ms. murkowski, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. kennedy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i call up my amendment number 1034. i ask that it be reported by number, and i ask consent that senator menendez and i each have three minutes to discuss this amendment. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mr. kennedy, proposes amendment numbered 1034 to amendment numbered 1935. mr. kennedy: mr. president, as we all mow, the international monetary fund, or the imf, as we call it, it's an international bank. most countries belong to it, 190, in fact, and every country -- the presiding officer: will the senator yield? k

ms. murkowski, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 47. 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 note nide of the senate's action. 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 141 is david m. uhlmann of michigan to be an assistant administrator of the environmental protection agency, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of david m. uhlmann of michigan to be an assistant administrator of the environmental protection agency shall be brought to a close e the yeas and nay

ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, -- mr. deigns, eye eye -- mr. daines, aye. mr. braun, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. hirono, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. capito, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. hoven, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. qlrk mr. hagerty -- the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. murray, aye. ms. collins, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 96. the nays are 3. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. the senator from west virginia mr. manchin: i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: i want to take time for recognizing a gentleman that has been given ten years of service, being the nuclear expert on the energy committee, roy stanley. he's leaving us but not far. he's going to the department of energy, department of nuclear increase. than

ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. million tillis -- mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 46. the nominee 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session for the consideration of s. 2226, which the the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 119, s. 22267 of 6, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask for six minutes fo

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 clerk: mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. cotton, aye. ms. cantwell, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk:

ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cortez masto, no. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye.vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. lee, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 39, the nays a 60. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. bennet: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the vote on the cruz-manchin amendment, number 926, be at a time to be determined by the majority leader following consultation with the republican leader on thursday, july 20, with all provisions of the previous order remaining in effect. the presi

ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. mickern looper -- mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye.: : the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 13, the nays are 71. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the 60 atirmtive -- affirmative vote threshold be vitiated for scott numbered 510, romney 823, sinema 135, grassley 273, blackburn 224, moran 949 and baldwin 865. further, that the amendments be called up and adoption the seamedz all -- amendments all en bloc take place. is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the amendments, en bloc. the c

ms. murkowski, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. schmitt is aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. ms. warren, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. markey, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 91, the nays are 7. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. >> kick things off by chatting . thank you so much for joining us this morning. first of all, we know the federal reserve is meeting today and tomorrow, what are analysts expecting f

ms. murkowski, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. haul, aye. ------ mr. hallly, aye. ms. britt, aye. mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 94. the nays is 3. the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. schumer: let me give the order. we're almost done. we're about to vote. first i have to do unanimous consent request to vitiate cloture. i'm going to speak on the ndaa bill, on the pages, and yield to leader mcconnell to follow me and then we vote. so first, i ask unanimous consent to modify the previous order so cloture motions with respect to the substitute amendment 935 as amended and the underlying bill s. 226 be withdrawn, that the schumer amendment 936 be withdrawn, that the substitute amendment 935 as amended be agreed to. further, that the bill as amended be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill as amended with 60 affirmative votes required for passage, that the motio

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. the clerk: 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: baldwin, brown, cantwell, cardin, cortez masto, gillibrand, markey, murray, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, warren. senators voting in the negative, boozman, budd, cotton, shined, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. capito, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. b

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, blumenthal, casey, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, king, rosen, smith, stabenow, warnock, and welch. no senator voted in the negative. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. budd, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. ernst, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tilli

ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. >> the clerk: the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to.dchendoe nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rachel bloomekatz, of ohio, to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. under president biden's leadership, the united states has shattered virtually every record in the book when it comes to uncontrolled illegal migration flows. we we've see

ms. murkowski: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. ms. murkowski: i ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to my second-session summer interns, zeff, mckinley rhodes, cameron pazon, and my senate committee on indian affairs for the month of july 23 as well as my coast guard fellow for the duration of that 118th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, more is happening with minerals around the world than ever before. we're seeing global demand driven by growth and technology, legislation regulation, everything is just skyrocketing, yet global supply is often tenuous and it's very thoroughly dominated by china and there are clear warning signs that we, near the united states, urgently need to reduce our foreign dependence by rebuilding our domestic supply chains. as we stand here today, our nation's lack of mineral security is a glaring vulnerability and it's a threat to our sec