>> i just want to know the president said north will never get nukes but how many president since donald trump or even biden have let that slip through and can you explain that? >> it's a great question because it's not like we didn't know north was pursuing this capability but when he became apparent to the world was in the late 1980s, early 1990s or there was actually an opinion column in "the new york times" by the late great -- cement we are going to leave this to keep our 40 year commitment to live coverage of congress. the senate gaveling back into session. you are watching live coverage on c-span2

mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: we are not in a quorum call, senator. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent that the privileges on the floor be granted to allison abuthnot for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. merkley: thank you.

the presiding officer: neption, the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. and 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.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand.

the clerk: 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 -- barrasso, cassidy, crime ir, duck werth, fisher, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, kennedy, markey, mcconnell, ossoff, padilla, romney, rosen,

schatz, scott of florida, smith, and white house. no senator voted in the negative. mr. graham, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye.

the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. van hollen, aye.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. paul, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. hoeven, aye.

mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. young, aye.

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

mr. merkley, aye. mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. booker, aye.

the clerk: mr. crapo, aye.

ms. collins, aye. clerk: mr. bo.

the clerk: mr. boozman, aye.

the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. vance, no.

the clerk: mr. lankford, aye.

the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. lummis, no.

the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. sullivan, aye.

the clerk: ms. cortez, masto, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye.

the clerk: mr. tuberville, no.

the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye.

the clerk: ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye.

mr. risch, aye. vote:

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

the clerk: mr. mullin, aye.

the clerk: mr. rubio, no.

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye.

the clerk: mr. leigh, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye.

mr. brown, aye.

the clerk: mr. marshall, no.

the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ricketts, aye.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote:

the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cruz, no.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.

the clerk: mr. mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 83. and the nays are 11. the nomination is confirmed.

under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 281, general randy a. george for appointment as chief of staff of the army, an appointment in the united states army, the grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under title 10, usc section 601 and 703 to be general signed by 19 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense

of the senate that debate on the nomination of general randy a. george for appointment as chief of staff of the army, an appointment in the united states army to a grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under title 10, usc section 601 and 733 to be general shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

the clerk: 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 -- blumenthal, boozman, braun, britt, brown, budd, capito, cardin, carper, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, kramer, crapo, cruz, duckworth, durbin, fetterman,

fisher, grassley, hagerty, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hoeven, hyde-smith, three, kennedy, king, lankford, lummis, lujan, manchin, menendez, moran, mullin, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, ricketts, risch, rubio, sanders, schmitt, shaheen, sinema, smith, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, vance, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, wicker. mr. lee voted in the negative.

the clerk: mr. markey, aye.

the clerk: mr. casey, aye.

the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mr. graham, aye.

the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.

the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. johnson, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye. vot:

vote:

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

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cantwell, aye.

the clerk: ms. hirono, aye.

the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye.

the clerk: miss ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, aye.

vote:

the clerk: mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye.

mr. barrasso, aye.

the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas a 92, the nays are 1. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mammogram, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: madam president, i understand there is a bill at the desk and i ask for the first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 3935, an act to amend title 49, united states code, to reauthorize and improve the federal aviation administration and other civil

aviation programs and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i now ask for a second reading and in order to place the built on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is is heard. the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 353 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 353, expressing support for the designation of the week of september 16 through september 23, 2023, as national estuaries week. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president,

ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 354, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 354, congratulating the louisiana state university baseball team for winning the 2023 national collegiate athletic association division i college world series. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the snare -- measure? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: finally, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its base today, it stand adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on thursday, september is 21, the the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of

morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the george nomination, postcloture, and that all time be considered expired at 11:30 a.m. further, that if cloture is invoked on the smith knocks, all postcloture debate time be considered expired at 1:45 p.m. finally, if any nominations are confirmed during thursday's session, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: 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 the presiding officer: the date setters confirmed general charles brown to be the chair of the joint chiefs of staff. they also voted to advance nomination general randy george to be chief of staff of the army. also eaters of both parties are waiting for further word from the house regarding the status

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