ms. warren, proposes amendment 734. ms. warren: democrats are asking republicans questions about the basic principles of what they are planning to do and the first question is there anyone that is so rich that americans think they don't need a tax giveaway. my amendment says that anyone who earns more than $10 million a year won't get a tax cut in the new republican budget. i ask everyone to say yes. mr. president, i yield. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: mr. president, it seems to me that it is important as we conclude tonight that we admit to the american people what we know to be true ourselves, and that is most of these amendments are a fiction. it's professional wrestling. it's the undertaker versus andrii the -- andre the giant. they've been all foam and no beer, all assault and no tequila. unless you do your research on instagram, you know that our bill is going to be not about taxes but about immigration and defense. there will be time too consider my friend, senator warren's amendment

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 department of health and human services. i hope he does. i hope he goes wild and finds a way to reduce the cost of health care. i hope he goes wild and instead of having the discussions we have had

ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, britt, budd, cassidy, cotton, crapo, curtis, daines, grassley, johnson, justice, lankford, moran, mullin, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of south carolina, sheehy, tillis, tuberville. mr. hoeven, aye. senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, coons, hassan, heinrich, kim, klobuchar, lujan, murray, peters, schumer, shaheen, van hollen, wyden. mr. mccormick, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. schatz, no. mr. marshall, aye. mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ms. ernst, aye. ms. collins, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. merkley, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotkin, no. mrs.

ms. warren: madam president. the presiding officer: senator warren is recognized. ms. warren: thank you, madam president. and thank you, senator blumenthal, for your unrelenting work to help protect our nation and in raising this issue around tulsi gabbard as a nominee to be the director of national intelligence. i appreciate your work here and i'm proud to be able to follow you in this effort. i'm here today because tulsi gabbard's nomination is a national security threat. we are being confronted with a vote that could put all of us at risk. look, everybody in the senate understands the threat that tulsi gabbard poses, but i want to make sure that everyone understands the job she would have. why do we even have a director of national intelligence? the short answer is to prevent another 9/11. the director of national intelligence position was born in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in new york that caused the twin towers to collapse to the ground, that collapsed the pentagon, that led to the deaths of 40 brave passengers on flight 943. these attacks killed almost

ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. mr. merkley, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. schumer, no. ms. slotkin, no. ms. duckworth, no. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. ms. collins, no. vote: the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: markey, no. . the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. mrs. moody, aye. mr. king, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. smyth, aye. the clerk: mr. husted, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the c

ms. warren, no. mr. young, aye. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. peters, no. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. banks, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. ms. duckworth, no. mr. mccormick, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. sheehy, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. . the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. ms. smith, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. kim, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. kaine, no. the cler

ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. . i'd like to thank senator murray for her extraordinary leadership. she's been a stalwart in the senate for many, many years, and now is the ranking member of the appropriations committee, and knows firsthand the importance of the process by which we make a law in the united states, and that includes that we pass those laws in congress, we fund them in congress, it's signed by the president of the united states, and people across this nation can know, through that process those are what the laws are. and if you don't like those laws, then elect different people who will come up with different versions of the law. but everyone, democrat or republican, sticks to the same version, and that is a law is a law. the president of the united states, or his co-president elon musk, do not have the right simply to go back on the laws and say, oh, we pick that one, that one, and that one to enforce, and that one, no, that one, no, and maybe that one half time. that is not how the process works. sen

ms. warren, no. ms. hassan, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. fetterman, no. ms. smith, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. markey, no. mr. coons, no. ms. baldwin, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mrs. shaheen, no. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. mrs. capito, aye. mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. curtis, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, nays 49. the confirmation is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be l immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you very much. to my colleagues, we'll soon be starting what is commonly called a vote-a-rama. if you've never been in one, it's okay. but know it's a chance to have spirited discussion and debate about policy and about t

ms. warren: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. i want to say thanks to the senator from minnesota for her leadership on this point. i know that the great research institutions in minnesota that count on her support are out there fighting, thanks to donald trump, as they are in massachusetts. and the people all around this country, who rely on those research institutions, who are looking for those cures, for those better treatments, for those opportunities in their lives that right now donald trump and his co-president, elon musk, seem to want to cut off. so we will stay in this fight. we will indeed. i am here today because americans didn't vote to bring back measles. americans didn't vote to bring back polio. americans didn't vote to bring back dangerous diseases we thought we had wiped out decades ago. americans didn't vote to get rid of critical vaccines that we know, based on science, we know save lives. but that is what robert kennedy jr.'s vision would mean for americans. that is the vision t

ms. warren. the last thing they need is another massive tax hike on top of that inflation. what happens if the tax cuts expire . if we do not extend these tax policies americans will be at with an over $4 trillion taxincrease . more than 2.6 trillion of that tax increase will fall on households giearning $400,000 per year and an average family of four making $80,000 will be saddled with the $1700 tax increase . this is the equivalent to 6 to 8 weeks work of groceries for a family of four . tens of millions of families will see their child tax credit cut in half to $1000 and 90% of taxpayers would see their standard deduction cut in half. owners of over 20 million small businesses will face a massive tax hike with taxes up to 43.4%. 7 million taxpayers will be impacted by the alternative minimum tax from 200,000 taxpayers from . many more small businesses and farms will have their death tax exemption cut in half. the national association of manufacturers highlighted if we allow the tax cuts to expire 6 million jobs will be at risk, $540 billion in employee compensation will

ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the ske is is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of russell vought of virginia to be director. office of management and budget shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. 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 govern

ms. warren. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. wicker. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. young. the presiding officer: the senator is not recorded. pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. ma'am, the senator will suspend. the senator is not recorded. a senator: on behalf of of the taxpayers who have been insulted for too long, i vote aye. the presiding officer: remember, sir -- the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, blackburn, boozman, budd, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moody, moreno, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, thune, tuberville. mr. sheehy, aye. . mr. tillis, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. ken

ms. baldwin. mr. banks. 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