mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. 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. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker.

mr. carper: thanks, mr. president. mr.t, i rise today to voice my support for jennifer hall's nomination to serve as next u.s. district judge for delaware. before i describe what makes jennifer hall particularly well suited for the role, pleat take a moment, if i can to describe our role for filling court vacancies in the first state. senator chris coons and i have relied on a collaborative process for putting forward u.s. district court recommendations to the white house, regardless of who's in the white house. and with the help of a judicial nominating commission, senator coons and i worked to identify some of the most qualified individuals in delaware in order to recommend them to the president, regardless of political party. the process serves delaware well. it serves our nation well. and it has yielded yet another extraordinary nominee before us today. as as they often say, justice delayed is justice denied. justice delayed is justice denied. it is critical that we act quickly to confirm jennifer hall to delaware's u.

mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. the clerk: mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. the clerk: mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock.

mr. carper, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. sure, aye. -- mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, brendan hurson to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. the presiding officer: under the >> the senate will return after their party lunches for more work on judicial and executive nominations. votes planned for 2:15 eastern >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more including media come. >> at mediacom, we believe whether you live here or right here, or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have ac

mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. cardin, aye. miss lummis, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: is. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. kennedy, no. 4 the clerk: mrs. fish fischer, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: ms.

mr. carper, no. mr. schumer, no. mr. sullivan, aye. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mr. coons, no. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. cruz, aye. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. coast cardin, no. the clerk: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. mr. heinrich, no. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 50. the joint resolution fails. i steered the obvious will know that the world is in turmoil that a strong america is good for the entire world. [applause] >> we are the beacon of freedom and we must preserve this grand experiment and self-governance. it still is. we are only 247 years into this grand experiment and we don't know how long it will last. but

mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. brown, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye.

carper has made to me as well. >> thank you for your willingness to take on this important service. it's my hope we'll proceed quickly with your confirmation. thank you, mr. secretary. >> senator ricketts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. lew, for being here. the as toties hamas committed were one of the darkest days in israel's history. we saw reports of babies and toddlers beheaded. women were -- women were rape and paraded bloody through the streets. we've seen kidnappings including of children. and this isn't something that is confined just to israelis. i know there's not only 1,400 israelis that have been killed, but 300 americans that have been killed. we are concerned about the hostages that include not only israeli bus americans as well. hamas continues to block the evacuation routes in gaza so they can use palestinians, children and civilians, in gaza, as human shields. they forced innocents into harm's way for twisted propaganda. hamas represents the worst of humanity. i believe the u.s. must stand shoulder-to-should we are the state of israel. we need to stand with them in their time as they have declared war on hamas to fight this w

mr. chairman this has been timely. and i think well attended. we appreciate very much all the work you do and sharing your thoughts with us. >> thank you chairman carper you have quoted churchill and lincoln. but what reverberates in my mind is a quote from that esteemed public leader center carper switches to more of what works is less of what doesn't. [laughter] that sums up a strategy. i want to return to a moment to this conversation about plastic bags. whether they are single use or not. nationally, less than 10% of plastic bags are recyclable. very few places you can put the bat plastic bags and no winded the wind blows them out they don't take them what happened to stores in some places that you can bring them back to us we will find a way to be sent somewhere they'll be turned into new plastic bags possibly or possibly plastic lumber is what i am seeing. but essentially at this moment it is inefficient to recycle plastic bags they do not get recycled. so they end up going into the landfills. they get blown away and end up in the ecosystem as we see from this. i'll keep coming back to that display think about all the other pictures i've seen a

mr. mfume at a want to thank chairwoman mcclain for allowing us to start this hearing without me. madam chairman, i yield back the time so we can cut opening statements. >> i now recognize ranking member carper for the purposes of making an opening statement. >> have you heard of death by a thousand paper cuts? it's how to get rid of something by subtly attacking it over and over until it is finally gone. death by 1000 a thousand c. for too many years washington politicians have worked to get the internal revenue service and they found creative ways to cut the irs time and time again. how did he do that? phase one, they start by attacking its credibility. look, i know that the agency that collects our taxes isn't easy to love. believe me, opportunistic politicians know that, too, so they go on tv and they give the irs of verbal slash often suggesting that the irs is spying on us, targeting us for our political beliefs are going after us today more money than we owe. what a bunch of bs. but even though those claims lack any evidence, we might be inclined to believe negative things about an agency that collects taxes. look up even the bible isn't that kindev to tax collectors. these politician

, senator carper who i think is as evenhanded balanced and bipartisan a senator has, has served in the modern era. so i don't know if there's anything you wanted to say in response to that. mr. lew: i appreciate your bringing that to the attention of the committee. it's a point that senator harper has made to me as well. sen. koons: well, thank you for your willingness to take on this important service and it's my hope that we will proceed quickly with your confirmation. thank you, mr secretary. >> thank you, mr chairman. thank you, senator ricketts. sen. ricketts: thank you very much, mr chairman. thank you mr liu for being here. -- thank you mr lew for being here. the attacks and atrocities that hamas committed were one of the darkest days in israel's history. we saw reports of babies and toddlers beheaded, women were and paraded bloody through the streets. we've seen kidnappings, including of children and this isn't something that is confined just to israelis. we know there's not only 1400 israelis have been killed, but 31 americans have been killed and we are also concerned about the hostages that include not just israelis but potentially americans as well. and hamas co