i'd like now to turn to senator boozman for his remarks. mr. boozman: thank you. i want to thank my good friend from north dakota, senator hoeven, for this issue. normally we would celebrate the passage of a new farm bill by now, unfortunately we're not in yet and our farmers continue to face different circumstances. we are making progress, and i'm committed to meeting the needs of farmers and ranchers. besides the title 1 reference prices, maintaining crop insurance is at the top of the list for our farm bill priorities. more importantly, these are the top priorities for farmers across the country. the first of many farm bill listening sessions i participated in start with a roundtable in senator hoeven's home state of north dakota. the take away from that event has been echoed across the countryside and in meetings throughout washington. we need more farm in the farm bill. this next farm bill must up date the risk management tools that farmers and ranchers need to succeed under the challenges they operate today. because here's the reality. producers are experien

boozman, mr. braun, mrs. britt, mr. brown, mr. budd, mrs. beutler, ms. cantwell, mrs, mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn, ms. cortez amassed out, mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr, miss it 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, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, miss klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, miss lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr, 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, mr. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schott, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina. ms. shaheen, 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. w

boozman, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 31, the nays are 61. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: before we move on i'd like to acknowledge a rare milestone that has just been achieved here or is just about to be achieved on this coming vote in the senate. our dear colleague from maine, senator susan collins will cast her 9,000th consecutive roll call. she has never -- never missed a single roll call vote in her entire career. who else can claim that? raise your hands. even the freshmen can't claim that. i congratulate senator collins on this historic accomplishment, it puts her in rare company in the history of the chamber. senator collins and i of course belong to different parties, but she has the enormous respect of those on this side of the aisle, and i have

boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britts. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. cap at the. -- capito. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. artz. -- ertz. mr. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. 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. mullins. miss michalski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen? mr. rounds? mr. rubio? mr. sanders. mr. shots. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. ms. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. mister sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren?

boozman, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. 6 the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, ramone ya gomez of northern mariana islands to be judge for the district court. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session -- i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the. the clerk: will report the motion. 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 478,

boozman. mr. braun. the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr.

boozman, mr. braun. mrs. britt brown, mr. budd, ms. beutler. ms. cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper. mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons. mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masto, mr. cotten, mr. cramer. mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, ms. duckworth. mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, missus fischer. mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr. ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper. ms. sharon oh, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. mr. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. ms. lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr mr. mullin, ms. murkowski. mr. murphy, mrs. murray. mr. all soft, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. petersmr. romney. mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sandersmr. schatz, mr. schmitz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of floridamr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen, ms. sinema, ms. smith. mrs. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. mr. tillis, mr. taber bill, mr. van hollen, mr. vance. mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. majority leade

boozman, no. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. . the clerk: mr. barasso, aye. mr. cortez masto, aye. mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 78, the nays are 21. the nomination is confirmed. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will immediately be notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, 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 542, robert j. white, of michigan, to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan, 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

boozman, mr. braun, mrs. brent, mr. brown, if your r budd, ms. beutler, 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, mrs. duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernest, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mrs. julie brann, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mr. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, mr. alanis district of islamists, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr, 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. turberville mr. van

boozman. mr. braun. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. carper. [roll call] [roll ms. ernst. mr. federman. mrs. fisher. ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. mrs. 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 whether to proceed to close session so they would be ab

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. the clerk: 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. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith. 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. w

boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no.test. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. capito, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. hagerty, no. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. padilla, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. cantwell, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. buzz, aye. -- mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, i do not. ms. hirono, no. the clerk:

senator boozman and myself. smooth displays which help gather much needed data to improve access to recycling infrastructure and rural and disadvantaged communities. this congress et cetera capitol, et cetera boozman and i are committed to see both of these move across in closing we know recycling is a win/win. if it is a family there in the committee this committee's score the fact we have a ways to problem both here in this country and around the world. i get a complex issue it's easy to sit here and lisette all the problems but it's very, very difficult to start finding realistic solutions. one crowd sandwich and all plastic production tomorrow and that doesn't make sense. acknowledging our continued reliance on plastic and working to prevent is not mutually exclusive private sector sustainability goals international development like the indicate waste management with global footprints or staring down uncertain regulatory and economic future for it my primary focus in evaluating extended producer responsibili

senator boozman and myself. smooth displays which help gather much needed data to improve access to recycling infrastructure and rural and disadvantaged communities. this congress et cetera capitol, et cetera boozman and i are committed to see both of these move across in closing we know recycling is a win/win. if it is an environment it can also benefit at the same time in the economy. that is the kind of win/win situation we all look for it. that's why our committee continues to consider further opportunity to support better recycling practices. we are looking forward to hearing from our witnesses today before review and we welcome you. thank you for joining us. you brought your family there in the committee will turn to ranking member capitol and her leadership and we look forward to your marks. >> thank you good morning to all of you. it is nice to be here this morning for this committee's continued focus on sustainability and waste management and underscore the fact we have a ways to problem both here in th

boozman, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. ms. rosen, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, braun, budd, hagerty, johnson, lee, lummis, marshall, merkley, rubio, sanders, schmitt, scott of florida, vance, welch. mr. hawley, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. warre alexander. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 79. the nays are 18. the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 815 is agreed to. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 598. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the notion. -- the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary. georgia n. alexakis of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern distr

boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. markey, no. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. mullin, aye. mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. hawley no, no. . vote: l sit in the house of representatives is expected to center articles of impeachment against the cabinet officer for only the second time in our nations history. this is not routine business. instead this is a very serious moments. february 13 at the house ag

boozman. mr. braun. the clerk: mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. the clerk: ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. the clerk: mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. the clerk: ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. the clerk: ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. the clerk: mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. . the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. the clerk: mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. the clerk: ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. the clerk: mr. schatz. mr.

boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. lee, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. paul, aye. mr.sidy, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas -- on this vote the yeas are 100. the nays are zero. 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. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of s.j. res. 61 whic

boozman, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. peters, no. mr. cotton, aye. mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye.