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>> on this wednesday the u.s. senate is dabbling in for more work on positive items nomination. in a half an hour senators are expected to vote whether to advance the nomination of a judge for central illinois. this afternoon's editors will start work on the nominee to leave the government ethics office for a five-year term government spending is also on the agenda and current expending buyers undiscovered 20th. live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. . . . the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray.

eternal god, you have given us the great hope that your kingdom shall come on earth. use us to make this dream a reality. help us to trust you without wavering, fervently believing that our times are in your hands. today empower our lawmakers to be aware of your unfailing love and to live according to your truth. may they examine the motives of their hearts their hearts as you lead them along the path that will glorify you. empower them to live with such integrity that they will always

stand on solid ground. lord, ransom them from all troubles as they put their trust in you. we pray in your strong name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, november 13, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1,

paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable john hickenlooper, a senator from the state of colorado, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. jonathan e. hawley of illinois to be united states district judge for the central district of illinois.

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mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i have just been told that senator john thune will be the next republican leader in the senate. i congratulate senator thune on being chosen by his colleagues as the next republican leader. i look forward to working with him. we've done many bipartisan things here in the senate together, and i hope that continues. as you know, i strongly believe that bipartisanship is the best and often the only way to get things done in the senate. now, on what happened at the university of rochester, yesterday, students, faculty, staff, and other community members at the university of rochester awoke to a sickening and disturbing incident on their

campus. according to university officials, hundreds of wanted posters were found glued across the campus late sunday night. the posters seemed to have disproportionately singled out jewish faculty and jewish staff in what appears to be an attempt to intimidate these individuals. the u of r administration has called out these actions as anti-semitic and promised a prompt and they'ro investigation -- thorough investigation to identify wrongdoers. they should be held, those wrongdoers should be held accountable. inves investigators are still getting to the bomb of what happened. what we already know is disturbing enough testimony is rank intimidation and has no place in a university community or anywhere else. i condemn the loathsome actions of those who put up these wanted posters. any attempt, any attempt to threaten to target someone

simply because of their jewish identity is anti-semitism. plain and simple. those who committed these acts of vandalism on campus have done nothing, nothing to convince others that their cause is just. universities are supposed to be places where people can learn and grow, and argue in peace and security. no staff, no student, no faculty member should ever have to worry about looking over their shoulder walking through campus. i condemn these cheap anti-semitic bully tactics and urge all of us to work together so we may root out anti-semitism wherever it rears its ugly head. on senate business, the senate comes back into session with a lot of work left to do before the end of the year. first, we need to make sure the government is funded beyond the december 20 deadline, otherwise we'll have a shutdown right before christmas, something no

sane person could possibly want for the country. as always, it will take republican cooperation to fund the government and avoid a christmastime shutdown. i'm hopeful that we'll get it done smoothly, as we did back in september. second, we also need to pass the national defense authorization a act, to keep america safe, to take care of our troops, and to hold the line gets america's adversaries around the world. the ndaa has passed through the senate for over six decades without fail. this year should not be an exception, provided that our republican colleagues work with us in good faith to finish the job. mean meanwhile, there are other priorities we also want to make progress on before the end of the year, which will only happen if we have bipartisan support. one of the issues at the top of the list is disaster aid funding to replenish funding to vital programs that support communities in times of

disaster. we've all seen the destruction in states like tennessee, north carolina, and florida battered by recent hurricanes. but there are many more communities like these that have suffered in the northeast, the south, the west coast, hawaii, and everywhere in between. i hope we can work together to make sure no community is left behind. we also need to continue making progress on the farm bill to ensure we don't go over the so-called dairy cliff, which looms at the end of december. is again, our republican colleagues have to decide if they want to work with us to get it done. democrats are ready to work. finally, the senate will continue fulfilling our constitutional obligation to consider and confirm president biden's highly qualified judicial nominees and nominees to other agencies. today, the senate will vote on the nomination of jonathan hawley to be u.s. district judge for the central district of illinois. i've also filed cloture on two more district court judges, and on embree kidd to serve as

circuit court judge for the 11th. we will vet on these and other nominees in the coming days. we will work to get as many confirmed as possible. so, the bottom line is that we have a lot of work ahead. i thank my colleagues for their cooperation. now, for the new senators on our side of the aisle, yesterday i had the wonderful opportunity to formally welcome all the new democratic senators-elect for the first time since their victories. i've gotten to know each and every one of them individually over the course of the campaign, but also truly special to see them all together here in the senate. not as candidates, but as leaders, ready to get to work. interest two things that make this incoming class of senators special -- they're not only of extremely high caliber, each one of them, but many will be making history. first, i'm thrilled to welcome sen senator-elect angela alsobrooks, who becomes the first african

american senator ever from the state of maryland. she's the kind of leader people of maryland deserve, born in maryland, educated in maryland, and has spent her entire career serving the people of her state. our new member from delaware, senator-elect lisa blunt rochester will also become the first woman and first person of color ever to represent the first state in this chamber. she's had a fabulous career in the house, and is going to do really fine things for her state and for her country here in the senate. senator-elect ruben gallego of arizona will become arizona's first ever latino senator in a state where nearly one third of the population is hispanic. he joined the marines and served in iraq. like the other members of the house who are coming here, all five have done great jobs in the house and certainly deserved elevation. he was a fabulous member of the house and become a leader on so

many different orbits. senator-elect andy kim of new jersey will be the first korean american to serve in the senate. his story is the empoed why iment of the -- embodiment of american dream. son of immigrants, product of public schools, outstanding servant in the house and now united states senator-elect. like his colleagues, a fabulous career in the house and soon to embark on a fabulous career in the senate. and we also welcome senator elissa slotkin from michigan. a heeding voice in the national security. she served in the cia under george bush, truly a bipartisan credential, in the department of defense, and in the house was a real leader on foreign policy and defense and intelligence issues. she's going to follow in the foot stems of our -- footsteps of our friend debbie stab now and do a great job. finally, i welcome senator-elect

adam schiff of california, a longtime leader of house democrats, one of the leaders in the house, established himself as a leader shortly after he got there. former chair of the house intelligence committee, an amazing and articulate voice on so many issues. he will take the place of senator laphonza butler. finally, let me say this, this new generation of senators on our side is the most diversity slate of candidates ever. senators-lect blunt -- senator elect rochester and alsobrooks represent the first time two black women hold the office at the same time. senator kim is the first korean marine. senator gallego expands the number of hispanic representatives in you're senate. we've set a record. not only five great house members and a great executive of

prince george's county, but of our six senators-elect, a majority are people of color, qualified, hardworking people of color. that's a great thing for this senate, and it's a great thing for the united states of america. i congratulate each of them and say we can't wait to get to work with you. yield the floor, and note the absence of a quorum. no, i don't note the absence of a quorum. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks before the roll call starts, roll call vote starts. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: thank you very much. i'm going to be brief, because i know members will be coming in very shortly for the vote. it's been an honor to serve as shishman of the senate judiciary for four years. we had a big job, the biggest was filling judicial vacancies. we have filled 214 federal

vacancies at the court level through activities of the senate judiciary committee and the floor. it's been a burden and a challenge, but i want to really commend all of the members of the senate judiciary committee on a bipartisan basis for working together to fill these vacancies. over 90% of these vacancies were filled on a bipartisan basis. that's saying something, isn't it, in today's america, that we're able to find common ground? we didn't agree even on all of those nominees, but certainly there was an effort to reach across the aisle time and time again. when you take a look at the situation in the senate during this period of time, in it was a 50-50 split in the member shun of -- membership of the united states senate for two years, and very small majority in the other two years. yet, we were able to get this done job. this senate judiciary committee, which i served on more than two decades, has given me the opportunity to review over a

thousand nominees for the federal bench. president biden's nominees represent some of the best i've ever seen, and certainly achieved great levels of sophistication when it came to their background, professional and personal. for each judicial nominee, we required that the american bar association do an interview of their peers in the community and find out if there's anything we should know about them before they go up for these lifetime appointments. i'm happy to report every nominee from the biden-harris nomination was found at least qualified, if not well qualified by the aba review. we also have indications they present diversities that we have never seen before. we've confirmed more black women to the federal circuit courts than all the prior presidents of the united states combined. we confirmed the first-ever

black woman to serve on the supreme court, justice brown-jackson is she's an extraordinary supreme court justice. beyond demographic diversity, we have professional diversity. in the past four years we've confirmed more public defenders as circuit judges than all prior presidents combined. we've confirmed state court judges, federal magistrates, bernanke judges -- bankruptcy judges and prosecutors who have ample experience at the professional level before they came to this federal opportunity. we've confirmed jurists with experience protecting the rights of voters with women's rights, lgbtq plus rights, it's quite an array of these 214 qualified individuals, and i might remind you that this is a vast majority, nearly 90% of these confirmses have been bipartisan. there's work to be deny confirmations have been bipartisan. there's work to be done before

away leave here at the end of the year. senator schumer is creating opportunities for us to vote on the floor of the senate for these lifetime appointments. even though the work of the 118th congress is come to an end, our work is not done. we have 16 nominees pending on the senate floor, several more pending in committee, including two will have a hearing before thanksgiving. there is no time to waste. the senate must confirm every one of these highly qualified nominees before the sunsets on the 118th congress. the american people deserve nothing less. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 788, jonathan e. hawley, of illinois, to be united states

district judge for the central district of illinois, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of senate that debate on the nomination of jonathan e. hawley, of illinois, to be united states district judge for the central district of illinois, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin.

ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. 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. 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 -- durbin, hickenlooper, manchin, and schatz. no senator voted in the negative.

the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye.

the clerk: mr. peters, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye.

the clerk: mr.

mr. padilla: aye. the clerk: mr., aye. -- mr. padilla, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye.

vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. tester, aye.

mr. whitehouse, aye.

the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. heinrich, aye.

the clerk: mr. kaine, aye.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye.

the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. carper, aye. ms. butler, aye.

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

mr. booker, aye. mr. brown, aye.

vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.

ms. hirono, aye. mr. wyden, aye.

mr. king, aye. mr. markey, aye.

mr. coons, aye.

ms. warren, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. casey, aye.

mr. welch, aye.

ms. cantwell, aye.

mr. schumer, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. rosen, aye.

mr. helmy, aye.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye.

vote:

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye.

mr. blumenthal, aye.

mr. fetterman, aye.

mr. sanders, aye.

mr. marshall, no.

ms. collins, no. mr. paul, no. mr. cassidy, no.

mr. cassidy, no. mr. graham, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. braun, no.

mrs. blackburn, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. hagerty, no. mrs. schmitt -- mr. romney, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. johnson, no. ms. hyde-smith, no.

mr. budd, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no.

the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, no.

the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. sullivan, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no.

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

the clerk: mr. hoeven, no.

vote:

the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. capito, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. thune, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. barrasso, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the motion georgia he had to. -- the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.