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. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmati

mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. butler, aye. -- ms. butler, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the nomination is confirmed and laid upon the table and the president are be -- 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 bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 116, jessica looman, of minnesota, to be administrator of the wage and hour division at the department of labor, 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 jessica looman, of minnesota, to be administrator of the wage and hour divisio

vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr.net, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. this is a vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 55. the nays are 42. 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 370, jacob j. lew of new york to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the united st

the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. welch, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. ferment, aye. mr. -- mr. fetterman, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the presiding officer:. the yeas are 67. the nays are 31. 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'

mr. cruz, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. van hollen, no. ms.arren, no. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. rounds, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. carper, no. mr. reed, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. well much, -- mr. . the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: moran, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: ms. butler, no. mr. hawley, aye. are mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. young, aye. vote:lerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the cle

the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. scott of north carolina, no. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays are 52, nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately note nide of the senate's action. -- notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to up voke 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 53, karla ann gilbride of maryland to be general counsel of the equal employment opportunity commission, 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 karla ann gilbride of maryland to be general counsel of the equal emp

mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise to support senator marshall's resolution of disapproval of this outrageous rule. i have to say, as i sat here on the senate floor, i listened to my friend from hawaii give his floor remarks. as i listened to what he said, i wrote down some of what he said. he said, kids need to eat. he said, don't take the food away from children. and he said, don't drag children into the culture wars. and i have to admit, mr. president, i felt like it was an alice in wonderland and that i'd gone through the looking glass, because i agree emphatically with all three of those statements. i thought the senator from hawaii had risen to give a speech in support of this resolution of disapproval. what is this issue about? understand what it is about. it is joe biden and the democrats who are taking food away from children. the u.s. department of agriculture has told schools, we will cut off your school lunch funding, we will take the food out of your -- off of your plates and out of the y

mr. cruz, no. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: miss rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. is the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. being. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the president pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 88, the nays are 9. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the passage of this bill, the bill is passed. mr. schumer: madam president. it's been a day full of twists and turns, but the american people can breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship, and we're glad that speaker mccarthy has finally heeded our message. in the end more democrats supported this bill in the house than re

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. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, hein

but israel, for example, all russia is commission, clearly committing a war crime that mr. cruz is completely won clearly of aggression by invasion ukraine. the problem of 1881 to cool down the street pulled back criminology and indeed that bob barry criminality. when he comes to bombings, they just use limits and only if it's the condition or some the air force command is bomb. the a civilian residence is captured in sweden or in europe somewhere. is there any prospect of pushing them on trial? so you can set that war crimes have a catch as catch can call it to you about the motor. you few capture war criminal outside his country that will protect him. uh, 10 or more crimes be punished. so certain if i can come to you and as we move to the specific region of the world, we're talking about israel and palestine. this very, very long conflict. there's an important thing i think before we talked about the details, we've heard the background from jeffrey on, on the rules of pool, but is rarely seen legally as the occupying power. what does that mean? this means that since 1960 savan

the clerk: mr. cruz, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 63, the nays are 32. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, i don't expect this to be the best formed set of remarks that i've ever made on the floor of the united states senate, and i would guess that they could be refined and improved and maybe somebody will edit them and make them in a better form, but i didn't want to miss the opportunity to express my views in regard to several things that occurred in the united states senate in the congress in this country last week. mr. president, i think our country faces perhaps the greatest challenges ever faced in my lifetime, certainly in my time as an elected official. it seems to me that the array of challenges from our adversaries railroad real -- are real, are increasing, and are threatening. i've always been an optimist. i expect us to be able to do the things nec

mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the ayes are 93. the nays are zero, and the resolution is agreed to. under the previous order, the preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the president pro tempore. the president pro tempore: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: and to get as many americans out, who wanted to get out and get out as possible. so we got the commitment as you israelis from the war cabinet and the prime minister. the second thing was that i wanted to make sure it was a vehicle mechanism that this

mr. whitaker: i will, sir. sen. cruz: when you were deputy administrator of f.a.a., the certification of the boeing 737 max was under way. what was your involvement in the certification of the 737 max? mr. whitaker: i stint have any involvement -- i didn't have any involvement in the certification of the max. i wish i had in retrospect. but the issues around the safety were unknown at that time, at least at the executive level. so they were not raised. sen. cruz: so what went wrong with the certification of the max? mr. whitaker: i think, of course this has been well stated by this committee and others, but i think i have to say it was a failure all-around. it was a failure at boeing, it was a failure at the system to catch information that was not disclosed by boeing. and i think the act has done a commendable job of plugging some of those holes but there's work to do and we need to make sure that never happens again. sen. cruz: what caused the two air crashes with the air p 37 max? -- 737 max? mr. whitaker: there were

mr. lew: senator, i don't believe it's illegally occupied territory. sen. cruz: then why did you support a resolution that it is? mr. lew: we can have a conversation but it will take me more than 10 seconds to respond. mr. chairman: allow the witness to respond. mr. lew: you've said a lot of things you have not given me a chance to respond to. i sanctioned hamas in 2015 and they were sanctioned again today. i don't think it's a fair characterization of what i did or this administration. second of all, the issue of a u.n. resolution, it was a u.n. resolution that all the parties had to agree to that was negotiated to take out the most offensive provisions, whether it was a good or bad resolution in the end, the president decided to abstain rather than have a worse resolution come out. you can agree or disagree with that. sen. cruz: could have vetoed it. mr. lew: he was trying to prevent a worse resolution. mr. chairman: senator duckworth. senator duckworth: thanks for being here. who authored it the jcpoa? mr. lew: the last administration. ms. duckworth: thanks f

cruz: thank you, mr. chair. secretary raimondo. the national environmental policy act or nepa, the nepa reviews are currently required for chips grants and that could lengthen a project timelines by two years or more from the date the department decides to start an environmental impact statement. some nepa reports aren't completed for seven years or longer. when you were asked about hurdles posed by nepa to chips projects in a house hearing last month, you pointed out there's -- quote, there's currently a bipartisan amendment to the defense authorization act which would help a lot. so we're going to do everything we can with our team to help streamline nepa and move it as quickly as is prudent. but if congress could pass the amendment, i think it's the cruz-kelly amendment in the authorization act, it would help us a lot to move faster. as you know, that bipartisan amendment passed the senate with overwhelming bipartisan support but it is not yet law. it still has to pass the house and ultimately be signed into law by the president

cruz: thank you, mr. chair. secretary raimondo.he national environmental policy act or nepa, the nepa reviews are currently required for chips grants and that could lengthen a project timelines by two years or more from the date the department decides to start an environmental impact statement. some nepa reports aren't completed for seven years or longer. when you were asked about hurdles posed by nepa to chips projects in a house hearing last month, you pointed out there's -- quote, there's currently a bipartisan amendment to the defense authorization act which would help a lot. so we're going to do everything we can with our team to help streamline nepa and move it as quickly as is prudent. but if congress could pass the amendment, i think it's the cruz-kelly amendment in the authorization act, it would help us a lot to move faster. as you know, that bipartisan amendment passed the senate with overwhelming bipartisan support but it is not yet law. it still has to pass the house and ultimately be signed into law by the president.

>>thank you, senator cruz >> mr secretary. welcome you and i had a vigorous conversation in my office yesterday. you said at the time, nobody could have imagined what happened in israel with this terror attack. i have to say i disagreed then and i disagree. now, many of us not only imagined we predicted it, you were a critical player in the obama administration's campaign of appeasement with iran. you played a pivotal role in flooding over $100 billion to the iranian regime. the biden administration has continued that policy, flooding nearly an additional $100 billion to the iranian regime. that policy of appeasement sending hundreds of billions of dollars to a theocratic homicidal genocidal maniac who leads chance of death to america and death to israel has proven catastrophic. the death squads in israel from hamas are funded in real and meaningful ways by the billions of dollars. the obama administration and now the biden administration has flowed directly to iran that has proven disastrous. we also have drones as you know,

cruz, watch this. >> in the case of mr.rns he misled and lied to congress in the past in terms of financial arrangements made under the obama administration. this is a dangerous situation. >> i'll do everything i can to prevent him from being the acambassador. he supported the iran deal there is no way he should be in there. he's an appeaser, no different than what biden's been doing. >> democrats have been screaming at republicans that we don't have an ambassador to israel. that is the fault of democrats because they never scheduled a hearing. the democrats control the foreign relations committee they scheduled a hearing, they're screaming at republicans that they wouldn't schedule a hearing on the guy. maria: i don't know how important this is in terms of the war right now. what's your reaction? >> a couple things. one, those are really tough words and it makes it hard to get confirmed but this is a point where you need a u.s. ambassador in the position so i hope they'll sort it out quickly. the iran point is particularly

mr. whitaker cry look forward to hearing why you believe you are that independent leader and how you will meet the serious challenges faced by the faa and the aviation industry. thank you. >> thank you, senator cruz. again, representative graves thank you for being here. mr. whitaker, if you would come up and take an opportunity to introduce anybody you'd like to introduce this morning before you give your opening statement. >> thank you chair cantwell, ranking member crew is come in was of the committee. it's an honor to appear before you today is president biden's nominee for the ministry of the faa. i'm grateful for this bipartisan introduction and support from a follow for monitor neighbor, senator welch and also from house to petition chairman sam graves who is been very supportive throughout this process and i thank you both. i would not get it if it wasn't for the love and support of my family especially my wife mary who is he with me today who has been patient and amazingly supportive throughout this process which you with our son joe and our daughter jordan was watching from vermont. to begin i would like to acknowledge secretary buttigieg and deputy secretary trenton for it for the exce

to make this important trip and their willingness to hear from senator cruz and my constituents on the front lines of this issue. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington cantwell cantwell mr. president, i rise today in support of the nomination of michael whitaker to be at md ootion -- administrator of the federal aviation administration. last week the commerce committee unanimously advanced mr. whitaker to the senate floor and this resounding bipartisan approval is in addition to the broad support that mr. whitaker has received from the private sector. he has the support of the aviation workforce, pilots, flight attendants, machinists, air traffic controllers, and safety specialists at the faa. aviation safety advocates like the 737 max crash families have called mr. whitaker a strong leader for the faa with the ability to, quote, restore public trust and confidence in the oversight and safety standards. end quote. the conclusion is clear. mr. whitaker is the right person to lead the faa and america's chief aviation regulator has a critical mis

mr. dalorio, the fact california department of motor vehicles suspended cruz permit has nothing to do with the fact you are honored today by the board of supervisor, but congratulations. >> thank you president peskin and rest of the board. i have done work with all of you over the years. i like the minutes are not going. shamann knows me well enough. i'll try to keep this brief but i'm speechless by the kind words. catherine, i mentioned this before, but obviously our beautiful city is named after saint francis. we [indiscernible] joe demogio, francis ford copala. anglo rossi and joe [indiscernible] catherine stefani, future assembly woman and we had a talk about second favorite supervisor. i made it clear. did not know until recently supervisor engardio is italian, so number 2 may be up for grabs yet again. thanks to all of you. i want to say that-it is threw ahsha thank you for those words. being a teamster and italian american, people that know me i embrace the stereo types, all in. third generation teamster. however many generations italian. at a young age, had all the qualities what i

mr. dalorio, the fact california department of motor vehicles suspended cruz permit has nothing to do with the fact you are honored today by the board of supervisor, but congratulations. >> thank you president peskin and rest of the board. i have done work with all of you over the years. i like the minutes are not going. shamann knows me well enough. i'll try to keep this brief but i'm speechless by the kind words. catherine, i mentioned this before, but obviously our beautiful city is named after saint francis. we [indiscernible] joe demogio, francis ford copala. anglo rossi and joe [indiscernible] catherine stefani, future assembly woman and we had a talk about second favorite supervisor. i made it clear. did not know until recently supervisor engardio is italian, so number 2 may be up for grabs yet again. thanks to all of you. i want to say that-it is threw ahsha thank you for those words. being a teamster and italian american, people that know me i embrace the stereo types, all in. third generation teamster. however many generations italian. at a young age, had all the qualities what i

cruz. god bless him. organise this . and he looked at organise this. and he looked at the man from um, youtube and said, i'm just curious, why did you put mr prager's videoents on the restricted list? ten the ten commandments, and with a straight face, the man said , straight face, the man said, because it mentions murder . because it mentions murder. >> oh, dear. yes >> oh, dear. yes >> yes. so i actually announced people can watch this . it is on people can watch this. it is on youtube. my testimony in the us senate . i said, well, in light senate. i said, well, in light of that , we will reissue it as of that, we will reissue it as the nine commandments. >> is there . i mean, look, i've >> is there. i mean, look, i've had problems , as you know, i've had problems, as you know, i've had problems, as you know, i've had i've had some problems on facebook in particular matter i've had terrible problems with. and realising that, you know, stuff is being shadowed , banned stuff is being shadowed, banned and the same goes for you. putting your adverts out doesn't it as well. >> yes, exactly . that's why what >> yes, exactly. that's why what we are doing is e

cruz. god bless him. organise this . and he looked at organise this. and he looked at the man from um, youtube and said, i'm just curious, why did you put mr prager's videoents on the restricted list? ten the ten commandments, and with a straight face, the man said , straight face, the man said, because it mentions murder . because it mentions murder. >> oh, dear. yes >> oh, dear. yes >> yes. so i actually announced people can watch this . it is on people can watch this. it is on youtube. my testimony in the us senate . i said, well, in light senate. i said, well, in light of that , we will reissue it as of that, we will reissue it as the nine commandments. >> is there . i mean, look, i've >> is there. i mean, look, i've had problems , as you know, i've had problems, as you know, i've had problems, as you know, i've had i've had some problems on facebook in particular matter i've had terrible problems with. and realising that, you know, stuff is being shadowed , banned stuff is being shadowed, banned and the same goes for you. putting your adverts out doesn't it as well. >> yes, exactly . that's why what >> yes, exactly. that's why what we are doing is e

mr. pettiti. >> thank you for the opportunity to discuss the pertinent issues impacting athletics, name, image and likeness commonly known as nil. thank you for solutions. we have been working with senators cruz, blumenthal and booker on legislative proposals and i'm encouraged there is strong support. i'm teen tony pettiti, although i've only been big ten commissioner for months, i've worked in baseball. and a student athlete, first in my family to attend college. like millions of americans, college athletes helped me to continue my education and for me it was baseball. big ten is looking at research, broad-based opportunities for all students and we take great pride of our student athletes inside and outside of the classroom during their time at big ten institutions as well as afterwards. student athlete health and welfare is a top priority for us at the big ten. we provide post-separation health care which assures they have access to health care and mental health services both during and after their time on campus. >> while the big ten and other conferences currently provide these concern benefits the big ten is open to and supports efforts to discuss additional health and wellness benefit

mr. clark? dave, you all right? just all right. drink some water there, sir. 50s on the temps or 60 and 52 boulder creek at santa cruz at 65. aptos in there. they'll be in the 90s again. i did see a one forecast projection when i put temperatures together of 99 in watsonville today. wow offshore breeze will do it 62 morgan hill san martin 63 saratoga and also campbell and east san jose 30 in the mountains out tourist truckee south lake tahoe. mammoth reno was now there 41 they were 39. high pressure today probably maxes out if it wasn't yesterday. it's today coast will be hot 90s are still a slight offshore component. it's not strong but i think today for many will be the hottest day but big changes on the way start sunday. monday for sure. tuesday could sweep in a little bit of light rain, mainly about golden gate bridge. san pablo bay north is the way it looks to me. 80s for a few 90s for many. no fog yet a shallow layer is certainly possible tomorrow, one that comes underneath the golden gate heads out to alcatraz. that kind of song and dance. but then a deeper fog bank on our way for sunday and the monday 90s for most.