every day. yet, media literacy education it not yet a national priority in the united states. and we believe that we have a moral imperative to improve the educational system to provide students of all ages with all the skills they need to succeed in the digital world. a media literacy week gives us a chance to shine the light on that importance. so there are a lot of places that you could be today, but you chose to be here. i'm going to guess that you, too, are concerned, concerned about the overwhelming barrage of information and bd be cont we're swimming in. the noise that pervades our information streams -- >> back to u.s. senate that were members are beginning a final confirmation vote on what a president biden's judicial nominees. live coverage on c-span2. the v judge kasubhai. the presiding officer: is there objection?

no objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, the kasubhai nomination which we will vote on in just a few minutes is deep ly personal to me. my parents fled the nazis in the 30's and not all our family got out. we lost family at auschwitz, and we saw firsthand the horrors of anti-semitism. my parents' families came to the united states and both my parents served in our army and vowed to fight for the rest of their lives against anti-semitism. mr. president, when anti-semitism came to my community again early this year, judge kasubhai drew a line in the sand against that scourge, against anti-semitism.

when a white supremacist attacked one of our synagogues, judge kasubhai recognized the threat when others did not. and he ordered that the anti-semitic suspect be held in jail without -- judge kasubhai came down on the side of community safety. and just last week, the white supremacist pled guilty to multiple counts of federal hate crimes, and he now faces years in prison. mr. president, i'll close with this. i believe that america and oregon will be better and safer and stronger when judge kasubhai is confirmed. i urge all my colleagues to support him. i yield the floor.

the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question is on the nomination. mr. wyden: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. 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.

the clerk: mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: 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 -- lujan and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, graham, grassley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, paul, risch, and tillis.

the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. butler, aye.

ms. warren, aye. mr. helmy, aye.

the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. schatz, aye.

mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. daines, no.

vote:

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. kelly, aye.

ms. stabenow, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. helmy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. case circumstance aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye.

the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye.

ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye.

the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. bennet, aye.

the clerk: mr. merkley, aye.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mr. scott of south the clerk: mr. scott of south

directly stem from russia's choice and decision to invade its sovereignty. >> given the joint u.s. nato escalation with you can against can thrash and with china and north korea joining russia to form an alliance against the west, would not use a world war iii has begun? >> i i would not say that. that is not a characterization that this building assesses. and you seen as take measures to de-escalate tensions and -- i'm sorry, , i'm speaking broadly around the world. but when it comes to ukraine, the commitment of this administration from the very beginning of this one was to help ukraine take back its sovereign territory. i decision i and of the country to invade its sovereign neighbor cannot go unchecked and that's why you think that just the united states but 50 or so

countries all around the world come together and support ukraine. this is a global effort to support ukraine but i butt characterize it as that. >> the iraqi prime minister speaking a short while ago and he said israeli, israel was preparing for a tax or operations inside iraq. can you say anything about that? and in heads up in israel? >> i don't have anything for you on that. [inaudible] >> for last call was when we write it out, i think that was last week. i'm sorry i'm blanking on the exact date but when we read out that last call was last time they spoke. >> what role is the department playing with preparing to play for a bolstering lebanese army

with israel after, , if and when this current war in? >> was giving the lebanese armed forces? >> yes. >> well -- >> israeli report say the pentagon is playing a role will play a role in strengthening this army that is supposed to deploy in greater number. >> what you're seeing the first thing we need to see before we get header that is a ceasefire put in place on the northern border. you are seeing administration officials can do to engage on that front. the role centcom place in training up or equipping lebanon on force it if your job want to get it that because we still need a ceasefire in place. we're going to continue to push on that. those efforts are being led by other places in this administration that is certainly our focus and should a ceasefire be able to get put into place, we would have more to share beyond. >> thank you.

south korea, russia and north korea, and on the constant sharing, can the defense cost of sharing already decided by south korea and united states -- be notified? do you think the next administration -- [inaudible question] >> i can't speak to any changes that the incoming administration would make. i can only speak to ours and you are personally with our arrangements with the rok. i would say on behalf of this administration we have enjoyed a deepening of the partnership between the republic of korea. we share a shared vision for a free and open indo-pacific. you are going to assist continue to work towards those goals and some of the benchmarks that this administration set up from the very beginning.

but he can't speak for an incoming administration. >> it was reported that russian military delegation headed to north korea and met with kim jong-un to discuss the military cooperation. what concerns does of u.s. have? >> i think they have been pretty clear from the podium that we are certainly concerned by dprk soldiers moving to russia. the visitation of certain delegations different countries, that's not surprising but the movement of troops in and becoming -- in the war that is certainly of concern to us pick something we will continue to monitor. and you've heard a safe very publicly we're not surprised this deepening partnership as a

dprk has been willing to supply russia with ammunition or, now in this case people, to promote and continue toward aggression in ukraine. we are not surprised but will continue to monitor that. >> when the united states aligned ukraine -- does this mean it is aligned against north korea forces or against russian forces? >> so again i don't have anything to announce or to confirm at this time. but we said very clearly that the introduction of dprk soldiers into the fight, especially comes to ukraine's sovereignty, means they are a fair game in that fight. and so they would be considered lawful military targets. i'm going to go to the phones than happy to come back in the room. missy, "washington post."

>> caller: just follow up on all the questions about the reports from ukrainian and russian officials of this new element being added to the worker i know you're not going to address those directly but i'm wondering if you could give us just to provide a context for the stories we're writing about this topic today, , like how do you guys see this moment in the conflict, what is the defense department think? can you sort of describe how you see the battlefield equation and ukraine's prospects for achieving at, its goals? >> sure. thanks. so if you're looking for a broad battlefield assessment, i think what we would say is ukraine still continues to push and hold in key areas. without a doubt there is still a

raging fight in east in the donbas area. they are continuing to fortify their alliance there but certainly the introduction of dprk troops into that region has put more pressure on ukrainian troops further up in the north. there continue to fight and i think what's important is kyiv still stands. president zelensky is still engaged and continuing to rally ukrainians to fight against russian aggression. we're so proud to support ukraine in efforts to take back their sovereign territory here, go to one more from the phone at that happy to come in the room. mike, "washington times." >> caller: i'm good. you can go onto someone else, thanks. >> one more from the phone. >> caller: thank you sabrina. can you hear me? i've seen -- secretary austin

with the asean meetings. could you please confirm -- [inaudible] and what is update on china? >> thanks for the question. we did reach out to set up a meeting. unfortunately that was not able to land during the secretaries travel. i would point to the fact the present just that with president xi. so conversations and meetings with prc leaders are happening at the very highest levels of government and as was in lower channels. with this department and others in this administration. come back in the room. tom. >> president-elect trump -- to world war iii than at any other time. so to piggyback on some of the questions you for today. like why can'tit president trump comment publicly on this monumental decision? there still bigger story than

the use of american weapons inside russia and saying will have anything to announce today. it seems to be dodging the elephant in the room, which is why can't we get something from the podium? >> i understand the frustration, tom. look, and i said if it were to share publicly we will but at this time and i just don't have anything more to share. in terms of the comments on an escalation and a larger war, we don't share that. what we do believe is that russia has escalated this war with bringing in over 11,000 dprk soldiers into the fight. and a commitment from this illustration is to continue to harm ukraine with what needs on the battlefield. we'll see that as ask the lord. we see that as a commit we set up from the beginning of this administration. >> thanks. on lebanon, israel has been hitting targets across the

country without constraint including the strike this week in the northeast they killed 151st responders. does the pentagon still support israel'sam or movement towards greater pressure on israel to bring about a ceasefire before the end of this outgoing administration? >> we have said publicly we support israel's rights to their self-defense. with also said publicly that more needs to be done to ensure civilians are moved out of the bowel space and to lessen civility casualties. in terms of a a ceasefire, i n rec. shied away from the fact we continue to press for this both publicly and privately. more from other folks in the administration. you have seen different officials continue to travel to the region to get to a ceasefire and that was before the was an election. that was before we had a new incoming administration. this has been an ongoing effort by this administration to secure

a ceasefire in the north and also we want is a ceasefire in gaza. we know there are more humanitarian aid needs to get into gaza. that's something we continue to gauge in on everything related with our israeli counterparts and you're going to continue see us do that to the very last date. >> with the pentagon be prepared to leverage to get more a two guys a? >> we seeing the changes. i mean you you know i thinka few weeks ago we mention they have open a crossing. it open that jordanian corridor again. you are seeing more and get in. is it enough? no. it's not enough. more needs to get in but we're seeing a change in behavior and that is because we are continuing to engage. we're using our leverage and that's why we're saying some of that progress moving forward. >> can you confirm whether the u.s. -- centcom group that's

part of the? >> the eight has to board centcom aor and is in place, my distant. >> will be a carryover? >> i don't have anything to announce at this time but as you for to say from this podium before, we maintain significant firepower in the central command area responsibility to include f-16s, f-15s, and some of the several d50 twos as well. -- b-52s. with significant posture there. >> lebanon army just announced there are three soldiers have been killed in an israeli strike in their village south of lebanon. so personal you have any comment about this? do you support self-defense for lebanon army? >> so i'm not aware of the

report you are citing but what we said is we don't want to see lebanese armed forces get in the crossfire of any operations on that northern border. but but i any more detail to e on that. again, we have supported and have trained and equipped forces before. in terms of what the future holds, again will refocus on is ensuring a ceasefire can be put into place. >> thank you. have you seen forge you reason to believe more north korean troops are headed to russia? do we have a better idea of what they are doing? >> so we haven't seen more moving in other than that 11,000, probably over 11,000 in the kursk region. i think we could certainly see more move in but at this time our assessment is not, you know, over 11,000 dprk soldiers and

bedding with russian forces. [inaudible] >> we have seen those reports. reportedly engaged in combat. do we expected to be the case? absolutely. they are moving to for reason. we expected to be engaged in combat. we just can't individually confirm that has started. absolutely, they're moving internet kursk region kursk region for a very specific reason, which is clarity to engage ukrainian forces. so we have seen those reports and you expect him to engage in combat soon. i just can't confirm that that started. >> i know it's a touchy issue but atacms our long-range or how we are describing them, russians claim to be intercepting some of those. >> i don't have a comment on that. >> overnight it seems like two addressees cables were cut and the baltic. german officials say they suspect suicide. does the pentagon having and

this assessment? >> we seen some of those reporting and something were looking to but i at this time don't have anything more to provide but it is something we'll continue to look into. >> is there -- pentagon sends aid in this investigation? >> potentially if asked but at this moment i'm not tracking that anyone has. they are very capable people in the region they can to their assessment but, of course, if are asked to assist anyway i'm sure we would be happy to. okay. great. thank you, everyone.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

vote:

the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.

the clerk: mr. romney, no.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.

the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. hawley, no.

the clerk: mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 44, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action.

mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the russell cloture nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 466 sarah french russell of connecticut to be united states district judge for the district of connecticut. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of sarah french russell, of connecticut, to the united states district court judge for the district of connecticut, 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: ms. ernst, no. mr. young, no. mr. schmitt, no.

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cantwell, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, gillibrand, heinrich, hirono, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, murray, reed, rosen, shaheen, sinema, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, budd, ernst, fischer, grassley, hawley, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tuberville, vance, wicker,

young. mr. crapo, no. mr. mullin, no.

mr. brown, aye. mr. tester, aye.

mr. cardin, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. rounds, no.

mr. cassidy, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. schatz, aye.

mr. casey, aye. mr. graham, no.

ms. hassan, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. paul, no.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mr. helmy, aye.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye.

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. romney, no. mr. durbin, aye.

the clerk: mr. barrasso, no.

the clerk: mr. boozman, no.

ms. collins, no. mr. cotton, no.

the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye.

the clerk: ms. smith, aye.

the clerk: mr. ricketts, no.

vote:

the clerk: mrs. capito, no.

the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. sanders, aye. ms. murkowski, no.

the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cornyn, no.

the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. daines, no.

the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. booker, aye.

the clerk: mr. johnson, no.

the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye.

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

vote:

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

the clerk: mr. markey, aye.

the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. schumer, aye.

the clerk: mr. hoeven, no.

the clerk: mr. warner, aye.

the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. vote:

the presiding officer: on this vote the ayes are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, sarah french russell of connecticut to be united states district judge for the district of connecticut.

we have all witnessed this with the kids online safety act led

by my friend and senators with sailed through the senate unanimously. the bill protects both. youth currently impacted by social media and also increasing the root causes of the danger. the addictive design of the algorithm. this action shows me that this body can and will do big things together to protect our young people. this is proof that there is that whole. i turned back to my colleague now for her leadership on the bipartisan bill that i hope will also pass through this chamber. >> i'm so glad that you brought it up. the kids -- it really represents the best among us. a true bipartisan product. it shows progress on the issue. i am proud to have been a cosponsor and working alongside the senators that you mentioned. their leadership. blackburn, blumenthal, willing to step up and truly say here is

a path forward and let's build consensus and move it. thank you for the effort, all of them that they put into this legislation. i was not surprised like you that it passed the senate an overwhelming fashion. this is not a red or a blue issue. this is an american issue. that is exactly how this must be the it is clear that this body clear message to the uniparty here in washington, d.c. mainstream media, globalists and elites that americans are fed up with the agenda that was crammed down their throats the last four years. a majority of voters decided that the america first agenda championed by donald trump and j.d. vance is the playbook for america greatness. as a part of that playbook,

president trump has already put together a strong, very strong list of qualified cabinet members. that defense pete hegseth, a veteran who served two tours in iraq and afghanistan, ivy league educated businessman background, that's what we need in the pentagon right now to restore order and our finances. at hhs, he's assigned robert f. kennedy jr., who has single-handedly brought attention to the many public health crises facing americans. he's harvard educated, has authored multiple books and has a four-decade career in public health and environmental law. and attorney general he's nominated matt gaetz, a qualified attorney who has served in congress for nearly a decade.

matt gaetz has exposed the weaponization of the justice system of the doj. ask yourself, why are my democratic colleagues, the media, and the establishment lo losing their minds over these highly qualified nominees? it's because of the dislike of president trump, the american first agenda, and nearly 80 million americans who voted to send him back to the white house. it's obvious. panic has set in at the doj. the intelligence community and the entire d.c. swamp. they're finding out, as barack obama said, that elections have consequences. americans have spoken. not only did president trump win the electoral college in a landslide, he also is the first republican in two decades to win the popular vote.

in addition to sending president trump back to the white house, americans delivered a mandate to every single senate republican. they want president trump's america first agenda and they want it now. as a result, senate republicans should embrace this mandate in supporting every single one of president trump's cabinet picks. you would think this would be a no-brainer. not one democrat broke from their party in supporting joe biden's nominees in 2021. not one. however, over the last few days, i've heard some of my senate republican colleagues express concern over who president trump is picking for his team. i would expect this from my colleagues on the left, not on the right. i am hearing grumblings from republicans. my advice to them is, get on board or get out of the way.

the american people have enthusiastically trusted president trump and j.d. vance with saving our great republic. i am calling on my senate republican colleagues to listen to both the american people and the constituents in their states and support president trump's vision for his cabinet. the last time around, the republican senate took months to confirm president trump's appointments, if not years. as a result, president trump had to govern with one hand tied behind his back because some of his cabinet members were never confirmed. that's completely unacceptable this time around. we need to help president trump. we need to help him usher in a new golden age in america. be a team player. it's time to move the ball down the field. you know, i spent many years as

a head coach at several different football programs. whenever an organization brings on a new coach, that coach brings in his whole new staff. his head coach's obligation to hire the personnel he needs to achieve his objectives for that certain program. the old staff by large usually gets fired. it's not always fun, but that's reality. i had to do it several times. in the same way president trump was just chosen to be america's head coach. he needs to be able to hire the assistant coaches he wants. in this case, it's his cabinet and other important high-level personnel picks. president trump has faced two assassination attempts, law fair from a -- lawfare from a corrupt administration, his first campaign being lied on by the

obama administration and corporate lies by the media that tried their best to keep him out of the white house. the last thing he needs is obstruction from senate republicans. he is a large part of why we just won the senate and a lot of these people got reelected. 76 million americans decisively chose president trump and his america first agenda -- 76 million. this is a record for any republican president in our nation's history. let that sink in. this is not because of any of us. this is because of president trump, who is the most effective communicator and leader in modern history. it's because he's a successful businessman, not a career politician. and now elected republicans are expressing frustrations with his cabinet picks.

who do republican senators think they represent? they are representing the voters in their states. i remember when 20 -- that's right, 20 senate republicans voted to confirm merrick garland for the top law enforcement spot four years ago for the biden administration. that's their prerogative. as attorney general, merrick garland turned the doj into a weapon -- a weapon against president trump donald trump, republicans, and law-abiding u.s. citizens. the perversion of law that merrick garland embraced at the doj makes third world about a -- banana republics blush. secretary of transportation pete buttigieg received 36 republican

votes. his qualification for the job -- quote, his personal love for transportation. okay. apparently liking trains as a kid makes you qualified to be in the cabinet. secretary of state antony blinken, who is in large part responsible for the blatant lies pushed in a letter written by 51 former intelligence officials right before the 2024 election received 28 republican votes in the senate. secretary of education cardona received 14 republican votes. secretary cardona supported mandatory covid vaccines for schoolchildren of all ages. he doesn't believe parents should have to have any say in their children's education. it's up to the teachers. he has also directed his department to destroy -- and i

will repeat, destroy title 9 and allow men to compete in women's sports. in my opinion, that is a total disgrace. and he had 14 republicans who eliminate he for him here on this -- who voted for him here on this senate floor to confirm him. secretary of interior deb h haaland received several republican votes. many senate republicans had no issue voting to confirm these democrat nominations and that is their prerogative. even though many were unqualified, radical and in some cases completely out of their minds. i'm not going to get into that point. but yet many republicans have been quick to voice concerns about the competency and qualification of some of president trump's picks. it makes no sense. i've heard concerns about

nominees' personal lives being a focus point. need i remind my colleagues of rachel levine, a transgender woman who is the assistant secretary of health at the department of health and human services. multiple republicans voted for her, and that's their prerogative. or tracy stone-manning, the director of the bureau of land management, who was literally a member of an ecoterrorist organization that spiked trees with metal rods to harm hijackers when they cut into this tree with a chainsaw. she was confirmed. or sam britton, a former deputy assistant secretary in the office of nuclear energy who repeatedly stole women's luggage at airports while travelling on the taxpayers' dime. i didn't hear a peep from democrats or the mainstream media about these disastrous picks. so met me ask my colleagues

this -- if democrats won the senate, the house and the white house, do you think a single democrat would be going against kamala harris' nominations? absolutely not. senate democrats would green-light every single one of hires hires' cabinet picks without giving it a second thought. that's her prerogative. democrats, they get this line. that's what they do. they did it for the bidens, and they would have done if for the harris administration. and, believe me, none of her cabinet nominees or other high-level staff would be any more qualified or morally upright than president biden's picks. to my republican colleagues, remember that the media hates donald trump. i think we'll all admit that. and we'll do anything to seek his nominees and stop his agenda. the media will everything it can to keep america from getting back on track.

the media doesn't care when extreme leftists get important roles in a democrat administration. they don't care. the media doesn't care when establishment figures from either party, political party, gets jobs. the media only whips into a frenzy when an american first candidate gets the nod. the media only pretends to care about qualifications, credentials and character when their power is being threatened. so i encourage my senate colleagues to listen to the media about as much as the american people did this election -- not one bit. the mainstream media has been completely discredited after this election. treat them as such. we need to trust that president trump is picking the right people for the job. that is his job. we should defer to him on who he

thinks is the best for each position. of course, we should review his nominations, as the senate always does. that's their job. but don't forget that the american people gave us a mandate. gave us a mandate. don't lose sight of the moment and critical situation that our country is presently in. the american people don't want us infighting about nominees. we got a lot more to do than that. they want us focused instead on passing president trump's agenda. if his nominees can't do the job down the road, along with president trump, he will be addressing that, a i promise you that. but until then, we need to support whoever president trump wants on his team. senate republicans should be thanking president trump for

helping us take back the majority here on this floor in the senate. we have a country to save. no more playing games. i, for one, am playing for keeps. i encourage my colleagues to think the same way. every single one of president trump's cabinet nominees should be confirmed, no question. we must save the united states from a total collapse at the hands of the globalist socialist democrats who have are up country into the ground for the last four years. i have personally witnessed it right here on this floor. so, mr. president, i yield the floor.

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pressure nominal. avionic powered telemetry nominal.

a little over a minute and about six miles away so all of the sound is hitting us here the tower of telemetry nominal flying straight through. we do sale 33 rapper engines lit up on telemetry screens. at this point we have passed to that point of maximum air dynamic pressure that max q. now coming up in just a little over a minute from now it's going to be hot staging so we are going to see the six engines on the scheppach night while still attached to the booster and just before that we will see all three center engines on the booster shutdown in what we call mico most engines cut off instead of the main engines. and so while we continue to watch it go up a lot of our flight comptrollers looking at the systems around the tower and

we have to send a manual. [cheers and applause] just about 30 seconds away from hot staging. and we heard the tower gofer catch. the return flight is set for true. [applause] >> stage separation. >> hot staging confirmed on the ship booster going and we are gofer catch. hopefully i have a booster coming home real soon.

>> great views of planet earth behind that booster. right now it's performing on the back burner good news they are telling us the pressure is inside the ship is good and that's the second stage or the upper portion of the vehicle. follow along with the telemetry on the bottom of the screen. the booster is currently in its post booster burn. at last a little under a minute approximate 30 seconds left. [applause] apps not -- up next will be the hot stage. the view from the camera from the booster on the left-hand side of your screen and then tracking on the right-hand side of your screen. we will see -- >> was dropped sure, deferred.

>> we can see that the hot stage has been jettisoned and visual confirmation of that they are in your screen which is great. >> starship is following a nominal trajectory. >> the next step for boosters going into the landing burn lighting up 13 and tear it down to three engines right before the booster. >> just real quickly did hear the collect -- call up we are a no go for the catch. as you said before both the tower and the vehicle as well as the operators on consul have been actively evaluating the criteria for that return to the launch tower and unfortunately we did not have the past on the listing criteria so in no go for power kitsch. >> we did mention that and we are constantly evaluating the criteria for catch. they are a lot of things that

need to go well to line that up and unfortunately we will forgo the booster catch today. we are currently making its way towards the ocean and still looking good so far. >> exactly. views of the booster on the left-hand side of your screen and views of the ship on the right-hand side of your screen. we said before it was not guarantee that we would be able to make a power kitsch today so while we were hoping for it like you said we did attempt one but the safety of the teams and the public and the pad itself are paramount so no compromises any of those areas. >> we are still going to get a lot of good flight data with the booster and we have an additional objective today to do and in space to rewrite of the engine which will help us finish up for being able to -- which is

important for orbital flights and what you are seeing on your screen is the view from the ship making it to be -- making its way back down to earth. we are attempting an offshore landing of the booster. we have seen this before and it is very fun to watch watching it come down for a splashdown off the gulf coast of texas. you can see if they are reentering. we saw earlier before hypersonic hypersonic -- [applause] they have gone down to three. and what an incredible view of the splashdown that we saw today. >> i'm sure the boom cam will be

off once again so you would like to confirm a water landing once again for the superheavy booster. congrats to the spacex team for making that milestone as well. now the ship continues. [applause] people continuing to react to the amazing views we are getting in the next milestone, great news there starship terminal. the upper stage at about eight minutes and 35 seconds or so, we have ship engine cutoff which will be the cut-off of the raptor engine.

we can see on our screen the ship giving us incredible views brought to us by starlink. this view is interesting because we can see basically the receiving tile lines that were referred to earlier where we mentioned we have removed a number of tiles in order to push the envelope on the ship and demonstrate what its capabilities are. there we just heard a call out for engine cutoff. great news there. everything continuing to look awesome for the ship. a full view looking at the ship here. nominal orbit insertion. there was a call out we are waiting for, confirmation of good orbital insertion for the ship today.

it has been a very exciting afternoon so far. we would like to send it back over to dan who can give us that wide view experience. once again are you okay after witnessing another starship launch >> yeah totally fine. you guys had to be. this is the only way to do this. this is fantastic. it's really cool to see it. it didn't go for the booster catch a day initially we were good and then we tried to commit criteria and did the osher diverts so we did the water landing is everybody saw. we will dig into a little bit more. again we have done it once and we have done it twice and we will keep trying to do it with the core capabilities of starship and what makes it so incredible. there's a lot left. we are almost 10 minutes into this flight so about 50 plus minutes still to go. the ship is on his its way around the planet. it's got a job to do and in

space firm and we will light one of the raptor engines and you see all the ones in the middle to demonstrate it. we can go into the microgravity environment critical as we start to do some orbital missions in the not-too-distant future. following that we will see a ship entry, maybe a splashdown and we will really be pushing the ship on the swan. we are essentially putting it in places where we expect it might not do so great to help us learn and maybe it'll open up more capabilities. i will check back in with everybody in a little bit. i'm going to tune and watch the ship fly around planet earth and hopefully we can see a reentering in the not-too-distant future. back over to you guys. >> thanks, stan. the mission is unpredictable what we saw was superheavy splashing down in the gulf of mexico today but that's exactly

why is the standards for the test area around the pad and around the flight path to launch will remain closed until further notice. >> it enables or teams to quickly learn and execute the changes in hardware upgrades and the probability of success in the future. please do not attempt to approach the booster in the water for your safety as well as for that of our team that will be working on the recovery. we are going to to continue commission is not done. >> exactly. the ship is still coasting but it has been nonstop since left off than with the booster having completed its job for the day we will take a short break for the next 35 minutes or so and continue to perform entry. starlink may enable us to talk to the ship without mitigation blackouts.

we are still testing the stage of flight so nothing is really certain. >> if we do have views we will be sure to bring them to you live in the course one of those views includes that of our payload and we are looking forward to it. so we will come back into few minutes around two plus, 35 minutes. >> views are no views we will see you back here in 40 minutes for coverage of starship's re-entry and hopefully we will see a splashdown. ♪♪ ♪♪

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♪♪ was very proud to recommend judge rebecca pennell to serve in the eastern district of washington. i was honored to introduce her at her confirmation hearing where she demonstrated her extensive legal knowledge and deep commitment to making sure equal justice is there for all who come to her courtroom. i am thrilled to rise today to strongly urge all of my colleagues to join me in voting for her confirmation. i want to emphasize especially for my colleagues across the aisle that just like the other nine federal judges we have confirmed at my recommendation, judge pennell has been vetted and endorsed by my state's nonpartisan judicial merit selection committee.

this is a committee made up of both republican and democratic legal experts. a review of judge pennell's record make it easy to see why the committee put her name forward. in letter after letter, people from different perspectives -- prosecutors, law enforcement officials, judges, and many others -- described judge pennell with the same high praise -- fair, insightful, professional, prepared. in other words, she is a qualified and deserving pick to entrust with upholding our nation's laws and protecting our citizens' rights. i'm especially pleased to say that judge pennell's roots in washington state run as deep as her impressive legal knowledge. she grew up in richland where her father worked at the hanford nuclear reservation. she attended the university of washington, returned from stanford law to clerk for district court judge waley in spokane and has been an active and respected member of our state's legal community ever

since. it is foreign -- it is important that we have a court system that delivers justice for everyone, not just the powerful and well-connected. we have to make sure that every person has their rights protected. that requires a judge that carefully reviews each case on its merits, shows a deep understanding of the law and respect for everyone who appears before them and appreciates how their decisions will affect the lives of people across washington state. some of the best and brightest legal minds in washington state have made clear they think judge pennell is exactly that kind of judge. and having viewed her record, i completely agree and strongly urge my colleagues to join me in voting to confirm her. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor.

the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

the presiding officer: the

senator from delaware. mr. coons: are we currently in proceedings under a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. coons: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: i ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote occur immediately. the presiding officer: without objection, the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. 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.

the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. 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. 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. vote:

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, casey, coons, durbin, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hirono, king, kelly, merkley, murray, schatz, shaheen, smith, warnock, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ernst, fischer, lee, mullin, paul, rounds, tillis.

the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. cantwell, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no.

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

the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. grassley, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no.

the clerk: mr. daines, no.

the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye.

the clerk: mr. schmitt the clerk: mr. risch, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. marshall, no. mr. blumenthal, aye.

mr. barasso, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye.

the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. wyden, aye.

the clerk: mrs. capito, no.

the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. kennedy, no.

the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. brown, aye.

the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye.

the clerk: mr. reed, aye.

vote: the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye.

the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: mr. young, no.

the clerk: mr. johnson, no.

the clerk: mr. moran, no.

the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no.

the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no.

mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

mr. tuberville, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye.

the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no.

the clerk: mr. romney, no. vote:

the clerk: mr. budd, no.

's historic comeback victory for president donald j. trump was one for the ages. it's overwhelming victory sent a clear message to begin a party here in washington d.c., mainstream media will bless the end he leads that americans are fed up with the agenda that was crammed down their throats for the last four years. the majority of voters decided that the american first agenda championed championed by donald trump and j.d. vance is a playbook for american greatness. as a part of that playbook president trump has put together a strong, very strong list of qualified cabinet members. a veteran who served two tours in iraq and afghanistan is ivey

league educated businessman background that's what we need in the pentagon right now to restore order and their finances. and hhs has assigned robert f. kennedy jr. who has single-handedly brought attention to the many public health crises facing americans. he's harvard educated has authored multiple books and has a four decade career in public health and environmental law. and attorney general nominated matt gaetz a qualified attorney who has served in congress for nearly a decade period gates has been a warrior for the constitution on the judiciary committee and is expose the weaponization of the justice system of the doj. ask yourself why are my democratic colleagues in the media and the establishment

losing their minds over these highly qualified nominees? it's because of the dislike of president trump the american first agenda and nearly 80 million americans who voted to send him back to the white house. it's obvious. has set in that the doj. the intelligence community and the entire d.c. finding out his barack obama said that elections have consequences. americans have spoken. not only did president trump when the electoral college in a landslide, he also is the first republican in two decades to win the popular vote. in addition to sending president to the white house americans delivered a mandate to every single senate republican they want president trump's america

first agenda and they want it now. as a result senate republican should embrace this mandate and support every single on of president trump's cabinet picks. you would think this would be a no-brainer. not one democrat broke from their party and supporting joe biden's nominee in 2021. not one however over the last few days i've heard some of my senate republican colleagues expressed concern about who president trump is picking for his team. i would expect this from my colleagues on the left, not on the right. what is surprising to me is that i'm hearing grumbling from republicans and my advice to them is get on board or or get out of the way. the american people have enthusiastically trusted president trump and j.d. vance with saving our great republic. i am calling on my senate republican colleagues to listen

to both the american people and the constituents in their states and support president trump's vision for his cabinet. last time around republican senate took months to confirm president trump's appointment if not years. as a result of president trump had to govern with one hand tied behind his back because some of his cabinet members were never confirmed. that's completely unacceptable this time around. we need to help president trump. we need to help them usher in a new golden age in america. be a team player. it's time to move the ball down the field. i have many years as ahead coach in several different football programs. whenever an organization brings on a new coach that coach brings in this whole new staff. but it's ahead coach obligation

to higher the personnel. he needs to achieve his objectives for that program. it's not always fun but that's reality. i had to do it several times. in the same way 44, and the nomination is confirmed.the under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the pennell cloture motion. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 651, rebecca l. pennell,

of washington, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of washington. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of rebecca l. pennell, of washington, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of washington 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. be 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. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, butler, cantwell, casey, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, king, murray,

padilla, peters, rosen, shaheen, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, warner, warren, welch, and wyden. mr. blum, aye. -- mr. blumenthal, aye. snag sfwheg, boozman, brit -- senators voting in the negative, boozman, brit, commento, crapo, graham, grassley, hawley, heiden, hyde-smith, johnson, marshall, moran, murkowski, paul, risch, rom any -- romney, schmitt, thune, tillis, tuberville and young. the clerk: mr. booker, aye.

mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. van hollen, aye.

the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no.

mr. brown, aye.

the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no.

the clerk: mr. murphy, aye.

the clerk: mr. lujan, aye.

the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye.

the clerk: mr. kennedy, no.

the clerk: mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: mr. reed, aye.

vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye.

the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. blackburn, no.

mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. mcconnell mr. mcconnell, no. ms. baldwin, aye.

the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye.

the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no.

the clerk: mr. barrasso, no.

the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no.

mr. merkley, aye.

the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no.

the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. rounds, no.

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye.

vote:

the clerk: mr. lankford, no.

mr. cassidy, no. mr. ossoff, aye.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye.

the clerk: mr. daines, no.

the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rebecca l. pennell of washington to be the united states district judge for the eastern district of washington.

khasbulatov mr. cassidy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: mr. president, as if in legislative session and

notwithstanding rule 22, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc -- calendar number 4 51, s. 2546, calendar number 4 faye, s. 39, s. 4077, calendar number 454, h.r. 599, calendar number 45, h.r. 1060, calendar number 456, h.r. 1098, calendar number 458, calendar number 459, h.r. 3728, calendar number 460, h.r. 5476, calendar number 461, calendar number 462 calendar number 463, calendar number 464, h.r. 6673,

calendar number 465, h.r. 6651, calendar number 466, calendar number 467, h.r. 7199s, and calendar number 468, h.r. 7423. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection, the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. cassidy: i ask unanimous consent that the bill en bloc be considered read en bloc and considered pass and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without the presiding officer: without

>> good afternoon everyone. yesterday was a little bit warm kicks off. >> go ahead and why don't you go ahead and spill the beans. >> okay about which you been. >> will let start with what we start, the middle east. what is the latest with the discussions over lebanon cease-fire. >> we seen that the special envoy present they rooted today in the speaker of the lebanese parliament, we get a press statement after that they make clear, that we have made significant progress and the

agreement is within reach but it's going to take decisions by both parties israel and lebanon, actually get head in agreement and that's what we will continue to push were. >> okay, and so where does this leave us right now. >> it leaves us that we will continue to talk to the parties, try to get an agreement in the number of issues of the united states yes, special envoy lead negotiator but you know the president has been involved in various times secretaries been involved in various times, and will be continue to be across the government focus, to try to come to resolution critical to get people back to their homes and besides. >> okay, mingle essentially framework when you in the french fleet out in the end of september which is obviously cease-fire but also.

>> given that we are still negotiating, potential resolution we want to see the full of mentation of human security resolution 171 of his really enemies to can return. proposal when he was over there discussing, lebanese, is apparently going to israel with the israelis , essentially is what you have in the table before is that correct. >> i might answer that by obviously in the course of negotiations, proposals always of all because is a conversation that happens between the relevant parties and as the mediators and so proposal on the table right now, two weeks ago and two months ago, but the overall framework, that there trying to reach, is yes, human

security. >> thank you. >> do you know why sue and i be surprised. >> will you know why, the reason the layout this is that many many times with a cease-fire, what is there for the concrete progress the guys have made that you think your federal. >> i'm not the online details that have to tell you where it comes from, but obviously when we come out to be assessment about where the hence based on conversations with the parties and he can make that kind of statement he made and i can make the statement that i made yesterday when i noticed that we made progress because we were in conversations parties we can see that is overcome some of the obstacles to getting resolution there's more to be done an agreement for the parties and we want to get done as possible.

>> filing it all. >> no i cannot do a timeline. >> has while it is artist think that united states is really conditions as when from across the border right to go in as a proximate not going to speak to any underlying details of the room enough to say they confirm or not confirm when it comes to drawing details this resolution that we are trying to reach, while we are still negotiating stages come i do not think that would be helpful for me to be talking about that publicly sue met right, civilian channels that you guys were discussing coming you mentioned the letter, give updates. >> we have scheduled a meeting, between the department and senior officials in these really government in early december be

the first meeting of the new channel. >> here i'm not going to get into the details of that meeting but it will happen. >> can you see how these really officials. >> will as we get closer to the date and after will have a more specific readout of the people involved at this point now. >> and so we can assume that china was that it now and this is going to be — and mike what is your plan about this given that you say that this meeting with the senator as any would have maybe a month or so like 40 days, to talk to the israelis about this and what you tend to achieve in that very limited time. >> though so the purpose of the gentlest to, inform the ongoing work, that the state department has to do, to make assessments use news provided weapons, that is what we want to do as well as together our own information

about what israel is doing to get the questions when you come about specific strength want to know the answers but to be responsive and for our own purposes of gathering information about incidents that a nice because of concern or question pretty i know we take all of the information we've gathered whether it be from public reporting way me or from ngos or whether be from the government of israel or other governments and seated into the processes the policy making processes in the judgment that we have to make about potential violations of international humanitarian law we will continue to do that. >> and right so even that this channel is now set up you'll have a meeting ten to use the time to for the room going assessments which has been ongoing for more than a year, can you commit, that one of those many assessments will conclude the end. >> what we mean. >> generally 20th yes.

>> so let me step back and say that they assessment the state department is required to make, or legal requirements not legal requirements that are touched anyone administration and the burden for the state department continues administration and into the following administration somebody that were done as quickly as possible. this partisan exercise is not a political exercise, when his administration is serious market government is supposed to go on regardless; sure i understand that, but at the moment, you guys are still in charge unmasking this administration's question anytime way it has been over your said to us is about israel violations and is been going on and is a mean that will speed up or not on the front. >> our work is really moving as quickly as we can possibly make it move.

they are difficult assessments that we have to make that require gathering facts and making some cases complicated judgment and so i've never been able to put a timetable that to a number of different incidents, that we are looking at what we are committed to working through that process and having an answer as quickly as possible. >> can i have a follow-up. >> yes. >> and incidences that you were looking at. >> and so, let me just for say never confirmed an exact number. i have been numbers reported when he comes to instances we've looked at, there have been some incidents come i think i said this before, some incidences that go through the process pretty quickly take out of the process early on. fact-finding card when you get presented and potentially concerning incident find out that there's actually something that was in the form that was ported and you can take this out the process.

the more difficult ones the same time this ongoing reporting yes meghan out of those though. >> well my point yes will you know they have not in some have been concluded if that were earlier states for now. >> it's of the students new channel, if you meeting any you give us a sense of what particular incident would rise to that channel versus the existing channel, how much overlap we see. >> i don't want to speak to a publicly that there are a number of incidents you heard me speak to a number of incidences podium even secretary. rudabeh: them, we've raised some of them in the national security 20 report that we issued back in april. the number of incidents that we've had questions about without speaking to any one of those we certainly have a list of instants to go through the challenges say that we haven't found answers through existing channels, we have great width of

the new channel because we wanted to formalize mechanism for getting answers to some of the question. >> and then i gaza, the reports of trouble of humanitarian aid by gangs and gauze others report today that israeli officials and forces looking the other way and what is assents whether israel's doing enough to stop this in gaza. >> let me first say with respect to the looting this ongoing, first of all is important the people who are losing humanitarian assistance, for their own and they are taking food and medicine out of the hands of civilians including children. who need it. credibly desperate. people needed access to this food rate anyone who is stealing or diverting humanitarian assistance for their own profit, and their own gain.

this is quite obviously harming on people nation stop immediately. ... to get more security assistance to the people need it. one of things you are to speak to last week, at our respect the idea open new routes to dilute deludedeliver him entering assi. we are hopeful some of the routes will help divert convoys away from both. it's a problem going on we were

able to security situation, working through a review and partners. none of that work we cannot speak to since there is security questions. it's a critical goal to make sure he management assistance gets to her needs to go. now that said, ultimately you are not going to fully, finally solve this problem without an end to the war. the establishment of a new the newgovernment and security 0 inside gaza bird ultimately that's a promise and absence of governing authority to why we continue to establish a governing authority to make sure there is someone who if armed criminal gangs come to loot convoys there someone who can stand up and stop them it's an urgent priority for the united states. >> at this point are they doing enough?

>> they are working to establish a security and improve security situation on the ground. but clearly we have looting going on there is a breakdown. the idf bears a part of the blame for that the overall breakdown in authority, the end of an actual government. senated to legislative session and 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 ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 441, h.r. 6249. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 6249, to provide for a review and report on the assistance and resources and so forth and for other purposes. without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider to

reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 546, h.r. 5490. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar 546, h.r. 5490, an act to amend the coastal barrier resources act and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the bill be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all those in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill is passed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the committee on banking, housing and urban affairs be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 807 and the senate proceed to

its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 807, an act to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the invaluable service that working dogs provide to society. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 1505 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 1505 afternoon act to -- an act to modify prohibition on recognition relating to certain trademarks or commercial names. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the bill be considered a

third time anded passed, the motion to reconsider be considered and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. l mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the committee on health education labor and pensions be discharged from further consideration, the senate proceed to s. res. 861. the presiding officer: expressing designation for november 2024 as sickle cell awareness month. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 872. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 872 recognizing the life and the death of daniel j. evans, former senator for the state of washington. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is

discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the murray amendment to the desk to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 875. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 875 designating september 21, 2024 through september 29, 2024, as blue star welcome week. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be 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 following senate resolutions

s. res. 897, 89 # 8, 899, 900. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i have six requests for committees to meet during today's session. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the -- following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the mourning hour deemed expired, the tomb for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. morning business be closed. that following the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the pennell nomination postcloture. further, notwithstanding rule

22, all time on the penaltile nomination be considered expired at 11:00 a.m.. further, if cloture is invoked on the ali nomination, upon disposition of the nomination, notwithstanding rule 22, the senate proceed to legislative session and senator sanders or designee be recognized to make motion to discharge s.j. res. 111. that there be up to tour hours of debate equally divided between owe opponents and proponents to discharge. upon the use or yielding of time, the senate vote. further, that if the motion to discharge s.j. res. 111 is not agreed to, senator sanders or designee be recognized to make a motion to discharge s.j. res. 11. if made, the senate vote engineer relation to the motion to discharge. further if the motion to discharge 113 is not agreed to, senator sanders or his designee be recognized to make a motion to discharge s.j. res. 115. if the motion is made, the

senate vote in relation to the motion to discharm -- discharge, there be up to two minutes of debate equally divided with respect to the motion to discharge. further if the motion to discharge is not agreed to, and if the requisite 16 signatures have been filed at the desk, senator paul or designee be recognized to make a motion to proceed to the consideration of s.j. res. 117. that there be up to one hour of debate and upon the use or yielding of time, the senate vote in relation to the motion to proceed. if any nominations are confirmed during wednesday's session, the motions 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's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: under the previous order, and pursuant to s. res. 872, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, november 20, 2024, and does so as a further mark of

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