the clerk: mrs. britt aye. mr. vance, aye.

the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mr. tuberville, jie. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. whitehouse, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye mr. hickenlooper, yoa. mr. hickenlooper, no.

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

the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no.

the clerk: mr. warner, no.

vote: vote:

the clerk: mr. padilla, no.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, no.

the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i call up my amendment number 1034.

i ask that it be reported by number, and i ask consent that senator menendez and i each have three minutes to discuss this amendment. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mr. kennedy, proposes amendment numbered 1034 to amendment numbered 1935. mr. kennedy: mr. president, as we all mow, the international monetary fund, or the imf, as we call it, it's an international bank. most countries belong to it, 190, in fact, and every country -- the presiding officer: will the senator yield? kennedy certainly. -- mr. kennedy: certainly. the presiding officer: please take your conversations out of the senate chamber. the senator may proceed.

mr. kennedy: , thank you, virtually every country in the world is a member of the imf, there are 190 countries. and everybody puts up money and when another country gets in trouble, the imf helps bail them out. now, not every country in the imf is equal in voting rights. the countries that put up the most money get most of the voting rights and have most of the control and you will not be surprised that the united states of america puts up over $100 million and we have the largest shares of voting rights. periodically the imf has a special drawing right, which is an international reserve act created by and issued by the imf. forget that. let me tell you what a special drawing right.

a special drawing right is like a dividend. think of it as a poker chip. so the imf says, we're going to give dividends or poker chips to every member of the imf. what can you do with this poker chip? well, if you're iran, for example, you can take this poker chip and go to the imf and say, here's my poker chip and i want $1.42, that's the exchange rate, of u.s. dollars. whether iran needs it or not. pretty sweet deal. now, iran would never have to pay back that money, the imf does charge iran interest on that -- those u.s. dollars. the presiding officer: will the senator yield? once again, please, order on the floor. the senator may have to proceed. mr. kennedy: i think you may --

anyway, iran wouldn't have to pay it back, but they have to pay in interest. guess what the interest rate is. .05%. not .5%. .05%. sweet deal for iran, especially when they don't need the money. my amendment would simply say that the united states cannot -- secretary of treasury, cannot vote to approve special drawing rights, or these poker chips, for any country that, according to the state department, sponsors genocide or state-backed terrorism. genocide or associate-backed terrorism unless congress approves. and i -- i will reserve my time,

but yield to senator menendez, my good friend from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: that only means i got there before you. mr. president, i rise in opposition to senator kennedy's amendment. i have a great deal of respect for my colleague. no one -- no one in this chamber has taken a harder line against the iranian regime than i have, no one. but in this case a well-intended motion can produce very bad consequences. so let me speak to why i oppose the senator's amendment. these special drawing rights, i always love how my colleague from louisiana can bring it -- we've got poker chips we're

throwing around. these aren't poker chips, they are a liquidity tool to help those in financial -- they assist in creating economic stability, they are an essential part of u.s. foreign policy tool especially as we are dealing with the china challenge, we want to help these countries instead of china helping them. the biden administration supported a new round of special drawing rights allocations at the imf. this funding played an essential role in helping countries address the covid-19 pandemic and the related economic fallout of the pandemic which we're still hearing about from many of these countries. without this funding, many of these countries would fall into economic crisis, which means political instability, which means chaos, which means refugees coming to the shores of many countries, this dictates

that special drawing rights must go to all members, that means a requirement to prohibit sdr's for one country would prohibit sdr's for all countries. as as consequence, senator kennedy's amendment would effectively kill the possibility of issuing sdr's to any country again. senator senator kennedy offen may 2021. that failed by a significant vote. of course, we oppose those state sponsors of terrorism. of course we oppose those who would be responsible for genocide. but i would note most of our adversaries the senator wants to pursue, which i agree if we could do to antiseptically, but we can't, already face obstacles to drawing special drawing rights because of the sanctions that we have against them.

so, due to the harmful impact this amendment would have on the treasury department to respond to deficit in the global supply of reserves on a global crisis, i will vote no and i would recommend my colleagues do so as well. and i would reserve the balance of my time. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. how much additional time do i have? the presiding officer: 20 seconds remaining. mr. kennedy: mr. president, this bill will not take poker chips, and that's what they are, away from any country, unless they're engaging in genocide or state-sponsored terrorism. that's it. the world will not spin off its axis. if you think a country that commits genocide or state-sponsored terrorism should get paid poker chips, vote against this bill. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the ?eafort from new jersey.

the senior senator. mr. menendez: if we're talking about poker chips, i'd be all in with ?eafort kennedy. we're talking about the ability to preserve a crisis in the world, that's something we can use, and that's why the senator's amendment needs to fail. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendments. is there sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn. 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. 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. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee.

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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, braun, britt, collins, ernst, graham, hyde-smith, is kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, rubio, schmitt, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker. mr. mullin, aye. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, booker, cantwell, carper, feinstein,

hassan, lujan, menendez, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schumer, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, warner, warnock, welch. mr. vance, aye. mr. hagerty, aye.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye.

the clerk: mr. murphy, no. mr. lankford, aye.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. moran, aye. vote:

the clerk: mr. wyden, no.

mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cassidy, aye.

the clerk: mr. romney, aye.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mrs. fischer, aye.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. king, no.

the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. casey, no. mr. manchin, no.

mr. crapo, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, no.

the clerk: ms. hirono, no.

the clerk: mr. mr. hickenloope. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.

mr. cotton, aye.

the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye.

the clerk: mr. wyden --

mr. cardin, aye.

the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. boozman, aye.

the clerk: mr. young, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. budd, aye.

the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no.

the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no mrs. shaheen, no. mr. cruz, aye.

mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no.

the presiding officer: ms. warre

n, no. 44 the clerk: ms. warren, no.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, no.

the clerk: mr. kelly, no. p

the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, no.

vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 47. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be given two minutes and senator gillibrand be given two minutes on this amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i

want to thank my dear friend, senator gillibrand, for her work on this amendment and for being such a fierce advocate for 9/11 survivors. i'd like to thank the many republican cosponsors, including senators braun and lummis for their support, senator wicker as well and leader mcconnell. this is a huge step forward to making sure that first responders are not left behind. our firefighters, emt, fbi agents, construction workers were just running to trying to do their job and save lives. many first responders developed severe comi indication frtion working in the aftermath of the attack, lifelong injuries, serious cancers, many are no longer with us, some friends of

mine and 22 years later, people are still getting sick from the dust, air and poisons, we created this program so 9/11 responders could afford necessary health care, but we can't let funding for the program dry up. we cannot fail to properly care for those who answered the call of duty. our work is not done. just as the first responders have been there for us and america, we will continue fighting for them. this will have funded $450 million to the world center trade program and another over $200 million for the military employees who rushed to danger at the pentagon and in sharpsville, and it will be fully paid for. it will also for the first time help those at the pentagon and dod. i hope all of my colleagues will have unanimous and broad support for this amendment. i yield to the senator from

new york. my colleague and such a leader on this legislation. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president, i want to thank senator schumer for his unbelievable conviction and persistence in helping our 9/11 first responders, i want to thank the republican colleagues who helped us write this bill, senators braun, cotton, and lummis. marina, came home after 9/11, her apartment was covered with ash, her children have life-changing respiratory conditions, another volunteer with the ambulance, he developed rare 9/11 cancer as well. another amazing person, nate, who responded to the attack in the pentagon, he spent weeks climbing in and out of the wreckage, he is now a disabled veteran with another rare life-threatening disease. it has been over two decades,

but still many suffer from these terrible cancers and conditions. in 2011, when congress created the world trade center health care program, providing treatment, it was not fully funded then, and we hope to get it fully funded with this addition. this will bring us a step closer to the funding group and it includes shanksville, one thing i can say this body has stood with the responders every single day since 9/11 and this body has never given up making sure they have the health care they need to survive. mr. wicker: mr. president. mrs. gillibrand: senator, i call up my amendment 1065 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mrs. gillibrand, for herself and others, proposes

amendment 1065 to amendment numbered 935. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: mr. president, there is widespread bipartisan support for this amendment. i'm going to vote for it. a number of republicans have cosponsored it and perhaps although we're going to have to call the roll, perhaps this could be the moment when a ten minute vote actually means that. mr. schumer: would the senator yield? mr. wicker: yes. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that this vote be ten minutes and subsequent votes be ten minutes and we all hang around and get the job done. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. is there a sufficient second?

you may proceed. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

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. 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. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell.

mr. menendez. 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 -- barasso, blumenthal, booker, boozman, cornyn, cortez masto, cruz, duckworth, ernst, fetterman, graham, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono,

hyde-smith, king, klobuchar, lujan, lummis, markey, menendez, mullin, padilla, reed, romney, rosen, rubio, schatz, smith, thune vance well much, whitehouse, wicker, wyden, young. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, paul, tuberville. mr. scott, aye. mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. hoeven, aye.

the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye.

mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. reed -- mr. risch, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. tillis, aye.

mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. cassidy, aye.

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye.

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

the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. peters, aye. ms. collins, aye.

the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. kelly, aye.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, aye.

the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. sanders, aye.

the clerk: mr. marshall, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.

the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 94, the nays are 4. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. hawley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: mr. president, i'd like to call up my amendment number 1058 and ask that it be

reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from missouri, mr. hawley, proposes an amendment numbered 1058. mr. hawley: mr. president, i ask for six minutes of debate prior to the roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hawley: mr. president, for 50 years, 50 years, the federal government has put into the water, into the soil, into the air of st. louis and surrounding regions radioactive nuclear material. they have not told the people of st. louis. they have not compensated the people of st. louis. they have not helped the people of st. louis. in fact, just the opposite. for decades, decades, they told the people of st. louis, no problem. there's no problem here. meanwhile, children were dying of cancer. people all over the region contracting autoimmune diseases.

why? because the groundwater has been poisoned, the creeks they have been playing in have been poisoned. the gunfight covered it up. the amendment we are about to vote on is a very simple amendment. it is about basic justice. compensating the victims of the federal government's negligence for what the government itself has done. and it hasn't only happened in missouri. it's happened around the country, which is why this amendment would reauthorize a victims' fund for those who have suffered because of the government's negligence. and by suffered, i mean gotten sick and had family members die. in missouri, in states across the country, it reauthorizes it, and it makes it available to those who have been the victims of what the government has done. this is a bipartisan bill. i am proud to have worked with senator lujan, senator crapo, senator schmitt and others. and know i would like to recognize -- and now i would like to recognize senator lujan. mr. lujan:: mr. president. the presiding officer: the

distinguished gentleman from new mexico. mr. lujan:: thank you, mr. president. i want to commend mr. hawley and mr. crapo for the work they've done here and all of our colleagues and staff that have contributed to telling this story and the support that i expect to see today and that i hope we will get this across the finish line. almost 80 years ago new mexico became ground zero for the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. millions of people across the country traveled to theaters this weekend and they saw a blockbuster centered around this infamous day, but not enough people have focused on the collateral damage caused by our nation's nuclear weapons testing. people that sacrificed on behalf of our country for national security purposes, working day in and day out in states like colorado, new mexico, arizona, missouri, wyoming, south dakota, nevada, texas, oregon, north dakota, idaho, utah, montana,

and others. they deserve our support. folks have traveled to washington with lung cancer, oral cancer, asthma, heart problems begging us to expand the radiation exposure act. a few years ago an elder from the navajo nation traveled here to testify and she looked us all in the eye and she asked a simple question -- are you waiting for us all to die for the problem to go away? i ask this body to show these victims compassion, understand their pain and suffering, so that they know it's not gone unnoticed. i respectfulfully ask for your vote. i yield back. mr. crapo: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: when america conducted nuclear tests in nevada, new mexico, and the pacific, we had little understanding of how radiation

spread. throughout my time in congress, i've advocated for expanding the radiation exposure compensation act to cover the forgotten victims of these tests, including the residents of all the affected states that have been identified here today. down winders, those effected by these tests, deserve to be compensated for the effects of these weapons. i am ast grateful for working with senator lujan and senator hawley and our other colleagues to ensure that we do not leave our downwinder behind. a senator: mr. president, i rise 1234 support of this amendment. i am proud to work on it with my colleague from missouri toss provide some relief for the people who have been affected by this. and here in missouri, i can tell you -- a couple weeks ago i gave my maiden speech and talked about where i grew up. i grew up in a blue-collar town in bridgeton. that is the epicenter of where

this happen, near the airport, near a landfill in those areas in north county. mr. schmitt: people work hard. little did they know that this hazardous waste was being dump in their ground. all this does is reauthorize something that's been on the books for decades and aloss people who have been affected to apply. so i am proud to support the people who have been effected. this is a step and i'm proud to work with my colleagues in that regard. i yield back. mr. reed: mr. president, i would request the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the question is now on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll.

vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. 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. 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. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez.

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, baldwin, bennet, booker, cardin, casey, cortez masto, crapo, daines, feinstein, fetterman, graham, hassan, halle, kaine kelly, king, lujan, merckly, mullin, murray, ossoff, padilla, reed, risch, sandters, schatz, schmitt, schumer, sinema,

tester, and warner. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, budd, cotton, ernst, shined, lankford, lummis, manchin, murkowski, paul romney, tillis, tuberville, and wicker. the clerk: mr. johnson, no.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no.

mr. boozman, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. rubio, aye. mr. welch, aye.

mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. markey, aye.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. collins, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. britt, no.

mr. coons, aye. ms. stabenow the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mrs. capito, no.

mr. moran, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. cantwell, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. grassley, no.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, aye.

the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. kennedy, no.

the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. smith, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. braun, aye.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. warren, aye.

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye.

the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barrasso, no.

the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 61, the nays

are 32. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i call up my amendment 638 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator from new jersey, mr. menendez, for himself and offenses proposes amendment numbered 638. mr. menendez: mr. president, ask there be unanimous consent for three minutes equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: this amendment is to reauthorize the firefighter cancer registry, which was passed unanimously by congress and signed into law in 2018. mr. president, the ?eapt is not in order.

passed unanimously by congress and signed into law in 2018. the firefighter cancer registry improves our nation's ability to conduct research and gather data on the cancer risk associated with firefighting. it's a vital program, one that furthers our understanding of how to protect the brave first responders who run towards danger when everyone else runs away from it. yet, on october 1 last year, the program expired. my bipartisan, commonsense amendment would reauthorize the program for five years while bringing it into line with the currents appropriation level. supported by senators murkowski, brown, klobuchar, fischer, rubio and tester, it benefits career firefighters and volunteers like my constituent, eduardo diaz, the son of eduardo diaz sr., a firefighter who tragically

passed away in 2017 from pancreatic cancer. today he carries on the family legacy of service as a volunteer firefighter in new jersey. i snit to my -- i submit to my colleagues that the diaz family, with their brothers and sisters in the profession, are the reason we should all support this amendment today. firefighting is more than a job -- it's a calling, a calling that sometimes takes your life. as we saw in the loss of two newark firefighters within the last month. let's honor that calling by reauthorizing the firefighter cancer registry act with this amendment. i urge my colleagues to support it and reserve the balance of my time. i yeemed back the balance of my -- i yield back the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin.

mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. 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. 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. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall.

mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, blumenthal, britt, budd, cantwell, capito, carper, casey cotton, daines, duckworth, ernst, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, graham, hagerty, hassan, hawley, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, lujan, lummis, mcconnell, menendez, moran,

mullin, murkowski, murphy, murray, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubio, sanders, schatz, schmitt, schumer, scott of florida, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, tillis, tuberville, warnock, warren, whitehouse, and young. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. clech, aye. -- mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. paul voted in the negative. ms. collins, aye. mr. wicker, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. marshall, aye.

mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. cruz, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, aye.

the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. king, aye.

mr. brown, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. risch, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.

the clerk: mr. braun, aye.

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. bennet, aye. ms. rosen, ayes. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. cardin, aye.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. kennedy, aye.

the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.

the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2.

under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i call up my amendment 108 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. schatz for him70's proposes an amendment numbered 1078 to amendment 935. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes for debate equally divided before the vote on the schatz amendment, 1078. mr. schatz: mr. president, i want to urge passage of an amendment to reauthorize this critical housing law for american indians, native minute i hawaiians and alaska natives.

this would reauthorize the hazda, streamline environmental real estate views for native housing projects and incentivize private partnerships. senator murkowski and i introduced a stand-alone bill to reauthorize it, which cleared our committee unanimously. this amendment is an important win for native communities to address their housing needs. it has gone through regular order and has been well studied for years. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this important measure. ms. murkowski: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: i join my colleague in support of this very important reauthorization, the native american housing assistance and self-determination act, nahasda. this has been 10 years in the making. this has seen processes, input, extraordinary effort and as the chairman of the indian affairs

committee has noted, this process has led to a place where we were able to incorporate this in the ndaa last congress, earlier in year we moved it out of committee by voice vote. we need to move it, people need housing. it's a priority in so many of our states. i thank those who have been working with us over the years to accomplish this, and i would ask for strong support from this body for housing within our american indian, alaska native, and native hawaiian communities.

the presiding officer: role roll. -- the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

the clerk: mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. 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. 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. mr. kaine. mr. kelly.

mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee.

the clerk: mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin.

mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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.

senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, bennet, britt brown, collins, coons, cortez masto, kevin cramer, crapo, duckworth, fetterman, gillibrand, grassley, hassan, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lankford, lujan, manchin, mcconnell, menendez, merkley, moran, mullin, murkowski, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, ricketts, rosen, rounds, sanders, schatz, schumer,

sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, tillis, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, wicker, wyden. mrs. feinstein aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. senators voting in the negative -- ernst, kennedy, lee, marshall, paul, rubio, schmitt, vance. mr. daines, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. sullivan, aye.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. young, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cardin, aye mr. cassidy,

aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. romney, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no.

the clerk: ms. lummis, aye.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no.

ms. lummis, no. 4444 the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mr. graham, aye.

mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye.

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye.

the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: mr. hawley, aye.

the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. thune, aye.

the clerk: mr. risch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye.

the clerk: ms. lummis, aye.

the presiding officer: the yeas are 84, the nays are 11, under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the aof -- adoption of the amendment, the amendment is agreed to.

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: for the information of the members, we're getting very close to locking down a final agreement which will allow us to vote on a number of things, including the managers' amendment and final passage this evening. we're waiting for final paperwork to be done so in the meantime i am going to introduce and ask unanimous consent for a resolution praising tony bennett, making august 3, his birthday, tony bennett day. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 3 it -- 322. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 322, commemorating the life, legacy and entertainment career of tony bennett. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to this measure? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be

agreed, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: so, mr. president. i'm really proud today that my resolution declaring tony bennett's birthday, august 3, as tony bennett day, has just passed the senate. i would like to thank senator cornyn for joining me in this bipartisan resolution and -- ms. pelosi. she all love tony bennett, a new yorker through and through and one of the most beloved singers of our time. you only come across a tony bennett once in a life time. i like to think frank sinatra

got it right when he called tony bennett the best singer in the business, known for his talent and vocal range, he touched the heart of millions around the world. didn't matter if you were young or old or somewhere in between, it didn't matter if you were a friend or fan, just everyone loved tony and tony loved just about everyone. and you could feel he was in it for the right reasons, not for the money or the fame but he just loved making music and having people enjoy it. just to hear him sing a few bars, you knew he cared about the song and he wanted to share that caring with everybody and he cared about you as he sang it to you just about more than anything. and let's not forget, a great -- a miew ition -- as great a musician as tony was, he was a very good human being. he fought and served our country

admirely in world war ii. he was a lifelong champion of civil rights and marched along martin luther king jr. in 1965 in selma, at a time when they were discouraged. he raised money for great causes, including the very disease he was fighting, alzheimer's. after -- and if that still wasn't enough, he was an accomplished painter and he drew his inspiration from his little bench in central park. so tony bennett's legacy will live on in the hearts of fans, friends and countless artists he inspired along the way. i'm glad we could come together to pass this resolution honoring an extraordinary man and his

incredible contribution to the arts and our society. and now until we get the paperwork done and can lock everything in, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the. -- will call the roll. quorum call:

all because that senator disagrees with the policies that are too assigned to ensure safe and useful access for all to reproductive health care whether the military chooses chooses to sign a bit last week the defense legal advisers experts came before the armed services to brief us on the policy and to answer members questioned. they made out to clear plane

facts that explain the appropriateness of the policy. as i stated publicly after the briefing concluded no one with an ounce of honesty can deny the department's policy is legal and is in fact rooted in decades of precedent. administrations of both parties. they expect my colleagues and the other side feels strongly about this issue but until congress passes a law to overturn 40 years of legal precedent -- we have the responsibility to match the health welfare and readiness of the force. we have the legal authority available to it for the department's legal experts also outlined in detail the long existing statutory authority that allows the department to leave benefits and that's all they are, travel and policies. policies i would note that had

been on the books in various fashions for decades. even senator earns the sponsor of a bill that would resend the policy recognized publicly briefing that the policy is legal. i would not my respect for senator ernst. like most of her colleagues she stayed at the end of the briefing and listed everything the department had to say and informed her opinion accordingly. senator ernst and i have very different views on this issue but we share a common respect for military women and men and understanding how congress should treat them. mark kelly from alabama has taken to take a disrespectful or purge the denominations he is blocking have no objections against them and they have all been confirmed by unanimous approval in the community including the senator from alabama. these are not controversial nominations.

for many decades military promotions have been a bipartisan routine pays a senate -- and now they've been turned into a political sideshow by the senator from alabama. he's getting a lot of personal benefit out at this and i spoke of his fund-raising success to seek to profit in any way on the backs of servicemembers is in my view a disgrace. the senator likes to say we should just vote on these nominations but he knows this is a ludicrous idea. let me explain it again. it is virtually impossible for the senate to process this volume of nominations through four procedures the majority leader and i have explained before it would literally take the rest of this congress to move through the nominations we have now had not even accounting for the 100 still to come. the senator from alabama knows this. he does not really want to just

vote. he wants to the senate to a hault on the series of nonstop 99-1 roll call votes. that means no other senate business such as the annual defense bill we are debating right now or the appropriations bill which is being considered by the appropriations committee, no legislation of any kind which may in fact be his motive. the senator from alabama has moved the goalposts many times never offering a viable or reasonable compromise or it originally he just wanted to call from the secretary of defense and once he got it he changes demand again. when asked for a vote to repeal the policy we did so during the national defense authorization act markup. of course he changed his demand again and is now calling for the complete capitulation of the department. at this .1 house to wonder if the acts he wants to achieve his demand or if he just wants to stay in the spotlight.

we will soon enter the seventh month of this nonsense and the affects. this doesn't just affect the 273 offices stuck on the senate floor. it affects thousands of military spouses and children which i will discuss in a moment and it affects the officers coming up from behind that some of who can be assigned but to the fact that they opposites its ahead of them awaiting senate confirmation before they can move. according to the department of defense 45 officers are unable to assume new positions including 35 who cannot move because they are assigned goes with the position for which they have been nominated. another 10 officers are projected to be assigned to a position now held by one of those 35322 officers who have been selected for their first star will have this in the duties of a higher grade while

serving as a field-grade officer officer not apply officer for those officers are losing about $2600 per month through no fault of their own. similarly 20 officer selected to the greatest two stars will assume duties of the higher grade while remaining in their current grade. these officers are losing nearly 2000 per month while this blockade continues. contrary to the misinformation from the senator from alabama there will be absolutely no pay for these officers, no backpay at all. their pay is tied to the rank which is tied to their appointment to that rank which cannot occur until the senate provides this consent. while the senator is trying to enhance his notoriety these officers are losing pay. 21, three and four-star officers have had their retirement

deferred to ensure continuity of command. .. >> the marine corp. was holding a coast-to-coast and house of goods was shipped and are now waiting in storage at their future duty station while the general covers of duties of a three star at a temporary station.

there's no clarity about the length of time the nomination remains on hold and forced to continue service and current assignments to ensure continue continuity. a naval officer was caught in the center of the hold. this officer spouse was a teacher for fairfax county public schools in virginia anticipated an overseas assignment with her spouse, this teacher ended her contract with her previous employer.

>> a petition was called on by the senator and ending the blockade and the petition organized by the secure family initiative called on senator lee ship to "reiterate to senator tuberville the dangers and ramifications of this political grand standing". 2226.

rubio 523, young 230, daines 1084 of the further, that with respect to the amendments listed above, the senate vote on the amendments in the order listed with no further amendments or motions in order and with 60 affirmative votes required for adoption. and that there be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote. further, that upon disposition of the daines amendment, that it be in order to send to the desk a manager's package of 47 amendments and after the clerk reports it, i ask the clerk also read the numbers and sponsors of each of the individual amendments in this package. and that they be the only amendments remaining in order to be offered to s. 2226. that the senate vote on the amendment with no intervening action or debate and that on disposition of the manager's amendment, the cloture motions filed during wednesday's session pipen and the senate vote to

vote on cloture. further, that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired. the schumer amendment number 936 be withdrawn, and the senate vote on the substitute amendment as amended with no intervening action or debate. further, that if the substitute amendment is agreed to, the cloture motion with respect to the underlying bill s. 2226 be withdrawn. the bill as amended be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill as amended with 60 affirmative votes required for passage. that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with up to ten minutes for debate equally divided prior to the vote on passage. finally, that upon disposition of s. 2226, the senate immediately proceed to the consideration of h.r. 2670 which was received from the house and is at the desk and that after -- and that all after the enacting

clause be stricken, the text of the senate bill as passed be inserted, h.r. 2670 as amended be considered read a third time and passed, the senate bill then be indefinitely postponed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that my intern marcus -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. a senator: i would ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: thank you. i would ask that -- unanimous consent that my intern marcus milton berger be given privileges to the floor for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. merkley: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.

the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: i call up mi amendment 523. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the senator from florida mr. rubio proposes amendment number 523 to amendment number 935.

mr. rubio: mr. president, this is my amendment that was going to be voted on here by agreement. it's pretty straightforward. the federal thrift savings plan, the largest plan in the world has 22--only funds. every single one of them has money going towards companies that are sanctioned, that are on the entities list, companies that are responsible for the human rights violations against uighurs, companies that our own government has said are helping the chinese build their military, chinese-sponsored companies. this amendment is geared towards that. it tells us the thrift savings plan board they can no longer invest your money, members of the congress, military, federal employees, federal employees retirement money is being invested in companies that are undermining american national security according to our own government. we're investing in those. think about the irony. you remember the military and your retirement money is being invested in companies that are building missiles designed to blow up the ship that you serve on. so if we're serious about this, we need to cut this off. this is not a ban on chinese

investments. this is a ban on the thrift savings plan and its money, your money, the investment money of federal employees being used to invest in companies that our own government has placed on lists for human rights violations and posing a threat to the national security of the country. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, the question is on the amendment. 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. 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. 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. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy.

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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 -- blackburn, cornyn, hyde-smith, manchin, ricketts, rounds, rubio, tuberville, and wicker. senators voting in the negative -- booker, carper, cortez masto, heinrich, kaine, padilla, reed, rosen, schatz, whitehouse, and wyden.

the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. murphy, no. mr. young, aye. mr. scott of florida, no, mr. lee, aye.

mr. braun, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. merkley, no. mr. grassley, aye. mr. lujan, no.

mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no.

the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. romney, aye.

the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. schmitt, aye.

mr. mullin, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye.

the clerk: ms. stabenow, no.

mr. bennet, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. crapo, aye. ms. baldwin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. risch, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no.

ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, no.

the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mrs. murray, no. mr. tester, aye. mr. van hollen, no. mr. marshall, aye.

mr. hoeven, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. kramer, aye. mr. thune, aye.

mr. sullivan, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. ossoff, no. mr. warnock, no.

the clerk: ms. collins, aye.

the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye.

the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no.

the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. welch, no. mr. brown, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. johnson, aye.

ms. hirono, no. ms. duckworth, no. mrs. britt, aye.

mr. peters, aye.

the clerk: mr. schumer, no. ms. warren, no.

the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no.

the clerk: mr. cassidy, no.

the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. sanders, no.

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.

the clerk: mr. cruz, aye.

the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no. ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye.

the presiding officer: is there anybody in the chamber -- is there any senator in the chamber wishing to vote or change their

vote? if not, the ayes are 55, the nays 42. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the dongs of this amendment, the -- for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. young: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. young: i call up my amendment 230 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from indiana, mr. young, proposes amendment number 230. mr. young: mr. president, congress has passed annual defense authorization bill for the past 62 years. this body, both parties, take seriously the threats our servicemembers face and the sacrifices their families make.

to date, the department of defense executed five audits, five audits. no uniformed service has returned a clean audit. nor have major offices and agencies within the office of secretary of defense. by setting this deadline, we communicate congress' seriousness on this issue. we also communicate to the secretary of defense that we believe this should be a priority of his, and that we'll hold him responsible for failing to meet this deadline. in four years. four years, we must have a clean audit. as the department undergoes an extensive vital -- the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. please take your conversations out of the well. mr. young: as the department undergoes an extensive vital modernization and seeks to take care of its people, policymakers must able to don't and consider the department's budgetary priorities in a transparent manner, with all of the facts at our disposal.

my cosponsor, senator king and i, believe dod is doing the right things to complete a full, compleen audit in the next five years. this amendment serves as a commonsense communication of intense, seriousness, and urgency to the department in a practical manner. i urge a yes vote and i request a voice vote. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the 60 vote threshold be vitiated and we vote by voice. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the amendment. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. daines: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from moanlts. mr. daines: mr. president, i call up my amendment number

084. the clerk: mr. daniels for himself and mr. -- mr. daines for himself and mr. tester proposes amendment number 1084. mr. daines: i thank my colleague from montana, mr. tester, and those who got us to this moment. this settles a 100-year-plus battle in metropolitan. this is the last -- in montana. this is the ras indian water right water right settlement. it codifies existing water rights, prevents costly litigation, provides clean drinking water, invests in irrigation for farmers and ranchers. this bill passed out of committee by voice vote. it's supported by the governor of montana, by the entire montana congressional delegation, the fort bell nap -- belknap community, the county commissioners, farmers and ranchers. this is truly a win for our state and the country. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment. and i'm going to ask for a voice

vote. mr. tester: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from mobility. mr. tester: i thank senator daines. the indian community water settlement has been a long time coming. i want to take a moment to acknowledge the current leader of the indian community. president stiff-arm is a courageous leader and deserves a tremendous amount of credit for bringing this bill to the moment we're at today. this was first ins throw dupessed by knee -- introduced by me in 2012. this is years of negotiation between the tribe, local officials, federal agencies, and other stakeholders to hammer out a fair compromise that honors our treaty responsibilities while guaranteeing water certainty to all water users in north central mobility through the rehabilitation of the milk river project. i'm a farmer. i know how critical water is for health of communities and agriculture. it is necessary for crops,

businesses and homes. we all rely on it. for the fort belknap indian community this started over 100 years ago. in the senate we've been debating this for years. today we can make it happen. i urge my colleagues to do right by the tribes by holding more trust and treaty responsibilities and do right by all the folks that rely on clean water in the treasure state. i support senator daniels' call for a -- senator daines' call for a voice vote. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the 60-vote threshold be vitiated and we vote by voice. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. reed: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. rubio: mr. reed: i believe it is in order to calm up the managers'

package. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from rhode island, for himself amendment mr. wicker, proposes amendment numbered 1087. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the clerk will read the names and sponsors of the amendments. the clerk: murray, number 205. cruz, number 188. reed, number 270. menendez, number 292. lankford, number 1082. klobuchar, number 416. murkowski, number 411. coons number 475. grassry number 484. schatz number 555. ernst number 506. cardin number 701. ernst number 508.

merkley number 740. rubio number 525. brown number 761. sullivan number 647. cortez-masto number 800. cornyn, 814. fetterman, number 825. kennedy, number 861. manchin, number 826. braun, number 871. ossoff, number 908. schmitt, number 906. padilla, is number 910. graham number 917. warner, number 913. ernst, number 988. shaheen, number 928. lummis, number 1,000. warnock, number 977. cotton, number 1015. kelly, number 985. risch, number 1017.

wyden, number 1035. lankford, number 1027. whitehouse, hoeven, 1037. rosen, 1040. barasso, 1043, cardin 1050, lee, 1051. sinema 1070. hyde-smith, 1064, peters, 1043. warner 1053. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendments. mr. reed: i request the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second?

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