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. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. leigh, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 83. and the nays are 11. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr.resident, is the senate? a quorum call in. the presiding officer: yes. mr. sullivan: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i'm on the in regard for a couple minutes, but number one and most important is to congratulate general smith is general eric smith, to be the new commandant of the united states marine corps. now, mr. president, you may have seen the vote. pretty impressive vote, 96-0. that does not schaap a lot in the u.s. senate. -- is that that does not happen a lot in the u.s. senate. but every floor on the floor just -- but every senator on the floor just an hour ago gave general eric smith a huge vote of confidence, and with good reason, mr. president. this is a marine officer who has a stellar career, stellar career. he has commanded at every level in the marine corps as an infantry officer, weapons company, second battalion, second marine regiment, as a general officer, he commanded the u.s. marine co

mr. sullivan, no. mr. lee, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. ms. britt, no. mr. ossoff, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 52. the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, federal reserve system, lisa denell cook of michigan to be a member of the board of governors. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: mr. president, just yesterday all of us returned to the u.s. capitol following a five-week stretch where we exercised the opportunity to meet with our constituents in our homes, visited updated projects and attend events in our relative -- in our respective states, and some of us traveled across the country and around the world to expand our understanding and gather lessons so that we can apply that to our work here in washington. i was able

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 microsoft president brad smith will be among groups of witnesses testifying on proposed legislation for artificial intelligence. by the senate judiciary subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law. watch live 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span three. c-span now, free mobile video or online at c-span.org. >> c-span is the unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including media,. >> we believe whether you hear a right here or in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast and reliable internet. >> media com supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a fro

mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified 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 37, rita f. lin of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california, 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 rita f. lin of california to be unite

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr.sident, i'm on the floor now with my colleague from texas, senator cruz, trying once again to pass our pay our military act. now, i'm not going to spend a lot of time explaining what we're trying to do here. since 48 hours ago we tried to do the same thing. we're in our conference right now trying to get through a compromise, trying to make sure that we don't have a government shutdowns. it may or may not happen. it's looking more likely though. and as we get closer to that moment, the idea that we would leave the men and women who protect this country uncertain about whether they're going to get paid even though they will still be deployed, fighting all over the world protecting this nation, so we're going to leave them out hanging. right? so all we're trying to do, mr. president, is the most commonsense thing you could do if you care one bit about the troops of the united states, and that's to say, we know you're probably worried, probably deployed and your wife is worried whether yo

mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 55, the nays are 43, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, federal communications commission. anna m. gomez of virginia to be a member. a senator: thank you, mr. president. all of us have lived through the failed experiment of -- i'm new at this, mr. president, so it takes a little time. all of us have gone through the experiment of mandatory masking. today i want to make sure we do not subject the people to the tyranny for the sake of nothing. we've seen an uptick of covid cases across the country. this is not something to worry about. i don't like the fact but covid is here to stay. seasonal upticks in a respiratory virus are expected. they shouldn't cause panic from our leadership, our country, or shouldn't cause us to reimpose a policy that failed e. mr. vance: being are calling to bring back mask mandates and regulate social gatherings. i've heard friends on the opposite side of the aisle sayi

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: the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 46. two-thirds of the senators voting having not voted in the affirmative, the resolution, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the president's veto. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the veto message with respect to s.j. res. 2-a, which the clerk will report. the clerk: veto message to accompany s.j. res. 24, a joint resolution that would dills approve

the official told reporters that said mr sullivan "underscored that the united states and china are in

mr. sullivan, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr.e. -- mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. risch, aye. ms. warren, aye. claip --. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. paul, no. mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. barasso, aye. mr. kenne

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, thank you. i'm going to speak about a really important bill that i'm hoping we're going to pass right here on the senate floor. it's passed, by the way, previously. it's called the pay our military act. and, mr. president, it's pretty simple. in the event of a shutdown, and right now we're all working hard to make sure we avoid it, we need to make sure that the men and women who protect us get paid. that's it. simple. really, really simple. now, i know back home in the great state of alaska there's a lot of frustration with our government. it seems every day the biden administration has another order to shut down alaska, lock up our lands, put people out of work, skyrocketing prices and everything from gas to food, interest rates at 40-year highs, illegal immigration, which is just flooding across the southern border, a literal invasion happening right now. a lot of people are frustrated with what'

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: i ask unanimous consent that the appropriations committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 2835 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. i further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, reserving the right to object. as i have said, i share my colleagues' concern with making sure our servicemembers do not miss a paycheck because of a potential government shutdown. in fact, i do not want any. our federal workers to miss a paycheck, whether they are cancer researchers whose work saves our lives, or brave firefighters who risk their lives for us, and i don't want any programs families rely on to be undermined -- counseling and transition assistance for new veterans adjusting to civilian life, nutrition a

mr. sullivan: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: madam president, is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. sullivan: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: madam president, my colleagues and i are down on the floor talking about national security. and it's clear, and this is testimony from admirals and generals and department of defense officials over the last few years, that we are certainly in one of the most dangerous times globally since any time since world war ii. with we have this new era of authoritarian aggression led by the dictators in beijing and moscow, who are very aggressive, paranoid about their neighbors, certainly willing to attack them. and so, madam president, we need to be strong as a nation. and, as a matter of fact, the national security advisor jake sullivan, he often talks about situations of strength. now, this is actually a phrase that came from dean atcinson when the cold war. he talked about confronting the soviet

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, budd, collins, durbin, fischer, hassan, hirono, kelly, king, lummis, manchin, moran, murray,off, ricketts, rounds, rubio, shaheen, smith, tester, tillis, warner. mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. johnson, aye. senators voting in the negative negative -- blackburn, marshall. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. thune, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. wyden, aye. ms

the official told reporters that said mr sullivan underscored that the united states and china are in competition. but that the united states does not seek conflict or confrontation. on taiwan, united states opposes "unilateral changes to the status quo from either side." jake sullivan also emphasised that washington does not back taiwan seeking formal independence from china. i've been speaking to rana mitter, who is chair in us—asia relations at harvard kennedy school and he explained to us the significance of that meeting. i think it is significant for two reasons, the first is it enables a pathway to be set out in which the us and china can dial down the very hot temperature of the relationship between the two sides. it was just a few months ago there were fears there might be a conflict or war over the status of taiwan. it's very clear that both sides by meeting in malta want to make it clear that's not on the agenda, at least not in the near future. in addition, both countries the united states and china are grappling with the dilemma, they both eat economic growth to improve do

mr. sullivan and donson, ah, the head of the intelligence agency, uh, and their position is very simple,t is impossible to defeat russia, and this determines what sooner or later we will need they usually understand how to negotiate and mostly the majority of even the american society is set on supporting ukraine now. there are about 60% there. well, of course, 95% of ukrainians there are determined to win. it is because of this that they, as politicians, cannot ask the question that now we just stop. that's all, but they create a certain pressure there on anyone, on the ukrainian leadership, on er, there is the eastern european leadership of the western european production that there will be no negotiations, and if there are, it is better to do it earlier in order to lose if possible there are fewer people and money from this side. well, of course, they need some kind of result, which they can demonstrate to their society before the elections, which will be held in america in november next year. and it is because of this that they believe that the negotiations are negotiations, but they

mr. sullivan, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: cortez masto, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 45, 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 notified of

mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner.. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, carper, collins, cortez masto, cotton, duckworth, hassan, hyde-smith, kaine, markey, menendez, moran, mullin, murray, rosen, schatz, shaheen, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- hawley, lee, marshal, paul, schmitt. mr. tester, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. welch, aye. 0 vote: the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. barasso, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. daines, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. warne

the official told reporters that said mr sullivan "underscored that the united states and china are inompetition. but that the united states does not seek conflict or confrontation. on taiwan, united states opposes "unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. " jake sullivan also emphasised that washington does not back taiwan seeking formal independence from china. big independence from china. headlines coming out of meeting. big headlines coming out of that meeting. live now to rana mitter, who is chair in us — asia relations at harvard kennedy school. thank you for your time on the bbc. how significant in your opinion has this meeting been? i how significant in your opinion has this meeting been?— this meeting been? i think it is significant _ this meeting been? i think it is significant for _ this meeting been? i think it is significant for two _ this meeting been? i think it is significant for two reasons, - this meeting been? i think it isi significant for two reasons, the first is it enables a pathway to be set out in which the us and china can dial down the very hot

the official told reporters that said mr sullivan "underscored that the united states and china are inompetition. but that the united states does not seek conflict or confrontation. i've been speaking to rana mitter, who is chair in us — asia relations at harvard kennedy school and he explained to us the significance of that meeting. it is significant for two reasons. first it a pathway in which the us and china can dial down the often very hot temperature of the relationship between the two sides. it was just a few months ago there were fears they might even be a conflict of war over the status of taiwan and it is very clear that both sides by meeting in malta want to make it clear that that is not on the agenda at least not in the near future. in addition, both countries, the united states and china, are grappling with a dilemma. they both need economic growth to improve domestic political circumstances but they also need each other at the same time in some way as wanting to protect themselves against each other. so there are two dilemmas other ones that essentially other context for

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. senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, blumenthal, casey, cornyn, cramer, duckworth, hickenlooper, king, klobuchar, lujan, murray, padilla, schatz, and shaheen. no senator voted in the negative mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. risch, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mrs. fischer, no. mrs.

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 over his bones, barely covers his skeleton. bruises and scars stretch across his chest. this is not a victim at the side of the road during the armenian turks genocide. it is not a human carcass left in the wake of cambodia or serbian forces in bosnia. mr. president, it is from the human rights defender's office in carba. it is from august, only weeks ago. mr., right now as you sit here and i stand here, the government government -- this is something that bears the hallmarks of genocide. they have purposely and viciously and trapped an estimated 100,000 to 120,000 christian armenians in the -- caraba mountains. there is only one road out for people in

mr. sullivan, no. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr.arper, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. cardin, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. blum, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: klobuchar -- ms. klo. the cl

mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: the yeas are 54, the nays are 40. the motion is agreed to. : have emboldened state-sponsored chair would be nuclear armed aggressor. take the $60 billion united states reportedly just released to the iranian regime. the administration officials have insisted this money is subject to strict oversight and may only be used for humanitarian purposes. iran's president on the other hand understands money is fungible. he said and this is the exact quote, humanitarian means or whatever the iranian people need. and the needs of the iranian people need to determine by the iranian government." well, madam president, we know quite well the iranian people's needs and the iranian regime priorities rarely overlap. for example protesters continued to take to the streets across iran to denounce the regimes one year after the so-called morality police killed a youn

mr. sullivan's largely talking about additional sanctions and economic pressure that will be applied to the to move forward on this. look, just a couple of weeks ago, wolf, the department of treasury sanctioned some entities we know were involved in trying to broker this deal, three entity, as a matter of fact, directly involved in trying to broke they are deal. we're going to watch closely and not take additional sanctions off the table. and the other thing that jake talked about was, it wouldn't just be us. we could fully expect some of our allies and partners of the international community would react swiftly. >> it's interesting. i want to get your thoughts on another very, very important yet very sensitive issue. your thoughts on senator tuberville's efforts right now to hold military nominations and prevent senior military officers, generals and adm admirables, being confirmed. the navy secretary just told our jake tapper that the hold aids and abets u.s. adversaries, namely china. tuberville just responded. listen to this. >> i'm disappointed a secretary would say that about a senato

mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. capito. aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. lummis, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. cardin, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. . mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. featherman, aye. mr. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the c

mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray yiewks -- mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the presiding-- the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. clerk. vote the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 45, the nominations is confirmed. under the previous order, the explosion 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 in the consideration of h.r. 4366. the clerk: h.r. 4366 an act making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affair in the fiscal year-ending 2024 and for other purposes. test: the house majority to accept a this week are try

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 -- bozeman, brown, cantwell, cassidy, cot continue, duckworth duckworth, brand, markey, reid, ricketts, tester, vance, welch. senators voting in the negative -- , paul, sullivan. ms. collins, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. merkley, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. thune, aye. mrs. capito, aye. ms. warren, aye. m

mrs. sullivan. good afternoon. i'm tara sullivan on behalf of the sponsor the owner of 933 lombard. the. experience seek to demo 500 square foot car sxort construct a new residents 40 feet in height. property is 137 feet dope we 27 feet wide and single family house at the rear. after completion at this time vfrms 2 home lot with code compliant shared rear yard of 34 feet the issue is whether or not a class one category atted exemption by planning on april 19th is supported by evidence. the cad ex appealed by the neighbor at the neighboring property. the appellate has not offered evidence to challenge the departmenty determination this warranties over and clear the sgo elf to protect his vows oshg potion future development. the appeal ask should be belle deny there ared no unusual circumstances result in significant impact and predloo updated. the appellate has not provide evidence in support of his ceqa climbs the appeal consists of statements and claims about project impact related geotech, noise, dusted, fumes. trafficking and happen at that time loss. aesthetics are not a seck wa issu

mr. sullivan , biden’s security adviser, wants at least a stuffed carcass, but somehow zelensky still drag meeting in jeddah dedicated to ukraine, many of the key g20 countries, including a state of the global south, met with ukrainians to discuss principles , a just and lasting peace. well , representatives of the european union staged a kind of riot because they looked at the text of the final declaration, which was proposed to india as chairman and support china a. there are no words of aggression, uh, condemnations of aggression, uh, which they call aggression itself. as for russia in relation to ukraine , the europeans say, no, we will not sign to redo this. the cartoon is clear to us that this is a violation of international norms and rules, so we take a tough , unyielding position on the issue of supporting ukraine and condemning russia. will the final communiqué be accepted? i can’t say yet, maybe not, but we will defend our principles adrianovich when charm michelle is here with this ever-smiling face of his always takes on some kind of tough, funny look. it’s funny, yes, but let’

mr. sullivan, our security adviser, may even be under attack, considering that he himself came up with thisright after all the events, where they were offered this idea that let us together put smuggler on the board of directors of drilling, he will receive approximately 1 million dollars per year, that is, 82,000 per month. well, and, accordingly, in this way it will be possible to earn money from this plus and strengthen uh, ties with the ukrainian oligarchs. well, as for anthony blinkin, he, of course, has other scandals, but they are more in the context of china but as we know, yes, he also headed the biden center for diplomacy, the so-called at the university of pennsylvania. for a while. this very center of diplomacy, i receive a lot of anonymous donations from businessmen , now somehow this story is not remembered so often, but nevertheless, if you dig around, you can also find it there. well, it’s funny that the administration asked the media to be more careful about what the republicans are going to say on the topic. well , it’s clear that yes. soviet union 1982 undoubtedly. they h

mrs. sullivan. good afternoon. i'm tara sullivan on behalf of the sponsor the owner of 933 lombard. the. experience seek to demo 500 square foot car sxort construct a new residents 40 feet in height. property is 137 feet dope we 27 feet wide and single family house at the rear. after completion at this time vfrms 2 home lot with code compliant shared rear yard of 34 feet the issue is whether or not a class one category atted exemption by planning on april 19th is supported by evidence. the cad ex appealed by the neighbor at the neighboring property. the appellate has not offered evidence to challenge the departmenty determination this warranties over and clear the sgo elf to protect his vows oshg potion future development. the appeal ask should be belle deny there ared no unusual circumstances result in significant impact and predloo updated. the appellate has not provide evidence in support of his ceqa climbs the appeal consists of statements and claims about project impact related geotech, noise, dusted, fumes. trafficking and happen at that time loss. aesthetics are not a seck wa issu

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator sullivan. we are going to have additional five-minute rounds as people would like. one of the things i find interesting about the plastics conversation is when we identify the significant harms that have developed as the production of plastics has increased it is often pointed out that there's plastics in almost everything. and this is pretty accurate. nylon is a plastic in our clothes. et cetera. but, when you have harmful effects it isn't the right answer to say there is nothing that can be done. so, one of the conversations is how do we distinguish between necessary uses of plastic? and those that are not necessary? because maybe we can reduce this harmful effects by reducing how much we produce. and when we produce it how to reproduce it in a way that's less harmful for the communities in which it is located? how do we reduce the admissions, and the cancer, and disease rates there? and when it is used in our consumer economy how to be claimant in a fashion where it doesn't end up in our riv

sullivan , the biden administration's national security adviser, said that the american people really deserve some gratitude for the air defense ammunition. armored vehicles and equipment for mine clearance, mr seems to have understood this message; the learned skill will be useful when communicating in congress; no joint session, where zelensky would be favorably received by members of both chambers, he, of course, will no longer see well now. if it were not for the booing , more and more republicans in the house of representatives do not want to allocate more than a cent to kiev. many people think the same as marjaret, tailor green. i have never voted for sending even a cent to ukraine and i will not vote this week, especially in in the presence of zelensky dressed in a green t-shirt and behaving. it's like he's at war while he's instructing biden with the t-shirt man. biden has a meeting in the white house from new york, it turns out they will move to yours. almost simultaneously, the residents of the big apple, at least a little sigh , the us president in the city flew in early on sunday to celebrate his birthday, finnigan’s granddaughters walked in a famous italian restaurant. hunter wa

lee, lummis, marshall, paul, ricketts, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, vance, and wicker. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. wasn't, aye mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. is the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ?oo vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the presiding officer: the ayes are 55, the nays are 43, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous o

jake sullivan , the biden administration's national security adviser, said that the american people do deserve some gratitude for air defense ammunition , armored vehicles and equipment for demining, mrl be useful when communicating in congress; no joint session, where zelensky would be favorably received by members of both chambers, he, of course, will no longer see well now. if it were not for astali , more and more republicans in the house of representatives do not want to allocate more than a cent to kiev. many people think the same as marjaret, taylor greene i have never voted to send even a cent to ukraine and i will not vote this week, especially in the presence of zelensky dressed in green t-shirt and behaving. it's like he's at war while he's giving instructions to biden with the t-shirt man. biden has a meeting at the white house from new york. residents of the big apple will move to washington almost synchronously, the us president will breathe a little in the city since sunday , he arrived early to celebrate his birthday, finnigan’s granddaughters walked in a famous italian restaurant. hunter was not seen. while the bidens were having fun, the townspeople sent him tweets.

of russia by burns and sullivan, but it seemed to all of us that june was july the most difficult month for ukraine, from my point of view, deronsovan is winning , remember how mr. kuleba warned us at the beginning of august that in the fall we will experience terrible pressure from our partners, pressure in favor of a truce, cease fire, real speeches, there is no such pressure, and the miracle that happened in washington is explained very simply by the scandalous exposure of the behind-the-scenes so-called diplomatic negotiations, which are known, known for decades - the russian agent of influence tom graham, on behalf of selivan, introduced in moscow, on the other hand, by exposing the essence of the negotiations that burns conducted in november of the twenty-first year in moscow with naryshkin, and then with putin, when he promised putin that in the course aggression, during the pre-emptive aggression, he did not try to establish aggression, he promised putin that during his aggression, he would do everything so that ukraine would not retaliate, in the direction of the russian one. these scandalous disagreements finally sharply weakened the position of burns

mr. putin kill innocent ukrainians, and if they decide to go to some kind of agreement on the sale of weapons , we obviously, we're going to take appropriate measures to respond to it appropriately, as jake sullivanlast week, this will definitely have consequences for north korea, both from the united states and from the international community, the russian ambassador to the united states , in turn, anatolii antonov, said that such an assessment by officials in the united states of the visit of a native of russia to russia is a manifestation of, quote, hypocrisy. putin's meeting took place the day before at the eastern cosmodrome, the conversation lasted four hours . it is not known exactly what was agreed upon . there was no press conference with the outcome of the negotiations, however, according to kim jong-un, they discussed the military and political situation on the korean peninsula and in europe . and according to kremlin spokesman piskov, he said that the russian state media separately commented on this story that north korea showed great interest in the development of cooperation with russia. expressed his confidence that the russian army will certainly win a great victory in the sacred

mr. sunday: as i mentioned in my opening statement, the greenhouse gas emissions. china is greater. senator sullivan: china is going up and ours is going down because of the production of natural gas. ms. jackson, we don't want plastic production going to the dirtiest producer which is china and taking our jobs away. do you have a view on that? ms. jackson: our economy is always being attacked even though we are the least producer. china is the greatest polluter but they get the benefit when we attack our economy, when we kill our jobs, we push them over to the biggest polluter. if you really believe that plastics are a danger to the planet, it should be a danger no matter where it's produced. but somehow only americans are being penalized. senator sullivan: we don't want to kill jobs and send production to china that will promote polluting even worse. ms. jackson: it goes to the narrative that we don't believe this. it's this kind of where we want to signal we are good people. but if you care about people, you care about all people. if you believe plastics are harming individuals, why harm other pe

mr. putin kill innocent ukrainians. and if they decide to move forward with some sort of arms deal, obviously we'll take the measure of that and we'll deal with it appropriately. as jake sullivan said last week, there will be repercussions for north korea both from the united states and from the international community. as for what either said will get out of this, again, i think we have to watch and see what actually comes out of this discussion. what we have said publicly when we had information to share with you about this budding arms deal was that it was entirely likely at that mr. putin was, at the very least, going to seek artillery. what's going on in the donbas and down in the south, it's a gun fight, heavily dependent on artillery. so it's entirely likely that that's at least one type of munition that mr. putin's seeking. i've said on the record a week or so ago that we expect it could be other types of munitions but we don't have perfect visibility on that. we'll have to see how it shakes out. reporter: thank you. with $6 billion and five iranians are going to be released. [indiscernible] -- organization that advocates on behalf of hostages saying that there are mor

mr. president? >> john: president biden ignoring questions earlier this morning on whether he would pardon his son as hunter faces three felony charges and possibly more to come. the white house briefing just underway now. jake sullivan, the national security advisor, at the podium. hunter biden's lawyer says the case is not likely to hold up in court, and it'll be dismissed before it gets a trial. it all started five years ago, of course, when hunter bought a gun in delaware while struggling with drug addiction. a plea deal fell apart in july. the federal indictment found yesterday. byron york joins us now. one argument a lot of people make, it seems to be low-hanging fruit, a very easy charge. he clearly, according to the prosecutor, put down a falsehood on that application to purchase a firearm. why did it take this long, almost down to the deadline of the statute of limitations running out, to file charges? >> i think every prosecutor who has been interviewed about this has said, this is a couple of weeks of investigation. why did it take five years? obviously it was a very politically charged investigation, and for much of that time, the justice department was investigating the president's son. the hunter biden

tara sullivan here on behalf hudson pacific the permit holders of the permitos appeal. i am upon prepared answer quotes broef on august 24 regarding your questions as mr. osgood said we have come to an agreement hudson properties has no intention of following through with the 4 permits they would like to cancel them. they are under suspension through jurisdiction of the board by appeal. wield request that you continue this matter so that the permits can be unsuspended so hudson can cancel them with dbi. submit required information to mrs. rosenburg properties you know in being a good community partner decided the signs are not worth pursuing but they don't intends to pursue them right now. thank you >> thank you. >> the planning department. nothing from planning? the building department? okay. is there public comment on this item. raise your hand. anyone in i don't see combvenl nobody on zoom. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> i do have a motion to clarify the date and how much time you need to cancel. continue to october 11 or october 25th. do that the call of the chair. why not a second time call the chair. >> um -- may be 5 weeks should n

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. the clerk: mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is not present. the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president. i move to direct the sergeant at arms -- be a sense senators, and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there objection -- is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: 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. kel