and i talked to them following maga is like ella and louise, and will reflect and that's what we saw in the action intend to reach out in the senate and even in the house to some of the more mainstream republicans say let's work together. there are a lot of issues we can work together on. ask me which ones but i believe the next two years we use two years follow. i think this would be a lot more productive than people think not on the things we in the senate to do on on as one that seem to be on a bipartisan way it always is. a party at faisal and demands in return isgoing to lose .

>> you just now mentioned mainstream publicans versus transactional moments. this35 billion for ukraine . next year the us is a need to create more you create, the composition of the house ? >> .people lie so the right-wing want to ukraine. it's always been a harder right you are the more anti-soviet you are, the enzyme you are they slopped and i hope is not a residue of. relationship with putin that was this (security fee. calling him he uses a that is not a he saw we had a record for the final numbers are. no, what was that her "?

6870 a large number. 18 republicans voting for the bill. me you are here myself but authorities as well. we have to try ukraine was watching carefully body language chatting mccarthy as he's uncomfortable. i hope he's uncomfortable being anti-ukraine. >> translate gets more today relieve? >> will have to start doing that when we come back and records compared to the obama organization pushing position for from bush and in the days of district court judges went" so is really records and not only in the number in the position. women, people of color and particularly proud of actual density a bunch of

integration. so it's not just before. work with prosecutorial perspective . >> title 42 last, what exactly happened and, with the number of minutes, these groceries next year? >> the body decision realizes it order not to make it for, 42 has nob& you were, in fact the other side as a people cross over and over again is not comprehensive work so my initiation is one of the democrats party that's constructed about the border is for political purposes

stated in this option didn't work the ed option to. we saw the courts, the version sentence that is in the wake of the party did not you are. it feels they are the authors ask for this but i've never seen it work a. >> after the 2010 midterm elections that. >> lost the house. you have a lot of big issues and he was eight times. >> while he was? >> used the first two years of my indecision have been more active. >> -thisway, these two years in the senate and the house were the most productive in 50 years, the races i will productive in 100 years. so i think it's beenextremely productive .

>> you mentioned you have a number of party waiting for. there could be a maga republican breast is right? >> what by his there will be a lot of republicans to the left of them were in the middle of the maga republicans cannot talk to somebody. so. they know that following the maga's, and please call me on party. once he's elected to the middle and start right. and he swore causation ratio. >>. >> the break in. on defense and nondefense funding grant by always

resetting the more carried on for these units as a longtime range? >> really has. e.g., weekly me on the side now ukraine will never there just as many more important on the side. the goal of the year was bigger the amounts increases in both amounts of money but were in the distance it changes a on on the side. compared to many other omnibus asses. 50-50 is something continueto fire to . >> can you talk about what leader parties but in the? >> observation. >> yes. >> you spoke about your hopes that you can continue to work

with republicans but you were able to get some of these bills through with more moderate republicans wearing tocompromise . do you see this as a last chance to rest easy now? >> is bills the majority were is the summer, as it is summer, the acts compounds is in addition to the cars and the post office wasbipartisan . most of what we did was bipartisan and i believe that's going to continue. that's where the quantity to try and work for us. they can we will always get everything we want ship containing the next congress more than heaters believe. >> you are in the next congress is both you were

saying what happened to the most popular of the irs time you're not going to see rob. . busy boy want. no chance. you'll see how brisk is that she's probably not going to the sharkey. do you worry congress across the aisle will be the type? >> i think on the one hand we lost some of publicans that we don't live in a bipartisan way. but i think the republican party as a whole and mainstream of balkan party has learned and is learning that the trump way to work and maga wade work that's not enough omnibus was as successful as it was. it did have people that are still there be sure if you ok