mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. ms. lummis, no. 4444 the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 84, the nays are 11, under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the aof -- adoption of the amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: for the information of the members, we're getting very close to locking down a final agreement which will allow us to vote on a number of things, including the managers' amendment and final passage this evening. we're waiting for final paperwork to be done so in the meantime i am going to introduce and ask unanimous consent for a resolutio

mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. 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. menendez. 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: vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. senators voting in the affirmative, barrasso, cornyn, crapo, grassley, lee, lujan, ricketts, romney, sinema, whitehouse. mr. tester, aye. no senator voted i

mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. 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. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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. the clerk: 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 -- kelly. king, lujan, and rosen. senators voted in the negative. crapo and rounds. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. ear

mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: have all senators voted?does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: just for the information of members, we're speeding up the vote process. there's the whitehouse picnic tonight, and we're going -- two of get things done by then. so there will be 10-minute votes and we're going to call questions quite strictly. okay? thank you. thank you. mr. rubio: madam president? the presiding officer: the junior senator from virginia. mr. kaine: madam president, i call up amendment 429 and ask that at that be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: mr. kaine proposes amendment numbered 429. mr. kaine: i ask that there be six minute

mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. ms. collins, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. hoven, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye, mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. wyden, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the cle

mrs. fischer: china is a authoritarian government and squashes opposition at home without hesitation. but its censorship and propaganda spreads far beyond china's borders. the ccp uses an array of insidious means to push its messages across national boundaries. concern that the ccp's influence is seeping into hollywood continues to grow. this issue flared up once again this month. why? well, in a word barbie. you heard me right, madam president. a movie about a plastic doll is the last place you'd expect national security questions to arise. but it has. one trailer for the barbie movie depicted a cartoon map of the title character's world travels. on the map is a roughly-drawn continent of asia. but it might be more than just a cartoon character's doodle. the map includes a dotted line extending out from the east shore of china. well that line is curiously similar to what's known as the nine dash line. everyone in the defense space is familiar with this line. it's a chance-drawn boundary in the south china sea. china uses this boundary to claim ownership of maritime territory, even th

mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 72, the nays will 25. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. mr. wyden: mr. president. the presiding officer: cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume legislative session. the clerk will report the motion to proceed. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 2226, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024

mrs. fischer: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mrs. fischer: thank you, madam president. last week we celebrated the birth of our nation. the first americans took long, dangerous journeys across the atlantic ocean in search of better lives. far away from a regime that stripped away their god-given rights and their freedoms all too often. our founders fought a revolution against absolute power. they chafed against the control of the british empire. americans united against encroachments on liberty and emerged victorious, just as we've done many times since then. from great britain to the soviet union. madam president, as we look back on our history, we should consider our future as well. the united states faces a threat environment growing more dangerous by the day. authoritarian adversaries including china, russia, iran, north korea, they are accelerating their efforts to chip away at global stability and undermine america's national security. a couple of weeks ago a radio host asked me an important question. what is the point of modern

fischer? >> thank you mr. chairman. i was glad to see that the epa issued an emergency fuel waiver last week to allow ethan 15 to be sold the summer. it helps families save money at the gas pump, it is better work the environment and it boosts our nation's energy security. while the emergency fuel waiver is a good thing, i believe we need a permanent fix and i have a bipartisan bill for that. it ensures nationwide permanent access to e15. will you commit to working with me to get this bill out there and hopefully enacted so we can ensure that we have the e15 for our consumers and drew years? >> the president has pledged that biofuels would play a part in this economy as we move forward so i look forward to partnering with you and your staff with technical assistance to make sure that we can make e15 more accessible. >> thank you. i would like to also discuss a proposed rule on reporting requirements for emissions from animal waste. in 2019 when epa proposed the current exemption for animal waste emissions, the national

mrs. fischer: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mrs. fischer: thank you, madam president. when it comes to the economy, we hear a lot about numbers, the inflation rate, how much more groceries cost or how many businesses are struggling to find employees. those numbers are important. they tell us the big-picture story of where our country -- our economy is and where it's going and right now that's not a pretty picture. but as elected representatives, we work for our people. it is critical that we listen to the voices of the people who live in our states and who are being deeply affected by the numbers we read in bloomberg or "the wall street journal." in a speech he made last week, president biden promised that his economic policy is helping across the board, quote, in rural america, the heartland, all across america, end quote. he claimed that bidenomics is the silver bullet for financial struggles among middle-class americans around the country. i don't know who the president is talking to, but my experience hearing from americans in th