mr. cornyn, aye. mr. paul, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. ms. collins, aye. clerk: mr. bo. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez, masto, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr

mr. cornyn, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. hoeven,, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. boozman, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. moran, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the presiding officer: mr. sande rs, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mrs. capito, no. vote: mr. romney no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. r- the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. scott of, florida, no. the clerk: mr. president manchin, no -- mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr.

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. lee, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. cramer, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. budd, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. tuberville, no. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. merkley, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. fitterman, aye. mr. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. king, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. johnson, no. plb rounds mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. hagerty, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the cl

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. lujan, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. casey, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. kennedy, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kramer, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, geoffrey cummings of illinois, to be district judge for the district of illinois. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate scroll through and spend a few . >> today microso

mr. cornyn: mr. president, by my watch today is september 20. the fiscal year for the united states senate and for the united states government ends in ten days. congress, which is required to fund the government by passing appropriations bills, has not passed a single appropriations bill. ten days before the end of a fiscal year. so the obvious point is that unless congress acts to fund the government in the next ten days, the government will be without funds and large portions of the federal government will shut down. now, notwithstanding the fact that some people think maybe that's a good idea -- we're spending too much money here, so let's just shut it down. well, tell that to members of the united states military and their families. tell that to the men and women who serve bravely as members of the border patrol, customs and border protection that are responsible for processing the goods that enter into our country from our trading partners, that create millions of jobs. tell that to immigration and customs enforcement, or ice. tell them th

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. gafl, no -- mr. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. cardin, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. looseman, -- j the clerk: mr. boozman, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. young, no. mr. hawley, no. mr. braun, no. ms. smith, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. boozman, no. mr.l, no. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. ossoff, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. ms. lummis, no, mr. welch, aye, mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. rounds, aye. 444 the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. schumer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 37, 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 not

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, by my watch today is september 20. the fiscal year for the united states senate and for the united states government ends in ten days. congress, which is required to fund the government by passing appropriations bills, has not passed a single appropriations bill. ten days before the end of a fiscal year. so the obvious point is that unless congress acts to fund the government in the next ten days, the government will be without funds and large portions of the federal government will shut down. now, notwithstanding the fact that some people think maybe that's a good idea -- we're spending too much money here, so let's just shut it down. well, tell that to members of the united states military and their families. tell that to the men and women who serve bravely as members of the border patrol, customs and border protection that are responsible for processing the goods that enter into our country from our trading partners, that create millions of jobs. tell that to immigration

mr. cornyn: mr. president, as the members of the senate know, this week we're expected to vote on a series of three appropriations bills. three out of the 12 appropriations bills that passed out of this senate appropriations committee a couple of months ago. with just two and a half weeks left before the end of the fiscal year, time is of the essence unless congress funds the government in the next 18 days, the government will shut down. now, you might ask yourself why, if these appropriations bills passed out of the committee with strong bipartisan votes months ago, why are we waiting until 18 days before the deadline to begin the debate and voting on these appropriations bills? and not all of the appropriations bills, just a subset of three. well, we know shutdowns do not benefit anybody. i think there's a lot of -- i noticed on social media there's a lot of anger out there of washington and people say, yeah, let's shut down the government. that's a good thing. it's too big. it's too intrusive. it'

mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. the clerk: mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mrs. feinstein. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. the clerk: mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. the clerk: 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. 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. m

vote: the clerk: mrs. cornyn, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ^. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. mr. young, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. peters, no. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. warnock, no. mr. warner, no. mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. tester, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. daines -- the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. r -- the clerk: mr. lee, aye. vote: t

mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call in. the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. rnyn: i'd can unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, more than four and a half months ago, title 42 expired. that was on may # # of this -- may # 1 of this year. title 42 to refresh yefer one's mem -- yefer one's memory was a public health order that was dined to prevent the spread of covid-19. particularly from people bering the country from bering the country -- the biden administration rolled out its plan to address the expected surge in migration. this plan they called the circumvention of lawful pathways rule. it was sold as a way to discourage illegal immigration and restore some sense of order along the border. as i and countless others have pointed out, this wasn't a real solution. this was a shell game. it was an attempt to conceal the scope and scale of the border crisis and to process migrants into the united states at an unprecedented rate. let me just paraphrase that. this was not dined

mr. lankford: i will yield to senator cornyn. mr. cornyn: i want to ask the that's senator from oklahoma, 9,000 a day. i had to get out my calculator to figure out what that means. are you talking about 3 million? 3.285 million? mr. lankford: that's possible. if the current rate assistance. -- if the current rate stains. yielding back my time for senator cornyn and for others as well. two weeks ago, our nation crossed a threshold that most people just missed. we had just over six million people that illegally crossed our southern border in less than three years under the biden administration. just over six million people. that number is the same number, that six million number, is the same as both terms of the obama administration and the trump administration combined. the biden administration has allowed more people to fill legally cross our border in less than three years than the previous 12 years along our border. those border patrol need help right now. they don't need a government shutdown. they need help. coming alongside them.

mr. cornyn, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. capito, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. stabenow, aye, ms. ernst, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. lummis, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. rubio, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. kennedy, aye u ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. mullin, yea.. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. . the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 83, the nays are 10. the motion is agreed t

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i find it ironic that we're talking about government shutdowns when it is as a result of senator schumer's handling of this matter that we find ourselves here two weeks before the end of the fiscal year without having a chance to vote on appropriations bills. this is by design. this is not a bug. this is a feature of his strategy. these bipartisan appropriation bills were passed out of the senate appropriations committee weeks ago, and then senator schumer put the senate in a 40-day recess during the month of august, and now with the clock ticking, september 30 just right around the corner, we will start with a minibus appropriation bill next week, but we won't be able to finish. we won't be able to reconcile the house and senate version before the end of the fiscal year, so we'll be forced to do some sort of continuing resolution. you might ask why would the majority leader of the senate sabotage the normal expected procedure by which t

mr. cornyn, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mrs. capito, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. cassidy, no. mrs. murray, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. thune, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. ms. lummis, no. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. sanders,, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. mr. hassan, aye. mr. kaine, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk:

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i remember when title 42 went away away. the covid and public health order that the border patrol used to expel people from the border region in the interest of public health. there were many people who expected a surge of migration, recognizing what a money-making opportunity that human smuggling and drug smuggling is for the cartels that control much of the u.s.-mexican border. it looked like it might not happen, but despite the administration's best efforts to downplay or distract the situation at the border, we now see the biden border crisis in full flower. preliminary data secured by "the warm post shows that a record number of migrant families illegalley crossed the southern border. in awpg the border patrol arrested more than 91,000 migrants in august. people who entered the united states as part of a family unit, the highest number we've seen in a single month. but it's not just the families. apprehension numbers have be inned dramatically over the past couple of m

mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. booker, aye. mr.aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. vot: vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. vote: the clerk:

mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, are we under a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. cornyn: thank you, madam president. i want to thank our friend, senator capito, for bringing us together to discuss national security and the many challenges that we see on the horizon. when we think about national security, we often picture the brave men and women in our uniform military who've made immeasurable sacrifices to protect our freedom. we envision the ships, the tanks, the aircraft, and the weapons that they use to keep us safe. we think about the greatest threats to our country, including countries like russia and china. but today i want to talk about a lesser known but no less important aspect of our national security apparatus which is section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, fisa this is sometimes called. in short, section 702 allows the intelligence community and the department of justice to obtain intelligence on foreigners located outside of the united sta

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. plicts -- mr. mr. ricketts, no. mr. tillis, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. hoven, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: -- the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 44. and the motion is agreed to. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i rise to speak about a horrific set of events that are taking place in a part of the world that we could do something about. in this photo, this dead man's body is completely emaciated. the skin tight o

mr. cornyn: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, following the devastating shooting in uvalde just a little over a year ago, congress passed the bipartisan safer communities act. as we know, this legislation invested in mental health, school safety, and commonsense measures to prevent dangerous individuals -- namely, those with mental health problems or criminal records -- from carrying out acts of violence. importantly, it did all of this wouldn't impacting the second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. that was a red line. unfortunately, the biden administration has misinterpreted a section of the law and is using it as a pretext to defund hunter education and archery programs, which is ironic because one of the things that many people have advocated is, let's teach people how to safely use firearms for recreational or hunting purposes. yet they want to somehow stop those very programs? well, these programs are offered in school districts across texas and equip students with invaluable skills, includi

mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i know there are others waiting to speak, and i will yield to them momentarily. i think it's important that the majority leader explain the entire story of where we are on the verge of a shutdown. the truth is the senate has not passed a single appropriations bill that passed out of the senate appropriations committee by bipartisan support. some of them were passed unanimously. the first bill, i believe, that passed out of the senate appropriations committee passed out some 80 days ago. now, it may have taken until the end of july before we could get a house bill to then amend, which is a necessary procedural prerequisite, but the fact of the matter is, the majority leader, who is the only person who can schedule a vote on any of these pieces of legislation, has failed to bring any of these bills to the floor and successfully pass the united states senate. so 18 days before the end of the fiscal year, which is the shutdown, unless we pass another funding bill, the majority lead

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mr. president, and i yield the floor. senator john cornyn talked about the consequences of the government shutdown and senate majority leader chuck schumer's role in the debate over government spending. mr. president, by my watch,

mr. president, and i yield the floor. senator john cornyn talked about the consequences of the government shutdown and senate majority leader chuck schumer's role in the debate over government spending. mr. president, by my watch, today is september 20th. the fiscal year for the united states senate and the united states government and in ten days. congress, which is required to fund thet government bypassing appropriations bills has not passed a single appropriation bill. ten days before the end of the fiscal year. so the obvious point is unless congress acts to fund the government in the next ten days, the government will be without funds and large portions of the federal government will shut down. notwithstanding the fact some people think maybe that's a good idea that we are spending too much money here so let's just shut it down. well, tell that to members of the united states military and their families. tell that to the men and women who serve briefly as members of the border patrol, customs and border protection that are responsible

cornyn: thank you, mr. chairman but i just want to point out we have not had a markup on an immigration bill in this committee is a committee of jurisdiction since the current chairman has been chairman. and even when our democratic colleagues were in charge of both the house, the senate and the white house, we have not considered any immigration bills. i think senator tillis join me in a letter to you as chairman asking we make some attempt to try to craft something that might generate bipartisan support. about two years ago, senator sinema, the senator from arizona and i and also tony gonzales who represents the largest border district in the country and henry cuellar, a democrat, introduced a bipartisan, bicameral border solutions act i think we called it. my thought was at some point things would get so bad that president biden or perhaps even our democratic colleagues might be prompted to actually do something instead of just talk about it. and i guess i was wrong. in the meantime as senator graham poi

. >> senator cornyn, mr., chairman i would like to just direct but the senator from hawaii for the united states courts website. as a code of conduct for u.s. judges. who says they don't have a code of conduct and they need one. congress has to impose it on them. that is just factually incorrect. but the senators question what is the relevance of providing a judge an opportunity to defend themselves and their families, and what is the relevance of that to the long standing campaign of intimidation and harassment but? recently rising to the crest of the majority leaders, three members of the court by name. what's the relevance of self to spent defense for that? it's because there are unstable lines out there. when they say public officials accuse eyeing members of the court. over our full conduct, they will respond to that in the case of justice kavanaugh. they're able to interdict the person who tried to kill them. i think the justice kavanaugh and every judge defending themselves, if other defenses are not available. correctly related to the campaign of intimidation. and harassment. and

cornyn told you more than 100,000. you want to talk about something stunning, i put up a photograph with pictures of colored wristbands. i said mretary, what are the wristbands, and he said i have no idea what they are. now look, any good lawyer will tell you you don't ask a question you don't know the answer to, that was one answer that left me flabbergasted. because just about every single illegal immigrant who crosses the border wears a wristband. they are color coded for how many thousands of dollars they owe the cartels and if you stand on the banks of the rio grande river, you see hundreds of thousands of these wristbands. these are picked up from the banks of the rio grande river, and the little boys, the teenagers that come in, owe thousands of dollars to the cartels, sent to every city in america and they are working for the cartels to pay off those thousands of dollars. they are committing crimes in washington, d.c. and new york and every city in america. and if they don't pay off the cartels, their families will be murdered. and as bad as the boys have it, the girls have it even worse. literally thousands upon thousan

mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. vote: vote: vote: the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 48. and the motion is agreed to. the quorum is present. the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to reconsider the vote and i lay it on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. smiewrm schumer i ask that the senate -- mr. schumer: i ask that the senate stands in recess subject to the call of the