mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker.

mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins.

mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman.

mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee.

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. & mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch.

ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden.

mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schiff, schumer, shaheen, van hollen, warren, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, budd, cotton, cramer,

crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hoeven, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, lankford, leigh, mccormick, moody, moran, moreno, mullin, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, thune, tillis, wicker, young. mr. marshall, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. sullivan, no.

mr. mcconnell, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. coons, aye.

mr. tuberville, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. kennedy, no.

mr. welch, aye. ms. slotkin, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. kelly, aye.

mr. warnock, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. hagerty, no. ms. cortez masto, aye.

mrs. capito, no.

mr. warner, aye.

the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. the yeas are 48, the nays are 52. the amendment is not agreed to.

the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i'd like to call up my amendment number 699 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new mexico, mr. lujan, proposes an amendment numbered 699. mr. lujan: mr. president, we are experiencing a nationwide shortage of police officers. police departments are stretched thin, making our communities less safe. in the worst cases, some small departments have disbanded completely. small towns need federal dollars to bolster their ranks. the musk-trump freeze took funding away from our police departments and law enforcement officials. the cops hiring program is the lifeline to many law enforcement agencies. cops hiring grants provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to increase their community policing

capacity and crime prevention efforts. on behalf of all americans who care about public safety, i introduce this amendment to provide increased resources for local law enforcement. this is a bipartisan issue. it should be easy. i hope my colleagues just accept it and wouldn't even have to have a vote on it. there's no reason to oppose this amendment. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. mr. tillis: mr. president. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. we should ensure all law enforcement has the necessary equipment, training, and resources to keep our communities safe and thoroughly investigate crimes committed against all people. i've come to the floor and spoken to this many, many times in the ten years i've been here. securing the border must remain the top priority and reducing crime in this amendment does not adequately support necessary

safety improvements, so i urge you to vote no. mr. lujan: mr. president, 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. alsobrooks.

ms. baldwin. mr. banks.

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt.

mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo.

mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan.

mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king.

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski.

mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds.

mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner.

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, bennet, blunt rochester, cantwell, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, kim, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, padilla, reed, rosen, schiff, schumer, shaheen, slotkin, smith, warner, warren,

welch, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cramer, crapo, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moody, moran, moreno, mullin, murkowski, paul, ricketts, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, tuberville, and wicker.

mr. king, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. justice, no.

mr. schatz, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. booker, aye. plan wyden mr. wyden, aye. mr. sullivan, aye.

mr. van hollen, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. risch, no. mr. husted, no. mr. tillis, no.

the clerk: mr. sanders, aye.

the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, no.

the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no.

mr. ossoff, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.

the presiding officer: the nays are 52, the yeas are 48. the amendment is not agreed to. ms. duckworth: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth: i call up duckworth-booker amendment 971 and ask that be reported by number. the clerk: ms. duckworth proposes an amendment numbered

971. ms. duckworth: mr. president, this amendment would protect the right to ivf and other fertility care and require insurers to cover ivf. i know my republican colleagues will claim that president trump has already solved this problems, but don't be fooled. donald trump's recent toothless overly vague order does nothing to expand access to ivf. it was just lip service from a known liar. in fact, it's because of president trump and senate republicans that roe v. wade was overturned causing ivf to be at risk in the first place. if president trump is supposedly so committed to making government more efficient, he could stop wasting time and resorrieses on -- resources on more bureaucracy. the solution is simple and all laid out in the right to ivf act. republicans must vote for this amendment that would provide hope for millions of americans whose most desperate hope in the world to have a family of their own.

mrs. britt: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mrs. britt: mr. president, ivf is legal and accessible in all 50 states. this amendment is nothing more than a trojan horse. it is far more expansive than they would want you to believe. it actually creates a universal right to, quote, assisted reproductive technologies, allowing future administrations to move this into human cloning. it also contains no religious freedom protectionsment aside from being bad policy, let's take a step back and think about when this occurred. two days ago president trump took the most pro-ivf executive action ever towards increased treatment, access, and affordability. while president biden played politics with ivf hoping it would help that side of the aisle win on november 5, the american people saw through that. all 49 republicans here in this chamber at that time said we

strongly support nationwide access to ivf. we look forward over the next 90 days to work with president trump to make sure that we increase access and affordability of treatment. and, mr. president, for that reason, today we're here to talk about border, defense, and energy, and i urge my colleagues to vote this trojan horse down. the presiding officer: question is on the amendment. ms. duckworth: i ask for the juvenilities -- 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. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin.

the clerk: mr. banks. the clerk: mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet.

mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. the clerk: mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins.

mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman.

the clerk: mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice.

mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray.

the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy.

ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, blumenthal, blunt rochester, book,cantwell, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murkowski, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schiff, schumer, shaheen, slotkin, smith, van hollen, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden.

the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, britt, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, graham, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, mccormick, moody, moran, moreno, mullin, paul, ricketed, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, sullivan, thune, tillis, wicker, and young.

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

the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. crapo, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no.

mr. husted, no.

the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. hawley, no.

the clerk: mrs. capito, no.

the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. the amendment is not agreed to. the senate will be in order. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. president, i call up my amendment number 101 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new mexico, mr. heinrich, proposes an amendment numbered 101. mr. heinrich: mr. president, i rise to offer this amendment to support grants for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. over the last several weeks,

i've heard from thousands of new mexicans about how donald trump and elon musk have thrown their lives and communities into chaos. that includes alexandria taylor. she called me about president trump's blockade on federal grants under the violence against women act. these grants do two things. they support survivors of rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and they help law enforcement hold predators and abusers accountable. these are not woke ideas. these are american values. if you support survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, if you support law enforcement holding abusers and predators accountable, i hope you'll support this amendment of -- this amendment. the presiding officer: is there further debate? the question occurs on the amendment of the amendment. all those in favor, say aye.

those opposed, say no. the noes appear to have it. the noes do have it. the amendment is not agreed to.

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a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, thank you. in order to protect our veterans and preserve full funding, i call up my amendment 659 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: the senator from connecticut, mr. blumenthal, proposes an amendment numbered 659. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, this amendment, very simply, seeks to protect full funding for the pack act. most of us voted for it. it was bipartisan, it was one of the most significant expansions of health care and benefits for toxic exposed veterans in the v.a.'s history. now it's threatened because the trump administration is aggressively attempting to decimate the v.a. workforce. it has imposed a freeze and it

is cutting men and women employees who are integral to fulfilling our promise under the pact act. we should be proud of it, we should preserve it. if president trump has no plans to erode the pact act, voting for this amendment should be easy for my republican colleagues. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, this amendment is unnecessary, it's full funding to carry out the sergeant first class heath robinson pact act is not in jeopardy. it received bipartisan support bicameral commitment because we care about toxic exposed veterans and their families and this is not a partisan issue. republicans always fought to fully fund the v.a. when republicans come to congress -- i'm sorry, when the v.a. comes back to congress asking more money like they did last september, we said yes.

the administration and this congress will continue to prioritize funding in the v.a. including funding necessary to fill the laws like the pact act congress enacted. i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate 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. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin.

the clerk: mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt.

mr. budd. the clerk: ms. cantwell.

the clerk: mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: ms. collins. the clerk: mr. cotton. mr. cramer.

mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich.

mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king.

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno.

mr. mullin. the clerk: ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders.

mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren.

mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. the clerk: mr. wyden. mr. young. p senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gallego,

gillibrand, hassan, hawley, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, reed, rosen, schiff, shaheen, slotkin, smith, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch. senators voting in the negative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hoeven, l hyde-smith, justice, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moody, moran, moreno, mullin, paul,

ricketts, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, and wicker. mr. johnson, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. budd no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye.

mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye.

the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. husted, no. mr. heinrich, aye.

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

the clerk: mr. schatz, aye.

mr. schumer, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 52, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate majority leader. mr. thune: i think for the benefit of all members, i think soon we'll have a final

agreement that will enable us to wind this down with a finite number of votes and when that happens i ask everybody to be in their seats so we can move fairly quickly through those and in the intervening time period, we have a couple of more amendments, i ask that the following amendments be reported by number, markey, 911, coons, 1223. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: mr. president, i call up my amendment numbered 911 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from massachusetts, mr. markey, proposes amendment numbered 911.

mr. markey: mr. president, funding for alzheimer's research at the nih is essential. nearly 7 million americans are living with alzheimer's right now and if nothing changes, 15 million americans, 15 million baby boomers will have alzheimer's by 2050 with a cost of $1 trillion a year to our health care system. we need to tackle this challenge head on by increasing funding for nih research for alzheimer's. trump and doge have already cut and slowed down nih research interfering with our ability to cure this disease. this is a make america sick agenda. a no on this amendment means taking away hope for millions of americans. after the bush billionaire tax cut in 2001, the nih budget was cut in spending power by 20%

over the next five years, we must guarantee that alzheimer's research is protected. i urge an aye vote. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. as we know the purpose is to unlock reconciliation. mr. marshall: so we can secure the border and keep america safe. i look forward to working with the senator from massachusetts, but this is unnecessary and distract and delay the budgeting process. we need targeted solutions, not broad funding that be doesn't directly address the immediate needs. i urge a no vote. i yield back. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the nos appear to have it. the nos do have it.

the amendment is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. coons coons mr. president -- coons coons i call up my amendment and ask it be reported. the clerk: the senator from delaware, mr. coons proposes amendment numbered 1223. mr. coons: doge agents have seized control of government databases that has personally identifying sensitive information about nearly every american, financial data, health data, social security numbers, home addresses. the risk to our privacy are immense. the possibility of that unqualified individuals will --

in the past few weeks i received literally thousands of calls from concerned constituents and i expect many of my colleagues have as well. musk and his doge bureaucrats are accessing private data and i am urging a yes vote on this amendment that would prohibit their access to this data or misusing private information. voters are worried. they're worried if they say the wrong thing or speak up against trump or doge, their bank account information will end up on twitter, or family member won't come. mr. paul: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. this amendment is unnecessary. we already have laws on the books to protect people's information. the most recent cases i can remember of leaking information like this involved in irs contractor who illegally leaked the tax returns of

president trump, elon musk and jeff bezos to the delight of many on the other side of the aisle. that person, fortunately, though, is now in jail which proves the point that we have laws in place to take care of this. this is a thinly veiled attempt to prevent doge from doing the constructive job of finding waste. this is an amendment that says it's okay to spend $2 million in guatemala on sex-change surgery, this around amendment that says look the other way, transgender comic books in peru is gate. this is an amendment that says it's okay to do transoperations in colombia. this is to spend money -- this is not on crazy, loony, left-wing ideas. i am done.

mr. coons: how much time do i have remaining? the presiding officer: all time is expired. mr. coons. i will accept a voice vote. the presiding officer: all in favor say aye. the nos appear to have it. the nos do have it. the amendment is not agreed to.

mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be the final amendments in order that the amendments be reported by number, following the disposition of the amendments, the senate -- finally if agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, lujan 957, warren 734, kelly 149, lee 129, blunt

rochester 311, murray-durbin 880 and merkley 1207. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. a senator: mr. president. mr. thune: i ask that these be ten minute votes. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: mr. president, 41.2 million americans rely on snap to put food on the table. mr. president, i'd like to call up my amendment numbered 957 and ask it be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new mexico, mr. lujan, proposes amendment numbered 957. mr. lujan: 41.2 million

americans rely on snap to put food on the table and 47% of snap recipients are children. this bill will cut nutrition and other farm programs for our children, family, and farmers to pay for the trump tax scam and it will only benefit the wealthiest americans. i want to get a farm bill done and i think most of us here want to do that. taking critical federal dollars from our rural communities will make that nearly impossible. that's not all. this means costs will go up for families across at a time when prices are already high. children and families will go hungry. we all know that is unacceptable. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: mr. president, i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. striking the all-powerful agriculture committee's reconciliation instruction will

make it more difficult to pay for critical improvements for border security and our national defense. this indicates that democrats don't think there is a single area of waste, fraud or abuse in our federal nutrition programs. in 2022, the snap program had an overpayment of 10%. republicans will find savings in the agriculture committee's jurisdiction while making sure we have a well-targeted safety nutrition net for those in need. i urge a no vote. i yield back. the presiding officer: there is a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal.

ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo.

mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich.

mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee.

mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.

mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan.

mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, duckworth, durbin, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, rosen, sanders schatz schiff, schumer,

shaheen -- warren, warner, whitehouse, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- banks, barasso, blackburn, boozman, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hawley, hoeven, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moody, moran, moreno, murkowski, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker, and young. mr. hagerty, no. . mr. lankford, no.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. welch, aye.

the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. heinrich, aye.

the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no.

the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the presiding officer: on this amendment, the nays are 47, the nays are 53, the amendment is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: i call up my

amendment 734 and i ask it be reported. the clerk: the senator from massachusetts, ms. warren, proposes amendment 734. ms. warren: democrats are asking republicans questions about the basic principles of what they are planning to do and the first question is there anyone that is so rich that americans think they don't need a tax giveaway. my amendment says that anyone who earns more than $10 million a year won't get a tax cut in the new republican budget. i ask everyone to say yes. mr. president, i yield. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: mr. president, it seems to me that it is important as we conclude tonight that we

admit to the american people what we know to be true ourselves, and that is most of these amendments are a fiction. it's professional wrestling. it's the undertaker versus andrii the -- andre the giant. they've been all foam and no beer, all assault and no tequila. unless you do your research on instagram, you know that our bill is going to be not about taxes but about immigration and defense. there will be time too consider my friend, senator warren's amendment, but it won't be on this bill. there'll be time to point out that 60% of the tax cuts in the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act

affected the middle class, mr. president. and for that reason, i ask for a no vote. the presiding officer: time has expired. ms. warren: mr. president, in my 24 seconds, i'd like to say, we all know what this is about. you're starting the process for a budget, and we just want to know the basic principle. is there anyone so rich that republicans think they shouldn't get a tax cut? and my view is, let's just start the bidding at $10 million. is that rich enough to say they're not going to get a tax giveaway from the republicans? mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: time has expired. mr. kennedy: all foam, no beer. the presiding officer: question is on the amendment. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the neighs appear to have it. the -- the nays appear to have it. the amendment is not agreed to.

a senator: mr. president, since $10 million -- i ask to call up my amendment number 984 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. kelly, proposes an amendment numbered 984. mr. kelly: mr. president, since we now know that $10 million did not meet the threshold and we're debating who in this country is so rich that they don't need a tax cut, that one didn't pass. so here's my proposal. can we at least agree among all of us that no one making more than $100 million per year should get a tax cut? the median income in this country, mr. president, is about

$80,000 per year. a it would take 1,245 years for someone making the median income in america to earn $100 million. that's about 15 lifetimes. does somebody that rich need a tax cut? i don't think so. so vote yes if you agree. mr. crapo: i am going to adopt senator kennedy's debate and urge a no vote. the presiding officer: all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the no's appear to have it. the no's do have it and the amendment is not the adopted.

mr. king: mr. president, this afternoon i was privileged to be on the floor and have the opportunity -- i'm sorry. i call up my amendment 1989 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from maine, mr. king, proposes an amendment numbered 198. mr. king: as i mentioned, this afternoon i was on the floor. i was privileged to attend to the remarks of the distinguished chair of the finance committee where he characterized the upcoming tax bill that will be before us shortly. he characterized it as principally benefitting the middle-class and working class and denied it would be especially or in any way beneficial to the superwealthy in our country. well, i've always subscribed to ronald reagan's motto trust but verify. so i'm simply asking to verify what the chairman of the finance committee said this afternoon.

my amendment would limit -- would just say, no reduction in tax liability to someone making more than $500 million. there are about 400 families in america, $500 million seems a number that would justify not having a tax deduction. that's all the amendment does. no tax deduction deduction and liability for those making more than $500 million. i urge a yes vote to verify what we were told on the floor this afternoon. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: senator kennedy's debate still reigns. vote no. the presiding officer: all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the noes appear to have it. the noes do have it. the amendment is not adopted.

the senator from utah. lee lie i call up my amendment and ask that it be reported by senator from. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. lee proposes an amendment numbered 92. -- 922. mr. lee: we generate about 100,000 pages of new law a year that's choking the american people. the prior administration imposed countless rules and regulations that imposed trillions in new economic costs on the private sector. many of these rules have been estimated to increase federal spending. federal mandatory outlays by hundreds of billions of dollars without congressional approval. the federal government already spends too much money and this is contributed to persistent to inflation the last couple of years. and a debt level that will soon reach record-level highs that we cannot sustain.

congress shouldn't allow regulatory-driven spending. i encourage my colleagues to support my amendment to democrat extra i think to the american people that we're serious about reducing excessive regulatory burdens. what we're trying to do is to push pause on these to bring about a reduction in these mandatory outlays. i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. peters: i appreciate my colleague's commitment to empowering the legislative branch of government and we have worked together on a bill to rein in the presidential abuse of emergency powers and i hope that we can get that across the finish line sometime this congress. unfortunately, i'm concerned that this amendment sets up a complex and argue employ unconstitutional legislative scheme to get rid of regulations and undermine the bicameral legislative process. under the regulatory approval scheme that this tees up, one

chamber of congress could nullify a law previously passed by the whole of congress simply by not approving a rule of implementation. this also undermines agencies' ability to implement key environmental health and safety laws endangering the american people. this -- if congress wants to repeal a law, we should repeal the law. not create some new, arcane process to sabotage implementation. and i welcome the opportunity to work with colleagues to pass legislation to strengthen the power of congress, including to ensure that the president cannot tear up bipartisan funding bills enacted by congress. i urge my colleagues to reject this potentially unconstitutional and dangerous deregulatory amendment. the presiding officer: all time has expired. mr. lee: i call 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. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton.

mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono.

mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran.

mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz.

mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren.

mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, brit britt budd, capito, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hoeven, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moody, more rain,

moreno, mullin, murkowski, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker, and young. senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, could not, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schiff, schumer, shaheen, slotkin, smith, van hollen, warner,

warnock, warren, welch shall whitehouse, and wyden. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye.

the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 47. the amendment is agreed to. the senator from delaware e the

clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from delaware, ms. blunt rochester proposes amendment numbered 311. ms. blunt rochester: this amendment would prevent the termination of employees who protect the health and safety of all americans. at a time when our country is facing unprecedented workforce shortages, the trump administration is thoughtlessly firing thousands of public servants at the department of health and human services and other departments, putting all of us at risk. what does this mean? it means delaying cures for cancer, it means higher prescription drug costs for seniors, which we fought so hard to lower, it means higher maternity more halt rates and more american women dying needless giving birth. and who are these public

servants? they are sanivities, emergency preparedness experts, the frontpalestine health care workers that we call heroes. bottom line, it's the people who keep us safe and healthy. while republicans work to cut taxes for billionaires, they are slashing the health care workforce our communities rely on. on behalf of our constituents and our country, i urge my colleagues to support this amendment of i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. as we've learned tonight, this budget resolution is about unlocking reconciliation to secure the border and keep americans safe. this amendment is unnecessary and delays the budgeting process. that being said, i look forward to working with the senator from delaware to make hhs great again. i yield back. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no.

the ayes appear to have t the yeas do have t the amendment is not adopted. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask to have my amendment reported. the clerk: mrs. murray proposes an amendment numbered 880. mrs. murray: mr. president, the trump administration is working to destroy medical research as we know it with an illegal, unrealistic cap on the nih reimbursement rate for indirect costs. it means cancer researchers laid of course, lifesaving clinical trials canceled and more. and it violates the bipartisan appropriations law. i should know, i help author that provision. republicans should know. they worked with me to pass it. i yield to the senior senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, my republican colleagues know, as i do, that president trump's cuts, freezes, gag orders and firings

are devastating medical research at nih. since we get sick on a bipartisan basis, shouldn't we stand together on a bipartisan basis for medical research at nih? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you. all foam, no beer. this proposal, mr. president, deals with health care spending. i would remind my colleagues and friends that nih recently anonceed their intention to -- announced their intention to cap indirect costs for grants. many of our universities are spending all the taxpayer money on overhead. harvard is spending 69%.

yale, 67.5% an overhead. isn't that special? johns hopkins, 63.7%. this would make bernie madoff blush. i stand by my -- i'll revise and extend my other remarks. all foam, no beer. the presiding officer: all time has expired on the amendment. all those in favor, say aye. all opposed, no. the noes appear to have it. the noes do have it. amendment is not adopted. mr. merkley: mr. president, i calm my amendment numbered 1207 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from from oregon, mr. america -- merkley,

proposes an amendment numbered 1207. mr. merkley: this amendment encourages the opportunity for americans to purchase prescription drugs at or near the lower prices that manufacturers charge to individuals in other similarly developed nations. here's what every american knows. we all invest more in the research and development to develop drugs than the taxpayers of any other nation in the entire world. so we should be getting the best price, not the worst price. this amendment creates an opportunity for us to serve the american people and get them the fair prices they deserve. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: mr. president, i urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment today because it is not relevant to the finance committee instruction. the presiding officer: question is on the amendment.

is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto.

mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego.

mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice.

mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.

mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen.

mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, bunt rochester, booker, cantwell, coons, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, hawley, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schiff, schumer, shaheen, slotkin, smith,

van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. sullivan, aye. ms. alsobrooks, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. senators voting in the negative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, crepe,crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hoeven, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick,

mcconnell, moran, moreno, mullin, murkowski, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker, and young. mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye.

the presiding officer: this vote the yeas are 49. the nays are 51. and the amendment is not adopted. the senator from south carolin gram to my colleagues, it's been a very long day. to the budget committee staff. nick and your team, thank you very much. a senator: through this process i've gotten to know senator

merkley better and it's a pleasure. we're one step closer to fixing a problem that all americans want us to fix, i think. mr. graham: the man who murdered laken riley was released from detention because we had no bed space. that should never happen again. $175 billion in this bill to make sure we got enough bed space. we complete, finish the wall and kick gang members and other criminals out of the country. $150 billion for military that's been worn out. they need the money. $20 billion for the mighty, mighty coast guard. we're one step closer to fulfilling the promise republicans made to make you safer. i hope we can get one big, beautiful bill in the house, but we need to act on border security and national security now. we're running out of time. thank you all. the presiding officer: the

senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i so much appreciate the collaboration and cooperation and communication between the budget team here on this side of the aisle and senator graham's team. we've had the chance to all be on the floor and have a discussion about issues that we rarely get to have. it isn't quite the give and take that you might see in some legislatures but we are in fact here wrestling with the national issues. this budget resolution comes down to one thing, and that is that families lose and billionaires win. i said at the beginning of the night that over the course of the evening, the amendments would show that democrats are standing up for families, on groceries, on health care, on housing, on education, on child care. and that's what's been demonstrated tonight. i still invite my republican colleagues to join us, join with us and help the families of america rather than attacking the programs that serve them in

order to fund tax giveaways for billionaires. tax giveaways for billionaires will not make our nation stronger. stronger families will make our nation stronger. the presiding officer: the question occurs on adoption of the concurrent resolution as amended. mr. graham: this bill will be paid for. i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there s. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin.

the clerk: mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet.

the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

the clerk: ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer.

mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.

mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hoeven, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, mccormick, moody, moran, moreno, mullin, murkowski, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sheehy, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker, and young.

senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, blunt rochester, booker, cantwell, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, fetterman, gallego, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, kim, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, paul, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, schiff, schumer, shaheen, slotkin, smith, van hollen, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. lankford, aye.

the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 52. the nays are 48. the concurrent resolution as amended is considered agreed to.

under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the democratic leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, tonight one amendment at a time, democrats exposed republicans' true colors here on the senate floor. for the first time this year, senate republicans were forced to go on record and defend their plans to cut taxes for donald trump's billionaire friends. what happened tonight was only the beginning. this debate is going to go on for weeks and maybe months. democrats will be ready to come back and do this over and over again because americans deserve to know the truth. and what is the truth? under donald trump's republican party, billionaires win and american families lose. billionaires win and american families lose. that's it. that's the republican agenda.

tonight we gave republicans one chance after another to do the right thing and put the needs of american families first. we voted on amendments to prevent any tax cuts for billionaires paid for with cuts to medicaid. republicans said no. we voted on an amendment to protect maternal and children's health care from draconian cuts. republicans said no. we voted on an amendment to make it easier for americans to rent or own a home. republicans said no. again and again and again republicans sent a clear and consistent message from the senate floor under their agenda, billionaires win and american families lose. if republicans continue with this reckless plan to help their billionaire buddies at the expense of american families, democrats will make sure the american people know the truth at every opportunity.

i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 216789. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of defense, daniel driscoll of north carolina to be secretary of the army. mr. thune: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of daniel driscoll of north carolina to be secretary of the army signed by 17 senators as follows.

mr. thune: mr. president, i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. thune: mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 22. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, executive office of the president, jamieson greer of maryland to be united states trade representative. mr. thune: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of jamieson greer of maryland to be united states

trade representative with the rank of ambassador signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: and i ask unanimous consent the senate resume 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. thune: mr. president, i have one request for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the following resolutions submitted today. 87, 88, and s. res. 89. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measures en bloc? without objection, the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be conditioned made and laid upon the table all enblock. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it

stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, february 24, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed and the senate proceed to executive session and resume executive calendar number 21, daniel driscoll to be secretary of the army. further, notwithstanding rule 22, that the cloture motions with respect to the driscoll and greer nominations ripen at 5:30 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. thune: for the information of all senators, they should expect multiple votes on monday evening. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday.