workers paying the benefits of each retiree family have moving forward. that's going to require some higher tax revenue. >> host: two guess it doing us for thisg discussion. you just heard from ben ritz from the progressive policy institute about the incident what it does and what you focus on. >> guest: sure. i am the director of ppi center for funding america's future and basically we are centerleft think tank focused on fiscal policy and focused on trying to strengthen public investments in a fiscally responsible way. i like to think of us as sort of the voice for -- >> the senate is coming back in. lawmakers are expected to vote on whether to block president biden's new student loan repayment plan. they will need to consider legislation this week to avert a government shutdown. federal funding expires friday at midnight. live now to the floor of the senate here on c-span2.

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: mr. president, last week the senate adopted a resolution that i was proud to offer honoring the distinguished service of captain samuel farmer, united states marine corps and the marines and sailors first platoon company g second battalion. i would like, if i might, to

say a word or two about that resolution here this afternoon. why the resolution and who exactly are the marines and sailors of first platoon? i'll tell you who they are. they were the individuals stationed at abbey gate on that fateful day in august of 2021, when the united states was in the midst of a major evacuation, operation, and a terrorist from the islamic state came to abbey gate in kabul, afghanistan, and detonated a suicide vest that killed 13 soldiers, hundreds of civilians, including 9 members of this platoon. 9 of the 13 who were killed were from first platoon company g, second battalion, first marine regiment. and who is sam farmer? he was their commander. sam is from the great state of missouri.

he's a graduate of northwest missouri state university. upon his graduation, he was commission commissioned into the marine corps and became an infantry officer. upon completing training he took rifle platoon in company g. his platoon was ghost 1. in august of 2021, sam and his platoon found themselves in kabul, afghanistan. sam's platoon was charged were security there at abbey gate, and there are, i think even now two years removed from the disaster there, we don't fully appreciate the heroism of all of the soldiers, sailors, marines and others who were there that day. but particularly, if i might, of this platoon, of the men that sam commanded. something that most people don't know is that sam's platoon went for almost two days without food and water. why was that? is it because there wasn't any

available for them? no, that's not it. it's because this platoon, in the midst of this evacuation, this incredibly tense scene, gave up their own food and water for two days to the afghan women and children who were waiting in the crowds hoping to be evacuated. that's the kind of men who were standing there on guard that day. that's the kind of man that sam farmer is. of those nine servicemembers killed, eight marines, one navy corps man, another civilian was among their ranks, someone i had occasion to talk about several times before, lance gerald schmitt also from missouri. nine were killed from that platoon, many others wounded. and that includes sam farmer hments -- himself, the platoon commander. even with his wounds, even in the midst of this disaster as it

unfolded sam continued to serve. his fellow platoon members continued to serve and to complete their mission. and i just want to make sure, mr. president, that we honor them for what they did, that we honor them for securing the airport and facilitating the evacuation of american citizens, permanent residents, embassy workers and special immigrant visa holders. whatever you think of our withdrawal from afghanistan, we should be able to honor the men and women who served so bravely, including sam farmer and the members of his platoon. i have had the privilege to get to know sam just a little bit. he grew up not too far from where i did in central missouri. his parents, chris and ann, are schoolteachers at fort o'sage school district, to the west of my hometown of lexington, missouri. sam has a younger brother, jack. if you meet sam, what you'll find is he is self effacing,

doesn't like to talk about his own achievements, doesn't like really to talk about himself at all. what he likes to talk about is his service and the men and women he served with. what he likes to talk about is his honor of being a united states marine. and to be honest with you, i don't know that he would particularly like me saying too much about him on the floor today, but i thought it was important to honor him because sam just last month completed his service with the united states marine corps, and on the occasion of his separation i offered this resolution which details his service and the service of the members of his platoon. and i have to say i think about those who have served who i know and i think particularly about my own uncle, my uncle gene hammer who served in the 101st airborne division in vietnam. he served before i was born. he served, he came home. he won a number of medals, but

when he came home he put those medal away in a drawer and never talked about it ever after. he didn't want to talk about it. he didn't want to talk about himself, didn't want talk about what he did, didn't want to talk about any of it. i can understand and certainly respect that. i will say whether sam feels that way or not, i bet one of these days sam's children are going to want to know what he did for his country and i bet his family is going to want to honor his service to his country. and frankly, his family and his future children deserve to know what he and the members of his platoon did for this country. and so i hope that this resolution that the senate has passed and adopted honoring sam and his platoon, i hope that maybe one day he'll be able to show that to his kids and say here, you can read about what we did all those years ago. and his parents, chris and

ann, will be able to hang that up and say this is what my son did for our country, proudly serving. this young man from missouri who represents, frankly, the best of who we are and who we can be. so, mr. president, it's a privilege to get to honor sam, to congratulate him on his service to our country, to the marine corps, to congratulate him on his service, his leadership of that platoon not just on that fateful day but for all of the days which he was commander, the leadership, the courage, the bravery he has showed ever since. and so i'll just end with this, let's take the opportunity to honor the sacrifice of those marines and sailors. they truly embody the motto, semper fidelis, always faithful. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor.

>> above all, i look forward to president biden pushing on something i raised during the bipartisan codel and led to china, cracking down on the sale of precursor chemicals used to manufacture

fentanyl. when my same colleagues and i met with president xi, we explained in stark detail how destructive the fentanyl crisis was here in america and the child had a responsibility to do its part to stop its trafficking. one step we strongly urged president xi to take is for chinese law enforcement to coordinate with the u.s. to enforce laws already on the books on the sale of precursor chemicals. i believe we've made progress on this issue and i am very optimistic that good news will come from tomorrow's meeting regarding fentanyl. when president biden meets with president xi. in china stops the sale of chemicals used to make fentanyl, it will not only save countless american lives, but even then if it china as it would go a long way to improving china's image in the minds of americans. so just as, so just as we push

president xi on crackdown on fentanyl last month, i expect president biden will urge them to do so tomorrow. and he think we real results. when we meet with, when we met with president xi and person we were point and specific with our questions and issues. and found him to be responsive. and i hope that president biden will have the same sort of frank conversation tomorrow with president xi. madam president, we have until friday to avert another costly, unnecessary, and avoidable government shutdown. time is a luxury that neither side has picked if we're going to keep the lights on the on this friday, our republican colleagues want to work with democrats in a bipartisan way to pass a clean extension without hard right cuts and without poison pills. so far i am heartened, cautiously so, that speaker johnson is moving forward with

scr that will have the all right crystal would've been nonstarters for democrats. i sternly don't agree with everything the president is proposing and and i can't ie too many senators would have taken the speakers approach into drafting this bill. but the proposal before the house does two things democrats have pushed for. it will avert a shutdown and it will do so without making any terrible hard right cuts that the maga right-wing commands. it also eliminates the poison pills that so many maga congress members put in the bills. we will see over the course of today have house moves forward. over the past few days a significant portion of the speakers hard right flank has torched his proposal precisely because it doesn't make cuts. i hope the speaker does not yield to the demands of the hard right as we try to keep the government open. instead, help the speaker continues to recognize he will

be democratic votes in order to avoid a shutdown. on senator tuberville here today the senate rules committee will mark of a resolution allowing the senate to quickly confirm the military promotions currently being blocked by senator tuberville. i will join the rules committee later today, i'm a member of the committee, the on the committee on which i serve, and vote in favor of this resolution. i will vote in favor of the rules committee resolution. for nine months senator tuberville has thumbed his nose at long-standing senate customs and prevented the swift bipartisan confirmation of hundreds of general and flag officers. each time members from both sides have tried to reason with senator tuberville, he has only dug in further. as a result of its senator tuberville holds, america's national security is now paying the price. our military readiness is paying the price and our military

spouses and kids who can't plan for next chapter in their lives even though they've served as for many, many years, they are bring the price -- they are paying the price cut two. patience is wearing thin with senator tuberville both sides of the outer crust will support the slow solution to overcome these military holds and if it is recorded out of committee today and if our republican colleagues can soon convinced senator tuberville to drop his hold i will bring to the floor for a vote. i think chair klobuchar and chairman read for their good work on moving this important resolution. on the student at cra, as soon as today the senate republicans will force a vote on approval measure to limit president biden's historic student loan repayment program and strip away a critical lifeline for millions and millions of borrowers. i strongly oppose this terrible republican measure to deny american families a a critical lifeline just one month after the pause on student loan

payments ended. my republican colleagues talk a big game about helping working families, but with this student debt, congressional resolution, they are actively trying to block relief that would immediately improve the lives of so many working americans. the hypocrisy is glaring. republicans are willing to give huge tax breaks to ultra wealthy billionaires and large corporations but when it comes to helping working families, republicans refused to give them a break if they say that coso much money but billionaire tax cuts don't. give me a break. right now there are over 5.5 million borrowers in golden president biden's say plan including 30 300,000 in my home state of new york alone. so the worst thing we could do for these barbers and his family's right now is let this republican cra pass and strip away this critical lifeline. i will strongly oppose this republican cra to overturn

student debt, and democrats will keep working to make sure relief reaches every borrower in need. on the supreme court. yesterday for the first time the united states supreme court announced the adoption of an ethical code of conduct for justices. at a time when americans trust in the high court is deeply, deeply shaken. the supreme court has taken important steps to lay down basic rules of the road for our justices. frankly, this should've happened a long time ago. lower courts have long been required to embrace an ethical code of conduct, and there's no reason that the supreme court should not have done the same. now, while the supreme court's announcement was important, it's lack of enforceability is a glaring omission. justices it seems are left to their own devices in implying this code to themselves. frankly, americans could be excused if they're skeptical after everything they rated paper about justices accepting

lavish gifts and vacationing with ultra rich ideologues, some of whom bring cases before the court. sheldon whitehouse said it well. he said it's as if they are agreeing to the rules of baseball but no empires. so while the justices code of conduct is a necessary and important step, it cannot be the final word. the public's trust in our court is a key feature of our democratic society and there's a lot of attacked american troopsn the middle east at least 135 times. let me say that again. 135 attacks on american troops since january 2021. what's worse is that 52 of those attacks have happened in the last month since hamas conducted its murderous rampage and its ongoing war against israel. these rocket and drone attacks against american bases in iraq and syria caused 56

servicemember injuries, 25 traumatic brain injuries, and two americans have died because of these attacks. just like they have been for years, these attacks are financed by iran, israel's greatest enemy. these attacks, let's be clear, are meant to kill americans and to increase the conflict and violence in the middle east. so what's president biden done in response to these attacks? has he punished iran and its proxies for killing americans? has he made it clear that the united states will not tolerate these attacks in the future? no, not even close. consider the biden administration has also failed to enforce oil sanctions on iran, giving them over $90 billion, and now president biden is reportedly once again considering the release of the remaining $10 billion iran is

owed as part of the hostage exchange. what kind of message does it send to the people attacking our troops to give them another $10 billion more to fund their activities against the united states and israel? in fact, since the terrible atrocity of october 7, joe biden has not changed his iran policy in a single way. of the 135 attacks on americans, the biden administration has hit back fewer than ten times. think about that. 135 times they hit us, fewer than ten times did we hit them back. when the attacks against americans increased n- october, president biden didn't even authorize a response for nine days. it took at least 13 attacks on americans for president biden to finally react. and what did he do is? the bare minimum, are striking

empty weapon storage facilities in eastern syria. after these strikes, secretary blinken said my warning to the ayatollah was that if they continue to move against the troops, he will respond and should be prepared. it's not a surprise that shooting a bunch of empty warehouses doesn't scare iran. it emboldened them in the form of 22 more attacks. that's right, proxies attacked american troops' positions 22 more times after that initial pathetic response. when secretary austin announced those strikes, he said the united states does not seek conflict and has no intention or desire to gauge in further who's stilts. -- hostilities. well, they may not seek con be flict, -- conflict, but the others intend to.

on sunday we finally did hit back again, but, again, we didn't even try to hold the real bad guys accountable. instead the administration once again shot only at expendable proxies, iran obviously was not deterred by this latest pathetic response. how do we know that? once again these proxies have committed four more attacks against americans since sunday. iran has had a proxy strategy for decades. it uses groups like hamas and hezbollah and militias in iraq and syria to deny responsibility for its campaign of terror against israel and the united states. when we kill their proxies, all we do is validate their proxy strategies. iran will fight to the last arab, but iran will not fight if

we hold the things at risk that they hold most dear, their shock troops in the iranian revolution air in yif guard force -- revolution air in qli guard r- -- revolutionary guard force. the united states needs iran to know that we will not tolerate these attacks. we need to make sure that iran knows that we will not tolerate these attacks. and that any attacks by iran's proxies will be treated as an attack by iran on the united states and be met with devastating consequences. that's one reason i'll be introducing legislation later this week that would strengthen sanctions against the iranian transfer of missiles and drone technologies to terrorists and other a nations like russia which uses them in its war against ukraine.

it will stop iran from developing the kind of long-range missiles that can threaten the united states homeland. because, again, if we let iran continue to shoot at american troops in the middle east without shooting back at the iranians who are directing those attacks, what will they do if they get their hands on missiles that can target america? what will they do if they can get their hands on a nuclear weapon? is it time -- it is time today to make iran once again fear the united states before more americans die. mr. president, i yield the

>> time is of the essence.

time is of the essence, and that's why i rise today once again in calling for the immediate passage of the house led, and pass bipartisan standalone a package or israel. that will provide our ally with $14 billion in military assistance for their ongoing war with the savage hamas terrorists. this standalone bill does not use israel as a lever to fund ukraine funding or to make our border more porous to terrorists and criminals. i want to start by sharing two stories, the stories of two gentlemen i met last week. i want to start with durand. the rands brother was the mayor of a kibbutz located within a stone's throw of gaza. as the mayor he often welcomed palestinians from gaza. he shared meals with them and conversed with them. there was a peace loving family

but on the morning of october 7 top duran's brother the mayor was brutally murdered by hamas. but that wasn't enough. next, his brothers mother-in-law was murdered. then his son was murdered, and finally a nephew. in the manner of the few hours, a woman lost her husband, her mother, her son, and her nephew. the others try want to share are the two brothers call gal and guy. they went to the music festival just about three miles away from the gaza strip and on the morning of october 7, guy -- doubt was watching over his brother guy and they heard gunshots and they heard rockets going off and they both decided to run for their cars. they were split up and while gal

and guy made it home, guy never did. later that same day, his family saw horrifying videos of his brother laying on the ground handcuffed, and he remains a hostage to this day and, of course, we have no idea if guy is alive or not. so i ask him why is this important? why is time of the essence? listen to israel is a powder keg and is about ready to explode. for starters, since we were here last hamas leadership is declared its desire for a permanent state of war with israel on all borders. there can do to be a barrage of missiles, , rockets and drone attacks in israel that is worsened since the wars broke out with hamas firing at israel nearly 10,000 times. since october 7, 50 attacks have occurred on united states military installations, some 52

american soldiers have been injured. not to mention that were lost 30 some americans killed on october seventh by these monsters called hamas. so why time of the essence? right now the still hundreds of innocent people like guy being held captive and most likely being tortured and raped by hamas terrorists, including ten americans. so i standard today again calling him a democrat colleagues to do the right thing and today, yes, today pass for save it to the timely. spent over five weeks since the savage a brutal assault on our greatest ally in the middle east. the house in a bipartisan solution that'll been met with obstruction by my friends across the aisle in this chamber. at the american public wants to know why the white house and my friends here across the aisle insist upon leveraging this funding in order to fund their other priorities.

is the really anybody across the aisle that objects to israel receiving funding and to help stop this war against humanity? distillate is providing this egg is not lost in israel. raising questions about our commitment as an ally and press equally concern is the message it sends to hamas terrorists, emboldened them in their murderous endeavors. in our slow response reinforces the white house message that america has to red line and they continue to attack our military without significant recourse. american is not a fair weather friend. we must stand unequivocally with israel, country that is stood beside us as a staunch ally through thick and thin. we must pass this aid today. now when i met with taranto are lost as you recall format members of the sam on october 7 he pledged with me to up get one clear message to the american people. hamas does not use logic.

we are not due to with a civilized nation here. they are evil the fights in tap of logic. it'll make sense. these people are evil monsters who rape, torture, and kill their enemies. and by the way every person in this room is one of their enemies. anyone in america who does not believe in their religious ideas is there any. who they pledge to kill. hamas iran and proxy all taken note to kill every american. yet some of my colleagues across the aisle attempted to delay the delivery of this critical military assistance as a call for negotiations with these terrorists in a cease-fire. but ask each one of my friends across the aisle who is holding up this bipartisan funding to sit down with a victim of hamas savage attacks. please invite anyone at the 170 family members that are here on capitol hill today who have family members currently being held as hostages, their friends

and family members been used as a human shield by the evil terrorist group. i'm asking you to sit down with them and listen to their story. listen to the story of how hamas terrorist killed, tortured command and massacred the most jewish people since the nazi holocaust. i want to make sure as clear today hamas evil defies any logic. there's no negotiating with them. there's no terms that they would seriously consider. all they understand our death, poor, and destruction. let's make this point perfectly clear. our hesitation to provide bipartisan funding to our staunch ally israel and powers hamas against iran and its proxies a green light to kill americans. mr. president, i would like to urge everyone to take this measure at adopted immediately and for now i would like to to the gelatin from ohio, my friend senator vance.

>> mr. president? >> senator from ohio. >> thank you, mr. president and thanks to my colleague from kansas here. look, this is pretty simple and is pretty obvious. the united states senate with past aid much-needed aid to israel today at this very moment, aid the house is only passed. go to the president's signature this afternoon if my democratic colleagues would stand down, but they won't get many of them here gathered to push back against our very commonsense proposals to offer support to one of our most important allies as they face an ex-essential threat. and it's important for us to be honest about that fact two dollars israel would be getting support from this government tomorrow if our democratic friends didn't stop it today. now why are they doing this? you will hear over the next hour or so we will hear a lot of slogans but very little real discussion about our policy in

ukraine or our policy in israel. the democrats are decided that this must be combined into a massive hodgepodge package for it to pass the united states city. they are doing this because they know that americans united by koch united behind israel and want to use our issued allies as a political cover in the time of crisis. that is all this is about peculiar a whole lot but that is old way what this is about. they know they cannot defend president biden's disastrous pointless and ultimately directionless ukraine policy so they would like to use israel as a cover. now, we have before us a hodgepodge of us help a little from the present of the united states. it combines a few billion dollars for ukraine with a few billion dollars to gossen support because that makes a ton of sense, right? lets get money to the is ready to fight back against hamas the let's get some money to hamas to contra the won't use to kill israelis. it will just be food and medicine we are assured in the

window because hamas is the function of government in gaza we know if we give them support that support will ultimately flow to the war effort of the summit will. let's be honest about it, maybe some of the flow to the palestinian people, cobbe skeptical but we know at least some of it will support the hamas were ever. let's be honest about that fact or it's not just that though. it's not just a few billion for hamas. a few billion for israel. it's a few billion to resettle migrants in the united states of america because god knows we haven't had enough resettlement of migrants in the united states of america over the last couple of years, the fentanyl desk and the chaos and crying in a country prove it. at the top of the let's add $60 billion to ukraine because of course we know that israel and ukraine are very closely connected. they are so closely connected in fact, that this chamber can't have a separate debate on one aid package or the other. and then let's add some money to east asian top of that. we will combine all this into $106 billion of the middle aid package that has very, very little, the gross maturity of the money has nothing to do with

israel, and we will do it so that we can cover for the fact that the president of the trended to stone the world into chaos. what i'd like to do is have a separate debate can't divide these questions into separate conversations and debate them separately and oh, by the way, use the political will of this chamber to support our israel allies yesterday because they have needed it for much longer than that. now let me close with just a couple of final observations here and then i will take it over to my friend, the senator from missouri. i am getting sick in this ukraine policy debate of hearing the same exact slogans repeated this country has been covered for 30 years on bipartisan foreign policy slogans are quite a we have a real debate? we are told again and again and again that vladimir putin is just like hitler in the 1930s. if we don't stop him, he will march all the way through

europe. what happened to our education system that the only historical analogy we can use in this chamber is world war ii? what about world war i where competing major powers to the entire world into conflict the cows we didn't make smart decisions, we didn't de-escalate conflict when we had the opportunity. why is it we think vladimir putin who has struggled to fight against the ukrainians in senegal to be able to march all the way to berlin when you can't conquer a country immediately to his east? why do we think that everything that happened in the united states and in the world in 2023 is a munich, almost a century ago? i am sick of us not having a real debate on this conversation. vladimir putin is a bad guy. he should not have invaded ukraine but our policy in 2023 has to be different that our policy in the 1940s because the circumstances are different.

as lincoln said, our case is a new so we must think anew and act anew. you will also hear how you will also hear that china will be emboldened. china will be terribly emboldened if we don't stop the russians in ukraine. well, call me crazy but butk the chinese will be emboldened if we use limited american weapons and give it all to the ukrainians instead of giving it to the taiwanese. now maybe you disagree but let's have the debate and let's have the real debate on the president ukraine policy instead of holding israel hostage. there is nothing more shameful than taking an existential crisis, thousands of dead israeli civilians, and using them as a fig leaf for ukraine policy. if you want to defend ukraine policy, defendant. let the israel aid flow through and let it flow through today. i yield to my good friend from missouri. >> mr. president? >> senator from missouri. >> thank you, mr. president.

i stand in solidarity with my colleagues on separating these issues. i think the american people think that's what we do here. i think the american people think we actually have an appropriations process with individual builds comfort and we are offering and the meds and senators can other sick of republicans and democrats can have different ideas offer different in minutes every vote of those things. that's not what happened to her at all. this is now compounding this to the supplemental aid package of putting on a budget and related issues to try to bootstrap ukraine aid when the most pressing need we have right now, the most bipartisan support we have right now is the israeli aid. and by the way, it's paid for. i know listening to the hallways buzz in this town about actually paying for something is like unbelievable, like you know it's going to be catastrophic if we actually have that discussion but i think it's healthy. i think it's healthy but buk we need to separate these issues. this is supposed to be the most deliberative body in the history of the world and what we're told is we can't do that.

and to my friend from ohio's point a history doesn't begin and end with neville chamberlain. there are a lot of lessons from history about how do you confront these things. and by the weight each theater is very different. what israel needs is different. what ukraine might be disturbing. what time one might neatest of it. and oh, by the way but the united states of america might need is different as we face our chief rival in the world. we've never had one like this in history of this country with china. we have never had an economic rifle, and nuclear power cup millet rice rival like we have with china. maybe we should be talking as a talk with the doctor induction base, and effective broad support for this, for long-range capability. our military-industrial, our military industrial base is strapped right now. we are at capacity. we ought to be growing that. i support that but i think we ought to have a discussion about what is the united states need course as relates to israel, to have a clear objective, a

likelihood of success cop broad support. i get to the any of that as relates to ukraine. all we get are a given slogans and fear mongering. i think, by the way, if you brought up that for an individual it my past. i don't know. we ought to try it but i know this would. it should today. but we're going to objections now from the democrats. they are going to object to this and forestall this important aid that our allies in israel who are facing a real existential threat right now need. again, and by the way we of throat in we don't border here. and call me skeptical as relates to joe biden and his administration on his seriousness when it comes to the border when i was attorney general in missouri we thought some of these fights in court including keeping remain in mexico in place. we had to get court orders and contempt orders against this administration to follow the judge's order to enforce the law. now i'm going to thwart the

strongest border package possible but it's really hard when you have an executive branch that isn't interested in executing the law. and now we have 8+ many people in this country who come here illegally. they have admitted that quite possibly have terrorist in discussion because we have an open border. let's have that debate also. but here we are with an opportunity to separate the israeli funding again that is broad support. each one of these issues, each one of these funding requests have separate realities on the ground, political support, strategies, likely it of success. success. let's respect that and let's respect the will of the american people that we can actually come up here and do the important work we were sent here to to, which is to have real debate and what is supposed to be the both the liberty body in history of the world. i just back to the senator from cancer. >> mr. president? >> senator from kansas. >> mr. president, let me start by thanking my colleagues from

the great state of ohio and missouri for standing beside the people of israel unequivocally. .. unrelated conflicts. last week's debate here on the israel safety and security in ukraine, 77 times. 1120 of what's in israel. i ask americans to listen to this debate and ask how many times my friend across the aisle ukraine but turned their back like they are allergic to the word israel. it 45 minutes to make the case

for ukraine funding. i get it. forget it. you want to find ukraine but let's how effectively another day report americans understand about ukraine is joe biden has thrown 113 billing dollars are the problem minimal accountability. in return, 200,000 people have died. americans understand the war in ukraine is at a stalemate and will in 27, probably ten your work. it will turn into a work of attrition. what is the plan americans want to know how much more of the blood and treasure history cap to send overseas? let's make ukraine another day. my friends across the aisle will use a force. about a third reason you will support funding for israel give a different pay for meanwhile time is of the essence.

your carcass, our caucus decided on 24 ukraine pick your carcass and our progress is divided on open border crisis. i don't use any solution for republican controlled house from the house the first thing to hear from the white house leadership is it dead on arrival. and vice versa. every week offer dead on arrival, we are no closer today how to solve the open border crisis or ukraine funding and chemical want to month the six month ago. we are months apart, infinitely part from solving these problems. meanwhile growing more emboldened world war iii inches closer. i hear anyone say don't fund israel so why don't he today

text don't tell me try we should find ukraine, don't tell me you like to pay for. stand up today and say why we shouldn't fund israel today. tommy wife we shouldn't use the leverage for other priorities. why we shouldn't send a message to iran in the messages will tolerate these crimes against humanity. time is of the essence. standalone bill to fund israel in the senate should do the same. i asked unanimous consent the senate proceed to immediate consideration of hr 6126 received in the house. the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid up on the table.

>> reserving the right to object. america only standby some of its allies. it's only good some of the time. we let putin win. the answer emphatically be absolutely not. fundamental flaws the arguments i've heard from my colleagues.

the argument that somehow we haven't debated ukraine eight even though we haven't debated this even longer for israel and lori at eight four. ukraine had no more than israel, ukraine is a critical time in world war ii defend sovereignty against putin's invasion. abandoning ukraine is the same as to putin and send a message you can invite any democracy with infinity. members on both sides of the understand is and clear overwhelming bipartisan majority show support for it cannot about ukraine eight to be left behind yet again a critical moment to

protect the future of democracy. my colleagues really want debate, it is definitely wide so important we keep a together and here's a key raised time and again. strategic enough to understand that. you know who is watching how committed we are to our allies in ukraine? china. comes to serious military crisis in gaza for people of food and water and medical care centers the right and moral thing to do,

it is clearly an hour nationalist. the anger and ultimately extremism. ms. critical moment will respond the other challenges continue to after but we will send a dangerous message about american leadership in the world. for our commitment to me something has to be ironclad. will stand by our allies we stand up for democracy in the past strong package with support

for ukraine and israel humanitarian assistance and support her partners. committed to work on this link to the more important. more serious to support us in. senator from rhode island. democrat reserve my right to object. our allies, not just israel but also ukraine.

it's about making sure we don't continue support and commitment to ukraine. it's just as important as israel. if we fail, listen and unfortunate message. exceed and running americans allies if you simply wait us out. my colleagues have been in a false narrative dividing support to ukraine. the truth is the only obstacle help and filled nation them. united states is already supporting israel. providing israel with over 12.4 billion missile-defense money over the last three years and in response to the attacks

on october 7. the breathing. they have aged in this subject 5600 american military personnel actions against the united states in the middle east. we need to support israel. we are supporting israel and will continue but we cannot abandon ukraine. they have lost personal. israel and of all the images the night they were the, it was traumatic for the entire state of israel. the jewish community worldwide. go to ukraine, data the graves

of people trying to back him to him head while their hands were tied. talk about holidays, those were atrocities perpetrated by russians. hundreds of all, israel and ukraine. there struggling. this is not my opinion. two weeks ago my pompeo, he wrote about ukraine. the outcome will have a direct impact on national security. on the battlefield or war of attrition on diplomacy and i would suggest the these diplomacy.

secretary : pompeo simply taking ukraine. engaged in defending our allies. the military policy serve in our military. send american voters if we don't support ukraine, that will happen. >> we have three days, israel need support, american families and communities are counting on us to deliver disaster

assistance and affordable high-quality childcare. there are many needs we must address and we have to now but not isolating ukrainian allies. i will yield to senator. >> reserving the right to object. understand concerns raised by my colleague and i share many of them. we have all seen the horrifying videos and images and scenes of death and destruction perpetrated by hamas terrorists october 7. the deputies what they for the jewish people since the holocaust. we all know return to the status quo is acceptable. i support the sense of urgency must get security a to israel as a way to the end itself.

it is my privilege and honor to appropriate literally millions of dollars iron dome, the air defense. i joined a court of my colleagues in the senate last week with the same message. many of my colleagues harken back to the days we are stuck in that thinking. the visit by hamas terrorists moscow influences in the plan, no. hamas had already objected israel. heiko solis, let's they went to moscow vladimir putin.

what's happening in israel is a mirror of what's happening in ukraine. innocent people killed, there's the story in both places. winokur about supporting further, we just want to help one of our allies. 2000 miles north of israel other countries fighting for survival in the face of a brutal assault also in need of security systems, backcountry is ukraine. two months ago i mentioned colleagues join me in a private tutor confidential meeting, president zelenskyy told us about the equivocation, without

support of the united states lose this war. now for the republicans to say step aside it will jeopardize our future and make a mockery in ukraine resisting aggression. they stressed the need for aid to ukraine. we are the front line of democracy in ukraine and to walk away from ukraine as republican suggest today was travesty. the pullback now would be unconscionable.

countries like russia, china and iran eager to fill the void. in both israel and ukraine roof was closed out there. secretary often went further, today's aggression will define global security for years to come. to walk away from assistance leads us to that conclusion. only from american leaders should secure terrorists for more atrocities. must remain steadfast in chinese aggression including. one cannot look at the seams out of follow-up without realizing that many thousands of innocent victims, people not part of the

hamas leadership, people simply trying to survive. the scene from hostels on a daily basis is a reminder there is desperate need for humanitarian aid. a dozen infants separated because electricity is often there is no foreign hospital. premeditated the helpless victims is consistent with the united states and the support. military assistance is not the right thing but it will help prevent the next conflict in our own security in the future and urge my colleagues to resist from ukraine and ignore. people of ukraine have shown strong acreage.

and at this moment in danger and carol around the world, we united states of america must support friends and democracies under attack from brutal adversaries. supporting israel's right to defend itself in the taxable traversal, it means ensuring people. make no, this proposal for today saying the ukrainian people should surrender to vladimir putin, waiting for flag. if we don't support ukraine, not only will ukrainian democracy around the world.

ronald reagan would be rolling in his grave. the reporting party made me ukraine in the fight for democracy and freedom. most of us gathered recently in the old senate chamber zelenskyy and he was very clear ukrainians will defend their marketing sovereignty but if united states doesn't standby the people of ukraine, putin will have the upper hand. for goodness psaki, ukrainian friends spilling blood, giving lives, the very least we can do is step up and provide literary assistance so they can defend themselves and this is not only about ukraine, it is about sure our allies, nato allies understand united states stand

up against aggression. united states looks away nato alliance will begin to collapse. it's a terrible signal to others along the world watching carefully for the united states and allies do with respect to ukraine. i have heard my colleagues say it's only speculation whether allies and pacific would think if we walked away. they have told us clearly leaders in japan and south korea, taiwan they are watching closely what the united states does with respect to ukraine justice president xi jinping is keeping one eye on taiwan is acute the other i am what's happening in ukraine. president biden scheduled to meet with president xi jinping tomorrow and the comforts.

i can tell my colleagues don't pretend here in the senate for otherwise will be tough on china must support taiwan if you cut loose and run when it comes to ukraine because they are intricately elected. ask the people in china ask the people in indo pacific region. finally, i keep my republican colleagues talking about so-called as if $14 billion cut case for the $14 in for israel or from pay for it, please the

was the testimony of democrats and republicans in the budget many probably increase the deficit? were taking away funds the irs is using to go after wealthy tax deadbeats. people not paying taxes already do. you are saying we are going to deny you the funds to go after those wealthy people. it doesn't pay for it. it is not true. it's astounding, i hurt my colleagues use leverage a couple of times. it is new cynicism to use effort to build support israel, provide what amounts to don't have to

pay your taxes to wealthy americans. mr. not to give another tax break to wealthy folks on the side, it's not a tax break, is requiring people pay. but stand up for ukrainian democracy in ukraine. until we send a message to allies around the world with them and adversaries around the world that we will and by our friends. with that, i note micah. >> i'm glad to be here today, it is important.

i heard earlier result of that slogan, i cannot believe that the greek which the accomplishment to the ukrainian people diminished on this. absolutely disgraceful. they are this close to winning this war. there is a freeze today on the battlefield on the front line in part because putin knows exactly what is going on here. he knows what's going on here, he knows he is losing on the battlefield. he under stand. xi jinping understands, he knows that.

living on the battlefield is counting on many on top of the world, counting on this battlefield. this isn't about selling. let's talk about what ukraine has done the last two years. i have not heard anybody talk about in the discussion. my colleagues on the other side, i was listening because he will not hold off your lifetime. later revised and what you will hear from ukrainians. leaders russian attack on kyiv which was 72 hours. the one the battle of kharkiv.

they took back to her back more than more than half of the land taken from them in this invasion. mark nobody two years ago would have predicted that. everybody would have said putin would never relinquish that. almost single-handedly with asia and africa, why does it matter? it matters so the rest of the world can, they will stay in the fight and no other country can leave the united states of america. they have gotten tired. last month, hook up, i put in the record -- may i put in the

record? they largely neutralize, they don't even have real navy. there willingness to sacrifice and manage to neutralize. this is all while russians outnumber ukrainians three to one and how much american treasure. the middle of democracy ukraine has killed 300,000. thanks to ukraine are doing the work that nato have not been

asked to do that the. putin knows he is losing, the only question he has is when the war, who is going to lose ukraine? the people today say it's not a lesson for world war ii, it is a lesson for world war i, they are going to lose ukraine. we have a right? we haven't lost hundred thousand people when all we are asked is manufacture the weapons and ukraine on this battlefield and the american people to work to support ukraine and democracy,

can be possibly be fatigued at this moment? i suppose we could have a different debate ukraine hasn't been as successful. while we know if we roll over now, if we stop providing with their weapons, we stand here today, $1 billion left. if we stop providing them with resources, stop providing the intelligence we provide, they will lose this war. president zelenskyy came and told you that. we will win this war. we cannot abandon ukraine so we need to speak today, i am glad this has been recorded for

history. i am glad to be days debate is recorded because when a.i. lost this war, it's not a question of rhetoric, it's going to be a question of a war there on the verge of winning and we have walked away from and loss repercussions to every corner of this world including where xi jinping is right now saint don't forget about it. i yield the floor. >> senator from connecticut. thank you very much, i want to thank senator murray and senator reid for leading us to this time, i want to make two breakpoints and i will turn it over to my colleagues. first, i understand my republican colleagues want to avoid the question of republican

priority. the fact it, israel only bill passed a massive giveaway for the richest americans. millionaires and billionaires who don't pay taxes so as we only funds israel, kino and the house of representatives has be matched with a massive giveaway for millionaires and leaners. only you can ignore that fact that a large swath of the republican party using crisis in israel to deliver another gift

to the americans who don't need any more gifts, 700 billionaires in this country with more net worth with 60% of all americans. the rules are already rate in favor of the super wealthy so the idea that we would facilitate a plan and house of representatives to use as a means to break the rules in favor of the older which americans, incredibly distasteful. think about where and priorities are today. i want to talk about what others talk about, the lazy referencing, sloganeering a accused him of engaging in, it is correct what is happening in

ukraine does not have modern presidents. never before in our lifetime, post-world war ii order has a large nuclear nation invaded another large nation but the purpose of annexation. what russia is trying to do is fundamentally change the rule, shift international norms. they been in place since world war two. it's a big country that doesn't question the rules undergird the last 70 years of growth and

national security. we don't believe we should support ukraine because just believe bottom of putin's adolf hitler, we don't believe we should support ukraine to perpetuate slogan, no. we believe we have an interest some of the most powerful nation in the world, the world war ii order to defend those rules because if we don't, no one else will and it strikes me my republican colleagues have this fatalistic view of what is going to happen in ukraine. view america as weak, impotent and powerlessness in the safe a phone president the aggression

from lender putin. america is connected to our willingness to stand up and lead and moments of crisis. this is a unique president which is why it requires the united states to stand against russia's aggression. for thousands of years we know this because you read about in your history books growing up. thousands of years prior to postwar to this world was defined by civilization on civilization, violence and conflict. people in the constant threat that there entire world would be ended by another one of these civilization conflicts. weapons were bows and arrows,

firearms millions died survived. we live in a very different era to be not permissive and fatalistic about consequences of reentering a world and paradigm in which dates enter into conflict against other states because we live in a world filled with weapons of mass destruction. not just nuclear but highly sophisticated weapons. now this conflict russia and ukraine are engaged in, pasta conflict back in white out millions in a day and by the united states of america that for post world war, we have

fought and sometimes like to me significant and it is protected it is hard short-term satisfy me now. i understand to get phone calls from the constituents. it matters ukraine world america will be in a conflict with another nuclear nation. we will be talking about thousands of ukrainians dying, millions of americans die

appreciate policy today, it is important as a get more we are setting the future of this world government. >> reserving the rights, i will be pre-with here. i have rarely seen such a cynical piece of legislation on the senate floor. i have rarely seen it. the first thing, everything looks like a nail so when others opportunity to legislate even before policies, even when we are will fight, the first thing that comes to mind of many

people, how can we make life easier for the wealthiest among us? is literally nothing to do with israel or security matters. the wealthiest among us -- the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the following intern from my office be granted floor privileges until november 15, 2023. cava fink. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ricketts: thank you, mr. president. here we are again. i am looking at a floor where there's nobody on it. in fact, we haven't even taken a vote today. it has been seven weeks -- and

nobody's here. folks, we have very serious problems facing our country. we have an open border. it's a humanitarian and security crisis. we have $34 trillion in debt. let me put that in perspective. that's about $256,000 for everybody in this country. and that is roughly the cost of a second mortgage for people in nebraska. so it's like you own your own home. now you've got another home on top of that. only it's not a home. it's your federal debt. and of course we are facing another government shutdown because we have not passed a budget. when i was governor of nebraska, one of the things i told my team is that passing a

budget is our most important thing we do. we fund the government. we're getting involved six months before we would give our budget to the legislature to start working on that budget. now let me tell you how it's supposed to work here in the u.s. senate. we are supposed to pass 12 appropriations bills. for the first time in five years the senate appropriations committee indeed passed 12 appropriations bills before the august recess. first time in five years before the august recess. two came out june 22. the other ten came out in july. and yet for months our leader sat on those appropriations bills. we did not vote on them. we did nothing. we should have been amending, debating, and voting on those bills. and we did nothing. and here we are again facing a

government shutdown. now it's a little different this time around because we have actually voted on three of those 12 appropriations bills. they got crammed together in what's called a minibus. and since that minibus have been voted on and passed we've done nothing again, which means we've done 25% of our work. 25%. now to most people, 25% is a failing grade. leading up to the september 30 deadline to pass the budget, our majority leader had kept us in recess five of seven weeks. we typically come in on tuesday and leave on thursday. we come in on monday and leave on thursday. do you know what most people in my state do? they work monday through friday. and when they've got to get the

job done, guess what they'll also do? they'll work weekends. the house in october canceled their state work home period. we didn't. the house has passed 7 of those 12 appropriations bills. now that's only 58%, but that's still more than twice as many as we passed. why aren't we working. why aren't we working on the people's business here? we should be in session every day to get our work done. so far this year we have voted 307 times, 307. that's less than one a day. only 35% of those votes have been on legislation. the other 65% have been on judicial candidates and nominations and so forth.

we can work harder. our constituents work hard every day. nebraskans work hard every day. we need to be here working on the people's business. i am ready to work each and every day until we pass these appropriations bills. we should get all 12 of them passed. we should work with the house to pass theirs. and it all should be done before september 30. and yet here we are approaching november 17 and yet another deadline, another threatened government shutdown, another continuing resolution. i am ready to work. i know my colleagues are ready to work. mr. leader, let us work. call us together. let us vote. let's get the people's business done. let's pass a budget. we should have an open government and a closed border. we need to control our spending

and our debt. these are serious issues. please let us work. mr. president, i yield back.

a determined and omitted supporter of ukraine. let's look back for a moment. the late of, a man decorated for

exploration joined a nationwide movement slogan was america first. america first seemed to say we should be out of the conflict in the specific and in europe we should step back and allow the armies to advance across western europe and allow armies to advance across asia because those are not ours. in fact, he gave a publicized speech in favor of neutrality. just on the east of the attack pearl harbor. history proved america first almost risk america alone in the world of combat authoritarianism. i will tell you, that mistake is a mistake my colleagues risk making now. about two make america week they can go back the argument of the isolation on the verge of the

second world war. the third to my colleague, i was like you don't really have a debate, you have a debate with your own leadership. i have heard on the score clear and focused, critical role without support for ukraine, not from democrats alone but some of the most seasoned capable leading members of the republican caucus including my colleagues. there is broad support for ukraine. senator from georgia. mr. warnock: mr. president, there are several important domestic and international matters before us that require our urgent attention. not least of which is the need to find a bipartisan path to keep the federal government open and funded within the next three days to prevent a national

economic calamity. we have a lot of work to do. a lot of priorities vie for our attention. but today on world diabetes day, i rise to address another pressing issue that i believe also requires our timely action. mr. chair, i want to uplift the findings of my new bipartisan white paper released today on this world diabetes day. it shines a light on the urgent need for congress to finally address the high cost of insulin and pass federal legislation to cap the cost of insulin for every american who needs it. this report is issued jointly today from my office in collaboration with my partner in this work, my friend, the republican senator from

louisiana, john kennedy. senator kennedy and i have been working to address the high cost of insulin because this is a problem that is particularly acute in our states. over 12% 6 adults in my -- 12% of adults in my home state of georgia, 12% are diabetic. but in louisiana that number climbs to over 14%. and many of these are people who cannot afford access to this lifesaving drug. this is what we hear from the people in our states, but this new report for the first time takes a comprehensive look to learn more about who and where these people are. and what we found in our original analysis is that there are more than 800 counties

across the country where you see the tragic convergence of high rates of diabetics coupled with high rates of uninsured people. high levels of diabetes, high levels of uninsured people. and we call these insulin deserts. these insulin deserts, some 813 counties across our country are in the top half of counties across the country for both their percentage of individuals who are uninsured and who have diabetes. over 800 counties. and over 100 of these insulin desert counties are in my home state of georgia. over 75 million elderly people

live in insulin deserts. that includes more than 12 million americans who are uninsured. in fact, among nonelderly individuals, insulin deserts have nearly doubled the percentage of uninsured residents as those who live in nondeserts. and so our analysis shows these insulin deserts are concentrated in the south. and the southeast. but it also shows that there are insulin deserts all over the country. concentrated in the south and in the southeast, but you see them from washington state to texas to north dakota, to florida, to new jersey. in other words, this is a national problem. and who are the people in these

insulin deserts? well, as compared to uninsured folks in other parts of the country, uninsured americans who live in these places are one, more likely to fall under the federal poverty line than their counterparts. they are less likely to be college graduates than uninsured americans and nondeserts. they are more likely to be people of color than uninsured americans in nondiserpts. in -- nondeserts. in fact, in 2019, black americans were twice as likely as nonhispanic white americans to die from diabetes. and ininsured americans in insulin deserts are less likely to have access to sufficient internet service than uninsured americans. and why does this matter? it matters in part -- one of the

reasons is matters because it means that they have less access to patient assistance programs offered online by insulin manufacturers. and we know that the challenges that uninsured people experience when it comes to accessing health care. this report deals with the uninsured, people who are diabetics, and the convergence of those two things. so, mr. chair, what does all of this mean? what this report illustrates is that even with the steps private industry has taken to lower insulin costs, steps that are good, that many of us in congress pressed them to do, but are still voluntary and, by the way, they can be rescinded at any time. and even with the steps more than 20 states have taken to institute state-level insulin copay caps and even with our success in lowering

out-of-pocket insulin costs for medicare beneficiaries, there are still millions of americans in communities across our country who are being left behind. they live in these insulin deserts, concentrated in the south and the southeast, but you see them all over the country. and they are being left behind. according to the department of health and human services, in 2019 uninsured people with diabetes spent close to $1,000 on insulin alone. if you're poor and uninsured, that number is unaffordable. we know that number includes the 246,000 uninsured americans who use insulin every year, and we know that number rises to more than 540,000 americans when we include those who experience a lapse in coverage. but even when we look past the

uninsured, we know that when we include those americans with private insurance, the total number of americans who are left vulnerable to potential spikes in insulin prices jumps to some two and three-quarters of a million americans. here's the thing. insulin should not be expensive. it's a 100-year-old drug. when it was invented the patent was sold for $1. it certainly shouldn't be unaffordable. for the first time this analysis which my office releases today paints a clear picture of who is needlessly suffering and who we will leave behind if we do not pass my $35 cap for the insured

and the un insured. we already know what happens when people can't afford their insulin. we know that one in four diabetics -- listen -- ration their insulin. in the united states of america people are rationing insulin. getting insulin from friends who have relatives who passed away. i spent time with a young woman in my state named lacy who was meeting people on facebook, meet-up groups and then meeting them in dimly lit parking lots at the local chic-fil-a to get insulin. in the united states of america. a drug invented is 100 years ago, sold for $1. that's not right.

but not only is it not right, it's not smart. it's bad fiscal policy. we know that every year federal and state governments spending on hospitalizations related to complications from diabetes totals more than $11 billion. that's more money than it would cost to cap the cost of insulin for everybody who knows it -- for everybody who needs it. and so, yes, i'm a pastor. i'm going to make the moral argument. but i'm saying to you that it's not right and it's not smart. and perhaps that's why there are many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who care about this issue and have long been working to make insulin more affordable for diabetics. i want to commend my colleagues, senator jeanne shaheen and susan

collins, for their leadership over the years that has helped keep this issue on washington's front burner. i look forward to our continued partnership in the coming months on this hirsch. -- on this issue. mr. chair, i was proud that last year this chamber passed a provision from my legislation, the affordable insulin now act, that was signed into law as part of the inflation reduction act. since january 1, that provision has been saving our seniors money by capping out-of-pocket insulin costs at no than $-- at no more than $35 a month for medicare patients. mr. chair, my original affordable insulin now act included a $35-a-month insulin co-pay cap for patients on private insurance as well, and it almost passed this chamber. we got close.

now it's time to get it done. we weren't successful in getting that provision over the finish line, but i was proud that earlier this year i got together with my friend, john kennedy, and we introduced a new bipartisan version of the affordable insulin now act that would finish the work we started by capping insulin costs at $35 a month for insured americans and uninsured americans. since then, senator kennedy and i have been working to build support for our legislation, which we've committed will be -- listen -- completely paid for. and i'm proud that support for our plan has continued to grow. i'm proud our bipartisan bill has the support now of a broad coalition of senators from both sides of the aisle, from senators fetterman to peters to hawley to the vance to warren to

casey to brit to tuberville to braun, to rosen. senators who don't agree on a whole lang of things -- on a whole range of things, but we all know this makes sense. our bipartisan plan to lower insulin costs also has the support of organizations like the american diabetes association, the american college of physicians, protect our care and first focus campaign for children. so on world diabetes day, i encourage all of my colleagues to read this report which we released today because it drives home the work we should be focused on for the more than seven million americans with diabetes who use insulin and it reminds us of who we leave behind when we fail to act.

dr. king said, of all the injustices, inequality in health care is the most shocking and the most inhumane. shame on us if we can't get this done. and so, in closing -- and nobody believes a baptist preacher when he says in closing, i think this report is summed up by a woman in the state of the georgia. she said, i have suffered with diabetes since the age of 11. the type of insulin that costs me hundreds of dollars every month at the pharmacy was released to market the year before i was diagnosed. she said, i bought a vial in 1996 without insurance and it cost me $18 in 1997. thins lynn has not -- this insulin has not changed since then. the drug hasn't changed. but it now costs hundreds of dollars. something needs to be done to

ensure we, who depend on this life-sustaining medicine, can continue to afford it. we will literally die in -- in a matter after days without it. it is not a matter of choice. i agree with her. something must be done. and so let me just thank folks in my office, dedicated public servants who have been working on this issue, especially gabby vici, annie huang and rupert melanick. people who need insulin really need it. it is not a matter of choice and congress can make a difference by passing this bipartisan legislation. i urge my colleagues, with all that we have to do, to prioritize this work as we handle the host of other vital issues that requires this body's

attention. thank you, mr. chair. and with that, i yield the floor. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. i don't -- i don't intend to try to match the eloquence of senator warnock, and i'm certainly not going to repeat what a. just said. -- what he just said. raphael and i have introduced, as he said is the affordable insulin now act of 2023. it would cap the price of insulin for people with private insurance and people who don't have any insurance at all at $35

for at that 30-day supply. -- for a 30-day supply. i've noticed that nobody in washington ever stands up and says, i've got a lousy idea, and i need money for it. it's always, i've got an extraordinary idea, an important idea, an effective idea, and we need to do this. we need to spend money on it. and in almost all the cases, the people making that assertion are in good faith. they really believe that. and in many cases, it's true. they have a great idea. and a lot of what we do, as you know, mr. president, is we make

decisions, but we really -- that means we balance interests. we've got a finite amount of money. we can't keep borrowing at the rate we've been borrowing. we've got a finite amount of money. we've got to make our decisions on what to spend that money on. and the traditional dichotomy is, well, guns versus butter. domestic needs versus defense needs. but it's more complicated than that. sometimes it's butter versus butter. and those are hard decisions to make, and i realize that a -- and i realize that. the second point i guess i would make is that we deal with so many problems, mr. president, in

the united states congress that, frankly, we don't know how to solve. we're doing the best that we can, but we're really nibbling around the edges. i don't know how to make apparent -- make a parent love their child. we all know that if a parent doesn't show the parent's lost e parent's love for a child, a the child is not going to stop loving the parent. the child is going to stop loving himself. and we know what that means, too. and i don't know how -- i don't know anybody that really knows how to make a parent love a child and support their children. that's one of those problems we'll deal with all the time. it's hard to solve. we don't really completely

understand how to successfully help an addict stop being an addict. i wish we did, and there are things we can do to help the addict, but we don't real lay have the answer. -- really have the answer. sometimes we pretend we do, but we don't. we don't have the answer. i don't have the answer. -- to stop people from hurting other people, from taking their stuff and doing it repeatedly. and i could continue. all the easy problems are solved solved, and i make these two points, that we have a lot of competing interests for the way we spend money and the point that there are some problems we

really don't know how to solve. to assert -- and you can believe me or not believe me -- but if you'll read the report that raphael talked about, you'll see that he and i, i believe, are correct. this is a problem we can solve. if i had to pick one health problem that affects the quality of life and costs our country and our system the most money, it would be diabetes. it is a horrible disease. and it can't be cured. but we know how to treat it. it's very pervasive. in my state, 44% of my people are affected by diabetes.

directly. 14% are diabetic. another 30% are prediabetic. and louisiana is not the only state with those kind of numbers. diabetics account for one dollar of every four dollars spent. one out of everynd 4 spent on health care in the united states -- one out of every $4 spent on health care in the united states of america. think about that a the average cost of hospitalization for a diabetic, which if they can't pay for it ultimately we all pay -- the average cost of hospitalization for diabetic patients is up to $23,000 a year. and medical costs, if you look

beyond the quality you have life issue and the moral issue of just helping people who are sick, if you look at it in terms of dollars and cents, diabetes costs america $327 billion a year. that's in medical costs and lost work and wages and lost productivity. so we know the problem, and we know the costs. and we have a solution. insulin. it works. it works. so why don't we make insulin available to everybody who needs it, whether they can afford it or not? and that's what our bill does. it's not going to be free.

insulin doesn't cost that much to make. and i don't begrudge the companies who sell insulin. i don't begrudge them making a profit. but it is bone deep, down-to-the-marrow stupid for us to allow someone whose diabetes can be managed by taking insulin not to take that insulin because they can't afford it. that's immoral, and that makes no sense in terms -- in terms of dollars and cents cost to the rest of the american people. and raphael's and i bill would address that. it would say if you have private insurance, great. but if you don't have any

insurance at all, if you're uninsured -- and a lot of americans become uninsured every year. maybe they don't stay uninsured, but they become uninsured. and you're diabetic, we're going to cap your out-of-pocket costs at $35 for a 30-day supply. so you have no excuse not to take your insulin to address your diabetes. it's the right thing to do. it's the smart thing to do. and raphael and i's bill is paid for. we're not suggesting we go out and just borrow more money. this bill, our bill is paid for. it's going to be paid for by finding other monies in the budget. now senator warnock has worked extremely hard. he's the lead author on this

big, and i thank him for his big mind and his good heart and soul on this issue. others have worked hard too. senator collins and senator shaheen have a bill. and we're working to try to marry all of our, our two bills, the four of us. but ultimately what it's going to come down to, in my opinion, is that senators being senators, senator schumer is the floor leader, he's going to have to force a shotgun marriage here. he's going to have to take the good work of senator shaheen and senator collins and senator raphael and my work -- whether you want to call it good or not -- and say i'm going to take their efforts and put them in one bill. and senator schumer's bill will be paid for. otherwise i'm not going to vote for it. but it will be paid for.

and his bill -- aisle wrap it up real -- i'll wrap it up real fast. and his bill will be paid for and it will lower the cost of insulin for insured and uninsured. with that, mr. president, i yield to the senator from kansas a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: i move to proceed to making an emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attack in israel. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to --. mr. marshall: mr. president. mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to h.r. 6126, an making supplemental appropriations.

attacks -- warnock --. mr. warnock: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk is reporting. the senator from georgia. mr. warnock: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:. mr. marshall: we ask unanimous consent for a quorum call to be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. warnock: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call:

the clerk: mr. barrasso. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. a senator: mr. president, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard.

the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

the clerk: mrs. blackburn. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there

objection? objection is heard.

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. a senator: i ask the quorum call be vitiated and unanimous consent to do so. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. mrs. blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i ask that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated.

the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. mrs. blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i ask that we vitiate the quorum call so we can move to the funding of the israel funding bill from the house. the presiding officer: the senate is not order. objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitter -- be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. senatm call be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard.

the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. a senator: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard.

mr. cruz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. a senator: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard.

the clerk: mr. booker.

quorum call:

the clerk: mr. boozman.

the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is is heard.

the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. vance: inaudible] the presiding officer: objection is heard.

quorum call: mr. cruz: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call: mrs. blackburn: mr. president, i ask that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you. the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call:

quorum call:

the clerk: mr. braun.

a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. the clerk: mrs. britt.

quorum call:

[inaudible conversations] theme and thank you all for coming this morning and thank you for rearranging your schedules. unfortunately i'm not able to -- but i still wanted to have the opportunity to chat with all of you. what is happening on capitol hill but i want you to take a moment to chat about something i'm passionate about and that the senate is passionate about and that's fighting this gorgeous fentanyl. as you know is that it go to

last month and met directly with president g similar to president biden's meeting tomorrow. it probably took more time than any other and we 85 minutes which was unprecedented. we made a plea to president xi to stop the precursor drugs, sorry we made a plea to stop the precursor chemicals that chinese companies sent to mexico and the drag games make the fentanyl incentive into america. i told president xi they could be preventing a -- worried about the negative opinion of china in nine states and nothing nothing could help raise chinese image a little bit in the united states anything more than stopping the flow of fentanyl. that would be the thing that

would most benefit the chinese image here in the united states as we need to repair. french analysis chords that kills tens of thousands of our kids all the time and he is apart to stop it but i said to him as a small businessman and he studied it. i said my father is a small businessman and he would know a good deal when he sees it. these precursor drugs would be minimal compared to the benefit to united states and the world. well i believe we made real progress with president xi on this issue and i'm very optimistic that good news will come from tomorrow's meeting between president xi and president biden on the issue of fentanyl. and if china stops the flow i can't think of anything that

would do more to stop fentanyl from coming into the united states than china stopping the flow of these precursor drugs which incidentally are illegal in china but they don't do anything to stop them. we also talked with xi about reciprocity, the china trading china companies unfairly whereas the united states is far more open attitudes towards chinese companies being here in america and i know that will be part of the conversation as well. on senator tuberville, later this afternoon i will be going over to the rules committee as they mark up the resolution allowing the senate to finally confirmed the military promotions currently being blocked by senator tuberville. for nine months senator tuberville has single-handedly prevented the swift bipartisan confirmation of hundreds of generals and flag officers and put our military in jeopardy

with each passing day. as a result of senator tuberville told america's national security is paying a price and their military readiness is paying a price at a time when we need military readiness more than ever. and the spouses and children of these people who have served their country for decades is being held in complete turmoil and jeopardy because of senate or tuberville's stubbornness. as you can see now patience is wearing thin for senator tuberville on both sides of the aisle. i strongly support this resolution to overcome these military holds and if it is reported out a committee today, which i believe it will, a republican colleagues cannot convince senator tuberville to

drop its holds that will bring it to the floor as soon as possible for a vote. on government funding, cheers, salute, i don't know too many others. who is italian? that will make me live to 100 years. and in english, water is good. on government funding when it comes to government funding as i have long said it tested the bipartisan and right now that's the path we seem to be on. i'm certain cautiously so the speaker johnson is moving forward with this year that precisely omits the sort of hard right cuts that would have been nonstarters for democrats. i certainly don't agree with everything he has proposed and i can't imagine too many senators who have taken the speakers at protein drafting this bill on

the democratic or the republican side here in the senate but the fact that he has put the proposal before the house does two things democrats pushed for and i talked to him about on the phone ahead of time. one, not making the hard right right cuts at that the maga wing demands and second making sure if they are going to do this sort of electric defenses in the second part of the latter not the person we will see over the course of how the house rules and weather comes forward when it comes here at the house should pass it, and i hope they do, peter mcconnell and i will figure out the best way to get this done quickly neither mcconnell nor i want to shut down. yes.

[inaudible] the president isn't going to get everything done done. they make some progress on some key issues in the relationship is beginning to be repaired because despite the fact that i've been in china for decades with talks we can't, we to try to get as good relations as china has possible. still make it clear to them that we have no differences as to how they are treating their people but also our companies and our people. next. >> following up on that question at another topic of conversation speaking to chinese officials about what china can do to contribute the climate crisis especially in advance.

>> we brought that up then as i understand it that's an area where discussions have so far according to the ambassador mr. burns were beginning to make real progress on that. >> why is important for you to show solidarity with -- and with your thoughts and your colleagues like ocasio cortez -- on the cease-fire. >> i have three policies. one to radically reduce the presence of hamas. they are a real threat. two to free the hostages and three to minimize civilian casualties. >> the white house called it a recipe for more chaos and a shutdown. do you agree? we all want to avoid a shutdown. i have talked to the white house and both of us agree the white

house and myself that if this will avoid a shutdown it will be a good thing. [inaudible] does this provide further urgency. >> recently i talked to senator warner about this has been working with the republicans and he's going to get back to me with some recommendations. [inaudible] >> we'd like to do it as soon as possible. both mcconnell and i want to avoid a shutdown to getting this done obviously before friday at midnight, dissent has lots of arcane rules. mcconnell and i will work together and we talked about this yesterday to get it done as quickly as possible.

[inaudible] >> we will look i want to see i very strongly all requested the president be approved ukraine, israel, humanitarian and indo pacific. and we will work very hard to get that done. one of the holdups is that leader mcconnell has said that we have to have some kind of border security. we have democrats and republicans working together to try to come up with a border security package that will have bipartisan support. we had to get this done as soon as we come back after thanksgiving it will be a high priority getting this work done. bipartisan support in the house, together. >> speaker johnson made the point that they pass something

here in the senate. >> look we all know speaker johnson's proposal was not a serious proposal. the president ari said he'd veto it. we need bipartisan support and they'll work strenuously, very hard to get all four done. >> to what extent are you talking to republicans about the standing order positioned to tuberville? >> as you can tell by what senator ernst and sullivan and graham and young and there's one other, romney did on the floor the other night which was sort of unprecedented. patience is wearing thin on the republican side. they are sitting down with tuberville trying to propose different ways to get this done without a vote on a resolution that they can't come to that agreement we will soon put that resolution on the floor.

>> did senator manchin give you a heads up on his retirement. >> yes he gave me heads up. we are going to keep the majority. i'm optimistic we can gain a seat or two and everyone thinks the opposite. if we would have looked at a press conference i would have had a year ago over blue seats in the senate i would have said we would gain them and guess what we gain to see. i'm very hopeful we will do extremely extremely well. >> some democrats are worried about the wic funding and the continuing resolution. >> i know their discussions between that and we want to pass a bill that doesn't shut down the government. last one. >> they want the president to

leave all options on the table including the use of military force. [inaudible] >> i'd had to look at their resolution before i may comment on that. thank you everybody. [inaudible conversations]

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>> good afternoon everyone. recognizing a quorum that called to order the meeting of the senate committee on rules ask unanimous consent the call of the -- to suspend the call of the quorum. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report the cloture motion. 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 motion to proceed to calendar number 241, h.r. 6126, a bill to make emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in israel for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024 and for other purposes signed by 16 senators as follows. marshall, braun. the presiding officer: the senator from washington is recognized. mrs. murray: mr. president, i move that the -- be waived and i move to table the motion to proceed to h.r. 6126. i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be so.

the clerk will call the roll. is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

the clerk: mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman.

the clerk: mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn.

ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. the clerk: mr. cramer.

the clerk: 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 -- cantwell, cardin, gillibrand, markey, murray, padilla, ossoff, reed, schatz, schumer, van hollen, warner, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative --

barrasso, blackburn, brit, capito, cornyn, cotton, cruz, grassley, hawley, johnson, lee, marshall, paul, ricketts, romney, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. mr. menendez, aye.

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye.

vote: the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. graham, aye.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. graham, no.

the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: mr. budd, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. moran, no. ms. collins, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. risch, no. ms. hirono, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. young, no.

mr. sanders, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye.

mr. merkley, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. ernst, no.

the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. boozman, no.

the clerk: ms. butler, aye.

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

vote:

the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. mr. cramer, no.

the clerk: ms. warren, aye.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye.

the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: ms. murkowski, no.

the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. brown, aye.

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

vote:

the clerk: mr. mullin, no.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.

vote:

the clerk: mr. crapo, no.

vote:

the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 48, and the motion to table is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the

majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 6363 an act making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i now ask for a second reading, and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be read for the second time on the next ledges lative day. mr. schumer: i move to adjourn until 7:03 p.m. today. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the senate stands adjourned until 7:03 p.m. today.

the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 14, 2023, to the senate, under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mark kelly, a senator from the state of arizona to pieffer the duties of the -- to perform the duties of the chair. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the morning hours be deemed expired, the jurm of promissory notings be -- the journal of proceedings be approved to date, time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i understand there's a bill at the desk due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: h.r. 6363 making fiscal appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other

purposes. mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions rule 14, i object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, just so the senate and the country know what we have done, i've just taken the first few procedural stems so that we can -- steps so that we can process and vote on the c.r. as soon as possible. i believe leader mcconnell and i will try to figure out the west way -- best way to get this done as quickly are as possible and hope for a strong, bipartisan vote on this c.r. just as there was in the house, soon. now, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, november 15, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the mourning hour be deemed expired,ed time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the lay

and senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. further, if a motion to proceed to calendar 244 s.j. res. 43 is made, the motion be agreed to and that at 2:30 p.m., the joint resolution be considered read a third time and the senate vote on pass oj of -- passage of the joint resolution. the presiding officer: without l

continues.ing officer: without l host: a discussion on debt and the federal budget with two guests. ben ritz with the progressive policy institute