mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, barrasso, blackburn, coons, daines, fetterman, fisher, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hide smith, manchin, markey, mcconnell, ossoff, paul, rosen, shaheen, tester, welch, wicker. no senator voted in the negative. mr. braun, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. marshall, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. lummis, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: m

mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 61, the nays are 36. the amendment is agreed to. # the senator from -- the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i rise to speak about the need to -- the presiding officer: will the senate call up his amendment? mr. cruz: mr. president, i call up my amendment numbered 1296 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from texas, mr. cruz, for himself and ms. lummis, proposes amendment numbered 1296 to amendment 1092. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be ten minutes of debate equally divided. the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i rise to speak about the need to protect senate's constitutional authority to advice and consent on nominees. with acting officials to perform senior roles that would -- president biden is deliberately circumventing the senate and the nomination process. in some instances, these are vacancies of president biden's own making. he ha

mr. warnock. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barasso, blackburn, cassidy, cornyn, crapo, cruz, daines, fischer, hagerty, hyde-smith, kennedy, lee, lummis, paul, ricketts, schmitt, sullivan, and tuberville. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, hassan, heinrich, kaine, hirono, ossoff, peters, rosen, schatz, shaheen, tester and van hollen. the clerk: ms. butler, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. cardin, no. mr. menendez, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. thune, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. king, no. mr. whitehouse, no. ms. stabenow, no. mr. warnock, no. mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. boozman, aye. ms. smith, no. mr. hoeven, aye. mr. kelly, no. ms. cantwell, no. ms. warren, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. marshall, ay

mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye.s 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 states of america to the state of israel signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- kaine, lujan and sinema. sinema is voting -- senators voting in the negative -- britt, cotton, cramer, grassley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, ricketts, romney, rounds, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and fischer. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. tbhent -- mr. bennet, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. collins, aye. mr. hagerty, no. ms. capito, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. welc

mr. warnock: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, this morning the nation grieves with the people of lewiston, maine, after last night's hombl, sense -- horrible, senseless mass shooting. the shooter remains at large and we pray there is no more bloodshed after the horrors of last night. the stories coming out of lewiston are gut-wrenching, people gunned down while trying to to enjoy their night out at a bowling alley and restaurant. a bowling alley and restaurant, these are supposed to be places where families go to have a good time but now they have become sites, too many places of tragic mass shootings in america. it's beyond heartbreaking that mass shootings like this continue to happen in our country. my condolences with the families and loved ones. i can

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. voting in the affirmative -- booker, carper, hickenlooper, kaine, schatz, sinema is warnock, whitehouse. ms. klobuchar, aye. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, budd, capito, cornyn, cramer, crapo, cruz, hawley, lankford, lee, mcconnell, moran, rubio, scott of florida, thune, tillis, and young. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. tuberville, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. ms. rosen, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. fetterman, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. lujan,

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown. cardin. collins. crapo. graham. kelly. king. merkley. murkowski. murphy. risch. stabenow and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative, cassidy, cotton, daines, hyde-smith mullin schmitt scott of florida and tuberville. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. markey, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, ay

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, britt, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cortez masto, cramer, daines, durbin, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, king, klobuchar, lankford, mcconnell, moran, murray, ossoff, risch, rounds, rubio, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, tillis, tuberville, young. senators voting in the negative -- braun, paul. mr. padilla, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. wowz -- mr. whitehouse yieks mr. grassley yieks ms. warner, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. tester, aye. ms. hir hirono, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. m

mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no.ote: the presiding officer: on this amendment the yeas are 53, the nays are 45. the amendment is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise to discuss an urgent need. the confirmation of two pending united states attorney nominees. u.s. attorneys across the united states represent the department of justice they are the leaders we turn to locally to deal with problems beyond lowell law enforcement -- local law enforcement control. whether we're fighting fentanyl epidemics, whether we're fighting those who would undermine this country, many who would cheat and steal at the expense of others, we count on professional prosecutors to make those decisions. we go through a process here where a president will name a potential u.s. attorney. that's not the end of the story. the attorney's name is then submitted to the senate judiciary committee, which i chair, and then it goes through a rigorous bipartisan process, an investigation of each one

mr. warnock, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 42, 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. mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i am back for now the 290th time to urge this chamber to act on climate change. i've got my trusty graphic here, which after nearly 300 of these is getting a little battered. this evening, i'd like to talk about two things -- first is the grim parade of climate-driven disasters the united states and the world has experienced over the last several months. then our hearings in the budget committee on the enormous budgetary and economic dangers caused by fossil fuel emissions. let's start with the unprecedented warming the world is experiencing. this june was the hottest june on record. then july became the hottest month o

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cantwell, cardin, carper, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, hickenlooper, hirono, king, murphy, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, romney, shaheen, sinema, tester, vance, welch, wyden, young. senators voting in the negative -- cotton, johnson, marshall, mullin, tuberville. mr. crapo, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. thune, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. lankford, aye

mr. warnock, aye. : vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 40, and the motion is agreed to. ms. smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr. president, i understand that there is a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3168, a bill making emergency summental appropriations for assistance -- supplemental assistance for the situation in israel for the year ending 2024, and for other purposes. ms. smith: i ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, brown, cardin, carper, casey, collins, crapo, duckworth, graham, grassley, hassan, king, kane, markey, menendez, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, sinema, smith, tester, warner, welch. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, cassidy, cotton, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, marshall, vance. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. heinrich, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. sanders, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. mr. manchin, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. moran, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. t

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, boozman, braun, britt, brown, budd, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, crapo, daines, duckworth, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hawley, heinrich, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, kennedy, king, klobuchar, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, murkowski, murray, paul, peters, ricketts, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schatz, schmitt, schumer, scott of florida, sinema, smith, tester, tillis, tuberville, warner, whitehouse, wicker, wyden, and young. no senator voted in the negative. mr. padilla, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. kelly, a

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, capito, cassidy, ernst, kennedy, rounds, sinema, and sullivan. senators vetting -- voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, casey, coons, duckworth, gillibrand, hassan, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, ossoff, schumer, stabenow, warner, and whitehouse. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. ms. warren, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. booker, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. mr. reed, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. bennet, no. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. wyden, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: 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. cantwel

mr. warnock from georgia is recognized. >> the heinous acts of terrorism committed by hamas were horrific, and are rightly condemned by all who believe in human dignity, and seek a lasting peace. with these events make clear is that there are those who are afraid of peace. and they seek to sabotage it at any cost. we must not let them win, and we must recommit ourselves to the hard work of a lasting peace grounded in justice and in human dignity for all of god's children. both our israeli and palestinian brothers and sisters. shortly after the terrorist attack on israel, i joined senators warren, marshall, and many on this committee in urging treasury to immediately investigate and halt the illicit usage of cryptocurrency by hamas , by hezbollah, and other terrorist groups for money laundering and financing of their terrorist operations. i'm glad treasury has made some moves to clampdown on crypto technologies being utilized by hamas. but the threat does persist. there is debate, conversation here that's very helpful about the extent of the threat. i think there is agreement that the thre

mr. whitaker: i will look at it. senator warnock: pi may be georgia is most important to aviation. we are home -- i appreciate all the comments -- georgia is home to the world's busiest airport, delta airlines and public and pe airports across the state. according to the georgia department of and public use airports across the state. according to the georgia department of development, aerospace products are the state's top export and second largest manufacturing industry responsible for 57 billion in annual economic impact and dpea's aviation industry employs 108,000 people. like many industries, aviation faces a widespread work force shortage affecting both commercial aviation and the f.a.a.'s air traffic control which should concern all of us. how do we meet this moment and build a more sustainable representative and resilient aviation work force? mr. whitaker: building the work force pipeline for the aviation industry is a key priority starting with controller work force. but also in piloting mechanics, other professions, these are all good professions and cast as wide a net as

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, britt, budd, butler, cantwell, capito, carper, casey, cassidy, cortez masto, cotton, daines, duckworth, enters, heinrich, hickenlooper, johnson, lee, lujan, markey, marshall, mcconnell, menendez, mullin, murray, paul, ricketts, rosen, schatz, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, thune, tillis, tuberville, van hollen, vance, warner, warnock, warren, whitehouse,ern wicker. -- and wicker. nor senator voted in the affirm r -- voted in the negative. mr. peters eye. mr. risch eye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mrs. -- mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. ms. lummis, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. ms. hirono, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the cler