mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 95, the nays are 1. the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i know of no debate on the nomination. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the nomination? hearing none, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. is there a sufficient second? there is. the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. oh, it is a roll. i'm sorry. the clerk will call the roll. is. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. 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. cassidy, no. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 42, the yeas are 52, the nays are 46, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: judiciary, monica ramirez almadani, to be united states district judge for the district of california

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. the clerk: 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. 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. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott o

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. 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 vot

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 44, amendment the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate consider the following nominations en bloc, 143, 220, 272, 274, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc, without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and that the president immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do

mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr.arnock, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. ms. stabenow, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. carper, no. mr. bennet, no. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. manchin, no. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. lujan, no. mr. king, no. mr. wicker, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. mullin, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. mr. sullivan is aye. mr. reed, no. mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schatz, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. mr. schmitt, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. m

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye.siding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 49. 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 go do hereby move to bring to a close debate executive calendar number 373, charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member 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 charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. t

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. marshall, vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hyde-smith, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. testing. vote: the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 57, the nays are 41, and the nomination is agreed -- 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 actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. leigh, no. ms. murkowski, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. fischer, no.

mr. cassidy: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i request the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: we are not in a quorum call. the senator is recognized. mr. cassidy: i was misinformed. okay. thank you. madam president, the senate will soon vote on a congressional review act. the resolution of disapproval to overturn president biden's new test student loan scheme. just like president biden's original student debt cancelation scheme, this idr does not forgive debt. it transfers the burden of $559 billion in federal student loans to the 87% of americans who don't have student loans, who chose not to go to college, or who already responsibly paid off their debts. i want to emphasize this point. there is much said in this chamber about those who do less well, and the implication that a policy like this would benefit those who do less well. this benefits folks who, couples who make over $400,000. they went to college precisely to get a degree to earn more money, and many of them are earning more money, and this forgi

mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. booker, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: ms. ernst, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. stabenow -- mr. graham, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune,

mr. cassidy, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms.-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, vote: the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. fetterman, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. boozman, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. menendez,

mr. cassidy, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. reed, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr.apo, no. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. hoeven, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. benne

mr. cassidy, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. young, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 48, and the motion to table is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the

mr. cassidy, it is a good place to pick up again with him. when do we see mergers?kidding me. there is 4000 banks. we are not going to five banks like canada, but when do we see a frenzy of consolidation? gerard: it's a really good question, because as you pointed out back when you and i were young men in their early 1980's, we had over 19,000 banks in this country. we are now down into that 4000 range. do your point, it will come back and it is not linear. it always comes in waves. the biggest obstacle to m&a today is when the buyer goes in and marks the target's book. there is a big gap. think about it for a moment. when you mark the assets to market the value of those assets are lower than historical cost today, she means there is a gap in the capital. and therefore the buyers cannot pay big premiums and there is no deals happening. you have the regulatory issues too. tom: jeffrey rosenberg of black rock was heated yesterday that even a sort of bond recovery of price up, yield down is going to help the banks. then he basically amerco. do you ascribe to that, the

mr. cassidy, aye. mr. schatz, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. schumer, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. mr. booker, no. mr. moran, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. ms. stabenow, no. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: miss ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. mr. warnock, no. mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 32, the nays are 65, the amendment is not agreed to. there will now up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, can we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: madam president, i have good news for the american people. this

mr. chairman and thank you to you and reiki member cassidy for this hearing. doctor company so good to see them congratulations on your nomination for thank you for your willingness to serve. i want to follow up on a line you heard from senator murray and just often sanders smith the national drug abuse nih plays a vital role in responding and substance abuse and addiction. this has contributes substantially to our understanding of medication is such a treatment for opioid use disorder and validate the effectiveness and safety of evidence-based medication to treat addiction. as a result of nih leadership it is now widely accepted as a gold standard of care for individuals struggling with opioid use. last year i work with center at makowski to pass into law the mainstreaming addiction treatment act which eliminated unnecessary hurdle for providers describing and further expanding access to his life-saving treatment but however despite this push to increase access research shows a high level of stigma lack of provider education still stand in the way of individu

louisiana senator bill cassidy joins me now. mr. senator, i really don't understand this. enemy? >> i'm sure he has a rationale but it's very clear that they've been kind of wrong about iran all along and that editorial points out they are trying to continue the obama policies hoping to engage, hoping by engagement it makes them more peaceful. it appears whenever they get more money they fund more terrorism and the president is wrong on this episode has he has been on others. stuart: he's going to have serious consequences. all that money keeps flowing to hamas and hezbollah and they are attacking americans. wouldn't this provoke a more aggressive response from america >> absolutely. i think one of the reasons that joe biden is doing so poorly in the polling is that people understand that if you're going to deal with a country like -- iranian leadership, the iranian people are good, leadership not so much, that you've got to be far-leaning. it's not just a one for one, an eye for an eye. it's two eyes for one eye and the iranians understand that they lose two eyes for ever

mr. manchin, if i understand your question -- >> i'm just saying if we can intervene -- >> i have to get to senator cassidywe are over quite a bit. she will get them. right on. senator cassidy. >> hello. i'm going to ask basic questions and perhaps you're the one that would answer how much of the funding did you put out there is for basic research versus clinical research? >> yes, sir, i'm going to have to get back to you on that question. i know that among our we have four major research services basic science, clinical science, health service and is the largest. >> is that money extra or by researchers who are on va campus or contracting with somebody out of med school some place? >> these all are individuals who are va and the work can be done either on the very a campus or through agreement orlas with academic affiliates and leased space. >> do you have you a sense of percent that you're leasing off the campus versus on and there's a difference of the productivity of the research that's situated op the va campus versus one that is not? >> i do not have information at the present. >> i come from academi

and out voting looks like we're getting to the end of that we have senator cassidy next and then unless someone else shows up mr chairman? was that one question that was short. correct thank you. i enjoyed our meeting. >> thank you for making the time i enjoyed it as well. >> one of the issues have been concerned with this after the pandemic there's lot of telework that continues it is unclear to me there's processes in place by which people's activities are actually monitored. the productivity is noted to be stronger. a note labor unions want to continue telework entity by demonstrations trying to get people back to work. my office took a picture of another agency not yours but another agency parking on monday morning at 10:00 a.m. you could cut wheelies in it. there's like no cars there. the american people aren't are g at that scratching her head and saying is anything happening? they are surmising and not bright what would be your attitude could to continuing telework should you be appointed? >> senator the test for knowing we've got the balance right is whether people can get their meetings face-to-face in

mr. ranaudo told me the story, he motioned to his clavicles. >> cassidy joins us. book is "enough," revealing much more about what it was like to be part of the trump administration and new details around january 6th. good to you meet. >> you, too. >> let's talk about july 28th, 2022. you write in this book, you had already given your deposition so you wondered why they couldn't just run the clips of that in the january 6th hearing. you weren't sure you wanted to be the sole witness that day, sitting out there, right up until the moment you went out. you were looking out at the room, at the crowd, and you knew how your life was about to change, and you hesitated. what pushed you out there? why did you think it was important to testify? >> thank you for the kind introduction. there was a physical force, and there was a metaphorical force. first, it took a little bit of force from my attorney. i turned back to my attorney right before the doors opened, and i turned back to my attorney, and i was like, "do i have to do this?" i wanted to dash. i just had this last-min

former white house aide cassidy hutchison who is sitting right here with me told me -- more of the story. >> when the president got in the beast, he was under the impression from mrows that the off-the-record movement from the capital is still possible and likely to happen, when it had been relayed to him, we are, not we don't have the assets to do it. it is not secure. we are going back to the west wing. the president had a very strong and very angry response to that. the president says going to the effective i am the effing president, taking up to the capitol. >> now recently released audio donald trump speaking with jonathan carl of abc news reveals that trump thought he would be welcomed by -- >> i was going to, and the secret service said you can't. and by the time, i would have, and then when you get back, i said i wanted to go, back i was thinking about going back during the problem stuff, doing it myself. secret service didn't like that idea too much. >> -- >> i would have been very well received -- former trump white house aide cassidy hutchinson. thank you so much for being here with me. every time i watch that footage of you testifying, i just think ab