grandfather is here. that's when they knew they were safe. that's the kind of courage israelis have, the kind of bravery that they see in israel through this terrible tragedy and we must not rest until our committee, our congress and our nation has done everything we can to israel in this time of need. to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, here in the senate, let's work together to support israel and to those who committed these atrocities, we will hold you accountable for these crimes against humanity. no matter how long it takes. madam president, i yield the floor. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including midco. ♪♪ ♪♪

>> midco supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in on this tuesday morning with votes expected this morning on the nomination of jennifer hall to be a u.s. district court judge for delaware. lawmakers will also work on the nomination of julia kathleen munley to be a u.s. district court judge for the middle district of pennsylvania. on the other side of the capitol the u.s. house. chapld dr. barry black, will open the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, ruler of the universe, provide our lawmakers with a perspective that will enable you to use them for your

glory. may they see themselves as called to serve you and the people of our nation and world. use this perspective to motivate them to remove the obstacles that prevent them from working together and accomplishing your purposes. as they continually seek to discover opportunities they agree can make them more productive, give them the wisdom and courage to always strive to honor you. and, lord, bring a speedy end to the hamas-israel war.

we pray in your powerful name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., october 17, 2023. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the followings nomination,

which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. jennifer l. hall of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the district of judge for the district of

we were expecting a speaker spoke today again noon eastern is what we are hearing and it day after house republicans ousted former speaker kevin mccarthy. here's a headline from the "new york times" today. jim jordan making gains but still faces holdouts. jim jordan needs 217 votes for speaker today meaning he can only lose four four house republicans. this is jim jordan yesterday on whether he has of the votes or would be willing to go multiple rounds on the house floor to secure those votes. >> how many votes are you willing --

[inaudible] >> they will have their conquerors, house of representatives working, again we need to do that plus we need to be -- [inaudible] dearest friend and colleague or closest à la israel we need help them as well. >> tomorrow you expect multiple roll call votes? >> i felt could walk into the conference. we've got more people to listen to and then will have a vote tomorrow. >> host: again that vote at noon eastern. you can watch here on c-span. to the other three were following president biden is set to travel to israel today, be there tomorrow for meetings with israeli officials amid the ongoing war with hamas. this is a front page of the new times today president biden is signaling strong support the right but also linking u.s. with strikes on palestinians yesterday after meeting with the israeli defense minister secretary of state antony blinken shared a bit of president biden agenda when he's in israel.

this is what he had to say. >> on wednesday resident biden goes israel. he's coming here at a critical moment for israel for the region and for the world. and he's come here to do the following. first, the present will reaffirm the united states solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. president biden again is make clear as you step unequivocally since hamas slaughter of more than 1400 people including at least 30 americans that israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists and to prevent future attacks. president will hear from israel what it needs to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. second, president biden will underscore our crystal r message to any actor, state or nonstate, trying to take advantage of this crisis to

attack israel, don't. to that end, yes to .2 mac aircraft carrier groups and other military assets to the region. third, the president will continue to coordinate closely with our israeli partners to secure the release of hostages taken by hamas including men and women, small children, holocaust survivors and american citizens as an indispensable humanitarian effort. fourth, president biden will receive a comprehensive briefed on israel's war aims and strategies. fifth, the president will hear from israel how to conduct its operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and enables community assistance to fold civilians in gaza that does not benefit hamas. >> host: secretary of state antony blinken, that was yesterday in israel. president biden lisa blatt yesterday, will be there tomorrow and were talking about that story.

we are talking about the house speaker vote set for today, a very busy day here in washington. want to especially hear from you. you. phone lines pleasure to buy political party. 202-748-8001 republicans. 202-748-8000 democrats. independents. >> translator: . we will start in north carolina republican line. this is ray. good morning. >> caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. yes, they need to go ahead and get that done. they need to get a speaker. jim jordan is a good guy. i really hope he gets selected but they need to get that done now because there's a lot of things congress needs to be doing, helping israel, yes. totally i support to spoke hoping israel and what they're doing. everybody who thinks sanely must

believe israel must have a right to defend itself against terror. i mean, it's of their land. i god gave them that land, but i just really hope congress gets their act together and gets a speaker today. >> host: ray, were you supportive of kevin mccarthy or steve scalise? when you say the need to get it done, doesn't matter to you who the speaker would be as long as a house starts working again? >> caller: steve scalise would've been a good choice but he was -- [inaudible] i would support him. mccarthy, so-so. but ended going and get a speaker selected so they can get some business done. because with no speaker is no sense -- things are a stalemate, and right now there's a lot of things that are not being done that should be done, should be

getting to. >> host: that is ray out of north carolina. this is a headline from axios from yesterday. gop holdouts persist as jim jordan plows ahead on the house speaker vote. the latest unofficial count from congressional course put the jordan opposition bloc were from around half a a dozen the posy close to 20 members. you will recall it was last week some 55 republican said they would not vote for jim jordan on the house floor. he has narrowed that number down quite a bit since then and yesterday it was several high-profile members republican members in the house who announced their support for jim jordan that seemed to show some momentum in jim jordan favor including house armed services committee chairman mike rogers of alabama. this was his tweet yesterday, yesterday morning saying i had to do cordial and thoughtful and productive conversations over the past two days. we agreed on the need for congress to pass a strong

national defense authorization act, appropriations to fund our government and other important legislation. like the farm bill picky set as result i decided to support jim jordan for speaker of the house on the floor. again mike rogers was one of those. ann wagner as well was one of those last week of misery, republican sick let me be clear, i am not and will not work with democrats as a republican conference comes together. announcing his support for jim jordan yesterday closer to lunchtime. then with ken, republican of california safe keeping america safe by top priority in congress after having conversation with jim jordan about how we must get the house back on a path to achieve our national security and appropriation goals i will be supporting them for speaker on the floor. let's get to work, said the california republican. so holdouts still including oxman carlos jimenez the republican saying that he will

support kevin mccarthy so calling in speaker mccarthy and i intend to vote for him on the house floor and he added i will never support socialist hakeem jeffries for anything to the contrary is a fabrication and a flat out lie. hakeem jeffries of course as expected to be the democratic nominee for speaker. that's the latest will find out a lot more later this morning right around lunchtime, noon eastern is when that vote is scheduled. this is carolyn in alexandria, virginia, democrat, good morning. >> caller: hello? >> host: go ahead. >> caller: yes. because i think you two things going at everything on your tv and on your phone. drama just talk through your phone, that the easiest. >> caller: okay. first, i'm talking about the nomination of jim jones i don't understand what people would vote for somebody who want to take over their own country. and i tell you, if you take over

your own country what are you sending your young men and women overseas to fight for other countries? i just don't understand this. i need to think hard to put that man in the speakership because you know nothing is going to get through, the government is going to be shut down. not only the people from here but the people from the state is going to suffer. you need to think about that. second of all, i want to know why we always have to send our men and women over to different countries why those people -- and they're good. they've all these people all living over in the united states and they need to send them back to fight. they don't need to send her own people, our men and women over there. send a people back. they are over there protesting everything about the country. get on a plane, send an back to the own country let them fight for the own country. and children over there to fight for the country why there over here i

have said before, but still feel it deeply in my gut, no words can fully express the horror of hamas' attack on israel two saturdays ago. in a single day, 1300 jews murdered in cold blood, men, women, children, the elderly, the disabled. as old as nearly 100 years old, down to toddlers and infants. i was told that one -- at one of the kibbutz scene, hamas rounded up nearly 100 people, from 90 years old to little babies. they put them into the recreation room, then machine-gunned every one of them down. now it's reported that there are about 200 colleagues being held by hamas, including americans. i walked by the tv, they said they just showed the first hostage, a 22-year-old girl. it wrenches your stomach how

evil these people are. how evil. we jewish people have been used to this for thousands of years. we live with it. as i mentioned when i talked about the kibbutz, i remembered my great-grandmother, 1941, the nazis came into europe and told her, she was well-known because her husband, late husband, was a famous rabbi, gather your greater family on the porch of your home. they made the 800 jews go to the town square, near her home, and toll her -- 35 people gathered, from 88 years old to 3 months. they said to her, you're all coming with us. she said we're not moving. they machine-gunned every one of them down, in front of the others. this is what we live with and why we're so resolute, that the threat to hamas must be extinguished. this morning, my four colleagues who traveled to israel, and i, will have a phone conversation with president biden about how we can be most helpful to bring

all of the hostages home safely. i promised the families we met that we would do everything we can, and we exploring every option. the five of us met with the hostage families. there wasn't a dry eye in the house, watching the videos. some of them had videos, hamas sent some of the videos to the families! we were just weeping together, about the cruel, inhumanity of hamas and the desperation these families had to get their loved ones back. october 7 will go down as a day of inextinguishable grief. the deadliest single day for jews since the holocaust. a reminder of much older, darkers days we must never return to. when my colleagues and i traveled to israel this past weekend, we delivered a simple message to the jewish people --

america will stand with israel as an unrelenting partner, and i promised that i'll do everything possible to ensure that the united states senate provides israel with the support she needs to defend her people. as the highest-ranking jewish elected official ever in america, as the first jewish majority leader, i will do everything i can to see that that happens, as will so many of my colleagues, jew and non-jew alike, democrat and republican alike, which we so appreciate. the senate must, above all, work quickly and swiftly to draft, consider, and pass a strong aid package for israel as soon as we can. that includes military support, intelligence support, diplomatic help. on the military side, the israelis have jo you the lined to us on their trip what we've needed and we've conveyed that to the administration. very importantly, i spoke with the president yesterday, and he

said something i had been urging, that there be a significant amount of humanitarian aid to help victims and innocent palestinians who had nothing to do with hamas. while i was abroad, i spoke with the israeli leadership, every single member we met with, we said we want to make sure you have what you need to eliminate the threat from hamas, but we also reminded them that we must provide humanitarian assistance to those who need it, including innocent palestinian citizens in the inest -- in the fastest, safest and most effective way possible. we're going to work to ensure that happens. our reports in israel were that hamas was trying to block that aid in certain ways, block the highways that people drove down. some told us that when israeli soldiers were putting together water mains to bring water to some of the people, hamas were shooting at them. but we must persist. we must be above the kind of evil cruelty that we saw from

hamas. we must go by the rule of law and try, make sure that we do everything we can to minimize the pain and loss of innocent civilians, pal stinnans and everyone else -- palestinians and everyone else. i thank my colleagues, senators rosen, romney, collins for joining on this delegation. our mission was three-fold -- to send a clear message of solidarity, to assess what israel's security needs are now to put together a strong aid package and show support for israel is bipartisan. standing with the israeli government, as i mentioned, we got a list of what military assistance they need in order to fully defend themselves and elimb nape the threat of hamas -- eliminate the threat of hamas. tomorrow, president biden too will travel to israel to affirm, as only an american president can, that as long as there is the united states of america,

israel will never be alone. i've known president biden when he was senator biden and vice president biden and now president biden. his support for israel comes from the heart. he's a believer, and that is so good. i know he will deliver a strong message of support and solidarity when he comes before the jewish people. and i know that he will reiterate, as are my colleagues -- as my colleagues and i did when meeting with each israeli leader the need to follow the wallace of war and -- the laws of war and minimize palestinian death. this is important. civilian casualties is something we stressed to israeli leaders. the task israel faces so difficult. eliminate the threat of hamas -- hard enough. secure the return of hossance -- hostages safely held by these evil, vicious, horrible

terrorists, cruel. and minimize the loss of innocent palestinian lives. this is all not easy, but it's very important we make every effort to achieve all three. as we continue working with the biden administration to stand israel on the world stage, the senate has a lot to do here at home. to move on a robust aid package quickly, i'm instructing senators murray, reed and cardin, our leading national security committee chairs, to work with our republican colleagues and with the biden administration on the details of an aid package that the senate can take up as soon as possible. hopefully within the next few weeks. that package will include military aid, diplomatic help, humanitarian aid, and intelligence aid. all things israel needs. with the house in disarray, the senate will not wait to vote on

an israeli aid package. we can't wait for the house. who knows what will happen there? the senate will go first. it's my hope that if the senate can move quickly and pass something with strong bipartisan support, we can importune the house to act, despite its current morass. very soon, as soon as today, i hope the senate can pass the resolution by chairman cardin, leading member risch, leader mcconnell and myself, affirming we stand with israel. the resolution matters. the senate must speak in one voice against dangerous false equivalency to the evils of hamas and the if response against them. don't forget, hamas does not believe in any jewish state. if you read their covenants and charters, hamas would do do the jewish people in the rest of israel what they did to the people along the gaza border. israel therefore not only has

the right but the obligation to defend is self and it's people to eliminate the threat of hamas so they cannot carry out a vicious, cruel, heartwrenching attack like this again. in the senate, we have to do our part to help them. the next few weeks will bring a great challenge, not just for the israeli people but for us here in america as we maintain our resolve to help the israelis. the world, unfortunately, moves on quickly from tragedy. some are already trying to move this tragedy to obscure the nature of hamas' horror and undermined israel's -- undermine israel's right to defend herself. for all israelis and all supporters of israel, across this country, democrat, republican, liberal, conservative, jew, gentile, muslim, hinld yu, anybody -- hindu, anybody, there cannot be any moving on from october 7. it's going to stay here like a deep weight in our hearts.

we must not allow the atrocities of hamas to fade into obscurity. if the world shakes its head and says well, that was yesterday, then the horrors of hamas are going to happen again. we have an obligation to ensure it doesn't happen. i'll do everything possible to ensure the senate acts as soon as possible. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call:

quorum call:

>> i don't know where they stand on continued support for ukraine. i do believe we have to help ukraine in every way militarily,

but i think they're edging away from any kind of support for that it seems to me. the second thing i'm concerned about, i don't think there's any moral equivalence between hamas and israel. i support israel, but one thing that concerns me i haven't heard, i've only seen a little bit about it, is that if this fighting between hamas and israel, it's going to be a very long and tough fight. it's going to be a fight in the tunnels, from house to house. it could take weeks or even months. it's going to be, if you look at the pilots and world war ii or iraq, i'm just hoping they can avoid it because i think it's just going to be horrible. thank you. >> host: joseph, on ukraine aid, stick around this morning a

lesson two hours from now. former virginia republican governor jim gilmore who was in the u.s. ambassador to the organization for security and cooperation in europe during the trump administration is coming on this program is specifically we'll talk about ukraine aid, what happens now in the wake of the outbreak of war in israel and all the issues surrounding that. so 9:15 a.m. eastern for for the conversation. appreciate the call. this is minnesota, independent. good morning. >> caller: good morning. senator jordan speaker of the house, i'm just afraid that brings donald trump a step closer to swipe all his dirt under the carpet and buy

whatever, i mean a speaker of the house he can do anything to make people frustrated. and in a year a lot of people have forgotten what went on. i haven't forgotten jordan's refusal to testify january 6, and that's disturbing for me anyway. yeah, that's my thing on the speaker. and israel, i mean, that millennium old family feud, i don't know which writing is right. is it the bible, is at the quran? i don't have an opinion there. i feel sorry for the victims. >> host: this was senate majority leader chuck schumer on the fourth of the senate yesterday talking about his trip over the weekend to israel. this is what he had to say. >> i come before the senate with a heart full of grief.

i come shaken by anger and fear, but with the resolve to act. i come with my spirit moved down to its core of the terrible things i saw these past few days. this morning, i returned to the united states after leading a bipartisan delegation to israel, along with senator rosen and kelly ann romney and cassidy eric as the first jewish majority leader, as highest-ranking t ranking jewish elected official ever in america, i wanted to be there and i felt an obligation to be there. it was a trip i will remember for the rest of my life. a visit to the only jewish state on earth facing one of the darkest hours of its 75 year history, probably the darkest hour. we traveled to deliver a simple

and unmistakable message. we the american people stand with the people of israel in this moment of need. we said to the people of israel, we have your back, we feel your pain, we ache with you. and in the coming weeks the united states senate will do everything possible to help israel eliminate the threat that hamas presents. >> host: senate majority leader chuck schumer on the floor of the senate. that was yesterday. senate came in yesterday around 3 p.m. eastern. the house is in today at noon and the business of the house today is voting for a new speaker. we will see what happens. you can watch and c-span. this is david in massachusetts, republican. good morning. >> caller: yes, thank you for taking my call. i am calling about the process of electing a new speaker for the house of representatives.

the house of representatives need to get back to regular session. take up the pending current issues, the budgetary issue and the issues of israel particularly. the formalities of the pro forma session can be held in a few minutes. there is no reason to regular session cannot be held instead. start proceedings in the house of representatives have been blamed -- the stall -- have been blamed on the inability of, the inability to elect a new speaker for the house of representatives. how can this problem be solved so that the house of representatives can get back into addressing current issues? what could be done instead? is to assign a specific amount of time each day to consider

current issues. now, right now the budget and israel. and the specific amount of time to consider the selection of the speaker of the house of representatives. perhaps a majority of the house of representatives could decide for now, or the ten members selected by ed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: one month from now congress will face another deadline to avoid a lapse in federal government funding. between now and then the senate needs to do our part to pass as many full-year appropriations bill as we possibly can. first in line is the minibus

legislation that would send critical resources towards supporting america's farmers, keeping promises to our veterans, and rebuilding crumbling infrastructure. before the state work period, senate republicans agreed on a list of amendments that would allow this package to move quickly here on the floor, and i'm hopeful that the democratic leader will call it up this week and give the full senate the chance to take an important step toward funding the government of course passing the minibus is just an early step. we have a great deal of work still ahead of us to finish the job. like senator collins, senator murray and our colleagues on the

appropriations committee have been focused on literally for months. and as i've said before, we also need to consider additional time-sensitive resources for a number of supplemental priorities. but we cannot get on with this work unless we clear an important hurdle this week. now on a different matter, i was encouraged to hear that president bushed will visit israel tomorrow. as the jewish state mourns the victims of the barbaric october 7 attacks and as israel forces continue their work to root out the terrorists responsible, it is important for the president to represent israel's closest ally and bear witness to the destruction wrought by hamas,

palestinian islamic jihad, and their patrons in tehran. the president will have a number of responsibilities on this consequential trip. first, he needs to console a grieving nation while disrating america's -- demonstrating america's firm resolve to back israel in its time of need. the american people feel the pain of our friends in israel, and we mourn our citizens, our own citizens who were slaughtered alongside israelis by these savages. in our grief and in our anger, america's interests and israel's interests are truly intertwined, and our policies must be as well. president bushed needs to demonstrate our support for this difficult but necessary step

israel must take to destroy the terrorists' capacity to wage war. he needs to reject the false moral equivalence that israelis perennial derricks are using -- critics are using to mask. he needs to resist mounting pressure in the media to constrain israel's effort to defend itself. he needs to make it clear that his administration will do everything possible to keep israel the time and the space it needs to conduct the military operations for as long as it takes. as long as it takes. and his words and actions, president bushed must also deter iran from further additional

involvement in this terrorist war. the deployment of carrier battle groups, the marine expeditionary unit and additional fighter squadrons to the region are a good first step, but deterrence requires both capabilities and credibility. the president needs to show that he means business. his tone, his statements, and his actions need to send an unambiguous message to iran about america's resolve. no more splitting hairs about whether intelligence demonstrates iran's direct involvement in the october 7 attacks. the supreme leader has rejoiced at the image of dead israelis.

a senior official called it a proud operation, and hamas has a history of thanking israel for its support in public. thanking iran for its support in public. no more absurd suggestions that seeking to free up $6 million in iranian assets doesn't embolden tehran. we have reams, reams of evidence that the regime that chants death to america and death to israel puts its money where its mouth is. ultimately president bushed must also accept that the fundamental assumptions of his administration's iran policy were morally and practically bankrupt. the president's team begged iran to reenter the obama

administration's flawed nuclear deal. iran sensed their desperation and played hard to get. then the administration sought to de-escalate tensions by overlooking iranian plots against american citizens and former officials and ignoring tehran's repression at home and aggression abroad. well, iran had other ideas. they like killing americans as much as they like killing israelis. after all, the way tehran sees it, america is the great satan to israel's little satan. p and we should expect that until iran's rulers are afraid of us, they'll continue to undermine america's influence, to test our boundaries, and to kill our citizens.

the biden administration's previous policy is now history. the president must go back to the drawing board. he should start by doing what i had recommended to him since he took office -- work with republicans to craft a bipartisan iran policy that will survive his administration, a plan that addresses all aspects of the threat iran poses, and more immediately the president needs to show iran and its terrorist proxies, like hezbollah, that further involvement in this conflict will risk crippling economic sanctions and the decisive use of american military strength. the terrorists and their sponsors with israeli and

american blood on their hands represents a clear and present danger to the united states, to our allies, and our interests. it's long past time for america to meet this threat with serious and credible deterrence. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

thune mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. thune: i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, there are days and events that almost -- that are almost unspeakable. october 7, 2023 is one of them. the slaughter of hundreds of innocent israelis, men, women, and unthinkably children, at the hands of hamas terrorists was a terrible witness to the evil of which mankind is capable. the stories and images that have emerged are searing, of blood did id infant seats, parents tucking their 10-month-old children before being murdered by attack areas t as a father and a grandfather, a i cannot imagine the terror those parents must have felt as they realized hamas gunmen have moved into their villages.

it is a terrible fact of war that the innocent are often drawn into the cross fire, but to make war on the innocent, to target the innocent deliberatively is perhaps the greatest evil of which man is capable. mr. president, it's nearly unimaginable toll think that someone could look at hamas' attack and find any cause for joy or celebration. yet in the days following the attack, we've seen too many people right here at home, including at our so-called top universities, attempt to the defend or even celebrate the indefensible. while the first amendment protects their right to speak, i hope that we as a society can categorically reject the view that anything can justify or excuse the deliberate murder of babies and children. mr. president, israel is currently working to bring a swift end to hamas' reign of

terror and it should have the full support of the united states. in 2021 we passed supplemental funding to restock the iron dome system in response to rocket attacks from hamas. i anticipate that congress will soon consider a supplemental in response to this attack. we must also use every resource available to prevent escalation and expansion of this war and ensure that israel does not end up fighting on multiple fronts. we can already see that other hostile actors are angling to enter the fray. iran is actively threatening israel. hezbollah, which is backed by iran, has fired rockets and ar reconcilety across the northern

border with lebanon. and we need to band together with our allies to make it clear that any attempts to escalate this war would be a grave miscalculation. it's also past time to hold iran, a longtime funder of hamas, hezbollah, and other terrorist or,s, to account for its role in fomenting unrest and destabilizing the middle east. i have not been shy about calling out the biden administration's track record on the one hand being tough on iran, particularly the misguided goal of resigning a flawed nuclear deal and attempting to appease the leaders with billions of dollars in sanctions relief. just over a month ago on september 11 of all days, the administration lifted a freeze an $billion in iranian assets which would likely have resulted in the freeing up of additional funds for hostile activities.

i am glad that the president listened to calls to block access to these funds and i hope that the senate can soon pass legislation to permanently freeze these assets. we need to make it very clear to iran and to any other country that would seek to imitate the iranians that there will be consequences for aiding and abetting terror. mr. president, 30 americans have now been confirmed to have died in israeli. as i speak, we have 13 possible american hostages being held by hamas. we also have an estimated up to 600 americans in gaza in harm's way, including a family that my office is working with. we must get them out. mr. president, in the midst of war and hamas' brutality, it is important to remember our own sense of humanity and innocents

on both sides. hamas' indifference to human life is on full array in israeli villanelles. that indifference extends to the lives of its own people. hamas has entangled ritz influence. as israel prepares to go after targets in gaza, hamas is now discouraging and it appears actively trying to prevent civilians from heeding israel's calls to evacuate. apparently hamas believes that dead palestinians will advance its cause and keep the focus on israel's response, not the abject brutality that hamas

unleashed on october 7. and we must be resolute in exposing and condemning this callusness. we must also work to ensure that the response of free cannes conveys the d. free countries conveys the respect. and that we do everything we can to ensure that innocent civilians on both sides protect it as much as possible. and that humanitarian aid reaches innocent plains it is not enter septembered by -- intercepted by hamas terrorists. the jewish people have suffered much but their story and the story of israel is one of resilience and the united states stands with israel at this most challenging time. my prayers this week are with the grieving families in israel and all the suffering and for

the permanent defeat of hamas and a just and lasting peace. mr. president, i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

quorum call: on the gaza border that attacked women and children, murdered people, attacked babies, committed kidnappings, holding hostages. that can't be the new order of the day. we have already seen a lot of that in ukraine and now we're seeing it in israel. that can't be the future. i think israel has to do something to protect themselves. ..

got to focus on the southern border, those arguments are false but the key is the . >> let's focus on those units, the concerns of the members of congress about where the money is going and purpose in ukraine. how do you assure it is? >> i am conservative republican, i understand american leadership understands between us but if

you address the issues right now i know the defense department is watching closely. i don't think anybody in the westernid world has any obligatn to certify perfection. the presit objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, as we all know, the war between israel and hamas is intensifying this week. just as any sovereign nation would have the right to defend itself against a terrorist attack, israel has that right as well. it took swift and decisive action to retaliate against the terrorists who invaded its land and murdered its people. but israel now has the responsibility to eliminate heams leadership and to -- hamas' leadership and make sure hamas is incapable of mounting a similar terrorist attack against

israel in the future. to that end, the israeli defense forces are preparing a ground assault against the hamas forces in gaza. obviously, this is a terrible situation, but we shouldn't be confused about the right and the necessity of israel to defend itself and to eliminate the hamas threat. deterrence is the best way to maintain the peace and to keep bad actors, like iranian proxies like hamas from doing what they did in israel. that having failed, to a variety of reasons, it's now important to give israel the flexibility they need in order to do what they must. hamas' unprovoked attack on israel has killed nearly 1400 people, including 30 americans. that point should not be lost. american citizens have been killed in israel by this

terrorist attack. in addition, nearly 200 people have been taken hostage, and their fate remains in question. given the way that hamas has used palestinian civilians as human shields, the number of casualties in gaza continues to rise. hamas' war on israel has not only -- is not fueled by a quest for liberation or freedom or anything noble, but rather by hate. this is a clear attempt to eliminate the jewish state by any means necessary. the goal of the number one terrorist state in the world, which is iran, and their proxies, hamas in the south, hezbollah in the north. hamas' war on israel is pure

evil, and the united states cannot, and will not, be silent. we have the responsibility, moral and otherwise, to support israel with our words, but more importantly with our actions. the united states must support israel without delay or hesitation. we must commit ourselves to defeating this evil, by, with, and through our israeli allies. i, like many of us, am a student of history, because it helps us understand the challenges we're experiencing today and realize that many of those challenges have precedent. things that have happened in the past that should inform us about how we should respond today. as israel and hamas continue fighting, it can be easy to mistake this as some isolated or perhaps local or regional conflict, but that could not be

further from the truth. i think back to what british prime minister envelope nen said in 1938 38 about the escalating conflict between nazi germany ando as it -- as it prepared to invade czechoslovakia. chamberlain famously said it is a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing. well, today, 85 years later, it's easy to see how misguided those views were. because less than two years after chamberlain's remarks, nazi bombs fell on london. this faraway quarrel quickly escalatessed into a globe war that became the deadly es conflict in human history -- the deadliest conflict in human history. i say this only to emphasize that the united states and allies cannot brush aside this

conflict and treat it as an inconsequential regional dispute. this is, in my view, a war between good and evil, and the world is carefully watching to see how america responds. there's no question that among the most engaged spectators are russia and china. russia's war against ukraine has been raging for more than a year and a half, and it's watching, russia is watching, to see if american support for ukraine erodes to the point where russia can gain an upper hand. mr. putin is depending on our fatigue or being distracted from the job at hand helping ukraine defend itself. at the same time, china is preparing its plans to invade taiwan. president xi has instructed the people's liberation army to be ready to do so by the year 2027,

but as we know there's no guarantee of any particular timetable. president xi could decide to go at any time. china's hoping that the united states will be distracted by the conflict in the middle east, as it continues to build contingencies related to taiwan. both see the war, both, that is russia and china, see the war in israel as a global distraction that could work to their benefit. now, this is not a reason to avoid u.s. support for israel. in fact, it's a good reason why america's attention and support are so critical at this time. russia and china and really the rest of the world, including our friends and allies, are watching our actions very closely. they want to know whether we're dependable, whether our allies

can rely on us to stay in the fight against this evil. russia and china are seeing just how far they can push the boundaries of international norms before members of the rules-based international order react. what we are doing for ukraine, together with our european allies, and what we will do for israel, are subjects of great interest in russia and china. we cannot bow down in the face of attacks on freedom-loving peoples, whether those attacks happen in israel, ukraine, or taiwan. now, i know many of us are not eager to embrace america's leadership role in the world. we think, well, we've got problems here at home, and we certainly do. but america's leadership is

indispensable in rallying similarly minded nations to fight evil like this attack against israel. without the united states' leadership, it will never happen. as the fighting in israel continues, the united states must remain committed to two clear objectives. first and foremost, we must support israel, and we must provide israel, along with our other allies, what it needs, not only to fight, but to win there war. they don't need our direction or our lecturing. they know what they need to do, and we need to help them do it. that includes military aid, intelligence support, humanitarian assistance. today and in the future, to help israel defend its sovereignty and protect its people in a very, very dangerous

neighborhood. israel is the lone beacon of democracy in the middle east, and we have a national interest in supporting one of our most critical allies as it responds to this terrorist invasion. our second goal, prevent this war from widening. hamas does not operate in a vacuum. it's the beneficiary of funding, weapons, and training from iran, the world's leading sponsor of international terrorism. i've been disturbed as i read some press reports where biden administration officials have said, well, we don't see iran's fingerprints on this attack. but that's hike looking at this -- that's like looking at this situation through a soda straw, ignoring history, ignoring the fact that iran has been at war with the west, including the united states, for decades, killing american soldiers in iraq by providing

explosively formed penetrators, using proxy groups, like hamas and hezbollah to commit terrorist attacks. so, iran's fingerprints are definitely on this attack. they may have been surprised about the timing of the attack, but attacking israel and killing innocent israelis is the way they do business. as i said, for years now iran has provided hamas with the money, the weapons, and the military training that it uses against israel and other allies of the united states, including, according to the state department, iran provides up to $100 million a year to the palestinian terrorist groups,

including hamas. $100 million a year. and people in the biden administration have said we don't see iran's involvement in this attack? give me a break. it doesn't matter if iran called the plays for the attack or knew about the specific timing. tehran bankrolled hamas' arsenal and capabilities, and is cheering on as they kill innocent civilians, men, women, and children. iran gave hamas the tools it needed to attack israel and to further its goal of eliminating the jewish state. the question now is will iran use this opportunity to escalate. that's why u.s. warships are positioned in the mediterranean, to provide the deterrence necessary, to deter iran and its proxies, including hezbollah, from joining the conflict.

our goal, our second goal, must be to prevent this conflict from widening outside of israel. the united states is a long -- has a long and proud history of supporting israel, and it's important for hamas and its allies to understand that american support for israel is not just about empty words. we're committing to providing israel with the resources it needs to defend itself, whether that comes in the form of weapons, intelligence support, humanitarian assistance, or anything else. i israel received long-standing support from the united states and our allies, and i hope iran and hezbollah recognize the high cost of expanding this conflict. in an era of near constant division and disagreement in congress, i'm glad this is an issue that's garnered broad

bipartisan support. republicans and democrats are united in purpose, as are the american people. we are committed to aiding israel's fight against these terrorists and defending democracy in every corner of the globe. mr. president, i yield the floor, and i would 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. mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes we are. mr. carper: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from delaware. mr. carper: thanks, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to voice my support for jennifer hall's nomination to serve as next u.s. district judge for delaware. before i describe what makes jennifer hall particularly well suited for the role, pleat take a moment, if i can to describe our role for filling court

vacancies in the first state. senator chris coons and i have relied on a collaborative process for putting forward u.s. district court recommendations to the white house, regardless of who's in the white house. and with the help of a judicial nominating commission, senator coons and i worked to identify some of the most qualified individuals in delaware in order to recommend them to the president, regardless of political party. the process serves delaware well. it serves our nation well. and it has yielded yet another extraordinary nominee before us today. as as they often say, justice delayed is justice denied. justice delayed is justice denied. it is critical that we act quickly to confirm jennifer hall to delaware's u.s. district court. it's one of the busiest if not maybe the busiest district court in the nation. i want to take a moment and thank judge rich andrews for his service to this court and also

to our state and to our nation. i know that when he takes senior status at the end of this year, jennifer hall will be well prepared to help take on an enormous workload before the court. i'd like to share a little bit more about her with our colleagues today. jennifer grew up in minnesota and is a proud graduate of the university of minnesota, home of those golden gophers where she earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. she made her way to yale where she met her husband and earned ph.d.'s in both molecular physics and biochemistry. apparently three degrees weren't enough so she continued studies at the university of delaware law school where she graduated magna cum laude and began a successful career. in the years that followed she had the distinction of clerking tboor federal judges appointed by president george w. bush.

she went on to work at fish and richardson, a delaware law firm where she focused on patent law and other complex business issues. after three years in private practice, she felt called to serve the people of delaware and of america. she spent the next eight years at the u.s. attorney's office in delaware. then in 2010 -- 2019, rather, jennifer was selected to serve as a magistrate judge of the u.s. district judge for delaware, the same court for which she's been nominated to serve as a federal judge. the last four years have given her some of the best preparation and on the job training that anyone could ask for. magistrate judge hall has impressed her colleagues on the bench both with her intellect and work ethic hand she has -- and she has deep respect for knowledge of the law. her background as a scientist, legal scholar and magistrate judge have prepared her well for

this new role and i strongly urge my colleagues to vote to confirm magistrate judge jennifer hall to serve as the nument u.s. -- next u.s. district court judge for delaware. i'm certain she will be ready to hit the ground running. before i yield back my time i'm going to be joined here momentarily, i believe, by senator coons, my colleague from delaware, who serves on the judiciary committee and with whom i serve and enjoy his, the opportunity to serve with him for our state. we have an, probably not the kind of close working relationship when it comes to judicial nominations that we find in other states but we do it as a team. we have folks on the nominating commission who help make sure we not only identify candidates but be able to to present them for confirmation. the presiding officer, and as

my friend, i am a recovering delaware. as governing delaware, the governor nominates people who serve on the court of chancery, superior court, family court, supreme court and submit those names to the legislature for their consideration to the senate. i always look for three or four qualities, if you will, in the people i nominated as governor to serve on the bench in delaware. even in state courts, we consider some of the major issues of our country, business laws and others. one of the things i look for in nominees, people that are smart. i want to find people that have not just book smart but actually are wise. i look for people who had a strong work ethic. i looked for people who believe in the golden rule, treating the folks who come before them in their courtroom the way they want to be treated and people

with integrity that cannot ever be questioned. those are some of the criteria that i look for in my opinion judicial l -- in my judicial nominees. for eight years i looked and they all went before the executive committee and eventually were considered. every one of those nominees were confirmed, which says a lot about delaware, a lot about delaware. i would hope that we will take similar kind of action here today. jennifer got a good vote on cloture, and my hope is we can replicate that as well. again, i will yield back -- i don't know if i can reserve time so when senator coons arrives heals -- he'll have time left as well. he's trying to get here. this is a proud day for delaware and i know it is for her family. thank you, mr. president. with that, i yield back. thank you.

is. mr. carper: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. quorum call:

100 years old pal design i was told avery, hamas founded over 100 people, 90 years old start to little babies with them in the recreation room and machine gunned everyone up and down and now it's reported about 200 collies are held by hamas including americans and walk by the tv in the showed us a hostage, a 22-year-old girl

edges your stomach how evil these people are. we have been used to this for thousands of years, we live with it and i mentioned when i talk about the kid, i remembered my great-grandmother. 1941 nazis came and her late husband, gather your family on the porch of your home, 800 who's going to town square and they told her 35 people gathered and they said you're coming with us. the machine gunned everyone of them down. this is what we live with and why we are so resolute the threat and how most must be extinguished. with president biden about how

we can most helpful to bring hostages home safely. promise to families we met that we would do everything we can and we are exploring every options. that with sausage families and it wasn't a chart in the house watching the videos, hamas sent videos to the families and we were beeping together about the cool community of hamas and the desperation of families at to get their loved ones back october 7 will go down as an exclusion will brief. quorum cae vitiated are. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: mr. president, i rise in support of the honorable

jennifer hall to be our next district court judge for are the district court of delaware. one of the busiest dockets in delaware. it handles complex patent cases. it takes a special judge to serve in this court and judge hall's unique background and extensive legal experience make her an ideal candidate. my colleagues on the senate judiciary committee agreed. advancing her nomination to this floor by a strong bipartisan vote of 16-5. judge hall received support from half of the republican members of the judiciary committee including ranking member graham, senators grassley, cornyn, lee, and tillis. is she served as a magistrate judge since 2019. she has proven herself al legal powerhouse and has handled a high volume of complex cases.

her legal experience before assuming the bench is just as impressive. eight years as a u.s. district attorney in delaware, ling hundreds of cases on behalf of our federal government. she litigated intellectual property. a graduate of penn law. she request clerked on the federal circuit. before enrolling at penn, she earned a ph.d. in molecular biophysics that will aid her as she decides complex patent cases. you can see why she was unanimously rated as well qualified to serve on the district of delaware bench. mr. president, i know judge hall to be a balanced and thoughtful jurist, a skilled lawyer and compassionate human being, not just a great judge, with you but a loving wife and mother.

her strong character and eive even temperament will make her an asset to the district of delaware. we voted 63-26 to invoke cloture. i'm hoping for a stronger vote just now. i support her nomination without reservation and urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you, and with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote. mr.the clerk: mr. baldwin.

mr. barasso, mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler.

the clerk: 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.

the clerk: ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley.

the clerk: 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. vote:

vote:

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, cantwell.

carper, cornyn, fetterman, graham, king, menendez, merkley, padilla, peters, reed, rounds, welch, wyden. mr. budd, aye. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, britt, daines, johnson, marshall, ricketts, schmitt, scott of florida. mr. coons, aye.

the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. risch, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. ms. collins, aye.

the clerk: mr. tester, aye.

the clerk: mr. thune, no.

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

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

mr. schumer, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye.

the clerk: mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye.

mr. hoeven, no. mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: lujan, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

the clerk: mrs. fischer, no.

mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. braun, no.

the clerk: mrs. capito, aye.

the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms. stabenow, aye.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. wicker, no.

mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye.

the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. boozman, no.

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

the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye.

the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. kaine, aye.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. hirono, aye.

the clerk: ms. ernst, no.

the clerk: mr. barrasso, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye.

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

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

the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye.

the clerk: mr. tillis, aye.

the clerk: mr. hawley, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

the clerk: mr. lee, aye.

the presiding officer: the ayes are 67, the nays are 29. 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 number 297, julia kathleen munley of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania, signed by 17 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 julia kathleen munley of pennsylvania to be the united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. 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. 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. schumer. mr. schmitt. 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 -- booker, carper, hickenlooper, kaine, schatz, sinema is warnock, whitehouse. ms. klobuchar, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, budd, capito, cornyn, cramer, crapo, cruz, hawley, lankford, lee, mcconnell, moran, rubio, scott of florida,

thune, tillis, and young. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. mullin, no.

the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no.

the clerk: mr. ricketts, no.

the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. tuberville, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. casey, aye.

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

vote:

the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. cassidy, no.

the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye.

the clerk: mr. rounds, no. ms. rosen, aye. ms. smith, aye.

the clerk: mr. braun, no.

the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. heinrich, aye.

the clerk: mr. romney, no.

the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. lujan, aye.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. cantwell, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. brown, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. tester, aye.

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. graham, aye.

the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye.

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

vote: is is p. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.

the clerk: mr. boozman, no.

the clerk: ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. menendez, aye.

the clerk: mr. hagerty, no.

p. the clerk: mr. vance, no. ms. gillibrand, aye.

the clerk: mr. king, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. welch, aye.

mr. coons, aye.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. vote:

the clerk: mr.off, aye.

the clerk: mr. sanders, aye.

the clerk: the yeas are 52, the the -- the nays are 43 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk: judiciary, july munley to be district judge for the district of pennsylvania.

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