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vote the yeas are 85, the nays are 14, under the previous order, requiring 06 votes for this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i rise to state my intention to include the afghan jument act as -- adjustment as an amendment to the defense authorization act. this involved years of work. this bipartisan legislation is led with senator graham, along with senators coons, moran, blumenthal, murkowski, shaheen, wicker, durbin, tillis, and mullin. those are just the people who are cosponsoring this bill and there is going to be -- there's

many others that are supporting on both sides of the aisle. what is this about? well, it's about our national security. it's about a covenant -- a covenant that we have made and we must keep to those who stand with us on the battlefield. this bill does right by afghans who worked alongside our troops and shows the world that the united states of america, when we make a promise, we keep it. nearly 80,000 afghans who sought refuge in our country are currently in limbo. in just the last few weeks, one of them who was a translator for the military who was working two jobs to support his family who was living in legal lynne bow -- limbo was murdered in the middle of the night as a lyft driver.

is that keeping our covenant? is that keeping our promise, many of those risked their own lives and their family's safety to protect servicemembers, that's why this pill is supported by the -- bill is supported by the american legion, the vfw and gotten support by people on both sides of the aisle. these are people who are in our country right now. they're in our country right now. and what this bill is simply says that they will be vetted but that we will also keep our promise those who stood by our military. among them are translators and humanitarian workers as well as courageous members of the afghan military who stood shoulder to shoulder with our troops. they cannot go back, they would be killed. we were right to help these people flee the taliban and come

to the united states and it now falls on us to help provide them with the stability and security they need to rebuild their lives here. so many of them went to -- want to move on with their lives here in the united states of america, a country that they stood with. we have seen this before. we saw it with the meng and the vietnamese when they came to our country and what are they, they are police officers, firefighters, they are people who teach our kids. that is how this has worked in the past and it has been successful and it will be successful now. the bipartisan afghan adjustment act creates a more efficient system for our yeels to apply for perform legal stat -- allies to apply for permanent legal status. the process makes it more through your row by requiring

applicants to go through vetting that is just as rigorous as the vetting they would have gone through if they came to the united states as refugees, including an in-person interview, a standard that eight former donald trump and george w. bush administration national security officials called the gold standard of vetting -- the gold standard of vetting. senator graham and i worked with closely with many republicans, including senator moran who has been so helpful as ranking member of the veterans committee on this bill, including senator wicker, who is on this bill, the ranking member of armed services, and the department of defense, to strengthen the bill's vetting provisions and to add language that responds to concerns. in addition, the legislation updates a special immigrant visa program to include groups that should never have been excluded from the program in the first

place, including the female tactical teams in afghanistan which did so much to support our troops. the entire purpose of the special immigrant visa program is to provide permanent residency to those who supported the united states abroad and it's clear to me that these brave women should also qualify. the bill also requires the administration to implement a strategy for supporting afghans outside of the united states who are eligible for siv status an ensures that these applicants have a way to get answers from the state department about their applications. the afghan adjustment act, as i noted, is sponsored by a bipartisan group of 11 cosponsors, with many more who are going to vote for it and has earned the backing of more than 60 organizations, including the veterans of foreign wars and the american legion as well as some of our nation's most revered

military leaders, including admirals mike mullin, william mcraven, james staritis, general richard myers of the air force and stan mccrystal from the army. part of the reason we were able to build such a broad coalition is because it is modeled after other legislation. after the vietnam war, congress passed a law, as i noted, that allowed thousands of people to resettle in the u.s. including many meng refugees who now call minnesota home. they are such success stories, they are in the legislature, they are farmers and bakers and builders and inventors, they started families. congress acted similarly

following the cuba revolution and the iraq war to protect allies and friends. in each instant our country welcomed these immigrants and we have benefited from these contributions, if we help our afghan allies as we have helped other allies, we will continue this tradition of not leaving people behind, of keeping our covenance. think of had these stories, a few months ago i had a meeting with afghan women who served in the afghan army female tactical platoon, including the commander, our troops relied on the platoon during the war as our soldiers hunted down isis combatants and freeing prisoners from the grips of the taliban, these women had their backs. the platoon worked especially

closely with our military support team and facilitated conversations between our soldiers and the afghan women they crossed paths with now in the field. maniz is living in -- limbo, but part of her platoon are the american soldiers they served with. every one of my colleagues have heard from american soldiers about these brave afghans that served with our soldiers. u.s. army captain mary coaler's words, miniz may as well wb my sister, the bonds between our units is inseparable. minaz knows what it cost her, she is more than 6,000 miles away from the place she once called home. she separated from so many of

the people she once shared her life with, even knowing the cost of her sacrifice, she says she would do it all again. i am in absolute awe of her grit and her patriotism and the many stories i will be telling these stories every day throughout this week. and i hope that we will come together and make sure that she and some -- so many other of these brave afghans have a path in this country. it is example after example of these stories. ama spent four years training to serve in the afghan military. he was selected for afghanistan's elite aviation military which worked closely with the military in our fight against the taliban. reflecting on his experience, he said in the face of danger we were united, with we were relentless, we were resilient. his helicopter was shot down not

once, but twice, but that didn't diminish his resolve. his experience since the evacuation has been shattering, he lives in alabama, thousands and thousands of miles away from his family. he works two jobs to makes ends meet and sends what he can back to the loved ones he left behindnd he knows -- behind, and i knows full well that what he is building in america could i did solve in a -- dissolve in a second if he doesn't get a grant as it did with the a vote fla meese -- vietnamese after the iraq war and after the revolution. he was there for us in time of need and we must be there. another man, i'm not going to reveal his name because of his family back when afghanistan.

while he and his wife and children were able to evacuate to the u.s., he lives in fear of the taliban retaliating against his other loved ones back in afghanistan. he served in the afghan national army for years and worked as a liaison with our forces. he even trained in the u.s., graduating from the u.s. army command and general staff college at fort leavenworth. but afghanistan was his home and he always believed that was where he would remain. that changed when the taliban seized control. fearing for his safety, he and his family rushed to the airport in kabul. weaving through countless taliban check points, knowing that any wrong move would be their last. today he's in kansas, but the anxiety for the people at home and not knowing if he, too, will be sent back. another story. a man named pash morat.

he is afraid the taliban will target his family if his name becomes public. it's not really his name but a name he asked to be used. back in his home country, he flew missions with the afghan air force. to use his words, his job was to capture the bad guys like al qaeda and taliban. he had dreamt of flying since he first saw an afghan pilot make an emergency landing in his village when he was about 10 years old. when he found out that he would have to learn english to fly, he started trying to teach himself from a book that he bought at a local shop. he went on to earn a degree in language and culture with a focus on aviation and then took part in flight training from our military. from the u.s. military. he then spent ten years as a military pilot where he flew as high as 25,000 feet helping american soldiers identify taliban positions in the mountains of afghanistan.

he was stationed about 300 miles from his family when the withdrawal began. his squadron leader ordered him to fly back to support the evacuation, even though it was getting dark, he turned his airplane lights off to avoid being detected and shot shot do. because of his tact and his skill, he landed safely. his commanders advised him not to leave the airport but he knew he needed to see his family. he made a brief trip home to his pregnant wife and kids and said goodbye before he returned to join the airlift operation. that was almost two years ago and he hasn't seen his family since. today he lives in roanoke, virginia. he delivers food to make extra money. he works as a water technician. every extra cent that he makes he sends back to his family.

he still dreams of flying, but more than that, he dreams of reuniting with his wife and kids. he dreams of buying a two-bedroom house for his family and he dreams of a safe and stable life in the country that he risked everything for. more stories. two afghan air force pilots in france. their paths to become women pilots were hardly straightforward but through sheer persistence and skill, they both made it happen. the two women were at aviation training in dubais when the withdrawal began. their lives were turned upside down. i ask you to imagine how you would feel if you were in a foreign country and you rlingsed you couldn't safely all of a sudden couldn't return home. they knew that their careers put their loved one at risk so they called their families and told them to round up their uniforms, their pilot i.d.'s, and their

diplomas and burn them. another watched a video as her mom destroyed the evidence she had worked so hard to believe. all my dreams were on fire, she once reflected. and i was just watching. she arrived in the united states. she and her friend with one suitcase each. they began waiting tables at a strip mall in fort myers, florida, hoping one day to return to the skies. those are just a few of the examples. my colleagues, there are 80,000 of those stories. 80,000 of those stories. and we have a covenant to keep. you talk to any soldier that served over in afghanistan and they will have stories to tell, and it is our job to uphold that -- the promises that were made to those who served with us. because if we don't uphold those promises, what do you think is going to happen the next time

when we ask others to serve with our own military. i am so proud that we have such strong bipartisan support for this amendment, that we have those in the senate that have worked on these issues for so long supporting this. and i am convinced that if -- when we have the vote on this amendment, we will finally be able to put our heads up proudly and say our covenant has been kept. thank you very much. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thanks, mr. president. i'm honored to follow senator klobuchar in advocating for the afghan adjustment act which we strongly hope and believe will be an amendment to the national defense authorization act. i just want to begin where she finished, to talk about the american troops who depended on these afghan allies who now are at risk. i know firsthand about the

translators and guards and others who served putting their lives on the line because like many of my colleagues, i visited afghanistan. i saw them at work. and now in connecticut, i've had the privilege of calling many of them my friends and their families. dear friends. and i also know firsthand because my son matthew who was a marine corps infantry officer in afghanistan had a translator whom he succeeded in bringing back to this country but only because he's a lawyer and he knew how to navigate the intricate and challenging rules that apply. took him two years, two years to bring back the man who helped him survive his time in combat there. senator klobuchar is absolutely right.

it is a promise. great nations keep their promises. these individuals are among our most loyal friends. the test is that they put targets on their backs from the taliban. they knew they and their families would be at risk if the taliban ever took over. now the taliban has done it. they cannot return nor can their families. so i want to thank all of my colleagues, the bipartisan group that strongly supports this amendment, but i also particularly want to thank our veterans who literally camped out on the swamp outside the capitol for days, weeks hoping at the end of the last session that we would adopt this measure. our veterans are standing strong

behind our allies. afghan allies whom they know put their lives on the line for them, whom they know put their families at risk for them, and i am grateful to our veterans groups, the uso's, the kinds of allies that we have individually and all around the country who have said they're going to make it a priority to make sure we teet fairly -- treat fairly these afghan allies. we should give them permanent status, a path to permanent status in this country rather than the temporary uncertain status that they have right now. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. first i want to thank senator blumenthal for his comments and senator klobuchar who has been dogged on this issue of afghan

refugees. thank you for your leadership on this. i want to thank senator lee who is allowing me to take a moment in the middle of a very important -- of very important issues we're still discussing today. thank you for your courtesy in allowing me to take a moment of personal privilege to speak about someone who has been with me a long time who is moving on to other opportunities and appreciate family and friends in the gallery and i want to have an opportunity to sal lieu him -- salute him. a phenomenal member of my team who has been a critical part of my team for a long time, matt williams. we are excited for his opportunities but we're still not sure we're going to let him go because he's been so incredibly important to my success over a lot of years. all the way back to 2006, a recent graduate of the university of michigan, joined my senate campaign as a press assistant.

matt williams did such a great job that i hired him as a staff assistant in my east lansing office. and over the next 17 years, matt has taken on so many different roles and done each one of them so successfully. from press assistant to press secretary to my regional manager in detroit to deputy communications director to now my staff director of the senate democratic policy and communications committee, and the best communications director on capitol hill for sure. he's been a part of my team for so long that the last time i think matt quit a job was when he was in college at joe's crab shack. his time with me has taken him from michigan to d.c., back to michigan and now back to d.c. along the way he married his wonderful wife, amber, and

they've since added two wonderful boys on to their family, max and ben. i think max is with us today. when matt is not in the office, there's a pretty good chance he's at a school event or little league game. over the years he's spoken with a lot of reporters, planned a lot of press conferences, taken a lot of my calls and never passed up the opportunity to remind me which michigan university he thinks is better. he's wrong, of course. i think the chair actually would agree with matt on this. but he's wrong. but he's been right on so many things over the years that i've been able to overlook his love for all things in blue. one of the first things ug notice about matt is his positivivity, his good nature, smile, wonderful sense of humor. it's partly what makes him such

a great leader. he's also a great team player who is unfailingly level headed and reasonable. it takes a lot to get matt williams flustered. he's also incredibly knowledgeable about our state, the people who live here, our ten media markets, and if we're going to be honest, the best places to golf. matt has also done a wonderful job as staff director of the senate democratic policy and communications committee for our caucus. we are -- all of us are very, very grateful. under his leadership, we've modernized the committee services, including launching the first ever dpcc floor watch app. and we strengthened the c in dpcc by working with the caucus to amplify our accomplishments and highlight policy differences between the two parties. matt is from flint so to him i

know the flint water crisis was personal. he fought by my side to do everything we could to make things right for the people of flint, the families and the community. some of my fondest memories with matt are from our bipartisan 2019 codel to south korea and vietnam organized by senator leahy. i'll never forget standing at the dmc with matt taking pictures of north korean soldiers while they were taking pictures of us. matt was a wonderful travel partner and i was really honored to be with him as he experienced the country where he was born. matt, thank you so much for your 17 years of hard work, your wonderful talent, and your dedication to michigan, and our country. we're all going to miss your optimism and your smiling face around the office and i know

that folks are going to miss your candy bowl. you'll always be a part of team stabenow and part of my extended family for sure. i wish you and amber and the boys every happiness and success always. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

as an amendment to the national defense authorization act. this involved years of work, bipartisan legislation is led with senator graham along

with senators coombs, moran, blumenthal, murkowski, shaheen, wicker, durbin, telus and molin. those are just the people who are cosponsoring this bill and there's going to be, there's many others that are supporting it on both sides of the aisle. what is this about? well, it's about our national security. about a covenant, a covenant that we have made and we must keep to those who stand with us on the battlefield. this bill does right by afghans who worked alongside our troops and shows the world that the united states of america would would make a promise we keep it. nearly 80,000 afghans who sought refuge in our country are currently in limbo here and just

the last few weeks one of them who was a translator for our military who was working two jobs to support his family was living in legal limbo was murdered, murdered in the middle of the night working as a lift driver. if that keeping our cabinet? is that keeping our promise? many of these people are those who risk their own life and their families safety to protect our servicemembers. that is why this bill is so strongly supported by the american legion, by the vfw, and that is what it has gotten support from people on both sides of the aisle these are people who are in our country right now, in our country right now and what this bill does it simply says that they will be vetted but that we will also keep our promise to those who stood by our military.

.. stability and security they need to build their lives. so many of them want to move on with their lives here in the united states of america, a hundred they stood with. we have seen this before. when they came to our country, many of them, they are police officers, doctors, firefighters, people are kids, that's how it's worked in the past and it has been successful and will be successful now.

act creates an efficient system for afghan allies to apply for permanent status is provisional permanent legal status. it makes the process requiring applicants to go through fitting as rigorous as what they would have gone through if they came to the united states as refugees including an in person interview, former donald trump and george w. bush administration national security officials called the gold standard of betting, senator graham and i work closely with many republicans, so helpful as ranking member of the veterans committee on the bill including senator wicker, ranking member

of armed services and department of defense to strengthen this provision and add language that responds. in addition, the legislation update the program to include groups that should never have been excluded in the first place including female tactical team of afghanistan which is so much to support our troops. the entire purpose of the visa program is to provide permanent residency to those who supported the united states abroad and it is clear these women should qualify. this requires the administration to intimately dodgy supporting afghans outside of the united states are eligible and inshore advocates have a way to get answers from the state department about their application.

as the actor sponsored by a bipartisan group of 11 cosponsors with more who are going to vote for it and the backing of 60 organizations including veterans of foreign wars and american legion as well as nations most revered military readers including admirals mike mullen, william, james, general richard myers of the air force, joseph in the marine corps and sam crystal from the army. part of the reason we were able to build such broad coalition is because it is modeled after other partisan legislation congress passed. after the vietnam war congress passed a law that allows thousands in the u.s. including

refugees who call home. they are such success stories, they are the legislature, they are brokers, builders and inventors. congress acted following the revolution and iraq war to protect allies and friends in each instance source countries welcomed immigrants and benefited immeasurable contribution. if we are to help afghan allies, we will continue this tradition of not leaving people behind, keeping our covenant. think of these stories. a few months ago had a meeting with a group of afghan women who served in the afghan national army female tactical platoon including the group commander.

troops heavily relied on this during the war as soldiers hunt down and forgiving terrain in the grips of the taliban, the platoon work closely with military support team and facilitate conversations between soldiers and afghans they crossed paths with in the field. she's now living in limbo in her biggest advocate fighting for her and her platoon to secure presidency only american soldiers they serve with an eye know everyone of my colleagues in american soldiers about these brave afghans that served with our soldiers. u.s. army captain, might as well be my sister. they sacrifice for their country

and hours. the bond between our units is inseparable. it is mutual. she knows what her sacrifice cost or, more than 6000 miles from the place she wants old home with no hope of ever returning. she separated from so many of the people she shared her life with but even knowing the cost of her sacrifice she says she would do it all again. i and an absolute all of her grace and patriotism and many stories, i will be telling the stories everyday throughout this weekend i hope we will come together and make sure she and so many other of these brave afghans have a place in this country. it is example after example of the stories. for years training in the

military selected for afghanistan elite aviation unit with americans military fight against the taliban. on his experience he said in the face of danger, we were united, relentless, resilient. his helicopter was shot down not once but twice but didn't diminish his resolve. his experience of the evacuation has been chattering he now lives in alabama, thousands of miles away from his family. he works two jobs to make ends meet and sense weekend back to la crosse and knows full well the foundation is building in america could dissolve in a second if he doesn't get some kind of provisional status which this congress can grant just with the vietnamese and after

the iraq war and cuban revolution. he was there for us in time of need and we must be there. another man, i'm not going to reveal his name because of his family in afghanistan. he and his wife and children were able to evacuate to the u.s. and lives in fear of the taliban retaliating against his loved one in afghanistan. he served in the afghan national army for years and worked as a liaison and even trained in the u.s. is writing from the u.s. army command at fort leavenworth. afghanistan, he always believed that was where he would remain. that changed when the taliban seize control. fearing for his safety and his family rushed to the airport in kabul.

meeting through countless telegram checkpoints, knowing any wrong move would be the last. today he's in kansas but the anxiety for the people at home and not knowing if he, too would be sent back, another story. a man named -- he is afraid the taliban target his family if his name becomes public and that's what it's not really his name but it's the name he asked to use. in his home country he flew mission but the afghan air force to use his words, his job was to capture the bad guy like al qaeda and taliban. since he first saw an afghan pilot make an emergency landing when he was about ten years old, he would have to learn english to five. he started to teach and brought in a local shop and earned a

degree in language and culture with a focus on aviation flight training from our military the u.s. military and spent ten years of the military pilot where he flew 25000 feet and identified taliban positions in afghanistan. the station 300 miles from his family when this began. support the evacuation even though it was getting dark you turn lights off to avoid being taken shot. he landed safely. amanda advised him not to leave but he knew he needed to see his family. before he returned to join,

those almost two years ago and hasn't seen this family since. he delivers food to make extra money and works as a water technician, every extra set he makes his sense back to his family. he still dreams of flying but more than that, he dreams of you reuniting with his wife and kids. he dreams of a safe and stable life in the country that he risked everything for. more stories, to afghan air force pilots, the past to become women pilots are hardly straightforward to share skill, they both made it happened. aviation training in dubai when

the withdrawal began. in an instant their lives were turned upside down. i ask you to imagine how you would feel if you were in a foreign country and realized you couldn't all of a sudden return home. they knew there career of a loved one at risk so they told him to round up their uniform and their diplomas and bring them. over a video call to string evidence of the life she worked so hard to build, my dreams were on fire she was reflected in are just watching. she arrived in the united states, she and her friend, they began waiting tables at a strip mall in fort myers, florida hoping one day to return to the sky. those are just a few of the examples. there are 80000 of those stories, 80000 and we have a covenant to keep.

you talk to any soldier who served in afghanistan, they are stories to tell but it's our job to uphold promises to those we made because it did not uphold those promises, what do you think will happen next time and ask others to serve with our own military? i am so proud we have such strong bipartisan support for this amendment we have those in the senate who have worked on the issues for so long supporting this and i am convinced when we have the boat on the amendment will finally be able to put our heads up probably and say our covenant has been kept. thank you very much and i yield the floor. >> senator from connecticut. >> advocating for this act which

we strongly hope and we will be an amendment to the authorization act and i want to begin with, she finished to talk about the american troops who depended on afghan allies who now are at risk. i know firsthand about the translators and guards and others who served putting their lives on the line because like many of my colleagues, i visited afghanistan and saw them at work. in connecticut, i've had the privilege of calling any of them my friends in the family, dear friend. i also know firsthand because my son matthew was a marine corps infantry officer in afghanistan had a translator who succeeded in bringing back this country will only because he's a lawyer

and knew how to navigate intricate challenging rules that apply to years, two years to bring back the man who helped him survive his time in combat there. it is a promise, great nation keep their promises. these individuals are among our most loyal friends. they put targets on the back, they knew they and their families would be at risk if they ever took over. the taliban had and they cannot return, nor can there families so want to thank all of my colleagues that strongly support this amendment but i also want

to thank her veterans literally camped out on the swamp outside the capital for days, weeks, hoping we would adopt this matter. her veterans are standing strong behind our allies. afghan allies whom they know their lives on the line for them, who may know families at risk for them and i am grateful to our veterans groups, the kinds of lies see have individually and around the country who have said they are going to make it priority to make sure we treat fairly, we should give them permanent status in this country rather

than temporary uncertain status they have right now. thank you and i yield the floor. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that it be in order to call up the following amendments to s. 2226 -- lee, 376, scott, 510,

romney 823, sinema 315, grassley 273, blackburn 224, moran 949, baldwin 685, cornyn 931, rounds 813, warnock 199, further, that with respect to the amendments listed above, at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the republican leader, the senate vote on amendments in the order listed, with no further amendments or motions in order, and with 60 affirmative votes required for adoption, with the exception of lee, number 376, that there be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote, with four minutes equally divided for debate on the lee amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: for the information of senators, i expect one more roll call vote today, which will

be on the lee amendment. now, mr. president, i'm glad we're taking another step towards final passage today, and we'll keep going when we return next week. providing for our national defense is always one of our highest responsibilities in congress, and something that should always be bipartisan, and today we are seeing that play out in the senate. i want to thank my colleagues from both sides. this has opinion a lot of bipartisan cooperation and back-and-forth. i want to thank my colleagues on both sides for their good work. at this also want to thank chairman menendez and senator scott for agreeing to work on their differences with respect to the scott amendment and the conference committee -- with respect to the scott amendment, to work out their differences in the conference committee. i have given both of them my assurance that i will work with them to find an amicable solution. i yield the floor.

mr. lee: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i call up by amendment 376 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator from utah, mr. lee, proposes amendment numbered 376. mr. lee: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: my amendment, lee number 376, is a measure that drives accountability and fairness in supporting ukraine. my amendment creatively incentivizes our nato aleyed -- allied nations to shoulder their fair share of the security burden in securing europe. this isn't about withholding funtsdz from ukraine. it's -- funds from ukraine but about encouraging allies to meet their 2% of gdp spending thresholds with regard to their national security. within congress, we respond to the call of duty by urging nato allies to step up and to meet

their obligations, obligations they've made and obligations that, when they go unmet, result in the united states of america shouldering a disproportionate, unfair share of the burden. we've been doing this for years, just as we've provided and held a disproportionate share of the burden specifically with regard to ukraine. let me be very clear -- my amendment ensures that funds for ukraine remain untouched while allies contribute their fair share. europe's security is indeed a collective endeavor, and lee 376 motivates our allies to meet or exceed the 2% pledge. for it to be a collective endeavor, they've got to pay their way. they haven't been. this would incentivize them to do so. i urge its passage. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, this

amendment is, i think, reckless. it would essentially halt 98% of the aid that we would authorize and appropriate to go to ukraine, which would be good news in moscow but very bad news in kiev. this amendment is trying to incentivize our nato partners to increase their efforts to 2% of gdp and that's a goal that has been agreed to. but the practical, immediate effect would be to undermine the military posture of ukrainians at a time when they're desperately fighting for their survival, but more importantly they're fighting our fight also, because if putin succeeds in ukraine, we will lose as well as the ukrainians. it will incentivize the kind of auto autocratic behavior that is

determined, at least in the case of putin, to destroy democracies and destroy the international legal order. we have already expressed our not only desires but strong, strong imperatives that nato reach the 2% goals. but this is punishing the ukrainians for the sins of others, and that would be terrible. i would urge that this position be rejected. mr. lee: i call for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin.

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown.

mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines.

the clerk: ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mrs. feinstein. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith.

mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar.

the clerk: mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez.

the clerk: mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters.

mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative --

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- daines, hyde-smith, paul, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, boozman, budd, casey, cotton, capito, hoeven, grassley, klobuchar, padilla, reed, ricketts, rounds, riewbto, schatz, sinema, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis.

ms. hassan, no. mr. heinrich, no. mr. vance, aye. mr. sanders, no.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. mr. peters, no. mr. wicker, no. ms. ms. warren, no.

the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. graham, no.

the clerk: lujan, -- mr. lujan, no. mr. brown, no.

mr. risch, no. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. mullin, no.

mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. young, no.

mr. markey, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye.

mr. cardin, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. cantwell, no.

the clerk: ms. smith, no. mrs. feinstein,

the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. king, no.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mrs. duckworth, no.

the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no.

the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. ms. rosen, no.

the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. mr. mcconnell, no.

the clerk: mr. merkley, no.

the clerk: mr. mickern looper -- mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. fischer, no.

the clerk: mr. carper, no. mr. murphy, no.

the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.:

: the clerk: mr. fetterman, no.

the clerk: mr. kaine, no.

the clerk: ms. ernst, no.

the clerk: mr. warner, no.

the clerk: mr. lankford, no.

the clerk: mr. booker, no.

vote:

the presiding officer: the yeas are 13, the nays are 71. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the 60 atirmtive -- affirmative vote threshold be vitiated for scott numbered 510, romney 823, sinema

135, grassley 273, blackburn 224, moran 949 and baldwin 865. further, that the amendments be called up and adoption the seamedz all -- amendments all en bloc take place. is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the amendments, en bloc. the clerk: the senator from rhode island from rhode island for other senators proposes the following amendments, 510, 823, 315, 273, 224, 949, and 685. the presiding officer: the question is on adoption of the amendments en bloc.

all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it and the ayes do have it. the amendments agreed on en bloc. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i would note absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: call:

quorum call:

quorum call:

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: yes. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president, first, i'm happy to talk about the 50th anniversary of hip hop, a great artistic creation in america. and we have a resolution celebrating that 50th anniversary. i'm proud that my resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip hop has just passed the senate. the resolution again designates august 11 as hip hop celebration day. the month of august is hip hop recognition month and the month of november is hip hop history month. i'd like to thank senator cassidy as well as congressman bowman in the house for their work on this resolution. i also want to thank my dear

friend leroy mccarthy, the historian of hip hop who proposed to me the idea of hon honoring hip hop. he deserves credit today. hip hop was born in my hometown of new york. at 1520se dgewick avenue. years ago i worked with krs 1 to save hip hop when the owner wanted to sell the building and move the affordable housing units to make a profit. they were going to destroy the rec room where hip hop was first created. we were able to prevent so many people from being displaced and at the same time make sure that this historic landmark would be honored properly. over the decades hip hop has tran transcended language, race, age, geographic and

socioeconomic barriers. many people can attest to the fact that hip hop changed their lives for the better, gave them purpose and meaning. i know many of them myself, many of whom are new york city and bronx residents. hip hop is great, a uniquely american art form that quickly blossomed into a global movement. and we are proud, proud, proud, proud today for this resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of hip hop passed. on to other business, mr. president, i have eight requests for committees to meet today during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 1096 which was received from the house and is at the desk.

the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 1096, an act to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the united states marine corps, and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask further that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and 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: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 305 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 305 commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip hop and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the

measure? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: 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: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, finally, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn to then convene for the proforema session only with no business being conducted at 6:30 a.m. on friday, july 21, sphweet -- 2023. when the senate adjourns on friday, july 21, it stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on tuesday, july 25. that on tuesday following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed, following the conclusion of morning business, the senate resume

consideration of calendar number 119, s. 2226. further, that at 5:30 p.m. the senate vote on the cornyn number 931 and the rounds 813 amendments in the order listed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: for the information of the senate, members should expect two roll call votes beginning at 5 noovment on tuesday -- 5:30 p.m. on tuesday. 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 until 6:30 a.m. tomorrow.

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