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>> guest: thanks radley kremlin to pose a series of questions i pose and down the line to you. the first one is who is in charge of the house now? so i think reporters and how staff alike were scrambling yesterday to be able to respond to this unprecedented historic voted to get who is in charge of the house. patrick mchenry of north carolina was named speaker pro tem immediately after mccarthy was removed from the speakership here we were all wondering what powers does he have? how long can he served? that kind of what we look at right there. >> host: what exactly is his role going forward? >> guest: it's very, because this is unprecedented it is very unclear how much power, how long he stay in office. but as of right net seems he has come to his house rules called the appropriate and necessary powers to be able to continue during this interim period until

the house republican leadership decide to the want to nominate for the next speaker. >> host: so he's in charge of shepherding the process. to this point do we know what manes had emerge as next speaker and how interested all those people in the job? >> guest: there is a few people have propped up and they were kind of always in the background if you paid attention in january. they are very similar names and no one is going to be a huge surprise to anybody. steve scalise whose majority leader, tom emmer who is the whip, and some other folks like jim jordan, chairman house judiciary committee and kevin heron, the chair of the republican study committee. is ananda came up in january are now being taken and a much more serious consideration. >> host: the house conference met yesterday before deciding to adjourn to next week. do we know the major discussions and if anything emerged from

that? >> guest: mostly it was the kevin mccarthy to say that this is his last time and he isn't going to be running for speaker again. there was an opportunity for many people to take that seriously hurt after the vote many people are planning on the nominating him and voting for him again and again until he went back to speakership. he is the only person who is been able to gain the majority of the republican conference is vote procedure. now they have to start from square one. so it was an opportunity for the folks who wanted or interested in to raise their hands and for them to plan the candidate for them next week. >> host: we saw several other support matt gaetz and yesterdays effort but what do house republicans come what's of the sentiment of house republicans overall towards matt gaetz today? >> guest: i think we all woke up monday not knowing how this week would go but after last night i many, many republicans and especially moderates who

believe that matt gaetz is not a representative of the conservative party. you would mccarthy said several times last night, that is not a conservative, that he is voted against conservative ideals so he is under ethics review. there is this sense for many moderates and maybe more than moderates that they do want to expel him or punish him in some way for what he puts into last night. >> host: is that a reality or is this come to believe it is just talk? >> guest: i think at this point it is just talk. with the taking timeline of the government funding dilemma that they are facing and also now they have to nominate a new speaker and move on in this post mccarthy era. i don't think punishing matt gaetz is the number one priority for everyone right now, but it is something for us to keep an eye on. >> host: let's fast-forward to next week. what is expected when they come

back? do republicans expect this to be a drawnout process for a quick process of choosing the next speaker? >> guest: it's a bit unclear. in the because no one including any of the names that i mentioned before has the kind of support that mccarthy had in january, right? we all talk about how took him 15 rounds but in every single one of those 15 rounds he had 90% of the republican caucus backing him. it is unclear whether any of those candidates even someone like steve scalise has that kind of support. i also should mention that steve scalise is undergoing some intense health issues right now and that is something that many republicans are concerned about, about his ability to do the job. and then there's the fundraising aspect, right? mccarthy fundraiser for all of these guys and he mentioned it last night he was a reason many of the people the photo to oust him even came into office. these are all huge factors that

the conference as a whole has to have, has to debate and has to see through the candidate form on tuesday was the best person to lead them forward. >> host: at the time the when negotiations about appropriations bills taking place. there's the pending government deadline, lobstering supper set for capitol hill including those impeachment inquiry hearings. to all this, to stop until speaker is chosen? >> guest: so that is, according to house rules, in january when congress starts, how to set works. you cannot move forward with any legislative business until you have speaker of the house. the way this is now tricky most of us are trying to figure out what happens is everyone has been sworn in, , congress has bn in office for eight months, and so what they can continue on with their hearings, continue on with any impeachment investigation will be halted but he do bleed in order to have any sort of floor business they're going to want to have speaker in

the dais before the move forward. >> host: farnoush amiri reports for "the associated press" covering congress. you can see her work at ap news.com. thanks for giving us the latest concerning yesterdays events. >> guest: thanks for having me.

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mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer:le majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that -- no, okay. mr. president, today, the united states senate will close in observance of the memorial of our late friend and colleague, senator dianne feinstein. it will be my honor, a sad,

tearful, but great honor to speak tomorrow at my friend, dianne's memorial. i thank all my colleagues who will be in attendance. i know it would mean the world to her for her colleagues to join in this last one goodbye. i'll have more to say tomorrow, but over the past few days i've been coming back to the same thought again and again -- dianne feinstein was a public servant of uncommon integrity. many of us here try our best to pursue the common good, but dianne was on another level. when she thought something was right, when she had a cause she believed in, she pursued it until the end, until her cause endured. i got to see it for myself when she championed the assault weapons ban. the nra launched horrible, vitriolic, arguably chauvinistic attacks. she remained undeterred, knew her cause was just, and persisted. in the end, her cause won the

day. it will be a long time until the senate sees someone as consequential as doo dye - as consequential as dianne feinstein again. on a different note, across the way, yesterday, a small band of maga extremists plunged congress into pandemonium. for the first time in american history, a speaker of the house of representatives has been removed from his position, at the hands of radicals that he empowered from day one. what happened yesterday is a failure entirely of the house republicans' own doing. a disaster in the making, to the great detriment of congress and to the detriment of the american people. speaker boehner, speaker ryan, and now speaker mccarthy have all learned the same hard lesson -- you cannot allow the hard right to run the house or the country, and all three of them were chased out by the maga right.

you cannot allow a small band of maga extremists, which represent just a very small percentage of the views of the country, to tell the overwhelming majority of americans what to do. but republican problems with maga extremism seep far deeper than any single leader. maga extremism is a poison that the house gop has refused to confront for years, and until the mainstream house republicans deal with this issue the chaos will continue. i thought house republicans would have finally realized the dangers of maga extremism after what happened last fall, but year after year they end up making the same mistake, and it always leads to disaster. by now, i hope it's obvious, maga extremism isn't good for the house republican leadership, it is not good for the gop, it

is not good for congress, and maga extremism is disastrous for the country. if maga republicans had their way, they'd take our countries back all the way to the 19th century. they'd turn the clock back radically on women's choice, on voting rights, on workplace protections, on education, on corporate greed, on the environment. they would disfigure our precious democracy, all for a handful of greedy, very wealthy people who just want to not have anything to do with the rest of us. the maga agenda is a dark and dangerous vision of america, one most people overwhelmingly reject. even so, they are the ones running the show right now in the house gop. we find ourselves in a dangerous situation, with about 40 days to go before the government shuts

down, the house has ground completely to a halt. until republicans stop their infighting, the house can vote on no bills, no appropriations work can get done. if, god forbid, some national crisis were to occur that demands immediate action, the house would be unable -- unable to quickly respond. so let me say this to the next speaker of the house, whomever that may be -- think carefully about what happened to your predecessors before trying to coddle the hard right. each of your predecessors got burnt each time. i urge the next speaker not to make the same mistake, not just for their own future but for the country's. whoever the house elects as speaker will not be able to ignore the realities of divided government, no matter what the hard right demands. the need for bipartisanship will not change. we'll need bipartisanship to keep the government open.

we will need it to finish the appropriations process. we will need it to make life better for the american people. for the good of the country, i urge my republican colleagues in the house to, once and for all, accept that reality. if not, it is my fear, deep fear, that the chaos from yesterday is just the beginning. now, on our codel to china, mr. president, next week i will lead a bipartisan delegation of senators on a visit to china, japan, and korea. this will be my second time leading a congressional delegation as majority leader, after our first visit, which went to india, pakistan, israel, and germany. let me first thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for joining me on this visit -- senator crapo, the ranking member of the finance committee, senators cassidy, hassan, kennedy, and ossoff. bipartisan is our watch word in

the senate, and you can see that this delegation is no exception. three democrats, three republicans. our trip will be a visit to the most consequential region in the world, focusing on the issues of economic competition and security, on american national security and on global leadership and advanced technology. unlike recent delegations to china, i'm proud that we will go as elected representatives of the american people, underscoring how serious congress is about maintaining america's global leadership in the 21st century. we'll meet with government and business leaders from each country, with american ambassadors and diplomats, with american companies to hear from them what they need best to succeed in asia. our message to china will be clear but fair -- the chinese government must work with us to ensure a level police playing field, so u.s. workers

and businesses have the opportunity to compete fairly in decades to come. we'll focus on the need for reciprocity in china for u.s. businesses and we'll focus on advancing america's national security interests and leadership in critical technologies. i also look forward to having a direct, candid, and respectful conversation with chinese leadership on the need to combat the distribution of fentanyl, on china's human rights record, regional security and stability and the need for cooperation where possible. i thank all my colleagues for joining me on this bipartisan delegation to asia, and i look forward to a constructive trip where we can work together to advance america's interests and leadership on the world stage. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin.

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the joining us to talk about that and other issues related to the function of government representative ami bera democrat from california member of foreign affairs committee serves the sixth district. thanks for joining us. >> guest: thanks for having me come at how did you vote yesterday concerning speak mccarthy and why? >> guest: i voted with all the other democrats. frankly yesterday was a sad day. we've never been in this place in our nation's history vacating the speakership and that we don't have a speaker of the house. at the end of the it was up to speak mccarthy to come to democrats to say hey, , i'm goig to need some help. in his own words he said he was going to work with democrats. i don't know what to say. >> host: it should've could've would have an speculative event but what could it said to democrats to maybe gain some

support? >> guest: i think you saw what happened saturday to avoid a government shutdown when democrats and republicans came together, where the speaker put a bill on the floor that we could all support. i honestly thought after saturday's vote to avert the shutdown the speaker would reach out because all of us expected matt gaetz to bring this motion to vacate. also suspected he didn't have enough support in his own caucus. i would've expected he would reach out to leader hakeem jeffries on our side and say hey, what's the deal we can get to keep government moving forward, to keep the house with a speaker? my understanding is while they did talk and communicate, the speaker never asked for support, mr. mcconnell: i begin today with a few words about my house counterpart, speaker kevin mccarthy. shepherding an institution like the house of representatives,

every bit as stubborn and diverse as the nation it represents, is a tall order. getting a slim majority pointed in the same direction at any one time can seem like nothing short of a miracle. i've said before that, in reference to my own position, that being leader of your party in the senate is much like being a groundskeeper at a cemetery. everybody is under you, but no one is listening. of course, i doubt that kevin mccarthy has ever seen himself as above anyone else -- not the son of a firefighter, not the grandson of immigrants.

he stood up his own small business and worked his way through school. from the beginning of the speaker's house career, it was clear to anyone paying any attention that he was a doer. in the model of teddy roosevelt's man in the arena, and an idealist, a model of his fellow californian, ronald reagan. congressman mccarthy didn't shy away from worth while fights. in fact, he usually dove in head-first. he didn't hesitate to get his hands dirty. when the circumstances were tough, he drew on his faith, his family, and his belief in american exceptionalism.

his bakersfield roots kept him grounded and his beloved mother kept him appraised of kitchen-table concerns with frequent calls about the price of gas. in other words, he had all the qualities of an effective representative and speaker. and i'm not sure anyone could have predicted just how much these qualities would come in handy over the past nine months. speaker mccarthy took office with a commitment to america. he insisted on restoring regular order. he made sure that the people's house was once again open to the american people. and he took on the gravest challenge -- a looming debt crisis -- with single single-mid determination.

the speaker and i worked closely throughout his tenure, but i was particularly struck by his persistence. he literally willed the president of the united states to the negotiating table and kept coming back again and again until he had helped secure the nation's full faith and credit. speaker mccarthy was a partner i could trust to be honest and candid. and, without fail, optimistic. i'm grateful for the enthusiasm he brought to our shared work and for the patriotic, conservative convictions he wears on his sleeve. perhaps the most telling thing about this week's events in the house has been the way the speaker handled them -- with

grace and with gratitude. speaker mccarthy should be proud of what he and his team have accomplished on behalf of the american people over the past nine months. and he can rest assured that his colleagues -- myself included -- will continue to draw on his talents and optimism in the days that lie ahead. now, mr. president, on an entirely different matter, i spoke yesterday about the list of urgent and unfinished business congress has to address in the coming weeks. we start with resuming our work on full-year appropriations to invest in critical infrastructure, take care of america's farmers, and continue modernizing our military to

contend with adversaries like china. but we'll also need to make progress on supplemental resources -- for safeguarding america's direct interests in ukraine's defense, for helping communities pick up the pieces after natural disasters and restoring security and sanity to our southern border and to the streets of our cities. the nation is watching closely for progress on each of these priorities, and, in the meantime, they're continuing to face the painful reality of washington democrats' historic inflation. across the country working families continue to report that soaring prices are their top concern. among workers and small business owners alike, just 28% of americans say they're satisfied with the state of the economy, and 59% disapprove of the

president's policies behind it. working americans watched washington democrats pour trillions of taxpayer dollars into a wish list of liberal spending, driving up the prices of everything from groceries to housing. they watched the president's war on american energy sent who heating and gas prices literally through the roof. meanwhile, the wave of violent crime i spoke about yesterday isn't just terrorizing citizens; it's shutting down main street businesses. according to one recent retail industry survey, increased violence makes it harder for retail stores to maintain inventory and inhibits hiring and staff retention. across the country, 45% of

retailers are reporting that they've reduced store opening hours in response and 28% have had to close stores outright. of course, these nightmares come on top of the thicket of biden administration red tape that's already made it as hard as ever to create and sustain a business here in america. so, mr. president, this is bidenomics in action. over the past week, a flarery of headshrines have reported that even democrats are beginning to worry that the president's decision to put his personal brand on the economy is turning out to be a political misstep. well, it's a good thing they have finally recognized what working americans have known for almost three years now.

i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. to allow any one person to do a motion to vacate. we warned this is exactly what we were afraid might happen. there was a reason why we changed the threshold to 50 individuals because we want to respect the institution. kevin mccarthy in this

desperation to get the speakership really weaken the institution. i think we would love to work with patrick mckenna over the next speaker is to institute a rules package that actually protects the institution that changes at motion to vacate to different threshold for guy like matt gaetz can't just promote chaos, sacramento, california,, one of the cities that are guest represents. rhonda under independent line. go ahead. >> caller: thank you, pedro. hello, representative bera. this is rhonda from fulsome. hi, honey. i wrote you a letter about our border crisis. and when you're speaking with pedro a few minutes ago you mentioned that you were all for supporting ukraine. well, what about our own borders? on the news yesterday or the day before they showed busloads

flooding into los angeles now. what is your strong position about our border crisis? and then into of us funding ukraine. i have written you letters and you have invited me to come to your open symposiums but here in fulsome we haven't seen you. doctor dr. bera, please gir position. because election is coming up and i voted for you in every election. but now that i'm an independent, sir, i want to hear your position strongly about protecting our border. >> host: thanks. >> guest: i really do think we have an urgent situation on the border and we should protect the border. that could be additional troops down there more border agents. we've got a backlog in some of the asylum cases but we need more judges down there. we should use technology to help manage of the border and that's also part of the federal drug crisis that we are seeing

throughout this country right now. i i am also working with republicans to beef up our border security. at the same time there's a reason we also can't do our national security by helping support the people of ukraine defend their own country. again if we don't do this i think we will rue the day down the road. >> host: biden administration has set forth an effort to look at the larger issues of migration taken when it comes to illegal immigrants. where has it ever gone and you think has been successful? >> guest: obviously we still see the influx of folks coming to our southern border, so this is going be a long-term challenge. you see massive food insecurity, water insecurity, poverty in the central american nations that are rising. a lot of the venezuelans use abject poverty there. those are long-term challenges. the media challenge as rhonda pointed out is we do have to

secure the border because you do see a lot of migrants coming this way. but let's do it in a humane way and understanding way. >> host: in florida republican line we will turn ekstrom -- good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. my question is a follow-up to the question you asked previously, pedro, about the funding to the ukraine. not only for the military but also it covers pensions and salaries of civil workers and things like that. you had mccormac on i don't know which a district who gave me an eye-opener an answer to that question. he said you have to fund pensions and several employees and that type of thing. otherwise you won't have government. you won't have military. of course you have to have that. that was a pretty good answer. i was just wondering if the representative here agrees with that assertion by representative

mccormick. >> guest: that is part of the reason why you had to continue to support civil society so you can have a functioning government and a functioning country while they're at war. that's part of it. the one thing i would talk about the different from some my republican colleagues is about transparency, knowing where the ukraine funding is going. i think would find a bunch of democrats that are willing to work with republicans to make sure whether it's an independent inspector general or some way to track the flows of weapons, money, et cetera. that could be a compromise hopefully to get a single bill to the floor. >> host: i know he's new to the position but your impressions of patrick mchenry as speaker pro tem? >> guest: again i think patrick mckenna has always been a serious legislator. he is someone who we understand to be a person interested in policy. i would hope over the next few days all the tensions, the heat

in the room at the temperature gets ratcheted down. and then when we come back on tuesday or wednesday that we actually serious negotiation, and again we are in uncharted territory and it may take democrats and republicans working together to elect the speaker of the house. let me be honest. we are not in majority so i don't expect were going to elect a democratic speaker. so again let's elect a speaker that can actually run the whole house and take into account some democratic opinions as well. >> host: for you yourself and not the other members of your conference then, who is republican you could support as speaker? >> guest: you know, i'm going to think about who is willing to come to democrats, , come to our leader hakeem jeffries and say hey, we need to get this institution working again. we need to write a real budget, real budget bills. we've got to do a farm bill. we've got to reauthorize the faa. so there's real work that needs

to be done before the end of this calendar year, and whoever that is, you know, leader jeffries is like someone is come here somewhere we can work with so we'll consider that drama it only took eight democrats -- eight republicans to oust the speaker. what are your concerns? >> guest: my concern is that will change that about matt gaetz to vacate the speakership needs to be change. we should take a threshold, given where we had it was 50. if it's 20 come something like that, just we don't find ourselves a month or two months down the road in the same situation. >> host: from georgia this is on her independent line for representative ami bera. we will hear from freddie. >> caller: yes. my question is, what is it that the democrats insist on continuing this war effort in ukraine? with issues here at home that require that same money.

we are supporting a proxy war that is destroying that country. we are not really helping that country, and as the confidence that if we do not find their civil service in the government falls, here we are in her own country where we threaten to put our government on hold because the republicans and some democrats didn't want to find our own government. i think the congressman has his priorities wrong on ukraine. they should be no more funding for ukraine, period, no more funding. thank you. >> guest: our concern certainly on the foreign affairs committee, i was in kiev, ukraine, two weeks before the russian invasion talking to the leadership, talking to president zelensky, understand that we knew the russians were going to invade. i think again this is a first big country more we've had since world war ii. it's the biggest were on the european continent. it supporting the ukrainian people who are fighting and

dying to protect their own country. if ukraine falls, there is a real big fear that this war spreads to other parts of europe and elsewhere. also in bold xi jinping and the communist chinese communist party to perhaps invade taiwan. we can't withdraw from the world. world. the world is a much safer place when the united states is leading with our partners. i'm happy that the nato countries are finally stepping up to put in their own resources and other countries around the world, japan, korea, et cetera, are also putting resources into this fight. again, we recognize this is more than just ukraine. it's about democracy. that freedom. it's about what the next do in five years look like that's why we feel so strongly about winning this war and defeating russia. >> host: representative bera, one of the spinoffs in the last couple of weeks is that the house was working on appropriations bills.

what did you think of it actually happening? >> guest: again i was hopeful after saturday when we came together democrats and republicans to give us 45 days to avert a government shutdown, that ex-speaker mccarthy would come to us. i think that is what of the places where we could negotiate, that he had a deal he negotiated with president biden pickets at topline numbers. the sin is using those numbers. we would like use likee numbers and let the appropriators write real appropriation bills that can pass the house can pass the senate and get to the president desk. i think we would be willing to negotiate. >> host: the areas of intelligence and foreign affairs, how would those numbers impact the things under those umbrellas? >> guest: i mean a lot of the cats, the foreign operations cuts, you cut diplomacy, you would cut development, you would cut our leadership and ability to serve around the world. i think would make america less safe and i certainly see that

from the intelligence committee perspective. there are a lot of threats to our country and we are at a crossroads. again the world needs the strong america. we can't do it by ourselves but we have to do with our partners and allies around the world. >> host: this is chris, alexandria, virginia, you are next up. comic thank you for taking my call and representative bera good morning. thank you for being on c-span today. the reason why i'm calling sir is you were one of a few hundred privileged people to represent the appropriators in our house of congress and legislative branch. i don't think people realize how dangerous we are at going to war with russia. i would like to know why you have continued to vote for billions of dollars to go to a corrupt country, for a country we have no interest in. there's a chance we're going to get nuked because of i know a moment ago you said we have a

duty to pay for ukrainian bureaucrats. i respectfully disagree with you. i think we are many more things to worry about than provoking brush into a nuclear war, nuking washington, my home, and supporting ukrainian bureaucrats so we can start with building the wall. i would love to hear your comments. >> guest: ukraine is not a perfect country. certainly we are concerned about corruption. i know we talked to the biden administration but some of that. but the danger here is russia doesn't stop at ukraine. this war that we hope we can actually contain, and it's the ukraine instead of fighting this war to protect and defend their own country, their own region. it's the democratic countries around the world that are banned together to help support ukraine in the fight, the european countries. again we've seen this in the past and world war ii where the chairman's continued to advance. i think that's why we feel strongly about this.

that said, we should of open debate on the house floor about that funding. we should finish that debate, and if they bring a single vote to the floor, let us vote on it, democrats and republicans pick if he gets voted down, that's where the will of the house is. >> host: randall in north dakota, democrat's line. >> caller: hello, good morning, mr. bear. i am a retired -- i retired, i worked in both the marine corps in the navy writing submarines. i work within the military industrial complex afterwards. when i'm sure you have the best intentions here but i but0 month on social security. and this amount of money you are spending over there in ukraine, which i i happen to be a belie in freedom and democracy and all

these things, but you are going to be funding, you are funding people that are going to live better than i am who have served this country. now, i don't understand that. i don't understand how long you are going to the american congress is going to step on the nextte uorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, the specter of heavy-handed government of the internet reared its ugly head once again last week with the federal communication commission's announcement that it will consider a so-called net neutrality proposal at its october meeting coming up later this month. so what is net neutrality, mr. president? well, it's most basic level, it's the idea that internet service providers shouldn't prioritize or block certain internet traffic at the expense of others. understood in that way, it's a

concept that enjoys broad support in both parties. but that's not what we're talking about with the biden fcc's net neutrality proposal. like the obama fcc before it, the biden fcc wants to assert broad new government powers over the internet using rules -- get this -- that were designed for telephone companies and monopolies back during the great depression. this is a quote from fcc chairwoman jessica rosen -- rosen worse sell last week. i quote. today there is no expert agency ensuring that the internet is fast, open, and fair, end quote, proving once again the democrats' faith in washington experts is undying and that nothing scares a democrat more

than the thought of some aspect of society not being regulated by the federal government. mr. president, this is not the first time democrats have sounded the alarm about the perils that await us if we don't let the government regulate the internet with a heavy hand. in fact, back in 2015, the obama fcc actually implemented the regulatory regime the biden fcc is now considering imposing again. this opened the door to a whole new host of internet regulations, including price regulations. unsurprisingly, broadband investment declined as a result. that was a problem for americans generally, who benefit when the united states is at the forefront of internet growth and expansion. and it was particularly bad news for americans in rural states, like my state of south dakota.

getting broadband to rural communities is already more challenging than installing broadband in cities or suburbs, and the possibility of heavier regulations acted as a further disincentive to expanding business. no big surprise there. fast forward to 2017, and the fcc under chairman pi voted to repeal, repeal the heavy-handed internet regulations passed by the obama fcc. the prospect of this repeal was greeted with near hysteria from democrats. we were told that internet traffic would slow to a crawl, that innovation would be stifled, that our freedom of speech was threatened, and more. and in the wake of the repeal, none of the things that democrats predicted came to pass. the internet as we know it not

only survived, it thrived. innovation flourished. the internet remained a vehicle for free and open discourse. and internet speeds not only didn't slow down, they got faster and faster. during the pandemic, despite thive growth of internet -- explosive growth of internet usage, americans who no problem keeping up with demand, producing the reliable service americans expect. contrast that with europe, where internet regulation is much more heavy-handed, where they struggle to deal with increased internet usage. in fact, european service providers slowed internet speeds to maintain connectivity throughout the course of the pandemic. the united states is now a leader in adopting next-generation telecommunications services like

5g and advanced wifi while europe struggles to keep pace. but that may not last if the biden fcc goes ahead with its net neutrality plans. as i said, the last time a democrat-led fcc put heavy-handed internet regulations in place, broadband investment declined. there's a good reason to believe that the same thing would happen this time. there's also substantial reason to be concerned that the biden fcc's proposed regulatory regime would result in higher internet bills for americans. as fcc commissioner carr, a republican appointee, who opposes the democrats' proposal, recently pointed out, and i quote, since 2017, the prices americans pay for internet services have decreased, decreased on an inflation-adjusted basis. meanwhile, the prices for

utility-regulated services, like electricity, water, and gas have increased over two times faster than the prices for internet services. monopoly regulations invariably lead to monopoly prices. in addition, title 2 regulation opens the door to regulators adding new taxes and fees to consumers' monthly broadband bills. that also from brendan carr's statement. in addition to higher prices for consumers and decreased broadband investment, noars consequence of the biden fcc's regime would be government interference in internet traffic. ironically is it given democrats' pro phelpsed concerns, it is -- professed concerns, it is precisely the net neutrality regime they're calling for that could imperil the free and open internet they

claim to want. under the regulatory regime the biden fcc wants to impose, the federal government would be allowed to block or prioritize internet traffic or otherwise interfere with the free flow of information. think about that one. and given, i would add, the biden administration's demonstrated willingness to use its regulatory power to advance its social and environmental agenda, it is not hard to imagine the biden administration using this proposed new regulatory power to shape americans' internet experience for its own ends. mr. president, the biden fcc should be focused on addressing real challenges, such as continuing our efforts to close the digital divide and ensuring that every american has access to high-speed broadband. it should not be wasting time

and money advancing a solution to a problem that does not exist. thanks in substantial part to the light-touch regulatory regime currently in place, the internet in the united states is thriving and bringing new benefits to american families and businesses, and if democrats really want a free and open internet, and to keep the u.s. at the forefront of broadband development, they will oppose the biden fcc's heavy-handed power grab. mr. president, i yield the floor.

mr. kelly: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kelly: over the weekend, congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown. it's ridiculous that it got this close. while we avoided this disaster for now, i'm disappointed that partisan dysfunction prevented congress from extending u.s. support for ukraine at such a critical time. as ukraine continues their counteroffensive and our most recent aid package is drawn down, we must work quickly to get ukraine more of the weapons and support they need to beat putin. because, make no mistake, mr. president, that's what this is about, whether vladimir putin comes out the other side of this emboldened or defeated. our military leaders have made clear that china and russia's

aggression are the top threats that we face. while president xi of china watches, putin has authorized cyber attacks against the united states and proven himself a war criminal willing to invade his democratic neighbors and intentionally, intentionally murder women and children and abduct ukrainian youth from their parents in an effort to re-create the soviet empire. so whether putin is successful in ukraine has serious implications for u.s. national sciewfort. up to this point, this invasion -- impliskses for u.s. national security. up to this point, this has been a massive failure for him. he underestimated the courage and fight of the ukrainian people to defend their homeland, which i've seen firsthand in

kiev. he also underestimated the will of the united states and our allies to quickly and effectively support ukraine. over the course of the now 20-month war, we have sent ukraine the equivalent of a small fraction of our yearly defense budget. this has included guns, artillery, ammunition, tanks, missile systems and more. it's also included the training and how to use and maintain these symptoms. now, as it should be, this support has been carefully evaluated and targeted based on what ukraine needs most on the battlefield, and it's not a blank check, and it's tracked closely. i've seen this myself during two visits to poland and ukraine. it's also had the impact of allowing us to modernize our own

stockpiles. think about what the support means for our own national security. russia's massive army is now a shadow of its former self. they've lost thousands of armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery pieces. they've lost hundreds of aircraft. they're experiencing the limits of their own power. and they've resorted to forced conscription of their own citizens to fill their ranks. mr. president, china's watching this, and they're witnessing the staying power and the strength of the coalition that we lead. ukraine is on the move, making steady progress in a counteroffensive to take back their country. russia is losing. now is not the time to let up. it's time to push forward.

a majority of republicans and democrats, in both the house and senate, agree. we know that. so, while partisan dysfunction got in the way over the weekend, mr. president, we've got to work together to extend the support that ukraine needs. for the sake of ukraine's freedom and our own national security, we must get this done and quickly. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. ms. stabenow: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you. first, let me just say amen to my friend and colleague from arizona. i would ask, first, unanimous consent that following my

remarks, senator schmitt be permitted to speak for five minutes, and senator cardin permitted to speak for five minutes prior to the scheduled votes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you so much. mr. president, as our dear colleague senator dianne feinstein is lying in state in san francisco today, the home where her leadership started for us and for the country, and as we prepare to remember her tomorrow in a special celebration of her life, i rise to pay tribute, tribute to an incredible leader and my dear friend, who dedicated her life to serving the people of california and the nation. perhaps leader isn't strong enough. it's not a strong enough word. she wasn't just a leader -- she was an american icon. she inspired generations of women to stand up and suit up

and push our way into the halls of power that weren't particularly welcoming. like so many of us, she started in local government. unlike many of us, her rise was sparked by tragedy. as president of the san francisco board of supervisors, it was her job to announce the horrific assassination of mayor george moscone and supervisor harvey milk. she was heartbroken, but she was also calm, she was determined, and she vowed ha her grieving -- that her grieving city would recover and rebuild. she was a crucial part of that rebuilding, serving as mayor for nine years. in 1990, she ran for governor and lost and she picked herself back up and said she wasn't done serving her state, and in 1992

she ran for the senate and won, joining five other groundbreaking women who changed the face of this institution forever. keep in mind that before 1992, there were no women's restrooms, mr. president, anywhere near the senate chamber. this is actually something we all noticed. through sheer determination and a lot of hard work, she rose to become the highest ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee and chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee. through her leadership she left her mark on this institution, over and over again, in so many ways. she was a fierce and courageous advocate for commonsense gun laws as our presiding officer is as well.

including the 1994 assault weapons ban, signed into law by president clinton. that legislation alone saved so many lives from gun violence during the ten years that it was law. i so wish that it had been able to be continued permanently. and she stood up for american values when she led the years-long investigation into allegations that the cia had used torture against terrorism suspects. despite cia and white house objections, senator feinstein courageously chose to publicly release what is known as the torture report. it was such an historic moment that it was even turned into a major motion picture, starring adam driver and annette benning as senator feinstein. i'll never forget sitting in

this chamber behind senator feinstein to show support for her courage that day. she spoke to the american people about the horrific details outlined in this report. senator john mccain, who understood the horrors of torture more than anyone, commended senator feinstein and her staff for the report and added this -- our enemies act without conscience. we must not. this executive summary of a committee's report makes clear that acting without conscience isn't necessary. it's not even helpful in winning this strange and long war we're fighting. we should be grateful to have that truth affirmed. in response to report that

senator feinstein and senator mccain's report was included in the act. techniques were authorized to those in the field and required that the international committee of the red cross have access to detainees in u.s. government custody, a law that stands today. senator feinstein was also a tireless champion for women, including the violence against women act, legislation to fight human trafficking, and our freedom to make our own reproductive health decisions. she was a leading voice for decades on behalf of our lgbtq-plus friends and neighbors, and she fought to protect california's forests and water infrastructure. beyond her many, many accomplishments, she was also my friend, and i so enjoyed hearing

the stories from colleagues in the last number of days about her. yes, mr. president, i, too, have a seersucker suit that she bought for each of us to make sure that the women of the senate could participate in seersucker suit day. yes, i also have a piece of art. in addition to watercolors, she drew beautiful pictures with colored pencils is and i'm so honored to have one of those hanging in my house. yes, dianne was also used to saying, are you staying? d.c. this weekend? why don't you come over for dinner? and i was grateful for the times i was able to join her. dianne was always giving people, particularly all of us as women, items of hers that we admired. we had to be careful what we

were admiring or we would end up getting one. one day i got the opportunity to return the favor, mr. president. in a very small way. we were on the floor and dianne said to me, i love your lipstick, the color of your lipstick, where did you get it? and i thought, ah-ha! this is the moment for me to give dianne something, as small as it was. so i came in a couple days later with a package with several of the lipsticks she had admired. the smile on her face was -- she said, you don't have to do this. and i said, yes. this is just a small token i can give in return. senator feinstein once said that -- women have begun to see that if i go through the doorway, i will take everybody through it.

today i'm remembering my friend for all the barriers she broke, the glass ceil for example she shattered, the doors she helped open so that so many others could follow. may her memory be a blessing to her family, the people of california, and all of us who are feeling her loss. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor.

ms. stabenow: mr. president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum o -- of a quorum. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without

objection. a senator: thank you. i rise today to honor a st. louis great, although he's thrown his last pitch for the cardinals, has left a lasting impression on cardinals' nation. in 2030, the cardials attained three players. little did we know the impact that that trade would have on the cardinals. mr. schmitt: wainwright or wana, as we call him, just notched his 200th win, a huge milestone, which may never be reached again. starters just generally don't pitch that many games. so it is a big milestone, and he is retired from baseball now. he did that in front of thousands of fans in busch stadium. but his career was more than just 200 wins. it was 18-plus years of nasty curveballs and heart-stopping wins, years of camaraderie and countless memories for all of us

cardinal fans. in his first full season with the cardinals, he pitched 61 games. it was in his last full season -- or in the full full season that he showed the ice in his veins that he became known for as a closer -- as he game closer due to an injury of another player. in the bottom of the ninth in game seven, wainwright stood on the mound, bases loads, with beltron at the plate. beltr. n had owned the cardinals. much he got two strikes on beltro inment. -- beltron. the series was over and in that moment, the cardinals headed to the world series and st. louis knew they had a star. i knew exactly where i was when

that pitch was delivered. i was in a bar in kirkwood near my home. i was at the very last seat of that bar. for every clinching away game for the next 15 years, i and a couple of friends went back to that same place. it had some magic for a while. it ran out as these things often d it was a great moment and a great way to start his career with the cardinals. he would go on to secure the final out of the 2006 world series with a strikeout by way of his signature 12-6 curveball. otherwise known as uncle charlie, becoming the only player to close out the world series in the 20th century as a rookie and delivering a world championship. bolstered by his batting mate, molina, who retired last year, wainwright delivered countless gems and showed up at the most crucial moments. wainwright tossed seven innings.

while he was injured during the cardinals' storybook run, he was a monumental presence in the clubhouse. he hit a home run in his first at-bat in the majors. he pitched a complete game in the winner-take-all game 12013 nlbs. during 2022 season that saw the return of albert puholtz to st. louis, wainwright and malina set an all-time record for the most starts as a battery at .325. i am a.m. sure that record will never be broken hereto. two of the most beloved st. louis cardinals starting there as teammates had an incredible run together and they're best friends and st. louis legends. although this season has been a difficult one for the cardinals and not everything we had hoped

for, we got to see adam wainwright reach one more milestone, 200 wins in his farewell season. a three-time all-star, two times world series champion, two time gold glover and a silver slugger, his success son the mound is well-documented. aside from all of those accomplishments on the field, less shined as an ambassador for the city of st. louis and the sport of baseball. the 2020 roberto clemente award, wainwright had an unrivaled passion for our community and helping others. he founded add nonprofit in 12013, big league impact, which has since raised over $8 million for organizations and foundations. he served as an unrelentlessly beating heart of the cardinals teams that have seen stunning victories and heartbreaking losses. despite growing up in georgia, he truly embodies what it means

to be a st. louis cardinal and has served as an ambassador for the beloved franchise a franchise steeped in rich history. some of the greatest baseball players of all time have probably born the birds on the bat. the franchise has won more world series than any other, save the yankees. i have been blessed to watch a lot of those greats over the years. wainwright is undoubtedly one of those greats. not only for his prowess on the field but for his dedication off the field. today i say thank you, wano, it has been a pleasure watching you all of these years. good luck in your next chapter. i yield back.

i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

quorum call:

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i rise today in strong support of the nomination of brendan hurson to be a u.s. district court judge for the district of maryland. i urge my senate colleagues to confirm his nomination. i join with senator van hollen to recommend judge hurson to president biden. president biden nominated judge hurson for this position in march of 2023. senator van hollen and i worked to establish a judicial selection committee in maryland, including an open application

process. in particular we sought out highly qualified and diverse application pool. our committee interviewed several dozen applicants. senator van hollen and i personally interviewerred the finalists, those that were considered to be the top candidates before making any recommendations to the white house. i strongly agree with president biden's goal to nominate judges with excellent legal credentials from diverse backgrounds from both a professional and demographic perspective. and today we have such an example in this excellent nominee for this district court judgeship. judge brendan hurson lives in baltimore and serves as a u.s. man strat -- magistrate judge in baltimore. he's been nominated to fill a vacancy after the retirement of judge george hazel in february of 2023. judge hurson received his undergraduate degree in 2000 from providence college in providence, rhode island where he majored in public and

community service studies with a minor in black studies. after college he served in the jesuit volunteer corps in california as an advocate for marginalized communities in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood. in 2005 judge hurson graduated from the university of maryland school of law. after completing a judicial clerkship in 2007 judge hurson joined the officer of the federal public defender in baltimore where he defended individuals charged with felonies and misdemeanor offenses in maryland's federal court. he was named senior litigation counsel in 2015. in 2017 judge hurson joined the office of the federal public defender for the united states virgin islands where he represented people charged with violating federal and territorial laws on the island of st. john, st. thomas, and st. in 2008 he returned to the public defenders office in baltimore. in february of 2022 judge hurson was sworn in as the united

states magistrate judge and sits in baltimore. as a sitting magistrate judge he presides over both preliminary and criminal proceedings, civil lawsuits by consent of the parties and also coordinates the district of maryland's social security appellate docket. judge hurson therefore brings a remarkable experience to this position having served as the federal public defender for over a decade and a half and now serving in the magistrate judge forover a year and a half. if confirmed he will continue to serve in the same federal court where he now sits as a u.s. magistrate judge and where he practices as a public defender for many years. the judiciary committee favorably reported judge hurson by a bipartisan vote in may 2023 and the american bar association standing committee on federal judiciary awarded judge hurson a unanimously well qualified rating, it's highest possible rating. i was delighted to recommend his nomination. judicial nominees must meet the highest standards of integrity,

confidence and integrity. i'm confident judge hurson will uphold the constitution and rule of law and faithfully follow the oath and do equal importance to the poor and the rich. he will serve the people of maryland well. let me conclude by saying i know the public service is a family affair and sacrifice and i particularly want to thank judge hurson's family for agreeing to share him with the people of maryland in the interest of public service. i urge my colleagues to vote to confirm his nomination. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question now occurs on the o'brian nomination -- o'brien nomination. 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. butler. 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. 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 -- brown. cardin.

collins. crapo. graham. kelly. king. merkley. murkowski. murphy. risch. stabenow and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative, cassidy, cotton, daines, hyde-smith mullin schmitt scott of florida and tuberville. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. markey, aye.

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mr. johnson, no.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no.

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

the clerk: ms. smith, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. marshall, no.

the clerk: mrs. fischer, no.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye.

the clerk: mr. thune, no.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye.

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

mr. braun, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. cornyn, aye.

the clerk: mr. lee, no.

the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no.

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

the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye.

mr. paul, aye.

the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no.

mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye.

the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye.

mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fetterman, aye.

mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. budd, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: mr. wicker, aye.

the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. vance, no.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no.

the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote:

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

the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the presiding officer:. the yeas are 67. the nays are 31. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. 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 176, brendan abell hurson of maryland to be united states district judge for the district of maryland signed by 18 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 brendan abell hurson of maryland to be united states district judge for the district of maryland shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. 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. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy.

the clerk: 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. 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, butler, cantwell, duckworth, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, manchin, sinema, smith, tester, warnock, and wyden. mr. menendez, aye. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, britt, capito, cornyn, cramer, grassley, lankford, mcconnell, rounds, rubio, thune, tillis, and young.

the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. casey, aye.

mr. durbin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no.

the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. schmitt, no.

mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. stabenow, aye.

mr. coons, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. tuberville, no. ms. hassan, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. hagerty, no. mr. schatz, aye.

the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. marshall, no.

mr. peters, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. daines, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mrs. murray, aye.

ms. rosen, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. moran, no. mr. ricketts, no.

mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. graham, aye.

the clerk: mr. lee, no.

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye.

the clerk: ms. warren, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. fetter man, aye. -- mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. risch, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.

mr. carper, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. brown, aye.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. bennet, aye.

mr. sure, aye. -- mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye.

the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye.

mr. sullivan, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye.

vote:

the clerk: mr. boozman, no.

the clerk: mr. vance, no.

the clerk: mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: mr. cruz, no.

the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, brendan hurson to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. the presiding officer: under the >> the senate will return after their party lunches for more work on judicial and executive nominations. votes planned for 2:15 eastern >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more including media come. >> at mediacom, we believe

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