gone to his crony insurrectionists in congress like jim jordan and told them basically just say there's an investigation. that's where it appears to avoid the facts. >> i'll have the congressman respond. >> i see these documents all the time and the thing that's frustrating to me is almost like there's a conversation happening what about trump? that's not what this is about. this is about the impeachment process and inquiry for joe biden rate it's funny people will talk about something that happened in ukraine but they don't talk about what joe biden has done on tv in front of a whole bunch of people saying i got them to drop the case. i got that lawyer to stop investigating my son or you don't get a billion dollars. he literally said that. nobody wants to talk about that on the democratic side. they are like there's no

evidence. what he is admitted to in front of an audience talking about leveraging his position as vice president of the united states to back up his son

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, tonight, just in time for the holidays, the senate is giving our military, our military families a present -- the justice and back pay they so richly earned and deserve. we're able to right the wrong of senator tushville's holds and the massive impact the holds had. these men and women have worked so hard for our country for so long and just because senator tushville, in -- tushville,

in -- tuberville, in a really nasty and whimsical almost holding back of their promotion oz, they weren't getting paid. tonight at long last we're giving these military families, families that have already sacrificed so much, the justice they deserve -- their back pay, and it is a good night for them and it is a good night for america. america is keeping its promise and saying to these men and women, you served us well. you zoo deserve to be -- you don't deserve to be penal islesed in any way at all. so, as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 3553 introduced earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3553, a bill to provide a regulatory trow active effective date for the promotions of officers of the armed services and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed e. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be

considered read three timed and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate consider the following nominations en bloc -- 214, 431, 43,that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no o the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed bleak. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motions filed during yesterday's session ripen at 11:30 a.m. on tuesday, december 19. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed legislative session, be a neared of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i have four requests for

committees to meet today -- during today's session of the senate. they have been approved by the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: without objection. duly noted. schumer short sale i understand there is a bill desk and ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 1147, an act to amend the rich ad b. ^ russell national school lunch act and so forth. mr. schumer: i now request for a second reading and in order to place the built on the calendar, i object to my own. -- my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed upon the calendar. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the appointment at the desk appear separately in the records a if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 85, s. 474. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 85, s. 474, a bill to amend title 18, united states code, and so

forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendment be withdrawn, the blackburn substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 272, s. 195. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 27, s. 195, a bill to provide compensation to the kawina bay indian community and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i unanimous consent that the bill considered laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3315, received from the

house and at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 3315 shgs an act to exempt for an additional four-year period from the application of the means test assumption of abuse under chapter 7 and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i further ask the bill be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervention action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on environment and public works be discharged from further consideration of s.2228, and the senate proceed to immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s.2228, a bill to amend the william m. thornbury national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask the

substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, and that motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the rules committee be discharged from further consideration of the following joint resolutions and the senate proceed to their immediate consideration enblock, h.j. res. 62, h.j. res. 63, h.j. res. 64. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the joint resolutions be considered read a third time en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further don't on the joint resolutions en bloc. the presiding officer: is there further debate? all those in favor say aye. any owe popesed, nay. the joint resolutions are passed en bloc. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of

calendar number 273, s.382. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: 273, s.382, a bill to take certain land in the state of washington into trust so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i further ask consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 453 and the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following resolutions, s. res. 507, s. res. 508, s. res. 509, s. res. 453. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the resolutions en bloc. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to

reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: and finally -- almost finally. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, december 18; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed; that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to consider executive calendar number 415, martin o'malley, to be commissioner of social security nomination, and that the senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 5:30 p.m.; further, that upon disposition of the o'malley nomination, the senate resume consideration of the fonzone nomination; finally, that if any nominations are confirmed during monday's

session, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands of january.