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. 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,

mr. vance, no. mr. crapo, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. v: vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, is no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. lujan, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no o -- no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. casey

mr. vance: mr. president, let me offer a couple of thoughts. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. vance: i know we're on a short time line. i want to offer a couple of points in response and i will let this body go on with its business. senator markey mentioned how over one million lost their lives to covid. it is a tragedy and i wish we hadn't lost them, but we lost them in spite of some of the most guessive -- most aggressive masking policies. the second point is that this legislation doesn't prevent any of our citizens from wearing mask. if you would like to wear a mask, you have right to do so. the senator talked about freedom. what which would like is for a freedom of a school child to not be thrown out of a classroom because he doesn't want to wear a mask. i would like the freedom of an airline passenger go to visit their families and not thrown off the plane to wear their mask. respecting that, accepting it and not using government mandates to force our fellow citizens to do exactly what they want to do, but to figure it out

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 clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. markey, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. vot: vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 52, the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until ♪♪ television companies and more communications. ♪♪ >> turner is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet provider and we are just getting started moving 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach tho who need it most. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row s

mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 46. 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 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 124, jeffrey irvine cummings of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois signed by 20 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quo

the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. e, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. collins, aye. mr. cotton, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. braun, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 8, 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 the senate's action. the clerk will report the mcgrath nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, tara k. mcgrath, of california, to be united states attorney for the southern district of california. the presi

mr. vance: my colleagues make some good points. i agree with my colleagues that u.s. attorneys play an important role. i agree we need a department of justice that is fully staffed to do its job. but i don't think the solution to the politicization of the department of justice is to let these guys through on a glide path. i think it's to provide proper consent, proper advisement and proper scrutiny of each one of these nominees which we can't let them dough if we allow them to sail through unanimous consent. i'll continue this hold but let me make one final point before i allow my colleague to respond. i'm a new guy and i recognize that i'm a little naive whether it comes to matters of the procedure of the united states senate. but i've had a lot of jobs in my life. yesterday we cast one vote and today we have cast zero votes. the time that we have spent debating whether we should have unanimous consent over these nominations we could actually use to vote on these nominations and in this charad

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr.the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. cruz, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 96. the nays are 1. 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 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 249, general eric m

mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr.. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. blument, aye. -- 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. re

mr. vance: reserving the right to object, the senator from illinois knows well i cannot and will not give consent to the confirmation of new officials department of justice. my objection is not specific to the qualifications or the particular individuals that have been nominated. my objection is instead to the fact that we live in an era where the department of justice is used for politics as much as justice and that's unacceptable. the doj is and has been defined by its most consequential investigations and prtionz -- prosecution. this is defined by the leader of the opposition, the man running against joe biden to be president of the united states. of course i'm speaking of donald trump. this unprecedented double standard selectively prosecuting donald trump leaving the president and his family untouched is a reason why the department of justice's public confidence has collapsed. an nbc news survey showed 35% of the american people approve the department of justice, a radical decline. it is t

vote: the clerk: mr. vance vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. : vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 89. the nays are 8. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: mr. president, two hours ago senator schumer announced that we will be voting on the commander of the marine corps, army chief of staff, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it's about time. i've called for individual votes on these nominees for almost six months. instead of voting, democrats have spent months complaining about having to vote. they want us to use floor time for things like liberal judges like the one we confirmed a couple of hours ago. senator schumer could have confirmed these nominees a long, long time ago. we have had more than 80 days off this year in the senate, not including weekends. yet senator schumer is outraged that we are voting on these nominations. as i've noted before, the current chairman of the joint chie

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, cotton, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, kennedy, marshall, moran, paul, ricketts, rounds, rubio, schmitt, and vance. senators voting in the negative -- cardin, coons, hassan, heinrich, murray, schatz, sinema, and welch. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. carper, no. mr. hoeven, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mrs. capito. aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. 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, a

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blumenthal, cantwell, cardin, coons jicialtiond, -- gillibrand, hickenlooper, kelly, lujan, menendez, merkley, peters, shaheen, smith, tester, van hollen, warren, and welch. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, braun, britt, capito, cassidy, cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, grassley, hawley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, marshall, mcconnell, mullin, paul, ricketts, risch, romney, rubio, and vance. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. bring to a close man -- mr.. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. reed, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: m

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. capito, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. m

mr. vance, no. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye.n, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. warner, 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

the clerk: mr. vance, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. reed, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. romney, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. hucken looper, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. coons, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. ca

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, blumenthal, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, casey, collins, cortez masto, hassan, heinrich, hirono, king, klobuchar, markey, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rounds, sanders, schatz, shaheen, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, van hollen, welch, wyden, and young. in the negative, barrasso, braun, britt, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, ernst, fischer, grassley, hoven, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, 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.

the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. crapo -- the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. cot cot -- mr. cotton, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 91, the nays are 7. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: calendar number 198, h.r. 4366, an act for making appropriations for military construction and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i call up substitute amendment 1092. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york mr. is schumer for in ms. collins and mrs. murray propose am

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- blumenthal, carper, casey, collins, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, lujan, manchin, ossoff, smith, tester, van hollen, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, crapo, 450eud smith, johnson, lankford, lee, mullin, rubio, scott of florida, vance, wicker. mr. kennedy, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. feinstein, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. 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. m

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. ms. stabenow, aye, ms. ernst, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. budd, aye

mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senator, voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blumenthal, cardin, cassidy. cortez masto. duckworth, hassan, heinrich, hirono, kaine, lujan, markey, menendez, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, smith, tester, warner, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. bennet, aye. senators voting in the negative -- budd, crapo, moran, tuberville, and vance. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. paul, no. mr. tillis, no. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. cotton, no. mrs. britt, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schatz, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. lankford, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. thune, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. marshall,

vance:'s and also true that -- with the attorney general of new jersey? mr. gensler: he was the attorney general of new jersey. sen. vance: the attorney general of new jersey is the guy who refused to enforce immigration laws and cooperate with ice and he launched eight separate investigations against donald trump during his time as attorney general. is it also correct that you -- your general counsel was previously deputy general counsel under nancy pelosi and instigated two impeachment hearings against donald trump? mr. gensler: i believe she was. sen. vance: one of your senior report and councils is married to peter strzok. my point is that you seem to have a very troubling pattern of hiring at an impartial agency, the people who have a vendetta against the former president. i fear and i worry that that has implicated itself and affected the policy of the sec. when did the sec take its first forced action against a spec -- a spac? mr. gensler: we would have to get back to you. i don't know what decade that was. sen. vance: according to my research, septembe

mr. vance: madam president, reserving the right to object. let me address a few of my distinguished colleague from illinois' comments. first, while it is true that my hold policy regarding the department of justice is not focused on any particular nominee, i do think this particular nominee is particularly troublesome. let me talk about why. miss perry is a figure who served as chief ethics officer in the cook county state attorney's office during the justy smolik hate crimes act, where a person accused people of engaging in a false hate crime, took a ton of state resources to investigate it, it turned out it was fraudulent publicity for mr. smollit. now, everyone pretty much agrees ms. fox, the state attorney at the time, engaged in pretty unethical behavior and mrs. perry effectively rubber stamped it. is this the sort of person who could be trusted to importionly administer -- impartially administer justice in the biden-garland department of justice? i don't think she is. i will vote against her, and i object to a streamlined confirmation

i want to talk to joyce vance about that in a moment. mr. we do, we knew this would be a contentious hearing from the start. what we have seen so far in the last 90 minutes or so since this started, what is standing out to you right now? >> two quick points for what ryan said. i think one of the reasons merrick garland doesn't want to answer the question about whether he's talked to david weiss is because he almost certainly has because under the statute, under the regulations, he has ultimate authority over -- over the special counsel in the sense that he can block any move by a special counsel or before weiss was the special counsel he was essentially working for the justice department, so while he's not involved in the day to day decisions, he almost certainly was briefed on major developments in the case. and that's -- that's a sticky thing for him to talk about while all these republicans are attacking the investigation. then in terms of the evidence on whether there is political interference, you have two irs whistle-blowers who they s

. >> senator y vance from ohio is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman.nk you for having this hearing and thanks chair ginsler for being here. let's start at the top with you. in 2016 you were the cfo of hillary clinton's failed presidential candidate? >> i was proud to be financial officer to the clinton campaign. >> is itt correct that your current enforcement tractor was the attorney general of new jersey? >> he served his nation well and he was attorney general of new jersey. >> so just to recap, the attorney general of new jersey is the guy who refused to enforce immigration laws and cooperate withor ice, he also launched i believe 8 separate investigations against@tugger his time as engineer. you hired general counsel, litigated two impeachment hearings under president trump? >> i believe she was general counsel of house of representatives. >> senior enforcement is marry d peter strzok. i fear and i worry that that is implicated itself and affected the policy of the sec. chairman ginsler when did the sec took action against? >> i don't know when tha

senator vance is recognized from ohio. >> piglets thank you mr. chair welcome.o the folks testifying before the committee appreciate your time especially once have a welcome for ms. noris graduated miami university might neck of the woods in ohio. appreciate well-being here. i want to focus on the california model and whether there's something fundamentally brokenen about the way californa regulates the insurance market. if you step back we all agree we want people to be able to afford a home insurance for of their station in life and how much money they make. mthere are two ways to do that one is to help lower income people afford insurance and a market that is reasonably regulated and operates effectively. another option is to try to regulate the market such that it can actually function properly and it provides benefits and insurance is supposed to provide. i worry california is gone down that pathway weight risk learning the wrong lessons. i will direct my questions first to mr. theodore. thank you for being m here. sorry about that. could you maybe explain

mr. armstrong. >> one is a hearing notice -- hold on. sorry. june 10, 2019, impeachment hearing with joyce vance, who is not -- secondly, there is another unanimous for judiciary with two witnesses here, one week before we voted on impeachment in 2019. i appreciate you both being here. you were not witnesses at that point in time. the webster's definition of hypocrisy. two without objection, so order. >> chairman, i request a consent to enter an article into the record dated january 6, 2019. a member of the subcommittee, the day after she was sworn in, came in the congress, and the article says, response to her words, impeach the mother ever, a day after she was sworn in. some may say these comments are hypocritical, but this is an embarrassment to the time and people of this country. thank you. >> without objection. so order. >> mr. chairman, i am afraid they are engaged in personalities against a fellow committee member. >> it was the commentary that accompanied it that i am referring to. >> that is what she said. >> it was the commentary. >> she said it. >> she said, impeach the mother effort

mr. vance, no. mr. marshall, no. mr. wicker, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. lankford, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: 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

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