ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. 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

ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to recognize an extraordinary public servant who is leaving my office for a new role. john donnenberg has been one of my most trusted senior advisors since 2011 when i first ran for the united states senate. mr. president after his stint advising me on policy, i asked john to be serve as my first legislative director in my senate office. john was my l.d. for six years, then senior policy for war and for president. for the last four years he has served as my chief of staff. after nearly a dozen years of working together, i have come to know john pretty well, so i can say with some authority that he is one of the best policy nerds and sharpest minds on economic policy in the business. when i arrived in the senate, i knew more than pretty much anybody else in the world about a very specific slice of commercial law. i also spent a lot of time thinking about how middle-class families were getting crushed by an economy that didn't work for them and thinking through h

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,

ms. warren, no. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. marshall, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. carper, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk:

ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. durbin, aye. clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. menendez, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. kathleen holland vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mrs. hide-smith, no. -- mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr.

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, a

ms. warren, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr.ee, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. braun, aye. vote: the presiding officer: is the yeas are 56, the nays are 42. under the previous order, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. manchin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i have 10 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have thate approval the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. manchin: i understand there there is a bill at the desk and i ask for the first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk the read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3135, a bill

ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. ms. ernst, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. ms. butler, no. 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 ex

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

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. welch, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. daines, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr.off, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. schumer, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. hawley, no.

ms. warren, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. king, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. weicher, -- mr. wicker. no. ms. klobuchar, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. ricketts, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. vance, no. mr. romney, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk

ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. capito, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. daines, no. ms.buchar, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: 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.

ms. warren, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. roll call vote. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 26, and the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to for consideration executive calendar number 148, the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table a

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

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 could happen quickly. and so i've been on the ph

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

warren. thank you. i know you were talking about ms.moore you were talking about using previous contact statements to draw upon. and i think you're already doing this, but also previous hires that have been written on that. i know having written a few of them myself, there were some obscure things that i would always find or are probably repetitive things i was finding. so this is a huge you know, resource and improvement on a system and it's going to be an example for other communities across california and the country. i think. and just to reiterate, the number of women that are in architecture or the or built, you know, building profession, a number of years ago, the aia american institute of architects did a study. and although the students in architecture schools were comprised of 50% women and 50% men, even from the time that i went to architecture school, more than 30 years ago, it it it is still the fact that only 15% get licensed. but there's a number of women that are as talented as anybody that's licensed and also those who a

warren. thank you. i know you were talking about ms.moore you were talking about using previous contact statements to draw upon. and i think you're already doing this, but also previous hires that have been written on that. i know having written a few of them myself, there were some obscure things that i would always find or are probably repetitive things i was finding. so this is a huge you know, resource and improvement on a system and it's going to be an example for other communities across california and the country. i think. and just to reiterate, the number of women that are in architecture or the or built, you know, building profession, a number of years ago, the aia american institute of architects did a study. and although the students in architecture schools were comprised of 50% women and 50% men, even from the time that i went to architecture school, more than 30 years ago, it it it is still the fact that only 15% get licensed. but there's a number of women that are as talented as anybody that's licensed and also those who a

warren. the senator from -- is recognized. >> can we agree the fema administered national flood insurance program, risk rating to point to -- 2.0, is woefully inadequate? mr. heller? >> yes. >> ms. doris? >> yes. >> jerry? since i cannot say your last name. >> i would not say it is woefully inadequate. >> ok. imperfect as it is, does it make sense to you, mr. heller, to allow the national flood insurance program to expire? >> no, it does not. short of getting a better solution, we need to have the back. >> we are not likely to get the better solution in a few weeks, are we? >> know we are not. >> do you think it makes sense for it to expire? norris: no. we need to continue to have it as needed. >> mr. jerry? theodorou: it should continue. but not with kicking the can down the road. there needs to be more certainty of availability. long-term reauthorization of five years or 10 years is more in order. ms. doris -- ms. norris, if the world became carbon neutral by 2050, do you believe that would solve a lot of the problems of the costs of flood insurance and property casualty insurance? norris: that is a pretty loaded question and i am not a scientist but i do think that is a wond

ms. tennyson for five minutes of questioning. >> thank you, chairman lucas, mr. miller, and also, thank you, mayor warren lofgren. once the thank you, administrator, for your service, for being here, forgiving and sharing transparent answers on the operation of the important functions. thank you, again, chairman lucas. congratulations..here now, but glad to see him back, back in action. i just have -- for the sake of time -- i just want to not give you an opening statement, but i really want to dive right in, administrator. asking you a series of questions, i would appreciate, straightforward, yes or no answer on these if you could. my first question is are you familiar with barre-boulet advisors? >> barre-boulet advisors? >> barre-boulet advisors. >> i am not. >> okay. are you familiar with a federal acquisition regulation councilman's proposal titled, and a quote, disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk, close quote? that's the proposed rule, which would require major federal suppliers to publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate- related financial risks, as well a

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