mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. & mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan.

mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i ask to amend the request, that it be the wyden 1156. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. the senator from colorado. mr. hickenlooper: i call my amendment number 925 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from colorado, mr. hickenlooper, proposes amendment number 925. the presiding officer: senate will be in order. mr. hickenlooper: mr. president, the united states is producing more energy right now than any country in the history of the world. we're in the middle of an energy revolution. we got here by embracing an all of the above approach to energy including solar, wind and geothermal to keep prices as low as possible for working people. most of the energy that's ready to go today is clean and affordable. any action that blocks the rollout of that will raise prices for working americans, kill jobs and seek complete control of emerging in

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today having just seen the democrat leader come to the floor to talk about the senate budget resolution, and when i heard the minority leader say, none of it's accurate. let me tell you, i have the budget resolution with me, the key morgueses, five pages long. that's it -- key portions. five pages long, that's it. every american can read it for themselves. the resolution focuses on three things, three things only -- number one, securing the border. number two, restoring peace through strength. number three, unleashing american energy. not complicated. it's common sense. americans overwhelmingly support americans overwhelmingly support >> that's why republicans in the senate are moving forward. this budget allocates $175 billion to secure our border. that includes funding for president trump's successful executive orders to deport criminal illegal immigrants. border patrol agents and ice agents need the resources to do it. there are currently more than 60

mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr.sident. mr. president, i just heard the minority leader, the senior senator from new york, senator schumer, on this floor talking about today's consumer price index data, and stunningly, he points to president trump as the reason for it. let me just correct the record, mr. president. the price data that senator schumer is complaining about is from the final days of the joe biden administration. those are the numbers that are out today. the final days of the biden admini administration. and certainly everyone in wyoming and everyone in your home state in oklahoma knows that under the biden administration, the democrats' prices of goods and groceries, gasoline, the things we need in our everyday life, prices rose more than 20% under joe biden. high prices are joe biden's parting gift and his lasting legacy. they are the party of open borders and high prices. that's why they lost the election. so here we have the senate minority leader, now in the minority -- used to be in the majority. t

mr. barrasso. what they are doing is not just illegal it's devastating for me but every single zip code. speaking of the unified voice to make sure when congress passes a bill, that law is followed. we need to focus on negotiating serious spending bills fast approaching march 14 deadline. that's the deadline of what i'm trying to do now. but, this is really critical we've got to know that once those bills become law, trump will actually follow them. we cannot just reach an agreement, and stand by while president trump rips are laws in half serious bipartisan path forward for our country's one work congress works together to avoid a shutdown, stops the defect is happening, reasserts s authority to protect the funding that our communities need. a portion that is a far cry from the task republicans are setting out today with this pro- billionaire and tight middle-class budget resolution. let's be clear the chairman's does not just accept but doubles down to what trump and musk are doing. adding both a

mr. barrasso, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. tillis, aye. ms. blackburn, aye mr. wyden, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. bennet, no. mr. warner, no. mr. whitehouse, no. ms. hassan, no. ms. cortez masto, no. ms. warren, no. mr. sanders, no. ms. smith, no. mr. lujan, no. mr. warnock, no. mr. chairman? the chairman votes aye. the final tally is 14 ayes, 13 nays. chair crapo: with the click please restate the vo--with the clerk restate the vote? >> 14 ayes, 13 nays. chair crapo: the vote is reported favorably. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i will go to my republican colleague first. senator tillis. sen. tillis: i voted aye today and i wanted to briefly explain why. i believe in my 65 years -- i will be 65 in august -- that mr. kennedy will be one of the first people coming before who is not a trained health care expert. he views this through the lens of an attorney. he's brought many lawsuits on food safety, vaccine safety, a number of other things. mr. chair, i think it was senator warnock that said that the president said he was going to go wild in the

mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet.thing other than voting for you to confirm you would be thumbing my nose at that movement, the millions of people in this country who want us to focus on making america healthy again. one of the things i thought a lot about serving on the armed services committee i just left another hearing with the nominee to be secretary of the ÃÃthe national security risk of an obese nation 70% of our kids are not eligible today to serve in the united states military and the army two years ago was 25% on the recruitment goals in obesity among our kids is one of the reasons why. my first question for you, this epidemic in this country has much of a public health risk as it is national security risk >> absolutely. when my uncle was president 40% of americans were obese and today 74% are obese, overweight, and japan 3% are obese. other nations what we are seeing here is not happening elsewhere. american kids did not suddenly get gluttonous and lazy. something is poisoning them. we need to figure that o

mr. >> barrasso mr. >> barrasso i mr. >> johnson mr. >> johnson i mr. >> tillis mr. tillis i mrs.ckburn mrs. >> blackburn i mr. marshall mr. >> marshall i mr. >> wyden. no. mr. wyden. no. >> miss cantwell, no. >> miss cantwell, no. mr. bennet, mr. bennet, no. mr. warner, no. mr. warner, no. mr. whitehouse, mr. whitehouse, no. miss hassan, miss. hassan, no. >> miss cortez masto. >> miss cortez masto. >> no. >> miss warren, no. >> miss warren, no. >> mr. sanders, mr. sanders, no. >> miss smith, no. >> miss smith, no. >> mr. lujan, no. mr. lujan, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. welch, mr. >> welch, no. >> mr. chairman, >> chairman. votes i. >> mr. chairman the final tally. >> is 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote. >> was. would the clerk please restate the vote. >> mr. chairman. >> the final tally was 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote was 1413. the nomination is reported favorably. we will now turn to other senators who would like to make a statement. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i'll go to the republican side next. first, senator

mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. thank them, a few guess and i appreciate the opportunity to introduceok them. my awesome mom right here about the oldest christian legislature in texas history helen raise my teachers me by herself in that small town. i know a lot of you. my incredible husband we met the first week of our freshman year at texas and in 1990, 35 years ago and four incredible children, luke, jake, anna and are here with me. lucas the oldest, raise your hand, listen to your mother. [laughter] he is a sophomore at texas and then. sleep and core of cadets and left at 1:30 a.m. last night to drive all night be here this morning so i'm grateful to him and my other incredible children even though they are all teens, it is the joint and most important part of my life being their mom so what a joy to have them. my sister, helen and my knees are all here, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. my credible ag teacher, mr. gary rosebush who put up with a lot. [laughter] i've oftened said farmers of america changed my

mr.. barrasso mr.. barrasso i mr.. johnson mr.. johnson i mr.. tillis mr.. tillis i mrs.. blackburn. mrs.. blackburn i mr.. marshall. mr.. marshall i mr.. wyden. no. mr.. wyden. no. miss cantwell. no. miss cantwell. no. mr.. bennett. mr.. bennett. no. mr.. warner. mr.. warner. no. mr.. white house. mr.. white house. no. miss hassan. miss. hassan. no. miss cortez masto. miss cortez masto. no. miss warren. no. miss warren. no. mr. sanders. no. mr.. sanders. no. miss smith. no. miss smith. no. mr.. lujan. no. mr.. lujan. no. mr.. warnock. >> no. >> mr.. warnock. no. mr.. welch. mr. welch. no. mr. chairman. chairman. votes aye. mr. chairman, the final tally is 14 ayes. 13 ayes. >> the vote was. would the clerk please restate the vote? >> mr. chairman the was 14. ayes. 13. ayes. >> the. the vote was 1413. the nomination is reported favorably. we will now turn to other senators who would like to make a statement. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i'll go to the republican side next. first, senator tillis. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i voted. >> i today, and

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the esteemed committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. let me begin by thanking my girls who are now returning to the congressional confirmation. their love and enthusiasm for me serving again is a major reason why i feel going back to own be as of right endeavor at the right moment. beyond my enthusiasm for being at president trump side. it is a profound honor to be nominated a second time by president trump to serve as the director of the office of management and budget. the president has promised the american people i federal government that works for all americans, not the interests of bureaucrats and entrenched establishment. making historic elephant that vital promise during my previous time at omb is both deputy director and director was among the most rewarding career experiences of my career. throughout that time i've been driven by a commitment to taxpayers and their families. growing up as a set of electrician and a schoo

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the justice department needs a leader, a leader who has the qualifications, the experience, the determination, and the moral clarity to keep our nation safe. florida attorney general pam bondi is that leader. she has my vote and my vocal support. the attorney general is america's top prosecutor. the role should be filled by an experienced prosecutor. well, attorney general bondi has prosecution experience, a lot of it. she spent almost 30 years as a criminal prosecutor and then a state attorney general. she has more trial experience than any modern day u.s. attorney general. attorney general bondi is the most experienced career criminal prosecutor ever to be america's chief law enforcement officer. she is ready to lead on day one. in north dakota attorney general bondi prosecuted a range of violent crimes and criminals. she locked up the worst of the worst for the worst offenses of the her signature achievements were in fighting illegal drugs and in fighting human trafficki

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman.mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar. serving america's small businesses, no stronger advocate than our president. actually our commitment if confirmed i will work tirelessly to make small business again. i want to thank my wonderful husband jeff and my wonderful friends who have joined us here today most importantly i gave all thanks and glory to god. as someone who has meant my life working in small businesses, starting them, growing them and helping them succeed, i know that small business i

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester.he clerk: mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. as he steps into his role as ranking member i will work closely with senator durbin to serve the american people. i would also like to welcome three brand-new members to the committee. a person who is repeating his service here after a scant off. per day welcome to the committee senator britt, senator schmitz, senator crapo and senator schiff. welcome. [applause] befor

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. my extraordinary sister is here as well as addison's brother rick and my sister-in-law abbey and my closest friends come down to support me. my father is a professor of american history. taught me how to appreciate life. when i was 14, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer she decided when you die before then, was going to live. she pulled me class so i rushed and said, are you okay? is okay, let's go. drove to new york city we went to the opera and a late night dinner, super late and get to on time. my mother died in february of 1978 when i was 16 years old. a year end a half later, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. he wanted to make sure i left to start college in the fall. drop me off at school and a week later therapy treatment at a local hospital and

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr.sident, i just heard senator schumer, the minority leader, say that democrats don't want a government shutdown. well, i would recommend that the minority leader actually ought to read the newspaper. he's going to see that democrats are threatening and actually calling for a shutdown of the u.s. government. so here's "usa today" today. picture senator schumer, right there. a big picture in color, fist in the air. democrats open to shutting down government. so the senator that just was on the floor saying oh, no, they don't want it. he's calling for it across the country in the "usa today" this morning. that's what we're seeing across this country, democrats so much in disarray after the fact that they've lost the house, a lot of the senate, lost the white house, that the democrats now want to shut down the government. here's a headline in "the new york times" on sunday. democrats hint at government shutdown to stop trump's axing at government agencies. president trump is doing what peop

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman ranking member warren and the committee. i'm so happy and honored to be here with you all today. i think all of the members of the committee. thanks for your thoughtfulness. thank you for your engagement and fear ideas on rebuilding the american dream of our nation's forgotten communities. it's a pleasure to visit with each and every one of you. and that was just a scheduling conflict. i'm so grateful to that time to meet with you. thank you for making that effort i hope our conversations will not be the end, but only the beginning of a great and true partnership to meet that mission and serve the american people i like to take a moment to thank my wife robin who is here with us for her unwavering support of over nearly three decades of being together at the college at the university of illinois, the nfl, that whitehouse, business, ministry and family foundation. robin has been a true partner and building god's kingdom and doing the work he's called us to do together. so robin, thank you for your support the friends and fami

mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. have a sufficient number to the start and since this is going to take a while i think we should start it today. do we have enough? we have two items on our agenda kash patel's nomination to serve as director of the fbi and s. 331, the fentanyl act. because the whole fentanyl act is listed on the agenda for the first time it will be held over until our next meeting. last week committee democrats exercised their right under the committee rules to hold patel's nomination for seven days. obviously we had to honor that hold from last week so today is the day that we hold on this nominee. we all know that mr. patel like other nominees undergo rigorous vetting. he's no exception. before his hearing he more than 1000 pages of records, disclosed over 1000 interviews. he underwent an fbi background investigation, a financial disclosure and works with ethics officials to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interes

mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. the clerk: mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. in taking time to join us today. my husband, family and friends fellow veterans and medal of honor recipients, thank you for your love and support. i am grateful to president trump his providence and nominating me to serve our country as director of national intelligence at a time intelligence community is at an all-time low. admitted a few years ago you take on the intelligence, they are getting back at you. for too long of a nice intelligence is led to failures in undermining national purity freedom china and the constitution. the most obvious example of one of these based upon total fabrication of failure fabrication. this decision led to the death of tens of thousands of americans and millions of people in the middle east among mass migration, the utilization undermining european allies in the rise of strengthening al qaeda and other the other samples. the fbi and intelligence agencies are politi

mr. lutnick: i will commit to study that. sen. barrasso: and thank you -- $416 million that will connect all nevadans to affordable, reliable high-speed internet. we are a deep frontier state, one of the most mountainous states in the lower 48 and we have significant challenges. even before the omb guidance was issued earlier this week halting federal funding, some of the administration have advocated for drastically altering the program, calling back funds already allocated to the states. because of our geography and geology. we are years into the process in nevada. we are on the filled out. before you answer -- on the edge of build out. before you answer the question may i say that laws are not simply suggestions. will you commit that nevada won't have to restart what has been a years long process and will receive the full amount congress has allocated under the program given our plan has already been approved? mr. lutnick: i can commit to you that if it has been rigorously done and it deeply efficient and it is the most efficient use to

mr. kennedy: yes. i look forward to it. sen. barrasso another issue we spoke about was the harmful biden administration rule that had been bad for our rural nursing homes. it would triple the registered nurse requirements in nursing homes. they are not enough registered nurses in our state to be able to comply with this. this would lead to nursing home closures across our state. will you work with me to fix this serious problem as a result of the rule of the buy-in -- the by demonstration? -- the biden administration? mr. kennedy: i think the rule was well-intentioned. it will be a disaster for those states. some of the nursing homes -- the staffing will require 24 hour staffing by medical professionals. some nursing homes in rural areas simply do not have the available personnel for the economics to be able to do that. it will mean the closure of nursing homes in rural areas across our country, which means the parents, the elderly parent will be moved a great distance from the local community and their family. we know that the single gr

barrasso. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. gore, thank you so much for being here. and thanks so much for taking the time to visit in my office. as u.s. trade rep, you're going to be the tip of the spear in advancing president trump's pro-growth and pro-worker trade agreement agenda. he you're going to be working to open up new markets for our nation, for our producers, including for wyoming mining, wyoming energy production, and for our farmers and ranchers. you'll also be protecting america's interests and fighting back against abusive trade practices from foreign adversaries that undermine u.s. industries and our critical supply chains. you have a big task in front of you. as we discussed, we're all counting on you and i have no doubt that given your experience serving president trump as chief of staff at the u.s. trade rep during your his first term, that you're ready and you're equipped to lead the charge on behalf of the nation's trade agenda for this in his second term. and in regard to market access, i know we all talk a lot about market access today. we als

mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, blackburn, britt, budd, cassidy, cotton, ernst, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, kennedy, moreno, paul, schmitt, scott of florida, tillis, and young. senators voting in the negative -- duckworth, durbin, king, lujan, murkowski, murphy, padilla, peters, sanders, warner and welch. ms. slotkin, no. mr. sheehy, aye. mr. schatz, no. mrs. moody, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, aye. ms. rosen, no. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. husted, aye. mr. johnson, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. kelly, no. mr. ricketts, aye. mr. blumenthal, no. mr. daines, aye. mr. justice, aye. ms. cantwell, no. mr. graham, aye. ms. collins, no. mr. marshall, aye. ms. lummis, aye. mr. mccormick, aye. mr. schumer, no. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. wyden, no. ms. alsobrooks, no. mr. cramer, aye. ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. kim, no. mr. merkley, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. kaine, no. mr. warnock, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. booker, no. mrs. murray, no. mr. heinrich, no. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. rounds, aye. mr. moran, aye. mr

mr. kennedy: yes, i look forward to it. >> senator barrasso: another, there are just not enough registered nurses in our state to be able to comply with this. this would leave nursing home closures in our state. will you commit to work with me, a rule that came out by the biden administration who does not understand rural america? >> mr. kennedy: yes, the rule is well intentioned and as you said and i have heard from many rural senators it would be a disaster for their state. these are staffing rules that require 24 hours staffing by medical professionals. some of the nursing homes and rural areas simply do not have the available personnel or the economics to be able to do that. it will mean the closure of nursing homes and rural areas across our country, elderly parents will be moved a great distance from the local community and their family. we know that the single greatest driver of high-quality home care is involving the proximity of family members. when you move that facility away from the community where kids live, you are going to get much worse care. the intention is although is no

barrasso, blackburn. >> brit bud cassidy, cotton. crapo. curtis daines grassley. johnson. justice. lankford. moran. mullen. risch. rounds. schmidt. scott of south carolina sheehy. >> tillis. >> tuberville. mr.. hoeven i. >> clarity of what everybody is watching right now. senators get to come in and vote. they don't technically have a clock on them. they may claim otherwise. what you just heard was a clerk reading off the votes of those who have voted yes. anybody who hasn't voted can come in and vote while they're doing it. i'll just say it's actually a very cool thing to watch. if you're a senate procedural nerd, you see the pages sitting down there. >> senate procedural. >> nerds. i've met some adjacent. i'm adjacent to them. yeah. the guy sitting down right next to the to the desk or the the pages who actually run the senate. um, but are actually enormously helpful. so we're continuing to watch the senators come in. i believe you see somebody wearing an eagles jersey right there who clearly lost a bet. um, at some point, um, you know, you're allowed to have a little bit of fun, although you're supposed to be wearing a jacket and a tie on the senate floor as we continue to kind of watch

john barrasso responded to remarks of the minority leader of shutdown to get a funding deal done on the capitol hill. senate lawmakers are slated to vote on her nomination on wednesday. >> thank you, mresident ert r schumer the minority leader say that democrats don't want to go to a shutdown. what i would director recommend the minority leader actually to read the newspaper. he's going to see that democrats are threatening and actually calling for a shutdown of the u.s. government. so here's "usa today" today. picture senator schumer right there, big picture in color, fist in the air. democrats open to shutting down government. so the sender that just was on the forcing no, they don't want to. he's calling it for across the country in the "usa today" this morning. that's what we're seeing across this country. democrats so much in disarray after the fact that they lost the house, lost the senate, lost the white house that the democrats now want to shut down the government. here's a headline in the "new york times" on sunday, democrats say government shutdown to stop trump action of federal agencies. president trump is and what people elected him tope do, to t the wasteful washington