but to serve as their newest colleague, president biden has picked a radical partisan named alvaro bedoya. he is such a poor fit that the first time leader schumer tried to shut down debate on this nomination, he lacked the votes to call it off. but democrats want this hard-core partisan confirmed very badly, society here we are once again. mr. bedoya has publicly attacked police and law enforcement and demanded that our country not enforce -- not enforce -- our immigration laws. he's called for states to essentially is nullify federal immigration law saying, quote, maryland police have no business working with i.c.e., and i any it's high time that -- and i think it's high time that state legislatures understand that they can do something about this. he has volunteered statements that align with defund the police, demanding that none of the democrats' trillions in stimulus waste should go to provide for law enforcement. mr. bedoya's social media feeds have read like the antics -- he's embraced socialized medicine, critical race theory and cracking down on citizens' second amendment rights

not only is this going to help american consumers, alvaro bedoya is the right person to get this job. if a company is lying to its customers about its products, about what they can do or teaming up with competitors to keep prices high, the f.t.c. is the officer on the beat to protect those consumers. now we need the f.t.c. to do more than ever. we needed them during the covid pandemic when scammers were looking to capitalize on pandemic and stole $9.5 million out of the pockets of americans. it doesn't include people who never knew they were scammed or too embarrassed to report their losses. we need them to continue to help us during the pandemic stop scammers from selling fake cures, counterfeit masks and to tackle rising prices that threaten all of us today. protecting consumers is a bipartisan issue. in the senate we worked across the aisle to support the f.t.c. and congress -- when we passed the legislation to root out fake treatments an cures. we gave f.t.c. $30 million in the rescue plan to help americans against scams. today we will take an important step in helping consumers b

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of alvaro m. bedoya of maryland to be a federal trade commissioner shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the vice president: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being evenly divided, the vice president votes there the affirmative. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: federal trade commission, alvaro bedoya, of maryland, to be a federal trade commissioner. ms. klobuchar: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. cloab. ms. klobuchar: mr. president. , i come to the floor today at a pivotal time for women's rights in this country. i want to thank senators blumenthal, murray, many others, including baldwin, for the leadership on this and the women's health protection act. we learned last week, mr. president, it is very likely that the supreme court will overrule roe v. wade. the leaked opinion made it cleae court is on track to comple

yesterday we also confirmed alvaro bedoya as a commissioner on the federal trade commission breaking a deadlock. mr. bedoya's nomination is fantastic news for the american people. the f.t.c. will be empowered to fight against price gougers, market manipulators, and go after bad actors, using anticompetitive practices to drive up prices. we have been urging the f.t.c., for instance, to look at market manipulation and price gouging when it comes to gasoline, and now they will have the ability to do so, because the republican commissioners refused to move forward, but now we have a majority of democrats on that commission of -- on the commission. we also confirmed philip nathan jefferson and confirmed on laser-focused agencies, including the federal federal lr relations authority of next week we'll also start the process to confirm more democrats to the consumer product safety commission. finally, later today, the senate will vote on jerome powell to serve another term as chairman of the federal reserve. few institutions are more important to help steer our economy in the right directio