mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr.ent, i rise tonight to talk about the extraordinarily challenging humanitarian situation in gaza. let's begin with october 7. mr. president, israel has every right to eliminate the military threat of hamas, to go after hamas terrorists who conducted a horrific attack on israel on october 7. but how the netanyahu government wages that war matters. and how they have done so is deeply dispushing to -- disturbing to millions of americans, and to me. hamas is the enemy. palestinian civilians are not the enemy. earlier this month, senator van hollen and i visited the rafah crossing on the border between egypt and gaza. we spoke with aid workers who had served in the worst conflict zones in the world, from syria to sudan to yemen, including one worker who spent a -- well, several months working on the front line in ukraine. each told us that they had never witnessed humanitarian disaster on the scale or severity of gaza. in gaza calamity after calamity multiplies the suffering. it's not just

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 51, the nays are 48 and the nominee is compelled. mr. schumer: -- is -- the presiding officer: is confirmed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered mained and laid -- made and laid

mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.. 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. ■/ +t senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, cornyn, crapo, fischer, johnson, lankford, marshall, merkley, padilla, peters, rickets, rounds, schatz, stabenow, thune, warner, warren. senators voting in the negative -- schmitt, scott of florida. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. supplemental. vote: the clerk: mr. graham, aye. 0 the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. . mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the cle

mr. merkley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. xr ms. rosen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. johnson, no. mrs.. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. brown, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote:# the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. óiv the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. reed, aye. ■■l the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mur the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ■m the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no.yky1 the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. to vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ■d the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr.hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. today. recess: >> the senate has gaveled out and is in recess now for their weekly party meetings

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 affir affirmative, it baldwin, capito, cardin, casey, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cortez-masto, cotton, daines, durbin, ernst, fischer, gillibrand, heinrich, klobuchar, lankford, murray, reed, rosen, rubio, tillis, warner and young. senators voting in the negative, paul and tuberville. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. white house, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. scot

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. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, boozman, butler brit, cortez masto, cotton cramer duckworth, durbin graham heinrich hyde-smith cain kennedy, king, lujan menendez, moran, ossoff, padilla peters reed rosen, rounds, schumer tillis van hollen warner warnock, warren whitehouse wicker and wyden. mr. mcconnell aye. ms. ernst, aye. mrs. gillibrand aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. lummis, aye. ms. sinema, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. hassan, aye. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, crapo, hagerty johnson, lee marsh

mr. merkley: an estimate of five minutes. object to five minutes. mr. merkley: thank you. government should work to solve this proshgs but we've been working to solve t. having a report analysis by our rn what degree these strategies of a dysfunctional and dysfunctional deconfliction process are a part of a deliberate strategy to create and intensify the shortage of food and water and medical assistance. the second concern is about the bombing and artillery shells which our president has described indiscriminate campaign of bombing. we all understand we all understand that this terrible attack from hamas, that hamas is the enemy. but the palestis who live in gaza and are not part of hamas, they did not attack israel. they are not and, thus it's essential that netanyahu's war strategy targets against hamas targets hamas and not innocent palestinians. it's estimated that two-thirds of the people killed two-thirds killed have been women and children. that's some 8,000 children 8,000 women. it's a massive toll. so a report under 502bc would be valuable in understanding this st

mr. merkley, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. mr. of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. warnock, aye. . vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: on this vote, the yeas are 87 it the nays are 6, and this nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to consider 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

mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz.t. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thun mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. young. th cornyn, hyde-smith, rubio, andn -- bennet, cardin, fetterman, gillibrand, hassan, king, manchin, menendez, and welc cleric cleric ms. smith, no. cleric the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, no.■ the clerk: mr. carper, no.uckwo. vote:# the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the cl kaine, no. mr. markey, no.■ the clerk: ms. hirono, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. wicker, aye. mrs. murray, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. stabenow

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. snl 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 -- booker, capito, cardin, casey, cornyn, cortez masto, durbin, heinrich, hickenlooper, johnson, kennedy, king, klobuchar, merkley, romney, rosen, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, van hollen, warren, welch, wicker. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, hagerty, schmitt, tuberville, vance. mr. murphy, aye. mr. risch, no.test. vote: the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. butler, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. bennet, aye.

mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. . the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. ms. smith, aye. mr.sanders, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: ms. earns, aye. mr. sullivan, no. ms. ernst, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk:

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 affirmative -- butler, cardin, carper, duckworth, gillibrand, hyde-smith, johnson, kaine, king, murphy, peters, ricketts, rosen, shaheen, sinema, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- mullin, paul, tuberville. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. budd, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. kelly, a

mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. risch. mr. romney. 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. 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. vote:itf$fd■"■é■dp the affirmative -- bennet, brown, cantwell, duckworth, ernst, gillibrand, kaine, markey, mendendez, murkowski, reed, sinema, tester, welch.e -- hyde-smith, marshall, paul, rickets, rubio, tuberville, vance.■% mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. vote: no. ms. butler, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. ossoff, aye.zy the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. grassley, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. merkley, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. capito, aye

mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina.$1 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. vote: ■6 senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blackburn, braun, brown, cassidy, collins, duckworth, grassley, hassan, hyde-smith, kelly, merkley, murray, padilla, paul, reed, rounds, smith, tester, tuberville, welch. no senator voted in the negative. mr. peters, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. kennedy, no. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ■rux mr. kaine, aye. # mr. herty, aye. # ms. cortez masto, aye. ■ mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. 2vance, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. ti, aye. ■d ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. ■. mr. casey, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. johnson, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. mcconnell,

mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. 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 -- booker, cardin, coons, duckworth, durbin, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, menendez, merkley, rosen, schatz, shaheen, tester, van hollen. senators voting in the negative. crapo, tillis. ms. butler, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. vote: the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr.

mr. sanders: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the following senators be permitted to speak prior to the vote -- senator sanders for up to 25 minutes, senator merkley up to five minutes, senator cardin up to five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. thank you, madam president. let me apologize to my colleagues for beginning rate. turns out today was not a great day to travel by plane, and i thank the leadership for delaying the vote as well. madam president, we will soon be voting on a resolution requesting information on israel's human rights practices under section 502-bc of the foreign assistance act. there has been some confusion as to what this resolution does and does not do. so i'd like to say a few words about why it is critical that this resolution come to the floor, why it's imperative that this resolution be passed, imperative that we have this don't and recorded vote, and why congress must have the information requested in this resolution. madam president, very sensibly, the foreign assistance act of 1961 as amended requires that any security assistance or military equipment provided

merkley. >> thank you very much mr. chairman, thank you for your service and testimony.o you, and does the administration support the ability of palestinians from gaza to be able to return to their homes in gaza when gaza starts to rebuild? >> first of all, senator, i do want to thank you for hosting me for breakfast, and we are taking steps to make sure that your famous breakfast order is enshrined in the menu, so thank you for that. >> the trifecta. >> right. i believe that is our policy. i think that is the just and right thing to do, and i believe that the united states will need and will want to work with other partners to ensure that that ability is possible. >> thank you. and, will the u.s. work with israel, with the defense forces, with the national police, to make sure that any armaments we provide, particularly, small arms and semi automatic or automatic machine guns are not transferred to settlers outside of the imp and idf? >> i do not know enough about those particular provisions. i know that we are working closely with the israelis to ensure that actions ta