mrs. shaheen: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i ask unanimous consent that my defense fellow quintin miller and alisa meadows be given floor privileges for the remainder of the 118th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: i ask that the senate proceed to hj7 and it be voted on at 5:15 and it be passed without intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk: . the clerk will report calendar number 33, h.r. resolution joint resolution of a national emergency declared by the president. mrs. shaheen: i now get to the reason of why i came to the floor which is to recognize and express appreciation for a member mf my step, my -- of my staff, aerial marshall. i want to thank her for how much she has meant to me and her colleagues and the state kf new hampshire -- of new hampshire over the eight years. all you have to do is look at our staff who are here on the floor in recognition of aerial. she came to my office with an interest in public policy. a

mr. chairman, thank you. >> senatoror shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you to each of you for your testimony today and your service to the country. our office is still hearing for joint not as often but still hearing from people who have been affected by anomalous health incidents. i don't know if this is for you, dr. martinez-lopez, but can t yu speak to other departments understanding of the incidents has evolved and to what extent you believe people have been affected both military members and their civilian family are being treated now? >> over arching, i mean, we need to take care of these people. they are sick. so when they come to a system, we have interagency agreement and we have processes to bring them, you help us out with that. we're going to take care of them. we still doing research try to figure out the causality. that's going to take time. but the overarching like with anything, , we need to take care of the people first, and then with the best sites we have come develop sites as we learn more, close that gap, right? but i

mrs. shaheen: i'm pleased to be on the floor protect -- expressing my strong support to health productive rights. since the supreme court's decision in dobbs we have seen our worst fears realized. a wave of abortion bans have been passed by republican state legislatures and signed by republican governors. these bans put at risk, as we've heard so eloquently from those who have spoken, the health of women across this country. and we have to look no farther than my state of new hampshire where our republican governor has ensured that women are banned from accessing an abortion after 24 weeks. our doctors face jail time for helping women access an abortion. our family planning providers can't make ends meet because elected officials continually block access to federal and state funding that's vital to ensuring that vulnerable populations have access to care. that care includes basic reproductive education, breast cancer screenings, and sexually transmitted disease treatment, all of which are at risk because those family planning clinics are in financial difficulty because the republican legi

shaheen. >> guess i'll be happy to cosponsor it. mr. secretary, thank you for being here, and i want to begin by thanking the state department and the president for your request in theti budget to suppt those people have been affected by -- as we know that continues to the issue for people affected and i appreciate the continue work of the state department. i was also pleased to see the president's budget included 20,000 additional special immigrant visas for afghan ally. >> you mentioned that as part of your remarks. and i understand the department has undertaken an effortor to review our withdrawal from afghanistan last year. i help that is abuse it also considers the implications on afghan womenen and girls, have been, once again had the rights stolen by the taliban regime after our departure who were not as we've heard have real concerns about what the future holds. so can you give us an update on this effort and is it going to be shared with the members of congress? >> so for the action attribute i think i mentioned at the very sta

mrs. shaheen: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 129 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 129, designating march 2023 as national women's history month. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. shaheen: i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, the question is on the resolution. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mrs. shaheen: i ask unanimous consent the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. hurricane katrina hine ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to the -- mrs. shaheen: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the en bl

mr. durbin: last week the biden administration announced it was opposing magnitsky related law sanctions on several putin thugs involved in the jailing of vladimir car murza. this is the move along with senator shaheeno, tillis had urged. he is an incredible russian patriot who despite being poisoned twice by the kremlin returned to russia last year to continue the peaceful struggle for a more democratic nation and an end to the disastrous war in ukraine. i'll never forget that he came to talk to me just before he returned to russia and reflected on his determination and optimism for a better future for russia. tragically he was arrested shortly after arriving in moscow on the laughable charge of criticizing mr. putin's war. so many russians who were courageously pursuing a better future for their country deserve our support and they deserve to be released from putin's disgraceful goo logs. i would like to mention another brave person. this gentleman, oswaldo paya, a brave cuban, died under suspicious circumstances 11 years ago. as waldo paya spent years advocating for peaceful democratic change in cuba, including submitting thousands of signatures calling for greater political freedoms. using a pro